At 2:30 on a Monday afternoon, we were the only people at the shuttle stop, waiting for a ride to the Chula Vista Nature Center. By the time the shuttle arrived (it comes every 15 minutes), we had been joined …

It's an exaggeration, but not much of one, to say that Henrik Ibsen changed acting. The theater he inherited was star-based, ornate, and illusionary: plays about the upper classes written for the upper classes. Everyone else was a type. Stage …

As human beings going about our daily lives on this flying random rock, it can be worth while to take a couple hours out of the routine to listen in on the thoughts of a fellow stack of atoms that …

If you’ve ever lived in New York, you understand that when you first leave to seek out the rest of the world, the rest of the world seems lacking — in so many ways. My big shocker when I moved …

"I was thinking of telling dudes they could come DJ Ladies Night IF they come in drag," says Vanja James of her new Wednesday DJ residency at Bar Eleven. "By drag, I mean, the whole bit. It has potential to …

Eric Weiss's dream has come true. All those years, all those words, the two failed books — now he's made "the list." He's got the 11th best-selling novel in the country. It's called Brooklyn Boy. It is, or is not, …

Pretty much anybody who’s had more than two beers with me has heard about my hair lady. I was initially drawn into her City Heights shop while bicycling down the Boulevard one hot summer day about two years ago. Large …

“Sonic Sauce is a small, low-key, modest, and blow-your-mind daytime music festival for lovers of independent music,” says Aural Gravy Records honcho David Minao of the two-day, 12-band event happening February 11 and 12 at at U-31 on University Avenue, …

Just think: if hipsters throughout San Diego made the sacrifice to don even tighter jeans, show more leg than their cut-off jean shorts currently reveal, and explored more daring moustache and facial-hair configurations, then San Diego might just make it …

When Agatha Christie's whodunit opened at the New Ambassadors Theatre in London - November 25, 1952 - it had already played elsewhere under another name: Three Blind Mice. A friend told her it would run at least 14 months. Naw, …

There's more to Horton Foote's play than meets the eye. It's 1987. Stella Gordon, an aging matriarch, wants to keep her estate in Harrison, Texas, intact after she dies. But her children - like King Lear's, like the grabby family …

It’s the third Thursday and you know what that means. Tonight’s Liquid Geometry monthly forward-thinking electronic music showcase at the Kava Lounge features local luminaries Kaminanda, Sponge, Holden, and Mastah Syphe. Read more here. Conscious Droplets with / Yogi Prateado …

In James Goldman's comedy-drama - now at North Coast Rep. - King Henry II spends Christmas with his family in 1183. Each is a piece of work: wife Eleanor and sons Richard, Geoffrey, and John. Yuletide cheer dwindles into to …

Tribal Baroque is calling San Diego home for the winter, and they'll be performing the next two Saturdays (through January) at ArtLab Studios in Normal Heights. The duo, former SDSU astronomy student S.K. Thoth and singer/violinist Lila'Angelique, will showcase their …

Air Condition Composition, a weekly costumed figure drawing class with a twist, moved from Mondays to Sundays a while back at the AC Lounge. Steady your drawing hand with $5 you-call-its while sketching models in motifs such as zombie, clown, …

Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's eight Tony Award-winning, no-holds-barred musical is at the Welk Resort Theatre? Blistering songs about repressed youth and obsessive moral authority - not to mention abuse, rape, and teenage suicide - aren't the sort of subjects …

On the corner of Cass and Chalcedony streets in Pacific Beach resides a building boldly displaying the text "God's Garage." In an arguably bolder move "I (heart) DildoDr.com" is crookedly affixed on the front of a decrepit late 70's van …

SEMI-PROFESSIONAL. "Each winter sees more of the big league players coming to San Diego to pass the off season and play in the Winter Leagues," writes the Union. "With three games a week" - sometimes three days in a row …

Space 4 Art and Loft 9 Gallery will debut their new display on January 28, Hydrodynamica: Remember the Future, an examination of the San Diego-based surfboard design revolution from 1949 through around 1970, with live music from Irwin Conspiracy and …

Remember killer bees? Of course you do. They’re killer, and apart from black widows, insomniac rattlesnakes, stray mountain lions, sunburns, the Proctor Valley monster, earthquakes, the occasional lost rain cloud, and, yes, keeler bees, there aren’t a whole lot of …

AUTOMOBILE RACING. Two cars — a Schlacht driven by Al Shain and a Buick driven by famous daredevil Louis Nickrent — will vie for 50 miles over Lakeside's two-mile speedway. Both cars have 40 horsepower. After swift trial runs, the …

"Literally speaking," writes the Union on January 1, 1912, "there are no indoor sports in San Diego. There is no need for any, as outdoor sports hold sway every month in the year. Be it January or June, those who …

When I was a young sprout growing up in East County, roller skating at Aquarius was the default dream party for just about everybody under 10 years old. I still fondly remember the countless birthdays and school trips at the …