Adult Puppet Cabaret and Heather Henson's Handmade Puppet Dreams at MoPA
Local puppet troupe and traveling puppet film festival in Balboa Park with Nice World, Justine Babyteeth, and Trio Gadjo.
On Friday, February 22, the Adult Puppet Cabaret will team up with Handmade Puppet Dreams for a night of live puppetry, short films, and music at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park. Heather Henson’s Handmade Puppet Dreams Vol.4, …
San Diego city council surrenders in costly Catholic school case
Closed session council vote approves $500,000 payment and authorizes permits for controversial Our Lady of Peace expansion
The Academy of Our Lady of Peace in Normal Heights [See update at bottom of item] will finally be allowed to proceed with its controversial expansion plans, and pick up $500,000 of taxpayers’ money for its trouble, according to a …
Danny Green plays Chick Corea @ the new Dizzy's
The complex music of Corea is a good fit for Green, who has loads of chops and an exquisite touch.
Local piano wizard Danny Green dropped into the new Dizzy's on Feb. 15, with a well-oiled group comprised of woodwind master Tripp Sprague, bassist Justin Grinnell and drummer Julen Cantelm for an evening devoted to the music of Chick Corea. …
RIP early Beatles collaborator Tony Sheridan: His San Diego ties
Backed by the Beatles on their first vinyl appearance and recorded with local troubadour
Tony Sheridan passed away on February 16 at the age of 72. It was Sheridan for whom the Fab Four played on their first-ever recording, “My Bonnie,” credited to Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers (renamed the Silver Beetles on …
Padres catcher Yasmani Grandal holds "press conference" about suspension for banned substance
Grandal delivers a speech from a piece of paper in front of media in Peoria, Arizona after addressing teammates in clubhouse concerning 50-game suspension for failing MLB test for performance enhancing drugs
On Saturday, February 16th - the first day that the Padres were to have all players at their spring training facility in Peoria, Arizona - Yasmani Grandal addressed his teammates in a private meeting in the clubhouse concerning his 50-game …
Twin Cabins: With Benefits
Bedroom dream pop chillwaver Nacho Cano posts new track.
“I have this great admiration for girls and in particular my closest (girl) friends,” Nacho Cano of bedroom project Twin Cabins told the Reader last September. “I allow them into my life and I let them get close. Over time, …
City sued for failing to maintain swing sets in Mission Bay Park
Girl claims she sustained serious injuries after the seat on a swing snapped in half
The stack of needed infrastructure repairs in the City of San Diego doesn't seem to be getting any thinner. And now, the City might have to add dilapidated and dangerous swing sets to the list of needed repairs. On February …
Gambling hypocrisy: Padres protested wagering facility near Petco
But racing board approved Tilted Kilt Pub and Restaurant
On January 17, the California Racing Board unanimously approved a new mini-satellite gambling facility near the right field bleachers of Petco Park, the Tilted Kilt Pub and Restaurant, over the objections of the San Diego Padres. According to several racing …
Trailer Park: Escape from Planet Earth
How many acts of cinematic theft can you pack into one trailer?
Let's take a look! Beloved super-dude appears before huge crowd of adoring fans and kisses a baby. Wow, haven't seen that since Megamind! http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/15/40221/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/15/40220/ Oh, look: it turns out that we've got all this really cool technology, not because …
Two month delay for alleged South Bay corruption cases
Frustrated South Bay residents unable to be seated in tiny courtroom
Once again on February 15 the wheels of justice did not roll forward. Arraignments for 14 defendants in alleged pay-to-play schemes were postponed until April 12. (One defendant, Yolanda Hernandez, has already been arraigned.) The South Bay courtroom gallery seats …
Manuok: Count on Us video
Fronted by Scott Mercado (Via Satellite, Mr. Tube, Tristeza), Manuok drops video for Traps single.
Manuok posted a video for their single “Count on Us” from Traps, released in the U.S. last September. The stop motion video was made by Italo-Franco folk-rock group Grimoon, who Manuok frontman Scott Mercado met in 2005 while touring Europe …
Review: A Good Day to Die Hard
Note to franchise: drop dead already!
The third act plays out inside the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, but take my word for it: A Good Day to Die Hard is a bigger disaster than the 1986 meltdown. Other than Bruce Willis reprising the role as John …
New movies opening this week
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/15/40217/ If the above image does not convince you to see the senior-center documentary short "King's Point," I'm not sure we can be friends any more. Look, I'm not a fool. I know you're probably not thinking, "Woo-hoo! Friday night! …
Del Mar again extending ban on food trucks
City looking to other coastal locales over a 10 month span while considering special laws to apply to mobile vendors
After extending a 45 day moratorium on issuing licenses to food truck vendors to 90 days last month, the Del Mar City Council is now planning to pass another extension of the ban, this time for 10 ½ months. Interim …
Interview with Dalila at San Diego Opera
Nadia Krasteva talks about going to the opera, other great singers, and Dalila.
An interview with Nadia Krasteva: San Diego Reader: What can opera audiences do to get the full opera experience, to get beyond the sets, costumes, and music? Nadia Krasteva: When I go to the opera it is always helpful if …
San Diego Hospice euthanized
Organization offered untraditional end-of-life care, employed untraditional financial and regulatory practices
A Medicare Audit has forced the closure of San Diego Hospice. The program helped many local souls go gentle into that good night through palliative health care, often administered within the comfort of their own homes. But the increasing popularity …
First look at Soda and Swine
North Park's new "concept" restaurant is here, but it's a tough meatball to swallow.
I can’t pass binding judgment on Soda and Swine since it’s only been open for three days, but I did sneak in, grind a sandwich, and sip some pop out of sheer curiosity over the high-profile renovation and replacement of …
Beer of the Week: Sweet Tea Session IPA
Monkey Paw brews up a beer for Hillcrest farm-to-tablers
Of late, I’ve been writing a lot about breweries crafting beers for specific bars and restaurants. Typically, the impetus for this is a venue’s anniversary, but in the case of this week’s featured San Diego craft beer, it was mutual …
Did genes condemn O'Connor to gambling compulsion?
Late father of ex-San Diego mayor brought down by $1 billion in gambling debts was celebrated San Diego bookie
Jerome O'Connor was laid to rest in September 1992 at the age of 87, followed just thirteen days later by his wife Frances Shinnick O'Connor, 78. St. Vincent's Catholic Church in Mission Hills overflowed with mourners, including their daughter, Maureen, …