Judd Apatow to receive Visionary Filmmaker Award
No, not from the Braille Institute, but our very own San Diego Film Festival! The "esteemed" director, writer, producer will be honored at a tribute gala on Thursday, October 3 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla.
The limited stylings of Clutch Cargo
If you don't know a Clutch Cargo from a manual transmission, please watch a minute or two of the following to bring you up to speed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAo8-YmVlN8 Atrocious, isn't it? This isn't limited animation, it's dead! Compared to Gumby, Clutch …
Filner may be the winner in last two accusations
Weak allegations could help the mayor, who faces huge odds
Mayor Filner may be ahead 2 to 1; the last two accusations (one made today, July 24) are weak. This doesn't mean people should put their money on Filner: as I have said repeatedly, with all Republicans, most Democrats, all …
Downtown San Diego Partnership threatened with lawsuit if it does not provide accounting of assessment district funds
San Diegans for Open Government demands any money spent on illegal activities is refunded to residents
Kris Michell, CEO of the Downtown San Diego Partnership, is driven to make downtown a center of innovation and creativity, a well-oiled machine that runs San Diego's economy. She may also be driving the nonprofit straight to court, to defend …
Faulconer and Gloria visit Fantasy Island
Did we say visit? Hell, they run the place!
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Papa Doug Manchester buys Playboy Enterprises for $400 million
Papa Doug: "Hugh who?"
Local mogul indulges fondness for failing print media properties, also promises string of Playboy hotels nationwide. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/24/50004/ "I showed up too late to bid for the Boston Globe," says Doug Manchester, smiling ruefully. "But that's only because I was up …
From the Fringe: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are born, part one
San Diego's first annual Fringe Festival, by all accounts, was a hit. We saw all kinds of experimental work rarely done around here, and hope next year continues what should become a longstanding tradition. Anyone needing a testimony to the …
Priest murdered in Ensenada during robbery
Home of Catholic priest was looted during homicide, authorities say
Father Ignacio Cortez Alvarez, parish priest of the María Auxiliadora Church in Ensenada, was found dead in his home on Monday, July 22. According to local authorities, the priest suffered multiple wounds to the chest. Investigators stated on Tuesday, July …
Would Filner's doom be a Peters boon?
GOP ex-city councilman Carl DeMaio, target of San Diego State University expose in race against freshman Democrat, reveals what he did with KPBS-questioned cash
Which way will he go? That's the burning question of the moment regarding former city councilman Carl DeMaio, who, following a brief interregnum after losing his mayoral battle with Bob Filner last year, announced in May he was running for …
Best events in San Diego: July 25-31
Thursday | 25 TWANG GANG: FEMME FATALE–INSPIRED SILENT ART AUCTION Five female artists will showcase their artwork in a silent auction. Featured artist Jessica Krantz, known for her Días de los Muertos art, will show new material. The other four …
Breakfast at Tobey's 19th Hole Cafe
Restaurant at the Balboa Park Golf Course is a total hidden gem with a killer view and cheap eats.
Golfers know that the municipal golf course in Balboa Park is excellent. As city courses go, it’s one of the better ones. Hipsters know that Tobey’s 19th Hole Cafe, located by the pro shop at 2600 Golf Course Drive, is …
Sweat equity! Pedal off the pounds on your progressive dinner
Aimée Anundsen’s Movable Feast spawns guilt-free gluttony
Progressive dinners may never be da same again. This gal Aimée Anundsen... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/24/49977/ ...has the crazy idea of creating progressive dinners downtown…on a multi-person bike that looks more like a caterpillar. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/24/49978/ This manic machine “employs” eight people to sit …
Brewers fall flat to Padres
The Padres combined good pitching and prolific hitting to flatten the Brewers again
When the San Diego Padres put it all together – good pitching and good hitting – they are a pleasure to watch. Such was the case on Tuesday when the Padres downed the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday, 6-2 at Miller …
Uncon Sci: For Little Good
Liquid Geometry shapes up another mystifying release from Saigon beatmaker
Local weirdbeat label Liquid Geometry just dropped another doozy from Maryland-born producer Uncon Sci. The five-song For Little Good sees the Saigon-based beatmaker building on the Eastern sounds of his Liquid G debut Tiger Mustache with notes of jazz, world …
A taste of Tijuana: Javier Plascencia progressive meal
Join Turista Libre on a tour of some of Tijuana's most renowned restaus
Chef Javier Plascencia has become synonymous with new Tijuana cuisine by way of landmark restaus such as the rebirthed Hotel Caesar’s (the OG home of the Cesar salad) and Baja-Med nexus Mision 19. On Saturday, August 3, alternative tour guides …
Strange Stage Stories from San Diego Musicians: Thea Tochihara (Social Club), Sppike Mike Muellenberg (League of Liars), Lou Curtiss (Folk Arts Records) and more.
Strange Stage Stories from San Diego Musicians: Thea Tochihara (Social Club), Sppike Mike Muellenberg (League of Liars), Lou Curtiss (Folk Arts Records), Joe Mendoza (The Spring Collection) and Paul Shaffer (Private Domain / Bratz)
Lou Curtiss (Folk music legend): “It wasn't exactly on stage but I was playing country music in a band one summer up in Weed, Ca., up by Mount Shasta. The owner of the club said to us when he hired …
Local home values to rise 9.3% in next year, says zillow.com
That will be almost double national rate, says forecaster
Zillow.com predicted today (July 23) that national home values will rise 5 percent between the second quarter of this year and the second quarter of next year. But San Diego County home values will zoom 9.3%, although that will lag …
Anatomy of an ad campaign: North by Northwest
This is the image that started it all: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/22/49854/ I turned 6 the day mom took me to Chicago's Loop Theatre to meet Pinocchio. After a birthday luncheon at Wimpy's, we spent the following hour standing in line. The image …