Art & Soul, Being Alive’s signature fundraising event, is an annual happening, formerly known as Soul Plates. Each year, celebrity artists create one-of-a-kind art pieces that are auctioned off. The event is typically attended by 250 guests. While the event is said to be great fun, its underlying purpose is serious – to increase awareness…
Tuesday morning may have found most elected officials and candidates sleeping in, but it found Councilman Todd Gloria with his staff at University and Sixth Avenues in Hillcrest at 7 a.m. waving signs to thank voters for their support.
The San Diego Hoops basketball league open gym returns every Wednesday at Golden Hill Rec. Center from 6-8 p.m. $5 to play. Players are asked to bring a dark and light-colored shirt to play in. The board of officers has decided to see if a Saturday morning open gym (on the last Saturday of each…
Each year The San Diego LGBT Community Center celebrates the birthday of Frida Kahlo, commemorating the legendary life of one of the most influential Mexican painters of the mid-twentieth century. The event, Pachanga de Frida, will be Saturday June 30, 6-10 p.m. at 3909 Centre Street in San Diego. Tickets are $15 in advance (available…
NEW YORK (CNN) – It’s no surprise but a new poll shows President Barack Obama with a strong lead in the solidly blue state of New York. Fifty-six percent of voters in the state said they would pick Obama, while 31 percent said they would support Mitt Romney, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll…
DENVER – The member-delegates of the 2.1 million-member Service Employees International Union (SEIU) have passed a ground-breaking resolution at their 2012 national conference in Denver last week. The resolution states that SEIU local groups and members will bargain for transgender-inclusive health care coverage as part of their contract negotiations with businesses and employers. “This is…
With a little help from nighttours.com San Diego LGBT Weekly has compiled a list of Gay Pride festivals around the world in June and July. June • U.K. June 2-3 Birmingham Gay Pride • Israel June 3-9 Tel Aviv Gay Pride • Brazil June 7-11 Gay Pride Sao Paulo • Greece June 9 Athens Pride…
BERLIN (CNN) – Luka Rocco Magnotta, the Canadian porn actor accused of killing and dismembering a man and mailing body parts to politicians, will not fight extradition following his arrest in Germany, a Berlin police official said Tuesday. Magnotta told a Berlin magistrate that he will return voluntarily to face charges in the death of…
Look out for a battle of battles for our next mayor. Right wing conservative Carl DeMaio vs. progressive Bob Filner. You have to give it to DeMaio, as he was talking about running for mayor to many of us even before he ran for City Council. Bob Filner has served our city on the board…
