Following the performance of Next Fall Thursday, March 8, the Diversionary Theatre brought together a panel representing different faiths to discuss the issues of faith, religion and belief that were raised in the play and how those touchstones shape our lives. Participating were: Rabbi Laurie Coskey, executive director of the Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice…
There seems to be two ways to turn a TV series into a movie. Either you take the original show seriously and try to replicate the good stuff while making it grittier and widening the scope. This worked for The Untouchables and The Fugitive, while it was an abject failure for The Mod Squad and…
thursday, march 15 Anna Christie Anna Christie is a gripping account of the relationship between an old sailor and the daughter he hasn’t seen in almost twenty years. Their new bond becomes strained when she falls in love with a young man whose seafaring life isn’t what her father wants for her. When Anna reveals…
St. Patrick’s Day is one of those holidays that is uniquely celebrated with food and drink. Every year it comes round, people line up outside bars and restaurants so they can start drinking and eating the day away. It is a remarkable sight and every city does it differently. In San Diego, we of course…
Monday, March 5, 2012, I went to the Veterans Affairs (VA) San Diego Medical Center to change my gender marker from male to female. The previous Friday, the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) informed trans veterans that the VA had clarified their policy, and were now using the U.S. State Department’s standard, developed for…
Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has an ally in San Diego Chargers’ quarterback Philip Rivers following his official endorsement of the Republican candidate. Rivers, an Alabama native, praised Santorum for his conservative values including his views on traditional marriage. “I am supporting Rick Santorum for president because of his stance on issues that attack vital Christian…
A movie way, way, way before its time, Tony Richardson’s A Taste of Honey tells the story of a young white English woman (Rita Tushingham) who has an out-of-wedlock baby with a black sailor, and her gay roommate (Murray Melvin) is determined to be the stand-in father. In 1962. A classic of British “kitchen…
