An all-star celebrity cast, including entertainers and LGBT activists Lance Bass (NSync), Annette O’Toole (Smallville) and Bruce Vilanch (Hollywood Squares), are scheduled to perform in a one-night-only reading of 8. Written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black (Milk, J. Edgar), the play chronicles the historic trial that challenged California’s Prop. 8. The San Diego…
San Diego has a very vibrant past, especially in the LGBT community. The history is just as colorful – and fabulous – as its people. You don’t have to dust off an old book, however, to learn about America’s Finest City’s early days. Just look around and you will see several organizations and establishments that…
Argo The thing about making movies based on true stories is that it’s hard to keep them suspenseful. This is especially so when the story is so famous, and everything but the smaller details are rather well known. Ben Affleck’s fantastic new film Argo is based on such an event: The Iran hostage crisis from…
One of the newer data points available to punditocracy is New York Times columnist Nate Silver’s Return on Investment Index. By looking at polls, population and electoral votes (among other things), Silver determines the likelihood that one voter in a given state would decide a razor-thin election, and thus where campaigns might wisely spend their…
Hollywood stars walked the San Diego Film Festival (SDFF) red carpet Sept. 27 at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla to attend the tribute to filmmaker Gus Van Sant (Milk, To Die For, My Own Private Idaho). Attendees of the VIP cocktail reception enjoyed the view from the ocean-front patio before…
Halloween isn’t for another few weeks, but it might as well be now. Grocery store shelves have been stocked with trick or treat candy since Labor Day, homes are a tangle of orange lights and fake cobwebs and pumpkin patches are popping up all along Interstate 8. Even galleries are getting in on the action….
thursday, oct. 11 Haydn: The Humorist Composer, musician, teacher … comedian? He’s none other than Franz Joseph Haydn, the father of the modern symphony and the genius who influenced Beethoven and Mozart. Laugh, sit back and enjoy one of the most entertaining Symphony Exposé performances to date. You’ll discover the wit, practical jokes and humor…
Retirees live on a fixed income, so it is extremely important to get the biggest bang for those bucks. One way to do that is to confirm that you have the best Medicare Part D prescription drug plan. Retirees can boost their spendable income by reducing their Medicare costs with the right drug plan that…
What a great time of the year to be reminded of all the blessings we have! God has given us so much. If you stop and count your blessings, you’ll be amazed at how blessed you are compared to most of the world we live in today. And it is out of the abundance of…
