GSDBA Young Professionals Professional Development group meeting: Jan. 21

The first GSDBA Young Professionals Professional Development group meeting of the year will be held Jan, 21 6-7:30 p.m. at the Hillcrest Brewing Company, 1458 University Ave. in San Diego. The GSDBA launched the Young Professionals Professional Development group to help groom and foster the next generation of young professionals into seasoned and mature leaders…

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Smash: Season One

dvd of the week The second season of that other musical on TV starts Feb. 6, which should give you enough time to catch up by watching the first 15 episodes. Like Glee, Smash is amazingly uneven, occasionally sublime, but mostly fascinatingly bad. The story of the making of a Broadway musical about the life…

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Rebecca

dvr this Turner Classic Movies 2:15 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 22 One of my favorite movies, Rebecca is romantic, creepy, thrilling and among the most beautifully shot films ever made. It is based on the Daphne du Maurier novel about a young woman who marries a widower and is haunted by his past, his housekeeper and…

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Political preview 2013

After a fairly sparkling record in the 2012 elections (San Diego LGBT Weekly Sept. 27 2012 – Breaking open the political fortune cookie), the Politically Aware crystal ball was looking forward to a well-earned rest. Then City Council President Tony Young announced his resignation, Rep. Juan Vargas was sworn in, and the sound of falling…

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