October 10, 2013
‘Priscilla:’ Let the drag races begin!
In 1994 Stephen Elliott wrote and directed the Australian film The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert. At the time, with the exception of Terence Stamp, the rest of the cast was filled with unknown actors. Both Hugo Weaving and Guy Pearce, who starred opposite Stamp, went on to become recognizable Hollywood actors. Fast…
‘The Tallest Tree in the Forest’
The La Jolla Playhouse has co-produced a few productions through the years with other notable regional theaters and with great success. This coming week they are bringing in a piece that is being co-produced with Kansas City Repertory and attached to that piece are the considerable talents of Daniel Beaty and Moises Kaufman. The piece…
A quite astonishing experience that’s irresistible
Gravity There’s a sequence of scenes in Alfonso Cuarón’s space thriller Gravity about half way through the film that starts tense, becomes nail-biting and then explodes – literally and figuratively – into a mind-boggling orchestra of space disaster action. I was clenching my boyfriend’s thigh and clenching my jaw at the beginning of it, but…
The Way, Way Back
dvd of the week Nat Faxon and Jim Rash won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay with Alexander Payner for The Descendants, and the The Way, Way Back is the first feature written and directed only by them. A coming-of-age comedy set in a summer beach town and its local water park, it is…
American Horror Story: Coven
dvr this FX, Wednesdays, 10 p.m. I’m one of the few people who greatly disliked the first two seasons of American Horror Story. I found them confusing, sadistic and misogynistic, like a supernatural version of Ryan Murphy’s seminal series Nip/Tuck. However, I’m rather excited about the new season, which Murphy promises to be less cruel…
Hillcrest Business Association elects officers, new board
The Hillcrest Business Association elected officers and a new board of directors Tuesday night at Heat Bar & Kitchen, as longtime board member and SDGLN.com publisher, Johnathan Hale was chosen by members to take the reigns as president of the business improvement association, which has a $1 million annual budget. In addition to an election,…
Bobby Jo Valentine to perform at MCC, Oct. 11
Singer Bobby Jo Valentine will perform his unique brand of “hopeful folk/pop” music Friday, Oct. 11 at the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), 2633 Denver Street in San Diego at 7 p.m. Valentine is a winner of the 2013 Rising Star Contest and L.A. Weekly described his music as containing “clever melodies, witty wordplay” and that…
HWE joins with Danish ‘Ensemblet’ for special concert, Oct. 18
The Hillcrest Wind Ensemble (HWE) welcomes special guests, the Amadeus Ensemblet of Copenhagen, Denmark, Friday Oct. 18. at the First Unitarian Church, 4100 Front Street in San Diego at 7 p.m. The two ensembles will share the stage for an evening of classical wind music. The concert will open with two pieces from the Hillcrest…
Todd Gloria to speak at MCC, Oct. 20
The Metropolitan Community Church of San Diego (MCC) has announced that Interim Mayor Todd Gloria will be their special guest Sunday, Oct. 20, at the 11 a.m. service. Interim Mayor Gloria will bring the worship service message focusing on the unique talents and gifts we are all given and how beautiful it is to use…