Are you the next John Galliano? Let me clarify, do you want his career, not actually be him? Is Project Runway the center of your universe? Do you have serious aspirations of becoming a fashion designer? If so, Art Meets Fashion, a citywide event that kicks off April 16 is offering local designers the opportunity…
North Park is the place to be (once again) for a couple of interesting art events on Saturday, April 23. UPDATE: The launch of the 2837 University at Agitprop in North Park has been moved by the organizers from April 23 to May 14. Head to Agitprop, behind Glenn’s Market at 2837 University Ave. and…
Travel a little south (to Chula Vista, that is) and you’ll find a story about the south (Texas, of course) as OnStage Playhouse presents Del Shore’s gay comedic romp, Sordid Lives. Billed as a black comedy about white trash, writer Del Shores developed this clever, campy and often raunchy tale based on his experience growing…
I have a confession. I have never been to the Timken Museum of Art before. I have seen it, I have walked around it and I have passed by it many times on my way to other museums along the Prado in Balboa Park. But I have never gone in. I went in today and…
The medical drama television series Grey’s Anatomy is to stage its first lesbian wedding. Orthopedic surgeon Callie Torres (Sara Ramírez) and pediatric surgeon Arizona Robbins (Jessica Capshaw) are going to make their union official in this season of the show. It has been revealed that the impending nuptials of the lesbian lovers will happen in…
The Old Globe has announced it is staging the U.S. premiere of Alan Ayckbourn’s new comedy, Life of Riley. Directed by Richard Seer, Life of Riley runs in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, part of The Old Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center, with previews starting April 30 and opening night May 5. Alan Ayckbourn,…
Lady Gaga has confronted a religious fundamentalist who was protesting outside one of her concerts. As documented on the singer’s web series GaGavision, the protester presented the singer with a “Get Out Of Hell Free” card, prompting her to confront him about his views. Gaga’s car rolls up to the lonely protester and she offers…
A woman who attacked a Paul Gauguin painting in Washington, D.C.’s National Gallery claimed she did it because it is “very homosexual.” Screaming, “This is evil,” a woman tried to pull Gauguin’s Two Tahitian Women from a gallery wall last week and banged on the picture’s clear plastic covering, said Pamela Degotardi of New York,…
For the last seven years, Jamie Morris’ twisted Mommie Queerest has had sold-out audiences across the country re-thinking the oft-quoted tale of Mommie Dearest – Christina Crawford’s tell-all about her tumultuous relationship with her famous mother – with the simple premise, “What if Joan had really been a man all those years?” Told by an…
British director Joe Wright shot right to the top with his first three films. Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightley received four Academy Award nominations in 2005. His next, Atonement, starred James McAvoy and Saoirse Ronan and received six Oscar nominations, seven Golden Globe nominations and 14 British BAFTA nominations and won Best Film in…
