At various times in my life, I’ve frequented nightclubs: loud music, overpriced drinks, spinning lights, smoke machines and usually young people dancing in outfits chosen to attract the gaze and attention of other, hopefully very attractive dancers. Occasionally, people would stick out. A guy who arrived in loafers and Dockers, a bachelorette dancing in a…
Meet Hillary Whittington, the author of ‘Raising Ryland’ – the remarkable story of the transition of her son May 22, 2014 the San Diego LGBT community were introduced to little Ryland Whittington. The sixth annual Harvey Milk Breakfast audience hushed as Jeff and Hillary Whittington presented a video of the background and transition of their…
“Isley Reust is a Los Angeles based actress, musician and producer. Isley is a transgender woman who is breaking boundaries in the music and TV world. She has a guest role in the new movie Mother’s Day staring Sharon Stone, Courtney Cox, Christina Ricci and Selma Blair coming out in 2016. Isley is also the…
Madison’s beauty is more than skin deep. From the street, Madison on Park presents itself as a sophisticated but approachable upscale bar – a sleek white counter top, bottles displayed against a tall wall of glass and mirror, large comfortable booths, eye-catching intricate wood inlay and taut ropes like guitar strings strung at rakish angles…
dvr this FX, Wednesdays, 10 p.m. One of the best acted, written and directed shows on TV, The Americans is still under-watched. You should rectify this in its fourth season. Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys star as Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, who appear to be mild-mannered travel agents in early 1980s Washington, D.C. but who…
dvd of the week An assured and stunning Saoirse Ronan is Eilis, who leaves stifling small town Ireland for expansive and exciting Brooklyn in the early 1950s. She falls in love with an Italian-American plumber (Emery Cohen, in a star-making performance) but then returns home after a death in the family, suddenly unsure where she…
thursday, march 17 Seán Cullen Seán Cullen is a multiple award winning, multi-talented performer. As a triple Gemini and Canadian Comedy Award winner Seán is impossible to categorize with his unique comedy, acting, writing and musical talents. He has made multiple appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and CBS’s The Late Late Show…
Empire star Jussie Smollett sat down with HuffPost Live and discussed AIDS prevention. He explained the danger of viewing the problem as an issue from “yesteryear” and reiterated the importance of safe sex. Smollett: “That’s the problem with our generation as a whole that I want to really help change, is the idea that something…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Opera is presenting Puccini’s Madama Butterfly as the second mainstage offering of its 2015-2016 season when it opens on Saturday, April 16, 2016 at 7 PM for four performances at the San Diego Civic Theatre. Returning to San Diego Opera in the title role, is American soprano Latonia Moore, who…
The 2016 Women’s Film Festival continues with the screening of Alice Walker: The Beauty in Truth Sunday, March 20 at 4:30 p.m. The Festival, put on by The Women’s Museum of California aims to educate and inspire future generations about the experiences and contributions of women through the art of film. Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth…
