thursday, april 19 San Diego Asian Film Foundation Spring Showcase The 2nd annual San Diego Asian Film Foundation Spring Showcase is a week-long celebration of Asian cinema at the Mission Valley UltraStar Cinemas, April 19-26. An exciting collection of 11 titles from 8 countries features the best in Asian cinema. There are films from Japan,…
Prospect Street in La Jolla is filled with loads of restaurants and shops. Fabulous art galleries and jewelry shops are nestled between high-end restaurants and hotels. Some of the best views of the ocean can be experienced from these places. Even though white tablecloth restaurants have seen their day, there are still a few that…
We all have wilderness times in our lives. Jesus’ wilderness time “immediately” followed his baptism and the powerful affirmation of who he was: “You are my Beloved; with you I am well pleased.” The Gospels say that the same Spirit who descended on him at his baptism also drove him out into the bleak, lonely…
Assembled in a large, unadorned meeting hall at the University Christian Church on Cleveland Avenue, a gathering of mostly-white, all-male singers are taking direction from Gary Holt, the artistic director of the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus. Gary, the current artistic director and a warm, enigmatic presence, has also served as the former artistic director…
Adrienne Rich, a pioneering feminist poet and essayist who has been called “one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century” has died at her home in Santa Cruz, Calif. She was 82. The Los Angeles Times reported that, according to her son Pablo Conrad, the cause…
A story has appeared on an unnamed Web site claiming that Bruno Mars admitted he was gay during an interview with a Chicago radio station, perhaps as an April Fool’s Day joke. The star was quoted as saying in the mysterious interview, “The timing is bad. I hadn’t realized it was April Fool’s Day, but…
thursday, april 12 Tim Minchin Australian musician, actor, comedian and writer Tim Minchin has been performing his unique brand of musical comedy in front of appropriately excitable and ever growing audiences since 2005. During his shows he plays the piano, “… always nicely and oftentimes wildly and excitingly, whilst looking wonderfully athletic, in a pair…
(CNN – San Diego LGBT Weekly) — Jeremy Renner is another actor mired in speculation about his personal life, and the “Bourne Legacy” star has some pretty strong words for those who pry. He tells the Hollywood Reporter on the conflicting gossip that he’s gay and/or dating starlets like Scarlett Johansson, “I want my personal…
Since writing a weekly column since the early 1970s I’ve never missed three columns in a row … so, of course, I understand all the concerns, questions and gossip. So, as I’ve always been open with my life with my readers I will set the record straight. No, I was not in the hospital for…
Elton John has revealed that he wants to become a father again. It is understood that he and his partner David Furnish have “set the wheels in motion” and they hope to have a little brother or sister for 14-month-old Zachary by the end of the year. A source told the Scottish Record, “David and…
