Hidden behind door after door of ritzy, high-end La Jolla Art Galleries, filled with traditional gallery art, you will find Thumbprint Gallery; a small hidden urban-art gem created by Johnny Tran and Paul Ecdao. With Tran and Ecdao’s bags recently unpacked and their taxi cab still at the curb, Thumbprint Gallery’s owners recently completed their…
San Diego’s own transgender bodybuilder and fitness guru, Chris Tina Bruce, will return to the bodybuilding stage Oct. 29 at the Scottish Rite Center, 1895 Camino del Rio South in San Diego. Bruce says that, “like Chaz Bono on Dancing with the Stars,” her goal is to demonstrate equality. She will be the first openly…
Thomas Jane, 42, star of HBO series, Hung, has admitted that he once was so broke that he worked as a male prostitute. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times Jane revealed his past, “Hey, you grow up as an artist in a big city, as James Dean said, you’re going to have one…
My initial reaction to The Skin I Live In, Pedro Almodóvar’s latest film, was: “That movie was crazy-pants.” This isn’t a particularly articulate response for a film critic, but occasionally there are times when movies are so jaw-dropping that words like “crazy-pants” seem to be the most adept at explaining the experience. Almodóvar has never…
thursday, oct. 20 Taylor Swift As part of her Speak Now world tour 2011 Taylor Swift comes to San Diego for one night only. Taylor, who is currently nominated for four Academy of Country Music Awards – including the evening’s biggest honor, the fan-voted Entertainer of the Year Award, spent most of the month of…
In case you don’t already know, Michael Mizerany, associate artistic director of Malashock Dance will make it clear, “The San Diego dance scene is a well kept secret.” Pressing the point, Mizerany tells me that, “There are many amazing choreographers doing amazing work here. San Diego boasts three ballet companies, numerous modern companies and a…
Young musical performer Josh Lamon, who is openly gay, has come a long way from his Poway roots in only a few short years. Along the way, Josh was in the hit Wicked on national tour, played Seymour in Little Shop Of Horrors with TV star Hal Linden and won a Barrymore Award for his…
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has collaborated with pop star Ke$ha with a unisex T-shirt to encourage everyone to celebrate their inner superstar and come out for equality. Launched to coincide with National Coming Out Day, Oct. 11, and as part of the Musicians for Equality series, the T-shirt features a purple zebra, an empowering…
Whenever I see a gay or other LGBT genre movie as strikingly good as Weekend, it makes me ponder gay cinema. The dearth of good movies about gay people is palpable. I am reminded of this sad circumstance every week reviewing movies for an LGBT newspaper, and rarely do I get to write about a…
thursday, oct. 13 The Lord of the Rings In Concert The Lord of the Rings In Concert: The Fellowship of the Ring comes to Valley View Casino Center for one night only. Featuring Howard Shore’s complete Academy Award and Grammy winning score performed live on-stage by more than 200 musicians. Peter Jackson’s complete award-winning epic…
