The La Jolla Playhouse has a track record for premiering new works here in San Diego that end up with top talent and long runs on Broadway. Not to mention a plethora of Tony Awards. The Who’s Tommy (Michael Cerveris), How to Succeed in a Business Without Trying (Matthew Broderick, Megan Mullally) and Jersey Boys…
Opening this Friday, God’s Own Country has been described as the British Brokeback Mountain, which is both accurate and hyperbolic. Both are about star-crossed lovers who meet while tending to livestock in a sparse landscape, but this time it’s Yorkshire, not Wyoming. Johnny (Josh O’Connor) is the only son of a debilitated farmer (Ian Hart),…
When I find a chef I like, I usually stick with them and remain a loyal fan. But I’ve often wondered where does a chef go when they want something good to eat? So when a chef makes a recommendation about a restaurant, I pay attention. And that is how I found myself at Monkey…
Your own two hands. That’s what it took – plus a bit of paint, pencil or pen, rouge and ribbon and rickrack – to make that of which you are proud. You did that. You made it with your own two hands. As in the new book Self-Made Woman by Denise Chanterelle DuBois, it takes…
Eight contestants ran for the title of Mr. Gay San Diego 2017 last Sunday night at The Rail in San Diego. Dex Starr won the title of Mr. Gay San Diego 2017 with Travis T the first runner up. The event, produced by Robert Rodriguez and Big Mike raised over $1,700 to benefit the annual…
thursday, nov. 9 Bobby Lee At 18 years of age Lee moved out of his parents’ home and took jobs in restaurants and coffee shops in the San Diego area, while also attending Palomar College for a brief period. In 1994 the coffee shop for which he was working closed. “I just went next door…
Today, 17 professional athletes came out against attempts by Egypt and Russia to thwart non-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation in the United Nations Olympic Truce Resolution. The letter, endorsed by respected athletes such as Billie Jean King, Greg Louganis and Martina Navratilova, is part of the #OlympicSpirit campaign spearheaded by OutRight Action International and…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Bob Casey (D-PA) and Patty Murray (D-WA), joined by 18 of their colleagues, wrote letters to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) urging the departments to ensure that key programs designed to serve homeless youth and children…
NEW YORK — McCann has announced that McCann XBC, its dedicated client unit for Mastercard, was awarded Best of Show at the Association of National Advertisers’ 2017 Multicultural Excellence Awards. The campaign, created for Mastercard’s ‘Restroom for All’, a restroom open to people from all backgrounds and sexual orientation, debuted at the 2016 NY Pride parade….
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County took the lead in filing an amicus brief to oppose the Trump Administration’s repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, arguing the move would harm its economy and public safety programs. The brief, called a “friend of the court” brief, was in response to a motion…
