To add to our already beautiful and vibrant downtown, developer Douglas Manchester is planning to move forward with his long-delayed plans for the $1.6 billion Pacific Gateway Hotel and office complex in downtown San Diego. This project was put on hold several years ago with the depressed real estate market, the depressed financial community and…
Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig in Cowboys & Aliens MOVIE REVIEW: When I first saw the poster for Cowboys & Aliens, I got excited. These are two great tastes that haven’t yet gone together, but should. Five years ago, that’s what I said about chocolate and bacon. Now you can buy bacon chocolate bars everywhere….
When the police arrive at your door at 4 a.m., you know two things about the party: It’s great, and it’s over. It’s time for someone to dial 9-1-1 on the Tea Party. They had a good ride, but it needs to end. Neighborhoods are a microcosm of the social contract that makes our government,…
California State Controller John Chiang covers the ins and outs of the new tax rules for same-sex married couples and registered domestic partners during a presentation, Aug. 9, 6 p.m. at The LGBT Community Center. Chiang will cover differences in federal and state rules, community property rules and how the ongoing Proposition 8 and Defense…
RESTAURANT REVIEWS: I love when food becomes a controversy and a debate. People all over become attached to what they think is the best and where the best is made. There is probably only one culinary dish around our different regions, even throughout the world, that brings such heated arguments. From its origin, to its…
Thursday, Aug. 4 The art of Leonard Bernstein Hershey Felder in Maestro: The Art of Leonard Bernstein is a new work from the creators of George Gershwin Alone, Monsieur Chopin and Beethoven, As I Knew Him. With a story spanning the entire twentieth century, Leonard Bernstein, one of America’s greatest musicians, broke through every artistic…
There are whys to transgender activism, but beyond the whys there are the whats of transgender activism. What does transgender activism seek to achieve? Well, here are the six major goals of trans activism with some explanation as to why. Employment According to the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE)/Task Force report Injustice at Every…
Of course you remember the Three Musketeers, with the motto “All for one and one for all.” Each member of that group would be there for the group or for any of the others. In other words, they were vowing to stand together. There’s a writing where the Apostle Paul is trying to get the…
The Film and the Series: To date, the best mash-up of sci-fi adventure and the Western is Firefly, Joss Whedon’s short-lived TV series and subsequent feature film about a rag-tag group of fugitives and smugglers in the far frontier of a galactic federation. Instead of focusing on the simple conceit – cowboys in space –…
Sat, Aug. 6, 4:05 a.m., Encore Mystery: In one of his best performances, Frank Sinatra investigates a series of murders revolving around closeted and crazy gay men in 1960s New York. Sinatra’s character is empathic and sympathetic and tough. Made in 1965, the movie is creaky, but it’s also revolutionary in that the hero is…
