There’s something kinetic about two art events happening in the LGBT community this coming week. One is a foot-stomping musical about a fictitious boy-band, while the other is a series of colorful yet contemplative paintings that depict figures as if emerging from a dream state. Let’s start with the boy-band. Altar Boyz is a rafter-raising…
The 10th season of Project Runway has begun, so here is something to satisfy that cult show’s more rabid fans in between episodes. Did you know that the world’s largest gathering of fashion filmmakers happens right here in San Diego. That’s right; the La Jolla Fashion Film Festival is the first international fashion film festival…
Local LGBT activist organizations Canvass for a Cause (CFAC) and San Diego Alliance for Marriage Equality (SAME) are holding an afternoon event called the Rebel Queer Peace Pride Social Saturday, July 21 from 3-8 p.m. at CFAC, 3705 10th Ave. in San Diego. CFAC and SAME describe the Rebel Queer Peace Pride Social as an…
Once again, and for the eighth time, the San Diego LGBT Pride festival will be hosting the Art of Pride, a popular open air art galley and a great opportunity for local LGBT artists to share their work with thousands of people enjoying the weekend. Under the continuing direction of Mandy Huyler and John Keasler,…
Gam3rCon, the first local event with an international following, dedicated to celebrating the world of video games and interactive entertainment, wrapped up its five-day flurry of events Sunday. Co-founded by local LGBT activist and author, Walter Meyer, 2012, Gam3rCon dominated the Tenth Avenue Theatre with more activities, displays, video gaming tournaments, opportunities to try new…
At the moment, very few cinemas are showing movies that aren’t loud, computer-generated products for the teen masses. Usually, summer tends to be dominated by movies like The Avengers and Brave and Ted. The small art houses do their best to counter-program with nerdy crowd-pleasing indies; this is why Wes Anderson’s wonderful Moonrise Kingdom is…
If you enjoy zines: reading them, making them, collecting them, then you will appreciate a series of events scheduled for this coming weekend. Do Anything features work by individual artists and collectives who focus on do-it-yourself publishing and print projects. Employing alternative methods of production to create and distribute books, zines and video work, the…
School’s out and summer has begun. Forget the beach. Skip happy hour. How about spending a lazy Sunday at the museum? These might not be the gayest exhibitions in town but they are happening through September and are worth checking out. The Museum of Contemporary Art has a show up until Sept. 2 that I…
In recent weeks, scores of new businesses have signed up to take The Pride Card. Two of the latest examples are Heart Dog Studios, the specialists in soulful, candid, fine art animal photography and Déjà Vu Love Boutique, “a one-stop shop for all your naughty pleasures.” Heart Dog will offer 20 percent off a custom…
