I have two small items this week. Both are important community arts events and both rely on you to make them successful. Saturday, June 9 Women Occupy San Diego (WOSD) will be hosting Occupy OUR Arts: A Celebration of the 99% Culture and Creative Arts. WOSD are responding to the arrest and three-day detention of…
The art world has found itself in the glare of public scrutiny recently. A spate of stories, actions and articles has simultaneously surfaced critical of the increasing link between money and art, and where that leaves the lowly artist. During 60 Minutes, and for a second time, Morley Safer cast his jaundiced eye over the…
In my first column of the New Year I made a plea. I asked for more LGBT art events to report on. This is a weekly arts column and I was struggling to find fresh and interesting gay-related work to cover on an ongoing basis. A couple of weeks ticked by and there was no…
I usually focus on the local art scene with art lovers in mind. This week’s column is dedicated to art makers. I want to share some information about two of the more significant juried exhibitions that San Diego has to offer. So, listen up LGBT artists! The jury is out (pun intended) on how worthy…
LAS VEGAS – In what promises to be the performing arts worlds’ biggest and perhaps most glamorous grand opening of a new venue, officials at Las Vegas’ new Smith Center are touting its March 10 premier performance as “an unprecedented lineup of artists from the worlds of music, television, stage and screen.” The $470-million Smith…
The visual arts scene is officially dead this week. Ghosts and darkness linger where spectacle and thought once lived. All joking aside, there is virtually nothing new happening in the visual arts in San Diego this coming week. It’s the unofficial moment when all the large museums take down one mega show in order to…
In the wake of countless TV and movie plotlines pitting heterosexual couples against themselves for the sake of laugh, “Husbands” stands to bring a much-needed breath of fresh air to the increasingly cliché “rom-com” genre. Produced by “Battlestar Galactica,” “Torchwood” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” executive producer Jane Espenson and directed by award-winning “Friends,” “Desperate…
After a ten-day design competition inspired by the recent legalization of same-sex marriage in New York (and the subsequent influx of marriage license applications), over fifty designers submitted ideas for so-called “pop-up” wedding chapels to be erected in the state’s cultural capitol. According to CNN, officials selected two chapels – KISS and ICRAVE – from…
Darren Criss, the actor who scored a place in the spotlight as Kurt’s openly-gay love interest on “Glee,” is scheduled to hit Broadway in January as Daniel Radcliffe’s replacement in the smash revival of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.” According to the Los Angeles Times, theater organizers officially confirmed Criss’ casting on…
San Diego boasts a rich arts community – and for the last 25 years, the La Jolla Festival of the Arts has championed local talent, including a variety of LGBT artists, at their beloved annual event. This summer, the festival will celebrate a quarter-century of art and activism on behalf of the San Diego…
