BY VICTOR HOFF Set amid the brooding clouds, hand passed chicken satay with a warm peanut sauce and the soft chortle of its participants, über-trendy Roppongi’s restaurant in La Jolla held court last night to the Fashion Week San Diego preview. The occasion, which presages the main event to be held downtown from Sept. 30…
(CNN) — At 7, Analouisa Valencia was crowned Palmetto Princess in Spartanburg, South Carolina. She relished it — and like a lot of little girls, she dreamed of becoming Miss America one day. In a few months, Valencia, now 19, will take the stage for the Miss South Carolina contest, hoping for victory and a…
The Auntie Helen’s thrift store has moved to 4127 30th Street near the Vons supermarket in North Park after the rent was raised at its old location to the non-profit organization which still supplies free laundry services to people with HIV and AIDS. The old location at 4028 30th Street is closed, but there was…
An interview with the directors of Rocket Man – The Music of Elton John Gary Holt is artistic director of the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus (SDGMC) and has been its conductor since 1987. Joey Landwehr is artistic director of J*Company Youth Theatre at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center and is director and choreographer of…
With all 54 precincts counted, Dwayne Crenshaw advanced in the District 4 City Council election. Crenshaw received 15.31 percent of the vote. The race was won by Myrtle Cole who received 32.87 percent of the vote. Crenshaw, the executive director of San Diego Pride who serves on several community non-profit boards and councils, has been…
SAN DIEGO — Environmental Health & Justice Campaign (EHJC), an organization that fights toxic pollution in low-income communities of color, has announced that it has endorsed Dwayne Crenshaw in the City of San Diego’s City Council race for District 4. EHJC focuses on pollution issues in the disadvantaged communities south of I-8 where the District…
In a move that suggests the Indian state is working toward greater acceptance of the LGBT community, Rituparno Ghosh, the director of Chitrangadahas won top honors at the state-sponsored National Film Awards, reports The Indian Express. The film, which took home the Special Jury Prize, concerns a choreographer (Ghosh) who is struggling with gender identity….
