’Tis the season to make theater plans for the New Year! It’s no secret that most San Diego theater companies are midway through their current season. Many of those companies have chosen a closing season line up that will get you out of the house and into their cozy theater seats. Starting with some of…
It’s that time of year when you have been bombarded with commercials spotlighting shiny new cars topped by large bows, and suddenly your reliable whip in the driveway looks road-worn and tired. Maybe you’re thinking it’s time to trade in your old wheels for something sleek, powerful and sexy. But where to spend your hard-earned…
An ex-convict, who apparently hates Catholics so much that he allegedly torched a Spring Valley Catholic church, has been charged with arson and committing a hate crime against religion. When Eugene William Volk, 45, was told by a sheriff’s detective that his fingerprints were found at the scene, Volk’s response was “F—- the church and…
Fresh off its record-setting holiday show at the Balboa Theatre, the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus (SDGMC) is holding open auditions for its 2014 season. “I’ve been singing with the Chorus for more than 15 years and absolutely love it,” said Joe Gregore, SDGMC membership director. “We have so much fun. The guys are amazing…
The New Year is upon us and once again rekindling the hope for world peace, universal justice, the elimination of hunger and for Daisy and Minnie to finally get married or at least laid. Sadly, of all these worthy goals the last one is the most likely. However, the human spirit is eternally optimistic and…
One of our community’s most artistic treasures for many decades has been Gary Holt. His recent resignation as director of the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus has saddened many and resulted in numerous rumors. The popular Holt joined the Chorus as a singer in 1986, and just a year later he became its director and…
With inarguably the most important film released this year, out director Joshua Oppenheimer lays bare the emotional and moral reverberations of violence in a way no documentarian has ever done before. Interviews with several men who were leaders of death squads in Indonesia during the 1960s civil unrest become recreations of the hundreds of murders…
Turner Classic Movies, 6:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 6 Carol Reed’s masterpiece of suspense stars Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles in a cat-and-mouse espionage game in post-World War II Vienna. The period dialogue is a bit creaky, but the direction, with stunning cinematography and unnerving pacing, is stunning. You’ll think you’ve seen it before because it’s…
Senior housing Dear Editor, As my spouse, Dan Mock, and I have visited family at senior housing and an assisted living center over the past few years, we have begun the conversation about our own retirement and long term plans. I read your article in the LGBT Weekly (Dec. 19) with great hope that we…
