After more than 25 years of producing ground-breaking electronic music and shows that are part concert, part theater, the Pet Shop Boys (Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe) will perform their only Southern California show in Los Angeles at the Microsoft Theater Saturday, Oct. 29 at 9 p.m. Supporting their latest album, Super, which is part…
SAN DIEGO, Calif.- The San Diego Women’s Chorus (SDWC) has announced that they have hired Celeste Oram as their new assistant to the artistic director, following an extensive search and interview process. Oram will work directly with SDWC’s Artistic Director Kathleen Hansen, to provide musical support to the growing choral organization, assisting with rehearsing, conducting…
A man who put soapy water in beer products which were returned to stores after he received refunds was sentenced Oct. 7 to 150 days in jail and ordered to pay $60,911 in restitution. Eduardo DeJesus Cossio III, 32, was remanded to jail after he was placed on three years probation and ordered to pay…
A 21-year-old tutor who pleaded guilty to having sex with a 16-year-old male student will be sentenced Jan. 3, a judge set on Tuesday. Attorney Greg Turner, who represents Alejandro Rodriguez, turned in a report Tuesday shortly before Rodriguez was to be sentenced. Chula Vista Superior Court Judge Garry Haehnle said he wanted to read…
Various off putting and discriminatory terms have been used in employment interviews to indicate management disapproval of a candidate. For example, a young professional woman may be asked if her husband would allow her to take business travel with male colleagues. Of course, there is always the pregnancy question of a professional woman and that…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation announced that for the fifth year in a row San Diego has achieved a perfect score on HRC’s 2016 Municipal Equality Index (MEI) for establishing LGBTQ-inclusive local laws, policies and services. “San Diego has been a leader in advancing LGBTQ rights at a local level, a fact…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – San Diego Opera’s 2016-2017 season continues Nov. 11, at 7 p.m. with the West Coast Premiere of David T. Little’s opera Soldier Songs. Soldier Songs also marks the Company’s first opera in the newly created Shiley dētour Series which explores lesser known operas and works that fall outside of the Company’s…
LOS ANGELES, Calif.– St. John’s Well Child and Family Center, creators of one of the largest transgender health programs in the country, has announced the lineup of films and celebrity talent who will be featured at their first annual TransNation Festival. The event will raise funds for the Imperial Court of Los Angeles and Hollywood’s…
San Diego’s LGBTQ sisters and brothers in North County have sometimes been considered an underrated and overlooked Cinderella community. However, this past Oct. 8, North County’s LGBTQ Resource Center and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence strutted their stuff with their 9th annual Pride by the Beach festival. The event was held in Oceanside, on two…
https://youtu.be/yisD3t9cAQw “Sweet Transvestite” from The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again, performed by Laverne Cox as Dr. Frank-N-Furter with Ryan McCartan as Brad, premiered Friday on VanityFair.com. Listen above. “I had a conversation [with director] Kenny [Ortega]. We talked about the word ‘transvestite,’ ” the Emmy nominee tells Vanity Fair. “That…
