The holiday spirit will be in the air as the Hillcrest Wind Ensemble (HWE) presents Holiday Rhapsody Saturday, Dec. 17 at the San Diego Woman’s Club, 2557 Third Ave. in Bankers Hill. Concert time is 7 p.m. and will include music of Christmas, Hanukah and New Year’s Eve. Guest harpist Tasha Smith Godinez and a…
Thom Senzee, author of this article, is a West Coast-based freelance journalist, and a regular contributor to San Diego LGBT Weekly. If you want to hold a big party in a big public park, say a festival celebrating gender and sexual diversity like the one held for more than 40 years in San Diego’s historic…
A few months ago, an acquaintance dismissed an entire swath of acclaimed American films as “sad white people movies.” In the sense that they are about various Caucasians who aren’t happy, sometimes for existential reasons and often for tragic ones; movies like In the Bedroom, The Savages, or Sideways are, yes, about sad white people….
SAN DIEGO – San Diego LGBT Pride announced today that due to the success of this year’s Pride event, they are able to donate $80,000 of their proceeds back to 40 LGBT-serving organizations through their annual Pride Community Grant Program. Each year Pride works to return profits from the annual LGBT Pride weekend to the…
thursday, dec. 8 Jon Rudnitsky Born and raised in the suburbs of Jersey, Jon got into acting after realizing how horrific he was at sports. While all the other kids would participate in their various athletic activities during recess he would entertain the lunch lady (Mrs. Ryan) with his impressions of various teachers and celebrities….
“Stressed spelled backwards is desserts. Coincidence? I think not!” – Author Unknown Holiday stress is a widespread problem. A majority of Americans report feeling “extreme stress” this time of year; lack of money, crowds and shopping decisions, obligatory parties, pressure to please family and friends, all the while bombarded by media images of happy smiling…
Time has named President-elect Donald Trump its 2016 Person of the Year. Time’s managing editor, Nancy Gibbs revealed the choice on the Today Show, Wednesday. “I don’t think that we have ever seen one person operating in such an unconventional way have an impact on events of the year quite like this,” said Gibbs. Explaining the choice on…
Dec. 10 at 1 p.m., Lambda Archives will hold its annual board elections. After the board meeting and voting, at 2 until 4 p.m., the Archives will host a party to say thank you to its volunteers, current members and outgoing board members. The Archives board and staff will also be welcoming new members of…
SACRAMENTO—Shortly after being sworn in as the senator representing California’s 39th District Monday, Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) introduced legislation, SB 2, to create a permanent source of funding for affordable housing. “The Legislature must address California’s severe housing crisis,” Atkins said. “While local communities largely control housing development, there are ways the state can…
WASHINGTON, D.C. and MONTGOMERY, Ala., – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee) and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement today in response to nationwide spike in hate-filled incidents nationwide. “Hate crimes and hate-filled incidents stand as a dark cloud over our democracy,” said Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights…
