SAN DIEGO – Following a sold-out showing in June, The Old Globe will offer an encore presentation of Thinking Shakespeare Live!, a 90-minute exploration of the language of Shakespeare, Saturday, Aug. 10 at 11 a.m. Led by Old Globe Artistic Director Barry Edelstein and assisted by three professional classical actors, this special program based on…
SAN DIEGO – With San Diego Pride just four days away, the organization has announced several new additions to this year’s two-day Pride Festival, to be held July 13 and 14 in the Marston Point section of Balboa Park. Longtime festival goers and first time attendees alike will be pleased with the additions and changes,…
BY CITY COMMISSIONER NICOLE MURRAY RAMIREZ Bronwyn Ingram has informed close friends that she has broken off her engagement to San Diego Mayor Bob Filner. As far as I am concerned this is a private matter between Bronwyn and Bob. Bronwyn is disbanding Team First Lady, of which Nancy Chase and I are advisory board co-chairs….
BY THOM SENZEE Her battle cry was inspired by his spirit of self-sacrifice for the greater good: “justice – or just us?” As she accepted the highest award at the inaugural Bayard Rustin Civil Rights Honors ceremony this week, civil rights leader and educator, Mandy Carter repeated her signature slogan with enough passion to have…
Summer is here and with it all kinds of arts events and outdoor activities. In August, the San Diego Museum of Art will be presenting a new incarnation of their popular Summer Salon. Before that however, those of you who are oriented toward the performing arts will have a smorgasbord of off the wall performances…
Mario Ortega (Her Most Imperial Majesty, Empress Candi Samples of the Imperial Court de San Diego) and husband James Hederer were legally married in a historic ceremony Wednesday. Although the couple’s nuptials did not represent the first same-sex union in the County since the repeal of Proposition 8, their wedding is the first legal marriage…
San Diego mayor, Bob Filner, planted a peace tree last Saturday at the Sri Chinmoy Peace Garden located in the community of Normal Heights, on the corner of Adams Avenue and Arizona Street. At the ceremony Filner said: “As we progress as a city and we talk about tourism, and we talk about the navy,…
Day of Decision, Wednesday, June 26: The LGBT community took to the streets and rallied at the Hillcrest Pride Flag to celebrate the Supreme Court’s rulings on DOMA and Prop. 8.
If you want to bring water to the San Diego Pride Festival, make sure it is in a sealed bottle. Opened bottles of water or any beverage will not be allowed inside and you will be told to finish it or pour it out. This is a San Diego LGBT Pride policy to deter the…
Goodness gracious! I just remembered pride is one of the seven deadly sins. Fact bible Wikipedia says it is the worst, leading to all the others. Yet here we are holding a parade and festival for it. Surely, there has been a mistake in the translation of the ancient tongue. What is there to celebrate?…
