San Diego’s only LGBT comedy show returns Aug. 9 with a talented all-LGBT line-up featuring Sarah Burford, Jerome Clearly, Raneir Pollard, Sean Wherley and headliner Debbie Lockhart. The Laugh Out Proud comedy show begins at 8 p.m. and is held at Martinis Above Fourth, 3940 Fourth Ave. in San Diego. Lockhart has performed across California…
The Dixie Swim Club hits San Diego for five performances only. The hilarious and touching comedy will play 8 p.m., Aug. 9, 10, 11, 17, 24 at The Ocean Beach Playhouse, 4944 Newport Ave. in Ocean Beach. Tickets are $22 and available at differentstages.biz/Tickets.html The Dixie Swim Club is about five Southern women, whose friendships…
Having never seen (nor read, I’m ashamed to say) William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, and it being my first time at The Old Globe theatre, I was a double virgin coming into the experience. I was captivated by both aspects of a recent midsummer’s eve spent in the bosom of San Diego’s cultural hearth,…
The store is quiet. It is morning, and before the doors open we rush to get things ready to serve our customers. For 22 years hundreds of volunteers and storekeepers have felt the same tingling of anticipation. Gary Cheatham began almost a quarter century ago in his garage thinking of a way to help his…
For the past 10 days, friends from outside San Diego have inundated my inbox with two questions: “Did people really boo a gay mayoral candidate at Pride?” And, “Why?” Answering the first question is simple. Yes, they did. The second question is harder to answer, despite reading the knotted mass of Facebook and commentary threads…
thursday, aug. 2 Sounds of Jazz Loft spotlight on jazz saxophonist Ian Tordella Enjoy a solo jazz session at the Museum of Photographic Arts featuring jazz saxophonist Ian Tordella. Experience the current exhibition, The Jazz Loft Project: W. Eugene Smith in NYC, 1957-1965, while the music of the time is performed live. Tordella is an…
Being Alive, a non-profit organization for those affected by HIV/AIDS, has launched a new campaign dubbed “Step Up” to help sustain its growth in San Diego amid possible closure concerns due to operational obligations. The “Step Up” campaign is made possible by support of local San Diego physicians who can contribute to the organization by…
SAN DIEGO — A poll of San Diego voters shows Bob Filner with a significant 8-point lead in the race for San Diego Mayor. In a survey of 400 likely November voters in the City of San Diego, 40 percent of respondents support or lean toward Filner in the Mayor’s race. Thirty-two percent of respondents…
Saturday, Aug.11, Bears San Diego and Mr. Bear 2012, Chuck Houghton, will host the “Bears Care” rummage sale, in the auditorium at The San Diego LGBT Community Center, 3909 Centre Street from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The rummage sale is a fundraiser to benefit HIV/AIDS support services through Family Health Centers of San Diego,…
Swedish singer/songwriters and producer/DJs Rebecca and Fiona, who recently made their North American debut with the release of their album I Love You, Man, have launched a North American tour and are coming to San Diego, Saturday, Aug. 4 at Voyeur, 755 Fifth Ave. in San Diego. Hailing from Stockholm, Rebecca Scheja and Fiona Fitzpatrick…
