NEXT ASSOCIATION MEETING TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2012 At 6:15 PM 5123 University Avenue, 92105 (The Auburn Park community room) Members of neighboring communities and the public are welcome! HONORABLE VISITOR Denise Moreno Ducheny Bring to the association meeting all the issues you want to address to, and discuss with, the Honorable Moreno Duchey that are…
This week there is a plethora of opening receptions at some of San Diego’s smaller, independent and LGBT-owned or oriented galleries. Here’s a chance to support the arts and local businesses simultaneously! Noel-Baza Fine Art Three Artists Paint the City features paintings and works on paper by Wade Cline, Kim Reasor and Brad Maxey. The…
Tuesday evening, the Uptown Planners, a city recognized community-planning advisory board representing seven communities including Hillcrest, handed a significant victory to the LGBT Community by backing a proposal to rename Blaine Avenue to Harvey Milk Way. Blaine Avenue runs about five blocks from the LGBT Center to Cleveland Avenue. The proposal had significant resistance as…
City Heights is a large, dense and ethnically diverse neighborhood of San Diego. It spans from University Avenue and El Cajon Boulevard, and roughly from I-805 eastward to 54th Street. It has long been a victim of neglect, urban blight and crime. But during the last ten to fifteen years, City Heights has benefitted from…
The 11th annual Hillcrest Mardi Gras Street Party celebration will be held Tuesday, Feb. 21, on University Avenue between First and Fourth Avenues 6-11 p.m., rain or shine. The “Fat Tuesday” event is sponsored by the GSDBA Charitable Foundation and the Hillcrest Business Association. All proceeds from the street party benefit both organizations. The GSDBA…
Join other San Diegans Today, Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 6 p.m. at the Joyce Beers Community Center on Vermont Street in San Diego to celebrate today’s appeals court decision affirming the unconstitutionality of California’s Proposition 8. Better yet, join in the march from University Ave. and Sixth Ave. in Hillcrest to the Joyce Beers Community…
This year’s Imperial Court de San Diego’s Coronation XL, from what I have heard, can be expected to feature the leather contingent out in full force. I won’t say any more about that until I get an official word. Still, I’m confident it will be worth your while to go if you’re interested in leather….
Community identity, neighborhood beautification and competitive fun collide on Saturday, June 18, with the running of The Amazing High Heel Race, a scavenger hunt event connecting participating local businesses in Hillcrest, intended as a fundraiser for the construction of a 65-foot Pride flag pole monument. The race, which is scheduled to begin at Baja Betty’s…
