Sweet! Chula Vista cake artist Jose Barajas represents West Coast — and gay cake decorators — on TLC’s ‘Next Great Baker’

TLC’s Next Great Baker returns to our screens June 24 for season four. Hosted by Buddy Valastro, the star of his own reality series, Cake Boss, the show features contestants participating in challenges that test their baking and decorating skills. According to TLC, this new season comes with a whole new set style and spice….

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West Coast premiere of ‘Re-Designing Women’ opens May 29 at Diversionary

Playwright Jamie Morris (“Mommie Queerest,” “The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode,” and “The Silence of the Clams”) “ is at it again with his latest comedy parody. This time around he spoofs another popular 1980s sitcom, sending up the gals of the Sugarbaker Design Firm in Atlanta. The West Coast premiere of “Re-Designing Women”…

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Diversionary Theatre kicks off 2014 season with West Coast premiere of ‘Boys & Girls’

SAN DIEGO – Diversionary Theatre is bringing the West-Coast Premiere of Tom Donaghy’s chaotic comedy to their 2014 Season.  This new year of theater-making will share stories inspired by discovering, maneuvering, and celebrating our unique personal identities in the LGBT community.  Boys & Girls is first up to ardently represent this inspired theme. Join Diversionary…

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Diversionary presents West Coast premiere of ‘The Divine Sister’

Diversionary Theatre’s production of The Divine Sister opened at San Diego’s Diversionary Theatre June 1. The cast includes Maggie Carney as Mrs. Levinson, Yolanda Franklin as Sister Acacius, Lauren King as Agnes, Dangerfield G. Moore as Jeremy, Daren Scott as Mother Superior, and Jacque Wilke as Sister Walburga. Diversionary’s production is directed by the Craig…

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Neighborhood Market Association Endorses Lorena Gonzalez in AD 80

SAN DIEGO – Lorena Gonzalez has been endorsed by the Neighborhood Market Association, her campaign announced today. The Neighborhood Market Association (NMA) is a non-profit mutual benefit corporation dedicated to empowering independent retailers throughout California, Nevada, Arizona and the West Coast. Mark Arabo, the CEO of the Neighborhood Market Association, praised Gonzalez for her collaboration…

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San Diego Opera presents the West Coast premiere of ‘Murder in the Cathedral’

San Diego Opera’s 48th International Season continues Saturday, March 30, with the West Coast Premiere of Ildebrando Pizzetti’s opera Murder in the Cathedral. Based on the T.S. Eliot play of the same name, this opera follows the final month of Thomas Becket’s life as he defends Canterbury Cathedral from King Henry II. Returning to sing…

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