The strongest of my genre expectations is that every film will exist in some sort of genre. And then, I expect that the conventions of that genre will convene, maybe with a few slips or surprises, but nothing more. When a film like Colossal comes along – a film that defies, ignores, mashes up and…
The Old Globe Theatre, Moxie Theatre and Delicia Turner Sonnenberg come together in a historic collaboration. Opening this week at the Old Globe Theatre is the play Skeleton Crew, penned by playwright and actress Dominique Morisseau. Skeleton Crew focuses on the Great Recession and how it affected one of the last auto stamping plants in…
The Center’s Cheli Mohamed on the magic that volunteers bring to Dining Out for Life San Diego. The San Diego LGBT Community Center has made it incredibly easy, and wildly fun, to make a difference in the fight against HIV. Share a meal at that new place you’ve wanted to try = support HIV services…
At one point or another, most people have the desire to chow down on a really good burger. When hit by the occasional urge, I seek out the tastiest off-the-beaten-path burgers, favoring mom-and-pop establishments over local chains and corporate franchises. “Boo-Boo”, a burger aficionado and a fuzzy cuddly muscle-bear of a man, had worked up…
Once again transgender Police Officer Christine Garcia has been subjected to hate, disrespect, insults and attacks by some militant radical members of our very own LGBT community. As many of you remember, Officer Garcia was barred from attending the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance because she was wearing her police uniform. Now for the recent…
Your preschooler has always had an active imagination. Flights of fancy and dress-up fill his days. She’s rough-and-tumble, a scrapper in her mind. Make-believe has always been a big part in your child’s life but now you’re hearing something you know in your heart is not pretend – and in the new book Raising the…
As a child of staunch New England Protestants I knew little of Catholics except they were awaiting word from the Pope to take over the country with the stacks of rifles and casks of gun powder hidden in the church basement. My father’s friend swore he had seen them. How and why he was there…
A fourth murder was charged Tuesday against Jon David Guerrero who is accused of killing three homeless men, but this homicide has a different pattern from the 11 other attacks. Molly Simons, 83, was walking to a bus stop in North Park in the early morning hours of July 13, 2016 when a man on…
Starting April 13, San Diego LGBT Weekly will be available at more than 50 Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons stores across San Diego County. These stores will be replacing the 7-Eleven and CVS stores, which will no longer carry the news magazine. “It is all about foot traffic and geographic distribution,” said Publisher Stampp Corbin. “These…
The attorney for a South Bay man accused of killing his boyfriend in Mexico told a federal jury Tuesday there was no physical evidence, such as DNA, blood, fingerprints or footprints linking him to the crime. However, David Enrique Meza, 26, was not suspected in the May 2, 2015, slaying of Jake Merendino, 52, until…
