As Christmas approaches here are a few suggestions for the weekend that might jump-start ye olde festive spirit. At the Cygnet Theatre, the WCYG Playhouse of the Air presents A Christmas Carol, a live reading of Charles Dickens’ holiday classic delivered in the style of a 1940s radio program. In the past It’s A Wonderful…
For most people, an invitation to sing the national anthem at a San Diego Padres baseball game would be the thrill of a lifetime. Not so for Bobby Thompson. In 2007, with retirement from the U.S. Navy just a few years away, singing publicly with the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus meant he could be…
Three firefighters who are charged with robbery, dissuading a witness and making a criminal threat to two brothers were in court Tuesday and will stand trial Feb. 21, 2013. San Diego Superior Court Judge Charles Rogers was assigned the case for trial Tuesday for Andrew Brennen, 30, Gregory Econie, 27 and Vadid Cisneros, 37, who…
The Women of Color United San Diego, Women’s Resource Center and Passage Playground Productions will be presenting the film premiere and an evening with the cast and director of If I Was Your Girl 2, Dec. 30, 6-9 p.m. at The San Diego LGBT Community Center, 3909 Centre Street in San Diego. The director, Coquie…
It was in this column that the scandal of the old Pride board was first broken and the mismanagement of money and the no input from the community over the purchasing of their new million dollar offices. The then highly respected intern Pride board made many commitments and promises to our community, the most important…
Alright girls, it is that time of year again, when time is short and the to-do list is long. I have spent most evenings following Thanksgiving either lighting the tree or getting lit myself! Going from holiday party to holiday party or just trying to beat the crowds at the shopping malls. This girl hates…
dvd of the week Written by 30 Rock writer Kay Cannon and directed by Avenue Q’s Jason Moore; Pitch Perfect is Bring It On crossed with Glee with an injection of Bridesmaids. It’s not perfect, but it’s a damn funny crowd-pleaser. Beca (Anna Kendrick) is a world-weary freshman at Barden University who spends her free…
dvr this Turner Classic Movies, Friday, Dec. 14, 2:45 p.m. Katherine Hepburn won her third Oscar (in a tie with Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl) playing Eleanor of Aquitaine, the scheming estranged wife of King Henry II (Peter O’Toole). At Christmas 1183, court wrangling over who is be heir to the throne – Eleanor wants…
