A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of orchestra seats will be held for Wicked, which is returning to the San Diego Civic Theatre with performances June 20-July 15. Two and one-half hours prior to each performance, people who present themselves at the Civic Theatre box office will have their names placed in a lottery…
As part of its lead-up to Pride weekend (July 20-22) San Diego LGBT Pride will be holding the All in Pride Celebration Tuesday, June 26 6:30 p.m. – 12 a.m. at the W Hotel, 421 W B Street in San Diego. The event will honor this year’s Spirit of Stonewall honorees with an awards reception,…
The Black Storytellers of San Diego (BSSD) present The Things They Carried, a closing ceremony honoring veterans featuring master storytellers Victoria Burnett and Mitch “Gran’ daddy Junebug” Capel Tuesday, June 26 6 p.m. at the USS Midway museum, 910 N. Harbor Drive in San Diego. BSSD is a 501c3 organization and its mission is to…
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) have announced that retired Staff Sgt. Eric Alva will be a special guest at the first HRC San Diego dinner. Alva was the first Marine seriously injured in the Iraq War. He lost his right leg from a land mine, March 21, 2003. After 13 years of military service, Alva…
Equality California (EQCA) together with co-hosts Randy Clark, Susan Guinn, Pam Morgan, Scott Paine, Joyce Rowland and Claire Stafford are kicking off the San Diego Equality Awards with a garden party in the Veranda Room at the W Hotel, 421 West B Street in San Diego Wednesday, June 27 6-8 p.m. RSVP to Jack Lorenz…
San Diego Labor Council Secretary-Treasurer/CEO Lorena Gonzalez has praised President Obama’s announcement deferring action on immigrant young adults. Calling the announcement “an encouraging step in beginning to address our nation’s dire need for comprehensive immigration reform,” Gonzalez said in a statement, “These are some of San Diego’s best and brightest, and the president’s actions allow…
San Diego LGBT Weekly is helping lead a campaign to thank and encourage JCPenney for not giving into pressure from One Million Moms (OMM) and the American Family Association (AFA) over featuring gay and lesbian couples in its advertising. Last month, JCPenney was the focus of homophobic outrage and calls for a boycott after it…
Different Stages will be presenting Somewhere in Between, a comedy by Craig Pospisil at the Electric Ladyland Art and Music Center; 4993 Newport Ave. in San Diego June 21, 22, 28, 29 at 8 p.m. Produced by Jerry Pilato and directed by Kristen Fogle and George Bailey the comedy, is told in ten scenes and…
Continuous Play, a new contemporary dance performance by The PGK Dance Project will be performed at The Vine Theater at the Bernardo Winery, Suite #5 13330 Paseo Del Verano N. in San Diego, July 7 at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. and July 8 at 2 p.m. This new program plays with where and how…
