The San Diego Museum of Art’s Summer Salon series continues on Thursday Aug. 4 with another crop of artists responding to this year’s theme: What Does a City Need? In addition to an art-making activity involving Asian art and a reading by internationally-renowned artist, curator and author Rubén Ortiz Torres there will be a performance…
The Disney musical made its first splash on the screen in 1964 with Oscar winner Julie Andrews in her signature part. Forty years later the Disney people turned the movie into a happy, colorful stage musical that is touring the world. Now, with six productions running on three continents, the show has been seen by…
If you’ve been fascinated with the “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” world of Mary Poppins since childhood, you won’t want to miss the Broadway musical Mary Poppins. The stage production plays at the San Diego Civic Theatre from Aug. 10-21. The musical is much more than just a retelling of the beloved 1964 Disney film adaptation and its infamous…
Ah, August! Pride season is over, Comic-Con is all wrapped up, tourists are flocking to America’s Finest City and the locals are usually heading out of town for their own vacation. Yet the concept of a staycation, the idea of vacationing in your own hometown, is gaining popularity. Some experts say it is because of…
To add to our already beautiful and vibrant downtown, developer Douglas Manchester is planning to move forward with his long-delayed plans for the $1.6 billion Pacific Gateway Hotel and office complex in downtown San Diego. This project was put on hold several years ago with the depressed real estate market, the depressed financial community and…
Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig in Cowboys & Aliens MOVIE REVIEW: When I first saw the poster for Cowboys & Aliens, I got excited. These are two great tastes that haven’t yet gone together, but should. Five years ago, that’s what I said about chocolate and bacon. Now you can buy bacon chocolate bars everywhere….
When the police arrive at your door at 4 a.m., you know two things about the party: It’s great, and it’s over. It’s time for someone to dial 9-1-1 on the Tea Party. They had a good ride, but it needs to end. Neighborhoods are a microcosm of the social contract that makes our government,…
California State Controller John Chiang covers the ins and outs of the new tax rules for same-sex married couples and registered domestic partners during a presentation, Aug. 9, 6 p.m. at The LGBT Community Center. Chiang will cover differences in federal and state rules, community property rules and how the ongoing Proposition 8 and Defense…
RESTAURANT REVIEWS: I love when food becomes a controversy and a debate. People all over become attached to what they think is the best and where the best is made. There is probably only one culinary dish around our different regions, even throughout the world, that brings such heated arguments. From its origin, to its…
Thursday, Aug. 4 The art of Leonard Bernstein Hershey Felder in Maestro: The Art of Leonard Bernstein is a new work from the creators of George Gershwin Alone, Monsieur Chopin and Beethoven, As I Knew Him. With a story spanning the entire twentieth century, Leonard Bernstein, one of America’s greatest musicians, broke through every artistic…
