“Our mission is to bring people together over great beer around great causes, and this is certainly one of the most impactful and meaningful — especially this time of year,” explains Mike Hess, founder of …
December 16, 2021
News & Stories
JoyJars for kids fighting cancer
Elizabeth Carter: a prominent member of the “Bluestocking Circle”
To Mrs. —. WHERE are those hours, on rosy pinions borne, Which brought to every guiltless with success? When Pleasure gladden’d each returning morn, And every evening clos’d in calms of peace. How smil’d each …
December 16, 2021
Yale Strom wants more on his plate than Hot Pstromi
Calling Yale Strom a polymath somehow seems inadequate. He’s a violinist, composer, educator, author (working on his 15th book), award-winning documentary director, playwright, and now, the latest inductee to the San Diego Music Hall of …
December 16, 2021
Crab City: crab grab
Say what? “You’re pouring the dinner onto the paper table cloth??” “That’s why we give you plastic gloves,” says Jordan. Then he’s off. And there I am, sitting with my puddle of sauce and potatoes …
December 16, 2021
Things I didn’t know about West Side Story
During an audience Q&A at the Chicago International Film Festival, Robert Wise was asked why he chose to open both West Side Story and The Sound of Music with tapering views from above. “Because I …
December 16, 2021
Masked Singer Surprise: Jewel bets on the Queen Of Hearts
Fronted by Canada-born Sherri Anne, Sister Speak combines alt-blues rock with world music. “The idea was a collaboration of musicians supporting the expression of the woman’s voice through music,” says the spokesperson for local Taylor …
December 16, 2021
Aaron Carnes launches In Defense of Ska book/tour
Aaron Carnes started working on a book about ska in 2013. He didn’t have a game plan; he just loved the genre and “wanted to contribute something about ska to the narrative that was lacking.” …
December 16, 2021