Nude Descending a Staircase Toe after toe, a snowing flesh, a gold of lemon, root and rind, she sifts in sunlight down the stairs with nothing on. Nor on her mind. We spy beneath the …
July 8, 2021
News & Stories
X. J. Kennedy: succinct epigrammatic verse from an American poet
Music Scene SDTV online program debuts with San Diego Music Awards nominees
“We’ll shoot a good deal of the show in studio,” says producer M. Florentino Buenaventura of the new online Music Scene SDTV program. “But like most news outlets, we plan to have correspondents out on …
July 8, 2021
Krispy Kreme Triple Burger and fried Oreos find comfort at the San Diego County Fair
I knew it was going to be a difficult day when I locked myself out. “We have to be there by 12, remember?” yelled Tim. He was waiting in his car. The guy has a …
July 8, 2021
Tamar Berk dreams of Super-8 and struggles
Indie pop singer-songwriter Tamar Berk grew up playing piano and started writing songs on guitar as a teenager. Regarding her new album The Restless Dreams of Youth, she says, “I was an incredibly restless child. …
July 8, 2021
Summer of Soul: a black Woodstock doc?
Where were you on July 20, 1969? Unless you were among the thousands fortunate enough to have been in Mount Morris Park for the opening of the Harlem Cultural Festival, chances are you were glued …
July 8, 2021
Streaming the scene with Louis Valenzuela
In the days before the pandemic, guitarist Louis Valenzuela was on his way to becoming a ubiquitous force on the San Diego jazz scene. He ran a popular jazz jam session on Monday nights at …
July 8, 2021