In 2007, absinthe returned to America’s bars and liquor stores. The “green fairy" was historically famed as the beverage of the Bohemian french demimonde, a favorite of Van Gogh and Baudelaire. Adding to its mystique, …
March 7, 2025
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Drinks All Around: Wormwood's Green Fairy Frappe
Pop goes San Diego, March 7-12
LCD SoundsystemWhen: March 8Where: Petco ParkFormed in 2002 by the co-founder of DFA Records, James Murphy, electronic rockers LCD Soundsystem earned a Grammy nomination for Best Dance Recording for their worldwide hit “Daft Punk Is …
March 7, 2025
Live Five: Fred Benedetti, Sara Petite, TJ Moss, Big Time Operator
Fred Benedetti at the Jazz LoungeMarch 7Fred Benedetti began playing the guitar at age nine, going on to perform with the San Diego Symphony, the San Diego Opera, the Starlight Opera, the American Ballet Company, …
March 7, 2025
Lost roads of San Diego
Author Margot Sheehan wrote for the <em>Reader</em> 1991-1993. She edited a satire page in 1991 called "San Diego Confidential." After she was let go from the <em>Reader</em> in 1993, Sheehan threatened litigation based on what …
March 7, 2025
Theater review: What the Constitution Means to Me at North Coast Rep
Playwright Heidi Schreck’s interrogation of our nation’s founding document is just about as clever and engaging a way as I can imagine to get theater audiences to reconsider its worth — or even just consider …
March 7, 2025
A guide to good opera singing
I’d say one of the greatest barriers to enjoying opera is knowing whether or not the singing is good. I’m being serious. It’s a problem for those who haven’t spent years studying voice or exploring …
March 7, 2025
Movie Review: SEVEN VEILS (2023)
SEVEN VEILS (2023) Atom Egoyan. Writer: Atom Egoyan / Photographer: Paul Sarossy (2.35:1) / Design: Phillip Barker / Editor: David Wharnsby / Music: Mychael Danna / Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Douglas Smith, Rebecca Liddiard, Mark O'Brien, …
March 7, 2025