Mobile Learning: turning your mobile device into a second brain
Local author gives a free presentation at the North Park Library on incorporating mobile technology into your daily life.
Local author Jenz Johnson will be hosting a free presentation on Mobile Learning: Turning your Mobile Device into a Second Brain at the North Park Library (3795 31st Street) on Tuesday, July 16 at 6 p.m. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/27/48239/ Johnson has taken …
Neva at La Jolla Playhouse
Though the story has several attributions, many claim it's what Anton Chekhov told actress Olga Knipper when they first met. "Can you make me an artist?" she asked the great Russian writer. "Yes," he replied, "but to do it I …
Best events in San Diego: June 28-July 3
Friday | 28 OPENING RECEPTION: OCEANSIDE 5x10 A group photography exhibit featuring five Oceanside-related images from each of ten local artists. Featuring Johnny Nguyen, Robert Pendleton, J-Hon Poellnitz, Bob Boon, Jake Sipes, Larry Vogel, Margaret Hernandez, Brendan Klein, Ben Rivera, …
John Ball's In the Heat of the Night at Ion Theatre
"They call me MISTER Tibbs!" - Sidney Poitier asserts for all time in the 1967 movie (and in the sequel's title). Poitier plays Virgil Tibbs, a police detective from Philadelphia visiting his mother in Sparta, Mississippi. He solves a "first-class …
SD Fringe Festival logistics
The world famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival showcases acts from around the world: dance, theater, music, circus acts, even work outside the avant garde box. The festival lasts 25 days. In 2012, it boasted 2695 shows from 47 countries in 279 …
San Diego Fringe Festival
In 1947, Edinburgh, Scotland, held its first International Arts Festival: theater, opera, dance, classical music, and visual arts. The aim: "to provide a platform for the flowering of the human spirit" after World War II. Performances took place in august …
San Diego Indie Craft Market stitches Queen Bee
North Park venue hosts nearly 40 vendors selling handmade wares Sunday
“All merchandise sold at the Indie Craft Market must be a form of handmade... Somehow, it must be a product that you reproduced and not something that is mass reproduced,” reads the vendor guidelines. On Sunday, June 23, the very …
Eat & Drink for a Cause Sunday at Tiger! Tiger!
Portion of patron's bills at North Park gastropub to be donated to Media Arts Center's Summer Scholarship Fundraising Campaign
Missed out on the Media Arts Center's Carnival Fundraiser? Well, the Media Arts Center is very close to their $7,000 goal - to be able to offer 30 need-based youth scholarships to be used for two of the Center’s media …
27th Annual La Jolla Festival of the Arts
Two-day festival offers fine wine, food & art, entertainment, and grass under your feet.
“This is not a street fair but an elegant, high quality showcase,” reads the La Jolla Festival of the Arts’ website. In its 27th year, La Jolla Festival of the Arts will showcase “watercolor and oil paintings; serigraph; glass, ceramic, …
Mass Creativity Day at The New Children's Museum
Community-based art- event promises hands-on activities, food trucks, music, and more.
When The New Children’s Museum (200 West Island Avenue) is involved in something, it's generally worth taking a gander. Their event on Saturday, June 22, where more than 2,500 people are expected to attend, is no exception. From 10 a.m. …
Homage to Ben Hecht
A name fewer and fewer people recognize, but he was probably responsible for at least one play or book or movie you will never forget. San Diego paid Ben Hecht an overdue homage this month. Scripps Ranch Theatre staged Ron …
Extraordinary Chambers at Mo`olelo Performing Arts
In 1975, Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge stormed through Cambodia. They killed teachers, poets, artists, doctors, journalists, anyone involved with the government, anyone related to anyone in government. Anyone wearing glasses. Anyone just suspicious. To create an agrarian collective, …
Mood Boost: entrepreneur turns bipolar disorder into inspirational business
Barry Willis offers meaningful employment to fellow depression sufferers.
Following an exhaustive several weeks of working with the impromptu media committee at Occupy San Diego, Barry Willis spent five days during late 2011 bed-ridden with depression. “While in bed, I grabbed my laptop and told myself that I was …
Spamalot at Welk Resort
King Arthur pretends to ride a horse while Patsy, his faithful servant, clop-clops cocoanuts to sound like hooves. From the walls of a French castle, a guard tells the "sons of a silly person" that "your mother was a hamster …
Insights from within: Robert Foxworth
We watch plays from the house seats or read them under a lamp. If curious, we peruse what others have to say. But what's it like to be that character? What's it like to be, say, Beverly Weston, the alcoholic …
Media Arts Center's Carnival Fundraiser Thursday
Yearly scholarship fundraiser promises a carnival-themed frenzy of food, drinks and fun.
"Every year we have some kind of fundraiser or online campaign to raise money for need-based scholarships so youth can attend our media arts programs," says Media Arts Center San Diego's Education & Outreach Coordinator, Julia Richardson, via email. "We …
Yeller Studio's No Tan Lines pool party takes over LWP's Community@ Joy Building
Art, music, booze, food, and pop-up shops will find harmony with pool shenanigans at this empty urban property Saturday.
"LWP's support of San Diego's art culture is something Yeller greatly respects," says Michael Tussey, via email, of San Diego-based Yeller Studio, who describe themselves as a "low-brow art collective". So when "Greg Strangman (Founder and Managing Principal of the …
Best events in San Diego: June 13-20
Thursday | 13 MEDIA ARTS CENTER CARNIVAL This Media Arts Center fundraiser includes performances by comedian Mike Vinn, magician Nathan Gibson, and stilt-walking banjo-player Johnny High-Hat. Catering will be provided by True Kitchen Creatives, with silent auction items from La …
The Divine Sister at Diversionary
Okay, Audrey Hepburn in The Nun's Story, Ingrid Bergman in Bells of St. Mary's, Greer Garson, The Singing Nun, Roz Russell, The Trouble With Angels. And, of course, Charles Busch in The Divine Sister Whoa. Wait. What? Busch, the legendary …
The Warriors' Duet at the San Diego Fringe Festival
A stage production based on the work of Laura Jeanne Morefield debuts Downtown at the first annual Fringe Festival
As part of the first annual San Diego Fringe Festival, community-based theatre troupe Circle Circle dot dot presents The Warriors' Duet, a stage play written by Charlene Baldridge based on the work of Laura Jeanne Morefield. The Warriors' Duet is …
Too late to run a 5K at UCSD
The Triton 5K to benefit scholarship funds is sold out.
The UCSD Triton 5K is sold out for Saturday, June 8th. The 5K supports scholarships for students and has raised more than $3 million since it started in 1996. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/06/46999/ The general public is welcome to come check out the …
Up to 20% discount at local businesses for cyclists
SD Bike Commuter has organized a map and list of about 70 local businesses rewarding customers for bicycling
Did you know that about 70 businesses throughout San Diego are offering up to 20% discounts for cyclists? Check out this list and map organized by SD Bike Commuter for details. Look for this logo at participating businesses in your …
Becoming Cuba at North Coast Rep
Melinda Lopez's world premiere drama is overlong: in length and ambition. It's an epic set in Cuba during the revolt against Spain, 1897-98, and tries to cover all angles from a pharmacy in Havana. Everyone wants the island - Spain, …
San Diego Rock 'n' Roll HALF
The Rock 'n' Roll marathon is now a half with 2 half runners for every full.
The results are in for what should be called the Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon. This event used to be a large Marathon event, this year there were 9,000 running the marathon and 21,000 running the half. The course was …
Best events in San Diego: June 6-12
Thursday | 6 ERNEST SILVA: ARTIST AT WORK Experience how Ernest Silva develops his signature iconography. Complimentary appetizers and an open beer and wine bar provided. Reservations suggested. $0–$10. WHEN: 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. WHERE: Oceanside Museum of Art, 704 …
Summer track and field in San Diego
The Summer Nights Series begins this Wednesday, the 5th of June.
Who’s ready for some track ‘n’ field? Wednesday, the 5th of June at 6:00 pm is the start of the Summer Nights Track and Field Series. Registration is at 5:00 pm and all events cost $5. The location is University …
Moonlight and Magnolias at Scripps Ranch Theatre
Stories about the making of movie classics make you wonder how they ever got made. Ron Hutchinson based this comedy on rewrites for Gone With the Wind. If even half of what he says is true, it's hard to believe …