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Torture exhibit @ Museum of Man
Entertain your holiday guests with a gripping torture exhibit.
The Museum of Man (1350 El Prado) currently has a special exhibit called Instruments of Torture, which explores various artifacts of torture, and the intent behind the instruments. The instruments range from the well-known Iron Maiden and guillotine to the …
CSA box day!
Suzie's Farms made their last produce drop on Wednesday, and I picked mine up in Normal Heights. The bundle of rosemary and oregano is highly fragrant, and I placed it in the turkey earlier today with the stuffing to enhance …
Could it be a sexy trail of tears?
The House of Pink BoomBox presents a burlesque preview of 2013
“At first we where going to do to a Thanksgiving themed show, but no matter how hard even us sexy ladies tried we just couldn't make small pox look and feel sexy,” writes Lilly Holiday of the House of Pink …
Street Style: cheap and awesome
Accessories for guys
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/20/35788/ Josh Pickney used to be in a couple of local bands but now he is an engineering student. “I go to Mesa, but I plan to transfer to a school in Germany soon,” he tells me. The 22 year-old …
Thee Electric Ballroom: rock and roll and art at El Dorado
Garage surf rockers The Short Eyes kick off rock and roll art monthly
Self-proclaimed “dirt pop” band The Short Eyes will be inaugurating a new art/music monthly to be held every last Thursday at El Dorado. “The vibe is meant to be an art show that's a bit rough around the edges, a …
Turkey trots multiplying
Three turkey trots to consider for Thursday.
There are more turkey trot events than you can shake a stick at this Thursday. An early morning 5 or 10K on Thanksgiving soothes the conscious and clears a path to the stuffing, candied yams, and pumpkin pie. Here are …
Gonzo: The Good Doctor Remembered
An art and music tribute to Doctor Hunter S. Thompson
In commemoration of perhaps the most influential journalist of the 20th century, Bar Basic (410 Tenth Ave – Downtown) is hosting GONZO: art inspired by Hunter S. Thompson tonight from 7 to 10 p.m. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r31hV_BPFf0 The free (21+) event, curated …
Mission Valley mall rats: don't dress like Bill Cosby
Mission Valley shoppers tell us what not to wear
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/20/35758/ 24-year old Naima Mire wants people to stop wearing Bill Cosby sweaters. She isn’t a fan of the latest patterned sweater trend. “There is a cute way to wear that look—with combat boots, but most of the time people …
Your Week: November 22-28
Thursday | 22PETER PAN & WENDYThis SDSU production of a “story that bridges the generations” explores the adventures of Wendy and Peter Pan “with a nod to modern California and a bit of fairy dust.” Directed by Margaret Larlham. $13–$15.WHEN: …
In the Red and Brown Water at UCSD
Teenaged Oya sprints through the projects like a blur. State wants to give her a scholarship. But her mother is ill. So Oya stays home. Mother dies. No scholarship forth-comes. Of the three men in Oya's life, she chooses the …
DIY: holiday gifts
This year, my gifting circle has grown with family expansion (a new nephew, my sister's engagement) and the birth of little ones to good friends. I love crafting cards, or creating pretty planters, but have little skill in creating other …
Horses and Humans
San Diego has not one, but two Cirque-esque equine-centric shows in town (right on the heels of Cirque du Soleil's Dralion). This town has never seen so many aerialists and acrobats and big-tops all at once. But about the horses... …
Thanksgiving yoga for Sandy victims
Some people sleep in on Thanksgiving while many begin feast preparations early in the day. If you don't have anything planned, you might be wondering, What am I going to do all day until dinner? While I'm the primary cook …
Volcan Mountain
This weekend my husband and I drove out to Julian and hiked Volcan Mountain. Fog hung about the mountains, the leaves had turned gold and rust, and the fields swayed in the wind. It was idyllic. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/19/35667/ The trails are …
Holiday volunteer opportunity
The fall and winter holidays often spur individuals to contribute or volunteer, especially with our reminders to give and be charitable to each other. Here is a volunteer opportunity for the holiday season and beyond. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/18/35621/ St. Vincent de Paul …
The Little Flower of East Orange at Ion Theatre
"Don't get old, Nadine," says silver-haired Therese, hooked to intravenous painkillers on a Bronx hospital bed. "I don't think I'm headed in that direction," replies young Nadine, who's been free-basing rock cocaine six days straight. She rode cross-country from Scottsdale …
Fun at the Fleet
The Reuben H. Fleet Science Center had a little soiree to celebrate the opening of Let it Snow (which turned out to be trippy, nineties-style kaleidoscopic 3D graphics set to holiday tunes). I brought two token children (my nieces Bella …
Remembering Dr. Faustus
In recent blogs, Lamb's Players artistic director Robert Smyth looked back on the company's most "important" productions, not favorites, necessarily, or best sellers, but shows that moved the theater forward. One of his choices remains one of my favorite local …
Cardboard lounging
Visitors to the New Children's Museum can touch and use one-of-a-kind cardboard furniture
The latest installment at The New Children's Museum (200 West Island Avenue), appropriately coined Cardboard Lounge, is officially open today, November 15. Under the direction of David Fobes, Foundations Lecturer at the School of Art Design and Art History at …
Blue Balls in Mexicali
How to keep cool in the deep east desert heat
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/15/35531/ DSEK Last month, I posted some photos from Mexicali, where I was working on a video project with multimedia artist Moistrix. The result is a look at the art, music, and nightlife of the desert oasis capital of Baja …