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Escondido's Inaugural Glow-in-the-Park Art Festival
The Escondido History Center is collaborating with the Arts Partnership and Municipal Gallery to create an Art Park, Saturday August 4th at Grape Day Park. From 7PM through 11, the “Glow-in-the-Park” event, inspired by GLOW Santa Monica, will highlight regional …
Grooming the Groom
Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, and Joe get to watch their own funeral. Shakespeare lets Rosalind do what others would love to do as well: give a potential mate an advanced seminar on loving truly. The exact opposite of speed-dating. As …
Grocery Run
"Do not seek illumination unless you seek it as a man whose hair is on fire seeks a pond." --Ramakrishna. I have been seeking cherry/pineapple frozen pops in such a manner this summer. It's been epic but hasn't reached the …
Long Live Pistorius
Have you heard of Pistorius? The name rings with grandeur. You might think Pistorius was a chronicler of the late Roman Republic or perhaps a great conqueror. A great conqueror might be correct. Oscar Pistorius is a double amputee who …
Your Week: July 12-18
Thursday | 12POP THURSDAY GOES COMIC CRAZYCalling all cosplayers! Dress up as your favorite character for a costume contest and get your own comic-book cover portrait in the “fantasy photo studio.” Also, filmmaker Neil Kendricks will give an introduction to …
Nice Bridge
If you've gone north on the I-15 in order to get to what used to be called The Wild Animal Park, then you may have noticed a cool looking bridge that crosses Lake Hodges just west of the freeway. According …
Tour San Diego Bay
This week I took a San Diego harbor tour for the first time via San Diego Harbor Excursions. Tickets cost $22-27 though you can find a $3 discount here. Tours are split into north and south, and there is the …
PRIDE Festival & Parade
Pride Festival begins on Saturday, July 21 at noon and runs through Sunday evening. The event will feature performances by Natasha Bedingfield and Sandra Bernhard in addition to "more than 80 musicians, bands, comedy and dance performers, 300 participating vendor …
PRIDE Block Party
San Diego kicks off Pride weekend with its first ever Pride Block Party on Friday, July 20 from 7 to 11 p.m. The block party will feature "dancing, DJ's, food, drinks and a "Hillcrest Pride Flag Viewing" ferris wheel." http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/12/27756/ …
Act One
Moss Hart knew "the dark brown taste of being poor." And when he made his considerable fortune on Broadway he bought a country estate, planted thousands of trees and built a gaudy mansion. The place looked so baroque it prompted …
Zombie Apocalypse on Friday the Thirteenth!
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/11/27675/ If for any reason you missed out on Comic Con tickets, you can still participate in the free Zombie Walk this Friday, July 13 from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Zombies should meet at 5:00 p.m. at the corner of …
Star Wars Night
Tonight The Range Kitchen & Cocktails (1263 University Ave) in Hillcrest hosts their monthly dinner theater. In celebration of Comic Con, which starts tomorrow, The Range will play Star Wars on the projector screen and up to 8 HDTVs with …
Do Anything at Space 4 Art - Including Alien Genitalia.
Synchronized with the start of Comic Con, the downtown gallery Space 4 Art will be hosting a related event entitled Do Anything. The Show includes a screening of Strange Attractors: Investigations in Non-Humanoid Extraterrestrial Sexualities, a 120 minute DVD which …
San Diego's Hot Summer Conferences
San Diego’s mild climate and waterfront location attracts large scale international conferences, which in turn pour millions into the local economy. Many of the companies that choose San Diego over other cities for their annual get-togethers pertain to medical science …
Moons Over Orange County
If full moons are your thing than you're in luck, because hundreds of them can be seen Saturday afternoon lined up along a stretch of train tracks outside the Mugs Away Saloon in Orange County. July 14 is the annual …
SoCal Vintners Sponsor Summer Music Series
Local vintners run all sorts of promotions to lure wine drinkers through their doors, from grape stomp harvest parties to classic wine related movies or overnight excursion tours into Mexico’s wine country. Some offer live music in outdoor atmospheres. Every …
Young Adult Fiction Writing
Summer is a great time for self-exploration, whether it's through travel, outdoor activities, or creative classes. San Diego Writers, Ink, a nonprofit arts and literary organization, offers many creative writing workshops taught by professionals for beginning and seasoned writers alike. …