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Lillian-Yvonne Bertram Poetry Reading
Lillian-Yvonne Bertram reads from her collection, But a Storm is Blowing from Paradise on Saturday, July 28 at 7 p.m. The event is free to the public and will be held at The Inkspot (710 13th St, Suite 210) downtown. …
North County’s Summer Concerts in the Park
Oceanside sponsors the family orientated Sunday Afternoon Concert Series at Heritage Park on Peyri Road from now until August 12th. Music begins at 4PM and last until 6PM at the park that’s tucked behind historic Mission San Luis Rey. Band …
Seeing Balboa Park
This may seem obvious, but Balboa Park in summer is essential. There are the museums, and the film series, plays, and the dog parks, but simply walking through the entire park between Park Blvd. and Sixth Ave. offers lush scenery, …
Time Trial
Today's stage of the Tour de France is a "time trial". A time trial is individual riders racing against the clock. There is no peloton and there is no drafting behind other riders. There are no teammates to set a …
TEDx
TED was founded in 1984 in California with the first TED conference in Monterey. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design and the nonprofit organization has a global reach with conferences in Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Engineers, doctors, innovators, …
Dames at Sea at North Coast Rep
"When I look into those big brown eyes of yours," Dick says to Ruby, "there's only one thing I want to do - SING!" Dames at Sea's a loving spoof of the Busby-Berkeley-directed glitz-blitzes of the 1930s - Gold Diggers, …
Color Me Rad 5K
At Color Me Rad 5K runners start out "as clean as newborn babes" and get blasted with rainbow colored cornstarch every few minutes while en route to the finish line. Color Me Rad 5K hits San Diego's Petco Park on …
Fallbrook's High School Choir to Sing Back Up Vocals for Foreigner
Members of the Fallbrook Union High School varsity choir, the “Madrigals”, will sing back up for Foreigner ‘s “I Want to Know What Love Is” when the band performs at Pala Casino on Sunday, July 8th at 7PM. “The whole …
The Man Who Came to Dinner at Coronado Playhouse
He was Alexander Woollcott (1887-1943). In his time more people may have admired, and feared, him than even knew about Alexander the Great. As drama critic for various newspapers, he was always the star of his reviews, praising and damning …
Unmasked! Local Cartoonist Gallery Opens Today w/Hills Like Elephants
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/07/27434/ Just in time for Comic-Con, some of the most notable artists in San Diego’s thriving and sizable comics community are being brought together for an exhibit titled Unmasked! Comic Art in San Diego Revealed. The exhibit, hosted by Artlab …
Summer Movies in the Park
The San Diego County’s award winning Summer Movies in the Park series rolled its first reel June 1 in Heritage Park. More than 55 free films will be shown at dusk in community parks across the County through September 29th. …
Rocky Horror Midnight Show
The Ken Cinema in Kensington (4061 Adams Ave) is showing The Rocky Horror Picture Show at midnight on Saturday, July 21. Built in 1912, and owned by Landmark Theatres since 1975, Ken Cinema features classic cult, independent, and foreign films …
The Hills of San Diego
Pictured: PLNU's Greek Theater Time to visit another of San Diego’s hills. Hill Street in Point Loma has an appropriate name. The street goes straight up a two tier hill from Sunset Cliffs. It’s not a particularly long hill but …
Your Week: July 5-11
Photo by Ken Jacques Thursday | 5JEWELRY TRUNK SHOW Meet artist Cathy Carey and see her new Steampunk pieces, as well as fired and distressed hand-painted and collaged pendants, on which photographs are “printed, painted, fired, and shaped.” Free.WHEN: 6 …
Inherit the Wind at the Old Globe
Director Adrian Noble set the Jerome Lawrence/Robert E. Lee courtroom drama in two places at once. Reconfiguring tables and chairs and Deidre Clancy's tan and brown costumes (matching the shades of unvarnished wood) suggest the famous Scopes "Monkey Trial" of …
Tour de "What the Hell is Going On?"
I’ve decided to take on one of the ultimate challenges in all sports—follow and understand the Tour de France. The tour covers 2,173 miles over the course of 23 days with rest days on the 10th and 16th days. For …
Zombie Apocalypse in Petco Park
Zombies invade San Diego's Petco Park on July 12-14. In intervals of 20 minutes at The Walking Dead Escape: Live the Apocalypse, "survivors" must navigate through infected "walker" zones to complete a 35-45 minute obstacle course which will include cargo …
Runner's Paradise
Blue Sky Reserve is a 700 acre runner’s paradise just off Espola Road in Poway. There are no motorized vehicles and no bicycles either. It's all foot traffic. I did the short run from the trail-head to Lake Poway and …
Fallbrook's Hot Summer Nights
The free 2012 Hot Summer Nights series occurs every other Friday evening through August 24th on Main Street in Fallbrook. Shops and cafés stay open when the street is coned off to traffic at 5PM. An inflatable play house is …