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Kate Clark's Sculptures Stuffed with Ephemera

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“I’m interested in doing work involving communication with people,” says artist and Anacortes, Washington native Kate Clark over a cup of coffee at Twiggs. “Piñatas are a great vehicle to connect with folks. I see myself as a piñata counselor. …

Internet Book Reviews: City of the Gods: Forgotten

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Trapped in a timeless city governed by all the old gods of Earth, D'Molay is a tracker who works for the Gods. He makes a fateful choice to assist a hapless amnesiac girl early in the story. He then begins …

Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas at Old Globe Theatre

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He's back. Sure, he's as tall as a power forward and can bench press, he brags, 450 pounds. He can sing up a storm and trip the light fantastic and impersonate everyone from Arnold Schwarzenegger and John Wayne to Elvis …

Whack Friday Alternatives

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Concerned that being pepper sprayed by rabid Black Friday shoppers at Walmart will only bring back difficult memories of Occupy San Diego? Head up to North Park, where shops including Aloha Sunday, Rufskin, Hunt & Gather, Ms Vintage, Pigment, and …

Hit a Home Run for Epilepsy at the Gingerbread City Gala

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As National Epilepsy Awareness Month draws to an end, the Epilepsy Foundation of San Diego County is gearing up to host a gala to benefit the over 50,000 people affected by the chronic neurological disorder in San Diego alone. Nationwide, …

Learn to be Latina at Diversionary

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Enrique Urueta's equal opportunity offender has toured the country, including a stop at Minneapolis' prestigious - and tough-minded - Mixed Blood Theatre. But Diversionary's iffy prouduction makes one wonder why it's getting so much play. The staging, by an uncredited …

Inner Vibration at the Fire Garden

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On Saturday, my buddies Michael Mannino and Arian Banki threw a party at a private residence near Vista in celebration of a dear friend who left us in June. Preston Grover was an absolute inspiration to friends in his electronic …

The Biography of a Diary

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The Diary of Anne Frank runs through December 4 at OnStage Playhouse. Here's some background for this fine production: On June 12, 1942, Otto Frank gave his daughter, Annelies Marie, an autograph album for her 13th birthday. She decided to …

Rock of Ages: Contemporary Music Traditions at Barona Reservation Opens Nov. 19

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On November 19, the Barona Cultural Center & Museum will open Rock of Ages: Contemporary Music Traditions on the Barona Reservation, an exhibition intended to showcase today's native culture of singer-songwriters, rock bands, country-western players, and other popular music, done …

A Dream Role

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Right now, several actors are clearly performing dream roles: Linda Libby as Mama Rose in Ion's Gypsy; Rosina Reynolds (Amanda Wingfield), Brian Mackey (The Gentleman Caller), and Amanda Sitton (Laura Wingfield) in Cygnet's Glass Menagerie; and, as if to the …

Kevin Harrington's Wounded Warrior Bike Ride from Montauk to San Diego Comes to An End!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS4mgdHcn2w On September 23, Kevin Harrington set out to ride from the Montauk lighthouse to San Diego in an effort to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project. Today, he arrived in town. This video was shot a little before …

Stiff Drinks and Cocktales at the Ryan Roots Cocktail Club

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Ever courting fresh alibis for day drinking on the weekend, I negotiated the rain on Saturday to check out the Ryan Roots Cocktale Club at the Ruby Room. As promised, Mr. Roots was there mixing stiff ones behind the bar, …

The Musical Paul Gauguin at Asian Story Theater

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Asian Story Theater is work-shopping this new musical. The project was ready for a tryout and, with tinkering and revising, could have a long life to come. The subject was a complicated individual, who strove with all his might for …

Make Good on 11/11/11

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I’ve heard a lot of murmurs about 11/11/11 over the past few weeks, everything from foreboding rumors of apocalypse to the dawning of a new age to the official day of celebration for Spinal Tap's Nigel Tufnel. In an internet …

What's in a Title?

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John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men - currently in a deeply moving production at New Village Arts - tells the tragic story of Lennie Small and George Milton. Migrant ranch hands during the Depression, they come to the Salinas Valley …

Sezio to Occupy North Park for Four-Day Weekend

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Sezio, a local art nonprofit, plans to occupy the Sunset Temple in North Park on Thursday and stay until Sunday. The sounds of the occupation won't be chants or drum circles but will be live rock performances from more than …

"The Other F Word" Punk Rock Fathers Docu @ the Ken Nov. 25

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What happens when a generation's ultimate anti-authoritarians, punk rockers, become society’s ultimate authorities: dads? The Other F Word tackles this question. With a large chorus of punk rock’s leading men, including Blink 182's Mark Hoppus, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea, …

Twelfth Night at White Theatre

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In Merry Olde England, Twelfth Night was a last call for holiday cheer. After the 12 days of Christmas, the evening of January 5 was a one-night Mardi Gras: wine and sherry would flow; food got gobbled, and life went …

Return to Innocence - Juan Soldado's Haunted Grave in Tijuana

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Just a stone’s throw from the border, Puerta Blanca cemetery is Tijuana’s oldest graveyard and home to the crypt of the unofficial resident saint of miracles, protection, fortune, and health - Juan Castillo Morales, better known as Juan Soldado (Juan …

Green Flash Beer Week Kick Off at the Ruby Room

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The Reader’s resident craft beer enthusiast Brandon Hernández has already filled you in on many of tomorrow’s San Diego Beer Week kick off festivities, but I can’t let you lurch into your Friday night without a suds up on the …

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