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A Gripe from the Doldrums
Between now and September 10, local theater has few openings. The summer shows are still running, and the restarting of schools keeps this stretch of days quiet. But come September 10, San Diego theater once again catapults from the doldrums …
Greenroom "Crackups and Meltdowns" - VAMP "Alternative Endings"
Attention, writers and spoken-word performers! Tomorrow’s free Greenroom writers’ workshop at the Imperial House focuses on the theme “Crackups and Meltdowns.” Let off some steam about your favorite freakout, mental breakdown, ecstatic revelation, or bout with lunacy while sipping adult …
When "I Know Where I've Been" Almost Didn't Get There
"There's a light In the darkness Though the night Is black as my skin. There's a light Burning bright Showing me the way But I know where I've been." At the end of Hairspray (currently at the Moonlight Amphitheatre), Motormouth …
Happy Healthy High Horny Herbs Celebrates Grand Opening
Listen up, hippie. Happy Healthy High Horny Herbs (now I’ve got your attention) is celebrating their grand opening tomorrow in Ocean Beach. Though the shop has been up and running for 3 months, the franchise’s Australian founders will be in …
Trying at Lamb's Players Theatre
When not assaulted by the infirmities of old age, or "senior moments" in which memory calls a time out, Judge Francis Biddle is in memoir mode. He's 81 and convinced it's his final year ("the EXIT sign is blinking over …
Old Globe Rocky Horror Star Dropped After Underage Conviction Revelation
With Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show set to open at the Old Globe Theatre on September 23, lead actor James Barbour, cast as intergalactic “sweet transvestite” Frank-N-Furter, has left the production after it was made public that he admitted to …
Tiki Haven
This is a big weekend for Shag-loving rockabillies. The theme for this year’s Tiki extravaganza, Tiki Oasis 11, is “South of the Border: A Retro Tijuana-Style Tiki Party.” The three-day event is being held at Bali Hai Restaurant on Shelter …
O'Neill's Absent Youth
An exercise for writers: compose a long account of your childhood, only make it the opposite of the one you lived. Eugene O'Neill did just that with Ah, Wilderness. The play's set in a small-ish, Connecticut town similar to New …
Earthworm Book/CD Presentation: Music, Dance, Build a Wormbox - Tuesday Aug. 16
“I wrote a song which became a children’s book,” says New Archaic singer/violinist Alicia Previn, who will be performing “The Earthworm Song” at an August 16 party for the Earthworm Book, at Escondido’s Stone Brewery. “The project took form because …
Ah, Wilderness at New Village Arts
It's like a parallel universe apart from Eugene O'Neill's other plays. After he wrote Mourning Becomes Electra and lived the torments of Long Day's Journey Into Night, O'Neill created a time and place where tragedy dare not tread. In Ah, …
Release the Kraken!
Subtext Gallery commemorated its 5th anniversary with a "group exhibition featuring vintage aquatic paintings re-imagined by 30 artists, called Release the Kraken. Known for funky art and awesome openings, the gallery kept up its reputation by adding a live band, …
Giant Puppet Parade Coming to Downtown Sunday Sept. 4
San Diego’s Space 4 Art, the San Diego Guild of Puppetry, and ArtReach will present the inaugural Art Fun Giant Puppet Parade starting at 11 a.m. on Sunday September 4. The activities begin at the Hilton Hotel Indigo room and …
Spring Awakening at San Diego Actors Conservatory Theatre
We're in the midst of an unplanned rock musical festival (Tommy at the Rep, Little Shop of Horrors at Cygnet, Hairspray at Moonlight, and upcoming: Rocky Horror at the Old Globe and Jesus Christ Superstar at La Jolla Playhouse). Through …