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Managing Tommy
In the prologue to The Who's Tommy, which closes this Sunday at the Rep., five WWII paratroopers stand in a row above the stage. Special lights point to each. One by one the lights go out. From the audience, it …
Weekly CityBeat Paper Losing/Gaining Columns/Columnists
“Next week, on Aug. 17, four days shy of our ninth anniversary, we’ll present a new cover logo, a new look throughout the paper and some changes in content,” according to Dave Rolland at San Diego CityBeat. In his column …
Moistrix: Atmospheric States - Aerial Experimentation
Last night at Suture Gallery’s East Village loft, multimedia artist Moistrix curated Atmospheric States, an altered reality of clear tarpaulin and balloon mollusks gyrating amid Wind Spirit’s self-transforming geometric projections. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbxoPLmXbPs A plastic wormhole attached to a fan wiggled from …
Rocky Horror Flash Mob!
Now's your chance to dress up for the Rocky Horror Show AND take part in a Time Warp Flash Mob, and it's all happening at this weekend's Cityfest in Hillcrest. The Old Globe has been organizing the mob, and you're …
Kindness Challenge
This Saturday, San Diego kids are taking part in the 4th annual Great Kindness Challenge, presented by the San Diego-based organization, Kids for Peace. Kids around the world download a 50-item checklist and then set off making nice. Some examples …
Gonzalo's Utopia
Shakespeare's The Tempest takes place on a mysterious island. In the Old Globe's terrific production, after a mighty storm, a shipwreck, and strange beings lurking about, Charles Janasz comes on stage, as kindly Gonzalo, and talks out of this world. …
Accidental Form Poetry Workshop Tonight at Twiggs
So Say We All has been cultivating the local writing, performance, and story-telling scene since 2009 with regular, usually free events such as Greenroom (writers’ workshop), VAMP (story-telling), F*ck Alt. Comedy, and Long Story Short. The new Accidental Form poetry …
Oh Pshaw!
There have been few productions of George Bernard Shaw plays in the last decade. He's currently at the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre in Educating Shaw, a play about his unconventional courtship of Charlotte Payne-Townshend. Some favorite quotations from the …
Franny & Lenny: A Post-view
I've been a fixed fan of Leonard Bernstein's work, which Hershey Felder's now performing at the Old Globe. But I appreciate from afar. My close friend, Francis Thumm, took Bernstein's conducting class at the L.A. Philharmonic and knew him personally. …
Live Out Loud
House concerts are a cool way to support artists and have fun, without the unpredictable drama of randoms strolling into a bar and interrupting the show. Local poet and music-lover Lizzie Wann founded Meeting Grace -- a house concert series …
An Art Exhibit like No Other: The Habitat House
The Habitat House is a single family home that displays art and where local Bands perform. Habitat is located at 1008 21st street in the Golden Hill neighborhood. Paved sidewalk in front of Habitat House The exhibit “Endless Summer, Volume …
Long Story Short @ Space 4 Art
It may not seem like much, but you can get a lot done in five minutes: Beat Super Mario Brothers, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqnrHM4bUa0 pick up some rudimentary Afrikaan, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij6uz8ag3jA and ponder the unfolding of 1,000 years of European history. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxrXiO0zcVw Tonight, five …
Hershey Felder in Maestro: The Art of Leonard Bernstein at the Old Globe
Leonard Bernstein contained multitudes. He was more than an extraordinary composer/conductor, who knew every note in the canon and its musical value. He was a gifted teacher (astonishingly patient, clear, and generous). His Six Talks at Harvard (1976) also show …
San Diego Isn’t RED-y
The two organizers of the Redheaded Party had planned the event for a month – fliers were designed, produced, and distributed in hot spots around town. It was posted on Craigslist, made into a Facebook Event, and even featured on …
My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish, & I'm In Therapy at the Lyceum
"Your mother said to talk about drugs and sex." "Sure pop, what do you want to know? That's one of the better moments in Steve Solomon's stand-up comedy routine disguised as a visit to his therapist. While waiting for an …