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Haunted Memories of the Old Lyceum, part one
The original Lyceum Theatre stood at 314-316 F Street, downtown. Built in 1913, it was demolished in 1985, to make room for the Horton Plaza parking complex. Between 1981 and 1982, the San Diego Repertory Theatre produced shows in the …
Latest Sunset of the Year Tonight
The Latest Sunset of the year, 8:01 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time in San Diego, occurs tonight — Wednesday, June 29 — approximately one week after the summer solstice (our longest day). From now until late July there will be little …
Brian’s Farmers' Market
Why do Farmers Markets Rock? Brian’s Market is located on B Street, in between 27th and 28th. When walking towards the market, I immediately noticed fresh flowers, produce, organic creams, honey, and jewelry, just to name a few items that …
A Naked Stage
A cartoon in the New Yorker, March, 1938, shows three women standing before a ticket booth. One asks, obviously worried: "Does this play have scenery?" Thornton Wilder's Our Town had opened in February. Many a first-nighter thought they'd made a …
Agaves Blooming
Agaves, (a.k.a. century plants), are coming into bloom in many summer gardens this month. After a decade or more (not a century) of growth, the larger kinds of agave send up a tall, yellow-blossomed flower stalk from a base of …
San Diego in Colorful Bloom
Colorful foliage along San Diego's coastline lingers, despite the lack of rainfall and warmer, drier days. In the older, landscaped neighborhoods of Coronado, Point Loma, Pacific Beach, and La Jolla you'll find oleander and hibiscus blooming in many shades, and …
A Triangulation of Ambassadors
In The Music Man, currently at Lambs Players, Professor Harold Hill says we don't hear clearly enough. Music's everywhere, if only we'd listen: to the clack of a train, the banter of traveling salesmen, or the "pick-a-little, talk-a-little" of gossips. …
World Refugee Forum
The World Refugee Forum at the Museum of Photographic Arts on June 19, featured photographs and talks by photographers Bear Guerra and Don Bartletti. Guerra, known as a humanitarian photographer, shared his photographs of Somali Bantu refugees who ended up …
Indie Yoga - a Hot Refuge in Ocean Beach
Ocean Beach has it all: a bustling farmer’s market, People’s Co-op, Hodad’s, scads of lively bars, dreadlocks, suntans, bright-eyed train-hopping anarchist girls crooning from acoustic guitars, The Black, the cliffs, the pier, the, uh, beach, and now… their first hot …
Life's a (Cobbled) Beach
Cobbled shorelines are greeting some beachgoers early this summer season, as in past years. North County beaches tend to suffer most, as the natural sand replenishment in the area is disrupted by dams blocking the flow of sediment down the …
Opening-Night Rituals
Circle Circle dot dot opens The Break Up/Break Down on Saturday at Tenth Avenue Theatre. The play, by Katherine Harroff, and the company are brand new. So what will the cast do in the hours and minutes before the big …
Little-Known Facts About the Summer Solstice
Summer Solstice, the time when the sun reaches its northernmost point in the sky, occurs this year at 10:16 a.m. on Tuesday, June 21. The summer solstice not only marks the beginning of summer for the Northern Hemisphere; it also …
Cricket Songs in Bankers Hill
The chirping of crickets tells us the warmer weather of summer is well on its way. Their plaintive pleadings for mates are heard wherever bits of seminatural scenery cut across the urban tapestry of San Diego. Try the Spruce Street …
Oysterfest 2011
Yesterday, I attended the 2nd annual San Diego Oysterfest, held at the Embarcadero right by Seaport Village. The weather was perfect, sunny and clear with a cool breeze coming off of the water. Unfortunately for me, I can't stand oysters. …
Buckwheat in Bloom
Buckwheat, a late-bloomer among native plants in our region, is showing off its small, inconspicuous clusters of cream-colored flowers this month. Several kinds of buckwheat, found in dry, sunny locations throughout San Diego County, are the source of the "wild …
Swimming in the Shallows at InnerMission Productions
Barb feels possession-heavy. When she hears that Buddhist monks in Thailand have only eight possessions total, she decides to prune hers (but does a pair of shoes count as one or two?). Her husband Bob's a model consumer. He replaces …
A Favorite Memory of Don Braunagel
Back in the '80s, Don and I drove to L. A. to see Peter Brook's Mahabharata. Based on the longest poem ever written, the performance began at 11:00 a.m. and -- after several intermissions and a dinner break -- ended …