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Death by Oleander
Oleander bushes, now beginning to bloom in gardens and along roadsides in the interior valleys and desert, will continue putting on a good show through the summer. Good displays of white, pink, and red varieties can be seen along the …
Flower Drum Song at San Diego Asian American Rep
When he refashioned this piece in 2002, David Henry Hwang subtitled it "A Musical Revival in Concert." So you expect tuxes and evening gowns and performers, shielded behind music stands, singing the greatest hits of Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1958 original. …
Literary August: Osage County
It's as if Tracy Letts put preservatives into his play. He quotes poets whose words make more sense after the performance. Johnna, the native American caretaker, quotes T. S. Eliot's "The Hollow Men": "This is the way the world ends/ …
NBC Tweetup
Tonight (more like afternoon than evening, think Happy Hour time, from 4-6) I'm going to hit up the NBC Tweetup at the Tipsy Crow downtown. If you don't know what a tweetup is, then don't worry about it, nothing there …
Warblers and Flycatchers
Land bird migration is in full swing this month in San Diego County, with warblers and flycatchers among those most commonly seen. Warblers crawl along trees limbs and branches to dine on their favorite insects, while flycatchers, as the name …
The Making of Cabaret
Cygnet Theatre's acclaimed production closes this weekend. Word has it that the show has grown a good deal. How the musical grew is a story in itself. Joe Masteroff planed a simple, ultimately sad book musical: a love story between …
TGIF Troubled Sleep
I was walking along C Street Downtown, past the Fish Joint, closed now for hours. It was around 11 pm. I was unable to sleep: tossing, turning, thinking of Sartre and my own lingering alienation (decades now) in my converted …
By Design
In theory, a set should never dominate a production. It should serve the story and give focus to the actors. At first glance, David Zinn's set for August: Osage County at the Old Globe breaks the rule. It looks like …
Where the Wild Things Are
If food and wine are involved, chances are I'm there. Add animals, and you can start placing bets. Though I grew up in Chula Vista, I had only in recent years heard of the Chula Vista Nature Center, and I'd …
Talk About Drama!
The Padres' game yesterday had all the elements of high drama: practically insurmountable odds, bleak conditions, and a thrilling note of redemption. Problem is: if a playwright wrote the script, few would believe it. Going into the seventh, the Pads …
May Flowers
Wildflowers of San Diego County's highest mountains are in full bloom this month. Take a walk along any trail above 4500 feet in the Laguna, Cuyamaca, or Palomar mountains and enjoy a palette of colors ranging from crimson red to …
May's Highest Tide
Highest tide this month, measuring +6.6 feet, occurs on Monday, May 16, at 8:58 p.m. Lowest tides of the month, measuring -1.6 feet, occur on Tuesday, May 17, at the inconvenient hour of 3:56 a.m.; and on Wednesday, May 18, …
Planting Moon
The Moon, just shy of full phase, rises into the late-afternoon eastern sky on Monday, May 16, at around 7:20 p.m. (about 20 minutes before the time of sunset). Some folk names for May full moons include "hare moon," "frogs …
Grunion Runs Approach
Grunion Runs are predicted to occur during the late evening hours (generally after 10 p.m. and before 1 a.m.), following the nocturnal high tide, May 17 though May 20. The small, silvery grunion tend to spawn on wide, gently sloping …
What Was Prospero Thinking?
At the end of Shakespeare's The Tempest, old Prospero abandons his magical powers and sails home to Milan. He had his enemies assembled on an island. He could have avenged all wrongs but chose mercy instead. Now, as he heads …