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ART SAN DIEGO CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR Sep 02, 2010 International and local contemporary art will be on view and for sale at the fair. Programming also includes art films, art talks, lectures and nightlife events. For a full list of happenings, visit www.artsandiego-fair.com. 20 other things to do in San Diego on Thursday, September 2
 
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Nibbles
This week's food news includes a new brunch at Soho, a new Little Italy joint and more
Editor's Note
Hope you don't mind a little 'catastrophic loss of life' in your civic buildings
News
Checking in with Duke Cunningham halfway through his federal prison sentence
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A defense sub-contractor abandons unstable chemicals in Sorrento Valley
On Screen
Our take on Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and the rest of this week's San Diego movie listings

 

 
Featured Stories
News

The 'unintended consequence'

How a state law increased California's homeless sex offender population by almost 6,000 percent

By Kelly Davis

Laura Arnold is standing by her car, shivering in a white hooded sweatshirt, jeans and sandals. It’s just past 8:30 on a chilly July evening, and the fog’s starting to roll in.

Editor's Note

I am a Padres fan

A lifelong Dodgers guy, I'm ready to temporarily shift my allegiance for a good story

By David Rolland

Most San Diegans would undoubtedly find some joy in one consequence of the Philadelphia Phillies’ sweep of the Padres last weekend: It did serious damage to the already slim chance that the Dodgers will make the playoffs as the wild-card winner. A lifelong Dodgers fan, I am not among those San Diegans. Go ahead, laugh it up.

Everybody's Happy Nowadays

Six degrees

Why a passé website is still the best way to discover new music communities

By Todd Kroviak

Once upon a time, before Facebook took a firm grip over the hearts, minds and egos of the world’s social networkers, there was a little thing called MySpace.

Film

When not in Rome

Director Neil Marshall—like members of his cast—loses his head in Centurion

By Anders Wright

Neil Marshall is a director who’s always managed to do more with less, creating low-budget, high-octane, searing, bloody B-movies that, for a time, made him a highly sought-after director.

Music Features

((( Over it )))

Abe Vigoda get groovy—and gloomy—on their new album

By Peter Holslin

No band’s guitars sound like Abe Vigoda’s. Guitarists Juan Velasquez and Michael Vidal coat their notes in effects, giving them a distinct metallic chime that’s often compared to steel drums.

Art & Culture

The art of commerce

The portrait of an art collector as a young man tells the real story behind Arts Month San Diego

By Kinsee Morlan

One spring afternoon, Ann Berchtold and several of San Diego’s arts-and-culture leaders trickled into the gallery at Sushi Performance and Visual Arts in East Village. Berchtold, a longtime arts enthusiast and the founder and executive director of Art San Diego Contemporary Art Fair, called the meeting to discuss the idea of naming September “Arts Month San Diego.” She wanted an official city proclamation, programming, a website, those little banners that get hung up on street lights—the whole shebang.

 
 
Last Blog on Earth
Judge says L.A. County parolees aren’t subject to Jessica’s Law
Registered sex offenders on parole in L.A. County will no longer be subject to Jessica’s Law’s residency restrictions, per a ruling yesterday by L.A. County Superior Court Supervising Judge Peter Espinoza. In his ruling (pdf), Espinoza points out that the court’s received 300 petitions asking for relief from the law and “dozens of parolees continue [...]
San Diego Shows–Wednesday, Sept. 1
PLAN A: A.A. Bondy, JBM, Aaron Swanton @ The Casbah. With his dark lyrics and bluesy twang, Mississippi singer-songwriter Auguste Arthur Bondy gets cozy with the great horned one on last year’s solid When the Devil’s Loose. Don’t miss Aaron Swanton, guitarist of Scarlet Symphony, who’s got some great songs of his own. PLAN B: [...]
News & Opinion
Editor's Note I am a Padres fan SEP 01 | BY DAVID ROLLAND A lifelong Dodgers guy, I'm ready to temporarily shift my allegiance for a good story
News The 'unintended consequence' SEP 01 | BY KELLY DAVIS How a state law increased California's homeless sex offender population by almost 6,000 percent
Turds & Blossoms DeMaio's innuendos, Zapf's silence and Whitman's stock SEP 01 | BY CITYBEAT STAFF CityBeat grades LGBT politics, analyzes Intrade and puts Lorie Zapf on the clock.
Sordid Tales Consistent intolerance SEP 01 | BY EDWIN DECKER Cutting through the BS of the ground zero mosque debate
Backwards & in High Heels Freedom of religion SEP 01 | BY AARYN BELFER Extremists think the First Amendment applies only to them
Letters Hueso clarifies himself and the rest of our reader's feedback SEP 01 | Felipe Hueso makes some clarifications, a readers talks about the sales-tax increase and we make a correction
Music & Nightlife
Music Features ((( Over it ))) SEP 01 | BY PETER HOLSLIN Abe Vigoda get groovy—and gloomy—on their new album
Everybody's Happy Nowadays Six degrees SEP 01 | BY TODD KROVIAK Why a passé website is still the best way to discover new music communities
If I Were U Septeto Nacional @ Anthology and the rest of our show picks SEP 01 | BY PETER HOLSLIN Havana’s Septeto Nacional make a stop in San Diego, something called Awesome Fest 4 and more San Diego concerts
Nightgeist Beauty Bar is sold and the rest of this week's nightlife news SEP 01 | The Beauty Bar changes hands, Enrique experiences a 'Panty Party' and a mixtape master
Soundwaves Strange Weather, Isn't It?, As the Ox Plows and The Brutalist Bricks SEP 01 | CD reviews of the latest from !!!, Dan Padilla and Ted Leo
Arts & Entertainment
Art & Culture The art of commerce SEP 01 | BY KINSEE MORLAN The portrait of an art collector as a young man tells the real story behind Arts Month San Diego
City Week A Barrio Logan Block Party and more SEP 01 | BY CITYBEAT STAFF Our picks of this week's events includes art openings in Barrio Logan and East Village, the Art San Diego Contemporary Art Fair and more
Film When not in Rome SEP 01 | BY ANDERS WRIGHT Director Neil Marshall—like members of his cast—loses his head in Centurion
On Screen A proper epilogue SEP 01 | BY JAY DROSE The Tillman Story and the rest of this week's movie listings
Theater Play on SEP 01 | BY MARTIN JONES WESTLIN The music is the message in Lamb’s Players Theatre's flawed but spirited miXtape
On Stage From King Lear to Mozu SEP 01 | BY MARTIN JONES WESTLIN This week's theater listings
Food & Drink
City Eat A friendly face SEP 01 | BY JENNY MONTGOMERY Ocean Beach’s O’Bistro is the genuine neighborhood article
Beer & Chees Bernardo gets crafty SEP 01 | BY IAN CHEESMAN Rancho Bernardo gets swept up in the craft-beer movement
Nibbles From locavores to Smashburgers SEP 01 | BY BROOK LARIOS This week’s news for food lovers includes an homage to childhood, a chef who’s gone locavore, a dish fit for Obama and yet another Smashburger
Things to do this week
City Week A Barrio Logan Block Party and more Our picks of this week's events includes art openings in Barrio Logan and East Village, the Art San Diego Contemporary Art Fair and more
If I Were U Septeto Nacional @ Anthology and the rest of our show picks Havana’s Septeto Nacional make a stop in San Diego, something called Awesome Fest 4 and more San Diego concerts
On Screen A proper epilogue The Tillman Story and the rest of this week's movie listings
 
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