Artists pull an all-nighter for ‘The Day After’

Sleep deprivation might be a factor at Voz Alta Project

Some artists will create new pieces in one night for the exhibition The Day After. They’ll bring their sleeping bags and caffeinated drinks to the Voz Alta Project in Barrio Logan, working on Saturday night to produce artwork inspired by their surroundings.

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Wednesday, May 15,2013
Arts & Culture Features

‘Warehouse 1425’ art show: creativity and controversy

Organizer of May 17 exhibition in East Village fends off criticism

By Alex Zaragoza

If the event sounds familiar, there’s a reason. Unsolicited emails from people in the local art community have been sent to CityBeat blasting the show as a rip-off of Parachute Factory.

Wednesday, May 15,2013
The Hit List

A little razzle-jazzle

Let our Hit List guide your nighttime activities

By Alex Zaragoza

San Diego’s jazz scene is surprisingly poppin’. I say “surprisingly” because whenever I think of jazz, or, rather, good jazz, I imagine it happening in cool underground nightclubs full of cigarette smoke and old men drinking scotch.

Wednesday, May 8,2013
The Hit List

Come on, get happy

Let our Hit List guide your nighttime activities

By Alex Zaragoza

I know that it’s all about craft or vintage cocktails nowadays. Cocktail snobs get a big ol’ boner drinking a concoction made from a recipe found in a book printed in 1845.

Wednesday, May 1,2013
The Hit List

Fiesta time

Let our Hit List guide your nighttime activities

By Alex Zaragoza

Contrary to popular belief, Mexicans who live in Mexico don’t celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Growing up in Tijuana, I never saw a single Mexican flag strapped to a pickup truck roaring through stop signs and honking like crazy on May 5.

Wednesday, April 24,2013
Seen Local

Craftlab Gallery opens in Oceanside

Carlsbad couple finds the time to help North County’s art scene

By Alex Zaragoza

Artists and art lovers who live in Oceanside are working hard to build a vibrant arts community there. So are Carlsbad residents John and Sarah Salisbury, who opened Craftlab Gallery on South Tremont Street earlier this month.

Wednesday, April 24,2013
The Hit List

We’ll give you three good reasons

Let our Hit List guide your nighttime activities

By Alex Zaragoza

A new week is here, and with it comes the exhausting process of finding new reasons to get your drink on. I feel bad for those people who wait for weddings or their own birthdays to get tipsy enough to act like buffoons.

Wednesday, April 10,2013
Cover artist

Meet cover artist Ben Horton

His interpretations of his own work are always evolving

By Alex Zaragoza

“The phrase ‘as the crow flies’ is about going from point A to point B in as straight of a line as possible, which is what a crow does because it makes sense,” explains Horton, who also owns $lave Skateboards.

Wednesday, April 10,2013
There She Goz

Spirit guides and past life readings

Getting to know myself with a professional healer

By Alex Zaragoza

It’s strange for me, in particular, after years of what felt like stagnation in my personal life. There’s a charge in the air that led me to ask the universe a simple yet important question: What the fuck is going on?

Wednesday, April 10,2013
Arts & Culture Features

A sea change in Oceanside’s art scene

The Hill Street Country Club is building the city’s creative community

By Alex Zaragoza

Oceanside isn’t exactly world famous for its art scene. The Hill Street Country Club wants to change that.