‘The Jazz Loft Project,’ ‘Contemporary Art Wins a Beachhead’ and ‘Iconic’

Three local exhibitions reach back and capture what drives creativity

It’s cliché, but whatever: Good art’s always a reaction to something. Three San Diego art exhibitions—two current and one opening May 19—prove this.

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Tuesday, May 8,2012
Summer guide

Weekend getaways full of old-timey goodness

Road trips to Las Vegas, Palm Springs and Los Angeles

By Kelly Davis

Rent a Mustang convertible and hit the road for a retro-good time. Here are three destinations and suggestions for where to stay, eat, drink and browse.

Monday, April 30,2012
Cocktail Tales

Propagandist is an escape from Downtown

Underground bar offers refuge and tasty cocktails

By Kelly Davis

At 835 Fifth Ave., there’s a stairway leading underground, its walls papered with posters of down-turned thumbs. At the bottom is The Propagandist.

Wednesday, April 25,2012
News

Carl DeMaio A to Z

Our case against San Diego's most objectionable politician

By Kelly Davis, David Rolland, Dave Maass

Coherent presentation of all the problems we have with Carl DeMaio’s candidacy for mayor of San Diego cries out for an organizational theme. We’ve chosen the alphabet.

Wednesday, April 25,2012
Far Afield

Undisputed Ones score goals—and set ’em, too

San Diego soccer team hopes to take their game overseas

By Kelly Davis

One side of Rosa Parks Field in City Heights is a patchwork of dust and dry grass. At halftime, Janice Jordan passes around a bag of Halls to her team, the Undisputed Ones— UD1s for short—to soothe dry throats.

Wednesday, April 11,2012
News

Please, release me

Changes to prison system could spur much-needed bail reform

By Kelly Davis

Clayton Carr makes his way through the maze-like system of San Diego’s Downtown jail—up nine floors, through two security gates, back down seven floors— to a corner desk in the jail’s inmate-processing office.

Monday, April 9,2012
Cocktail Tales

A tax-day cocktail break

The 50/50 at Imperial House, URBN's Ginger Rogers and more of our new cocktail columnist's favorites, plus some booze news

By Kelly Davis

I might not be as well-versed on cocktails as D.A. Kolodenko, who’s been writing this column, or his predecessor, Kinsee Morlan, but, as the new teller of Cocktail Tales, I’m ready to learn.

Wednesday, April 4,2012
Food Issue

Giving Thai a try

Can one Hipcooks class instill enough confidence to pull off a meal?

By Kelly Davis

My pitch for this issue was to take a cooking class and see if I could turn what I learned into something edible.

Wednesday, March 7,2012
News

Land of the Lincoln Club

For conservative political group, money speaks volumes

By Kelly Davis

If you want to get a sense of what the Lincoln Club of San Diego County's all about, watch the promotional video on the group’s website.

Wednesday, February 22,2012
Turds & Blossoms

Turds & Blossoms: Carl DeMaio gets it wrong again

CityBeat grades the campaign trail

By Kelly Davis

Twice in roughly a week, quotes from San Diego City Councilmember and mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio were removed from stories in the U-T San Diego for inaccuracy.