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The Coast of Pacific Beach Restaurant Walk
May 21, 2013
Bring your appetite for a self-guided walk featuring 25 restaurants between Pacific Beach Drive and Diamond Street. See website for a list of participating restaurants.
28 other Food & Drink events on Tuesday, May 21
Check 1, Check 2 | Music & nightlife
New club, a branch of Avalon Hollywood, will do business under the name Avalon
Arts & Culture Features
Photography project lets transgender folks share their personal experiences
Arts & Culture Features
Organizer of May 17 exhibition in East Village fends off criticism
No Life Offline
San Diego’s better than San Jose on transparency—let’s keep it that way
Arts & Culture Features
‘Warehouse 1425’ art show: creativity and controversy
Organizer of May 17 exhibition in East Village fends off criticism
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.
By Alex Zaragoza
The Floating Library
Cult of personality
Fiona Maazel’s beguiling new novel about the perils of loneliness
Either Fiona Maazel—named in 2008 to the National Book Foundation's "5 under 35" list—possesses psychic powers or her novels are remarkably prescient.
By Jim Ruland
Film
Simon Pegg goes where some have gone before in ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’
Shaun of ‘Shaun of the Dead’ explains what it means to be on the Starship Enterprise
Star Trek Into Darkness is the latest movie to warp its way into the fray, and it's got big shoes to fill.
By Anders Wright
No Life Offline
Device adoption
MAY 13 | By Dave Maass
Suddenly, I’m an Apple guy with no need for Glass
Suddenly, I’m an Apple guy with no need for Glass
Seen Local
In Case We Missed It
MAY 15 | By Alex Zaragoza
Check out ‘Madre’ at Downtown’s Chee Chee Club
Check out ‘Madre’ at Downtown’s Chee Chee Club
Seen Local
Artists pull an all-nighter for ‘The Day After’
MAY 15 | By Alex Zaragoza
Sleep deprivation might be a factor at Voz Alta Project
Sleep deprivation might be a factor at Voz Alta Project
Film
Spanish-language ‘Aquà y Allá’ is an eye-opener
MAY 08 | By Anders Wright
This small family drama about immigration speaks volumes
This small family drama about immigration speaks volumes
There She Goz
My guide to summertime binge drinking at local parks
MAY 06 | By Alex Zaragoza
Or, how to be a kid and an adult at the same time
Or, how to be a kid and an adult at the same time
Urban Scout
Summer swimsuit shopping
MAY 06 | By Katrina Dodson
Hitting the coast in search of bikinis, board shorts and flip-flops
Hitting the coast in search of bikinis, board shorts and flip-flops
Seen Local
Green Public Art Consultancy looking for artists
MAY 07 | By Alex Zaragoza
Organization seeks environmentally friendly art for a special parade
Organization seeks environmentally friendly art for a special parade
Arts & Culture Features
‘Coffee Shop Chronicles’ is short and sweet
MAY 01 | By Kinsee Morlan
New Play Café’s site-specific dessert theater is the start of something good
New Play Café’s site-specific dessert theater is the start of something good
The Short List
Three San Diego festivals, Diavolo Dance Theater, and 25 and Under Art Contest
pringtime is here and with the season comes the requisite blooming flowers, bunnies frolicking through meadows and street festivals offering good grub and fun.
Theater
‘The Sound of Music’ is an enduring family affair
Any way you cut it, The Sound of Music is as sugary sweet as one of those cupcake joints, just not as trendy.
Film
Michael Shannon is cool as ice
Michael Shannon plays Richard Kuklinski, the East Coast contract killer who was arrested in 1986 after committing a long string of murders.
Canvassed
Mike Giant signing in North Park
The graffiti icon stops by Home Mercantile to launch his new book
The name Mike Giant elicits responses like "that dude's sick" in the graffiti world. He's been a fixture in the art, graffiti, tattoo and skateboarding scenes for decades.Giant will stop by Home Merca...
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2013-05-17
A puppet show for adults, a food-centric literacy fundraiser and more fun stuff to do this week
Our weekly Red List roundup
Digable puppets A few months ago, we talked up Animal Cracker Conspiracy's Adult Puppet Cabaret performance and film screening at the Museum of Photographic Arts. If you tried to go but were turned away (tickets sold out), you've got another chance to see talented puppet masters at a larger venue, Space 4 Art (325 15th St., East Village) on Friday, May 17. As the name suggests, Adult Puppet Cabaret's geared toward grown-ups, meaning sophisticated stories and innovative presentation styles. Friday's performance will feature puppetry by by locals like Max Daily, Van Tran and Jenna Ann MacGillis, and, from Arizona, National Puppet Slam champ, Gwen Bonar. Audience members can make their own puppets, Delicioso Food Truck will have food for purchase and Trio Gadjo will be performing gypsy-jazz. The event happens from 7 to 10 p.m. (outdoors, so bring a sweater if needed). Tickets are $12 pre-sale, $15 at the door. ...
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2013-05-16
In Search of Shadows: James Hubbell Sculpture
May 21, 2013
Art
The exhibition will showcase multi-media sculptures from the artist's fifty year career. On view through June 2.
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28 other Art events on Tuesday, May 21
Lifelike
May 21, 2013
Art
This group exhibition features artists variously using scale, unusual materials and sly contextual devices to create lifelike images of objects and reveal their manufactured state. On view through May 27.
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28 other Art events on Tuesday, May 21
Lithographs from Hamilton Press
May 21, 2013
Art
In 1990 Ed Hamilton and Ed Ruscha opened a printing press for artists and by artists. The museum displays hand printed works by Alexis Smith, Allen Ruppersberg, Raul Guerrero and many others. On view through June 15.
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28 other Art events on Tuesday, May 21
