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Rescued Cards Launch Party
May 25, 2013
Come celebrate the launch of the greeting card line, which features photos of animals rescued across the U.S. Artist Monica Hoover also displays her large-scale photos and proceeds from beer sales and a raffle will go to animal rescue organizations.
50 other Art events on Saturday, May 25
Check 1, Check 2 | Music & nightlife
New club, a branch of Avalon Hollywood, will do business under the name Avalon
Arts & Culture Features
Organizer of May 17 exhibition in East Village fends off criticism
Last Blog on Earth | News
Website switches to national focus, lists string of upcoming fundraisers
Retro Issue
The Retro Issue
Our special section celebrates the past
Of course, many of us are also nostalgic because we romanticize times gone by; we’re drawn, perhaps, to what we perceive as a more innocent and simpler era.
Retro Issue
Rockabilly raza
Mexican-tinged American culture thrives in San Diego’s Latino community
“I look like this every single day. It’s mostly about feeling classy and good about yourself,” says Mia Alvarado-Ruffier, a 32-year-old Chicana sitting at South Park’s Whistle Stop Bar for “Sleepwalking,” a lowrider oldies night.
By Alex Zaragoza
Retro Issue
Stardust Donut Shop is a way of life
There’s a hole at the Imperial Beach institution, but the fryer’s still on
There isn't anywhere to sit at Stardust Donut Shop in Imperial Beach. From inside, 69-year-old Cliff Arnold waits on customers as they walk up to the little stand's window and choose what they want from the modest selection of cult favorites like cinnamon rolls topped with peanuts.
By Amy T. Granite
Retro Issue
Goodbye, Whaling Bar
La Jolla watering hole is gone, but three other mainstays persist in dodging time’s harpoon
One weekend last fall, I took the woman for whom I'd fallen to visit two of my favorite places in San Diego, Kitchen Creek and The Whaling Bar: wilderness and civilization.
By D.A. Kolodenko
Retro Issue
Need a fix?
Where to go in San Diego to get your vintage goods repaired
Living in Boston for three years, I learned about "spring coats"—those that are perfect for temperatures in the 50s and 60s. In other words, Boston's spring coats are San Diego's winter coats.
By Kelly Davis
Cocktail Tales
Adventures in retro cocktailing
Lessons learned from an obscure 1941 recipe book called ‘Here’s How’
With this issue of CityBeat having a retro focus, I was at a loss as to what to write about. No, really. Retro cocktails are pretty much all I’ve been writing about in this space.
By Kelly Davis
Retro Issue
Stephen Rey is working-class cool
San Diego rocker is a badass with a heart of gold
Stephen Rey's house looks like something out of a Wild West movie. Fronted by a bulky wooden gate, it's 102 years old and designed like an old saloon, with sun-bleached blue paint on the exterior and hand-crafted woodwork inside.
By Peter Holslin
Retro Issue
Needles and Fred
Meet the no-nonsense man behind Classic Audio Repair
Traversing the doorway of Fred Longworth's Classic Audio Repair is like entering the Lost World. A Balinese mask hangs on the wall next to a display case where two dead lizards—one fully skeletal—are displayed beside an assortment of turntable cartridges.
By Dave Maass
Retro Issue
Barber Side: where everybody knows your mane
Normal Heights shop is a return to an old-school social club
Imagine it’s 1899 and you want to know what’s going on in the world. You really only have two options: buy a newspaper or head to the barber shop.
By Jim Ruland
