Search
Close this search box.

Showing Pride in Oceanside: Catching the Pride Vibe with Laura Jane Willcock

by lisa lipsey – The North County LGBTQ Resource Center, under the direction of Max Disposti, has flourished and so has their annual Pride by the Beach weekend. This year’s event, chaired by Lisa Nava, is coming up on Saturday, October 12 and features live entertainment, a dance tent (country western, Latin, dance hall), food, […]

Lorna Luft: A Legacy of Talent That’s Her Own

by bill biss – Lorna Luft, the only daughter of Judy Garland and Sid Luft has “lived it” and she sure has a lot more living to do! Before heading to London, this star is performing at Martinis Above Fourth Table + Stage on Wednesday, September 18 and Thursday, September 19 in her own cabaret. […]

Oh, Canada! Vancouver’s Beautiful, Gay Heartbeat

by joel martens – Nestled between the Pacific Ocean and Canada’s coastal mountains, Vancouver, B.C. is the latest location I’ve had the pleasure to explore and enjoy. I spent a long, delightful weekend there perched on nature’s edge, basking in the hospitality the stunning city is known for. To my added delight, I was fortunate […]

San Diego Restaurant Week 2019: Same Delicious Deals, More Adventure

by brandon cazares – San Diego Restaurant Week is back this month with eight straight days of fun hangouts, delicious meals and endless variety.  Foodies from all around will be able to sample over 180 restaurants and eateries in the San Diego area to get a real taste of what California cuisine has to offer. […]

“Skintight’s” Will Brittain: Defying Labels with Idina Menzel

by lisa lipsey – For its West Coast premiere, Geffen Playhouse has reassembled the original six cast members for Joshua Harmon’s (Significant Other, Bad Jews) new comedy Skintight, which debuted at New York’s Off-Broadway Roundabout Theatre last summer.  Harmon brings neurotic family drama to the forefront, but throws in the questions: How do we age […]

Red Dress Party: So Much More Than Just A Pretty Red Frock

by joel martens – When cofounders Steven Shyne, Vince Dwyer and Marvin Hanashiro attended the outrageous Red Dress Parties in other cities, they wondered why San Diego did not have a philanthropic event like them. Especially when they saw how much event resources impacted organizations that serve the local HIV communities in which they were […]

Love Outside Convention: Director Chanya Button Discusses “Vita & Virginia”

by joel martens ~ History has a lot to teach us about fighting for what you want in the face of oppressive social conventions. Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West were two women who—though alive at a time when expectations of marriage, motherhood and subservience to a husband were de rigueur—quietly defying those strictures by creating […]

In The Thick of It With David Mixner: Lessons From a Political Legend

~ by joel martens ~ One of the LGBTQ community’s great elder statesmen, David Mixner has been at the center of American politics and social change for the last 60 years. He’s helped to organize and lead countless fights since picketing and sending his own money as a teen to Martin Luther King Jr. during […]