San Diego REPertory opened it’s 38th season with the Tony Award winning musical, “In the Heights” by Quiara Alegrìa Hudes with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda. A partnering with dance and theatre students from The San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts and their live 20-piece orchestra helped bring the New York … Continue reading »
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Love Hope Strength: A night of exotic oddities
SAN DIEGO – I received a somewhat cryptic email saying that Love Hope Strength (LHS) would like to invite me to a night of culinary oddities, exotic beasts and enigmatic strangers. They plan to transform an empty warehouse into a market inspired soiree guaranteed to test the wits and tempt senses of the attendees. The … Continue reading »
Game on!
SAN FRANCISCO – GaymerX 2013, formerly known as Gaymercon, is going to be held on August 3 – 4 in San Francisco. It is the first gaming and tech convention geared for LGBTQ community. It will feature gaming panels, booths, a cosplay competition and parties. There will also performances by Aethernaut, F3RAL, Zeke Mystique and Crashfaster. … Continue reading »
“The Rat Pack is Back!” at Rio Las Vegas
Go back in time to an era when Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop and Dean Martin were Kings of Las Vegas with the show “The Rat Pack is Back!” The Lon Bronson Big Band Orchestra opens the show. Live music, classic songs, dancing and good ol’ fashion improv-style comedy will surely transport you … Continue reading »
MJ Live (Tribute to Michael Jackson)
If you never got a chance to see Michael Jackson perform in person, you should check out “MJ Live” in Las Vegas. This brilliant tribute is playing at the Crown Theater in Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Michael Firestone sings over an hour of the King of Pop’s most popular songs including “Billy Jean”, “Dirty … Continue reading »
Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego Marathon
San Diego was high in spirits and adrenaline on Sunday June 2, 2013 as Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon runners took over the city. The event brought in about 22,000 people from all 50 states and 30 nations according to organizers. The race began for marathoners at 6:15 a.m. and half marathoners at 6:45 a.m. near the … Continue reading »
“Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s”
“I want my ashes scattered over Bergdorf’s.” — Caption from a classic New Yorker cartoon by Victoria Roberts “When I die, just scatter my ashes along the seventh floor of Bergdorf’s!” paraphrased Susan Lucci, star of ABC’s soap opera, All My Children. Lucci remarked, “Sounds like a pretty good idea!” after overhearing the conversation between … Continue reading »
Multicultural Fair – National City
On Saturday April 27th, the 2nd Annual PTE-Hope Multicultural Fair took place at Clarion Hotel in National City, CA. The event was free for all ages and open to the public. Several speakers attended including the city’s mayor, Ron Morrison, Council Member’s Mona Rios and Alejandra Sotelo-Solis and current City Council candidate for San Diego’s 4th … Continue reading »
Geena Davis at West Hollywood’s Women’s Leadership Conference
The 7th annual West Hollywood’s Women’s Leadership Conference 2013: Unlimited Opportunities – Knowledge, Power, Community was held on April 19-20, 2013. The mission of the West Hollywood Women’s Leadership Conference is to provide tools and support, inspired by the City’s Core Values, for women to be successful leaders in their private lives, in business and … Continue reading »
Food Truck Fierceness
The “Food Truck Fierceness” kick-off event to benefit Dining Out for Life San Diego featured San Diego’s hottest food trucks and wonderful performances by the Dining Out for Life Divas who gave a 100% of their tips to the cause on March 21. The Hillcrest Brewing Company sold beer inside the venue. Everyone had a … Continue reading »