The Starting Line —Hey San Diego! Don’t Miss Out on an Opportunity Called...
Those of us who are active in politics rarely acknowledge the reality that, regardless of our views, we are a distinct minority. It is all too easy to make the jump from, say, knowing that the quality...
View ArticleRight-Wingers Whine About Oscar Omission for ’2016: Obama’s America’— Here’s...
By Laura Gottesdiener / AlterNet / Dec. 5, 2012 The directors of the anti-Obama film hilariously claim the film faces discrimination. Gerald Molan, the director of the extremely anti-Obama movie, 2016:...
View ArticleSDFP Exclusive – Jean Marc Barr: Cruise Control, Soul Grind, and Jack Kerouac
By Micaela Shafer Porte Jean Marc Barr, international French/American film actor and director, and part-time Pacific Beach, California local, loves Pacific Beach for its mellowness and great...
View ArticleThe Starting Line – The Sound of One Hand Clapping at UT-San Diego
We’ll start off today by talking about UT-San Diego, always one of my favorite topics. With advent of the New Year there are changes afoot at our local daily newspaper, changes that have me scratching...
View ArticleFilm Review: Smiling Through the Apocalypse, and the Sixties (at the Palm...
By Bob Dorn Apparently, we made it through the Apocalypse. It wasn’t the most recent one, predicted to accompany the exhaustion of the Mayan and Olmec peoples’ Long Count calendar last December....
View ArticleDesde la Logan: January Happenings in Barrio Logan and Beyond
Sometimes I take for granted the things that are happening in my barrio and the surrounding areas. I consider myself lucky to live in a community that cherishes culture in all it's varied forms. I have...
View ArticleClybourne Park at the San Diego Repertory Theatre – A Review of the Friday...
By Jim Bliesner The first act of Clybourn Park, now at the San Diego Repertory Theatre is about “white flight” or “block busting” set in 1959. The second act is about “gentrification” and “new...
View Article“War Horse” at the Segerstrom Center: Puppetry Gallops to a Different Level
by Alejandra Enciso Guzmán The five Tony award winner War Horse opened last week at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa California. Segerstrom Hall shined, filled to its maximum capacity with...
View ArticleDesde la Logan: Las Monthly Ondas February Edition featuring The HeART of...
If you're of Mexican descent then at some point in your life you have probably played the ubiquitous game Loteria. For those who are not Mexican Loteria is somewhat similar to Bingo except you use...
View ArticleGang Girl at ECC
"Gang Girl" Friday, March 1, 2013 ECC (Education Cultural Center) 4343 Ocean View Blvd. Showtime 7pm "Gang Girl: The Story of a 22-Year-Old Girl in the LA Bloods Gang," is a work of art in the form of...
View ArticleThe Curtain Closes on Birch North Park Theatre?
The intersection of 30th Street and University Avenue is the physical center of North Park, as well as the hub the commercial and cultural activity in the neighborhood. In the early 1900s this corner...
View Article“I Am a Man” at the San Diego Rep
A few of us actors got together on a Monday night to rehearse playwright Omayo's drama, "I Am a Man," in preparation for dramatic readings of the piece at the San Diego Repertory Theater on Monday,...
View ArticleFilly Brown at the San Diego Latino Film Festival: A Hero’s Journey to...
Including interviews with Lou Diamond Phillips and Gina Rodriguez by Alejandra Enciso Guzmán The San Diego Latino Film Festival is celebrating it’s 20th consecutive year of hard work and film...
View ArticleAward-winning film “Greedy Lying Bastards” pulls back curtain on...
Pay no attention to the Koch behind the curtain By Eclectablog / Daily Kos Greedy Lying Bastards is a new documentary released to theaters this past week that reveals the intentional, corporate-funded...
View ArticleIt Almost Always Rains on the Second Day of the San Diego Latino Film...
By Mukul Khurana It’s true! As long as I can remember, it has rained in normally sunny San Diego. This year was no different. The weather forecast predicted rain at around 10:00 PM. On the dot, on the...
View ArticleNay to Hate and Yea to Culture at ECC
Board meetings are usually not my cup of tea. But I attended one, not too long ago, at the Educational Cultural Complex (ECC) and as I sat there, anticipating data reports and budget considerations and...
View ArticleThe Starting Line – Mission Valley Hilton Hotel Management Tactics Prompt...
Employees and the community supporters at the Mission Valley Hilton will be engaging in a five day hunger strike starting today in protest of a decision by the property’s new management company to...
View Article“Everything Comes from the Streets” Documents Lowriding in San Diego Premier
Registration Required A new documentary that traces the origins and history of lowriding in San Diego by Alberto López Pulido "Everything Comes From the Streets" feature the lives and voices of the...
View ArticleThe Starting Line – Koch Brothers’ Coachella Failure-fest Set for this Weekend
By Doug Porter This weekend (Apr 28-29) hundreds of business executives and wealthy conservative donors will descend upon the Coachella Valley, hoping to forge a strategy to turn last fall’s drubbing...
View ArticleThe Starting Line – GOP’s Lincoln Club Smear Campaign Suggests The “R” in...
By Doug Porter Voters for the upcoming City Council runoff elections got a familiar sounding piece of mail this week. They’re getting campaign literature crafted by and credited to the Lincoln Club of...
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