Scene 3.2011
Festival of Beers It’s not too early to talk about two of San Diego’s best exports — craft brewing and music. The fourth annual CityBeat Festival of Beers will be held Saturday, April 9, from 1 to 5:30 p.m. in front of the Lafayette Hotel, 2223 El Cajon Blvd. Proceeds will benefit the San Diego [...]
Mosaic Artist
Lisa Russell’s artwork captures the rays of the sun Mosaic artist Lisa Russell, a Chicago native, can spin tales about her adventures as a personal trainer and nutrition specialist for the military, her career teaching mountain climbing, wind-sail boarding and ice climbing and her treks into the deepest canyon in Europe. But today, the diminutive [...]
Balboa Park Opens the San Diego Science Festival
Museums and institutions offer special activities on March 19 Balboa Park’s Science Family Day on March 19 kicks off the third annual San Diego Science Festival as various museums and cultural institutions in the park offer science-related activities and special programs for children of all ages. Most Family Day activities will be held between 11 [...]
‘Raw Sugar’ exhibit spotlights women artists
Gallery display has stark, edgy tone By Janine Rojas See that teenager over there, the one with the pierced lip? That’s right, the one mumbling profanities into his cell phone. His hooded sweatshirt and sagging pants hide his face and tattoos. But you can clearly see he’s a hoodlum, some might say. Chicana artist Berenice [...]
North Park Music Scene 3.2011
By Bart Mendoza Marshall Crenshaw Best known for his early ’80s hits, “Someday, Someway,” and “Whenever You’re On My Mind,” Marshall Crenshaw may have a lower profile these days, but he still turns out exemplary pop and rock tunes with ease. His most recent album, “Jagged Land,” was released in 2009, showing Crenshaw has lost [...]
Artist With A Big Canvas
Most actors like to see their names in lights. Illustrator Blair Thornley prefers big buildings, magazines and newspapers to demonstrate her gestural characters. The latest canvas on which Thornley’s illustrations are featured is the North Park Parking Garage at North Park Way and 30th Street. Thornley, a North Park resident, answered a call for submissions [...]
North Park Scene 2.2011
Get your binoculars, camera, notepads and head gear ready for the Great North Park Scavenger Hunt Feb. 5, a fun fundraising event sponsored by the San Diego chapter of Engineers Without Borders. All proceeds will go toward providing solar power to a newly built technology center in rural Kenya. Chris Willemin, a member of Engineers [...]
North Park musician gets Grammy nod
By Manny Lopez For pianist and composer Geoffrey Keezer, a multi-Grammy nominee from North Park, playing music isn’t just a career, it’s a soul path and how he lives in the world. Recently, Keezer garnered a Grammy nod for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist for “Don’t Explain,” a project by Los Angeles singer Denise [...]
Ray at Night: Community art thrives in North Park
Story and Photos by Mila Pantovich On any given day, the short, narrow stretch of Ray Street (located between University Avenue and North Park Way) is relatively empty, the art galleries unassuming and the street unnoticed. However, on the second Saturday of every month from 6 to 10 p.m., Ray Street becomes Ray at Night, [...]
Media Arts Center San Diego has a new home
Storefront on El Cajon Boulevard spruced up for the teaching of media skills Story and Photos by Jennifer McEntee What was previously an auto parts store on El Cajon Boulevard near 30th Street is the new home of the Media Arts Center San Diego. The nonprofit — perhaps best known for its San Diego Latino [...]
