North Park Little League Scores!
New electronic scoreboards are unveiled The pride of the North Park Little League — other than the kids who play in it— are two new electronic scoreboards that overlook the majors and minors playing fields. Mounted on heavy steel posts, the scoreboards can be operated simultaneously for games being played on the two fields. Little [...]
Craftsman restoration a work of love
Barry and Hilary Hager found a Mission Hills home worth their toil By Bobbie Christensen Many would-be homebuyers think the perfect house is brand new. The paint would still smell fresh, the floors spotless. Never lived in before, it would be a blank canvas ripe for the owners’ imagination. Others, like the Hager family, believe [...]
Balboa Park May 2011
‘Life of Riley’ to Open The U.S. premiere of Alan Ayckbourn’s new comedy, “Life of Riley,” will be staged beginning May 4 in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre — part of The Old Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center — under the direction of Richard Seer. One of the world’s most successful playwrights, Ayckbourn holds [...]
North Park Music Scene 4.2011
By Bart Mendoza Minimalist Nothingful Based around the music of Sasha Sayeed, Nothingful, who perform at the Soda Bar on April 10, is minimalist and lo-fi. Stripped down at times to just acoustic guitar and accompaniment from random musical friends, Sayeed’s songs’ rough edges give his music the feel of early blues buskers, though with [...]
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 [...]
Erin Cassidy joins sales and marketing staff
Erin Cassidy, a recent graduate of the University of California Berkeley, has joined the sales and marketing staff of the North Park News, Kensington News and West Coast Craftsman. “We’re thrilled to have Erin as part of the revenue side of our newspapers. We know she’ll be a terrific addition in working with our advertising [...]
North Park Music Scene
By Bart Mendoza MURMURS Murmur, a tribute band to R.E.M., performs at the Whistlestop on Feb. 11, 9 p.m. The quartet performs solid versions of their adopted band’s hits, from “Radio Free Europe” to “Nightswimming,” but their secret weapon is frontman Greg Vaughan, the near twin of REM frontman Michael Stipe. Vaughan nails Stipe’s look, [...]
The South Park doctor will see you now
By Janine Rojas Ahh, just what the doctor ordered. Hot chicken soup with lemon. That was one of Dr. Tara Zandvliet’s recommendations for 9-year-old Spencer Palmer – along with thyme steam therapy, Robitussin and plenty of rest. No antibiotics, since Spencer’s bronchitis was of the viral variety. No waiting, either, even though it was a [...]
Kelsey McNair — the brewer of Pershing Avenue
By Mike Shess Kelsey McNair, the man behind North Park Beer Co., has enjoyed fame after winning Stone Brewery’s 2010 March Madness Homebrew Competition for his San Diego County Session Ale. McNair, who lives off Pershing Avenue, admits he was taken aback by all of the attention that Stone paid him. “They treated me like [...]
North Park’s Azerbaijan Connection
Switzer Highland residents to establish Sister Neighborhood with the Nasimi District in Baku, the capital You’ve heard of sister city relationships. But what may be the world’s first Sister Neighborhood is about to be launched between the Switzer Highland neighborhood in North Park and the Nasimi District in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. A group [...]
