Lyceum Theatre Gallery hosts Art of Photography Show
Posted by sandiegometro on September 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The seventh annual Art of Photography Show, a judged competition featuring the works of photographers from around the world, is now in exhibition at the Lyceum Theatre Gallery in Downtown’s Horton Plaza. The judge for the competition is Anne M. Lyden, associate curator of the Department of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum in [...]
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North Park’s New Business Champion
Posted by sandiegometro on September 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment
By Manny Cruz Angela Landsberg has an old love affair with the North Park community and a new job that will surely test it. A 20-year resident, Landsberg, 42, has been hired as the new executive director of North Park Main Street, the organization that oversees the North Park Business Improvement District. She replaces Liz [...]
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A Seat for the Mountain Biking Set
Posted by sandiegometro on June 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Joshua Mackenroth seeks investors for Gravity±Sea According to local inventor and attorney Joshua D. Mackenroth, there’s no doubt his Gravity±Seat invention will be a huge success in the bicycle racing industry. Mackenroth spent the past three years working on an idea that has been rolling around in his head since 1988. “I’ve always wanted to [...]
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My One-Night Stand With Shakespeare
Posted by sandiegometro on April 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment
By Jennifer Coburn Craving a little adventure in Paris, I wasn’t surprised to find myself engaged in a dirty little one-night stand with a crusty Englishman who had a way with words. On the flight to Paris, my then 8-year-old daughter, Katie and I promised each other we’d put down the Frommer’s guide long enough [...]
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Cirque du Soleil
Posted by sandiegometro on March 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Cirque du Soleil’s newest arena show, Quidam, performs at the Valley View Casino (formerly the San Diego Sports Arena) March 30 through April 3. Eight performances are scheduled. Tickets are available at cirquedusoleil.com/quidam or by calling (800) 745-3000. The international casts has 52 acrobats, musicians, singers and characters. The story: “Young Zoé is bored; her [...]
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Introducing San Diego Writing Women Literary group schedules Feb. 19 readings
Posted by sandiegometro on February 7, 2011 · 1 Comment
Literary group schedules Feb. 19 readings “We are nine authors who are passionate about what we do. Some of us write for a living, yet all of us scramble to find the time to finish our books — between research trips to Borneo, Greece and death row, stand-up comedy shows or reproductive surgery on horses.” [...]
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North Park musician get’s Grammy nod
Posted by sandiegometro on January 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment
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 [...]
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Scripps Unveils $2 Billion Master Building Plan
Posted by sandiegometro on December 3, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Scripps will replace Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla with three new hospital towers to meet state earthquake safety standards and will provide research and graduate medical education facilities, an outpatient treatment center and medical offices under a 25-year master plan — estimated to cost more than $2 billion. Officials said the new facilities are designed [...]
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Lighting Up the Town
Posted by sandiegometro on December 3, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Monthly art walk switches things up for the holiday season By Ashley Garman The longest running monthly art walk in San Diego is lighting up with holiday cheer for December. Every second Saturday of the month, galleries and businesses on Ray Street in North Park open their doors to the community, but this month, the [...]
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Giving ‘Diligence’ Its Due
Posted by sandiegometro on November 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment
New dry dock geared to boost South Bay jobs You’d think that if anyone needed federal stimulus funds it might be the mega yacht, tuna boat and U.S. Navy ship repair business in San Diego. Not so, according to Knight & Carver Maritime, a large vessel and yacht repair company based on San Diego Bay. [...]
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