Your Shelf Life: 6 Books to Read in May
A curated list of this month’s top reads
5 Hot Tickets
Must-sees onstage, on screen, and in the gallery in May
New Exhibit: Your Favorite Superhoeroes Reimagined
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… an artistic interpretation of our favorite superheroes! My Hero: Contemporary Art & Superhero Action opens May 21 at Escondido’s California Center for the Arts, with mixed media pieces of Batman and other pop culture idols reimagined. Brooklyn-based artist Dulce Pinzon, for example, created photographs depicting the lives of […]
Calendar of Events: May 2016
How to be busy and important this month in San Diego
Things to Do: April 18-24
The best events in San Diego this week
Things to Do: April 11-17
The best events in San Diego this week
Things to Do: April 4-10
The best events in San Diego this week
Things to Do: March 28-April 3
The best events in San Diego this week
Destination: Cabo San Lucas
More than a year after Hurricane Odile, the Baja city has bounced back, with new hotels, restaurant favorites, and plenty of outdoor adventure. It’s a Cabo comeback!
A Family Afar: The Priciest Place on Earth
That first trip to Disneyland with your kids is a rite of passage. It’s table stakes for new parents, one-upping each other as we sit in playgroups or at the park, where we keep a watchful eye over tumbling toddlers. “We took little Joey to Disneyland when he was barely old enough to ride the […]
Wine Beyond Napa
Tired of Napa’s crowds and commercialism? Escape to these lesser-known NorCal wine spots.
Stay at One Bunk in Barrio Logan
Can’t beat ’em? Join ’em! That’s the idea behind One Bunk, the new Barrio Logan property launched by LWP Group (The Pearl Hotel) that combines hotelier expertise with lifestyle-oriented lodging. The border region concept has its own website and social media accounts, but guests reserve via Airbnb. “We decided to ‘hack’ Airbnb and use it […]
Tijuana is Stationed for Change
A new live-work-drink space hopes to revitalize one of Tijuana’s oldest neighborhoods
5 Hot Tickets
Must-sees onstage, on screen, and in the gallery in April
Inside the Icon: La Casa del Túnel
What was once a prominent local lawyer’s iconic flatiron house against the border wall in the 1950s became the entrance to a narco tunnel leading to a manhole in a San Ysidro parking lot, just 150 feet away. In 2004, authorities discovered and sealed the passageway, and the house remained vacant until 2008, when it […]
John Leguizamo’s One-man Show
The actor returns to La Jolla Playhouse with Latin History for Dummies
Get Air at San Diego’s First Indoor Skydiving Venue
Get set to spread your wings at the brand-new iFly. SD’s first indoor skydiving venue features a 50-foot wind tunnel, where flyers can feel the sensation of free-falling at wind speeds of about 120 miles per hour. Flights typically last two minutes—three times longer than an actual skydive free fall (usually 35 to 40 seconds). […]
Your Shelf Life: 6 Books to Read in April
A curated list of this month’s top reads
Calendar of Events: April 2016
How to be busy and important this month in San Diego
Things to Do: March 21-27
The best events in San Diego this week
Things to Do: March 14-20
The best events in San Diego this week
Things to Do: March 7-13
The best events in San Diego this week
Things to Do: February 29-March 6
The best events in San Diego this week
A Baja Spring Break
Long gone are the days of wet T-shirt contests and body shot marathons south of the border. Here are three treks into Baja’s rugged paradise, each easily accessible even without four-wheel drive.
Barry Edelstein Directs First Musical with ‘Rain’
SEE IT! March 24–May 1Tickets at theoldglobe.org Barry Edelstein came to San Diego with a résumé that included his tenure at the Public Theater in New York, producing Shakespeare in the Park, and working with stars like Gwyneth Paltrow. He’s also known as one of the country’s leading Shakespeareans. But one thing missing from The […]
Go Whale Watching at the Natural History Museum
Whale watching season may be nearing its end, but there are still spots to scope out the giant mammals. Opening March 19, the San Diego Natural History Museum’s new Whales: Giants of the Deep exhibit sprawls 7,000 feet and combines visuals (like the humpback above), science, and storytelling. Visitors can inspect a 58-foot sperm whale […]
