• 9 events to plan your June around,Matthew Lickona • Special for Times of San Diego

    9 events to plan your June around

    Art of Élan (San Diego Reader file photo) About Last Night: Dating Disasters in San Diego Way back in the aughts, The Reader ran a column called “Dumped” — user-submitted stories of your breakup and/or date from hell. We paid $100 for entries we used, because if you can’t make money off your pain, w

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  • Meet San Diego’s theater organ player, whose music creates a time machine to the 1920s,Drew Sitton • Times of San Diego

    Meet San Diego’s theater organ player, whose music creates a time machine to the 1920s

    There are old car people. There are aquarium people. And then there are theater organ people. Russ Peck inside the chamber of the Balboa Theatre organ on June 1, 2026. (Screenshot by Tessa Balc/Times of San Diego) San Diego has its own. “You either get it or you don’t,” said Russ Peck, who is known

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  • On the Road, On the Mend: Toadies are breaking through, not breaking down,Dryw Keltz - San Diego Reader

    On the Road, On the Mend: Toadies are breaking through, not breaking down

    Forth Worth band, The Toadies – Photo by Steven Visneau Toadies are a Texas-based alternative band best known for their 1994 album “Rubberneck” and the single “Possum Kingdom,” a release from the album that was a hit on radio and MTV in 1995.At the time, many listeners assumed the band had exploded

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