• San Diego Weekend Guide: Aug. 29-31 – Labor Day edition,Editor

    San Diego Weekend Guide: Aug. 29-31 – Labor Day edition

    Can’t guarantee such a spectacular sunset this weekend at the Del Mar track, but there are two must-see events. (Photo courtesy of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club) Summer’s last hurrah? Labor Day can be a little melancholy. But we live in San Diego and as all Southern Californians know – it probably w

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  • Temaki Bar rolls out shark-inspired specials for ‘Jaws’ 50th,Debbie L. Sklar • Times of San Diego

    Temaki Bar rolls out shark-inspired specials for ‘Jaws’ 50th

    Temaki Bar is honoring the 50th anniversary of JAWS, among other selections, throughout September. (Photo courtesy Clique Hospitality) If you love shushi, you’re in luck as Temaki Bar: Handroll, Sushi, Sake in Encinitas is celebrating the 50th anniversary of JAWS with a month-long menu of themed bit

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  • Youthful Stephanie Childress to conduct SD Symphony’s Tchaikovsky Spectacular,Paul Bodine • Special for Times of San Diego

    Youthful Stephanie Childress to conduct SD Symphony’s Tchaikovsky Spectacular

    Conductor Stephanie Childress. (Photo courtesy of the artist) In his 1932 Handbook of Conducting, German conductor Herman Scherchen described the orchestral conductor as a “master mind” and “almost superhuman … magician” who is “the vehicle for the manifestation of spiritual art.” Such talk won’t ge

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