
A San Diego surf shop is fostering a DIY music scene
Blair Gun, a fast-paced post-punk band from San Diego, is organizing a festival for up-and-coming bands at the Happy Battle Surf Shop this weekend. (Photo courtesy of Blair Gun) Happy Battle does more than sell surfboards. The small surf shop on El Cajon Boulevard has become a breeding ground

Jazz 88 gives fans peek behind scenes to fill gap from federal cutbacks
Jonathan Cohen of the Jonathan Cohen Trio. (Photo courtesy of the artist) With federal funding for public radio and TV stations around the country drying up,supporters and station managers are having to get creative when it comes to raising money to stay in business. One such fundraiser, a l

Infidelity and violence are not humorous in San Diego Opera’s ‘The Clowns’
Tenor Jonathan Burton in a production of “I Pagliacci.” (Photo courtesy of the San Diego Opera) Any production of Leoncavallo’s evergreen verismo masterwork I Pagliacci (The Clowns) — including the San Diego Opera’s (Oct. 31 – Nov. 2) — must grapple with the tension at the opera’s heart: its pro
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