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Intrepid Theatre's 'Father Comes Home From The Wars' Combines Art And Community Outreach
- Sept. 22
- By Beth Accomando
Intrepid Theatre Company is partnering with the San Diego Museum of Man to facilitate school field trips to the museum’s exhibit and a stage show titled, "Race: Are We So Different?"
'Wild Goose Dreams' Is About Making Connections
- Sept. 15
- By Beth Accomando, Nicholas McVicker
"Wild Goose Dreams" had its world premiere earlier this month at the La Jolla Playhouse’s Mandell Weiss Forum. The play looks to a pair of displaced people looking to make connections.
Attorney Elizabeth Lopez Named KPBS Community Hero For Her Work With Asylum Seekers
- Sept. 7
- By Linda Ball
The San Diego attorney is recognized for her pro bono immigration work with individuals fleeing persecution.
Horrible Imaginings Film Festival Embraces The Darkness For 8th Year
- Sept. 7
- By Beth Accomando
Every year I pursue my passion for horror by volunteering to work at the Horrible Imaginings Film Festival. Here’s a preview of the festival that runs Friday through Sunday at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park.
Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival
- Sept. 1
- By Beth Accomando
Women filmmakers face plenty of obstacles trying to break into the mainstream industry. But if you are a female experimental filmmaker you face even more. Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival, showing Saturday at Digital Gym Cinema, tries to carve out a space for those filmmakers.
Film Geeks SD Pay Tribute To Women Directors Dorothy Arzner And Ida Lupino
- Aug. 31
- By Beth Accomando
It’s not often that you have two successful studio pictures directed by women playing in theaters at the same time. Kathryn Bigelow’s "Detroit" has won critical acclaim and Patty Jenkins’ "Wonder Woman" has dominated the summer box office. To complement these two recent examples of female-helmed films, Film Geeks SD will be showcasing a double feature on Friday from pioneering women directors Dorothy Arzner and Ida Lupino.
Kathryn Bigelow's 'Detroit' Tells The True Story Of The Algiers Motel Incident
- Aug. 4
- By Beth Accomando
Kathryn Bigelow’s new film “Detroit” looks to the tragic events at the Algiers Motel during the 1967 riots in the Motor City. For five days in 1967, Detroit was rocked by violent unrest that would leave 43 dead, hundreds injured, thousands arrested, and neighborhoods burned to the ground.
Carlsbad Students Get Lesson In Media Literacy On Trip To Greece
- July 31
- By Megan Burks
Fifteen students from the Pacific Ridge School traveled to Greece in May to get to the truth of the migrant crisis there.
Roundtable: More Visas, More Raids; Women Sue Salk Institute; Imperial Beach Sues Big Oil
- July 21
- By Mark Sauer, Pat Finn
The number of temporary work visas increases, as does the number deportations. Three women scientists have now filed gender discrimination suits against the Salk Institute. And tiny Imperial Beach sues global conglomerates.
Cal State San Marcos Offers Guaranteed Admission To Some Tribal School Graduates
- June 29
- By Megan Burks
Cal State San Marcos has the largest American Indian student population in the California State University system, and it is poised to grow.
Day On The Bay Helps Refugee Students Adjust To Life In San Diego
- June 23
- By Ebone Monet
Several San Diego refugee high school students hit the water Friday to participate in a youth outreach program.
Skateboards For Syrians: Students Help Classmate Make Good On Decade-Old Promise
- June 15
- By Megan Burks
Students at High Tech High in Point Loma are wrapping up their school year — and a special gift for Syrian refugees.
'Megan Leavey' Tells Extraordinary Tale Of A Female Marine And Her Dog
- June 8
- By Beth Accomando, Matthew Bowler
Megan Leavey is a U.S. Marine corporal veteran who worked with a bomb sniffing dog during her tour in Iraq. Her story is now the basis for the film opening Friday and bearing her name and directed by "Blackfish's" Gabriela Cowperthwaite.
Podcast Episode 119: Queer Horror
- June 8
- By Beth Accomando
FilmOut San Diego is hosting its first-ever block of gay horror shorts and it highlights how LGBT filmmakers are turning more and more to genre filmmaking. So I felt it was time to pay tribute to queer cinema and talk to some filmmakers about why they choose to work in the genre.
FilmOut Kicks Off 19th Year With Docs, Rom-Coms And A Block Of Horror
- June 7
- By Beth Accomando
FilmOut, San Diego’s LGBT film festival, kicks off on Friday at the Observatory North Park. Here’s a preview.
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