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Here Are The Road Closures Planned For Comic-Con 2019
- June 19
- By City News Service
The San Diego Convention Center announced its planned road closure windows Wednesday for Comic-Con 2019, scheduled for July 17- 21.
Cinema Junkie Podcast 171: Hollywood Black
- June 14
- By Beth Accomando
African Americans and Hollywood have a long, troubled, and complicated past. I am going to explore that history with Donald Bogle author of the new book "Hollywood Black: The Stars, the Films, the Filmmakers" from Turner Classic Movies.
San Diego's Top Weekend Arts Events: Wonderspaces, Moonlight Amphitheatre And 'Little Shop Of Horrors'
- June 14
- By Jade Hindmon, Nina Garin
San Diego has plenty of summer staples, and this weekend two favorites return: Wonderspaces and Moonlight Amphitheatre’s summer season. Plus, don't miss a non-traditional staging of "Little Shop of Horrors."
San Diego Fringe Top Pick: 'An Even Sweeter Pang'
- June 14
- By Beth Accomando
San Diego International Fringe wraps up this weekend but there is one show debuting Friday night at Les Girls and it features Irish singer, dancer and sex worker Kate McGrew.
Samuel L. Jackson Returns as 'Shaft'
- June 13
- By Beth Accomando
In 1971 “Shaft” announced a new kind of black screen icon. Hollywood tried to build on the Shaft name in 2000 with Samuel L. Jackson playing Shaft’s nephew. Now Jackson is back with another incarnation of the New York private detective in yet another film simply named “Shaft.”
SD Fringe Dance Shows: 'Mesa Moves' And 'Get Free'
- June 11
- By Beth Accomando
San Diego International Fringe Festival highlights all kinds of performance. Here are two dance shows worth checking out: "Mesa Moves: Dance Spectrum" and "Get Free."
SD Fringe Artist Highlight: Ciarlene Coleman, 'Your Best American Girl'
- June 11
- By Beth Accomando
MaArte Theatre Collective was founded to create space for the Filipino-American experience in the diverse and dynamic culture of San Diego. Its San Diego International Fringe show features Ciarlene Coleman in the one-woman show, "Your Best American Girl."
SD Fringe Artist Highlight: Iceland's Huldufugl
- June 10
- By Beth Accomando
The seventh annual San Diego International Fringe Festival is in full swing with a diverse array of shows available at the festival's new home base of Balboa Park. One unique show, "A Box in the Desert," comes from Iceland and involves virtual reality.
SD Fringe Preview: 'PIG Talk'
- June 7
- By Beth Accomando
Asian Story Theater stages "PIG Talk" at the 2019 San Diego International Fringe Festival.
SD Fringe Preview: 'CRAPSHOOT!'
- June 7
- By Beth Accomando
Todd Blakesley presents "CRAPSHOOT! or Why I Voted for Trump: A love story" at the 2019 San Diego International Fringe Festival.
SD Fringe Preview: '420 Highku: The Circular Swirls'
- June 7
- By Beth Accomando
Steven Peter Sanders mixes poetry and music for his 2019 San Diego International Fringe show "420 Highku: The Circular Swirls."
SD Fringe Preview: 'Things That Go Bump in the Night'
- June 7
- By Beth Accomando
Jacqueline Witt of Circus Collective of San Diego talks about the company's new San Diego International Fringe show "Things That Go Bump in the Night."
SD Fringe Preview: 'Space Force'
- June 7
- By Beth Accomando
Co-writer and actor Michael Shantz talks about Lonesome Whistle Productions' 2019 San Diego International Fringe entry "Space Force."
SD Fringe Preview: 'Real[ise]'
- June 7
- By Beth Accomando
Tangata Circus Company performs "Real[ise]" at San Diego International Fringe as part of a cultural exchange program between Wellington and San Diego.
San Diego's Top Weekend Arts Events: J-Lo, Avocados And BunnyKitty
- June 7
- By Jade Hindmon, Nina Garin
We love avocados here in San Diego, so much that there’s an entire festival devoted to the green fruit. Plus Jennifer Lopez celebrates a milestone birthday, and the San Diego Festival of the Arts returns.