Sign up for our eNewsletterHillcrest resident Yale Strom named KPBS-Union Bank Local Hero By Monica Medina | KPBS Listen to klezmer music and it will harken you back to another time. Rich with tradition, the haunting melodies are a testament to the Jewish people and all they’ve endured throughout the course of history.
Read MoreBy Jessica Dearborn | SDUN Reporter The Verge is a gathering of artists of every imaginable variety. It is a place where poets, painters, writers, sculptors, photographers, doodlers and muses can share ideas, spark inspiration and display their work. It is an event where generative exercises will ignite new creative endeavors, where good art, good drink and good food will encourage an ever-growing sense of community.
Read MoreThe Pizarro Brothers stop foot traffic at the Lafayette By Cynthia Robertson | SDUN Reporter On a recent Sunday afternoon at the Lafayette Hotel in North Park, two brothers – Dominic and Angelo Pizarro, ages 16 and 13 respectfully – livened up an otherwise quiet day. They played two keyboards and one baby grand piano in the hotel’s lobby, stopping everyone in their tracks.
Read MoreResidents can trade in gasoline mowers for $400 models from Black & Decker By County Supervisor Ron Roberts For the 14th consecutive spring, San Diego’s backyard gardeners are invited to join me on May 11 in helping clean the air we breathe by exchanging old, gas-powered lawnmowers for brand new electric rechargeable models.
Read MoreAura-Soma practitioner finds true colors A Whim & A Prayer | Celene Adams The Japanese word “ma,” roughly translated, means empty, which was how Aura-Soma Color Care practitioner Kyoko Tanaka felt a few years ago after her only daughter graduated from high school and left home for college.
Read MoreBy Dale Larabee | SDUN Guest Columnist San Diego is a wonderfully diverse city. The City Library Essay Contest winners proved so March 21 at St. Didacus Parish School. One hundred twelve students from Adams, Franklin, Normal Heights, Our Lady of Peace and St. Didacus schools wrote essays on what one book deserved saving, if all other books were to disappear, or why libraries are important to young people like them.
Read MoreGary Holt and Joey Landwehr discuss Gay Men’s Chorus upcoming show ‘Rocket Man – The Music of Elton John’ By Tom Felkners | SDUN Guest Reporter Before the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus takes the stage for “Rocket Man—The Music of Elton John,” the group’s Artistic Director Gary Holt sat down with Joey Landwehr, the show’s director and choreographer,
Read MoreRising star Yolanda Franklin takes on controversial character in Diversionary Theatre’s latest By Charlene Baldridge | SDUN Reporter To be presented by Diversionary Theatre through April 28, Jeff Whitty’s “The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler” is a witty literary romp replete with characters other than Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda.
Read MoreUptown neighborhood has been drawing dog-friendly attention for over 15 years By Morgan M. Hurley | SDUN Assistant Editor If you hang around South Park at all, you have probably noticed that dogs are almost as welcome as humans in this happening little Uptown neighborhood, but the people that helped make that so will tell you it was not always the happy, dog-friendly place it is today.
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