San Diego Entertainment

Jenn sent us: North County Forum Letters Awards: Every year the North County Forum gives awards for the best letters to the editor published in the North County Times.... This years event will take place at Hill Street Cafe in Oceanside Sat. January 28, 6 pm RSVP 760-758-2520 or ncforum@sbcglobal.net Voice actors ...

Brook sent us: California Center for the Arts, Escondido There's a list of upcoming performances at this venue and they're all top-notch! For instance, a New York comedy revue called Chicago City Limits is going to perform there on January 14th, which is a Saturday night. The New York Post ...

The SDUT and the NCTimes have lists of some of this year's New Year's Eve celebrations. The one I would attend (if it wasn't sold out) is the Matisyahu concert at the The Belly Up Tavern. I'm currently listening to his CD, ...

Way back in the early seventies I went on a double-date to a movie at the now defunct Strand Theatre in Ocean Beach. That movie was Pink Flamingos. Not a good choice for a first date, but if gross and disgusting is your thing, then rent it and ...

Club Decade's first night will be Saturday the 3rd of December (tomorrow night) and continue on once per month on the 1st Saturday of the month. The event will be held at the Zombie Lounge here in San Diego which is located at 3519 El ...

Local tribute band Cash'd Out pays homage to the man in black, Johnny Cash. Their website has a schedule of upcoming appearances. The biopic, Walk The Line, is receiving critical acclaim.

CARS, the latest animated feature created by Pixar Animation Studios, is due out next summer. It takes place in the fictional town of Radiator Springs, which after viewing the trailer, has the look of some of our San Diego back-country.

San Diego is perhaps the most haunted city in the United States. Grab your GPS receiver and download an eXchange (.gpx) file format GPS Map to a haunted Halloween. It contains some haunted waypoints from the ghosts and gravestones tour of Old Town San Diego.

Cheap eats and frugal fun? America's Finest City certainly isn't America's cheapest. If you live in San Diego with unpaid student debt, you've probably had to choose between spending money on a night out with friends or coughing up overdue rent. It's not an easy decision, but with a few pointers ...

Check WORD San Diego for news of a new anti-social to help support WORD. More at the site, here's the event announcement: Come to the 3rd Annual WORD Anti-Social Writers Party in Celebration of Take Back Your Time Day! 6pm–10pm | Saturday October 22nd 2005 Join your fellow San Diego writers & readers in the big ...

Mickele Hughes sent us: Temple Bhajan Band in Encinitas Yemaya Productions Presents Temple Bhajan Band To Listen Click Here Saturday, October 15, 2005, 7:30 p.m. Shanti Yoga Center 897 South Coast Highway 101 Encinitas, California 92024 Buy Tickets $15 Free to Kids 13 and Under! The Temple Bhajan Band is a group of devotional chanters that tours Southern California's Yoga Studios, Yoga Retreats, and various social events. They have been together for 4 years. The heart of the band is Sura whose voice is legendary among practitioners of Yoga and Interfaith followers. While Sura sings to the accompaniment of the harmonium he leads the rest of the members on instruments such as the esaraja, tamboura, kartals, flute, violin, and mrdunga drum in a dynamic symphony that is timeless. The Temple Bhajan Band plays ancient Vedic bhajans, which include mantras and chants from spiritual India. Many of the chants are done in a responsive fashion where the audience can participate and experience the purifying pleasure of the chanting.

What is Video Games Live? The first major U.S. video game music concert tour is finally here! Think music concert, theatrical stage show, and interactive video game all wrapped into one!

Tony Okun sent us: www.ohshowproductions.com Oh! Show Productions is an independent documentary film production company that is located in San Diego, California. The company was founded in 2003 by director Tony Okun and consists of a small, close-knit team of creative professionals and production crew. We have come together as ...

David Moye sent us: Big Girls Go Burlesque On Friday A plus-sized Blues diva and fat activist has a titillating way of helping ladies and gents get over their body issues -- a burlesque show and concert featuring big girls like herself. Singer Candye Kane is ...

This is kinda fun. The world, and San Diego in particular, can always use a bit of wacky satire. In that spirit, Neal sent us: San Diego's Brown Tide Hello, Although we aren't bloggers at BrownTide.com, we respect folks like you who generate fresh insight, information and other content on a ...

The Dave Matthews Lightshow Coors Amphitheater, Thursday, August 25, 2005. I might as well have forded a river and crossed the Northwest Passage for Dave Matthews. That may have been cheaper and easier. Getting to the show was a nightmare. A sea of multiple, single file autos and trailers ...

WIRELESS FLASH TURNS 25 on August 11th. Wireless Flash News Service is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Since August 11, 1980, Wireless Flash has been supplying self- generated offbeat pop culture news to hundreds of media outlets around the world including The Tonight Show, The Late Show, the New York Daily News ...

Street Scene 05 concludes Sat, July 30.

Christopher Hitches went to the DG Wills Bookstore. Brian Dear was there to cover the event. This is the most wonderful blog post I've read in a month.