Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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Psychedelic. That word, with connotations of colorful swirls, bubbles and wild, repeated patterns, defines a counterculture of the sixties. Strawberry Alarm Clock – a rock band formed in 1967 – played music that was billed as psychedelic. Their unique sound swirled through many a discotheque and school dance. In 1967 I was a ninth grader sitting cross-legged on the hardwood floor of my bedroom playing records on a small red and white record player. When I popped the round pla... Full story
It was 1959, and although I was just 6 years old when Frankie Avalon's song, "Venus," hit the top spot on the Billboard, I remember it well because the song floated into my bedroom from a small transistor radio – repeated and repeated by our local radio station, KFRC San Francisco. In 1959 and beyond, Frankie Avalon's voice mesmerized millions, including me. Avalon has enjoyed the success that most entertainers dream of – a stellar singing career, movie roles and tel... Full story
"Newsies" is a smash hit! This huge cast of talented performers delights and inspires. Perfect for the entire family. Great music, explosive, athletic dance routines featuring spectacular tap sequences. Thrilling to watch – exciting to experience. This is rated 10 out of 10. After coming off the all-time hit, "Mamma Mia," Moonlight Stage Productions is bound to have a back to back success with "Newsies." It is every bit as wonderful as its predecessor and a lot more i...
FALLBROOK – Continuing its successful classical Sundays format at the Fallbrook Public Library, Fallbrook Music Society has announced its 41st annual concert season, with one of the most widely appealing range of artists ever programmed. "This season we are especially excited to present rising superstars in a number of classical music circles, including those from San Diego State, UC Irvine and the San Diego Opera," said Ann Murray, executive director of Fallbrook Music Societ...
PALA – Pala Casino Spa & Resort will continue its free events series in August featuring the 60+ Club on Tuesdays, and the underground wine CAVE, new and expanded Luis Rey’s and Bar Meets Grill on weekends. The 60+ Club meets in the Pala Events Center. The free August entertainment schedule includes: 60+ Club, 1 p.m. Tuesdays ● Aug. 7, The Shagwells, a tribute to the 1960s British Invasion ● Aug. 14, Rob Ely, a tribute to Elvis ● Aug. 21, Neil Diamond, a musical tribute by Kenny Hale ● Aug. 28, Cash’d Out, Johnny Cash t...
La Jolla Playhouse has long established itself as the spring board for new works. After a successful run at LJP many shows land on Broadway. Just when I was beginning to feel like a fraud, since many of this season's plays have received high ratings, with several all the way to 10...I saw "The Squirrels", written by Robert Askins. A graduate of Baylor University in Waco, the one-time bartender, in a prior interview answered that he was accustomed to not feeling like he...
"What could be more important than love?" Finding it, keeping it, letting it go, or breathing life back into it? "Once" is a small Irish film out of Dublin that still resonates around the globe. Rewritten for the stage by Enda Walsh with music and lyrics by Marketa Irglova and Glen Hansard, "Once" opened on Broadway garnering eight Tony Awards including Best Musical. Making its West Coast premiere, "Once" is presented locally by Lamb's Players Theatre (L.P.T.) while each...
Tucked at the top of a staircase in University Heights lives a space set aside for imaginative live theatre. Housed in the Diversionary Theatre's Mainstage, Edward Albee's first play ("The Zoo Story") is brought to life by a new group of players under the banner of Backyard Renaissance Theatre Company. Established just three years ago, this intense group of players has been accepted under the umbrella of La Jolla Playhouse as its Resident Theatre for 2018-2019 season. Quite...
"Newsies" is a smash hit! This huge cast of talented performers delights and inspires! Perfect for the entire family! Great music, explosive, athletic dance routines featuring spectacular tap sequences. Thrilling to watch – exciting to experience. This is rated 10 out of 10. After coming off the all-time hit, "Mamma Mia," Moonlight Stage Productions is bound to have a back to back success with "Newsies." It is every bit as wonderful as its predecessor and a lot more i... Full story
SAN DIEGO - In addition to adult-oriented content, the fourth and final day of Comic-Con International at the San Diego Convention Center today will feature a slate of family-friendly events, including the annual International Children's Film Festival. The festival will feature an entire day of short films for children of all ages, beginning at 10 a.m. in Room 9 of the Convention Center. A panel will also be held for the long-running "Lego: Ninjago'' television series featuring co-creator Tommy Andreasen, lead writer Bragi... Full story
SAN DIEGO - Seth Rogen, George Clinton and Joss Whedon are among the celebrities expected to make appearances today at the annual Comic-Con International celebration of pop culture. Rogen will take part in a panel discussion for the AMC television series "Preacher,'' along with fellow producer Evan Goldberg and cast members Dominic Cooper, Ruth Negga, and Joseph Gilgun. The panel begins at 7:30 p.m. in Hall H of the San Diego Convention Center. Clinton, bandleader of the... Full story
FALLBROOK – The third annual "Remembering 9/11" exhibition and competition invites artists "to create a patriotic themed work of art, honoring our military, veterans, first responders and our Country," and is sponsored by Fallbrook Propane Gas Company. The exhibition will be held at Brandon Gallery Sept. 4 - 28, 2018. The artwork will be judged by the community. The "People's Choice Award" can be voted on Sept. 4 through Sept. 9 at the gallery. A reception will be held S...
PALA – Pala Casino Spa & Resort will sponsor an outdoor Oktoberfest from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, on the lawn of its Starlight Theater. The event will feature 16 beer brands, authentic German food, wine, and entertainment by Hammerstein Musik Bavaria, the authentic German polka rock band. Hammerstein Musik Bavaria is a four-piece, global get-down machine that performs traditional polka, tango, operetta and occasional well-placed classic rock songs. Its shows run the g...
SAN DIEGO – Summergrass San Diego celebrates 16 years strong this year at the historic Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum in Vista, Aug. 18, 19, and 20, three terrific days of bluegrass fun and activities for the whole family. Tickets are now on sale at www.summergrass.net. Summergrass 2018 is very proud to bring these stellar bands to its main stage, Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, The Scroggins Brothers, Bluegrass Etc., Alan Bibey & Grasstowne, The Central Valley Boys, Virt...
It's a hit! "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" is the funniest show of 2018! Wacky and absurd, this rib-tickling show wraps up the 36th season for North Coast Repertory Theatre with a bang! While the show is directed by David Ellenstein with subtlety, it is the dazzling choreography of Colleen Kollar Smith that gives it heart. Accompanied by musical director Ron Councell, opening night was a flawless performance. Remarkably, Ellenstein filled the wee stage with...
RIVERSIDE COUNTY – A little creativity and a lot of sweetness can go a long way when one is teaching children. That and many other lessons are told as turn-of-the-century London comes to life onstage when CYT Riverside County presents Mary Poppins for a six-show run in July. The production is CYT's third and final musical of the 2017-18 season. The curtain opens for a 2 p.m. show July 14 and drops with a 4 p.m. show July 15. The production will take place at The Bob Burton C...
FALLBROOK - The Friends of the Fallbrook Library will host "Painters Places: Landscapes Near and Far" and sculptural portraits by Marsha Brook, July 15 to Aug. 31. A reception honoring the artists will be held 6-8 p.m., Friday, July 20. On the reading patio will be an exhibit of sculptural portraits by Marsha Brook. Brook is well-known for the sculpted the piece, "Friends of the Library," a mother and child reading from a book that stood outside the old library and now...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Library continues its Summer Reading Club (SRC) this month as well as numerous other events. Thursday, July 12, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. – The USS Midway Museum will present on daily life of a naval aviator on the aircraft carrier that was in service longer than any other U.S. carrier in the 20th century. Sponsored by Friends of the Fallbrook Library. Saturday, July 14, from 11 a.m. to noon – Path to Radical Happiness: Join Dr. Andrew Vidich as he presents on the benefits of meditation. Monday, July 16, f...
The musical "Godspell" is soon coming to Fallbrook. Ideal family entertainment, it is being presented by the newly formed group called Christ the King's Players, an offshoot of the Curtain Call Company. Based on the many stories from the Book of Luke, the parables are told through song by a cast of local singers and performers. Cassidy Mitchell plays Jesus and leads the cast through the many stories as Luis Nunez plays a dual role. First as John the Baptist and later as the... Full story
The latest animated adventure of Dracula, the Mummy, and Frankenstein's monster led the way at North American theaters over the weekend, spoiling the debut of Dwayne Johnson's latest action thriller, according to final figures released today. "Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation" opened atop the box office, earning $44.1 million, according to comScore. Disney's "Ant-Man and The Wasp'' took second place with $29.1 million, while Johnson's disaster-movie homage "Skyscraper''...
SAN DIEGO - The two-day San Diego Pride Festival kicked off today with performances by dozens of artists across four stages, including one from headlining singer-songwriter JoJo. More than 40,000 people are expected to attend the annual Balboa Park festival, part of a weekend slate of San Diego Pride events. "I hope everyone will take the time to learn more about the bold and brilliant LGBTQ artists who will be attending Pride, and join us in enjoying their music at the festival this July,'' said Fernando Lopez, San Diego... Full story
Legendary disc jockey Shotgun Tom Kelly joined the Pala Rez Radio booth, June 13, at the San Diego County Fair. Kelly joined Pala Rez Radio station manager John Fox in the fair booth, 1-5 p.m., that afternoon. "Pretty much every 10 to 20 feet somebody would recognize him, and he would be signing autographs and chatting," Fox said. Kelly was raised in San Diego County and was a San Diego disc jockey for three decades before taking a position at K-Earth 101, KRTH-FM, in Los...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook resident Craig Lozzi will be presenting a poetry recital 2 p.m., Sunday, July 15, in the community room of the Fallbrook Library. The performance features sacred poetry and live musical accompaniment by violinist Richard Conviser and pianist Bob Freaney, both of Fallbrook. Also joining the program is vocalist Deborah Garrett from Orange County. The poetry explores the human experience of love in a program entitled, "Love and Longing, Longing and B...
TEMECULA – Theatre Royale will present Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” the Broadway musical, live onstage at the Pechanga Resort Casino theater, 8 p.m., Friday, Sept. 21, and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 22. Audiences will step into the enchanted world of Broadway’s modern classic, Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” an international sensation that has been seen by over 35 million people in 13 different countries. Based on the Academy-Award winning animated feature, the spectacular stage production includes the be...
One of the hottest tickets this season just may be "Mamma Mia" at the Moonlight Theatre. It is such a popular show, Moonlight Stage Productions has added an extra night. Why you ask? First, because it is fabulous! Second, the singing is better than the movie because the singing and music is live. Third, the talented actors own their roles. Directed and choreographed by John Vaughan, "Mamma Mia" lives up to the legend. Lyndon Pugeda is the musical director and conductor who...
