Date archive for June, 2010
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Fare Play
TV dinners get a grownup makeover in HillcrestAs a contestant on season five of Bravo’s Top Chef, Rich Sweeney made the most of his time on television. When creating the menu for his new Hillcrest restaurant, R Gang Eatery, he capitalized on the time he used to spend in front of the tube…
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Almost Famous
“It’s cool being half black and half Asian, because I get to pick when I’m black and when I’m Asian. If I’m at a park and they’re picking teams for a basketball game, I’m black. I always get picked. But if I’m at a college during finals week outside a library…
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Keeping It Reel
With Martin Sheen and Michael Madsen in their corner, these ex-military men are ready for their close-upSan Diego-based Unconventional Films is landing it square on the jaw with this summer’s national release of Chamaco (Spanish for “Kid”), a coming-of-age boxing film starring Martin Sheen and Michael Madsen and directed by Miguel Necoechea.
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Stand-Up Comics
Homegrown comic book company IDW Publishing is knocking on Hollywood's door in more ways than oneWhen Ted Adams and three other comic book enthusiasts took over a steamy, windowless office space in Pacific Beach to start Idea and Design Works (IDW) back in 1999…
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Road Warriors
For Slightly Stoopid, there's still no place like homeThey’ve played packed shows in Japan and just wrapped up a sold-out European tour, but the members of reggae-punk band Slightly Stoopid will never forget their local roots.
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Here Comes the Pride
The city's most colorful festival returns for its 36th yearAfter a rare July rain shower several years ago, a rainbow appeared briefly over Hillcrest while morning crews readied University Avenue for a mile-long parade that uses the meteorological phenomenon as its core symbol.
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Proud to be an American
Publisher Page, July 2010Ten years ago, she moved to San Diego from Brazil. Today, she’s a gringo (actually, a gringa), just like me. On June 23, in an auditorium adjacent to City Hall downtown…

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