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Date archive for June, 2010

  • Fare Play
    TV dinners get a grownup makeover in Hillcrest

    As 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-up

    San 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 one

    When 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 home

    They’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 year

    After 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 2010

    Ten 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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  • Firehouse
    Lotus Thai