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Too Cool for School
An abandoned Baja bus inspired cross-border creative driveMost kids dread the sight of a yellow bus. But for Akash Patel and Ian Torbett, high school juniors at Carlsbad’s Pacific Ridge School, one such transport stranded in a remote Mexican fishing village is a vehicle of promise.
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Made in the Fade
Sun-baked characters grit and bare it in an artist's desert gazeGerman photographer Stefanie Schneider pursued the American Dream through 1970s road movies and Golden State roadmaps—finally gathering her camera, a bag of expired Polaroid film and some daring Los Angeles friends to seek splendid desolation in Southern California’s high desert.
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Good to Glow
Lighten up at MCASD's luminous exhibitThe psychological and physiological influence of light energizes “Phenomenal: California Light, Space, Surface,” exhibiting at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego through January 22.
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Thrash Recycling
Local filmmaker waxes ecological on toxic surfboardsGiven the closeness surfers enjoy with the sea, it’s unfortunate their boards are made from water-poisoning petroleum-based materials, as La Jolla native Pierce Michael Kavanagh explores in his documentary Manufacturing Stoke.
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Jingle Belles
San Diego businesswomen on the go-goPutting the motion in “promotion” is all in a day’s work for the staff of Femme Fatale—50 San Diego women who provide rent-ertainment: for-hire dancing (go-go, choreographed and otherwise), modeling and acting services.
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Well-Spokin’
Social Cycle pedals wheel-time interaction and funFor a new spin on riding, check out Social Cycle (socialcyclesd.com), a touring party bicycle with bar-style seating for up to 16. The earth-friendly open vehicle is powered entirely by its riders and piloted by a pro “captain.”
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Let’s Get it Arted
Urban expression, youthful regression and offbeat ornamentation highlight these free exhibitionsThumbprint Gallery’s “Tangerines and Monster Dreams”, “Homeroom” at Subtext gallery, & Marianela de la Hoz and Tasha Rae make jewelry collaborations at Noel-Baza Fine Art
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Know Fear
Help yourself to these Halloweeny haunts, served up with gore galore, a slice of death and a splash of afterlife. Bone appétit!Some spooky situations to throw yourself into this Halloween season
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Scare Waves
Goth-loving 91X DJ still Robin the vaults after 20 yearsIn her 20-plus years as a San Diego radio and club DJ, modern rock’s raven-haired first lady Robin Roth has facilitated on-air marriage proposals, given away a bat-swarm of concert tickets and chatted up everyone from Peter Murphy to the Robert Smith of The Cure.
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Spaced Outing
East County’s UFO-affirming spiritualists to celebrate ‘Conclave of Light’Extraterrestrial enthusiasts phone home in El Cajon & a La Jollan woman wants to go topless in honor of our spacey creators above.
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Yes, We Cannes
The San Diego Film Festival returns to the big screen and downtown sceneOn-screen at the SDFF will be 85 high-caliber features, documentaries and shorts. Off-screen, attendees will enjoy nearly the same access—and treatment—as the moviemakers and shakers themselves.
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Sweet ‘n’ Low
Cruisin' with San Diego's lowrider community“The feeling you get when you show off your lowrider is a feeling you cannot describe, similar to hot rods when they win races.”
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Fired Up
Polynesian culture set to blaze through Mission ValleyClassic hot rods, mai-tais and burlesque babes—it’s the stuff retro dreams are made of, and key components of San Diego’s 11th annual Tiki Oasis.
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Cold Rush
Beat the summer heat with San Diego's frozen treatsWhen the summer sun gives us hot times, PacificSD makes cold calls—a countywide collection of America’s Finest and frostiest sweet spots—to help you lick the heat (and those pesky munchies) in style.
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Guilty Leisure
Costumed conventioneers let their dweeb flags fly during Comic-ConCostumed conventioneers, superheros and villans let their geek flags fly loud and proud during Comic-Com.
