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  • Light It Up
    Destined for broadway, a Charlie Chaplin musical debuts in La Jolla

    Staging a musical-theater production about a long-dead, tortured movie genius with a penchant for meltdowns and womanizing would be maddening. And if said genius were known for making silent films, the project could make you scream.

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  • Blazing a Trailer
    Two local artisans breathe new life into the concept of mobile homes

    There’s no shortage of visual stimulation at Glashaus. The Barrio Logan design and art warehouse is the creative home of some of San Diego’s most prolific artists and designers.

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  • Eyes on the Prize
    San Diego painter Gail Roberts turns the ordinary into the extraordinary

    Now in it’s fourth year, the San Diego Art Prize has proven to be a reliable indicator of the local artists people will be talking about tomorrow.

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  • Frame and Fortune
    If Brian Baylis builds it, bike enthusiasts will come

    Whether it’s a result of the recession or just because we have the best weather, bikes are bigger than ever in San Diego. In keeping with this trend, countless custom bike-frame builders have been popping up all over, many of whom claim to be the best.

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  • All’s Fair
    Art San Diego brings the contemporary art world to downtown

    Ann Berchtold had seen a lot of San Diego art fairs come and go. Then, a few years ago, she traveled to Miami to check out the city’s annual Art Basel contemporary art fair.

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  • Fresh Paint
    Local artist Acamonchi brings new perspective to the streets of San Diego

    Anyone visiting San Diego in the past month might have left our fair city thinking it was the street-art capital of the world.

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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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  • Stadium
    Laser Away