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UP FRONT | FROM THE EDITOR

Turn and face the change

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HERE IS AN ABUNDANCE of reasons why you should read this week’s cover feature (page 19) about the remarkable journey of outgoing 14-year-old Ari Zelkind.

He was born a girl, but never felt comfortable in that gender role. With the loving support of parents and friends he’s nearly finished the medical, physical and emotional transition to boyhood.

Freelance writer/author Jennifer Coburn, a friend of the Zelkind family, brought San Diego CityBeat the story. It’s a real reader. In publishing it we’re not trying to keep up with the Kardashians.

Rather, we’re doing an alt-weekly’s job to reflect the times and help nudge the needle of social change.

From the national legalization of same-sex marriage to the lowering of the Confederate flags from South Carolina’s State House grounds, it’s been a hell of a year for progress in the social-issues arena.

This weekend is a well-deserved opportunity for the San Diego LGBT community to celebrate tangible progress in an evolution of attitude, most notably, the Supreme Court’s thunderbolt ruling. Hundreds of thousands of people will revel under rainbow flags as the city’s 41st Pride Weekend gears up with a music festival, rally, block party, wedding expo and one ginormous parade.

Some may feel like the legalization of same-sex marriage just happened overnight. (And maybe dissenting Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia thinks this is all just a bad dream.) But change has always been generational. Think from the perspective of gay activists who stood up to police brutality in 1969 at the Stonewall Inn in New York City. Or, talk to San Diegans about the solemn procession in 1974 of a few hundred souls who marched up Sixth Avenue from downtown to Balboa Park in support of the cause.

Forty-plus years ago, participants in those marches eschewed cameras, for fear somebody

would be ID-ed, outed and/or lose their job. Now? The parade is a street party for nearly a quarter million people. Politicians and police, who used to ignore and instigate the community, ride on floats and wave to cameras and bystanders along the Pride parade route.

Was nearly half a century too long a period of time to expect social justice to turn a corner? Yes and no. Change happens incrementally. Then, seemingly with a jolt, the big benchmarks take you by surprise. It’s been five years, for example, since military service members were allowed to openly march in the San Diego Pride parade. It took another year for them to get permission to walk in their government issued SD LGBT PRIDE uniforms.

This year, as the Pentagon finalizes the nationwide plan to allow transgender individuals to serve in the military, for the first time the parade here will include active-duty transgender service members.

Liberty and Justice For All. That’s the theme of this year’s Pride celebration. Those last five words of The Pledge of Allegiance had seemingly become stale and rote in recent years. But 2015 is polishing them off and giving them a new shine.

A battleship can’t change directions on a dime, and bias and bigotry have to dissipate before they can disappear. When a gust of wind blows away some of life’s murky smoke, you live in the moment, celebrate the advance and then keep pushing forward. In another 40 years the transgender experience won’t be cause for stories in the media. It’ll just be another facet of life. As the days click by, our present day will evolve and become tomorrow’s history. And while we meander into the future, change will always take time to coalesce, and still catch us by surprise when it breaks the mold.

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Up Front | Letters

HOOKED ON A HOOK UP Here we go again, poor Aaryn Belfer, Backwards & In High Heels, lamenting in her column “Joy mixed with pain” [July 1] about the social injustices perpetrated by our country. She seems to revel in her anguish and is mystified about how “we exist in the world with such discord and still function.” At the same time she enjoys the privilege of raising her family in her exclusive community, far from the injustices endured by those she seeks to protect. How do her neighbors tolerate her nonsense?

I found it particularly hypocritical when she proclaimed how she flew into San Francisco to attend the gay wedding of her closest friends. As she herself states, the crowds were huge, lines of thousands winding around city hall waiting their turn to get married. As she describes, “As it happened, our friends had a hook up in the District Attorney’s Office. That hook up had begun quiet negotiations for our little group to be spirited through a side door and into a shorter line where marriage licenses were being dispensed.”

Typical Aaryn. I wonder if the thousands patiently waiting their turns wished they were “hooked up” enough to leapfrog over their fellow celebrants. Must be nice to have the opportunity to use her connections at the expense of others.

Sort of reminded me of the illegal immigration problem in this country she so proudly defends.

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Tens of thousands lined up, waiting patiently for their turns, but doing so legally, while others simply decide to ignore the process and serve their own personal needs at the expense of others who are denied entry. Many of those in line are from the far corners of the world, represented by every skin color, religion and sexual orientation. They respect our laws and hope and pray for the opportunity and privilege to become part of this country legally.

So Aaryn, next time you “hook up,” remember those behind you. No more or less important than her majesty. Backward & In High Heels, a true hypocrite.

Randy Zawis, Spring Valley

Ari Zelkind (right, pictured with writer Jennifer Coburn and photographer Jeff “Turbo” Corrigan) displayed maturity beyond his 14 years of age during a photo shoot for our cover story on Zelkind’s transition from a girl to a boy. All, including Ari’s mom, Edit Zelkind, were on hand for an easy-going, and at times playful shoot at Corrigan’s East Village studio. “It was an absolute pleasure to shoot, great expressions from a real awesome kid,” says Corrigan (jeffcorriganphoto.com).

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UP FRONT | NEWS JOSHUA EMERSON SMITH

BANKING ON BUD

A Green Alternative COO Zachary Lazarus

Federal lawmakers push for financial services for cannabis industry

BY JOSHUA EMERSON SMITH

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HEN ZACHARY LAZARUS PLANS his day, it’s largely dictated by moving around sizable sums of money. As a top manager for A Green Alternative, the city of San Diego’s first permitted cannabis dispensary, he’s responsible for coordinating payroll, utility bills and other finances.

While most companies use banks to streamline such payments, Lazarus doesn’t have that luxury.

Around the country, financial institutions have shunned the cannabis industry, forcing many in the business to tote around large amounts of cash.

“I have to plan my day according to what bills I have to pay because I can’t just write a check,” he said. “I have to go and grab a bunch of money orders and mail them off. Even my rent is paid in cash.”

In response, law makers in the U.S. Congress are trying to get banks to work with the industry. Over the last two months, lawmakers introduced a pair of bills, H.R. 2076 and S.B. 1726, both dubbed the Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act of 2015.

“As states make legislative determinations on marijuana,” said Rep. Scott Peters, who cosponsored the House bill, “the sensible response is to allow licensed and regulated businesses, including those in San Diego, to operate in the light of day and accept credit cards, deposit revenues and use checks to compensate employees or pay taxes.”

As the cannabis industry has evolved over more than a decade, banks and other financial institutions have been reluctant to do business with many entrepreneurs because financial institutions answer to federal regulators, who don’t recognize state cannabis laws. As a result, according to industry repre-

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sentatives, cannabis storefronts, lacking a place to deposit profits, have become targets for criminals hoping to steal cash and weed.

“I’ve been representing this community for seven years, and during that time, there have been numerous incidents where these businesses are targeted by criminals,” said Lance Rogers, attorney for A Green Alternative.

The legislation in Congress would prohibit federal regulators from taking action against banks for working with state-legal cannabis businesses.

Under the same conditions, it would also shield financial institutions from criminal prosecutions and asset forfeiture.

This isn’t the first time such congressional legislation has been introduced. However, while past attempts at reform have failed, backers hope the issue will attract more bipartisan support, especially from lawmakers in Washington and Colorado where legalization of cannabis for recreational use has increased the need for banking services.

Reform would be welcome news for Lazarus. A Green Alternative started accounts with Comerica Bank and Wells Fargo only to have the accounts terminated within a few months. Right now, the company keeps money in a $14,000 safe and shells out about $20,000 a month for an armed security guard at its storefront in Otay Mesa.

“It’s almost like you feel you’re being discriminated against,” Lazarus said. “There was one bank up the street I tried to set up an account with, and he looked at me like I was a criminal.”

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Up Front | opinion

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Will the Motor Voter Act drive participation?

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emocracy functions best when the most people participate. And if you accept that standard, our democracy is not functioning well.

This is the basis for two voting rights efforts, one at the state level (AB 1461, the “California New Motor Voter Act”) and one directed at the city of San Diego (removing the 50 percent + 1 primary election winner rule), that are attempting to improve the health of our democracy.

But will either of these efforts help cure voter apathy?

AB 1461 is authored by San Diego Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez and would “establish procedures to register a person to vote by application made simultaneously with an application for a new or renewal of a motor vehicle driver’s license.”

In short, the bill would automatically register qualified voters when they fill out the paperwork for a driver’s license.

Voter registration is an important goal. After all, if you aren’t registered, you can’t vote. There is little doubt that making it easier to register to vote is a good thing for democracy. Gonzalez and her supporters in Sacramento should be applauded for this effort.

But simply registering voters doesn’t cure the apathy issues.

Last election, for example, voter turnout in the primary was just 20 percent in San Diego County.

This means that just one in five voters who were registered actually voted.

So if only 20 percent of the voters who register actually vote, what percentage of those who are automatically registered will ac-

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tually head to the polls?

Who knows? And quite frankly, who cares? Shouldn’t we be satisfied that more people can vote when election time rolls around?

Yes. And no.

Another, more important question we should be concerned about is voter participation; more specifically, are we doing everything we can to maximize the number of votes a candidate must receive to actually win office?

Recall the 20 percent primary election voter turnout number for 2014. In that year, we had several “elections” that never even occurred on the general election ballot because, under San Diego’s election laws, if a candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote in the primary, they automatically win the election.

That means 20 percent of the registered voting population is choosing the candidate that represents everyone else. And you only

need 50 percent of those to win.

That means that those representatives are held accountable to 10 percent of the electorate.

You can focus group the impact of this effect on democracy by asking your friends at the dinner table if they feel that their representatives really listen to them. Then ask them if they are excited about voting for anybody in the next election. Then ask them if they think their vote matters.

Internalize those answers and you might conclude that feeling represented today has an effect on a voter’s propensity to vote tomorrow.

If you conclude that having a sense of representation today is healthy for tomorrow’s democracy, we should be doing everything we can to create an election process that is decided when the most people participate.

Granted, the turnout in the 2014 general election was just over 34 percent. This is not a number we should use to promote the health of our democracy, but it is a 70-percent increase from the number of voters who participated in the primary election.

So why do we have this rule in the first place?

Publicly, those who support the rule claim that it reduces the cost of running unnecessary elec-

tions, both in terms of campaign expenditures and the public cost of administering the election(s).

In reality, this rule is simply an incumbent-politician protection scheme. The scheme helps protect incumbents by: (1) requiring challengers to overcome the incumbent’s name-ID advantage at a time of the “election” during which few voters and media outlets are paying attention; and (2) because so little attention is paid in the primary in local races, like district attorney, for example, that challengers must pay for publicity, rather than earn it; and thus (3) requiring anyone who tries to challenge an incumbent to raise a large amount of money.

Want to get money out of politics? Then stop holding primaries six months before the general election.

Want to help democracy? Challenge a system that is designed to elect candidates when the fewest number of voters participate.

And in both cases, we should be supporting local efforts to get more people involved in the democratic process. But only if you believe that democracy functions best when the most people participate.

Chad Peace is managing editor of the San Diego-based news website Independent Voter Network (IVN.us).

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Up Front | Food

by michael a. gardiner

the world

fare

Building a better sandwich at Burnside

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nce upon a time, the height of sandwich creativity was Dagwood Bumstead’s creations in the Blondie cartoons: multi-layered architectural miracles constructed of cold cuts, cheeses, veggies and sliced bread. Bigger, better with a “new-and-improved” postwar mentality, it was a testament to utilitarianism taken beyond its natural extreme. It was “American exceptionalism” in sandwich form.

But as Normal Height’s Burnside (3375 Adams Ave.) demonstrates, creativity need not come from “more” nor rely on structural engineering expertise. Take Burnside’s Porchetta Cubano sandwich.

Cuba’s traditional version of the ham-and-cheese sandwich includes both ham and roasted pork along with Swiss cheese, pickles and mustard on pressed Cuban bread. Burnside’s uses porchetta, a glory of Italian charcuterie featuring layers of meat, fat and skin rolled together and roasted. Using porchetta achieves a similar fat-tolean ratio to the inclusion of ham and lean pork loin. The chimichurri—a non-traditional accompaniment—worked perfectly, resulting in a creative and tasty take on the Cubano.

Burnside wasn’t quite as successful with its salt & pepper po’ boy, a cross between a traditional New Orleans shrimp po’ boy and San Diego’s increasingly ubiquitous take on Chinese chicken wings.

The Cajun flavorings give way to a Vietnamese chili garlic sauce, a reference to the Vietnamese influence in both Louisiana and Southern California that also picks up on the garlic chili paste used in salt-and-pepper chicken. The concept? Great.

The execution: Not so much. The shrimp were slightly underdone and the ginger aioli made little more than a cameo appearance.

The Kimchi Jong Ummm, on the other hand, is excellent in both conception and execution.

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Aside from the pun (which is a really good start) and the liberal notion of what a sandwich is, it’s a take on David Chang’s signature pork bun dish at Momofuku Noodle Bar in New York. At Burnside, instead of roasted pork belly, the Chinese steamed buns are filled with the fixings of a Korean BBQ meal: thin slices of ribeye in a Korean BBQ sauce, kimchi slaw and a sprinkling of sliced green onions. There is nothing about this dish that does not work, save for the fact that I want more of it.

Maybe the best sandwich at Burnside is the Bahn Miho, collaboration between the restaurant and the Miho Gastrotruck. It is their take on a classic Vietnamese sandwich of meat on baguette with cucumber, pickled carrot and daikon and chiles. The sandwich features pork (both lean loin and ridiculously luxurious pork belly), Michael A. Gardiner

Burnside’s Kimchi Jong Ummm fresh (if not particularly pickled) bean sprouts and julienned corn along with a hit of heat from the jalapeño chile. What puts the dish over the top is a “pho” dipping broth that linguistically sends Vietnam back to its colonial masters in the form of au jus.

Sandwiches have long since stopped being just a slab-o-meat on bread, or primarily utilitarian in nature. And creativity in sandwiches long since moved past the Dagwood. As Burnside shows, taking a classic and applying some wonderful ingredients, a little inspiration and a lot of technique raises the lowly sandwich to crafty perfection, if not high artistry.

The World Fare appears weekly.

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Up Front | drink

By Jen Van Tieghem

bottle

Rocket

Cheese-and-wine class educates and satiates

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f you’re a cheese fanatic—like myself—you’re familiar with Venissimo Cheese, and its four locations in San Diego. But what you may not be aware of is its Academy of Cheese classes with some designed for wine lovers, too.

Last month I attended Venissimo’s “Classic Wine and Cheese Pairing” class at its downtown location (789 West Harbor Drive). The quaint spot serving as a makeshift classroom with long tables was set for 16 eaters and drinkers.

Upon arriving, staff greeted us with Prosecco and a sliver of Mt. Tam triple-crème Brie. I was hooked on both.

Once everyone was seated with supplies at the ready, instructor Rob Graff launched into his lesson, introducing four concepts for pairing: complementary (e.g. fruity wine with a fruity dish), contrasting (sweet wine with salty food), regional (wine and fare from similar regions) and textural (smooth wine with creamy nosh). He then walked us through tasting 11 cheeses and six wines. Most wines paired with two cheeses.

One of my favorite matches was the 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon by Le Vigne Winery with Fontina Val d’Aosta and Noord Hollander. The first cheese was soft and light in both texture and flavor, while the second was harder with

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a salty edge. The wine was packed with flavor from ground pepper to ripe cherries. While both pairings worked, the Noord was especially tasty with the fruitful wine contrasting its slight bitterness.

Another combination that was a hit with many tasters was the finale: 2008 Taylor Fladgate Late Bottle Vintage Port with Shakerag Blue. This was another contrasting pair with the pungent and tangy cheese mellowed by the sweet port.

Between samplings Graff educated us about cheese (and wine) regions and production. He answered questions, yet kept things moving so that the two-hour class flew by. Afterward many happy attendees took advantage of a 10-percentoff deal included with the class, myself included.

Downtown store manager Cait Gunderson noted that if you can’t make an AOC class, the Venissimo staff is well versed in pairing and often helps shoppers find the perfect cheese for a specific wine, beer, spirit or sometimes all three.

Venissmo’s next wine-related class, “Wine World Wanderlust,” is July 23 at the Del Mar location. Visit its website to register for that and other Academy of Cheese classes.

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Up Front | Drink

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who makes at least part of her living through the beer industry is eligible to join (for free!), so These (pink) boots were women who work in production, design, in tastmade for brewing ing rooms or even writers can participate.

Events like International Women’s Collaboration Brew Day help raise funds for PBS’s he Simpsons, Taylor Swift and The Little educational scholarships, while regular meetMermaid were all born in 1989, but for as ings allow female beer professionals the opmuch future pop culture entertainment portunity to catch up with others in the industhat the year launched, it equally lacked female try and take advantage of unique programs derepresentation in the craft brewing world. signed to further their craft beer knowledge.

However, that same year the tides turned The latest meeting, hosted by Benchmark when Teri Fahrendorf became the second Brewing (6190 Fairmount Ave), featured Canwoman craft brewmaster in the United States, dace Moon (a.k.a. the Craft Beer Attorney) eventually earning eight GABF medals and who answered legal questions and pitched countless other accoBeth demmon her latest book Brew 101: lades in her nearlyA Legal Guide to Openthree-decade brewing a Brewery. Upcoming ing history. Today, meetings include a coffeevirtually every major roasting tutorial hosted craft brewery has at

by Modern Times Brewleast one woman (if not ing (3725 Greenwood more) on staff, thanks in no St.), an exploration of the small part to Teri’s ongoLatina aspect of brewing efforts to empower feing at Border X Brewing male beer professionals by (2181 Logan Ave.), and the founding the Pink Boots final meeting of the year Society, which helps to at Societe Brewing (8262 further women’s beer caClairemont Mesa Blvd). reers through community, San Diego is happily education and innovation. supportive of the group, “Eight years ago when I met Teri, I just didn’t know Pink Boots Society at Benchmark Brewing as Ulrich is quick to point out. “Nobody in San Diego that other women were inis trying to make it harder for women to get into volved in brewing,” says Laura Ulrich, San Dibeer or make it in the industry.” That’s great ego’s Chapter Coordinator for Pink Boots Sonews for the next generations of ladies who ciety. Asked why San Diego’s craft beer scene want to break into the typically male-dominatneeds PBS, her reply was simple. “It’s a place ed industry in the fastest-growing scene in the to connect, bounce ideas off of one another and country. ask questions without concern of being judged.

“Ultimately, the drive for San Diego [Pink Just because we don’t have beards doesn’t Boots Society] is that we just want to make good mean we don’t know about beer.” beer,” says Ulrich. With plenty of PBS women Today, the San Diego chapter of the Pink firmly planted in Stone, Benchmark and many Boots Society is the largest and most active of more breweries, it seems like they’re well on the 1,200 member-strong international nontheir way to leveling the playing field. profit organization, whose goal is to “inspire, encourage and empower women to become Write to bethd@sdcitybeat.com or follow her on professionals in the beer industry.” Membership Instagram at @thedelightedbite. isn’t just limited to brewers either—any woman

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The floating

library

by jim ruland

A beach book for people who hate beach books

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t’s July, which means summer has come to San Diego. The May grays have been swept away and June gloom is a goner. But, if you’re like me, the sunny days make you a little sad because now you no longer have an excuse to stay inside and read. I have the perfect antidote for all that sun and fun: a novel full of awful beach people doing horrible things to each other.

With The Invaders, Karolina Waclawiak welcomes us to Little Neck Cove Yacht & Country Club, a beach community approximately an hour outside of New York City where wealthy retirees on the wrong side of 60 spend their days sailing, playing tennis and drinking the day away.

Our guides to this enclave are Cheryl, a woman who grew up poor and fell into an unhappy marriage to a rich widower; and Teddy, a lifelong problem child in his midtwenties who has just about used up all of his charm. Cheryl is married to Teddy’s father, which no one in Little Neck Cove is particularly happy about.

The woman Cheryl is trying to replace took a drunken spill off the docks and drowned. What should have been a minor embarrassment to be laughed at as the seasons turned over was a tragedy that “brought the community together and kept [Cheryl] out.”

When Jeffrey brought Cheryl to this outpost of wealth and right-wing paranoia she struggled, and while there are those, like Teddy, who will always see Cheryl as an outsider, she has done an admirable job of fitting in. Now that her marriage is failing, she wonders how she fooled herself into thinking it mattered.

At a party where people say things like “The shitty economy is bringing back cohabitation” and think that bad things only happen to people on Dateline, Cheryl has something like an epiphany: “I looked at all of them, in their mid-sixties or so now, and tried to imagine just how wild they had been. I thought about the things that had happened in this room and how it was haunted with other people’s regrets.”

Jeffrey and Teddy are vain, self-aggrandizing boy-men with sociopathic tendencies. While Jeffrey is a lost cause, Cheryl recognizes it might not

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be too late for Teddy. Both characters are defined by their absent mothers, whom they idolized for all the wrong reasons.

“When I was a teenager, my mother used to say, ‘Men only love you when you’re fertile, even if they don’t want you to have their child.’ She’d looked at me, 16 and glowing, and said, ‘They only want you. They want to suck out your youth. I don’t have any more to give.’ I’d told her that it wasn’t true, that men came around for her all the time, but she’d just said, ‘That isn’t love.’”

It took Cheryl many years to recognize the wisdom of her mother’s words. Even still, the image of her mother playing a role she wasn’t suited for haunts her.

“She was always pacing and waiting for our father, but she looked so gentle floating back and forth, her nightgown billowing behind her with each step. Her heels would tap against the wood floor and hypnotize us with the sound…When our father stopped coming home, she took to waiting for other people’s fathers.”

After her father abandoned her, she struck out on her own.

“I had to leave then, as our resentments became unbearable and the house became a tomb to everything we had lost.” Now that Cheryl, too, is a woman who waits, it would be logical to assume that Cheryl fears falling prey to the same fate as her mother, but that’s not the case. Instead she digs in and holds on.

One of the things that make Waclawiak’s portraits of the rich and faithless so incisive is the wealth of secrets and unexpected twists in store for the reader. For instance, as Cheryl and Teddy’s storylines converge, instead of becoming natural enemies, they enter a new phase of their relationship that is fraught with unspeakable tension.

Cheryl regularly crosses the line from caretaker to enabler to something harder to define.

The Invaders is a masterful work of literary fiction with the pulse of a thriller and an ending that’s right out of a pulp novel: lyrical yet unstintingly unsentimental and as pitiless as a sunburn on a cloudy day.

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EVENTS

SHORTlist

ART

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THREE YOU HAVE TO SEE

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KINSEE MORLAN

A MOMENT FOR PRIDE

If ever there was a time for the LGBT community and their allies to celebrate big-time, this would be it. Love won.

“The supreme court ruling has certainly created a festive atmosphere around here,” says Stephen Whitburn, executive director of San Diego LGBT Pride, the nonprofit behind the upcoming San Diego Pride festivities.

“I think a lot of people have a lot of reasons to celebrate at Pride this year, and there does seem to be even more energy around it than there has been in the past.”

San Diego Pride weekend is happening from Friday, July 17, through Sunday, July 19, and includes a smorgasbord of events centered in Hillcrest. The Spirit of Stonewall Rally happens at 6 p.m. Friday at Marston Point (intersection of Balboa Drive and Eighth Avenue), the Pride parade kicks off at 11 a.m.

Saturday at University Avenue at Normal Street, and the music and art festival takes over Balboa Park near Sixth Avenue and Laurel Street from 11 a.m. to

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SAND-MADE CASTLES

This year’s free Sun and Sea Festival starts at 9 a.m. Friday, July 17, with a group swim near Pier Plaza (10 Evergreen Ave.) in Imperial Beach followed by open viewing of the sandcastle exhibition from noon to dusk.

But the real fun starts Saturday, July 18. After an early pancake breakfast, more sculptors will take to the sand from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and spectators can ooh and aah as they quickly transform mounds of sand into works of art. There’ll also be a parade, music, entertainment and plenty of children’s activities in Dune Park, including a kid’s sandcastle competition and performances

by Fern Street Circus. For foodies, there’s a farmers market and international food fair along Seacoast Drive near the Dempsey Holder Safety Center. sunandseafestival.com DALE FROST

10 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday.

Whitburn says he’s particularly excited about the music festival this year. Instead of featuring old-school ’80s and ’90s performers as it has in the SD LGBT PRIDE past, it’s been amped up to include a lineup of current pop stars like Ruby Rose (from Orange is the New Black), Mary Lambert, Emma Hewitt, Big Freedia and Carmen Electra, who’ll be the MC. There’ll be five stages of music, but the festival expands well beyond just sound and includes Last year’s Pride parade a children’s zone, the Art of Pride outdoor exhibition, HIV testing, a leather realm, beer garden and more.

“We really like to emphasize that Pride is for everyone,” Whitburn says. “It’s for the LGBT community and also the allies who’ve helped to accomplish all these recent advancements. There’s definitely a good reason to celebrate, but we have to remember that there’s still more work that needs to be done.” Music festival is $20. sdpride.org

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EXPOSITION EXHIBITION

Considering the scandal and mishandling of public funds that nearly derailed it, the year’s ongoing celebrations for the Balboa Park Centennial have been pretty cool.

And that celebration is making its way out of the park and into the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. At the museum’s upcoming TNT: Reconsider, the spotlight will be on Anya Gallaccio’s site-specific installation, Byron Kim’s shout-out to the Panama-California Exposition and Jock Reynolds and Suzanne Helmuth’s history-inspired multimedia installation. There’ll also be a live musical performance by Chicano Batman, plus cocktails and eats from the Green Truck and a 3D-printing demo led by Fab Lab San Diego. TNT: Reconsider happens from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday, July 16, at MCASD downtown (1100 Kettner Blvd.). Admission is free for members, $8 for students/seniors and $10 for nonmembers. mcasd.org JOSUE RIVAS

Japanese Monster at Hess Brewing North Park, 3812 Grim Ave., North Park.

A group exhibition devoted to the outlandish goblins, ghouls, ghosts, demons and monsters of Japanese culture. Opening from 6 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, July 15.

HWar Comes Home: The Legacy at Central Library, 330 Park Blvd., East Village. A new exhibition highlighting private correspondence from almost every major conflict in U.S. history. Includes a live performance by veteran writers. From 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 16. 619-236-5800, incomingradio.org HThe Family Unit at Space 4 Art, 325 15th St., East Village. A juried exhibition featuring the works of local artists reflecting on what the “family unit” means to LGBT families today. Opening from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, July 16. 619-2697230, sdspace4art.org HTNT: Reconsider at MCASD - Downtown, 1001 Kettner Blvd., Downtown. Dive deeper into MCASD’s newest exhibitions with art-making activities, live music from Chicano Batman, tasty cocktails, and bites from Green Food Truck. From 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, July 17. $10. 858-4543541, mcasd.org David Wight and Steve Barton at Exclusive Collections Galleries Seaport Village, 835 West Harbor Drive, Ste. AB, Downtown. This anniversary show will feature works by artists David Wight and Steve Barton. Interested parties are encouraged to RSVP by phone or online.

Opening rom 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 17, and Saturday, July 18. 800-599-7111, ecgallery.com HMasked at Disclosed unLocation, 1925 30th Ave., San Diego, South Park.

New fantastical photography from James Zzyzyx. Opening from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 17. 619-933-5480, unlocation.com HAnya Gallaccio at MCASD, 1001 Kettner Blvd., Downtown. A new sitespecific installation by the British-born, San Diego-based artist, who’s known for installations that employ organic materials subject to change and decay. Opening Friday, July 17, and on view through Nov. 1. Free-$10. 858-454-3541, mcasd. org John D. Spreckels and The Impossible Railroad at MCASD, 1001 Kettner Blvd., Downtown. Artists Suzanne Hellmuth and Jock Reynolds recreate the baggage terminal of the historic Santa Fe Depot with a multimedia installation.

Opening Friday, July 17, and on view through Nov. 1. Free-$10. 858-454-3541, mcasd.org Pond Lily Over Mushroom Cloud: Byron Kim Adapts the Black on Black Cosmology of Maria Martinez at MCASD, 1001 Kettner Blvd., Downtown.

New minimalist paintings from the La Jolla-born, New York-based artist Byron Kim. Opening Friday, July 17, and on view through Nov. 1. Free-$10. 858-454-3541, mcasd.org HBarrio Art Crawl at Barrio Logan Arts District, 1878 Main St., Barrio Logan. A selfguided tour consisting of the open studios, galleries and local businesses of the Barrio Logan Arts District. Spaces include include Bread&Salt, The Glashaus, Chicano Art Gallery and over a dozen more. From 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, July 18. 619-366-9006, facebook.com/barrioartcrawl Art in the Garden This exhibition of 15 Southern California artists, including Ann Golumbuk, Donna Stewart and Patricia Harris, will take place in the awardwinning gardens of Lisa and Rich Tear at 6112 Waverly Ave. in La Jolla. From noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, July 18. 619-8949009, arton30th.com

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Pop Culture and Animation at The Center, 3909 Centre St., Hillcrest. Artists Stephen Fishwick, Stephen Silver and Daniel Jaimes will host this post Comic-Con show.

Guest Manny Hernandez of Cartoon Network will lead an animation seminar from 2 to 3 p.m. Opening from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 18. 619-692-2077, beehuff. macmate.me/StephenFishwick/Main.html HThe Frida Kahlo Group Art Show at La Bodega Studios and Gallery, 2196 Logan Ave., Barrio Logan. Artists like Mario Chacon, Diana Luckysova, Vanessa Lemen and dozens more showcase new works inspired by the iconic Mexican painter. Opening from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday, July 18.

Summer Group Exhibition at Quint Contemporary Art, 7547 Girard Ave., La Jolla. Quint regulars like Robert Barry, Tara Donovan, Kim MacConnel and over a dozen more will showcase new works in a variety of mediums. Opening from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 18. 858-454-3409, quintgallery.com HCreature Feature 3 at Left Hand Black, 1947 Fern St., South Park. A collection of one-of-a-kind creatures from the minds of 50 artists including Mike Regan, Tokyo Jesus, Dion Terry and more. Includes tattoo art, sculpture art, fine art and even taxidermy. Opening from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, July 18. 619-546-6555, lhblk.com Collector’s Showcase, Balboa Park Arches, Shaping Space and At the Beach at Visions Art Museum, 2825 Dewey Road, Ste. 100, Point Loma. Four new exhibitions will open at the local quilt and textiles gallery including new works from Kate Stiassni, Jane LaFazio, Peggy Martin and more. Opening from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, July 18. 619-546-4872, visionsartmuseum.org John Asaro: Coming Home to Famiglia at Meyer Fine Art, Inc., 2400 Kettner Blvd., Ste. 104, Little Italy. Works by painter John Asaro. The reception will include food, refreshments, and a guest appearance by Asaro. Opening from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 19. 619-358-9512, meyerfineartinc.com Art of the Park at Marston House Museum, 3525 Seventh Ave., Balboa Park.

The fourth of six outdoor plein-air painting shows. Includes live classical music.

From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 19.

619-232-6203, sohosandiego.org HLandscape Studies at Allegory Tattoo, 3641 El Cajon Blvd., Normal Heights. New paintings and works by Ryan Tannascoli.

Includes tattoo specials from 1 to 4 p.m. and music by Mike Pope and Gary Hankins starting at 7 p.m. Opening from 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday, July 19. 619-500-4828 Persona at Sparks Gallery, 530 Sixth Ave., Gaslamp. An exhibition of portraits

by San Diego artists including Cathy Breslaw, Bil Zelman and more. Opening from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, July 19. 619-6961416, sparksgallery.com Art Heals at Garage Kitchen Bar, 655 Fourth Ave., Gaslamp. See artwork created by homeless youth of San Diego. All proceeds of art sales and a percentage of bar sales will go to HEAL’s Art Center Fund. From 6 to 10 p.m. Sunday, July 19. Suggested donation. 619-231-6700 Art Rocks the Boat: Women’s Liberation Part 2 at Women’s Museum of California, 2730 Historic Decatur Road, Barracks 16, Point Loma. An exploration of the history of women’s liberation and the ways in which women used film, theatre, fine art and literature to push boundaries.

Opening Wednesday, July 22, and on view through Aug. 30. 619-233-7963, womensmuseumca.org

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EVENTS BOOKS Sonya Lea at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. The writer and screenwriter will sign and discuss her new memoir, Wondering Who You Are. At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 16. 858-454-0347, warwicks.indiebound.com Marcia Berneger at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. As part of Warwick’s Toddler Storytime program, the author will read from her children’s book, Buster the Little Garbage Truck. At 11 a.m.

Friday, July 17. 858-454-0347, warwicks. indiebound.com Gretchen McNeil, Robin Benway, Jessi Kirby, and Tamara Ireland Stone at Mysterious Galaxy Book Store, 5943 Balboa Ave., Ste. 100, Clairemont. The four young-adult authors will sign their latest releases. At 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 17.

858-268-4747, mystgalaxy.com Robert Gilberg at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. As part of Warwick’s ongoing Weekend with Locals program, Gilberg will sign and discuss The Last Road Rebel and Other Lost Stories: Growing Up in a Small Town-And Never Getting Over It. At 12:30 p.m. Sunday, July 19.

858-454-0347, warwicks.indiebound.com Shane Kuhn at Mysterious Galaxy Book Store, 5943 Balboa Ave., Ste. 100, Clairemont. The author will sign and discuss his latest thriller, Hostile Takeover. At 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 20. 858-268-4747, mystgalaxy.com HAnne K. Gray at La Jolla Library, 7555 Draper Ave., La Jolla. The author will discuss her Pulitzer and ASCAP Music Awards nominated book, The World of Women in Classical Music. At 1 p.m. Monday, July 20. 858-552-1657, lajollalibrary.org HRaymond M. Wong at Fallbrook Library, 124 S. Mission Rd., Fallbrook. The author of the memoir, I’m Not Chinese: The Journey from Resentment to Reverence, will speak about his life experiences. From 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 21.

760-731-4653, raymondmwong.com

COMEDY George Lopez at Harrah’s Resort Southern California, 777 Harrah’s Resort Southern California Way, Valley Center. The iconic sitcom star and talk show host gets back to his stand-up comedy roots. At 9 p.m. Friday, July 17. $45-$65. 760-7513100, caesars.com/harrahs-socal Guns and Grins at P2K Range, 2082 Willow Glen Dr., El Cajon. Mark Christopher Lawrence hosts this fundraiser that also features appearances from comics like Scott Wood, Rocky Osborn and Tom Dean, as well as music from Rob Deez. At 7 p.m. Saturday, July 18. $25. 619-4429971, p2krange.com

FASHION Raggedy Tiff Trunk Show at Casa Artelexia, 2419 Kettner Blvd., Little Italy. Frida Kahlo and Latin-inspired clothes and accessories by the local designer. From noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 18. raggedytiff.com

FOOD AND DRINK Feast at Old Mission San Luis Rey, 4050 Mission Ave., Oceanside. The brand-new food festival and community fundraiser will highlight over a dozen restaurants, breweries and distilleries including Privateer Coal Fire Pizza, Flying Pig Pub & Kitchen and more. From 6 to 9 p.m.

Wednesday, July 15. $45. 760-7573651, mslrfeast.com Abnormal Brewing Tap Takeover at Amplified Ale Works Kitchen & Beer

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Garden, 4150 Mission Blvd. Ste. 208, Pacific Beach. Abnormal Beer Company will dominate the Amplified venue. From 5 p.m. to midnight. Friday, July 17. 858270-5222, amplifiedales.com HEDSD Donut Face-Off and Cold Brew Challenge at Toronado, 4026 30th St., North Park. The inaugural tasting event where patrons receive five mini donuts, five two-ounce shots of cold brew coffee, a pour of specialty beer and an exclusive pint glass. At 9 a.m. Sunday, July 19. $18-$33. 619-282-0456, brownpapertickets.com/event/1888099 Mix Specialty Cocktails at Broadstone Balboa Park, 3288 5th Ave., Hillcrest. Heat Bar and Kitchen’s bartender and mixologist Ryan Andrews will teach attendees to mix specialty cocktails and discuss the history of some of the drinks on the menu.

From 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 22.

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ers. From 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday, July 18. $50. deeringbanjos.com HSacra/Profana Summer Choral Intensive Concert at Spreckels Theater, 121 Broadway, Downtown. A live performance featuring 100 choral singers. At 7 p.m. Saturday, July 18. $15-$40. 619235-9500, sacraprofana.org Daejo X Kyirim at Legend Records, 1560 Garnet Ave., Pacific Beach. The Los Angeles-based hip-hop duo Daejo X Kyirim will perform along with Turntables, Straight Jackets 2 and several other rock and rap acts. From 3 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday, July 18. $10-$20. 858-272-2771 HOpera en la Calle Opera de Tijuana’s 12th annual street fest featuring more than 300 artists including singers, musicians, actors, dancers and artists. Takes place

on Pino Suarez Street and Avenida Aquiles Serdan in Colonia Libertad in Tijuana.

From 1 p.m. to midnight. Saturday, July 18. 619-865-2973, operadetijuana.org HGustavo Romero at The Auditorium at TSRI, 10640 John Jay Hopkins Dr., La Jolla. Part of the 17th annual Athenaeum Summer Festival, the San Diego-based pianist will perform works by Franz Schubert. At 4 p.m. Sunday, July 19. $35-$192. 858-784-2666, ljathenaeum.org

Symphony celebrates Balboa Park with a free concert featuring a brand new work by composer Salvatore Di Vittorio commissioned for the centennial. At 5:30 p.m.

Sunday, July 19. sandiegosymphony.org Thomas Mellan at Spreckels Organ Pavilion, Balboa Park. The French-born organist plays a concert as part of the Centennial International Summer Organ Festival. At 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 20. spreckelsorgan.org

Matoma at Quartyard, 1102 G. St., East Village. FNGRS CRSSD will host an evening of live musical performances by Matoma, Hayden James and more. From 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday, July 19. $10-$20. 714392-8565, quartyardsd.com

Twilight in the Park at Spreckels Organ Pavilion, Balboa Park. The San Diego Youth Symphony will perform a selection of orchestral pieces as part of the Twilight in the Park series. The symphony will perform works by Mozart, Faure and

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MUSIC Tracy Lee Nelson and the Native Blues Band at Plaza de Panama, Balboa Park. Attendees can check out this blues band as part of the Art of Music Concert Series. Pack a picnic of your own or grab a bite to eat at Panama 66. At 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, July 16. 619-232-7931, sdmart.org HI Am: A Celebration of Individuality and Authenticity at The Irenic, 3090 Polk Ave., North Park. The San Diego Women’s Chorus kicks off San Diego Pride Week with feminist music selections from artists like Kelly Clarkson, Lady Gaga and Sara Bareilles. At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 16. $15. sdwc.ticketleap.com/iam/ HBig Bad Voodoo Daddy at Embarcadero Marina Park South, 111 W. Harbor Dr., Downtown. A performance by the swing, dance, Dixieland and big bandstyled music group. At 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 17, and Saturday, July 18. $20.

619-686-6200, sandiegosymphony.org HLeftover Cuties at Laura R. Charles Theater, 2900 Highland Ave., National City. Acoustic Music San Diego presents this L.A.-based quartet with a jazz-tinged folk sound. At 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 17. $20-$28. 619-474-9700, amsdconcerts. com HTommy Guerrero at Lafayette Hotel, 2223 El Cajon Blvd., North Park. The skateboarder and musician will play a special concert in support of arts organization, A Ship in the Woods. El Diablitos will open. At 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 17. $10-$20 donation. 619-296-2101, shipinthewoods.com HThe Skiivies at Diversionary Theatre, 4545 Park Blvd., University Heights.

The New York-based “undie-rock” and comedy-pop duo of Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley perform a special Pride Weekend concert. At 8 p.m. Friday, July 17, 5 and 9 p.m. Saturday, July 18, and 2 p.m. Sunday, July 19. Friday, July 17. $32-$40. 619-220-0097, diversionary.org HResonator Guitar Concert at Brooks Theater, 217 North Coast Hwy., Oceanside. Robin Henkel, Ben Powell, Nathan Rivera, Jessie Andra Smith and Nathan James will play metal-bodied resonator guitars in performances of acoustic blues, slide guitar, gypsy jazz and folk music. At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 18. $15. 760-433-8900, oceansidetheatre.org HDeering Banjos 40th Anniversary Concert at Star of India, 1492 North Harbor Drive, Downtown. Celebrate the local banjo company’s 40th birthday and support music programs in local schools.

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Mike McGowan and Anastasia Barzee in Kiss Me, Kate

The Kiss that keeps on giving

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acted out the story while the teacher read it out loud? That’s essentially what goes on here, with co-stars Devlin, Melissa Fernandes and Rae K. Hendersen alternately narrating and performing, with a little help from supporting guys Erik Dugan (the Adonis) and Michael Parrott (not the Adonis). While a couple of the tales are diverting (Isis, Jezebel), many others ramble on too long, like an SNL sketch gone awry. If there were more emphasis on Kane’s empowering songs and more dramatized, less expository interpretation of Robbins’ stories, this world premiere might be more fun.

Eternally Bad runs through Aug. 2 at Moxie Theatre, Rolando. $20-$27. moxietheatre.com

his will sound like heresy to devout Shakespeareans, but sorry, folks, Kiss Me, Kate has it all over The Taming of the Shrew. Score one for the 20th century. If you’re dubious about this claim, check out the Old Globe’s opulent presentation of Kiss, Me Kate directed by the estimable Darko Tresnjak, former Globe Shakespeare Festival artistic director. Befitting its legacy, this Kiss Me, Kate has a grand Broadway look and feel about it. The pace is swift (even for a lengthy show), the laughs are old-fashioned but impossible to resist, and the music is Cole Porter. ’Nuff said.

Kiss Me, Kate’s beloved show tunes —David L. Coddon (“So in Love,” “Too Darn Hot,” “Always True to You in My Fashion,” the comi- Theater reviews run weekly. cal “Brush Up Your Shakespeare,” et. al.) Write to davidc@sdcitybeat.com. are in good hands, thanks to Kris Kukul’s music direction and two likable leads OPENING: (Anastasia Barzee and Mike McGowan) Dogfight: The local premiere of the musical about who know when to apply the right wit three Marines learning the power of compassion or sensitivity. Add Peggy Hickey’s ani- on the eve of their deployment to the Vietnam War. mated choreography and Alexander Presented by Cygnet Theatre Company, it opens Dodge’s vividly realized sets and you’ve July 16 at Old Town Theatre. cygnettheatre.com got a big-time summer treat to savor. Sequitor: A new production by local playwright Kiss Me, Kate runs through Aug. 9 at the Austin Wright about a man’s struggle to keep his Old Globe Theatre, Balboa Park. $39 freedom. It opens July 16 for four performances at the Broadway Theater in Vista. broadwayvista.com and up. oldglobe.org * * * Another musical, of a very different ilk, is onstage at Moxie Theatre, and it could use some fixing. While Eternally Bad isn’t, it’s substantially flawed. Javier Velasco wrote the script (he also directs) based on stories by Bay Area comix artist/writer Trina Robbins, with original songs by local great Candye Kane.

Kane’s tunes are the best thing about this strung-together performance of tales about powerful goddesses in mythology.

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Lone Star and Laundry and Bourbon: James McLure’s two one-act plays about Texas living in the 1900s. Presented by Different Stages, it opens for four performances on July 17 at the Horton Grand Theatre downtown. differentstages.biz The Man From Earth: Based on a story by science-fiction writer Jerome Bixby, this play centers on a college professor who suddenly retires for very strange reasons. Presented by Trinity Theatre Company, it opens for three performances on July 17 at the Community Actor’s Theatre in Oak Park.

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EVENTS Beethoven. From 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 21. 619-233-3232, sdys.org

PERFORMANCE Pop Rock at Visionary Dance Theatre, 8803 1/2 La Mesa Blvd., La Mesa. Visionary Youth Theatre presents this danceheavy musical revue celebrating the music of the ‘80s. At 7 p.m. Thursday, July 16, Friday, July 17, and Saturday, July 18. At 2 p.m. Sunday, July 19. $12-$16.

619-758-8112, visionarydancetheatre.org HThe Secret Class at Red Spade Theater, 2539 Congress St. Suite B, Old Town. Mark Haslam’s one-man show combining storytelling, magic, music and multimedia presentations to explain how magic is passed down to new gen-

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erations. At 8 p.m. Friday, July 17, and Saturday, July 18. $29. 619-865-2973, redspadetheater.com

POETRY AND SPOKEN WORD HLeap of Faith at You Are Here, 811 25th St., Golden Hill. The Story Consortium’s open mic night featuring stories about taking chances and trust. All interpretations of the theme are welcomed.

Hosted by Edward Hillard Deull. From 6 to 10:30 p.m. Thursday, July 16. $5-$15 suggested donation. 619-906-4006, facebook.com/stARTspaceCollective/ HLong Story Short: Super Nerd at Evolution Fast Food, 2965 Fifth Ave., Hillcrest, Hillcrest. So Say We All’s monthly improv

storytelling show where anyone can tell a five-minute story about that one time they geeked out in epic proportions. At 7 p.m.

Saturday, July 18. $5 suggested donation. 619-284-6784, sosayweallonline.com The Merry Wives of Windsor at Central Library, 330 Park Blvd., East Village. The San Diego Shakespeare Society will host readings from The Merry Wives of Windsor. From 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 20. 619-236-5800, sandiegolibrary.org

SPECIAL EVENTS Seventh Anniversary Party at Senor Grubby’s, 377 Carlsbad Village Dr., Carlsbad. The charitable event will feature carnival games, a dunk tank, raffles, giveaways, drink specials and more to raise money for the

Warrior Foundation-Freedom Station, a San Diego-based nonprofit serving injured military heroes. From 6 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, July 15. 760-729-6040, eatgrubbys.com Classic Car Cruise Nights in Downtown Encinitas. Every third Thursday throughout the summer, hot rods, Woodies and other classic and vintage cars will line South Coast Highway 101 from D to J Streets. From 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 16. encinitas101.com Opening Day at Del Mar Racetrack, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd. The annual event marks the start of the Del Mar Racetrack season. Bet on the ponies, enjoy the people watching and fashion-minded guests can participate in Del Mar’s annual tradition, the Opening Day Hats Contest.

At 11:30 a.m. Thursday, July 16. $6$30. 858-755-1141, delmarscene.com

The Party on Opening Day at Del Mar Racetrack, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd. Enjoy Stretch Run admission and privileged access to the party in the trackside Seaside Cabana and concert area. Includes food trucks, beer and cocktail gardens, interactive games, and more. At 5 p.m.

Thursday, July 16. $30. 858-755-1141, delmarscene.com Del Mar Opening Day Soiree at Searsucker, 12995 El Camino Real #21, Del Mar. In celebration of the Del Mar Racetrack’s Opening Day, Searsucker will host a party that includes champagne, food by Searsucker’s executive chef and live musical performances. At 5 p.m. Thursday, July 16. $50. 858-369-5700, searsucker. com/del-mar

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EVENTS will feature a flag raising and block party, a parade through the heart of Hillcrest and a music and art festival on Saturday and Sunday. See website for full details and locations. From Friday, July 17, through Sunday, July 19. Free-$20. sdpride.org HThe Blvd Market at The Boulevard Center, 2855 El Cajon Blvd., North Park.

The monthly event highlights the enclave of shops, services and eateries on El Cajon Boulevard between Utah and 28th streets. Participating businesses include Media Arts Center, Thrift Trader, The Homebrewer and more. From 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, July 17. 619-283-3608, theboulevard.org

Congratulations to Jenny Tyley, winner of a $100 gift certificate in CityBeat’s Comic-Con bingo cover contest with her photo of this lovable little Stormtrooper.

HCircus Feats & Science Geeks at Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, Balboa Park. Check out the Fleet’s latest exhibition, CIRCUS: Science Under the Big Top, and enjoy live performances from the Circus Collective, music from DJ Engage and specialty catered food and cocktails available for purchase. From 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, July 16. $15-$19.95.

619-238-1233, rhfleet.org Post War Fins and Wings at San Diego Automotive Museum, Balboa Park. This new exhibit features the great old cars that launched the Baby Boomer generation and symbolized post-war prosperity. Opening

from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, July 16.

Free-$9. 619-231-2886, sdautomuseum.org HSun & Sea Festival at Portwood Pier Plaza, 10 Evergreen Ave., Imperial Beach.

This fest will feature award-winning sandcastle builders fashioning some of the best creations in a fast-paced, five-hour build. Also includes a community parade, pancake breakfast, live music, children’s activities and more. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Friday, July 17. 555-5555, sunandseafestival.com HSan Diego LGBT Pride Celebration Now in its 40th year, the annual celebration

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San Diego Club Crawl at Beer Co., 602 Broadway, Downtown. Patrons can gain access to popular San Diego nightclubs and score free drinks with their ticket purchase. Participating clubs include Parq, Side Bar, Fluxx, F6ix and more. From 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Friday, July 17. $30. sandiegoclubcrawl.com

clude admission to the festival and unlimited food, wine and craft beer samples.

From noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 18. $55-$65. 858-694-3030, lzgfsd.com 5K Walk for Sobriety at NTC Park at Liberty Station, 2455 Cushing Road, Point Loma. The fourth annual walk will celebrate sober lifestyles and benefits the McAlister Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to the care and treatment of individuals suffering from addiction, mental illness and homelessness. At 8 a.m. Saturday, July 18. $5-$35.

619-442-0277, mcalisterinc.org Rubio’s CoastFest at Oceanside Amphitheatre, Mission Ave. West. Patrons can watch a live performance by the Mowgli’s, sample complimentary food and drinks and participate in a beach cleanup at Rubio’s fourth annual summer festival. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 18. 760-9298226, offers.rubios.com/coastfest2015/

TransHPride The second annual event will feature a family style potluck and BBQ, an open mic and a march at 7 pm. Takes place in Balboa Park along Sixth Avenue near Quince Street. From noon to 7 p.m.

Friday, July 17.

HWomen of the West at Old Town Historic Park, 2454 Heritage Park Row, Old Town. Part of Old Town’s annual Stagecoach Days celebration, learn about the ladies that helped shape the West through living history activities, demonstrations, stories, songs, and more. From noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 18. 619491-0099, parks.ca.gov/oldtownsandiego

Write On, Oceanside at Oceanside Civic Center, 300 North Coast Highway, Oceanside. The annual event celebrating North County authors includes live music, educational workshops and activities for families and children. From 2 to 6 p.m.

Saturday, July 18. ocaf.info

HNatsu Matsuri Cultural Festival at NTC at Liberty Station, 2640 Historic Decatur Road, Point Loma. This traveling festival features cultural performances, exhibits, Japanese food, and booth games for kids.

From 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, July 18. $3-$5. 619-573-9300, japanese-city.com

HLemon Zest and Garlic Fest at Waterfront Park, 1600 Pacific Highway, Little Italy. San Diego’s first lemon and garlic festival will feature live entertainment, cooking demonstrations, contests, crafts and a beer and wine garden. Tickets in-

Sameda Faire at Scottish Rite Center, 1895 Camino Del Rio South, Mission Valley. This festival will feature belly dancing performances, shopping, workshops and food. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, July 19. $14. 619-293-4888, sdsameda.com

Reagan Market at Mira Mesa High School, 10510 Reagan Road, Mira Mesa.

This curated community art market will feature vendors that specialize in handmade, vintage and one-of-a-kind products, as well as furniture, clothing and art pieces. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 19. $1-$3. scyaa.org Sacred Gong Meditation at Universal Spirit Center, 3858 Front St., Hillcrest.

Patrons can strive for a sense of relaxation through this gong-led meditation exercise. From 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 22. $20 suggested donation. 619291-4728, universalspiritcenter.org

TALKS AND DISCUSSIONS HDesalination and California’s Water Crisis at Central Library, 330 Park Blvd., East Village. A marine biologist will lead a discussion on the potential for desalination to provide an adequate alternative water source for drought-ridden California. From 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, July 16.

619-236-5800, sandiegolibrary.org San Diego International Airport Art Program Information Session at Scott White Contemporary Art, 989 W. Kalmia St., Little Italy. Learn about the opportunities, submission guidelines and vendor info for the Temporary Exhibitions and Performing Arts programs at the airport. From 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 16. 619-546-0006 Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Experience at Central Library, 330 Park Blvd., East Village. UCSD professor Sara Kaplan will discuss an essay by poet and social theorist Adrienne Rich that was responsible for changing the language of sexuality. From 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, July 20. 619-236-5800, sandiegolibrary.org

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here’s my penis?

That’s the question three-year-old Arielle Zelkind kept asking while potty training. “I told her that she didn’t have one because she’s a girl,” says mom, Edit Zelkind. “She told me I had it wrong, that she was actually a boy.”

Now 14 years old, Ari Zelkind has never strayed from that stance and recently asked to be referred to as “he.” Throughout Ari’s childhood as a girl, he insisted on wearing boys’ clothing and having cropped hair.

“I remember thinking it was weird and confusing that I

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by Jen Coburn couldn’t pee standing up like my dad,” he says now. And playing on girls’ sports teams? “That really pissed me off.

I knew I belonged with the other boys and couldn’t figure out why everyone thought I should be with the girls.”

Two months ago, Ari decided enough was enough. He began the lifelong hormone therapy of biweekly testosterone injections that will transition his body from female to male.

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HAPPY BOYTHDAY CONTINUED from PAGE 19 To mark the occasion, the family is throwing Ari a “Boythday” party hosted this Saturday at the Scripps Ranch home Ari shares with his mother and two siblings, Maia, 17, and Elijah, 11.

Priscilla, Queen of the Dessert will serve rainbow cupcakes and hors d’oeuvres.

Guests can dress as a form of change, like a butterfly or one of the Transformers robots. Or, they can come as they are. “Far be it from me to tell people how to dress,” quips Ari in a voice that has deepened in the past weeks. In addition to these touches, a DJ will blast a playlist of songs related to change, from classics like Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin’” to Churchill’s 2013 hit “(You Want Me to) Change.”

King Missile’s “Detachable Penis” also makes the cut.

Although the idea for the party came from Ari’s mother, his dad was quick to get on board. The couple is divorced, but is united in their celebration of Ari’s transition. “I thought it was really cool that we were notifying people in such a positive way,” says Boris Zelkind.

“I was like, this is great, is there going to be booze at this thing?”

But Ari’s transition hasn’t been an easy ride for Boris, an intellectual property attorney who lives in Carmel Valley. “I was so ashamed of my own feelings about transgender people because I knew it was wrong, but deep down I felt it was an abomination,” he says. “I went to therapy, and confronting these feelings and

my fears about Ari’s future helped me come to terms with my horrible and negative feelings, and they melted away as I realized that he was the same beautiful and brilliant child I have always loved.”

Ari’s mother, a physician assistant, says she was neither surprised nor disappointed when her daughter began identifying as a boy. “I worked in hospital Emergency Rooms for many years and spent the first part of my life in Israel,” says Edit. “Gender identity is not something I’m going to sweat. If my children are happy and healthy, I have no complaints.”

This doesn’t mean Edit Zelkind minimizes the struggles many transgender people— youth in particular—experience as they realize the disconnect between their body and soul. In fact, it motivated her to act quickly. “The rate of suicide and attempted suicide is staggering,” she says, citing a report from the Williams Institute in collaboration with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, that found suicide attempts among transgender people are 10 times greater than in the general population.

“When you hear numbers like that and your child comes to you and says they hate who they are, there is only one response—you help them.”

Ari says he had experienced intense loathing of his female body. “I felt like I was wrong and broken, so I would shower with the lights off and change with my eyes closed because I couldn’t look in the mirror.” He also had panic attacks. “Everything started freaking me out, not necessarily about gender, but I just had this weird, awful fear of loneliness.”

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a “great way to celebrate a new start.”

Joseph Severino, a San Diegobased clinical psychologist who specializes in gender and human CONTINUED from PAGE 20 sexuality, agrees. “In general, any time a family is going to honor, Since he started hormone ther- value, validate, celebrate their apy at the Gender Management kid’s gender identity, it’s a wonClinic at Rady Children’s Hospital, derful thing.” Severino cautions, all that has changed. “I have be- though, that parents should first come noticeably happier because check with their children to it’s easy to be yourself when you see how they want their transiare yourself,” he says. tion acknowledged. “Some kids Ari’s reaction to treatment is would welcome a party,” he says. typical, according to pediatric Others would not enjoy having endocrinologist Ron Newfield, who formed the Gender Management Clinic in 2011. It’s now headed by Maja Marinkovic, another pediatric endocrinologist at Rady. Since the opening of the gender clinic more than 80 transgender youth in the San Diego region have been patients.

Dr. Newfield says they see more biological females who identify as male than the other way around, but this is not necessarily indicative of the transgender community as a whole. The clinic’s youngest patient is six years old, though hormone therapy does not begin until much later, after the child has undergone a thorough psychological evaluation and has started puberty.

The benefit of starting hormone therapy at a young age is that early treatment can halt puberty. That means boys born female can interrupt the development of breasts and stop menstruation. Girls born male can stop the growth of facial hair.

The risks involved with taking testosterone—either through an injection or topical cream or patch—are blood clots, liver dysfunction or abnormal cholesterol, all of which are uncommon, says Newfield.

But if there’s any risk, why not just dress the part and leave the genitalia intact?

“Lots of people do that and that’s cool, but there’s a spectrum and I’m one of those people who really needs to make the change biologically,” says Ari. “I’m not doing it for the way the world sees me, I’m doing it for the way I see myself.”

Ari will not “grow” a penis, per se, but rather the clitoris he was born with will enlarge to about an inch. The hormonal treatment will not enable him to produce sperm so if he chooses to have children in the future, he and his partner will need to use a sperm donor, a surrogate or adopt. Still, Ari feels that the benefits outweigh the risks and that is cause to celebrate.

Dr. Newfield says the idea of a “Boythday” party sounds like

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such a personal matter being spotlighted.

Boris Zelkind says he’s been doing a lot of reading about transgender issues since Ari came out, and has learned that it’s important to formally notify friends and family about a person’s new gender identity. “With a party, it’s very clear that we’re not trying to hide anything,” he says. “We’re saying, this is a positive thing, now have some cake.”

No one in attendance at the Boythday party will be particu-

larly surprised to hear Ari’s big announcement. When he told a group of friends, their reaction was immediately supportive. “They said if anyone even remotely threatened me, they would definitely kick their ass,” Ari says. He even has a girlfriend now who didn’t think twice about dating a transgender person.

So why have a Boythday party if Ari’s friends and family already accept his identity?

“People have a lot of questions and I want to answer them. I’m

really open to talking about it,” Ari says.

Ari’s family already gave him an early gift. What else—a “packer,” a prosthetic penis he can place in his underpants. “Basically, it’s a strap-on so I can pee standing up now,” Ari says. “I’m using urinals and leaving toilet seat lids up everywhere I go. It’s awesome.”

Jennifer Coburn is the author of We’ll Always Have Paris: A Mother/Daughter Memoir.

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Culture | Art kinsee morlan

Seen Local interact with pride

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s a gay-rights activist for the last four decades, Carl Raymond Schmidt’s artwork has explored all sorts of related themes. Yet while many of his past series have been more somber or melancholy, a glance inside his studio at The Brokers Building immediately reveals his emotional state.

“It’s a good time to celebrate,” says the artist, referring to the recent Supreme Court ruling making gay marriage the law of the land. “That’s why these paintings are more celebratory as opposed to being retrospective or historical, because it’s like a new history. It’s like, yay—fresh air and fresh space.”

A large, bright canvas in the middle of Schmidt’s small studio will serve as the anchor piece in his outdoor booth at the upcoming Art of Pride exhibition happening inside the Pride music festival at Marston Point in Balboa Park. The geometric-abstract painting, he explains, will serve as a backdrop for anyone who wants to take a selfie with him. He just asks those who do to use his #unclecarlpride15 hashtag so he can keep track of the photos.

“See this part in the painting here—that spells ‘Love Wins,’” he says, pointing out the stylistic geometric lettering. “The whole idea is about letting people celebrate themselves and helping people feel like they’re part of the larger community.”

The makeshift selfie photo booth won’t be the only interactive art inside Schmidt’s booth at Art or Pride, which opens with a free reception at 4 p.m.

Carl Raymond Schmidt Friday, July 17, and remains on view inside the ticketed festival through 8 p.m. Sunday, July 19. The artist—who’ll be featured alongside other LGBT artists like Devon Browning, Steve Wroblewski, Ed DeSantis and Hank Gross—will also include some of his signature paintings on metal. Those works mimic aerial landscape views and include magnets in the shape of airships, which the public is invited to move around, changing the compositions. He’ll also have paintings with moveable lettering tiles and he’ll ask the public to spell out their own names then snap photos as a digital nod to the AIDS Memorial Quilt.

“People like to touch things so I let them,” he says.

“It becomes a shared experience—we all create the art, document it and then talk about it.””

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t’s not totally earth shattering or even new or different, but incorporating original art in a building is a good idea and certainly one that not enough local real-estate companies are doing.

When H.G. Fenton opened Urbana, the new apartment complex at 450 Tenth Ave., they knew they wanted to bring the East Village vibe inside. Tapping into the local art scene was how they wanted to do that, so they enlisted the help of artist and curator Marc Sandoval and asked him to paint several large-scale murals in the subterranean parking garage, plus find local art to hang throughout the hallways on each of the complex’s six floors.

“We all underestimated how much art we needed to fill this place at first,” Sandoval says, with his friendly three-legged pit bull on a leash as he strolls through the first floor, showing off the art.

“I think it started at about 72 and now we’re up to almost 310 pieces of art in here.”

Sandoval is a well-known pop-art painter who focuses on murals, graphic design and branding at local restaurants. A bartender at Basic where he sometimes curates the pizza place’s ongoing Tuesday night pop-up art exhibitions, he also ran Molotov Gallery, which was a public art space on 16th Street in East Village before his landlord increased his rent and forced him to close.

At first, Sandoval just texted a few artist friends, and asked them to hang art at Urbana. But when he saw how barren the walls looked, he reached out to a wider network and has since transformed the residential hallways into a pop-up gallery featuring an

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Marc Sandoval in front of his murals painted in the parking garage at Urbana impressive mix of mostly urban art by San Diego artists such as Jimmy Ovadia, Optimus Volts, GMONIK, Espana Garcia, Emily Criscuolo and Nick McPherson. Urbana’s front doors are always locked, so the makeshift gallery is open by appointment only (email marc@molotovgallery.com).

“We’ve sold 12 pieces in the last two months and that’s without marketing it at all yet,” Sandoval says.

Asked if he feels like the artists are being used to brand the space as “hip” while HG Fenton enjoys the increased financial perks, Sandoval says no way.

“There are so many companies that would rather just hire a design firm to spend 50 grand on generic wall graphics,” he says. “I don’t feel like this is contrived. I feel like it’s a company investing in art rather than just trying to raise property values. This building would be sold out whether this art was here or not.”

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f you need an example of my inexperience with drugs, look no further than the image of me, sitting at a Café Rio in Grand Junction, Colorado, typing “weed” into Yelp.

My wife and I are on the sixth hour of our road trip. We still have three more until we hit our destination, Georgetown, where my little brother will be married in the upcoming days. We eat bland burritos, thankful that the alternative radio pumped through the speakers is way too loud to accommodate conversation.

The thought of Colorado’s legal marijuana has been in the back of my mind since we left, but now that we had crossed the state line, it’s all I can think about. I’m pretty sure my brain’s proximity-activated, like how I don’t ever think about gambling until I’m in Vegas, or have a desire to drive like an asshole until I’m in L.A. I pull out my phone, open the Yelp app, and type “weed.” My wife asks what I’m doing. “Looking for drugs,” I say.

“What?” she asks, unable to hear above the awful music.

I scroll through a bunch of gardening listings before I give up.

“Never mind.” * * * Georgetown is an idyllic mountain town off I-70, about 15 miles away from where the highway takes you above the tree line and across the continental divide. It’s the type of place that still advertises its population on the welcome sign (pop.

1,028). I don’t expect it to be the type of place that has a dispensary, but we roll past Sergeant Greenleaf and all my big-city preconceptions are put to rest.

Sergeant Greenleaf, which is painted the color of a ninja turtle’s shell and adheres to none of Georgetown’s color schemes, is the town’s “wellness center.” The store sign is a military man saluting you with one giant, green arm. To be honest, the Sarge is kind of intimidating. “Drop and give me 20!” he appears to be saying.

Or, I think, Drop and give me 420!

I laugh. Lightheaded. Jesus, at this altitude, I don’t even need drugs to find myself hilarious.

Before entering, we both agree that my wife should do all the talking, because I’m winded from the thin air and hyperventilating like a goddamn nutcase. The woman helping us gives a brief rundown of the flavors and encourages us to sniff them. “Nice,” I say, after sniffing one. She says the gummies are the best bang for the buck, but gummy anything: gross. We buy a pack of cookies (which reminds me of a pog case, but I would never say that aloud in front of the weed lady) and two pre-rolled joints. I know it’s not something you’re supposed to think when you buy mind-altering substances, but I can’t help but think how cute all these things look in their little containers. * * * I don’t know if it was a conscious decision to get

my mom high, or if it was just a given—some sort of natural trajectory brought upon by the gleeful reminder that you and your parents are both adults and finally, 15 years into adulthood, you are both in a circumstance where you can do adult things.

My wife shakes me from a nap and says, “Open your mouth.” She shoves a weed cookie in. “We just did a cookie, cheers,” she says, referring to her, my mom and my sister-in-law, literally pressing cookies together before eating them. The cookie tastes like the boring, unfrosted cookies in those Circus Animal variety packs, but uh…danker? (Don’t mind me fellow potheads, just trying out some slang.)

We sit down for dinner. Conversation is sparse as we wait for the cookies to kick in. The anticipation is exciting. I’m loving the spaghetti on my plate, but I always love spaghetti, but do I always love it this much? I look over at my sister-in-law, and she gives me a huge thumbs-up.

After dinner, my wife and I retreat into our hoods and watch everyone clean the dishes. My brother asks for hot pads to move something, and my mom holds a cutting board out to him for what seems like forever. “Oops!” she says, realizing her mistake, and I can’t stop repeating it in my mind like a punch line: Oops! I look to my wife and say, “Oops!” but she doesn’t think it’s as funny as me.

We venture into the outside world. I’m sure a family walking down a small-town road, silently, with their hoodies pulled tight over their heads is not conspicuous at all. We walk past the venue where my little brother will be married.

I look in the window and say, “What if we saw him and his fiancé in there right now?”

“And they were dancing to Cyndi Lauper’s ‘Time After Time,’ slowed down 100 percent,” my older brother says.

“And then he turns around and he’s a skeleton,” I say. The image of my little brother as a skeleton is so funny that I laugh until my lungs hurt.

We return to our rental house and bust out the mint ice cream and cinnamon graham crackers. My wife insists that she has invented this snack, and at the moment, it seems plausible. We eat in silence.

For some reason, we’re listening to “Gangnam Style” on repeat.

My mom disappears; my wife falls asleep on the couch. Me and my sister-in-law stay up and emulate fart sounds with our mouths.

The next morning, everyone feels fantastic. No hangovers, just knowing smiles.

“I fell asleep watching a Jack Ryan movie,” my mom says. “I can’t remember the name of it, but it was great.”

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Culture | Film

Pounding the pavement Sean Baker’s new indie rockets through urban Los Angeles Tangerine

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or 88 jet-fueled minutes, Sean Baker’s Tangerine careens through the urban corridors of Los and sacrifice one would normally associate with the Angeles with the laser-targeted intensity of genre. Except Baker never trivializes or sentimena woman scorned. The pissed-off lady in question talizes, instead creating a playful and edgy arena for is Sin-Dee (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez), a transgender fringe characters to reclaim their identity in a world prostitute just released from prison who discovers that often ignores them.

Tangerine gained some much-deserved notoriety that her pimp/boyfriend Chester (James Ransone) has been unfaithful. Caught up in the maelstrom of after its Sundance premiere for being shot entirely Sin-Dee’s vengeful pursuit is Alexandra (Mya Tay- on an iPhone 5S. The visuals are uniquely colorful, lor), another working girl who had the bad luck of propelled forward by a constant sense of desperation accidentally spilling the news to her volatile friend. that matches the plot’s melodramatic slant but also It’s Christmas Eve, and while the two women a clear understanding cinematic space. This blend tear through the streets most people are celebrating of manic and controlled kinetics feels like a cross between the hyper-alive style of at home. Ramzik (Karren KaraguNeveldine/Taylor (makers of the lian), an Armenian cab driver, has Crank series) and the wide angle chosen to work instead. He scours tangerine framing of Michael Mann. around town looking for customers Critical to the film’s mesmerand occasionally cruising for the Directed by Sean Baker izing style is Baker’s use of music. services Sin-Dee and Alexandra Starring Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Classically old-fashioned at times provide. Like them, he is someone Mya Taylor, Karren Karagulian, and grippingly hip at others, the living off the grid of society, doubly and James Ransone score acts as the film’s pulse. This so since his sexuality remains hidRated R audio mish-mash complements den to the wife, mother-in-law and the schizophrenic nature of Sinyoung child waiting at home.

Dee’s search and Alexandra’s “All men cheat. Out here it’s growing frustration. You’ll also all about our hustle.” Alexandra’s fateful (and wonderfully inclusive) words have very little sway over notice a distinct lack of Christmas tunes.

As with Dree Hemingway and Besedka JohnSin-Dee as she makes one ill-advised decision after the next hoping to find Chester’s new flame. One son in his 2012 debut Starlet, Baker proves he is a of the film’s most hilarious sequences comes when skilled actor’s director with the diverse cast of Tanshe busts into a dank hotel room full of sex workers. gerine made up of mostly newcomers. Rodriguez The clientele may look decrepit, but Baker somehow and Taylor are especially impressive in the lead manages to instill them all with a sense of normalcy roles, instilling a tenacity and strength in characters that need both in equal measure to survive. as their pleasure routine is rudely interrupted.

Empathy runs through Tangerine’s veins. Baker When Ransome finally shows up in the final scene never treats any of his characters with an ounce of as Chester, the great young actor gives his rodentsarcasm or irony, a revelation that becomes clear in like a character a humility and pragmatism one the film’s strangely anti-climactic finale inside a late- doesn’t expect.

Tangerine, which opens Friday, July 17, at the Ken night fast food establishment. After pounding the pavement for an entire day trying to reclaim a sense Cinema, exemplifies the kind of heightened characterof order, each of the characters are finally confronted driven American indie we’ve been sorely missing since with the reality of chaos. They cannot control whom the early days of Hal Hartley. Each unabashedly messy they love or how they live. Sometimes this is liberat- moment is alive and kicking. Hell yeah, bae. ing, sometimes a death sentence.

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Detecting redemption Once held in (somewhat) high acclaim for making Gods and Monsters and Kinsey, two subversive biopics with human sexuality on the mind, Bill Condon sold out to Hollywood in 2006. His crummy adaptation of the musical Dreamgirls is considered a massive misfire, while most don’t even realize

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he directed the last two Twilight movies a few years later.

Condon has since tried to revitalize his career by returning to more serious fare with 2013’s Wikileaks dud The Fifth Estate and now Mr. Holmes.

Neither is kinky (Condon’s strong suit), but at least the latter has elegance.

Yet another spin on the Sherlock Holmes narrative, this gentle and old-fashioned drama covers the genius detec-

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Culture | Film tive’s later years spent grousing on a country farm overlooking the White Cliffs of Dover.

Played with thorny tenacity by the great Ian McKellen, Holmes has lived in self-exile for nearly two decades. Time and celebrity have warped the memory of his famous investigations.

Condon’s film plays like a redemption song, giving Holmes one last chance to address his past demons and bond with another human being. A young lad named Roger (Milo Parker), the inquisitive son of Holmes’ housekeeper (Laura Linney), stands in for the now departed Watson. Despite being separated by generations, the two characters connect over a love for procedure, logic and beekeeping.

Mr. Holmes, which opens Friday, July 17, works best when Condon allows his characters to spend time together separate from the “drama” that motors a flimsy script. Continuous flashbacks to multiple different time periods interrupt the flow even more. Like so many polished Merchant-Ivory rip offs, the film tries to cram in far too much self-importance.

Still, McKellen’s presence transcends the film’s fleeting faults. Watching him inhabit such an iconic character with a salty and cynical air is refreshing, even if he’s reduced to old man schmaltz in the end.

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Opening Ant-Man: Paul Rudd plays a con man who becomes a superhero after being outfitted with a suit that allows him to shrink to the size of an ant while gaining infinite strength. The Marvel Universe may have already jumped the shark.

Ardor: A mysterious man (Gael Garcia Bernal) appears from the rainforest to help a family being terrorized by land-grabbers.

Screens through Thursday, July 23, at the Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

Lila and Eve: Two women torn apart by trauma and grief decide to take revenge on those who’ve destroyed their lives.

Starring Viola Davis and Jennifer Lopez.

Screens through Thursday, July 23, at the Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

Mr. Holmes: The elderly detective (Ian McKellen) comes to grips with past failures while living in the English countryside with his housekeeper and her inquisitive young son.

Tangerine: Sean Baker’s bullet of a film follows two transgender prostitutes as they traverse Hollywood looking for their unfaithful pimp.

Trainwreck: Amy Schumer plays a commitment-phobic professional who finally meets a good guy (Bill Hader) and is forced to reassess her view of relationships in the latest film from director Judd Apatow (Knocked Up).

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One Time Only

played by Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games).

Notorious: Cary Grant convinces Ingrid Bergman to spy on her Nazi friends while in South America in Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece of espionage and intrigue.

Screens at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 15, at the Scripps Ranch Public Library.

Infinitely Polar Bear: Mark Ruffalo plays a manic-depressive father who finally decides to get his act together and begin raising his two spirited daughters.

The 40-Year-Old Virgin: Steve Carell finally gets laid. Screens at 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 15, at The Pearl Hotel in Point Loma.

Hairspray: A bubbly teenager played by Ricki Lake dreams of being the queen of a popular television dance in John Waters’ hilarious and subversive 1950s-set musical. contest Screens at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, July 16 and 17, at Cinema Under the Stars in Mission Hills.

Messi: This documentary explores the life and professional career of Lionel Messi, the famous Argentine footballer who plays for Spanish club Barcelona. Screens at 8 p.m. Thursday, July 16, at the Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park.

James Castle: Portrait of an Artist: Born deaf, James Castle found inspiration in the landscapes of his family’s farm to create an impressive body of drawings, collages and constructions. Screens at 6 p.m. Friday, July 17, at the Mingei International Museum in Balboa Park.

Chaldean Voices: Local documentary about the Chaldean-American community seeking peace, opportunity, and democracy while living in El Cajon. Screens at 7 p.m. Friday, July 17, at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park.

Sunset Blvd.: Gloria Swanson’s hungry, and she plans on chewing all of the scenes in Billy Wilder’s Hollywood satire.

Screens at 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 18 and 19, at Cinema Under the Stars in Mission Hills.

Bottle Shock: Tells the origin story of California’s winemaking industry that came about in the 1970s. Screens at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, July 18, at The Wine Pub in Point Loma.

Inherent Vice: Paul Thomas Anderson’s massive adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s So-Cal noir is a glorious descent into the drug addled sub-cultures of the early 1970s. Screens at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 20, at the San Diego Central Library in East Village.

While We’re Young: Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts are unhappy forty-somethings who befriend a young hipster couple after they experience a rejuvenated sense of spirit. Screens at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, at the Point Loma / Hervey Branch Library.

The Third Man: Joseph Cotten plays Holly Martin, who travels to postwar Vienna after the death of a mysterious friend, the black market racketeer, Harry Lime (Orson Welles). Screens at 6 p.m.

Wednesday, July 22, at the Mission Valley Public Library.

Blazing Saddles: A corrupt politician appoints a black sheriff in order to ruin a western town, and his plan backfires in hilarious fashion in Mel Brooks’ scathing frontier satire. Screens at 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 22, at The Pearl Hotel in Point Loma.

now playing A Little Chaos: During the reign of King Louis XIV, two landscape artists fall in love while designing portions of Versailles.

Starring Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman, Stanley Tucci and Matthias Schoenaerts.

Escobar: Paradise Lost: Benicio del Toro stars as drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, whose young niece becomes romantically entangled with an American surfer

Ted 2: The thunder buddies return for another dose of vulgarity, boozing, and hilarity.

The Overnight: A family new to Los Angeles gets a wild introduction during a “play date” with another family.

Güeros: A misbehaving teenager is sent to stay with his college-age brother during a university strike, giving the duo time to search for the legendary folk singer their father loved so much.

Magic Mike XXL: The pelvic-thrusting gang of strippers is back for a rowdier sequel to the 2012 breakout hit.

Terminator: Genisys: Arnie always makes good on his promises. Heís back.

The Nightmare: An immersive documentary by Rodney Ascher on the crippling phenomenon of sleep paralysis.

Screens through Thursday, July 8, at the Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

Dope: Malcolm escapes his tough neighborhood by attending an underground party that leads him and his friends on a Los Angeles adventure.

Inside Out: Pixar goes inside the mind of a twelve-year-old girl and finds something ethereal, resonant and powerful.

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl: The title really says it all. Get ready for some precious cinephile self-reflection.

Jurassic World: Velociraptors in mirror are closer than they appear.

Entourage: The popular HBO show about a movie star and his childhood friends making it big in Hollywood gets the bigscreen treatment.

Testament of Youth: Vera Brittainís WWI memoir is told from the perspective of a woman seeing the futility of war for the first time.

Love & Mercy: Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys gets the biopic treatment in a story that covers pivotal moments in the 1960s and 1980s. Starring Paul Dano and John Cusack.

Spy: Melissa McCarthy steps out from behind the desk and into the field in this spy comedy from director Paul Feig (Bridesmaids).

Mad Max: Fury Road: George Millerís infamous policeman-turned-road-warrior returns to the big screen in what looks like one long bonkers chase through a dystopic desert. Tom Hardy reprises the role made famous by Mel Gibson.

Far From the Madding Crowd: Carey Mulligan and Matthias Schoenaerts star in Thomas Vinterbergís adaptation of Thomas Hardyís sweeping romance about a fiercely independent woman who struggles to choose between three suitors.

Avengers: Age of Ultron: The brood of Marvel superheroes are back to battle the nefarious Ultron, who has plans to take over the world.

Ex Machina: Set in the near future, Alex Garlandís sci-fi film tells the story of an Internet mogul who convinces one of his employees to conduct a Turing test on his newest A.I. creation.

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t’s hard to talk about this stuff as if I know what I’m talking about.”

Doug Martsch doesn’t give himself enough credit.

The guitarist, vocalist and songwriter who has fronted Built to Spill since 1992, has a tendency to talk about songwriting as a phenomenon that just kind of happens, as opposed to something he actually controls. Speaking over the phone from his home in Boise, Idaho, Martsch has a tendency to use phrases like “it sort of presents itself” when discussing how a piece of music takes shape, or “if it works out it works out.” It’s not necessarily the language you’d expect to hear from someone who has written and performed on some of indie rock’s most celebrated albums.

Yet with new album Untethered Moon, released in April via Warner Bros., it took a long time before Martsch reached the point of being satisfied with the material he was working on.

The band had neared completion on an entirely different album before ultimately shelving it and starting from scratch. But as Martsch explains, it wasn’t so much the songs themselves, but how the band approached them.

“I wasn’t super psyched with how the record was coming along, so I used that as an opportunity to just bag the record,” he says. “We were falling into our old pattern of doing lots of overdubs. I didn’t spend a lot of time writing the songs—they were pretty simple. I decided to go back to those songs later, and make them a little more interesting and complex in their structure, rather than try to add complexity with overdubs. Half of the songs on the record are songs from those sessions.”

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From left: Doug Martsch, Jason Albertini, Brett Netson Jim Roth and Steve Gere Untethered Moon. The band itself looks very different now than it did just a couple years ago. Before the group headed back into the studio, Built to Spill’s longtime rhythm section—drummer Scott Plouf and bassist Brett Nelson—left the band. Without much delay, Jason Albertini and Steve Gere took over on bass and drums, respectively, joining Martsch and guitarists Brett Netson and Jim Roth for a new phase of the band.

This particular phase finds Built to Spill sounding more energetic and commanding than they have in years. There’s an immediacy to Untethered Moon that recalls classic albums like 1994’s There’s Nothing Wrong With Love and 1999’s Keep It Like a Secret, yet with a scrappy, noisy rock ‘n’ roll sound that at times draws parallels to Dinosaur Jr. or Neil Young’s albums with Crazy Horse.

“On the Way” is a catchy, bouncy slice of folk-tinged pop, while “So” is a fuzzy, psychedelic rock freak out.

One song on the album, “Never Be the Same,” stands out for being a bit simpler than the other nine tracks on Untethered Moon. But it’s also unique in a different way: It’s the oldest song on the album by a couple decades. Martsch wrote one version of the song before he started Built to Spill, and a chance performance of it in the group’s rehearsal space convinced producer Sam Coomes that this artifact from Martsch’s punk rock youth was worthy of reprisal.

“I always liked things about it, but it had a really different feel. It was more of a rock song,” he says. “One day I just brought it out and played it really stripped down and slow and mellow. We jammed it out, and Sam, who... would just come to our rehearsals and hang out and chit chat with us, he was outside when he heard it—he was locked out—and he was really into it. And his enthusiasm

rubbed off on us, so we kept it.

“Now it’s one of my favorites,” he continues. “I kind of love it now.”

Martsch, who is two years shy of marking 30 years as a professional musician (he fronted Treepeople for five years before starting Built to Spill), has amassed an impressive amount of Built to Spill material in 23 years, much of it standing up to the best guitar-based music that indie rock has to offer. Still, Martsch hasn’t changed his approach to songwriting all that much over the last few decades, nor does the process of making music become any easier over time. He says that he’s “editing and revising constantly,” and that the moment where an album feels finished takes a little bit longer to get to each time the band enters the studio.

That doesn’t mean it’s lost any of its appeal, however.

Nor does Martsch find the elusiveness of his muse, or the complicated nature of creating art any more of an obstacle toward making something that he’s happy to put out into the world. Once it’s out there, though, the music that Built to Spill makes undergoes another transformation. It’s no longer Built to Spill’s—it’s up to listeners to process, interpret and consume on their own terms.

“If I ever did have specific things in mind I wanted people to understand, I learned that that was impossible and gave up on it a long time ago,” he says. “If people find some other thing in there that connects with them in some way I didn’t intend at all, that’s fine too. Every record is made a different way, every record every band makes.

“It’s really a magical thing.”

Write to jefft@sdcitybeat.com To hear a track, go to sdcitybeat.com and search for “Built To Spill”

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long list of key artists in the local hip-hop community are coming together for the release of a new compilation titled Reclaiming the Community. Scheduled for release July 28, the compilation features local artists such as Odessa Kane, Beatsmith Resist, Tiny Doo, Aki Kharmicel and Real J Wallace, and is intended to “promote positive relations within the Southeast San Diego community,” according to a press release.

Local nonprofit Pillars of the Community contacted Parker Edison, part Parker Edison (left) is the executive producer of Reclaiming the Community. of hip-hop duo Parker and “The message transcends southeast and is reflecthe Numberman, to create the “soundtrack for the tive of issues happening all around the United States movement,” Edison wrote in an email to CityBeat. in inner cities,” he says.

He also says this is just one small event in a nationEdison says the primary aim of the Reclaiming the wide community empowerment movement.

Community album is to inspire others, and he hopes “This CD is really just a reflection of movements that it sparks other artistic movements. that are currently happening all over the U.S.,” Edi“I think we’d all love to see similar projects beson says. “The street rappers and hip-hop artists are ing done using artists from other communities— the voice of those people. It’s the natural outcome of painters, knitters, athletes, anything—to give voice that larger desire for self-determination that you’ll to similar movements happening throughout the see all through southeast San Diego.”

United States,” he says.

Most of the artists featured on the album are naA Reclaiming the Community concert is tentative to southeast San Diego, and those that aren’t still tively being planned for early fall. have close ties to the southeast community. But regardless of ZIP code, Edison says that the message of

—Jeff Terich the compilation is bigger than the district.

ALBUM REVIEW BIRDY BARDOT Birdy Bardot (The Redwoods Music)

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he launch of The Redwoods Music earlier this year by local MVPs Al Howard, Matt Molarius and Josh Rice seemed like more of an organizational tactic than a business decision. All of the artists on the label have intersecting lineups and styles, making the whole idea of The Redwoods something like a collective, with an in-house band like that of Stax Records. Having that much creative energy in one place can only be a good thing, however, particularly when it results in new projects as stunning and as thrilling as Birdy Bardot’s self-titled debut album.

Bardot, whose real name is Emily Reilly, is a well-traveled local musician who has performed with The New Kinetics and The Rosalyns. Here, she’s backed with a list of familiar names from throughout the Redwoods catalog: Howard, Rice, Molarius, Taurus Authority’s Jake Najor, Mrs. Henry’s Daniel Cervantes and The Heavy Guilt’s Jason Littlefield. The combination of talents is impressive enough on paper, but the album itself surpasses what could easily have been dismissed as another example of San Diego music scene incest (which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, in and of itself ).

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Leadoff track “Treading Water” is an utterly breathtaking opener, juxtaposing bluesy acoustic guitar riffs against ethereal, ghostly keys and Reilly’s own beautifully spectral vocals. It’s not too far afield from one of Howard’s other projects, The Midnight Pine, but with an almost shoegaze-like treatment of feedback and effects. It’s one of the most haunting songs I’ve heard from a San Diego band in a long time.

Not that the rest of the album pales at all, though that first track does leave a steep hill to climb for the other seven tracks. The powerful “I Get Gone” is a dark yet boisterous gothic-country waltz, with just a trace of Black Sabbath around its sinister Americana plucks and strums. And the booming organ riff of “Keep Your Distance,” in another life, might have sounded just at home in a hardcore hip-hop track.

Bardot’s band is both versatile and instrumentally strong, but it never overshadows Reilly’s vocals, which are gorgeous but subtle. And that’s true of just about everything here. So I suppose this is as good an argument as any for San Diego music scene incest.

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If I were u A music insider’s weekly agenda

Wednesday, July 15 PLAN A: Inspired and the Sleep, The Routine, Luneaux @ Belly Up Tavern.

Inspired and the Sleep have been getting national attention for some of their recent singles, so there’s a good chance this band is gonna blow up. Say you saw ’em first, and support your local musicians. PLAN B: Abigail Williams, Empyrean Throne, Xantam, Mythraen @ Brick by Brick. Abigail Williams play a symphonic style of black metal that’s as abrasive and anguished as it is epic and grandiose. It’s a bit fancy by metal standards, but that doesn’t mean they don’t shred. BACKUP PLAN: Lincoln Durham, G Burns Jug Band, Gary Hankins and the Summer Knowledge @ Soda Bar.

duction team, just to be clear), who provide grooves both upbeat and laid back. You won’t regret it.

Sunday, July 19 PLAN A: Basecamp, Angels Dust, Longclaws @ Soda Bar. Basecamp play a style of ambient R&B that’s been pretty trendy of late, but they do it well. So end your week (or start it?) with some ethereal soul, done right.

Monday, July 20 PLAN A: Wildhoney, Rum for Your Life, Quali, Kiss and Make Up DJs @ Soda Bar. Wildhoney are a Baltimore-based shoegaze band that has all the distortion and dreamy vocals you crave. I’m sold.

Thursday, July 16 PLAN A: Soft Lions, Summer Twins, Other Bodies, Some Kind of Lizard @ The Casbah. Read Seth Combs’ recent story on Soft Lions on sdcitybeat.com.

The local trio is releasing their new EP Spellbreaker, and their post-riot-grrrl pop gets better with each release. PLAN B: Dick Diver, The Gloomies, The Verigolds @ Soda Bar. Dick Diver’s name only sounds dirty—it actually comes from an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. And the Australian band doesn’t specialize in raunch, but rather jangly, upbeat indie pop that’ll remind you of your favorite mid-’80s college radio show.

Friday, July 17 PLAN A: Built to Spill, Slam Dunk, Genders @ Belly Up Tavern. Read my feature on Built to Spill (page 28), who have been making fantastic, guitar-heavy indie rock for more than 20 years. Their latest, Untethered Moon, took two tries to finish, but the end result is Built to Spill at their best.

PLAN B: The Helio Sequence, Quarto Negro @ The Casbah. Another great Pacific Northwest band, The Helio Sequence blends a dreamy indie-rock sound with some electronic elements that combine to yield vibrant, frequently catchy results.

They’ve been at it for a while, but they’ve still got it. BACKUP PLAN: Chappo, Yukon Blonde, Fort Lean @ Soda Bar.

Mavis Staples

Tuesday, July 21

PLAN A: Mavis Staples and Patty Griffin, Amy Helm @ Humphreys by the Bay. Mavis Staples is a treasure. Whether it’s her history of singing with The Staples Singers, or the recent work she’s recorded with Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, her catalog is rich in soulful, powerful melodies. PLAN B: Charli XCX, Bleachers, Børns @ The Observatory North Park. So, I’m not a Bleachers fan, or of Jack Antonoff’s other band Fun., Saturday, July 18 but Charli XCX is one of the best things to PLAN A: Bomb Squad @ Seven Grand. happen to pop in recent years. Though only Surprisingly, this Saturday night is a little bit in her early twenties, she’s already got a thin in San Diego. There are other shows hap- lot of hits, most of them pretty damn good. pening, but I’m just not feeling ’em. But I’m BACKUP PLAN: Cubanismo, Combo not going to steer you wrong: Go see funk out- Libertad @ Belly Up Tavern. fit Bomb Squad (not the Public Enemy pro-

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Concerts HOT! NEW! FRESH!

Ryn Weaver (Irenic, 8/10), Cold Cave (The Hideout, 8/14), Black Cobra (The Hideout, 8/26), Diet Cig (The Hideout, 9/8), Kamasi Washington (Soda Bar, 9/13), Joakim (Soda Bar, 9/16), Shamir (Irenic, 9/22), Murs (Casbah, 9/30), Holly Miranda (The Merrow, 10/4), Cannibal Ox (Soda Bar, 10/9), Kodaline (HOB, 10/12), Joey Cape (Brick by Brick, 10/14), Voodoo Glow Skulls (Soda Bar, 10/16), Owl City (Observatory, 10/25), Madeleine Peyroux (BUT, 10/26), Girlpool (Legend Records, 11/3), The Underachievers (Observatory, 11/11), Youth Lagoon (BUT, 11/14).

GET YER TICKETS High on Fire, Pallbearer (Casbah, 7/30), Stiff Little Fingers (BUT, 7/30), Lucy’s Fur Coat (Casbah, 7/31-8/1), Echo and the Bunnymen (Humphreys, 8/6), !!! (Casbah, 8/10), Nicki Minaj (Sleep Train Amphitheatre, 8/13), Raekwon and Ghostface Killah (HOB, 8/16), Metz (Casbah, 8/19), The Drums (Irenic, 8/20), Savages (Casbah, 8/23), Melvins (Casbah, 8/27), Miguel (Observatory, 9/1), Dam-Funk (Casbah, 9/4), Man Man (Casbah, 9/6), The Psychedelic Furs, The Church (Observatory, 9/9), Ariana Grande (Sleep Train Amphitheatre, 9/9), The Get Up Kids (Observatory, 9/10), Johnette Napolitano (Casbah, 9/10), ZZ Top (Humphreys,

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9/13), Wavves (Observatory, 9/15), Hum, Mineral (BUT, 9/16), Mobb Deep (Observatory, 9/16), Mew (Observatory, 9/17), KEN Mode (Soda Bar, 9/20), Glass Animals (SOMA, 9/21), A Place to Bury Strangers (Soda Bar, 9/22), Future Islands (Observatory, 9/22), Titus Andronicus (The Irenic, 9/24), Foo Fighters (Sleep Train Amphitheatre, 9/24), Death Cab for Cutie (Open Air Theatre, 9/25), Duran Duran (Open Air Theatre, 9/27), Swervedriver (Casbah, 9/28), Tove Lo (Observatory, 9/28), Peaches (BUT, 10/1), Beirut (Open Air Theater, 10/6), Garbage (Humphreys, 10/6), Xavier Rudd and the United Nations (Observatory, 10/8), alt-j (Open Air Theatre, 10/13), Twin Shadow (BUT, 10/14), Florence and the Machine (Viejas Arena, 10/14), Of Monsters and Men (Open Air Theater, 10/17), Janet Jackson (Viejas Arena, 10/17), FIDLAR (Observatory, 10/17), The Black Lips, Ariel Pink (Observatory, 10/18), My Morning Jacket (Open Air Theatre, 10/19), Eagles of Death Metal (BUT, 10/21), Mudhoney (Casbah, 10/24), Natalie Prass (Soda Bar, 10/24), The Neighbourhood (HOB, 10/27), Shakey Graves (Observatory, 10/28), Tobias Jesso Jr. (BUT, 10/28), Madonna (Valley View Casino Center, 10/29), Ghost (Observatory, 10/30), Of Montreal (The Irenic, 11/5), Leon Bridges (Observatory, 11/6), The Fall of Troy, Kylesa (Irenic, 11/10), Desaparecidos (BUT, 11/11), Yo La Tengo (Observatory, 11/12), Squeeze (HOB, 11/15).

July Wednesday, July 15 Abigail Williams at Brick by Brick. Inspired and the Sleep at Belly Up Tavern.

Thursday, July 16 Sublime with Rome at Sleep Train Amphitheatre. Dick Diver at Soda Bar. The Drowning Men at Belly Up Tavern.

Friday, July 17 The Helio Sequence at The Casbah.

Chappo at Soda Bar. George Lopez at Harrah’s Resort. J. Cole at Sleep Train Amphitheatre. Built to Spill at Belly Up Tavern. The Wallflowers at Del Mar Racetrack.

Saturday, July 18 Third Eye Blind, Dashboard Confessional at Harrah’s Resort. The Casualties at Observatory North Park.

Tuesday, July 21 Imagine Dragons at Viejas Arena. Charli XCX, Bleachers at Observatory North Park. Mavis Staples at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay.

Wednesday, July 22 Between the Buried and Me at Observatory North Park. Blackalicious at Belly Up Tavern.

Thursday, July 23 The Adolescents at Belly Up Tavern.

Soul Asylum, Meat Puppets at House of Blues.

Friday, July 24 Katchafire at Belly Up Tavern. Eukaryst at Soda Bar. Bongripper at Brick by Brick. The Wailers at Del Mar Racetrack.

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Music Saturday, July 25 The Lonely Biscuits at Soda Bar. Iration at Open Air Theatre. Pokey Lafarge at The Casbah. The Offspring at Del Mar Racetrack.

Sunday, July 26 The Ataris at House of Blues. Bruce Cockburn at Belly Up Tavern. Jim Gaffigan at Humphreys by the Bay. Heems at The Casbah.

Monday, July 27 Ky-Mani Marley at Belly Up Tavern.

Tuesday, July 28

Wednesday, July 29 Melt Banana, Torche at The Casbah.

Andrea Gibson at Belly Up Tavern. Say Anything at House of Blues. Rasputina at Soda Bar.

Thursday, July 30 Tokio Hotel at House of Blues. The Aggrolites at Belly Up Tavern. Spank Rock at Soda Bar. High on Fire, Pallbearer at The Casbah. Stiff Little Fingers at Belly Up Tavern.

Friday, July 31 Lucy’s Fur Coat at The Casbah. Crystal Method at Del Mar Racetrack.

Melt Banana, Torche at The Casbah.

August Saturday, Aug. 1 Lucy’s Fur Coat at The Casbah. Ed Ghost Tucker at Soda Bar. Stephen Stills at Belly Up Tavern (sold out). ‘Reggae Fest’ w/ Ziggy Marley at Del Mar Racetrack.

Sunday, Aug. 2 Stephen Stills at Belly Up Tavern (sold out). Coliseum at Soda Bar. Darius Rucker at Sleep Train Amphitheatre. Bill Maher at Humphreys by the Bay. Juanes at Civic Theatre.

Monday, Aug. 3 Milky Chance at Soma. Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo at Belly Up Tavern.

Tuesday, Aug. 4 Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo at Belly Up Tavern. Tame Impala at Observatory North Park (sold out).

Wednesday, Aug. 5 Hurray For the Riff Raff at Belly Up Tavern.

Thursday, Aug. 6 Anthony Raneri at House of Blues Voodoo Room. Echo and the Bunnymen at Humphreys by the Bay. Mike Pinto at Belly Up Tavern.

Friday, Aug. 7 Super Diamond at Belly Up Tavern. Thievery Corporation at Del Mar Racetrack.

Saturday, Aug. 8 Fall Out Boy, Wiz Khalifa at Sleep Train Amphitheatre. Ilya at The Casbah. Idina Menzel at Open Air Theatre. Weekend at The Hideout.

Sunday, Aug. 9 Jake Miller at House of Blues. Big Ups at Soda Bar.

Monday, Aug. 10 Langhorne Slim and the Law at Belly Up Tavern. !!! at The Casbah. Ryn Weaver at The Irenic.

Tuesday, Aug. 11 Kevin Costner and Modern West at Belly Up Tavern.

Wednesday, Aug. 12 The Alabama Shakes at Open Air Theatre (sold out). Buddy Guy at Belly Up Tavern. Hot Chip at Soma. La Luz at Soda Bar.

Thursday, Aug. 13 Nicki Minaj at Sleep Train Amphitheatre.

Friday, Aug. 14 Toadies, Fuel at House of Blues. Whitey Morgan and the 78s at Belly Up Tavern.

Steel Pulse at Del Mar Racetrack. Cold Cave at The Hideout.

Saturday, Aug. 15 Jeff Rosenstock at House of Blues.

B-Side Players at Belly Up Tavern. Fu Manchu at The Casbah. The B-52s at Humphreys by the Bay (sold out). Trapt at Soda Bar. Heaters at The Hideout. Circuit des Yeux at Seven Grand.

Sunday, Aug. 16 Dierks Bentley at Sleep Train Amphitheatre. Kelly Clarkson at Viejas Arena.

Raekwon and Ghostface Killah at House of Blues.

Monday, Aug. 17 Screaming Females at Soda Bar. Inner Circle at Belly Up Tavern.

Tuesday, Aug. 18 Marc Cohn at Belly Up Tavern.

Wednesday, Aug. 19 George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic at House of Blues. Metz at The Casbah.

Thursday, Aug. 20 Rocky Votolato at The Casbah. The Drums at The Irenic.

Friday, Aug. 21 Arch Enemy at House of Blues. Pepper at Del Mar Racetrack.

Saturday, Aug. 22 Snow tha Product at Observatory North Park.

Sunday, Aug. 23 Savages at The Casbah.

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100 Wines, 1027 University Ave, Hillcrest. cohnrestaurants.com/100wines.

Sat: Pride Celebration.

710 Beach Club, 710 Garnet Ave, Pacific Beach. 710bc.com. Wed: Open mic.

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Music Thu: Karaoke. Fri: The Village Squares, 2 Day Job, The Harry James Conglomerate. Sat: Kid Wilderness, The Brewhahas.

Sun: Karaoke. Mon: DJ Royale.

98 Bottles, 2400 Kettner Blvd. Ste. 110, Little Italy. 98bottlessd.com. Fri: The Moves.

American Comedy Co., 818 B Sixth Ave, Downtown. americancomedyco. com. Wed: Open mic. Thu: Deon Cole.

Thu: Deon Cole. Fri: Deon Cole. Sat: Deon Cole. Sun: Esther Povitsky.

Bar Pink, 3829 30th St, North Park. barpink. com. Fri: Hayden James. Sat: Brazzabelle.

Sun: Matoma, Hayden James.

Bassmnt, 919 Fourth Ave, Downtown. bassmntsd.com. Fri: J. Cole. Sat: Stafford Brothers.

Beaumont’s, 5662 La Jolla Blvd, La Jolla. brocktonvilla.com/beaumonts.html. Thu: Adam Block Duo. Fri: Scratch. Sat: Jewel City Rock Club. Sun: Daryl Johnson.

Beer Co., 602 Broadway, Downtown. Fri: San Diego Club Crawl.

Belly Up Tavern, 143 S. Cedros Ave, Solana Beach. bellyup.com. Wed: Inspired and the Sleep, The Routine, Luneaux.

Thu: The Drowning Men, The Bulls, Trouble In The Wind. Fri: Built to Spill, Slam Dunk, Genders. Sun: Cheap Trick (sold out). Tue: Cubanismo, Combo Libertad.

Boar Cross’n, 390 Grand Ave, Carlsbad. boarcrossn.net. Thu: Monolith. Fri: ‘Club Musae’.

Brass Rail, 3796 Fifth Ave, Hillcrest. thebrassrailsd.com. Fri: ‘Hip Hop Fridayz’.

Sat: ‘Sabado en Fuego’ w/ DJs XP, KA. Sun: ‘Soiree’. Mon: ‘Manic Monday’ w/ DJs Junior the Disco Punk, XP. Brick by Brick, 1130 Buenos Ave, Bay Park. brickbybrick.com. Wed: Abigail Wil-

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liams, Empyrean Throne, Xantam, Mythraem. Thu: Picasso the Banshee, Mikey Messiah, The Aura and Ovation, Voxyn, Essex Class. Fri: Global Affront, Oddball, Castoff, Bainbridge. Sat: Mechanical Manson, Zombiewood. Sun: Raelee Nikole, Tolan Shaw, Hocus, Brad Perry and the Acoustic Fingerprints.

Cafe Sevilla, 353 Fifth Ave, Downtown. cafesevilla.com. Wed: Aro Di Santi. Thu: Malamana. Fri: Joef and Co. Sat: Aire.

Sun: Aire. Mon: Malamana. Tue: Gio Trio.

Croce’s Park West, 2760 Fifth Ave., #100, Bankers Hill. crocesparkwest.com.

Wed: Ian Tordella Trio. Thu: Q Morrow Quintet. Fri: Sue Palmer. Sat: Gilbert Castellanos and the Park West Ensemble.

Sun: Besos de Coco. Mon: Ruby Duo. Tue: Steph Johnson and Rob Thorsen.

Dirk’s Nightclub, 7662 Broadway, Lemon Grove. dirksniteclub.com. Fri: Serious Guise. Sat: DJ Alex.

Dizzy’s, 4275 Mission Bay Drive, Mission Bay. dizzyssandiego.com. Fri: Charlie Chavez y su Afrotruko.

F6ix, 526 F St., Downtown, Downtown. f6ixsd.com. Fri: DJ Rags. Sat: Dre Sinatra. Sun: DJ Kaos.

Fluxx, 500 Fourth Ave, Downtown. fluxxsd.com. Fri: Big Sean. Sat: DJ Brett Bodley.

Gallagher’s, 5040 Newport Ave, Ocean Beach. 619-222-5303. Wed: The Real Deal. Thu: Jam Kwest. Fri: KLNM, 7 Seal Dub. Sat: The Fooks.

House of Blues, 1055 Fifth Ave, Downtown. houseofblues.com/sandiego. Wed: Melissa Brooks and the Aquadolls. Thu: Enanitos Verdes. Fri: Paper Diamond, Astronomer. Sun: STOLAS. Tue: La Ley. Kava Lounge, 2812 Kettner Blvd, Mid-

town. kavalounge.com. Wed: ‘This n That’. Thu: ‘Acid Varsity’. Sat: ‘Wiggle’.

Sun: ‘Yoga for Your Ears’. Tue: ‘Hi Tech Tuesday’.

Kensington Club, 4079 Adams Ave, Kensington. 619-284-2848. Sat: Barrows, Deep Sea Thunder Beast, WEEED, Cryptic Languages.

Legend Records, 1560 Garnet Ave, Pacific Beach. facebook.com/legendrecordssd.

Sat: Daejo X Kyirim.

Mc P’s Irish Pub, 1107 Orange Ave, Coronado. mcpspub.com. Wed: Jackson and Jesus. Thu: Ron’s Trio. Fri: Ron’s Garage. Sat: Pat Ellis and Blue Frog Band.

Sun: Pat Ellis Duo. Tue: Glenn Smith.

Numbers, 3811 Park Blvd, Hillcrest. numberssd.com/. Thu: ‘Wet’. Fri: ‘Uncut’.

Sun: ‘R&B Divas’. Tue: Karaoke Latino.

On The Rocks, 656 E St, Chula Vista. 619420-9951. Mon: Mojo Workin Mondays.

Onyx Room / Thin, 852 Fifth Ave, Downtown. onyxroom.com. Thu: ‘Tea Party Thursday’. Fri: ‘Rumba Lounge’. Sat: ‘Onyx Saturday’.

Patricks Gaslamp, 428 F St, Downtown. patricksii.com. Wed: The Upshots. Thu: Redwave. Fri: WG and the G-Men. Sat: Mystique Element of Soul. Sun: Johnny Vernazza. Mon: The Groove Squad. Tue: Paddy’s Chicken Jam. Rich’s, 1051 University Ave, Hillcrest. richssandiego.com. Wed: DJ John Joseph. Thu: DJs Von Kiss, K-Swift. Fri: DJs Dirty Kurty, John Joseph, Will Z. Sat: DJs K-Swift, Drew G, Nikno. Sun: DJs Dave Aude, Brynn Taylor, Cros.

Riviera Supper Club, 7777 University Ave, La Mesa. rivierasupperclub.com.

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Music Wed: Westside Inflection. Thu: Man from Tuesday. Fri: Three Chord Justice. Sat: Bubba McCoy. Tue: Karaoke.

Seven Grand, 3054 University Ave, North Park. sevengrandbars.com/sd.

Wed: Gilbert Castellanos jazz jam. Thu: ‘Tones.’ Fri: The Liquorsmiths. Sat: Bomb Squad. Mon: ‘Makossa Monday’ w/ DJ Tah Rei. Side Bar, 536 Market St, Downtown. sidebarsd.com. Wed: DJ Brett Bodley.

Thu: DJ XP. Fri: DJ XP. Sat: DJ Dynamiq.

Sun: ‘Five/Ten’ w/ Decon.

Soda Bar, 3615 El Cajon Blvd, City Heights. sodabarmusic.com. Wed: Lincoln Durham, G Burns Jug Band, Gary Hankins and the Summer Knowledge.

Thu: Dick Diver, The Gloomies, The Verigolds. Fri: Chappo, Yukon Blonde, Fort Lean. Sat: Magic Giant, The Major Minus, Babe. Sun: Basecamp, Angels Dust, Longclaws. Mon: Wildhoney, Rum for Your Life, Quali. Tue: Corey and the Castaways, Scuffs, Cardielles.

SOMA, 3350 Sports Arena Blvd, Midway. somasandiego.com. Fri: Outlands, Focus In Frame, Guidelines, Leave the Universe, Little Herione.

Spin, 2028 Hancock St, Midtown. spinnightclub.com. Sat: ‘Eden’.

Sycamore Den, 3391 Adams Ave, Normal Heights. sycamoreden.com. Thu: Big Bloom, Send Medicine. Sun: Rosewood and Rye, Andrew Zap. Tango Del Rey, 3567 Del Rey St, Mission Bay. tangodelrey.com. Sat: Rock ‘n’ Roll Reunion Concert. Sun: The Hep Spot.

The Balboa, 1863 Fifth Ave, Bankers Hill.

619-955-8525. Fri: Fistfights With Wolves, Of. Sat: Foreign Bodies, Dead Twenty Sevens.

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The Bancroft, 9143 Campo Rd, Spring Valley. 619-469-2337. Wed: Karaoke.

Thu: ‘Darkwave Garden’. Fri: The Blessed Hellhounds, Los Mas Cerratis, The Shallow End. Sat: Regenerator, Carved Souls. Sun: Dinosaur Parade, The Wind Playing Tricks. Tue: Eskimo Brothers DJs. The Casbah, 2501 Kettner Blvd, Midtown. casbahmusic.com. Wed: Santos y Sinners, Action Andy and The Hi-Tones, Ypsitucky. Thu: Soft Lions, Summer Twins, Other Bodies, Some Kind of Lizard. Fri: The Helio Sequence, Quarto Negro. Sat: Quel Bordel, Whisky Avengers, Vinnie and The Hooligans. Sun: Big Talk, The Nervous Wreckords. Mon: Patrick Dennis, Oh Spirit!, Little Dove. Tue: DJ Artistic’s Hip Hop Battle Bot. The Hideout, 3519 El Cajon Blvd, City Heights. thehideoutsd.com. Fri: Trails and Ways.

The Irenic, 3090 Polk Ave, North Park.

Thu: I Am: A Celebration of Individuality and Authenticity. Sat: Light My Fire: The Doors Tribute Show.

The Merrow, 1271 University Ave, Hillcrest. theMerrow.com. Wed: Levi Dean and the Americats, Rosewood and Rye, Howl At The Moon. Fri: ‘Bearracuda’ w/ DJ Brian Meier. Tue: Pleasure Fix, Nox Anger and the Jerk Offs, Kitty Plague, The New Rich.

The Office, 3936 30th St, North Park. officebarinc.com. Wed: ‘Friends Chill’. Thu: ‘No Limits’ w/ DJ Myson King. Fri: ‘After Hours’ w/ DJs EdRoc, Definition. Sat: ‘Strictly Business’ w/ DJs EdRoc, Kanye Asada. Sun: ‘Uptown Top Ranking’.

Mon: Flaggs, Muscle Beech, Gloomsday, DJ Mike Delgado. Tue: ‘Trapped’ w/ DJs Schoeny, Byrd, Ramsey.

The Tin Roof, 401 G Street, Gaslamp. tinroofbars.com/Home/SanDiego. Wed: Pat Hilton and The Mann, Rebecca Jade. Thu: K. Emeline Band. Fri: Coriander. Sat: Cassie B Project. Sun: Blackcherry Hollywood Skool Night.

Tue: Deep Joint.

Til-Two Club, 4746 El Cajon Blvd, City Heights. tiltwoclub.com. Thu: Johnny Polygon, Alex Wiley. Fri: The Blank Tapes, Lee Gallagher and the Hallelujah, Loom, Mad Alchemy. Sat: Ancient River, Amerikan Bear, Buffalo Tooth.

Tio Leo’s, 5302 Napa St, Bay Park. tioleos.com. Wed: Flipside Burners. Thu: BLUSD. Fri: Street Liegel. Sat: The Distractions.

Tower Bar, 4757 University Ave, City Heights. thetowerbar.com. Wed: ‘The Ratt’s Revenge’ w/ DJs Mikey Ratt, Tiki Thomas. Thu: Voice of Addiction, Castoff, the Yucks, Subject to Citation.

Ux31, 3112 University Ave, North Park. u31bar.com. Wed: DJ Mo Lyon. Thu: ‘Throwback Thursday’. Fri: Lee Churchill.

Sat: DJ Qenoe. Sun: Dread Daze, Jam Kwest, Irieality. Mon: DJ Fishfonics. Tue: Karaoke.

Whistle Stop, 2236 Fern St, South Park. whistlestopbar.com. Thu: ‘Astro Jump’ w/ Kill Quanti DJs. Fri: ‘F-ing in the Bushes’ w/ DJs Daniel Sant, Rob Moran. Sat: ‘80s v 90s’ w/ DJs Gabe Vega, Saul.

Winstons, 1921 Bacon St, Ocean Beach. winstonsob.com. Wed: So-Cal Reggae All Stars, DJ Carlos Culture. Thu: AJ Froman, Loom, Desert Suns. Fri: Sure Fire Soul Ensemble, Taurus Authority. Sat: ‘Ocean Boogie’. Sun: Karaoke. Mon: Electric Waste Band. Tue: ‘Meeting of the Meyends’.

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Last Words

Brendan Emmett Quigley

TED TOO Across 1. Slate employees: Abbr.

4. Restaurant bigwigs 9. Punk’s facial expression, often 14. Pro-concealed carry org.

15. Scale notes 17. Sets right, as a bike wheel 18. Number due east on some clocks 19. Cited a Facebook post?

21. “It was ___ blur” 23. Emphatic ending for “yes” or “no” 24. Tie the knot 25. Buddy who everybody knows is gay but himself?

29. Singer Lopez 30. Believer’s suffix 31. Led on a Biblical sufferer?

36. “I can help you” 40. Step below the majors 41. Stunk big-time 43. Brazilian carnival spot 44. Some hotels 47. Caught actor Nathan in the act?

50. Forever 21 rival 52. Sarge’s boss 53. Allocated enough money for a very small tattoo, say?

59. Veggie that’s “split” in soups 60. Auto route from Me. to Fla. 61. Houston player, briefly 62. Marijuana used as the subject of a mural?

66. Detective Velcoro of “True Detective” 67. See 9-Down 68. Clay-and-water mixture 69. “___ frog had wings” 70. V flyers Last week’s answers

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71. Prolonged attack 72. First stat in a triple double, often: Abbr.

Down 1. Early digital computer 2. Marching orders followers 3. Popeye, famously 4. Antiquated recording formats that hipsters will embrace, I’m guessing, around 2027 5. En fuego 6. Clear, as a thumb drive 7. Bad smelling 8. Happy or Brainy, e.g.

9. With 67-Across, World Series of Poker legend nicknamed “The Kid” 10. Checkers command 11. Exposed publicly 12. Unwanted growth 13. It makes psych records sound better 16. Czech river 20. Prince George’s nana, for short 22. Take ___ (drink slowly) 26. Tree creature of “LOTR” 27. Tournament level 28. Class that advertises with foreign words: Abbr.

31. Lao-Tze’s “Way” 32. Party girl 33. ___ de mots (pun) 34. Approves 35. Money at stake 37. Track event?

38. Game played with blocks 39. Nondiscrimination hiring letters 42. ___ Soul 45. Chameleon cousins 46. :( 48. Eagles guitarist Felder 49. “Number the Stars” author Lowry 51. PC key used in navigation 53. Off-white 54. Those in Madrid 55. Works and works and works 56. Bored-with-life feeling 57. Raison ___ 58. Georgetown players 59. Southern cornbread 62. Milk purchase 63. Pisa prime 64. Work unit in physics 65. Use Manic Panic, e.g.

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