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Up Front | From the editor

The homeless death toll spikes

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he 14th annual Interfaith Candlelight rial of 91 severely at-risk people who died alone on Vigil on Sunday began as a solemn march the streets in our neighborhoods.) at the nondescript San Diego Rescue MisSpeculation is the most definite form of explanasion on downtown’s Elm Street. Before tion available for a staggering death-rate increase in the actual vigil, held on the steps of the County a bloc of influence-lacking nonvoters. On one hand, Administration Center, the procession made two the number of homeless people in San Diego has fellowship stops at downtown churches. Local grown—to 8,742, as per the annual Point-in-Time leaders in the effort to end homelessness—though Count done on January 23, 2015. And it could be asnary a politician—were joined on the march by a sumed that the more homeless people there are, the choir and by Rescue Mission live-in clients. Those more who are going to die. However, though homeclients, former street people, carlessness downtown reportedly ried 91 pairs of empty shoes to jumped 26 percent over last year, the steps of the county building. the overall increase this year was The footwear was similar to shoes just about 3 percent countywide. we all wear—work boots, tennies, Another factor that could acslip-on Skechers. But these shoes count for an increase in homewere all toe-tagged, as if by the less deaths is the overall aging of coroner’s office. The tags bore the the population of people on the names of homeless men and womstreets, says Tom Theisen, board president of the Regional Task en who died on the streets of San Force on the Homeless. Being elDiego over the last year (from Oct. 1, 2014 to Sept. 30, 2015). Ninetyderly and homeless, he notes, is a one in all. double-barreled burden.

At the county building there Another hypothetical theory were speeches (though none pofocuses on the fact that about half litical in nature) and the choir of the 91 deaths (45) were ruled sang. The shoes—borrowed from accidental, a broad category that local thrift shops and not the actuincludes “blunt trauma.” Could it al kicks from the feet of deceased be that some street people are gethomeless people—were interting more violent and are killing spersed in a display with batteryeach other? operated candles.

It’s likely a combination of sevOn one level, the shoes acted as eral factors. Definitive explanaDowntown homeless tions would be helpful. a “scared-straight mechanism” for the in-recovery clients, Rescue Mission president Meanwhile, a national effort that has touched Herb Johnson says. “Those shoes definitely got San Diego was launched recently by the United heavier for clients as they carried them through the States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to eradicate homelessness, especially street. People thought about the fact that this could among this country’s veterans of war. Some cities have been their own shoes that somebody else was (Houston) and even states (Utah) have seen drastic carrying in a march.”

The other poignant takeaway from this year’s reductions. The success stories around the country vigil was that the number of people who died on seem to have one common factor: strong political the streets spiked so much over last year. The previleadership and will. ous count was 55, meaning the number of homeless In San Diego we’ve heard politicians promise deaths jumped up 65 percent. Over the previous 10 to eliminate all homelessness among men, women, children and veterans. And the logical and obvious years, the number of annual deaths had ranged besolution is a coordinated effort of outreach that’s tween 50 and 78.

The question is: Why did the number of deaths backed by political muscle—not by tacit observation increase at such an alarming rate? (Not that our from the bunker while the death toll escalates. elected officials seem alarmed, however, or man —Ron Donoho aged to attend or send a staffer to the mass memoWrite to rond@sdcitybeat.com This up-tempo issue of CityBeat is dedicated to hitting jump shots all over Steve Fisher Court.

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THE GUN HOAX EXPLAINED? In Aaryn Belfer’s article [“A (mostly) satirical look at an alternate gun universe,” Oct. 14] she mentioned that, “20 first graders were gunned down in their Connecticut classroom in 2012.” That is incorrect. Please investigate. It was a false flag hoax, the whole thing was a sham. Sandy Hook was a lie! The evidence for this is overwhelming, but rather than dish it out to you, I encourage you to research and come to your own conclusions. A good place to start is the work of Wolfgang Halbig, a former school administrator. Mainstream media and the government are the worst sources to ascertain truth about anything related to shootings or terrorist events. Internet and some books are the keys, but one must use discernment and intelligence. Check out Halbig’s appearances on the Internet talk show with John B. Wells, “Caravan To Midnight.” And, do a Google search on the truth about Sandy Hook.

The Boston Marathon bombing was also a hoax. Before the race, the area where the “bomb” occurred was cordoned off. The actors were in their position, and the blast was a harmless explosion. The people shown having injuries were fake; they were crisis actors playing their part. One guy shown with a blownoff leg—it was laughably fake. He was already an amputee and the injury was totally bogus. You can research and even see all the photos and proofs of fakery on YouTube.

After both events there was the predictable call for gun control. I’m not in the National Rifle Association and I do not like guns, but this mendacious approach to gun control is unconscionable. And it’s just the tip of the iceberg. The Aurora, Colorado Batman theater shootings did not occur as described. There were at least two other guys, and the one guy was set up as the patsy. I encourage you and [editor] Ron Donoho [“Gun background checks, please,” Oct. 21] to step outside the box, research, investigate and do not be bamboozled by mainstream media, government and corporate lies. Millions of parents are filled with fear now because of the Sandy Hook lie. Turn off CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, etc., and wisely use the Internet, before it is controlled.

expect a different result.” There is an elephant in the room when discussing gun control and the mass shootings since Sandy Hook: mental health. President Reagan, when he was governor of California, closed down many mental health facilities and funding for mental health and continued this into his presidency. Gun control will not prevent a mentally ill person from harming others. Let’s open our eyes to this pressing problem, now, before too many other lives are lost, including the mentally ill that are, by the way, somebody’s son or daughter.

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Cover

Erin Rambo shot this week’s cover image of soul singer Leon Bridges. Rambo is a 29-year-old, self-taught photographer from Dallas-Fort Worth. She first contacted Bridges in 2014 after seeing him live for the first time. She asked if she could take his photo, and he was agreeable. Within a year, she ended up going on tour with Bridges and working for his label, Columbia Records.

“I love his music,” she says in an interview with Instagram Blog. “I hear it every night. Still not sick of it. I like the man that he is. I like the music that he makes. I like the meaning behind it.” Rambo’s work can be seen at rambophotography.com.

Dorothy L. Kwiat, Talmadge

VEGANS GET LESS CANCER

A new study just out of Loma Linda University funded by the National Cancer Institute reported that vegans have lower rates of cancer than both meat-eaters and vegetarians [“Men, women, cancer,” Oct. 28]. Vegan women, for example, had 34 percent lower rates of female-specific cancers such as breast, cervical and ovarian cancer. And this was compared to a group of healthy omnivores who ate substantially less meat than the general population (two servings a week or more), as well as after controlling for non-dietary factors such as smoking, alcohol and a family history of cancer.

Why do vegans have such lower cancer risk? This is fascinating stuff: An elegant series of experiments was performed in which people were placed on different diets and their blood was then dripped on human cancer cells growing in a petri dish to see whose diet kicked more cancer butt. Women placed on plantbased diets for just two weeks, for example, were found to suppress the growth of three different types of breast cancer. The same blood coursing through these women’s bodies gained the power to significantly slow down and stop breast cancer cell growth thanks to just two weeks of eating a healthy plant-based diet! (Two weeks!

Imagine what’s going on in your body after a year!)

Similar results were found for men against prostate cancer (as well as against prostate enlargement).

Shame on the Susan G. Ko Jim Schweibinz, men Foundation and other large

San Diego groups that claim to be fighting these cancers for failing to mention this study and many other ANOTHER GUN THEORY similar ones.

Mitch Wallis, You know what they say, “If you

City Heights keep doing the same thing, don’t

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john r. lamb

Gretchen Newsom: “I’ve agitated the spin cycle” The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.

—Rollo May

to do this, and I’ve got the background and the experience. I want to change the dialogue and talk about different issues. I’ve agitated the spin cycle.” retchen Newsom caught local DemThe question remains, is the media ocratic Party leaders napping, and ready for that conversation? Already, for that they should be thankful.

Newsom has found herself beating back A “spark” is how the Ocean Beach Town against sexist overtones from some quarCouncil president and union organizer ters. On KPBS Roundtable Friday, host would explain her surprise announce- Mark Sauer noted the candidate’s name ment two weekends ago at the tail end of a similarity with Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Democratic convention in Escondido. She adding with a smirk, “almost as pretty as intends to challenge incumbent Republi- he is.” can Kevin Faulconer in the June mayoral On Facebook, Newsom responded primary. swiftly: “Yes, I am shaking up politics in Newsom swears she vetted her inten- San Diego. I’ll continue by telling Mark tions with no one. Party Chairwoman Sauer, and any other reporter who needs Francine Busby seemed perplexed when to be reminded, that they shouldn’t refer to Newsom walked out me as a ‘pretty’ canphoto courtesy gretchennewsom.com of the audience and didate. It distracts onto a candidatefrom the issues and filled stage that day it’s sexist.” and sat next to her.

During the inGretchen, what are terview, Newsom demonstrated a bityou doing? Newsom recalled Busby saying sense of humor ing after giving her by acknowledging “not a double, but a she “oscillated betriple take.” Newstween” posting that om said she replied, or “instead a KPBS“Well, you don’t have sponsored ‘Pretty a candidate for mayPoll’ asking people or, Francine.” to vote on who’s Newsom said it prettiest.” was “a mix of the When it was suggood and bad” that gested a whole Midday at the convenday episode could be tion that propelled devoted to that subher on stage and into ject, Newsom added the mayoral-wanwith a laugh, “espenabe spotlight. The cially if you throw Gretchen Newsom in an iconic, cute good emerged, she said, from inspiring speeches, particularly San Diego animal like Chopper the Biker one from state Assemblywoman Lorena Dog. This could get serious. This could get Gonzalez about “what kind of Democrats real.” are we going to be? The kind that stand up, The Republican campaign machine has that fight for our values, the kind that push already kicked into gear, touting Newsom the ball forward?” as the anointed challenger, courtesy of Big But the bad came from “that last mo- Mean Labor, to the image of Good Kind ment of seeing three dozen candidates up Generous Kevin, defender of the status on the stage and nobody was willing to quo and credit-taker-during-an-improvedtake on that fight and have that conversa- economy extraordinaire. tion to push back on the current mayor. So Newsom has a different take, calling yeah, I’m in the audience having this in- Faulconer’s approach to governance “a doternal debate, thinking something’s got to nothing thing. You have a problem? Everychange this up. Why not me?” body gets a task force!”

In a phone interview Sunday after reAdded Newsom: “OK, what’s the game turning from her young son’s skateboard- plan? How are you moving this forward? ing lesson, Newsom told Spin Cycle she You have major infrastructure needs that understands the “uphill battle” she faces are not being met and not being funded. to unseat Faulconer. “And it definitely does How do you move that forward? There are take its toll on my family and the time that so many things, and the needle is not being I have,” she added, “but somebody needed moved. It’s really frustrating.”

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She called Faulconer’s decision to skip the recent San Diego Association of Governments vote on a controversial $200 billion transportation spending plan through 2050 “laughable” in his failure to “advocate for a better San Diego, a better community that’s more equitable.”

Indeed, Newsom seems ready to pack a punch when necessary with the smarts to back it up. One of three sisters raised in the rural San Mateo County town of Loma Mar (“I think its population has finally reached 50,” she noted), the 34-year-old found herself growing up quickly after her parents divorced when she was still in elementary school.

Her father, who drove an hour through the forested hills to his job at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in Palo Alto where atoms were smashed, clashed with his daughter politically. “My father did not see eye to eye with me on politics,” she said, adding that the divorce “may be why I’m pretty self-driven.

I had to take on a lot of responsibilities to help my family get through.”

She was co-valedictorian of her high school, graduated magna cum laude from Humboldt State University with a degree in political science and studied in China for a semester.

She caught the attention of state Treasurer Phil Angelides, who brought her on as a policy adviser in 2004 and then put her to work on his unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign in 2005. After a stint in

the real-estate world, Newsom was tapped again by Angelides in 2009 as “the first and last staff member” of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, which investigated the causes of the nation’s fiscal meltdown.

Newsom cut her teeth on the housingaffordability issue facing San Diego while working for LeSar Development Consultants, a company run by Jennifer LeSar, wife of state Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins. She started working there in 2011, the same year she moved to San Diego and instantly became a fixture in Ocean Beach politics, including a rapid ascent to the presidency of the OB Town Council.

Last year, she took over as political director for the 3,000member International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 569, which has given her an understanding of the struggles working families endure in an ever-more costly city.

Some pundits might suggest downplaying the union label, but Newsom will have none of that. “I’m flying that high, absolutely,” she said. “It’s frustrating how Republicans have mislabeled labor—really trashed them— because it couldn’t be farther from the fence as to what unions are trying to do for the middle class.”

Yep, this won’t be pretty for Faulconer’s coronation plans. But as Newsom put it, “It’s not a beauty contest, folks.”

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So yeah, I’m in the audience having this internal debate, thinking something’s got to change this up.

Why not me?

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Gretchen Newsom (left), worked for former Democratic state Treasurer Phil Angelides.

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Up Front | opinion

divided state of

america

chad peace

Welcome to the “fiberhood?”

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oogle Fiber recently announced that San Diego is on a short list of potential sites for its next “fiberhood” project. This comes at the same time the federal government and the White House have made clear policy declarations to support communityowned broadband developments.

This is exciting, but worth some thought.

A fiberhood is a community that has an infrastructure for blazing fast Internet speeds, available to every home. Think of it as a freeway for cars that travel as fast as rocket ships. Want to stream Netflix while downloading a movie? No problem.

You could have a person streaming Netflix while downloading a movie in one room, someone playing online video games in another, and someone else giving an online presentation to a coworker in China while uploading video files, all at the same time.

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The Internet connection wouldn’t skip a beat.

The interest in fiberhoods is more than just about Internet connection speeds. Studies show that home values in these “connected communities” increase by about 3 to 5 percent overnight. High-tech businesses flock to these communities, bringing jobs and tax revenues. And Internet Service Providers (ISPs) that bring fiber technology to communities often charge less than you are paying now for your spotty connections.

So why wouldn’t our city just swing open the door and let a major service provider invest in such a valuable infrastructure? For the same reason we wouldn’t let Ford or BMW own our roads.

The Internet, like our roads, is a method of public transit. And major ISPs like AT&T, Cox, and Google, build the cars that bring the Internet to your home.

Opponents of communityowned broadband say governments should stay out of business.

And because fiber-optic infrastructure is traditionally treated as a private business asset, the argument is that we should leave broadband development to the free market.

But if major car manufacturers owned the roads, and in turn could choose who got to drive on them, do we really think this would create more competition for better cars?

For this reason, it is no coincidence that ISPs like Time Warner are notoriously the least customerfriendly companies in the world.

They have very little, if any, competition in a given community.

If a company wants to compete with a major ISP, for example, it not only has to bring cars that will deliver the Internet to your home or business, it has to first build an

entire network of roads.

So, once a major provider builds its infrastructure in a given area, it is largely immune from future competition in the marketplace for consumers. This is, in large part, why there are a lot more car manufacturers than ISPs, despite the fact that it is much harder to build a car than it is to deliver the Internet to a home.

Does this mean the government has to get into the Internet business if we want to increase competition? No. Not any more than the government got in the car business when it started building roads.

Building broadband networks is not rocket science. Whatever major service provider you have, it’s the smart guys and gals like the folks at San Diego’s Qualcomm or Alcatel-Lucent who build the sophisticated technology that brings the Internet to your home. The rest of the Internet infrastructure is pretty much just a string of fiber shoved through a conduit and placed underground.

So really, the only difference between a major provider and a city like San Diego’s ability to build and own the Internet backbone is the value the ISPs and the city bring, respectively, to the negotiating table.

Google Fiber has no customers in San Diego. It has no existing infrastructure in San Diego.

And without the city’s permit approval, it can’t just start digging up San Diego to lay down their fiber.

But the fact that Google has put San Diego on its short list of potential investment locales means one thing at the end of the day: Building and owning the information roads in San Diego is a good business investment.

The difference between a road for cars and a road for Internet is

that ISPs can charge consumers to use the lines that deliver the Internet. And they should. If they own it.

That prompts the question: Should we have a toll on every street?

This is why San Diego should not rush to give up its negotiating leverage. The city has the power to determine the contractual terms that determine who receives what benefits from an investment in our infrastructure.

We have the power to make sure our Internet roads stay open for any number of ISPs to compete for a customer’s satisfaction.

We have the ability to leverage our bonding power so that we can invest in a profitable venture. We can guarantee low-income communities low-cost access. And we can cut a deal that gives us the benefits associated with ownership and control of any valuable asset.

But we can only do all this if we take the time to understand the extent of our leverage, and the value of that asset. So, should we even have a discussion with Google about bringing fiber-optic technology to our city? Absolutely. Just as we should invite AT&T, Time Warner, Cox and any other service provider to help us do the same.

And only so long as that discussion focuses on the most important issue the city should bring to any negotiating table: focusing on what can we do together to ensure the best service, and the best long-term deal, for the citizens of San Diego.

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

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Sordid

Edwin Decker

Tales

Sorry, Wil Wheaton, HuffPo is right

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il Wheaton, a.k.a. Wesley Crusher of Star Trek: The Next Generation, lashed out at Huffington Post recently after the online news provider asked to reprint his blog article—for free!

See, many consider HuffPo as The Borg of online news sources because of its business model.

Like most outfits, it pays for original and aggregate content. However, it has an unpaid blogging section. Rather than simply saying, “Thanks but no thanks,” Wheaton waged war against this business model, tweeting, among other things, that writers and other content providers “...Deserve. Compensation. For. Your. Work.”

Most of his followers tweeted in exuberant agreement, oft repeating the word “deserve” which, well, no. Nobody “deserves” to get paid for anything. If you want someone to give their money to you, you must provide something for which they want to. HuffPo says right up front it does not pay bloggers, at which point a blogger has every right to not write for HuffPo, or write in exchange for exposure—a concept which is being ferociously ridiculed by Wheaton and his Twitter followers.

“I wish I could cash in my exposure coupons,” tweeted @soju_shots.

“Exposure is something people die from, not pay bills with,” wrote @amahnke.

Yeah, OK, but exposure is not worthless either. Exposure is where it’s at, actually.

Soda drinkers must be exposed to Pepsi in order to know to buy it. Music fans must be exposed to the Rolling Stones in order to purchase tickets. And readers need to be exposed to your byline so they can buy your schwag. Yes, of course, exposure doesn’t pay the rent per se, but sure as Worf don’t like Wookiees, neither does obscurity.

Let’s get real for a moment about working in the arts and entertainment fields. We want you to think we do it for some altruistic motive, that we have a special (retch) gift we must share with the world. The truth is, however, we mostly do it to get out of doing real work. We hate cubicles, we hate manual labor, we hate answering to bosses and so does most everybody else. That’s why there are so many people trying to break into the arts, thereby increasing supply and reducing demand for artists.

The sad truth is, unless a writer or musician or actor breaks into super fame status, their crafts aren’t worth a whole lot, money-wise. “...[Huffington Post] can absolutely afford to pay contributors,” writes Wheaton on his blog. “The fact that it doesn’t, and can get away with it, is distressing to me.”

Get away with what, Wil? HuffPo is merely pro-

viding a space for writers to have an audience. If that’s beneficial to you, then publish there. If not— then don’t. It is disingenuous to say HuffPo doesn’t pay contributors. It pays its staff—the writers, photographers, editors and graphic designers. Anyone who is an employee of Huffington Post is considered a contributor and gets paid. And these are the people who drive most of the traffic to the website, not the bloggers. In fact, it is very expensive to attract an audience and you can easily argue that the Huffington Post bloggers are “getting away” with not paying for that access.

It’s called trade, Wil. That’s all it is, just trade.

HuffPo has determined that the effort and money it invests attracting readers to your article is equal in value to the effort and money you invested to write that article. The only thing left is to determine is if it’s worth it to you.

Another word that was used by Wheaton, and oft repeated by his followers, was “period.” “...If you [create] something that an editor thinks is worth being published, you are worth being paid for it. Period” he wrote.

“Newbie writer or experienced, we all deserve to get paid, period,” tweeted @FoxxyGlamKitty.

I hate that. As if “period” ends the discussion. Sorry FoxxyGlamKitty but you are wrong, period! Newbie writers typically don’t have the chops, or fan base, to make paying them worthwhile, exclamation point. No magazine in its right mind would hire an unknown newbie with so many available experienced writers, period, exclamation point, exclamation point, exclamation point, and frowny face.

Wil Wheaton is a world-renowned actor with nearly three million Twitter followers. He doesn’t need exposure and can afford to say, “period.” But what if a struggling band who can’t fill a 50-seater on Saturday night is asked to open for The Rolling Stones gratis? What if some newbie graphic designer running his company from his parent’s basement was asked by Pepsi to redesign their logo—for free?

Not to compare the exposure of blogging on HuffPo with that of a Pepsi logo, but the point is—it’s not a period. It’s a question mark. Exposure has a value and you just have to determine if it’s enough, and the right kind, to make it worth your while.

So don’t demonize HuffPo for not wanting to pay for your thing. Demonize yourself for not making a thing that is good enough for them to want to pay for it. Then do something about it. Or not. Your choice, as it always was.

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Readers need

to be exposed to your byline

so they can buy

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Up Front | Food

by michael a. gardiner

the world

fare

Trademark BajaMed

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iguel Angel Guerrero owns the trademark for “BajaMed,” and he gets ripped for it.

The chef gets too much praise, some say, for the new Baja cuisine that’s recently become an international sensation. However, the final arbiter of the credit he deserves ought to be the quality of his food. Based on the plates coming out of his kitchen at La Esperanza BajaMed, he deserves a lot of credit indeed.

La Esperanza (Km. 73.5 Carretera No. 3 Ensenada-Tecate) is the most recent of Guerrero’s four “BajaMed” restaurants featuring this new fusion cuisine built on Baja ingredients, hints of Asian flavors and executed with European technique. The establishment’s setting is striking—a modern, organic indoor-outdoor dining room overlooking L.A. Cetto vineyards. In the northeastern stretch of the Valle de Guadalupe, it has one of the best views the Valle has to offer.

The best way to start a meal at La Esperanza is with one of Guerrero’s creative takes on the theme of raw (or raw-inspired) starters. Take, for example, the carpaccio de lengua. Tender and thin, nearly translucent slices of beef tongue are drizzled with olive and chile oils, dotted with a caper-tuna emulsion and garnished with a small pile of red onion, garlic chips and tender pig skin.

Beef carpaccio and veal tonnato may be the culinary reference points, but it’s the differences in these dishes that excite: equal parts European and Mexican, light and richly flavored. It’s a careful, playful balancing act.

Sopes–masa cakes–with chorizo are a Mexican classic. Guerrero, riffing on that classic, makes chorizo sausage from abalone instead of

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pork (an ancient preservation technique) and produces a chorizo de abulón sope. He tops the abalone chorizo with chipotle crema and a slice of avocado. The resulting dish has a comforting flavor profile, the slight funk of the abalone adding another level of depth.

In Baja, it seems, no high-end meal is complete without octopus. La Esperanza’s take is a dramatic study in textures. A whole mesquitegrilled octopus sits on the plate, tentacles curling around it, doused in saffron aioli and chopped olive tapenade with jamon serrano chips on top.

Where the larger parts of the sea beast were tender, the smaller tips were charred and crunchy.

Where the serrano ham was crisp, the olives were soft and the aioli creamy. It was impressive and deeply satisfying.

Michael A. Gardiner Cordero primal al horno is La Esperanza’s take on barbacoa, a classic Mexican dish in which primal cuts are slowsteamed in an earthen pit over maguey leafcovered coals. Guerrero twists this, roasting a side of lamb in a wood-fired oven for the better part of a day.

A bowl below collects a broth of the meat’s natural juices. Resting Cordero primal al horno in a pool of this broth is a mound of the meat flamed in Spanish brandy. It’s a simple dish with astonishing depth of flavor. Mexican ingredients and flavors are presented with just the right touch of European technique.

Some chefs in the Baja community get visibly angry at the term “BajaMed.” No doubt, there’s room to argue about the term. Is it synonymous with the new cuisine of Baja or just Guerrero’s trademark? Is it good for the culinary community? Some argue other chefs do BajaMed more elegantly. However, sitting with a glass of wine, eating Guerrero’s new takes on classic Mexican flavors and looking at the vista of the Valle, it’s hard to deny that La Esperanza is BajaMed. The World Fare appears weekly.

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Up Front | drink

bottle

By Jen Van Tieghem

Rocket Natural winemaking to hit Hillcrest

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aking a page from the craft beer playbook, a number of local wineries are opening locations in high-traffic, central locations. These urban wineries offer the tasting room experience within the production facility with the added comfort of a neighborhood locale. For those of us who don’t want to trek to wine country for the winery experience, I’m happy to report Vinavanti Urban Winery will soon open in Hillcrest (1477 University Ave.).

The new corner location should afford plenty of foot-traffic, plus added space to allow for table service, light food items (think tapas and pinchos) and live entertainment.

Another element that makes Vinavanti a fine fit for this neighborhood is Van Drunen’s all-natural approach to wine making. Without the aid of added yeast, sulfites or other additives, this rogue winemaker allows his wines to develop on their own. “[He wants] to produce a terroir-driven wine,” explained marketing and events manager Heather Newman. “He really wants the grape to speak for itself.”

There is no filtering, fining or oak barrel-aging here. Thus, Vinavanti has been the first and only certified organic winery in San Diego since 2013 (which also results in the wines being vegan). As unconventional as these methods are, the wines follow suit—unique in flavor and style.

While sampling at the Sorrento Valley location, I was struck by the herbal qualities of Vinavanti’s reds. The “Maverick,” a blend of Malbec and Petit Verdot, is aptly named for its complex notes of herbs, berries and ( just as the menu described) pencil lead.

My other favorite was just as full of unexpected flavors; both the still and sparkling Viogniers wowed with a powerful, peppery punch. But the latter, called “L’Héritier,” stole my heart. It is a unique wine with naturally occurring bubbles and a strong yeasty nose. If you like sour beers or anything with a certain funk this is the wine for you.

Now that I’ve piqued your interest, you’ll have to wait just a tad longer. Vinavanti has closed its Sor-

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rento Valley location and the Hillcrest soft opening is due in mid-November, with a grand opening in early December. I’ll be there to pop a bottle of that sparkling Viognier when the doors finally open.

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understand how Meryl Streep’s Sophie Zawistowski must have felt when she had to make her gut-wrenching choice. With so much beer and so little time during San Diego Beer Week, tough decisions have to be made. There will be sacrifices (and perhaps a tear or two). But these are my recommendations for the ultimate events that beer geeks can’t miss: Friday, Nov. 6, from 6 to 9 p.m.: Guild Fest VIP Takeover at Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier (1000 N. Harbor Drive)—SDBW’s official kickoff will figuratively shower guests with rare beers and plenty of food to sop them up. Tickets available online, but get ’em quick, it will sell out.

Saturday, Nov. 7, from 12 to 5 p.m.: Meet the Homebrewers! at The Homebrewer (2911 El Cajon Blvd., #2)—Celebrate Learn to Homebrew Day with the Mash Heads Homebrew Club.

Sip, snack and squeal about DIY beer geekery.

Free with RSVP. Saturday, Nov. 7, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.: Pucker Up With Cascade Brewing at Holiday Wine Cellar, Escondido (302 W. Mission Ave.)—With a price tag that normally gets you a single Cascade bottle, sour devotees can enjoy a whole slew of beers and rub elbows with Portland’s finest.

Call the venue for tickets.

Sunday, Nov. 8, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.: Modern Times’ Danksauce For Dogs at Quartyard (1102 Market St.)—Modern Times’ inaugural dog

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show promises prizes for your pooch, food trucks and plenty of drinkable beers. Pre-register your dog for guaranteed entry or live dangerously and hope to register at the door.

Sunday, Nov. 8, from 2 to 4:30 p.m.: Sunday School Tastings at Bankers Hill Bar & Restaurant (2202 4th Ave.)—The eternal argument of beer vs. wine probably won’t get settled during this comparison tasting, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try, right? For $45 you get beer, wine and food plus an educational overview from sommelier Molly Brooks-Thornton. Call 619-2310222 for tickets. san diego brewers guild

Friday, Nov. 13, from 6 to 9 p.m.: Cask in Glory at Border X Brewing Company (2181 Logan Ave.)— Be the first to try Border X’s casks. Get beer, a pint glass and tasty lengua nachos to wash it all down for $32.64. If tongue isn’t your thing, head instead to Craft Beer & Bites at SILO (753 15th St.) to select from 15 breweries and an army of food trucks. $20 in advance, $30 at the door.

Friday, Nov. 13, from 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.: Baja Beer Craft Industry After-Party at Común Kitchen & Tavern (935 J St.)—This late-night fiesta will wrap up the first Baja Beer Craft Tasting Event, so clink a glass with border-hugging beer enthusiasts and toast to international collaboration.

Sunday, Nov. 15, from 12 – 3 p.m.: The Beer Garden at The Lodge at Torrey Pines (11480 N Torrey Pines Road)—For the swankishly-inclined, head to the official closing event of SDBW, featuring 12 chefs and 24 breweries for your polite drinking and nibbling pleasure.

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t’s been a whirlwind couple of months in the beer industry. MillerCoors purchased a San Diego brewery, Saint Archer. Shortly thereafter, SABMiller, MillerCoors’ parent company, announced it had accepted a takeover bid from AB/ Inbev. Beer lovers and investors will also soon be able to purchase stock in Ballast Point, a first for California craft beer. With San Diego Beer Week upon us, I caught up with San Diego Brewer’s Guild president Kevin Hopkins for his perspective on the ever-changing landscape.

Saint Archer was purchased

by MillerCoors. What are your thoughts on San Diego Brewer’s Guild members being owned by multinationals?

Craft beer is born out of passion, but ultimately it’s a business. Saint Archer decided they were going to let themselves be absorbed by a larger entity. That’s a perfectly viable business model. We wish them well, but they no longer qualify for membership in our particular organization. They’re no longer going to be a member of the San Diego Brewer’s Guild.

Saint Archer is still brewed and packaged locally, and employs San Diego brewers. Is the Brewer’s Association’s definition of craft really still applicable in today’s market?

I believe so. One of their criteria is to be independently owned. That alone disqualifies Saint Archer.

Ballast Point recently filed plans to go public with the SEC. Should we expect more breweries to go this route for funding as opposed to selling-out to multinationals?

I think you’ll see more craft breweries looking for innovative ways to grow their businesses. If you look at my company [Mother Earth Brew Co.], we’re doing it out of state. Ballast Point, Stone,

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and Saint Archer took different methods. They’re just different paths to get as much product out there to a thirsty public.

The Justice Department announced a probe into AB/InBev in response to allegations it is buying up distributors to hurt craft brewers.

Have you noticed this locally?

I don’t have any knowledge of anything specific but at the same time I think the three-tier [distribution] system shows that it does work. Ten years ago there were only a couple of distributers in the area. Now, [there’s] more than you can count on one hand. Brewers here in San Diego have a choice.

I often hear things from the beer community like “It’s just beer,” and “Drink what you like.” Do you think it is important for consumers to consider who is behind the beer they buy?

I think it’s important that the consumer has information available to them so they can make [that] choice. We certainly would like them choosing independent craft brew that is passion-born, but ultimately the consumers decide.

They have to tell us what’s imporKevin Hopkins tant to them. They have a choice.

What will be the state of San Diego craft beer during Beer Week 2016?

I think you’ll see the state of California eclipse 600 breweries and San Diego eclipse 125. You’ll find more choices in more places, and the San Diego scene will be more well-known, far and wide.

You’ll see more attention on us through tourists and travel [with] leisure magazines writing pieces and travelogues. You’re going to see heightened awareness in the next year and beyond.

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to 40 paintings centered on the fires and 10 of these works can be seen in James Hubbell: California The 2003 San Diego wildfires were Wildfire Watercolors, which opens Thursday, devastating and nerve-racking for Nov. 5, at the San Diego Museum of Art (1450 El those who went through them. The sky looked Prado) in Balboa Park. The paintings are both viapocalyptic. The ash raining from the sky was brant and jarring, with Hubbell masterfully balancing the line between the closest San Diego COURTESY OF THE ARTIST destruction and rebirth. gets to a snow day. The If patrons are so news networks were inclined, they can atgiving it names like tend SDMA’s Culture “Firestorm” and “Fire & Cocktails event on Siege.”

Thursday, Nov. 5, For architect and from 6 to 10 p.m. The artist James Hubbell, event is mainly focused the fire destroyed part on the Museum’s The of his iconic Julian Art of Music exhibihome that he built in tion, and will include 1958. He and his wife guitar pick jewelry, ultimately decided to Blush Desserts sweets, rebuild. Inspired by and naturally, cockthe charred and black“Untitled, 2004” by James Hubbell tails. But attendees ened landscape that should definitely stop now surrounded their property, he began working by to see the Watercolors exhibition.

Hubbell says on some watercolor paintings that both reflected you don’t necessarily have to feel somber when upon, and in a way, embraced the damage.

“You could see rock formations that you’d never viewing his paintings.

“After the fire, my wife and I decided to not to seen before. It was really kind of beautiful,” Hubbell says. “I became fascinated with it. It was one of be victims. We started to rebuild right away,” he those occasions where an artist sees something that says. “People use the word awful a lot, but when you think about it, it really means ‘full of awe.’” others don’t see.”

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A lack of diversity is a common concern when it comes to Hollywood films, but for 16 years the San Diego Asian Film Festival has sought to rectify this issue and celebrate Asian filmmakers and actors. The annual fest will bring the best of Asian cinema with more than 130 films from 20 countries, making it one of the largest Asian film festivals in the U.S. Highlights include Crush the Skull, directed by Los Angeles’ Viet Nguyen, and South Korea’s Wonderful Nightmare. The former is a blend of humor and horror about two enamored thieves who break into the wrong home, while the latter is a comedic fantasy about an attorney’s opportunity to regain his life. The festival takes place Thursday, Nov. 5, through Saturday, Nov. 14, at five venues throughout San Diego. Prices vary from $12 to $250. festival.sdaff.org

One of the tastiest outcomes of the recent comfort food resurgence is that mac and cheese is now a go-to staple for local chefs to show off their creativity. On Saturday, Nov. 7, more than 11 local restaurants, including Flying Pig, Riviera Supper Club and Stella Public House, will show off the savory results of these experiments and compete in the First Annual Mac n’ Cheese Festival.

There will be plenty of beer and wine to wash it down and attendees can vote for their favorite dish.

Briana Renée from Little Women: L.A. will emcee the event and crown the winning chef. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Waterfront Park (1601 Pacific Highway). The $35 tickets include all food tastings and 10 beverage tastings. Proceeds benefit the educational nonprofit, The World Wide Network of Learning. sandiegomacncheese.com

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H3x3 at ARTIfact Gallery, 9500 Gilman Dr., UCSD Pepper Canyon Hall, Second Floor, La Jolla. An ongoing series that explores the connections between the art, research and writing practices of three graduate and three undergraduate students. Includes work from Catherine Czacki, Amber Lord, Collective Magpie and more.

Opening from 3 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5. Free. 858-534-2230, visarts.ucsd.edu HJames Hubbell: California Wildfire Watercolors at San Diego Museum of Art, 1450 El Prado, Balboa Park. This exhibition features ten watercolor landscapes from the renowned local architect and artist that were painted in the aftermath of the 2003 Cedar Fire. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5. Free-$12. 619232-7931, sdmart.org HPresence at SDSU Downtown Gallery, 725 West Broadway, Downtown. A thematic selection of works from the Matthew and Iris Strauss Family Foundation Collection that focuses on images of women.

SDSUArt and Design MFA student, Claudia Cano will present a live performance inr esponse to the exhibition. Opening from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5. Free. art.sdsu.edu/sdsu-downtown-gallery Sand Swept at 57 Degrees Wine Bar, 1735 Hancock St., Middletown, Midtown.

This exhibit from Kerry Riche and Alexandra Borbolla features paintings and photography inspired by photos of objects in the sands of Africa. Opening from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5. Free. 619-2345757, fiftysevendegrees.com There Was Magic in the Air at Hammond’s Gourmet Ice Cream, 3077 University Ave., North Park. A new collection of woodburned works from January Derilo. Opening from 4 to 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 5. Free. 619-220-0231, thumbprintgallery.com HArt San Diego at Balboa Park Activity Center, 2145 Park Blvd., Balboa Park. The three-day contemporary art fair showcases paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs and videos and celebrates a century of evolving art with the theme of [META.MORPHOSIS]. From noon to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6 and Saturday, Nov. 7, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8. $10-$85. 858-581-7100, art-sandiego.com HCommon Space at City Gallery, 1313 Park Blvd., Downtown. An exhibition of projects that addresses issues associated with a particular locality. Features work from Lynn Susholtz, David Krimmel, Omar Pimienta and David White. Opening from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6. Free. 619-3883400, sdcity.edu HElectric Signal at San Diego Art Institute, 1439 El Prado, Balboa Park. This afterparty for Art San Diego features video art from Lana Z. Caplan, Tiffany Carbonneau & Brian Harper, and Shannon Willis. Also includes drinks, food and a performance from noted rock band L.A. Witch. From 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6. $10. sandiego-art.org Friday Night Liberty at NTC at Liberty Station, 2640 Historic Decatur Road, Point Loma. This monthly gallery and studio walk features open artist studios, galleries, live performances, shopping and entertainment throughout NTC’s Arts and Culture District. From 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6.

Free. 619-573-9300, ntclibertystation.com Hercegovina/Kalifornija at Outside the Lens, 2750 Historic Decatur Rd, Barracks 15, Studio 103, Point Loma. A photography and film exhibition featuring works from Outside the Lens High School Youth Council students who were partnered with students in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Opening from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6. Free.

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HInscription: A Monumental Installation by Shinpei Takeda at New Americans Museum, 2825 Dewey Rd., Point Loma. The Tijuana-based artist will unveil his 50-foot site-specific installation which incorporates light and thread. Opening from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6. Free. 619255-8908, newamericansmuseum.org HModerns: Native American Women Artists in California at Women’s Museum of California, 2730 Historic Decatur Road, Barracks 16, Point Loma. Works from five women artists from tribal communities who live and work in California and whose work has a direct link to their past. Opening from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6. Free. 619-2337963, womensmuseumca.org Looking Back, Looking Forward at Gallery 21, Spanish Village, Balboa Park, 1770 Village Pl, Members of the Digital Art Guild celebrate Balboa Park’s Centennial with images that evoke the past as well as the future. Opening from noon to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 7. Free. gallery21art.com Reimagined: A Modern Renaissance Exhibition at TPG2, 1475 University Ave., Hillcrest. A collection of revamped, reconstructed and recontextualized paintings from the Renaissance period as interpreted by artists like Alisa Hernandez, Jon Molina, Nicki Yarwick, and nearly a dozen others. Opening from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7. Free. 619-203-6030, tpg2.net So Ruff So Tuff at Chicano Art Gallery, 2117 Logan Ave. #1, Barrio Logan. New works from regional tattoo artists including Sergio Hernandez, Keith Stone, Rob Benavides and more. Opening from 6 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7. Free. 619-7922815, flyingpanthertattoo.com HSocial Delight at TPG2, 1475 University Ave., Hillcrest. A solo exhibition by Los Angeles painter Stephanie Takemoto, who specializes in pop surrealist pieces inspired by Japanese pop culture, magna, toys, geek culture and more. Opening from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7. Free.

619-203-6030, tpg2.net HTraces at Space 4 Art, 325 15th St., East Village. A varied exhibition of photographs from the late Ame Curtiss that features pictures she took from 2006 to just before she passed away in 2012. Opening from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7. Free. sdspace4art.org/ HUnited Nations at La Bodega Studios and Gallery, 2196 Logan Ave., Barrio Logan. An art show that aims to introduce international, national, regional, and local artists to the growing arts-oriented movement in Barrio Logan. Includes dozens of artists from all over the world. Opening from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7. Free. facebook.com/events/861301647271215/ Low: The Power & Beauty Of The Bass at Museum Of Making Music, 5790 Armada Drive, Carlsbad. A unique exhibition about the world of bass sounds and the low-register instruments that make them. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8. Free-$8.

760-438-5996, museumofmakingmusic.org Noshua with Joshua at The Rose Wine Bar Side Bar, 2215 30th St., North Park.

Joshua Krause presents a pre-sale for his exhibit Noshua with Joshua that showcases his collages and holiday art while guests enjoy empanadas and beer. Opening from 6 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11. Free. 619-281-0718, facebook.com/ events/415219478673997/

BOOKS HDaniel Ostroff at Mingei International Museum, 1439 El Prado, Balboa Park.

The film producer and design scholar will discuss Charles and Ray Eames and the new book about the design duo, An

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From 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5. $8$10. 619-239-0003, mingei.org Marnie the Dog at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. The cute little dog with the big tongue has become a pop culture sensation and will be in the store to promote Marnie the Dog: I’m a Book, a collection of her Instagram pics.

At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5. Free.

858-454-0347, warwicks.com Jenn McKinlay and Kate Carlisle at Mysterious Galaxy Book Store, 5943 Balboa Ave., Ste. 100, Clairemont.

McKinlay will be promoting A Likely Story, the sixth in the Library Lover’s Mystery series, and Carlisle will be promoting the latest in her Fixer-Upper Mysteries series, Crowned and Moldering. At 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6. Free.

858-268-4747, mystgalaxy.com Dr. Paul Tai at San Diego Chinese Historical Museum, 404 Third Ave., Downtown. The university professor and author will sign and discuss his new book, How Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong Ruled China. At 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7.

Free. 619-338-9888, sdchm.org Trisha Yearwood at Williams-Sonoma Fashion Valley, 7007 Friars Road, Fashion Valley, San Diego. This country musician and Food Network star will sign her new cookbook, Trisha’s Table. From 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7. $75. 619-2950510, williams-sonoma.com Dylan Yates at Women’s Museum of California, 2730 Historic Decatur Road, Barracks 16, Point Loma. Part of the Museum’s Second Sunday Author Series, the local writer will discuss her debut novel, The Belief in Angels, a family saga that explores the darkest side of human nature.

At 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8. $5. 619-2337963, womensmuseumca.org Harriet McDougal, Maria Simons, Alan Romanczuk and Jason Denzel at Mysterious Galaxy Book Store, 5943 Balboa Ave., Ste. 100, Clairemont. The four writers will sign and discuss The Wheel of Time Companion: The People, Places and History of the Bestselling Series, a companion guide to the fantasy books.

At 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8. Free. 858-2684747, mystgalaxy.com Kristen Elise at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. As part of Warwick’s ongoing Weekend with Locals program, the local author will sign and discuss her thriller novel, The Death Row Complex. At noon. Sunday, Nov. 8. Free.

858-454-0347, warwicks.com HMatt Kaplan at Mysterious Galaxy Book Store, 5943 Balboa Ave., Ste. 100, Clairemont. The science writer will be on hand to promote his new book, Science of the Magical: From the Holy Grail to Love Potions to Superpowers, which postulates that even the strangest myths of the past have a germ of truth. At 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9. Free. 858-268-4747, mystgalaxy.com HSimon Winchester at La Jolla Library, 7555 Draper Ave., La Jolla. The New York Times bestselling author will sign and discuss his latest foray into nonfiction, Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World’s Superpowers. At 7 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 9. $31.31. 858-552-1657, lajollalibrary.org Diana Nyad at La Jolla Library, 7555 Draper Ave., La Jolla. The fitness icon and longdistance swimmer with sign her new book, Find a Way. At 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10.

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Jay Kristoff at Mysterious Galaxy Book Store, 5943 Balboa Ave., Ste. 100, Clairemont. Bardugo will be on hand to sign the first novel in her Leigh’s Dregs duology, Six of Crows. Kaufman and Kristoff will be promoting their new futuristic novel, lluminae. At 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10.

Free. 858-268-4747, mystgalaxy.com Ray Lewis at Warwick’s Bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. The former Baltimore Ravens linebacker will sign and discuss his new bio, I Feel Like Going On. Price includes copy of the book. At noon. Tuesday, Nov. 10. $29.15 858-454-0347, warwicks.com HJérémie Guez at Mysterious Galaxy Book Store, 5943 Balboa Ave., Ste. 100, Clairemont. The rising star of contemporary French noir will be promoting the highly-anticipated first English translation of his work, Eyes Full of Empty. At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11. Free. 858268-4747, mystgalaxy.com

FOOD & DRINK Dads Make a Difference at Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens, 1999 Citracado Parkway, Escondido. Girls Inc. celebrates dads and the essential role they play in a daughter’s life over beers, raffles, and live music by Ashley Hollander. Admission includes four beers or wine tastings and an appetizer. From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5. $75. 760-2947866, girlsincsd.org HSan Diego Beer Week at various locations throughout San Diego. Celebrate San Diego’s thriving craft beer culture with a ten-day, countywide festival that features tastings, pairing dinners, workshops, beer garden events and more. See website for full list of events, locations and schedule. Various times. Friday, Nov. 6. $35-$100. sdbw.org Bikes, Brews and Brats at Cal Coast Bicycles, 3020 Adams Ave., Normal Heights. The San Diego Mountain Biking Association teams up with Green Flash Brewing for this third annual event. Bike ride goes through Balboa Park and Mission Hills and is followed by a beer and brats after party. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 7. $50. 619-281-7433, greenflashbrew.com Fall Food Truck Festival at Del Mar Racetrack, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar. Forty food trucks will serve their most popular dishes, which guests can pair with craft brews in the beer garden.

From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7. $4-$20. 858-755-1141, dmtc.com HMac n’ Cheese Festival at Waterfront Park, 1600 Pacific Highway, Little Italy. Enjoy eating contests, live music, beer and wine tastings, and unlimited tastings of mac and cheese from nearly a dozen local restaurants. Benefits the education non-profit, The World Wide Network of Learning. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7. $35. 858694-3030, sandiegomacncheese.com Wedge Escondido Artisanal Cheese Festival at Downtown Escondido. This fest celebrates the artisanal cheeses made

by California creameries and pairs them with craft beers and wines. 21 shops and restaurants along Escondido’s Grand Ave. will be participating. At 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7. $25-$45. wedgeescondido.com Green Flash 13th Anniversary Beer Release at Green Flash Brewing Co., 6550 Mira Mesa Blvd., Mira Mesa. The brewery celebrates the release of their 13th anniversary beer, Hand Shake IPA. Meet the brewers and pair beer with food from Gastro Food Truck. From 12 to 9 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9. Free. 858-6220085, greenflashbrew.com HOB Restaurant Walk at Ocean Beach, Newport Ave & Abbott St, Ocean Beach. The annual walk has over 40

restaurants and local businesses serving up samples of food and other treats.

Proceeds support the OB Food and Toy Drive. From 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10. $20. oceanbeachsandiego.com Taste of Opera: Don Quixote at Solare Ristorante, 2820 Roosevelt Road, Point Loma. S.D. Opera’s head of Education and Outreach, Nicolas Reveles, will guide patrons through Tosca and Madama Butterfly while Solare Chef Katherine Emmenegger prepares Spanish flavors.

From 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11. $50. 619-270-9670, sdopera.com

MUSIC HChant Macabre at St. Paul’s Cathedral, 2728 Sixth Ave., Downtown. The choral group SACRA/PROFANA kicks off their seventh season with a candlelight concert featuring dark and enchanting pieces spanning from the 17th century all the way to the present day. At 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6. $15-$20. 619-298-7261, sacraprofana.org Melissa Etheridge at California Center for the Arts, 340 North Escondido Blvd., Escondido. The Academy Award and Grammy-winning rocker will perform material from her latest album, This Is M.E., as well as many of her classic hits. At 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6. $40-$85. 760-8394190, artcenter.org HTchaikovsky’s Pathétique at Copley Symphony Hall, 750 B St., Downtown. Superstar violinist Sarah Chang and Music Director Jahja Ling lead the Symphony through a performance of Piotr Tchaikovsky’s turbulent symphony. Also includes selections from Bruch and Greenstein. At 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6 and Saturday, Nov. 7, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8. $20-$96. 619235-0804, sandiegosymphony.org Voices: We Still Ain’t Got No Band at Educational Cultural Complex, 4343 Ocean View Blvd., Lincoln Park. A new a cappella performance featuring music from The Platters, The Drifters, Temptations, Aretha Franklin, and more. At 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6 and Saturday, Nov. 7, and 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 8. $20-$30. 858-576-0302, iarpplayers.ticketleap.com/voices-we-stillaint-got-a-band/ Brad Mehldau Trio at The Auditorium at TSRI, 10640 John Jay Hopkins Dr., La Jolla. Part of the Athenaeum Jazz at TSRI Fall Series, the jazz trio has been compared to the music of Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett, but also site classical influences such as Chopin and Brahms. At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7. $30-$35. 858-784-2666, ljathenaeum.org HLyle Lovett and John Hiatt at California Center for the Arts, 340 North Escondido Blvd., Escondido. The two veteran singer-songwriters team up for intimate solo acoustic performances. At 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 8. $40-$75. 760-839-4190, artcenter.org Mingle @ the Mingei: in the Year of 1915 at Mingei International Museum, 1439 El Prado, Balboa Park. The chamber music ensemble Camarada performs a program featuring works from Debussy, de Falla, Bartok, Joplin, Casella, and Rachmaninoff. At 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8. $25-$30. 619-239-0003, mingei.org Camera Lucida at Conrad Prebys Music Center, UCSD campus, La Jolla. Principal musicians from the San Diego Symphony and distinguished performance faculty from UCSD present a chamber music concert featuring selections from Purcell, Webern, Stravinsky and Brahms. At 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9. Free-$25. musicweb.ucsd.edu Rob Machado Benefit Concert at Belly Up Tavern, 143 S. Cedros Ave., Solana Beach. The annual concert features acoustic performances by Matt Nathanson, Brett Dennen, Andrew Wessen and Timmy Curran. Proceeds help fund environmental

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EVENTS programs with a focus on children’s educational initiatives. At 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9. $55. 858-481-8140, bellyup.com

PERFORMANCE HPaper Cities at City Heights Performance Annex, 2745 Fairmount Ave., City Heights. A devised hybrid puppetry performance that involves puppets, animated objects, original film, live music and sound design by Kristopher Apple. At 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 5, Friday, Nov. 6, and Saturday, Nov. 7. $15-$20. 619-6416123, animalcrackerconspiracy.com 3 and 1/2 Star Musical at Finest City Improv, 4250 Louisiana St., North Park.

Written by a local team of improvisers and songwriters, this hour long musical featuring 13 original songs and tells the story of former Wall Street executive-turned-restaurant owner who has a feud with a Yelp sales girl. At 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6. $10.

619-306-6047, finestcityimprov.com

“Fifteen” by Aaron Nagel is on view in United Nations, a group show opening from 5 to 10 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 7, at La Bodega Gallery (2196 Logan Ave.) in Barrio Logan.

The Midnight Carnival at David & Dorothea Garfield Theatre, 4126 Executive Dr., La Jolla. The burlesque circus features acrobatics, hooping, contortion, aerial arts, juggling and belly dancing. Local vendors and artists will be set up and a full bar is available. From 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7. $25-$50. 858-362-1348, midnightcarnival.brownpapertickets.com

POETRY & SPOKEN WORD HUCSD New Writing Series: Meliza Bañales at UCSD Visual Arts Facility Performance Space, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla.

The poet also known as Missy Fuego was the first Chicana to win a poetry slam championship in 2002 and was a fixture in the un-

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Mark Bramhall and Annabella Price in Chapatti

Chapatti exudes warmth and restraint

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But then Betty isn’t truly out to catch him. She wants to be with him, to love him, but also to teach him to live again. Price is remarkably comfortable in her role: uninhibited, un-self-conscious, wise.

Bramhall feels more one-note, though his character is established as one in the throes of stifling inner conflicts. When the two characters turn to the audience and speak in monologue, explaining what’s going on and what the other person is feeling, Chapatti sacrifices its natural flow. The play would be longer, but more rewarding, without the obvious exposition.

Still, Judith Ivey’s direction is affectionate and gentle on the throttle, and she has two actors who are simpatico.

One thing more: If you’re wondering where the name Chapatti comes from, it’s an unleavened flatbread popular in South Asia, and a favorite—as is the terrier—of gruff but romantic old Dan. Chapatti runs through Nov. 15 at North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach. $43-$50. northcoastrep.org

ometimes even the stubbornly unsentimental can be suckers for sentimentality. This is

—David L. Coddon on display in Chapatti, Christian O’Reilly’s one-act play having its West Coast premiere at the Theater reviews run weekly.

North Coast Rep. The ingredients for soupiness Write to davidc@sdcitybeat.com. are there: two lonely people finding love again, later in life; a faithful little terrier named Chapatti that we don’t see (there’s no dog on stage) OPENING: but don’t have to; an old woman’s loving cat—her Precious Little: A gifted linguist receives some troubling reason to live—which is run over by a car. news about her pregnancy, but finds solace in two very unBut Chapatti (the play, not the terrier), a expected places. Presented by Inner Mission Productions, it world-premiere co-production last year between opens Nov. 6 at the Diversionary Theatre in Hillcrest. innermisIreland’s Galway Arts Festival and the Northlight sionproductions.org Theatre in Chicago, transcends soap opera. So Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas: Now in its durable and downright human are its two charac- 18th year, this holiday classic tells the musical tale of a green who plans to ruin the holidays for the town of Whoville. ters, Dan (Mark Bramhall) and Betty (Annabella grump Directed by James Vásquez, it opens Nov. 7 at the Old Globe Price), that any pity you might feel for them is Theatre in Balboa Park. theoldglobe.org superseded by affection, and by admiration for The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence: The West each one’s nobility. Without trying they make Coast premiere of the time-jumping play about four Watsons each other laugh—yes, and make each other cry, (Sherlock Holmes’ assistant, the Jeopardy! super-computer, etc.) too. But what goes on in between is the play’s who become companions in the present day. Written by Madeleine George, it opens Nov. 8 at the Moxie Theatre in Rolando. strength.

The loss of one of the 19 cats that lives in For full listings, Betty’s house is the (can’t resist this) catalyst for bringing the remote Dan and house-bound Betty please visit “T heater ” together. Immersed, even obsessed, with an old, at sdcitybeat.com clandestine love now gone, Dan is no easy catch.

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From 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4.

Free. 858-534-2230, literature.ucsd.edu

SPECIAL EVENTS HSan Diego Asian Film Festival at various locations throughout San Diego.

Enjoy hundreds of films from 20 countries for 10 days at San Diego’s largest film festival. Includes international and Asian-American films, filmmaker Q&As, exclusive events, parties and more. See website for schedule and details. Various times. Thursday, Nov. 5 through Saturday, Nov. 14. $10-$250. festival.sdaff.org HCulture and Cocktails at San Diego Museum of Art, 1450 El Prado, Balboa Park. This interactive event celebrates the exhibition The Art of Music with a silent disco dance room, a jewelry-making activity inspired by psychedelic rock posters, as well as cocktails, beer tasting and bitesized sweets. From 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5. $20-$25. 619-232-7931, sdmart.org Acorn Harvest Festival at Louis A Stelzer County Park, 11470 Wildcat Canyon Rd., Lakeside. Celebrate the acorn har-

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vest through Kumeyaay traditions that include acorn grinding, a mock archaeological dig and Native American storytelling. From 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7.

Free. 619-561-0580, sandiegocounty.gov/ parks/picnic/stelzer.html Fall Back Festival at Gaslamp Quarter, Downtown. Travel back in time to the 1880s as three blocks of the Gaslamp are transformed into the Wild West. Kids and adults can ride carnival rides, churn butter, take pony rides, play games and more.

From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8.

Free. 619-233-5227, gaslampquarter.org HVeteran’s Day Parade at North Embarcadero, 1000 North Harbor Dr., Downtown.

A parade honoring San Diego men and women who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. This year celebrates the “70th Anniversary Of World War II and America’s Greatest Generation.” Takes place on Harbor Dr. and West Broadway. From 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11. Free.

619-686-6200, sdvetparade.org

TALKS & DISCUSSIONS Visiting Speaker Series: Chelsea Knight at UCSD SME Presentation Lab, Voigt Drive and Matthews Lane, La Jolla.

The artist presents a talk entitled, “Notes on non-linearity,” a how-to for artists interested in experimental performative lectures. At 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6. Free. visarts.ucsd.edu Distinguished Speaker Series: El Niño at La Jolla Community Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd., La Jolla. Learn about El Niño and how it will potentially affect California this year. Presented by Dr. David Pierce from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. At 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5. Free. 858-459-0831, blog.ljcommunitycenter.org HSuds & Science: GMOs-the Facts, the Myths and the Hype at Quantum Brewing San Diego, 5375 Kearny Villa Rd. #116, Kearny Mesa. Grab a beer and listen to Emily Burke, PhD, as she explains what GMOs are and what we need to understand about them. From 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 9. Free. 619-218-3919, rhfleet.org Sessions in Contemporary Art at Museum of Contemporary Art-La Jolla, 700 Prospect St., La Jolla. This seminar-style course focuses on 40 contemporary artists and discusses their impact on the art world. Led by four of the museum’s curators. From 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10. $15-$20. 858-454-3541, mcasd.org

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2kids Brewing Co. Rebel Alliance Imperial Stout with Cacao Nibs and Coconut Second Anniversary Old Fashioned Ale 32 North Brewing Co. Landfall Berliner Weisse Peanut Butter Cup Porter Abnormal Beer Co Breakfast Porter with Vanilla Debut IPA Acoustic Ales Brewing Experiment Unplugged Heaven - Barrel Aged Stout IPL - India Pale Lager AleSmith Brewing Company Hawaiian Speedway Stout Double Red IPA Alpine Beer Company CASK - Pure Hoppiness w/Ginger and Lime Bad Boy - DIPA Arcana Brewing Company Wry Rye IPA Dark Cherry Ale Automatic Brewing Co Automatic Live Wire 23 Pale Ale Automatic / Mother Earth Collection Sour Aztec Brewing Company Macaroon Nut Brown Coffee Blonde Ballast Point Brewing and Spirits bOOb Check - Breast Cancer Awareness Ale with Hibiscus, Honey, Cherry and Lime Schooner Ale - Cascade Wet Hop Ale 2013 Sea Monster - Imperial Stout Calm Before the Storm - Cream Ale with Coffee and Vanilla Belching Beaver Brewery Maple Bourbon Barrel Aged Horchata Imperial Stout Poundtown Triple IPA Benchmark Brewing Company Table Beer - Belgian Session Ale Oatmeal Stout - American Oatmeal Stout Primitive Camp - Classic American Pilsner

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BNS Brewing and Distilling Company Gatling Gun - Stout BNS ESB - English Pale Breakwater Brewing Co. Teahupo’o - Imperial IPA Reincarnation - Blonde Barrel-Aged American-Style Sour Ale ChuckAlek Independent Brewers Trading Co. Bourbon Nut Brown Coronado Brewing Company Stingray IPA Seacoast Pilsner BA Punk’In Drublic (limited) Council Brewing Imperial Beatitude with Peach & Nectarine - Tart Saison Barrel Aged Pumpkin Spiced Saison Culture Brewing Co Wet Hop Equinox IPA Oaked Imperial Stout Dos Desperados Brewery Pancho Villa Dos IPA Duck Foot Brewing Company Duck Foot Double IPA Duck Foot Red Ale Duck Foot Ukranian Imperial Stout Fallbrook Brewing Company, Inc. Fallbrook Homegrown - SD Saison Falling Rock Saison - Saison Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Keller Pilsner Winterbock Green Flash Brewing Co. Ouroboros – Imperial Stout Segal Ranch – Session IPA CASK - Treasure Chest IPA with El Dorado Groundswell Brewing Company White IPA Double IPA Special Stuff Guadalupe Brewery El Vainillo - Vanilla Cream Ale Hazelnut Porter Blueberry Sour

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Half Door Brewing Co. Socialable IPA Gimmick Ale

Pizza Port Brewing Co Plant to Pint Fresh Hopped IPA Bourbon Barrel Aged Eukaryst Sinister Stout

Helm’s Brewing Co. Wicked as Sin IPA Batten Down Brown

Quantum Brewing, LLC Chain Reaction Session IPA Hadron Wheat Boron Brown Ale

Hillcrest Brewing Company Hopsucker - DIPA Long & Stout - Russian Imperial Stout Intergalactic Brewing Company Rebel Alliance Imperial Chocolate and Coconut Stout The Cake Is A Lie Coffee Cream Ale Karl Strauss Brewing Company Deux Amis Singularity Black IPA Kilowatt Brewing Hoptastic Voyage IPA Mezcal Cardamom Scotch Ale Legacy Brewing Co. Oak Aged Clan Ross Scotch Ale The Mericle Pils Dark Pilsner Lightning Brewery Barrel Fermented and Aged Fig Honey Wheat Beer Barrel-aged Electrostatic Ale Mike Hess Brewing Co. North Park IPA My Other Vice Berliner Weisse Mission Brewery Double Dry Hopped Shipwrecked Raspberry Wheat Modern Times Beer Monsters’ Park with Coconut and Cocoa Nibs Monkey Paw Brewing Low and Slow w/ Mescal Soaked Oak & Chilis Mother Earth Brew Co. Four Seasons - Autumn Quit Stalin New English Brewing Co Barrel Aged Grand Cru Adams Avenue Imperial Porter Novo Brazil Brewing Company Copacana IPA Ipanema Double IPA Novo Golden Ale Offbeat Brewing Company Breakfast Coffee Pale Ale Caticorn IPA - Extra Dry Hopped O’Sullivan Bros. Brewing Co. Catholic Guilt - Smoked Porter Our Father’s Stout Pacific Beach Ale House Mexican Chocolate Stout Bourbon Pecan Porter

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Rip Current Brewing Double Lupulin Lust Break Line Bock Rock Bottom La Jolla Jasper’s Double IPA Woodford Reserve Barrel Aged Imperial Porter Rough Draft Brewing Company Grapefruit Weekday IPA Barrel-Aged Freudian Sip San Diego Brewing Co. Monster Mash 2015 Glasgow Kiss Wee Heavy San Marcos Brewing Company Bitter Bitch - Hopped Honey Ale Pompous Ass - Double Brown Ale Second Chance Beer Co Tabula Rasa Toasted Porter Fool Me Twice Imperial IPA Societe Brewing Company The Heiress The Butcher South Park Brewing Scripps Pier Stout w/ Coffee & Vanilla Stone Brewing Co. Stone Cali-Belgique IPA Aged in Reposado Tequila Barrels Stone W00t Stout 3.0 2015 The Lost Abbey Track 8 Red Poppy Thorn Street Brewery Barrel Aged Dark Tsar Imperial Stout aged in Heaven Hill barrels Toolbox Brewing Company CucumBerliner - Berliner Weisse with Cucumber Twisted Manzanita Ales Cot Brett Handed Riverwalk Blonde Ale Witch’s Hair Revival Tactics Urbn St Brewing Co BraveCort 2015 Barrel-Aged AMBR Valley Center Brewery LLC Lake Wohlford Lager Woods Valley Cream Ale Sour #10 Hell Hole Canyon Stout

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2kids Brewing Co. Obligatory IPA One Twenty Three American Style Cream Ale

Breakwater Brewing Co. Bandidos Yanquis - Mexican-Style Pilsner Del Mar Jetty IPA

32 North Brewing Co. Landfall Berliner Weisse Peanut Butter Cup Porter

Callahan’s Pub & Brewery Blueberry Wheat Callahan’s Red

Abnormal Beer Co Calamansi Saison Debut IPA

Coronado Brewing Company Stingray IPA Seacoast Pilsner BA Punk’In Drublic (limited)

Acoustic Ales Brewing Experiment Hit Me With Your Best Hops - DIPA Onery Mosh Pit Imperial Red Ale AleSmith Brewing Company Double Red IPA X – Extra Pale Ale Alpine Beer Company Hop Boxed - IPA Pure Hoppiness - DIPA Nelson - Rye IPA Amplified Ale Works Electrocution IPA Leggy Blonde Arcana Brewing Company Wry Rye IPA Dark Cherry Ale Automatic Brewing Co Automatic Live Wire 23 Pale Ale Automatic / Mother Earth Collaboration Sour Aztec Brewing Company Macaroon Nut Brown Hop Serpent - Imperial IPA Bagby Beer Company Worker Beer - Golden Ale Brewed w/Honey Boy Wonder - American IPA Ballast Point Brewing and Spirits 2012 Three Sheets Barley Wine Aged in Brandy Barrels Sculpin - India Pale Ale with Pineapple Dorado - Double India Pale Ale with Watermelon Fathom - India Pale Lager with Orange and Vanilla Hout Series - 2001 Blended Sour Black Ale with Blackberries and Black Currants (limited)

Culture Brewing Co Blonde Ale Red Ale Session Equinox IPA Milk Stout Dos Desperados Brewery Pancho Villa Dos IPA Duck Foot Brewing Company Duck Foot California Honey Ale Duck Foot IPA Fallbrook Brewing Company, Inc. De Luz - Rye IPA Falltucky - Nut Brown Ale Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Keller Pilsner Winterbock Green Flash Brewing Co. Segal Ranch - Session IPA Le Freak - Belgian-Style Imperial IPA Oculus Sauvage - Belgian-Style IPA Aged in Red Wine Barrels Ouroboros – Imperial Stout CASK - Soul Style IPA with Prickly Pear and Tangerine Groundswell Brewing Company White IPA Double IPA Special Stuff Half Door Brewing Co. Gimmick Ale

Belching Beaver Brewery Peanut Butter Milk Stout Great Lei Pineapple-Colada IPA

Helm’s Brewing Co. Wicked as Sin IPA Batten Down Brown

Benchmark Brewing Company Table Beer - Belgian Session Ale Oatmeal Stout - American Oatmeal Stout Primitive Camp - Classic American Pilsner (limited)

Hillcrest Brewing Company Crotch Rocket - Irish Red Beer Head Blonde - Kolsch Style Blonde

BNS Brewing and Distilling Company Revolver - IPA Gatling Gun - Stout Flintlock - Pale Bolt Brewery Mango Me Crazy Citra Pale Ale Booze Brothers Brewing Co. Ol’ Grandaddy’s IIPA Cherry Blind Wit

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Council Brewing Bully Pulpit - IPA Beatitude - Tart Saison

Intergalactic Brewing Company Red Shirt #38 SDBW White IPA w/ Cucumber and Grapefruit Spudnik Sweet Potato Amber Ale Karl Strauss Brewing Company Peanut Butter Cup Porter Mosaic Session Ale Big Barrel IIPA Windansea Wheat Hefeweizen CASK - Peanut Butter Cup Porter CASK - Wild Ride

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Kilowatt Brewing Hoptastic Voyage IPA Honey Hefeweizen Latitude 33 Brewing Company 33 IPA Honey Hips Strong Blonde Legacy Brewing Co. Sleighwreck - Holiday Seasonal Hellacious Guava IPA Founding Fathers Nut Brown Recon Rye Session IPA Lightning Brewery Thunderweizen Ale Elemental Pilsner Electrostatic Ale Black Lightning Porter Magnetic Brewing LLC Lodestone Weiss Doman Iconic IPA Mike Hess Brewing Co. Grazias Vienna Cream Ale Habitus Double IPA CASK - Ficus Belgian Fig Dark Ale w/ Cocoa Nibs and Habanero Peppers Mission Brewery Double Dry Hopped Shipwrecked Raspberry Wheat Modern Times Beer Black House Lomaland Monkey Paw Brewing Diabolic - Half Door Collab: Vermont Style IPA Blueberry Smoked Stout Mother Earth Brew Co. Cali Creamin’ Vanilla Cream Ale Hop Diggity DIPA New English Brewing Co Zumbar Chocolate Coffee Imperial Stout Pure & Simple IPA Novo Brazil Brewing Company Copacana IPA Ipanema Double IPA Novo Golden Ale Offbeat Brewing Company Bear Arms Brown Ale Felicita Session IPA Oggi’s Sports Brewhouse Pizza LT’s Grapefruit Session IPA Black Magic Stout On The Tracks Brewery LLC Santo Spike - Whiskey Barrel-Aged Sour Blonde Cream Ale O’Sullivan Bros. Brewing Co. Catholic Guilt - Smoked Porter Our Father’s Stout Pacific Beach Ale House Slomo Saison Rockfish Red Ale Pizza Port Brewing Co Kook Double IPA Grandview Golden Prohibition Brewing Company, Inc. Vanilla Cream Ale Hef-U-Up Ruby Red Quantum Brewing, LLC Chain Reaction Session IPA Hadron Wheat Boron Brown Ale 2015 San Diego Beer Week

Rip Current Brewing Double Lupulin Lust Break Line Bock Rock Bottom La Jolla Pumpkin King’s Porter La Lupula Blanca White IPA Rocktoberfest Lager Berry White Tea Infused Blonde CASK - Pumpkin King’s Porter with Makers Mark Red Oak Chips Rough Draft Brewing Company Grapefruit Weekday IPA Stout Stout Baby Vanilla Stout San Diego Brewing Co. Infinitude IIPA Old Town Nut Brown San Marcos Brewing Company Bitter Bitch - Hopped Honey Ale Pompous Ass - Double Brown Ale Second Chance Beer Co Seize the IPA Take Two Brown Tabula Rasa Toasted Porter Societe Brewing Company The Harlot The Pupil South Park Brewing CASK - Scripps Pier Stout with Coconut Cask Stone Brewing Co. Stone Go To IPA w/ Lemon Peel and Vanilla Bean Stone Coffee Milk Stout w/Stone Farms Chocolate Mint Stone Enjoy By 11.27.15 IPA CASK - Juli Goldenberg / Monkey Paw / Stone 24 Carrot Golden Ale 2015 Stumblefoot Brewing Wild Wit San Elijo Sour The Homebrewer, LLC SMASH - 2-Row & Pacific Gem Belgian Amber The Lost Abbey Serpent’s Stout Merry Taj CASK - Santo Ron Diego Thorn Street Brewery Fornication Belgian Golden Strong Ale Got Nelson?

Toolbox Brewing Company Grass Fed Lettuce - Dry hopped Sour Life GOSE On CASK -TBD Twisted Manzanita Ales Riverwalk Blonde Ale Witch’s Hair Revival Tactics Urbn St Brewing Co Saison Seasonal Kettled Sour Brown Valley Center Brewery LLC Lake Wohlford Lager Woods Valley Cream Ale Sour #10 Hell Hole Canyon Stout Wavelength Brewing Company Redshift Hibiscus Red Ale D.O.S. Attach IPA White Labs Pasteur Porter

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2015 SDBW Beer Garden’s Chef & Brewery Pairings Greg Frey, The Golden Door • w/ AleSmith Brewing Co. & Mother Earth Brew Co. Phillip Esteban, The Cork and Craft • w/ Abnormal Beer Co. – Karl Strauss Brewing Co. Hanis Cavin, Carnitas Snack Shack • w/ New English Brewing Co. – Urbn St. Brewing Co. Lance Repp, University Club • w/ Pizza Port Brewing Co. – Belching Beaver Brewery Tom Connolly, Stone Brewing World Bistro & Garden, Liberty Station

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Urban Collaborative Project’s Barry Pollard is on a mission to transform Euclid and Imperial avenues

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n mid-October a 23-year-old man was shot in the face in an apparent drive-by shooting at the southwest corner of Euclid and Imperial avenues. It was a bloody crime scene.

Just two days later, however, the intersection was re-energized.

The corner was transformed by a gathering of artists, musicians, dancers and community members who came together to take back a location with a long history of violence and disrepair.

They congregated for a Better Block Southeastern San Diego event. Artists created original paintings on electrical boxes and storefronts. Planter boxers and benches were installed to turn the area into a welcoming space.

[More on this effort later.] Local talent performed throughout the day. That’s the exact transformation Barry Pollard of the Urban Collaborative Project (UCP) wanted to see—from tragedy to celebration.

“This corner needs an injection of new energy; creative energy, peaceful energy,” says Pollard, as he sits in a storefront converted into a pop-up art gallery for the Better Block event. “And that isn’t going to be the solution, but hell, it’s much better than people shooting each other. This will start a conversation.”

Pollard is in the middle of a battle to turn Euclid and Imperial—an intersection in Encanto that has in the past been called the “Four Corners of Death”—into a thriving arts-and-culture district created by and for the residents of the neighborhood.

Through the UCP, a small nonprofit focused on civic engagement and community outreach for the betterment of Southeastern San Diego, Pollard is working on a grassroots level with a dedicated team of volunteers and supporting nonprofits to make this vision for the corner a reality.

He’s galvanized a cooperative of, so far, 15 local artists to develop an action plan for public art, find funding strategies and create art pieces around the intersection. These will include murals on various buildings, non-permanent installation pieces and functional pieces like the benches and planter boxes.

The UCP also works on various community and youth engagement projects throughout Southeastern San Diego, including voter registration, health and food access education and neighborhood cleanups.

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The island median at the corner of Euclid and Imperial avenues “I don’t want to hire people from other communities to for removal. So Pollard and his team decided to leave the come here,” Pollard says. “We want people from this com- planters and benches in place. munity to contribute to create a degree of focus and synPollard is vocal about his disappointment with the ergy. I want young artists to start mayor’s office, and thinks there should be a bigger focus alex zaragoza claiming this as theirs, and to do on the disrepair of local buildings than on a project he that by putting their art on it.” feels is doing good.

Among the artists working “I’m saying wake up, start paying attention to our neighwith Pollard is Blaize Mekinna, borhood and start letting us be as creative as we can,” Pollard a resident of Southeastern San says. “We understand there needs to be some consistency and Diego. guidelines, but make the guidelines, don’t just create rules. “[Euclid and Imperial Av- Don’t slap us with fines because of what we’re doing. It’s like enues] seemed like such a vital the plantation owner is slapping the hand of the slave and place where the community saying, ‘You boys be good over there or we gon’ show you.’”

The mayor’s office offered this assessment to CityBeat: could come together, hold events and bring more life instead of li- “The city’s Development Services Department (DSD) has quor stores and death,” she says. asked Mr. Pollard to remove the improperly installed plant“I see that a lot of things have ers and benches at Euclid and Imperial. The mayor’s office been proposed through the city and Councilmember [Myrtle] Cole’s office informed Mr. that haven’t manifested, where Pollard about the requirements needed to get the proper Barry Pollard they have in other communities. permits for his project. He chose to move forward with the So I would like to be a part of the project without obtaining a permit. Furthermore, DSD has remedy and make more art present, not just locally, but gen- determined the work was not done up to code. No individual, business or organization is allowed to install anything erate outside interest, too.”

While his efforts to build this better block have been in a public right-of-way without appropriate approval from applauded by many, Pollard has become a controversial the city. To date, Mr. Pollard has never filed for a permit. If figure in the city after routinely calling out the city of San and when he does, the city will be happy to assist him.”

Diego and the office of Mayor The story is still unfoldalex zaragoza ing. As of press time, Pollard Kevin Faulconer, which he besays he will be meeting with lieves are standing in the way of the DSD this week to discuss neighborhood progress.

A major issue has been the a removal permit and future installation of wooden planter plans for the benches and boxes and benches on the corplanter boxes. He says he’s folner of Euclid and Imperial. Pollowing the city’s instructions lard claims the mayor’s office as they’re providing them and never provided city codes or creating a flowchart in order guidelines for their installation, to track and share the process but that he did have a permit with other organizations. for temporary installation as While this process has been part of the Better Block event. undoubtedly arduous and often Pollard had them installed for combative, Pollard is still hopethe event but did not remove ful that the four corners will them afterward. He has inA sign hung during the Better Block have new life brought to them curred fines from the city and Southeastern San Diego event and has joined forces with other been ordered to remove them. community groups citywide to Pollard had planned to relocate the planters and benches move towards making this a process for the entire city. to Project New Village’s community garden last Saturday.

“What has been clear to me is that this issue is a sympHowever, when volunteers gathered to do the removal, an tom of the problem that is the city needing a policy that’s attorney who was part of the removal team read through transparent, user-friendly and equitable for all community a letter from the city and saw that a permit was needed members within the city,” he says.

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Culture | Art With Plascencia and Bracero Cocina co-owner Luis Peña in tow, Ruanova took his research all the way to Stanford University and the Salinas Valley.

There, he visited with the families of the bracero program. The resulting sculpture is made from varying metal parts and is built over a cortito, an antiquated labor of love piece of farm equipment that laborers used during here’s been no shortage of Courtesy of Bracero Cocina de Raiz the program.

“It’s not about national or posthype surrounding the recent national issues. It’s about how hard opening of Bracero Cocina work can better your life,” says de Raíz. Chef Javier Plascencia’s Ruanova. “It’s an homage to these Baja-Med menu deservedly gets men who worked their asses off most of the attention, but another 24-7 and were the foundation for standout part of the restaurant’s a better life for their families. They design is Tijuana artist Daniel helped shape California into what Ruanova’s “The Mexican Labor it is today and they don’t get credit Agreement” sculpture (danielrufor that.” anova.com). The piece is suspendUltimately, Ruanova sees the ed from the ceiling and encased work as just the beginning of a in glass. Ruanova is quick to point larger Bracero series that will exout the large mechanical sculpture tend to exhibitions, lectures and isn’t named after the restaurant a documentary film he’s working itself, but after an overlooked part on with Ignacio Ornelas. He’ll be of U.S. history that he’s extensively speaking about this work at a guest studied for the past year. lecture on Friday Nov. 6, at San Di“A lot of people don’t know that Cesar Chavez killed the bracero “The Mexican Labor Agreement” ego State University at 5 p.m.

“The sculpture is just one program and made the migrant

by Daniel Ruanova thing; one symbol. This is just story a very different story,” says Ruanova, speaking about a labor accord enacted in the beginning and this project is changing the way 1941 between the U.S. and Mexico which allowed I look at everything,” says Ruanova. “I hope it beMexican migrants to work in the U.S. “There was a comes bigger than just a show. I see it as something huge deficiency in the United States labor force be- that’s more of a historical project than an art project; cause of World War II and in Mexico there were mil- something much wider, expansive and influential. lions of able-bodied workers that were about to start It’s about honoring history and starting from there.” a revolution. So both the governments saw a perfect

—Seth Combs way to help each other.”

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o hear local painter Peter Halasz describe the Tree. Halasz eloquently describes the images as “radiwork of friend and photographer Ame Curtiss, ant images of otherwise banal American settings.”

In addition to the show, there will also be an acit’s almost as if she were still alive. The photographer died in 2012 of breast cancer a year after companying book that includes show images, as well receiving her Bard-MFA in photography from the as written passages from Curtiss’ blog (ameacurtiss.

International Center of Photography in New York. wordpress.com). One of the more striking passages Her work will finally be shown Copyright Streettaco Publishing 2015 in the book is when Curtiss writes, “I to the public at Traces, a new have this fantasy of show opening on Saturday Nov. going home to the 7, from 7 to 10 p.m. at Space 4 place of Buddhas and Art (325 15th St.) in downtown.

Mexican Cowboys In her life, Curtiss never got and then…” to see her work displayed in The sentence a gallery and Space 4 Art (sdends there, followed space4art.org) is a suitable by a selfie of Curtiss enough location for the show and three photos of considering she first delved a blue sky. It’s a jarinto photography by shooting ringly emotional coda a rapidly changing downtown to a touching tribute San Diego from 2003 to 2006. about an artist who Halasz is quick to point out seemed to be just enthat Traces is not some kind of posthumous survey of Curtiss’ “Untitled” by Ame Curtiss tering her prime. Surf historian Richard work, but simply a showcase of Kenvin, who was a close friend of Curtiss and worked a huge homegrown talent. with Halasz on the exhibition, penned a loving after“It wasn’t like we wanted to put all her pictures on the Ame Curtiss word in the book. Whereas the downtown home that Curtiss left behind is all but gone, Kenvin likes to think wall and have some kind of memorial,” says Halasz, who lived in New York at the that she would have embraced the changes.

“I think she’d be all over it, shooting it,” says Kensame time as Curtiss. “I wanted to approach it more like she was alive and she had a show lined up at a vin. “Its fascinating stuff actually, the new downtown. Plenty of good subject matter that would congallery.”

The works Halasz curated for Traces extend from tinue her visual story of the place.”

2006 to 2010 when Curtiss lived in New York. There

—Seth Combs are also images from her last year alive living in Joshua

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Culture | Film

Shoot first

Peace Officer

Prize-winning doc looks at the rise of police aggression

by Glenn Heath Jr.

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he militarization of law enforcement practices good to be true, a bit of opportunistic luck presented and protocols has been a hotbed topic in the before the camera. social media age. Combat vehicles, camouflage Despite Peace Officer’s occasional stylistic granduniforms and high-caliber automatic weaponry have standing, something made famous by the oftenall become aggressive symbols of this shift. Adding great filmmaker Errol Morris, it keeps a calm and fuel to the fire, a string of highly publicized officer calculating thesis intact. The detailed research and involved shootings has sparked protests about racial recreations that Lawrence brings to the table speak inequality from Ferguson to New York City. volumes about an unnerving police mindset brought With citizen cameras filming everything at all about by the militarization of their job. Hoping to times, the relationship between police officers and achieve a level of balance to their argument, the the community members they are supposed to pro- filmmakers interview multiple former and current tect has reached a contentious (and very public) police officers who provide, expectedly, more spartipping point. All of these troubling trends provide tan reasoning for the increase in tactical aggression. added weight to Peace Officer, a provocative new “Sometimes peace is purchased through violence,” documentary about the origins and evolution of the says one resolute officer.

SWAT program and “no-knock” The film masterfully juxpolice raids in general. taposes Lawrence’s gripping Dub Lawrence, a former law professionalism with the brute peace officer enforcement officer who now strength rhetoric of talking Directed by Brad Barber works as a plumber in rural Utah, heads who are supposed to repand Scott Christopherson has made it his mission to speak resent law enforcement’s party Starring Dub Lawrence out against police aggression and line. As with any documentary, Not Rated faulty due process, obsessively reality means less than the coninvestigating cases that have restructed argument expressed sulted in needless loss of human through the power of editing and life. He stands as the film’s core subject because of a music. Still, one gets the sense that Lawrence and the tragic irony. After founding the David County SWAT filmmakers could have been even more damning in team during his tenure as Sheriff in the mid-1970s, their critique. that very same unit would kill his son-in-law during Most curiously, Peace Officer, which opens Friday a prolonged standoff three decades later.

Nov. 6 at the Ken Cinema, bypasses the issue of race Directors Scott Christopherson and Brad Barber almost entirely, instead exploring the stories centralplace Lawrence at the center of nearly every scene ly located to Lawrence and his work. As a result, the because of his magnetic presence and thoughtful film tiptoes around one of the most important factors candor. He speaks thoughtfully and meticulously in the debate surrounding police aggression and their about the malfeasance he witnessed on the day role as community builders. Maybe it’s a coincidence his family member was aggressively gunned down that every interviewee in the film is white, but such a right before his eyes. Peace Officer then expands to discrepancy stands out considering the subject matinclude Lawrence’s experience working with the ter and discourse-worthy current events. families of other victims who’ve been killed in noStill, the breaches of power and procedure disknock raids. cussed in Peace Officer, which won the Grand Jury While the filmmakers highlight the unconstitu- Prize for Documentary at this year’s South By Southtional aspects of these developments, they insist on west Film Festival, are egregious and their justification exploring the personal side of the collateral damage by officers of the law disturbingly simplistic. Maybe through Lawrence’s elaborate investigations. While Lawrence will fan out to other communities in need of recreating a horrific shootout between undercover closure and sympathy. God knows there are countless officers and a man named Matthew Davis Stewart more cases beyond the borders of the Beehive State. that occurred on Jan. 4, 2012, Lawrence finds bullet fragments that the initial police inquiry missed com- Film reviews run weekly. pletely. While initially shocking, such a find feels too Write to glennh@sdcitybeat.com.

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The heartthrob

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ab Hunter burst onto the Hollywood scene in the early 1950s, rising from his humble stable boy beginnings to become a bona fide heartthrob.

Strategic studio executives in bed with industry culture rags carefully constructed this transition, creating a pristine all-American product to counteract the bad boy image of James Dean and his ilk.

Early in Tab Hunter Confidential, it’s clear how much of a conflict this caused the closeted actor who spent decades hiding his sexuality from the public eye.

French actress Etchika Choureau, who was romantically linked with Hunter, sums it up best in her

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Reed and film historian Eddie Muller. There’s also a subsection on the rise of live television in the 1960s that amounts to a minor remembrance.

All the while Hunter remains at the forefront, discussing the fascinating tangents of his life with the agreeable air of someone simply going through the motions.

An occasionally intimate exploration of identity and celebrity, Tab Hunter Confidential, which opens Friday, Nov. 6, at the Reading Tab Hunter Confidential Gaslamp Cinemas, nevertheless feels like wiki-cinema that simplibrief interview: “Actors always fies the complexity of an interesthave two faces.” ing historical figure. This seems While Jeffrey Schwartz’s doclike a major missed opportunity to umentary covers all the bases of get at something more.

Hunter’s life, it does so superfluously and with very little stylistic

—Glenn Heath Jr. innovation. The actor’s complicated relationship with Anthony Perkins is given rudimentary treatment, as is the ongoing struggle Opening to retain some kind of connection 16th Annual San Diego Asian Film Feswith his mentally ill mother. tival: Screening more than 130 films at five In looking at the story of Tab venues across the county, this is the premiere showcase for Asian and Asian AmeriHunter and 1950s Hollywood, film featuring 10 days of premieres, one can already see the decline of can parties and panels. Runs from Thursday, the star system that had dominat- Nov. 5, through Saturday, Nov. 14. For more ed the industry since the days of information visit festival.sdaff.org/2015.

Florence Lawrence. Yet the film Miss You Already: Two longtime friends played by Drew Barrymore and Toni Colonly glosses over this important lette must come to grips with the sudden paradigm shift with antiquated changes in their lives. thoughts from the likes of Rex

Peace Officer: This documentary about the rise of militarized police operations and SWAT raids in the United States won the Grand Jury Prize at SXSW. Spectre: Daniel Craig is back as 007, shooting and crooning his way around the world in debonair fashion. Sam Mendes has returned to direct with Christoph Waltz taking the titular baddie role.

Suffragette: Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter and Meryl Streep star in this historical drama about the rise of the suffrage movement in the United Kingdom at the turn of the century.

Tab Hunter Confidential: This documentary about closeted gay actor Tab Hunter doubles as a history of 1950s Hollywood and the decline of the star system. Opens Friday, Nov. 6, at the Reading Gaslamp Cinemas.

Time Out of Mind: Richard Gere stars as a homeless man trying to survive on the street in New York City in Oren Moverman’s moving drama. Screens through Thursday, Nov. 12, at the Digital Gym Cinema in North Park.

The Peanuts Movie: Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang is back for another big screen foray. Linus isn’t too thrilled.

For a complete listing of movies, please see “F ilm Screenings” at sdcitybeat.com under the “E vents” tab.

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ERIN RAMBO

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t’s apparent within a few moments of speaking with Leon Bridges that the cool he exudes is genuine. The singer/songwriter’s subtle southern drawl and off-the-cuff humility are infectious. And both perfectly reflect his conservative Fort Worth upbringing as the son of a church-going single mother.

He begins more than one response with “I’m a simple person,” and measures each question before answering thoughtfully. His polite and straightforward manner never wavers.

In an age dominated by shameless self-promotion, Bridges’ modesty is almost at odds with his unbridled success. His June-released, retro-leaning debut Coming Home premiered at number six on the Billboard 200 and he’s in the midst of a completely sold-out world tour.

“It’s insane, man,” Bridges recently told CityBeat before playing to a capacity crowd at Chicago’s Vic Theatre. “Everything’s moving so fast. It’s totally blowing my mind. I just had no idea. Some people might think I did this because I knew it would be successful. I didn’t think that at all (laughs). I wish I did.”

Perhaps the only thing more impressive than the 26year-old’s meteoric rise to stardom is the mythology that is helping him get there. And it reads like a Hollywood script.

Once on a path to becoming a choreographer, Bridges spent downtime between college dance classes writing songs with a fellow keyboard-toting student. When his Usher and Ginuwine knock-offs sounded more like the “old school singers” to a friend, Bridges was encouraged to check out Sam Cooke via YouTube. It stuck.

Combining his already astute fashion sense with the simplicity of Cooke-era songwriting, Bridges initially floundered as a retro-soul act in Fort Worth clubs while working as a dishwasher on the side.

That is, until high-waisted Wranglers came into play.

One night, Bridges was introduced to Austin Jenkins

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of Texas garage rockers White Denim because they were both wearing the same kind of jeans.

A week later, Jenkins saw Bridges perform and asked him to record in the studio that he and White Denim drummer Joshua Block just set up. That was a year ago.

And they haven’t looked back.

“What’s crazy is that none of this was forced,” said Bridges. “I had my own thing going on when I met Austin. He was like, ‘Let’s record these songs,’ and we did. The fact I found the most amazing band, team, management and record label just from that is amazing. And now everything is going so well. I did not expect any of that.”

He also didn’t expect the label frenzy that hit epic proportions when he first released a few of his songs online. But that didn’t stop high-level execs from flying in from overseas or the endless barrage of invitations to a variety of pitch meetings.

Although he finally settled with historical powerhouse label Columbia Records, Bridges did it with the caveat that Coming Home would remain unchanged from the way he delivered it.

“If the labels weren’t down with what I was doing,” he said, “then I’d be totally fine being an independent artist. And really, it was almost like an experiment for them, because they didn’t know how the crowd was going to react. We’re doing the old-school formula and you just never know. But to see how people are reacting to it, and to see labels totally accepting of what I’m doing, it definitely gives me the confidence to keep doing my own thing.”

Confidence isn’t exactly an innate quality for Bridges.

But with each sold-out show, he admits to gaining more and more traction. Collaborating with rapper Macklemore hasn’t hurt either.

But despite the many requests for contributions to various other projects, as well as past opening slots for a diverse range of headliners such as Lord Huron and Sharon Van Etten, the low-key crooner has no plans to change his approach.

“I mean, I do want to make the next record better than the first,” said Bridges. “But it’ll be the same approach. Right now, I’m just really presenting it to the crowds and saying, ‘this is what I’ve got.’ We only have a 10-song record out and a lot of those songs aren’t the types that immediately get the crowd up and dancing. But it’s working.

And I think it’s great that what I do is nothing new.”

Bridges isn’t divulging any of the surprises his follow-up to Coming Home might contain. But it’s obvious that his interests go beyond classic-era soul/ gospel when he casually mentions his love for singers like Willie Nelson and Townes Van Zandt.

And while his tour dates have now been extended all the way through next summer, Bridges admits new material could arrive sooner than later.

“I write wherever I am,” he said. “I could be in the grocery store and think of a whole song right there. I don’t need a certain place to do it. I just write whatever is in my mind at the time.”

Whenever the next thing comes, Bridges knows it’ll be hard to compete with the unfathomable run he’s currently enjoying. But he’s determined not to lose himself along the way.

“I look at myself as a songwriter,” said Bridges. “I want everything I do, and everything I put out, to be a reflection of me. I write under the umbrella of soul music, and my songs are about love. I’m just trying to package it in my own way.”

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notes from the smoking patio locals only

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merald Rats has changed its name to Gooon. Mike Turi, the sole performer behind Gooon and who also fronts Wild Wild Wets, announced via Facebook and Instagram that the electronic project is relaunching this year with the new name and will head into 2016 with more live activity planned. In a phone interview, Turi says that he never had strong feelings about Emerald Rats as a name, and feels that this better represents the music that he makes.

“I really like Gooon as a name for it,” he says. “It’s singular. It has a darker connotation to it. And the music is pretty dark and romantic.”

Gooon’s first show under the new name takes place on Friday, Nov. 6, at Soda Bar with Drinks and Feels. The show also comes after a long period spent working on his 12-track debut album, which Turi is now shopping to labels. He hopes to have it released next year.

And if you haven’t heard the name Emerald Rats in a while, that might explain it. “I hadn’t really played live in a while,” he says. “I’ve been focused on finishing up the record.”

With both a new name and new music on the way, Turi says he’s motivated to make next year a busy one

Mike Turi of Gooon for Gooon. He hasn’t shared any specific plans, but he’d like to play more shows outside of San Diego.

In the meantime, he’s preparing for the first show of a new era, and the opportunity to reintroduce the project to listeners. “[The name is] better suited to the music,” he says.

“I just wanted to rebrand and repackage it. Once the record’s out, I’d like to tour more. I just want to think a little big bigger.”

—Jeff Terich

ALBUM REVIEW Inspired and the Sleep Eyelid Kid (Self-released)

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f you’ve been following the activity of Carlsbad’s Inspired and the Sleep over the past year, you’ve probably heard at least one song from their new EP, Eyelid Kid. More of an ambitious multimedia project than simply a six-song recording, Eyelid Kid is notable in that almost all of its tracks have a corresponding video, which the group has been slowly releasing throughout the year in the leadup to the EP’s release. It’s not that uncommon a practice these days, however, as such a crowded field of new music means having to work that much harder at getting the attention of the listener. The Palace Ballroom did something similar with their newest album, and then there was, y’know, Beyoncé.

I can’t say if it was necessary for Inspired and the Sleep to go to such lengths to simply get people to notice what they’re doing. But I will say this: Eyelid Kid’s music definitely holds its own. Don’t get me wrong—the videos are a cool touch, and it’s always interesting to see a band reaching beyond its comfort zone in the interest of creating a unique artistic experience.

That being said, Eyelid Kid represents a cool step forward for the band.

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The EP starts off with energy and momentum, the darkly funky “In My Labyrinth Mind” propelled

by Max Greenhalgh’s rolling bassline and a propulsive drum beat provided by Ditches’ David Mead.

To top it all off, the song concludes with a touch of sophisti-pop saxophone that turns an already strong track into an unforgettable one.

Not every song reaches those heights, but Inspired and the Sleep frequently come close. There’s more sax and sexy low-end in the groove-heavy strut of “Time Travel,” and the group echoes Spoon’s haunting less-is-more rock on the piano-driven standout “Peripherals.” There’s even a dreamy, unexpected sweetness to closer “Die Slow,” which the band wraps in flute and fluttery synths. Only “Sleeps Well on Knives” feels as if it’s missing something, the toosmooth indie pop sound wanting for more of the darkness that precedes it.

Inspired and the Sleep’s ambition is worthy of praise, but I don’t know if I’ll end up revisiting the videos for these songs anytime soon. The songs themselves, however, that’s another story.

—Jeff Terich

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If I were u A music insider’s weekly agenda Wednesday, November 4 PLAN A: King Diamond, Holy Grail @ Observatory North Park. King Diamond is heavy metal’s reigning monarch.

The corpse-painted former frontman of Mercyful Fate is playing his classic album Abigail in its entirety, and it’s sure to be a dark, dramatic spectacle. PLAN B: Botanica Chango, Gary Wilson and the Blind Dates, Bit Maps @ The Irenic. Botanica Chango are releasing their new album, Britney, and they’ve put together a special event for the occasion. Several other great bands will be sharing the stage, and there’s even going to be a special “flashlight show.”

Hope you’re not afraid of the dark.

Thursday, November 5 PLAN A: Richard Thompson @ Belly Up Tavern. If you’re going to spend an evening with just one musician, you could do a

lot worse than Richard Thompson. The UK singer/songwriter has nearly 50 years of performing under his belt, and in addition to having many great songs, he’s a hell of a guitar player. The man’s a legend. PLAN B: Of Montreal, Diane Coffee @ The Irenic.

Of Montreal shows are sort of like having a psychedelic experience without drugs.

There are lots of bright colors, strange costumes, props and other weirdness.

And the music isn’t half bad either.

BACKUP PLAN: Shopping @ The Hideout.

Monti, Fogg, Petyr, Loom, Operation Mindblow Lightshow @ Til-Two Club.

Saturday, November 7

PLAN A: Gloomsday, Ditches, The Gloomies @ Bar Pink. There’s twice the gloom at this show, thanks to up-and-comers The Gloomies and hard-rocking duo Gloomsday, one of my favorite local bands.

Sandwiched in between are Ditches, who round out one of the best local showcases of the week. PLAN B: Sisu, Lunar Maps, Hexa @ The Hideout. Feel like getting a little dreamy and goth? Don your black leather and eyeliner and catch Sisu, the side project of Dum Dum Girls’ Sandra Vu. BACKUP PLAN: Mr. Tube and the Flying Objects, Widows, Victory Mansion @ The Casbah.

Friday, November 6 PLAN A: Drinks, Feels, Gooon, DJ Tim Hines @ Soda Bar. Drinks is the duo of Tim Presley and Cate LeBon, and they play some great raw, lightly psychedelic rock music with excellent melodies. Sometimes, that’s all you need. BACKUP PLAN: Sacri

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Sunday, November 8 PLAN A: Curren$y, Freddie Gibbs @ Observatory North Park. New Orleans rapper Curren$y has been pretty prolific over the past few years, having released six albums since 2010. As it turns out, most of them are excellent, laid-back hiphop gems. PLAN B: Strange Wilds, The Bad Vibes @ Soda Bar. Strange Wilds are, for all

intents and purposes, a grunge band. But it’s the type of grunge that existed before MTV picked up on it. This is loud, heavy, noisy stuff and it’s quite good.

Monday, November 9 PLAN A: The Sloths, The Bassics @ The Casbah. California garage rockers The Sloths broke up in 1966, but they’re back together and making some wild, super fun noise once again. They’re joined by The Bassics, who represent the best and brightest of a new generation of garage.

Tuesday, November 10 PLAN A: HEALTH, Pictureplane @ The Casbah. HEALTH’s new album Death Magic is, far and away, one of the best albums of the year. It’s a noisy, sexy blend of electronic beats and industrial weirdness, and I can’t help but love the hell out of it.

It also translates well live, so be ready to dance. PLAN B: The Menzingers, MewithoutYou, Restorations, Pianos Become the Teeth @ Observatory North Park. The Menzingers are definitely one of the best punk bands of the moment, but I’m an even bigger fan of Restorations, who combine earnest rock ‘n’ roll with a blistering post-hardcore streak. I strongly endorse this band. BACKUP PLAN: The Fall of Troy, Kylesa, Powwers @ The Irenic.

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Concerts HOT! NEW! FRESH!

Finch (The Irenic, 12/11), The Dears (Casbah, 12/12), ‘Country Christmas’ w/ Nancarrow (BUT, 12/23), Josh Ritter (Observatory, 1/18), Martin Courtney (Casbah, 1/19), G. Love and Special Sauce (BUT, 1/29), Cradle of Filth (HOB, 2/18), The Infamous Stringdusters (BUT, 2/26), Basia Bulat (Casbah, 3/2), Lewis Black (Balboa Theatre, 3/3), Agent Orange (Casbah, 3/4), Madeleine Peyroux (BUT, 3/20), Ellie Goulding (Viejas Arena, 4/23), Demi Lovato, Nick Jonas (Sleep Train Amphitheatre, 8/14).

GET YER TICKETS Yo La Tengo (Observatory, 11/12), Viet Cong (Irenic, 11/12), Mayhem, Watain (Observatory, 11/13), Born Ruffians (Soda Bar, 11/13), Youth Lagoon (BUT, 11/14), Ty Dolla$ign (HOB, 11/14), The Cult, Primal Scream (HOB, 11/19), YOB (Brick by Brick, 11/19), Skinny Puppy (Observatory, 11/20), Lucero (BUT, 11/22), Sturgill Simpson (Observatory, 11/22), Chance the Rapper (SOMA, 11/23), X, Mike Watt (Casbah, 11/27-28), Maruta, Vattnet Viskar (TilTwo Club, 11/27), Venom Inc. (Brick by Brick, 11/28), Grouch & Eli, Chali 2na (Observatory, 12/1), Nikki Lane (The Irenic, 12/1), The Bad Plus (Music Box, 12/8), The White Buffalo (HOB, 12/10), Three Mile Pilot (Casbah, 12/10), Ag-

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nostic Front (Til-Two Club, 12/12), The Maine (Irenic, 12/12), Common Sense (BUT, 12/12), Reverend Horton Heat (Observatory, 12/13), Ghostface Killah (Observatory, 12/17), Macy Gray (BUT, 12/17), Rick Springfield (HOB, 12/18), Bone Thugs N Harmony (Observatory, 12/18), Vince Staples (Observatory, 12/19), Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven (BUT, 12/27), Ozomatli (BUT, 12/28), Chet Faker (Observatory, 12/29), Donavon Frankenreiter (BUT, 12/29-30), The Academy Is… (Observatory, 12/30), Los Lobos (BUT, 12/31), Josh Ritter (Observatory, 1/18), Ladysmith Black Mambazo (BUT, 1/19), Killing Joke, The Soft Moon (BUT, 1/26), Richard Cheese (HOB, 1/29), The English Beat (BUT, 2/5-6), Aaron Neville (Balboa Theatre, 2/11), At the Gates (HOB, 2/19), Dr. Dog (Observatory, 2/20), Anti-Flag (Observatory, 2/25), Ani DiFranco (BUT, 2/25), Joe Satriani (Balboa Theatre, 3/1), Galactic (BUT, 3/3), Gary Clark Jr. (HOB, 3/11), Junior Boys (Casbah, 3/18), Twentyonepilots (Viejas Arena, 7/24), 5 Seconds of Summer (Sleep Train Amphitheatre, 9/9).

November Wednesday, Nov. 4 King Diamond at Observatory North Park. Spencer Moody at The Casbah.

Thursday, Nov. 5 The Internet at The Loft at UCSD. Of Montreal at The Irenic.

Friday, Nov. 6 Leon Bridges at Observatory North Park.

Drinks at Soda Bar. Bob Schneider at Belly Up Tavern (sold out).

Saturday, Nov. 7 Fortunate Youth at Belly Up Tavern.

Beat Connection at The Loft at UCSD.

Sunday, Nov. 8 Tim Flannery at Music Box. Curren$y, Freddie Gibbs at Observatory North Park.

Tuesday, Nov. 10 The Menzingers, meWithoutYou at Observatory. The Fall of Troy, Kylesa at The Irenic. HEALTH at The Casbah.

Moon Taxi at Belly Up Tavern.

Wednesday, Nov. 11 Raheem Devaughn and Leela James at Music Box. Tops at The Hideout. Desaparecidos at Belly Up Tavern. Collective Soul at House of Blues. The Underachievers at Observatory North Park.

Thursday, Nov. 12 Dave and Phil Alvin at Belly Up Tavern.

Godsmack at Open Air Theatre. Yo La Tengo at Observatory North Park. Soulside at The Casbah. Viet Cong at The Irenic.

Friday, Nov. 13 Born Ruffians at Soda Bar. The Album Leaf at The Casbah. Mayhem, Watain at Observatory North Park. Circa Survive at House of Blues.

Saturday, Nov. 14 Ty Dolla$ign at House of Blues. Dead Feather Moon at Music Box. In the Valley Below at The Casbah. Modern Baseball, Pup, Jeff Rosenstock at Lamppost Warehouse. Youth Lagoon at Belly Up Tavern.

Sunday, Nov. 15 The Front Bottoms at The Irenic. Puro Instinct at Soda Bar. Squeeze at House of Blues.

Monday, Nov. 16 City and Colour at House of Blues. Atmosphere at Observatory North Park.

Tuesday, Nov. 17 Keep Shelly In Athens at The Casbah.

Psychedelic Furs at Belly Up Tavern.

Wednesday, Nov. 18 Mac Miller at House of Blues.

Thursday, Nov. 19 Big K.R.I.T. at Observatory North Park.

Weatherbox at Soda Bar. YOB at Brick

by Brick. The Cult, Primal Scream at House of Blues. Ryan Bingham at Belly Up Tavern.

Friday, Nov. 20 Ryan Bingham at Belly Up Tavern.

Havok at Soda Bar. Skinny Puppy at Observatory North Park.

Saturday, Nov. 21 Everclear at Music Box. Minus the Bear at Observatory North Park. Author and Punisher at The Hideout.

Sunday, Nov. 22 Rise Against at Soma. Lucero at Belly Up Tavern. Allison Weiss at The Casbah.

New Found Glory, Yellowcard at House of Blues. Sturgill Simpson at Observatory North Park. Kate Boy at Soda Bar.

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Music Monday, Nov. 23 Chance the Rapper at SOMA. TesseracT at House of Blues.

Tuesday, Nov. 24 Jackie Greene at Observatory North Park. Borns at Belly Up Tavern.

Friday, Nov. 27 Darwin Deez at House of Blues. Robert Delong at Music Box. Maruta, Vattnet Viskar at Til-Two Club. Nashville Pussy at The Hideout. X, Mike Watt at The Casbah.

Saturday, Nov. 28 X, Mike Watt at The Casbah. Venom Inc. at Brick by Brick.

Sunday, Nov. 29 Silverstein, Senses Fail at Observatory North Park.

Monday, Nov. 30 Intronaut at Soda Bar. John Waters at Observatory North Park.

December Tuesday, Dec. 1 Grouch & Eli, Chali 2na at Observatory North Park. Nikki Lane at The Irenic.

Thursday, Dec. 3 Charlie Hunter Trio at The Loft. The Avengers at The Casbah.

Friday, Dec. 4 Little Hurricane at The Casbah.

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Saturday, Dec. 5 Little Hurricane at The Casbah. Pale Chalice at Soda Bar. Mythbusters Unleashed at Civic Theatre. Warren Haynes at Observatory North Park.

Sunday, Dec. 6 Faster Pussycat at Brick by Brick.

Monday, Dec. 7 White Reaper at The Hideout.

Tuesday, Dec. 8 The Bad Plus at Music Box.

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57 Degrees Wine Bar, 1735 Hancock St., Middletown, San Diego. Midtown.

Thu: Sand Swept. Fri: Show Within a Show: 2fer Gallery Event.

710 Beach Club, 710 Garnet Ave., San Diego. Pacific Beach. Wed: Open mic.

Thu: Karaoke. Fri: Nothing Special, Indica Roots, Devocean. Sat: Jay Allan & The Uncommon Good, Ryan Brolliar.

Sun: Karaoke.

98 Bottles, 2400 Kettner Blvd. Ste. 110, San Diego. Little Italy. Fri: Monette Marino. Sun: The Matt Smith Neu Jazz Trio.

Air Conditioned Lounge, 4673 30th St., San Diego. Normal Heights. Wed: ‘BREEZY BLISS’ w/ DJs Josh Taylor, MyStro b2b Irok, Volz, Jus Sven, Gianna, Viking. Thu: ‘My 80s Vice’ w/ DJ Girth.

Sat: ‘JUICY’ w/ DJ Mike Czech. Sun: ‘Church’ w/ DJs Bass Exotic, Vinnassi.

American Comedy Co., 818 B Sixth Ave., San Diego. Downtown. Wed: Open

mic. Thu: Bobby Lee. Fri: Bobby Lee. Sat: Bobby Lee. Sun: Jimmy Pardo.

Bang Bang, 526 Market St., San Diego.

Downtown. Fri: Bondax. Sat: Sleepy Tom. Bar Pink, 3829 30th St., San Diego.

North Park. Wed: DJ Grandmasta Rats.

Thu: ‘Ceremony Night’. Fri: ‘First Friday’ w/ DJ Artistic. Sat: Gloomsday, Ditches, The Gloomies. Sun: ‘Rat Sabbath’. Mon: ‘Wreckord Mania’. Tue: Citizens, High Waisted.

Beaumont’s, 5662 La Jolla Blvd., La Jolla. Thu: Adam Block Duo. Fri: Will and the Won’ts. Sat: Slower. Sun: Nate Donnis.

Belly Up Tavern, 143 S. Cedros Ave., Solana Beach. Solana Beach. Wed: Vinyl Mill, Heather Nation, Lily Meola.

Thu: Richard Thompson. Fri: Bob Schneider, Cleopatra Degher. Sat: Fortunate Youth, Stranger, Sensamotion, DJ Carlos Culture. Sun: Josh Abbott Band, Carly Pearce, Terra Bella. Mon: ‘Rob Machado Benefit Concert’ w/ Matt Nathanson, Brett Dennen, Andrew Wesson, Timmy Curran.

Tue: Moon Taxi, Mating Ritual, Inspired and the Sleep.

Boar Cross’n, 390 Grand Ave., Carlsbad. Fri: ‘Club Musae’.

Brass Rail, 3796 Fifth Ave., San Diego.

Hillcrest. Wed: Karaoke. Sat: ‘Sabado en Fuego’ w/ DJs XP, KA. Mon: ‘Manic Monday’ w/ DJs Junior the Disco Punk, XP. Brick by Brick, 1130 Buenos Ave., San Diego. Bay Park. Thu: Arkaik, Bermuda, Inanimate Existence, Beheading the King.

Fri: Sprung Monkey, Eyes Set To Kill, Born to Rise, Steeltoe. Sat: ‘Larb Fest’ w/ Putrid Pile, Ascended Dead, Hammered, Xantam, Civilization Dying, Tweakin Like Matty, Kelp Forest.

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Downtown. Wed: Aro Di Santi. Thu: Malamana. Fri: Joef & Co. Sat: Aire. Sun: Aire. Mon: Malamana. Tue: Gio Trio.

Croce’s Park West, 2760 Fifth Ave., #100, San Diego. Bankers Hill. Wed: Clay Colton Duo. Thu: Stacy Antonel Duo. Fri: Daneen Wilburn. Sat: David Patrone Quartet. Sun: Danny Green Trio. Mon: Pat Dowling. Tue: Louis Valenzuela Duo. Dirk’s Nightclub, 7662 Broadway, Lemon Grove. Lemon Grove. Fri: FX5. Sat: DJ Alex.

Dizzy’s, 4275 Mission Bay Drive, San Diego. Mission Bay. Fri: ‘Queens of Boogie Woogie’. Sat: Robin Adler & Mutts of the Planet. Sun: Bert Turetzky.

F6ix, 526 F St., Downtown, San Diego.

Thu: Slim Jesus.

Fluxx, 500 Fourth Ave., San Diego.

Downtown. Fri: Duelle. Sat: Karma.

Mon: Future.

Henry’s Pub, 618 Fifth Ave., San Diego.

Downtown. Wed: AOK Musik. Thu: DJ Junior the DiscoPunk. Fri: ‘Good Times’.

Sat: DJs E, Yodah. Mon: DJ Antonio Aguilera. Tue: Big City Dawgs.

House of Blues, 1055 Fifth Ave., San Diego. Downtown. Wed: Ryn Weaver, Holychild, ASTR. Fri: Have Mercy, Transit, Somos, Microwave. Sat: Rebel Souljahz, Have Mercy, Rebel Souljahz, Tribal Theory, Teki. Sun: The Winery Dogs. Tue: Collective Soul, Onward Etc. Kava Lounge, 2812 Kettner Blvd., San Diego. Midtown. Thu: Psilo. Fri: ‘The Return of the Monarch’. Sat: ‘Ascension’.

Mc P’s Irish Pub, 1107 Orange Ave., Coronado. Wed: Jackson & Jesus. Fri: Manic Bros. Sat: Trunk Monkey. Tue: Glen Smith.

Music Box, 1337 India St., San Diego.

Little Italy. Thu: Missy Andersen. Fri: The Danny Green Trio, Sarah Cabral, Eva Scow. Sat: Wild Child, Madly. Sun: Tim Flannery.

Numbers, 3811 Park Blvd., San Diego.

Hillcrest. Thu: ‘Wet’. Fri: ‘Uncut’. Sun: ‘R&B Divas’. Tue: Karaoke Latino.

Onyx Room / Thin, 852 Fifth Ave., San Diego. Downtown. Thu: ‘Tea Party Thursday’. Fri: ‘Rumba Lounge’. Sat: ‘Onyx Saturday’. Tue: ‘Neo Soul’.

Patricks Gaslamp, 428 F St., San Diego.

Downtown. Wed: The Upshots. Thu: The Bill Magee Blues Band. Fri: Mystique Element of Soul. Sat: Redwave. Sun: Rosy Dawn. Mon: The Groove Squad. Tue: Paddy’s Chicken Jam. Ramona Mainstage, 626 Main St., Ramona. Ramona. Wed: Dolan Brotherhood w/John5 (Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson).

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Rich’s, 1051 University Ave., San Diego.

Hillcrest. Wed: DJ King Kai. Thu: ‘LEZ’.

Fri: DJ Dirty Kurty. Sat: ‘Voltage’. Sun: ‘Stripper Circus’.

Riviera Supper Club, 7777 University Ave., La Mesa. Wed: ‘Boss Jazz’ w/ Jason Hanna. Fri: Hot Butterd Biscuit. Sat: Baja Bugs. Tue: Karaoke.

Soda Bar, 3615 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego. City Heights. Wed: Reptar, Holiday Mountain, Breathers. Thu: David Ramirez, Liza Anne. Fri: Drinks, Feels, Gooon, DJ Craig Oliver. Sat: Gill Landry, Stelth Ulvang, The Liquorsmiths.

Sun: Strange Wilds, The Bad Vibes.

Mon: The Nightowls, Rebecca Jade and the Cold Fact. Tue: Mother Falcon, Ben Sollee.

SOMA, 3350 Sports Arena Blvd., San Diego. Midway. Thu: The Faceless, After the Burial, Rings of Saturn, Toothgrinder, Habitual Defilement, Vile Creations. Fri: Falling In Reverse, Attila, Metro Station, Assuming We Survive.

Spin, 2028 Hancock St., San Diego. Midtown. Sun: ‘Reggae Sunday’.

Sycamore Den, 3391 Adams Ave., San Diego. Normal Heights. Thu: Them Weary Bones, Feathers and Lead. Sun: The Big Decisions.

The Bancroft, 9143 Campo Rd., Spring Valley. Spring Valley. Wed: Karaoke. Fri: 40 Hells, Sea Wolves.

The Casbah, 2501 Kettner Blvd., San Diego. Midtown. Wed: Spencer Moody, The Fink Bombs, Foreign Bodies. Thu: The Real McKenzies, Sculpins, Lexington Field. Fri: Pimps of Joytime, Con Brio.

Sat: Mr. Tube and the Flying Objects, Widows, Victory Mansion. Sun: Radio Eterno, Marujah, Viri y Los Bandidos. Mon: The Sloths, The Bassics. Tue: HEALTH, Pictureplane.

The Hideout, 3519 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego. City Heights. Thu: Shopping. Sat: Sisu, Lunar Maps, Hexa. Tue: Widowspeak, Quilt.

The Irenic, 3090 Polk Ave., San Diego.

North Park. Wed: Botanica Chango, Gary Wilson and the Blind Dates, Bit Maps.

Thu: Of Montreal, Diane Coffee. Tue: The Fall of Troy, Kylesa, Powwers.

The Loft @ UCSD, Price Center East, La Jolla. La Jolla. Sat: Beat Connection.

The Merrow, 1271 University Ave., San Diego. Hillcrest. Thu: Roger!, Tesoro, Goma. Fri: Epic, Township Rebellion, Billy Idolized . Sat: TGRDN, Prestige, Joy Oladokun, Justin Harris. Sun: Horsefly, The Grind, Trelic.

The Office, 3936 30th St., San Diego.

North Park. Wed: Taurus Authority, The Colour Monday, DJs Mike Delgado, Jeremiah BZ. Fri: DJ Eddie Turbo. Sun: ‘Uptown Top Ranking’. Mon: Hollow

SPOTLIGHT Atlanta’s Nayvadius Wilburn, better known as Future, has been dominating hip-hop in 2015 with not one but four full-length releases: DS2, Beast Mode, 56 Nights and his collaboration with Drake, What a Time to Be Alive. The man is prolific, to say the least, but he lives up to his name with forward-thinking trap rap featuring icy, synthetic production and robotic Auto-tune touches.

He’s taking over Fluxx on Monday, Nov. 9. fluxxsd.com

—Jeff Terich Sunshine, Kids in Heat, Giant Surprise, DJs Aaron Amnesia, Mike Delgado. Tue: ‘Trapped’ w/ DJ Ramsey.

The T Lounge, 1475 University Ave., San Diego. Hillcrest. Thu: Stanza.

The Tin Roof, 401 G Street, San Diego.

Gaslamp. Wed: Tesoro. Thu: Cassie B Trio. Fri: K Emeline Band, Charlie Rae Band, Amy Hall. Sat: K Emeline Band, DJ Matty Mac. Sun: Big Flavor. Mon: Acropolis Sound-Off Showcase. Tue: The Spazmatics.

Til-Two Club, 4746 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego. City Heights. Thu: Beevil, Clean Room, Wang Dang Daddies. Fri: Sacri Monti, Fogg, Petyr, Loom, Operation Mindblow Lightshow.

Tio Leo’s, 5302 Napa St., San Diego.

Bay Park. Wed: Seat Belt. Thu: Rockin’ Aces. Sat: Colour.

Tower Bar, 4757 University Ave., San Diego. City Heights. Thu: Timmy’s Organism, Octagrape, Kids In Heat. Sat: The Strikers, Cave Bastards, Batlords, Reckless Disregard. Mon: Santa Ana Knights, Purple 7 Greg Rekus, Todd Allen, I’d Die For Lo-Fi. Ux31, 3112 University Ave., San Diego.

North Park. Wed: DJ Mo Lyon. Thu: ‘Throwback Thursday’. Fri: DJ Bodyrawk.

Sat: DJ R-You. Tue: Karaoke.

Whistle Stop, 2236 Fern St, San Diego.

South Park. Wed: ‘St Vitus Dance Party’ w/ DJ Handsome Skeleton. Thu: ‘Kiss and Make Up’ w/ DJ Jon Blaj.

Winstons, 1921 Bacon St., San Diego.

Ocean Beach. Wed: Synrgy, DJ Carlos Cluture. Thu: BLVD, Mansions on the Moon. Fri: Hot Buttered Rum. Sat: Hot Buttered Rum. Sun: Karaoke. Mon: Electric Waste Band.

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Last Words

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Game show Across

71. ___ majesté 72. Mobil’s partner

1. Fell off 6. “A Visit From the Goon Squad” author Jennifer 10. Nigerian prince’s offering, e.g.

14. Notorious R.B.G. colleague 15. Clue weapon 16. “Or ___ what?”

17. Herman Hesse novel that takes place in India 19. Turned on the waterworks 20. Bad news for an article with a clickbait headline 22. Broadcast 23. Place to pick up a bouquet 26. Thing passed around at a party 28. “My Fair Lady” composer Frederick 30. Modern pentathlon weapons 31. “The body is a temple” philosopher 37. Office drone 38. Spot in the laundry room 39. You shouldn’t lie under it 43. Wired subject?

46. When Ophelia dies, in “Hamlet” 49. Camera setting 50. Louis Prima standard covered by David Lee Roth 56. “You got it, cap’n” 57. Popular frightwig 58. Drink often served with a lime 59. Bone: Pref.

61. Indie band that took its name from a Robert De Niro film ... and a hint to this puzzle’s theme 67. See 3-Down 68. Broadway’s Prof. ‘iggins 69. Warfare tactic 70. “Divergent” hero ___ Prior

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Last week’s answers

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1. Limp Bizkit guitarist Borland 2. Fighter with the career stat 56-5 3. With 67-Across, Royals manager 4. Termination 5. Dash, syllable-wise 6. Flub 7. Mopey kids dressed in black 8. Ladybug’s prey 9. “Ni-i-i-ice” 10. Put into stitches 11. Chop in two 12. Strive toward 13. Oxford lengths 18. Dish ___-look pass 21. Taken in 23. Go head over heels 24. Heavy reading?

25. Band’s first recording 26. Egg producer 27. Throw casually 29. Question after “I was going to throw this away” 32. Pac-12 school 33. Biblical ending 34. French film composer Francis 35. Family 36. “You were saying?”

40. “___ girl” 41. “The Iliad” setting 42. PR agent’s job 44. FEMA mission, briefly 45. Locale for some anal probes 46. First four-time Indianapolis 500 winner 47. Pointer on a laptop 48. 2005 Best Foreign Language Film from South Africa 51. “Incompleteness theorem” mathematician Kurt 52. 2011 hurricane 53. Attendees 54. Deli order 55. ___-di-dah 60. 45-Down operators 62. Wear and tear 63. Strike from the record 64. Person from Pasadena, familiarly 65. Thing that can be bruised and stroked 66. “The Force Awakens” character Kylo ___

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