Historical
The Death of a Community Asset
A magnificent asset to our neighborhood is gone. Tearful neighbors watched as trucks and other heavy machinery drove onto the street at the end of which a lofty, ancient eucalyptus tree held sway over one of Mission Hills’ canyons. The tree, perhaps over a hundred years old, had been examined by an arborist hired by […]
“The Animation Academy – from Pencils to Pixels”
San Diego Comic Convention’s Comic-Con Museum, showcasing comics and popular arts, has announced its 2023 exhibits opening Saturday, February 4, featuring “The Animation Academy – from Pencils to Pixels” and “Cover Story: Five Decades of Comic-Con,” as well as updates to the Comic-Con Masquerade display and featuring the PAC-MAN Arcade. “Our second year at the Comic-Con Museum […]
San Diego Junior Theatre Presents “Gruesome Gallery of Grotesquerie”
San Diego Junior Theatre, the nation’s longest-running youth theatre program, continues its 75th Anniversary Season with the world premiere of Edgar Allan Poe’s Gruesome Gallery of Grotesquerie, which will run from Thursday, January 13 through Saturday, January 22 and is recommended for ages 10 years old and up. All Junior Theatre productions are performed in Balboa Park’s […]
Thank you, Mission Hills!
By Dixie Hall, President Mission Hills Business Improvement District On behalf of the Mission Hills Business Improvement District (BID), it is fitting to start 2023 with a hearty thank you to our local businesses for all you did during the holidays and continue to do throughout the year. You set the bar for small businesses […]
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Wins Animation Award in 2023 Rose Parade presented by Honda
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance—an international conservation organization with “two front doors”: the San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park—participated in the 134th Rose Parade® presented by Honda, with a float celebrating the Safari Park’s 50th anniversary. With its theme “Celebrating 50 Years of Conservation,” the float depicted rhinos, giraffes and the Safari Park’s iconic Wildlife […]
The Harlem Globetrotters Coming to San Diego
The Harlem Globetrotters 2023 World Tour presented by Jersey Mike’s Subs is coming with game like never before. Your favorite Globetrotter stars are bringing out their amazing basketball skill, outrageous athleticism, and a non-stop laughing out loud good time. Join the Globetrotters as they go head-to-head against the Washington Generals who will stop at nothing […]
Ring in 2023 With Free Admission on Old Town Trolley Tours
January means Locals Month and free admission to all residents of San Diego County at Old Town Trolley Tours, Ghosts and Gravestones Frightseeing Tour and the historic Whaley House Day Tour. The offer begins runs through January 31. Guests must show proof of San Diego County residency with a driver’s license, voter’s registration, utility bill […]
Historical San Diego Hardware Retail Store Adds Online Services
San Diego Hardware, offering the largest selection of decorative hardware in San Diego, is celebrating 130 years in business this month. Founded in 1892 on Dec. 8 in San Diego, the company is still owned by one of the original founding families and is one of the ten oldest family-owned businesses in San Diego. In […]
The Dickens’ Mash-Up and Music-Filled Comedy Hit Returns to The Old Globe
“Ebenezer Scrooge’s BIG San Diego Christmas Show” returns to the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, part of the Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center, for a six-week limited engagement through Saturday, December 24. Based on “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, this Scrooge parody is set in San Diego and written by Gordon Greenberg (Globe’s “The Heart of Rock & Roll”) and […]
Comic-Con Museum Celebrates One Year Anniversary as Year-Round Popular Arts Headquarters
San Diego Comic Convention’s Comic-Con Museum, showcasing comics and popular arts, celebrates its first anniversary as year-round extension of the premier celebration of its kind in the world, Comic-Con International. Since its opening on November 26, 2021, the San Diego-based Museum has welcomed tens of thousands of visitors to explore its immersive exhibits and expand their […]
