FEATURED STORIES
Break out the cots
If it comes to that, Harry Reid must require a traditional filibuster on healthcare reform
By CityBeat Staff 11/17/2009
Simple pleasures
Indie darllings The xx channel post teenage angst and top-40 pop to create lovely, bedroom lullabies
By Caley Cook 11/17/2009
Doing their duties
Lawmakers propose to lift tariffs on imports for the benefit of their districts and contributors
By Dave Maass 11/17/2009
Around the block
From masters of cubism to modern-day cartoon illustrators, our take on five recently opened art shows.
By Baudelaire Shepherd , Sarah Nardi , Seth Combs 11/17/2009
Michael McAlister
The guy behind the ‘wit and hopeful mysticism' on the front page of this week's CityBeat
By Sarah Nardi 11/17/2009
The bad news
Ben Foster is painfully good as an emotionally detached casualty notification officer
By Anders Wright 11/17/2009
NEWS & OPINION
Editorial
Break out the cots
If it comes to that, Harry Reid must require a traditional filibuster on healthcare reform
By CityBeat Staff 11/17/2009
News
Doing their duties
Lawmakers propose to lift tariffs on imports for the benefit of their districts and contributors
By Dave Maass 11/17/2009
Post-Mortem
Death to East Village?
Architect / developer Graham Downes says putting a stadium in the Downtown district is a very bad idea
By Kelly Davis 11/17/2009
Spin Cycle
Return of the godfather
New urbanism promoter Leon Krier comes back to San Diego, stirs the pot
By John R. Lamb 11/17/2009
Presently Tense
Road-sign rage
Driving and reading through the valley of the shadow of death
By D.A. Kolodenko 11/17/2009
FOOD & DRINK
City Eat
Happy campers
North County's Bull Taco is a seafood (and more) shack with a view
By Candice Woo 11/17/2009
2 for $20
Size matters
University Heights' Small Bar creates some serious togetherness
By Martin Jones Westlin 11/17/2009
MUSIC & NIGHTLIFE
Music
Simple pleasures
Indie darllings The xx channel post teenage angst and top-40 pop to create lovely, bedroom lullabies
By Caley Cook 11/17/2009
Music
Lover boys
The Big Pink talk parties, misogyny and why they're not exactly ready for their closeup
By AnnaMaria Stephens 11/17/2009
If I Were U
In the clubs
Municipal Waste, Raekwon and Simian Mobile Disco liven up the live scene
By Todd Kroviak 11/17/2009
Soundwaves
CD Reviews
Our takes on new recordings by The Big Pink, Tyondai Braxton, and Gonzales
By Nathan Dinsdale , Peter Holslin , Scott McDonald 11/17/2009
Nightgeist
Reports from the scene
Rob Hagey is done with Street Scene, Allison Gill is done at with the Blarney Stone, Enrique experiences puppy love
By Enrique Limon , Kelly Davis , Seth Combs , Will K. Shilling 11/17/2009
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Art & Culture
Around the block
From masters of cubism to modern-day cartoon illustrators, our take on five recently opened art shows.
By Baudelaire Shepherd , Sarah Nardi , Seth Combs 11/17/2009
City Week
The to-do list
Art After Dark in O-side, 16 cellos at The Casbah, Luscious Noise at Anthology and circus freaks at Sushi—and that's not even the half of it
By CityBeat Staff 11/17/2009
Urban Scout
Where can I find...
Comfortable shoes that don’t look orthopedic?
By Clea Hantman 11/17/2009
Cover artist
Michael McAlister
The guy behind the ‘wit and hopeful mysticism' on the front page of this week's CityBeat
By Sarah Nardi 11/17/2009
Film
The bad news
Ben Foster is painfully good as an emotionally detached casualty notification officer
By Anders Wright 11/17/2009
On Screen
And now for something completely different
Uwe Boll turns a corner with Darfur—plus all the movies showing around town
By Anders Wright 11/17/2009
Theater
Stock still
There's a new theater trade show in the area, and it's running at New Village Arts
By Martin Jones Westlin 11/17/2009
On Stage
Curtain call
Intrepid Theatre's Much Ado About Nothing heads our theater listings.
By Martin Jones Westlin 11/17/2009
KELSEY BROOKES
"Bigger, Brighter, Bolder" isn't the ad slogan for a new detergent, it's the title of Brookes first local solo show. Includes musical performances by The Dabbers and Lion Cut.
MORE>>THE CANDY STORE
A round-table discussion of the current exhibit at La Casa del Tunel: Art Center in Tijuana, which focuses on issues surrounding the general state of healthcare today. Panelists include the artists, a pharmacy owner from Tijuana, and others knowledgeable in the field.
MORE>>GREG SMITH
Garage Gallery presents: Fooling Your Eye by Greg Smith, an artist whose "illusionary" works "attempt to paint the mundane."
MORE>>WOMEN ONLY BEER U
The popular gals-only "curriculum" for learning how to brew (and sample) fine microbrews is back. The company promises a men's version, coming soon. Must be 21 or older to attend. See website for sign-up info.
MORE>>DAVID FARLEY
Farley discusses and signs An Irreverent Curiosity, about a bizarre Italian town whose residents are in search of the foreskin of Jesus Christ. In order to be signed, books must be purchased from Warwick's.
MORE>>TURKEY CALLING SHOW
The annual Turkey Calling Show features performance artists, tone-poems, storytellers and the Teeny-Tiny Pit Orchestra.
MORE>>Happy campers
North County's Bull Taco is a seafood (and more) shack with a viewWhere there's smoke
The Wrangler Family Barbecue in El Cajon fires up the inner carnivoreEdible remedies
Curing a cold from the inside out at Barrio Logan's Siete MaresIn the clubs
Municipal Waste, Raekwon and Simian Mobile Disco liven up the live sceneIn the clubs
Loudon Wainwright and Richard Thompson play the Belly Up, and An Albatross bring their absurdist grindcore to Che Café—just two of seven recommended shows this weekIn the clubs
Dinosaur Jr. plays a club not called The Casbah, Battlefield Band teaches Celtic Music 101 and Matthew Dear is hard guy to pin downAnd now for something completely different
Uwe Boll turns a corner with Darfur—plus all the movies showing around townZombies vs. vampires
Dead Snow is nothing new, but, hey, it's still about the undead, so it's got that going for it—plus all the movies showing around townChico Club
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