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Adrienne Warren, who earned the Tony Award for her role as Tina Turner in the Broadway smash hit Tina: The Tina Turner M...
07/19/2025

Adrienne Warren, who earned the Tony Award for her role as Tina Turner in the Broadway smash hit Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, heats up the stage with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra and conductor Steven Reineke for an electrifying tribute to the one and only Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll.

Relive Turner’s greatest hits and the music of the woman who brought to life songs including “The Best,” “Proud Mary,” “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” “Better Be Good to Me,” “Goldeneye,” “River Deep, Mountain High” and so many more.

Tickets available now.

Adrienne Warren, who earned the Tony Award for her role as Tina Turner in the Broadway smash hit Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, heats up the stage with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra and conductor Steven Reineke for an electrifying tribute to the one and only Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll.

This weekend's live music scene in San Diego
07/18/2025

This weekend's live music scene in San Diego

Formed in Santa Barbara in 1986, Toad the Wet Sprocket were championed on local radio station 91X as leaders in the alternative rock marketplace, earning them a high degree of popularity among college students. After a split in the late 1990s, the band came back together in 2006, with singer-guitari...

La Llorona on the Blue Line: a play in three trolleys
07/18/2025

La Llorona on the Blue Line: a play in three trolleys

We’re at the end of the line, here at National City’s 24th Street station, where giant hopes came and went for San Diego, back in the late 1800s.

Def Leppard producer created the 8 Bar Rule
07/18/2025

Def Leppard producer created the 8 Bar Rule

A lot of people may know about The Rightovers without exactly knowing about The Rightovers. That's because a release by Conceptus, the 2010s Chris Tomorrow project that morphed into The Rightovers, can be seen on top of a stack of CDs in a picture taken of Marc Maron while he was interviewing Barack...

Nuts and bolts
07/18/2025

Nuts and bolts

The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical edition, which was once large enough to hold whole oceans of print. These stories will feature all the original ...

Maren Morris has broken boundaries, smashed records, and affirmed herself as a dynamic vocalist, prolific songwriter, an...
07/18/2025

Maren Morris has broken boundaries, smashed records, and affirmed herself as a dynamic vocalist, prolific songwriter, and showstopping performer on her own terms. Among numerous accolades, she has garnered a GRAMMY® Award, five ACM Awards, five CMA Awards, and three Billboard Music Awards.

She entered a bold new era with the release of her Intermission EP in August, which features “cut!” [feat. Julia Michaels] and the MUNA-produced and playful single “push me over.”

Get your tickets now for her performance on July 31 at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park.

Maren Morris has broken boundaries, smashed records, and affirmed herself as a dynamic vocalist, prolific songwriter, and showstopping performer on her own terms. Among numerous accolades, she has garnered a GRAMMY® Award, five ACM Awards, five CMA Awards, and three Billboard Music Awards. She ha...

Food from the land of a million elephants — in Allied Gardens
07/17/2025

Food from the land of a million elephants — in Allied Gardens

“Lao food! Lao food!” calls a woman's voice through the loudspeaker. The voice gives a couple of whoops. “Ahan Lao! I’m making Laab Kung Lao. Homage to the OG! Ahan Lao!”

Inner Circle, on the bill with Iration, famously provided the "Bad Boys" song that plays during the opening credits for ...
07/17/2025

Inner Circle, on the bill with Iration, famously provided the "Bad Boys" song that plays during the opening credits for Cops

Gregory Page has performed everywhere from London’s 02 Arena to countless international music festivals, headlining as well as opening for Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Judy Collins, Chris Isaak, and frequent collaborator Jason Mraz. Since Page’s first solo album in 1990, he has released over 20 more...

Enter to win a 4-pack of passes to an advance screening of The Bad Guys 2
07/17/2025

Enter to win a 4-pack of passes to an advance screening of The Bad Guys 2

Enter to win a 4-pack of passes to an advance screening of "THE BAD GUYS 2" on Saturday, July 26 at 5pm at AMC Mission Valley.

Events 🗓️ July 17-22
07/17/2025

Events 🗓️ July 17-22

The summer horse racing season at the Del Mar racetrack kicks off with Opening Day. Enjoy cocktails from Blade and Bow’s mixologists alongside a buffet of offerings from Michelin-starred chef Brandon Rodgers. Experience DJs, photo booths, and a hat contest with more than $5000 of prizes for the wi...

We’ve got magic to do at The Star Theatre! Join us for our closing weekend of PIPPIN, a coming-of-age story that highlig...
07/17/2025

We’ve got magic to do at The Star Theatre! Join us for our closing weekend of PIPPIN, a coming-of-age story that highlights the glory of chasing dreams combined with elements of mischief and intrigue.

Don’t miss the show our audiences have fallen in love with. Special Bonuses: ASL interpreters in house on July 18! Special Saturday Matinee on July 19.

This production features a live orchestra!

Grab your tickets today.

Help us to continue to provide Live Theatre at the Star!  No donation is too small - so please help so we can continue to produce first class entertainment.  We look forward to seeing you at the Star -  YOUR Community Theatre!

Cicadas are often mistaken for rattlesnakes
07/16/2025

Cicadas are often mistaken for rattlesnakes

Birdwatchers Need Not Despair just because the winter migrants are gone: plenty of shore birds can still be found on summer evenings in the natural coastal wetland areas of San Diego County. From south to north, the publicly accessible coastal wetlands include the Tijuana River Estuary, south San Di...

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