
An album drop, a farewell, plus a bandleader and the blues — Live music this week
Sandollar has a new album coming. (Photo by Katelyn Berberich) Midnight Pine at Music Box One of San Diego’s favorite groups, The Midnight Pine, says goodbye with a special show at Music Box. Founded in 2011 by songwriters Shelbi Bennett (vocals) and Alfred Howard (percussion), the group released fo

Dancing in the moonlight: City Ballet’s 34th season opens with Serenade at UCSD
Dancers perform “Serenade” under the glow of the moon. (Photo courtesy of City Ballet of San Diego) George Balanchine was so taken with California orange groves, he built Serenade’s famous opening around their visual pattern, arranging 17 women in a scattered, uneven formation of an orchard rather t

The opera star, the ‘castle’ and the hill: 7 stories from Grossmont’s early days
View of portrait of Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink standing in interior of room at Christmas 1918. Madame Schumann-Heink was a contralto opera star who lived at Grossmont in her later years. (Photo and caption info courtesy of the San Diego History Center) Before La Mesa became official, there was
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