
San Diego’s sunlit silent-era mystery: Viola Dana before Hollywood
Title: Viola Dana Abstract/medium: 1 negative: glass; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Date 1900. (Photo via Wikipedia/public domain) Long before movie stars filled red carpets, a few of them might have been kicking up sand right here in San Diego. Among the early screen talents who may have worked here was Vi

Review: New Village Art’s intimate revival of ‘Rent’ wrenching, with stellar voices
The core cast of “Rent” at New Village Arts Theatre in Carlsbad. (Photo by Jason Sullivan/Dupla Photography) CARLSBAD – Sometimes you have to go for the classics — even when it isn’t easy. New Village Arts Theatre in Carlsbad is performing “Rent,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical from Jonathan Lar

Point Loma author’s latest novel finishes a trilogy set in San Diego
POINT LOMA – It’s time to turn the page, or perhaps turn over a new leaf. Retired Point Loma attorney Richard G. Opper has completed his fictional series about Mona Oakheart, a self-taught businesswoman, bar owner, and X-rated film producer with the novel “Oaks From Acorns Grow.” His third book in t
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