• Review: Billy Gibbons and BFG Band surprise Belly Up with ZZ Top–loaded set,Donovan Roche • Special for Times of San Diego

    Review: Billy Gibbons and BFG Band surprise Belly Up with ZZ Top–loaded set

    Billy Gibbons (left) and Mike Flanigin perform. (Photo by Donovan Roche/Times of San Diego) What’s the next best thing to seeing ZZ Top? Catching Billy F. Gibbons and the BFG Band, of course.  Gibbons, ZZ Top’s centerpiece and masterful guitarist, launched the side project in 2015, and he’s been kno

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  • Seven shows to see in February in San Diego,Matthew Lickona • Special for Times of San Diego

    Seven shows to see in February in San Diego

    There’s more than a whiff of cinematic glamour to this month’s plays: screen star Katie Holmes comes to the Old Globe, Meryl Streep played young Julia Child not too long ago, Edith Head is a Hollywood legend, and Barefoot in the Park and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying become hit mo

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  • Whalers to cable railways: 5 snapshots of San Diego’s early days,Debbie L. Sklar • Times of San Diego

    Whalers to cable railways: 5 snapshots of San Diego’s early days

    San Diego wasn’t always the city it is today. In the 1800s, people were building parks, moving goods along dirt trails, hunting whales for oil, and even testing cable cars on downtown streets. These five historical highlights focus on parts of the city’s past that have been mostly forgotten but help

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