San Diego Gay and Lesbian News

This Sunday is Mother’s Day!

With that in mind, here are some Mother’s Day brunch hotspots in and around Hillcrest, to treat mom to on this special day:

Sunday, May 14

10 am to 2 pm: Mother’s Day Drag Brunch at Gossip Grill

There is a love affair onstage at the San Diego City Ballet, and it’s not just the characters in the one-act adaptation of Carmen which closes out the company’s season this Mother's Day weekend.

It’s between two of its stars, married couple Geoff and Ariana Gonzalez who play Don Jose and Carmen respectively.

I’ll grant that “Oklahoma!” is a pretty good opening song for a musical, but for my money “Rock Island” from “The Music Man” may be the best opener ever written – and also has best last line. 

World renown San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus’ Chamber Chorale is going to make its Lincoln Center debut in just one month.

On June 4, they will assemble on the Avery Fisher/David Geffen stage in New York City to give an emotional performance of Tyler’s Suite which is co-commissioned by the SDGMC.

Martinis Above Fourth is giving you a special treat this week as American Idol Season 7 contestant makes his way back to the stage for an intimate concert on Thursday May, 11.

San Diego’s own Keith London, has gone overseas to the place of his namesake in order to compete in that country's version of The X-Factor, and he’s already made it to the second round of auditions.

Memory can be a bitch. Sometimes self-deception makes life easier to take. Just ask any member of the Disciples of James Dean fan club in fictional McCarthy, Texas.

It’s 1975, and the Disciples (who still haven’t forgotten when “Giant” was filmed in neighboring Marfa) are preparing for a meeting to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Dean’s sudden and violent demise in a car crash. 

I don’t remember high school especially fondly, but not in my wildest nightmares was it anything like the depiction of Westerberg High School in “Heathers: The Musical.”

This isn’t your sweet little show about those good ol’ high school days.

Closing this exciting season of the City Ballet of San Diego is Carmen choreographed by Elizabeth Wistrich and Four Seasons created by Geoff Gonzalez.

First, Carmen is a is a condensed version based on Bizet’s famous opera of the same name.

Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo. This Mexican holiday, popular both south and north of the border, falls on a Friday this year, hence promising to be quite lively indeed. 

That being the case, here’s a quick run-down of some of the festive fiestas happening here in Hillcrest: