North County Times staff writer Pam Kragen was surprised to find that the New Village Arts Theatre presentation of Clifford Odets‘ “nearly three-hour long” boxing/violin/love story drama Golden Boy actually works, even though there are “huge casting demands, thick, ethnic accents, dated dialogue where women characters practically beg to be smacked around.”
Yet somehow, scrappy little New Village Arts Theatre in Carlsbad has made this play work, thanks to a smartly designed two-story set that keeps the action always in motion, and Joshua Everett Johnson’s thoughtful direction that holds the play firmly in period.
Golden Boy runs Thursday through Sunday at 8 PM (a 3 PM matinee on Saturdays) from June 21st – July 13th. For more information or to buy tickets please visit the New Village Arts Theatre website.
The Los Angeles Daily News has described award-winning vocalist Janiva Magness as “a superb, powerhouse R&B singer who delivers blues and soul with show-stopping authority.” And her new album What Love Will Do is reportedly amazing.
Magness reaches heights only hinted at in her previous recordings, interpreting new material written especially for her and songs from Little Milton, Tina Turner, Bill Withers, Al Green, Candi Staton, Dorothy Moore and Marvin Gaye. Her impassioned singing takes each song from deep within her being and projects it out directly into the heart and soul of her audience, making What Love Will Do essential listening for blues, roots, rock and soul music lovers everywhere.
In April 2008, Magness traveled to Iraq and Kuwait co-headlining Bluzapalooza, the first-ever blues concert tour to perform for American troops. And this Friday night (June 27, 2008), at 6 PM Magness will perform in Carlsbad’s Stagecoach Park. Don’t miss it.
If you see someone on a skateboard (even if they’re rolling where they shouldn’t) congratulate them for celebrating a world wide holiday. And if you own a skateboard (no matter how old it is) get out and ride it. Or, you could even stop by the Carlsbad Skatepark at the Orion Avenue Safety Center and share the love.
Amazing how this stuff can sneak up on us. Tonight (June 20, 2008) from 6 to 8 PM, on ball field number 1 of Stagecoach Park “contemporary blues” singer Debbie Davies launches the new summer season of Carlsbad’s Jazz in The Park.
Davies cut her teeth playing in blues and rock ‘n roll bands in the San Francisco Bay area before returning to Los Angeles in 1984, where she landed the lead guitar spot in Maggie Mayall and the Cadillacs, an all-female band led by wife of British blues pioneer, John Mayall. . . . Since 1993, Debbie has produced nine solo recordings and two collaborative CD’s, one with guitarists Tab Benoit and Kenny Neal, and another with guitarists Anson Funderburgh and Otis Grand. . . . in 1997 [Davies] won the award for Best Contemporary Female Blues Artist. She is nominated yet again in this category for 2008.
Pack up the picnic and roll out to Stagecoach for an evening of fine blues guitar in a big park.
There is still time for Carlsbad kids ages 4 to 12 to enter the LegolandS.O.S. (Save Our Seas) Poster Project, as the park has extended the the deadline until 5 pm on July 12, 2008.
The S.O.S. Poster Project is an opportunity for children ages 4 to 12 to creatively explore their ideas for protecting our seas and the creatures who live in them. Children in three age categories (4 to 6, 7 to 9 and 10 to 12) will compete using any two-dimensional medium from crayons and markers to paint, ink, pencil or even LEGO® to illustrate their best idea for protecting our oceans. Contestants may submit posters up to 18 by 24 inches and are encouraged to include a 100-word description of their idea.
Winners of the competition will be announced in July and honored at the grand opening of the new SEA LIFE Aquarium when it opens August 11. All entries should be mailed to S.O.S. Poster Contest, One LEGOLAND Drive, Carlsbad California 92008 or hand delivered to Guest Services at LEGOLAND California by 5 p.m. on July 12. For complete contest rules and regulations, visit www.LEGOLAND.com/poster.
Most of the world probably doesn’t know this, but June 7, 2008 is National Trails Day and to celebrate the Carlsbad Recreation Department is hosting Trail Blast: Emergency Preparedness on the Lake Calavera Trails beginning at 8:00 AM.
Get information on how to handle emergencies while hiking, such as rattlesnakes, poison oak, falls and heat stroke. Also learn how to deal with biking emergencies that could occur on the trail. Meet the City of Carlsbad’s Emergency Preparedness Coordinator to learn helpful tips on what your family can do to be ready for any disaster.
People began gathering at the Tamarack railroad crossing at 10:30 AM today as word spread through Carlsbadistan that an “old-time steam engine” was on it’s way down the track.
This historic engine will be steaming back to Los Angeles today and is scheduled to leave the Santa Fe Station in downtown San Diego at 2:30 PM. Those interested in seeing it on its way north should be at the Carlsbad tracks between 3:10 and 3:40 PM.
Last night while The Wall Street Journal’sWalt Mossberg and Kara Swisher were interviewing their new boss News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch in Carlsbad’s Aviara Grand Ballroom, we were kicking back in the lobby bar listening to the cool jazz sounds of San Diego’s Keni Yarbro and waiting to see what kind trouble we could get into. Only moments before we arrived at The Four SeasonsValleywag.com’sOwen Thomas had been thrown out of the hotel entirely, so we realized anything was possible.
Each year, when the All Things D Conference comes to Carlsbadistan, we try to see how deep we can barge. This year, things went shockingly smoother. The first person we saw when walking into the lobby was Gizmodo.com editor Brian Lam hurrying into the conference center. Then, after running into Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and social media marketing pro Rodney Rumford we decided to try rolling into the “Nightcap Gathering.” No luck. Security stopped us at the entrance. Badges? Apparently, we needed stinking badges.
On returning to the bar and telling our story of woe, a kind PR wizard from an unnamed search giant leaned over. “You need a badge?” he said. “Here, use mine. Just bring it back in 10 minutes. . . . and don’t say anything to the press.”
And just like that we were sipping free champagne in a room full of sweaty tech geeks who had been sitting in their dress slacks for 14 hours. Let just say there was a lot of “bad air” in that room. If not for the pouring talents of Aviara’s Julie and Cindy we don’t know what we would have done.
On the way out we saw Techcrunch.com’sMichael Arrington talking in the corner, but he seemed too busy ruling the tech blog world, so we didn’t bother him.
For a look at all the media that All Things D brings Carlsbad, just click here. It is astounding.
Follow the jump for all our photos of the evening.
Carlsbadistan’s annual brush with digiratti stardom kicked off today at the Four Season’s Aviara as Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher host the Wall Street Journal’s D6: All Things Digital.
Today was golf day, but over the next three days (May 27-29, 2008) D6 will play host to the the biggest names in business. And they’ll all be right here in Carlsbad. See if any of these names ring a bell: Bill (and Melinda) Gates, Steve Ballmer, Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Dell, Howard Stringer, Jeff Bezos, Barry Diller, Jeff Bewkes, Kevin Martin, Tom Glocer, Jerry Yang and Sue Decker.
Tonight Walt and Kara will interview Bill Gates and Steve Balmer, but we’re not really into Microsoft so we’re going to skip it. But please stay tuned over the next couple days as we bring you some “unofficial coverage” of everything that’s going on at D6. And if we can get any of them to come surfing, we’ll let you know.
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North County Times staff writer Pam Kragen was surprised to find that the New Village Arts Theatre presentation of Clifford Odets‘ “nearly three-hour long” boxing/violin/love story drama Golden Boy actually works, even though there are “huge casting demands, thick, ethnic accents, dated dialogue where women characters practically beg to be smacked around.”
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