Monthly archive June, 2016

6/26/16 NOTES FROM THE FRINGE The San Diego International Fringe Festival keeps making its mark, expanding, and offering an ever-widening array of acts: musical, comical, dramatic, dancerly and uncharacterizable. In this 4th Fringe year, there are more than 500 performances, with participants from 10 states and 9 countries (Australia to Ireland, Italy to Japan), over the course of 11 days (or, 11 “eyeball-busting days,” as the yellow-shirted ‘Fringeneers’ put it). Tickets remain affordable (0-$10 per show, less Read More →

6/3/16 FUN WITH THE FIRST FOLIO! In all my international peregrinations, I’ve never seen the First Folio – and experiencing it for the first time was thrilling. The Press got a sneak peek of the wonderful exhibit at the Central Library, which is co-hosting the national exhibition’s only stop in California. The tour, “First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare,” was organized by the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s Read More →