• New book explores culture of surfing and growing up in OB,Dave Schwab

    New book explores culture of surfing and growing up in OB

    A. Lee Brown, Jr. describes being rocked in the cradle of the emerging surf culture by his mentors while growing up in Point Loma and Ocean Beach during the ’50s and ’60s in “Cradle of Bitchin: A Story of Mentors, Watermen, and The Sea.”A retired professor emeritus with a Ph.D., Brown’s latest work

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  • Oil painter named Emerging Artist at Arts District Liberty Station,Dave Schwab

    Oil painter named Emerging Artist at Arts District Liberty Station

    Last year, fledgling artist Leslye Villaseñor visited Arts District Liberty Station but could only imagine having her own studio space there. Now, thanks to her selection as the winner of the 2023 Emerging Artist Program, she has her own space at that place.The 27-year-old oil-painting artist was an

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  • Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience at Del Mar Fairgrounds,SDNEWS staff

    Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience at Del Mar Fairgrounds

    Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience, a new exhibition developed in partnership with the National Geographic Society, will open at the Wyland Center at Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., at 10 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 27.Beyond King Tut guests will see the archives of the National Geogr

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