• Balboa Park exhibits innovative Japanese textiles,Tech

    Balboa Park exhibits innovative Japanese textiles

    By Kendra Sitton  San Diego is the host of the first NUNO exhibit on the west coast in over a decade. The leader in innovative modern Japanese textiles has an exhibit called “The Language of Textiles” at the Japanese Friendship Garden through Feb. 27.  “Hundreds of years of tradition in Japan have i

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  • “to the yellow house” rambles through van Gogh’s life ,Tech

    “to the yellow house” rambles through van Gogh’s life 

     Jean Lowerison Art is a harsh mistress. So is public opinion. And a negative reaction – or being ignored – can do huge psychological damage to an artist who’s “not like all the others.” Playwright Kimber Lee’s “to the yellow house” – La Jolla Playhouse’s latest offering – explores this problem. It

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  • Gifts that Give Back,Alyson Pitarre

    Gifts that Give Back

    Around the holidays, the giving spirit naturally emerges. This year more than ever, you may be feeling pulled toward presents that are especially meaningful or that allow you to be thoughtful to a loved one and philanthropic at the same time.In that spirit, we’ve rounded up several gifts that give b

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