Music
Jon Foreman steps in and out of "Hurricane"
When Switchfoot headlines the second night of FM 94/9's sold-out "7th Anniversary Bash" on Nov. 8, the North County-based band will preview its seventh album, "Hello Hurricane," two days ahead of its release.
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CALIFORNIAN: Ringenberg and Slim bringing old time country to Temecula
When Jason Ringenberg and Sourdough Slim take the Old Town Temecula Community Theater stage in back-to-back performances as part of the Erle Stanley Gardner Mystery Weekend and Temecula Presents series, they will represent a genuine country and western experience.
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CALIFORNIAN: Son continues Dad's legacy with 'Torch Songs'
Those who feared a popular big band and pops orchestra concert series was in danger of going down the drain in Temecula when Dick Stover died in May, they had no reason to worry.
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CALIFORNIAN: Clarke guides Rockfest into Lake Elsinore
Typically, guitarists in rock and roll bands have a very short and specific job description. They need to play fast, they need to play loud, and when the spotlight comes in their direction, they need to make sure their fingers have the dexterity needed to produce an electrifying solo. But…
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Entering the eye of Switchfoot's 'Hurricane'
Some songwriters resist saying much about their lyrics beyond what may be printed in an album's liner notes. Switchfoot's Jon Foreman doesn't share such a reluctance.
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CALIFORNIAN: 'Music and Dance' created for Mystery Weekend
When Warren Gref asked his friend Joe Waters to write a symphony for the Erle Stanley Gardner Mystery Weekend, about the only thing Waters knew about Gardner was the writer's name.
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CALIFORNIAN: Sax man or piano man? Kenyatta is both
When you ask Kamau Kenyatta if he's a pianist who also plays saxophone or a saxophonist who also plays piano, don't be surprised if he answers "yes."
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Chicago veteran re-creates solo career
In Bill Champlin's view, he's starting over. After almost three decades as a member of the pop band Chicago, the keyboardist and singer is back to life as a solo artist.
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The Raveonettes go home for 'Control'
Danish rock duo Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo have performed together as the Raveonettes since they formed in Copenhagen in 2001, but they haven't been back there a whole lot since.
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Battlefield Band finds global success in Celtic traditions
Perhaps if the Celts weren't so hooked on music, they'd have invented surfing before the Polynesians.
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CALIFORNIAN: Inland Valley Symphony opens season with 'European Tour'
Their European heritage is pretty much the only thing the three composers whose works will make up the program for the season opener for the Inland Valley Symphony at Murrieta Mesa High School's Performing Arts Center on Sunday and again on Nov. 5 at the Old Town Temecula Community Theater.
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Theater
- Playhouse to premiere new musical 'Bonnie and Clyde'
- L.A.-based writer Ivan Menchell remembers being flattered, honored and daunted when director Jeff Calhoun flew out from…
- CALIFORNIAN: Mason brings squeaky clean comedy to Pechanga
- THEATER REVIEW: Harrowing 'Bent' still has power to shock
- CALIFORNIAN: Students of differing ages team for 'Oliver!'
- THEATER REVIEW: PowPAC has strong cast for unconventional 'Fuddy Meers'
- THEATER REVIEW: Clever 'Foreigner' delivers messages with skill
Books
- Local reporter shares behind-the-scenes stories
- In her 17 years as a radio and television news reporter, Elizabeth Sanchez has heard countless stories told among her f…
Art
- Day of the Dead celebration returns to Escondido arts center
- While the streets of Escondido will be hopping with treat-or-treaters on Saturday, the hot spot on Sunday will be the C…
- California sculptor to finish marble 'collar' series at Lux
- CALIFORNIAN: MSJC exhibition explores man, nature and the future
- Provocative 'American Dream' exhibit casts ceramics in a new light
- 'Moving Points': Exhibit showcases drawings by eight Southern California artists
- CALIFORNIAN: Aranda's artwork on display in Hemet
Go!
- Local cities plan Veterans Day observances
- Veterans Day arrives Nov. 11, and local communities will be honoring servicemen and women with a series of events.
Movies
- MOVIE REVIEW: 'Christmas Carol' long on wows, as emotion takes back seat
- Showing all the signs of a major holiday movie event, "A Christmas Carol" is halfway to a great gift.
- Carrey, Zemeckis capture 21st century Scrooge
- MOVIE REVIEW: 'Goats' a wide-open pasture for early laughs
- Encinitas chooses Mary Pickford as subject for first Silent Film Festival
- MOVIE REVIEW: 'Untitled' likable as romantic comedy with sass
- MOVIE REVIEW: 'Antichrist' a jumbled art-horror film exercise
Most Popular
- POWAY: Body found hanging from tree on Halloween
- VISTA: Two Rottweilers maul middle school student
- Police: Three college students found dead in pond
- VISTA: Rancho Buena Vista student airlifted to hospital
- VISTA: Teen killed in suspected DUI crash
- LETTERS: NCT, Nov. 6, 2009
- REGION: Deputy DA says fatal stabbing of neighbor was unprovoked
- LETTERS: NCT, Nov. 4, 2009
Preview Calendar
- Slinging a guitar not your style? Try 'DJ Hero'
- I was never much one for "Guitar Hero." Playing "Smoke on the Water" 50 times while holding a pint-sized plastic guitar…
