2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (483+ words) Quilt Nihon, which happens every two years, is the “largest and most prestigious international quilt contest and exhibition in Japan,” according to Visions Museum of Textile Art, the Arts District Liberty Station museum that’s hosting “Quilt Japan: The 17th Quilt Nihon....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (729+ words) Three San Diego-based authors will be featured during the annual Book and Author Luncheon organized by the Rancho Bernardo Chapter of the Brandeis National Committee next month. On Sept. 8, authors Caitlin Rother, Matt Coyle and Brandon C. Gandy will talk about…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (818+ words) Life as a high school athletic director can lead to late nights. For The Bishop’s School junior Lola Conway, that meant waiting for her mother, Paula, to tell her it was time to go home. Lola, however, wasn’t just sitting…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (553+ words) The Wayback Machine will be parked on Main Street in El Cajon Sunday night, between Magnolia and Avocado, or perhaps more precisely between Guyville and Sleater Kinney Road. It’s 2026, but it might feel like 1994. A year before, the trio Sleater-Kinney…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (710+ words) Social justice singer-songwriter Crys Matthews is kicking off the West Coast portion of her current tour with a stop in Poway on Friday night. Matthews is an award-winning, prolific lyricist and composer who blends Americana, country, folk, blues and bluegrass,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (560+ words) If you’re a big Broadway musical fan, chances are you’ve seen “The Phantom of the Opera” on one (or more) of its five past tour visits to the San Diego Civic Theatre since 1995. Now it’s back, for the first time…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (491+ words) ESCONDIDO — After a breakout track season, Cathedral Catholic High School’s Grace Keefe added a strong summer of training. It showed on Saturday. Keefe won the Bronco Roundup cross country large-school race in 11 minutes, 18.55 seconds over Kit Carson Park’s 2-mile course....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (186+ words) Tied after 18 holes at 68, Peng and Stella Yoon from Canyon Crest Academy went two extra holes at Shadowridge before the junior sank a birdie putt to win the annual Longhorn Open. Last year’s CIF San Diego Section Kicker of the…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (869+ words) The longtime superintendent of an East County school district — consistently one of the highest-paid in the county — is running for school board in an affluent and high-achieving North County high school district. But if he’s elected, he doesn’t plan to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (327+ words) The Knights of Columbus Council 6031 at St. Gabriel Catholic Church in Poway recently presented a combined $50,000 in scholarships to a total of 38 area students. “This is a 32% increase over last year,” said Knight Steve Cobb, who was this year’s scholarship…...