SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — Our theater reviewer, Sandi Masori, points out that there is a bargain awaiting San Diegans throughout the month of March. She forwards an announcement from Jay Henslee, president of the San Diego Performing Arts League, about deep discounts for same-day theater tickets.
“Some of those tickets could run as much as a couple hundred dollars otherwise, so this is an incredible opportunity to see some of our fantastic local theatres,” Masori said.
According to Henslee: “San Diego has sent more shows to Broadway than any other city in America, and we want audiences to experience what makes our region’s performing arts scene so unique. The goal of Theatre Month is to get you to a seat and enjoy what San Diego has to offer. … What began nine years ago as Theatre Week has expanded into an entire month of exciting offers from over 30 performing arts organizations. We’re working to introduce even more San Diegans and visitors to our world-class arts and culture scene, from Escondido to the Silver Strand and everywhere in between! The options are considerable.”
For Theatre Month 2024, all tickets will be offered at discounted rates of $15, $30 or $45 – these seats are the best in the house as of the night of the event. The goal is to simplify ticket purchasing for all participating events by using one website www.sandiegotheatremonth.com .
Participating organizations include: Backyard Renaissance; Broadway San Diego; CCAE Theatricals; City Ballet of San Diego; Coronado Community Theatre; Cygnet Theatre; Genesis Opera Theatre; Lamb’s Players Theatre; Mockingbird Improv; MOXIE Theatre; National Comedy Theatre; New Village Arts; North Coast Repertory Theatre; Oceanside Theatre Company; Patio Playhouse; PowPAC, Poway’s Community Theatre; San Diego Actors Theatre; San Diego Junior Theatre; Scripps Ranch Theatre with Common Ground Theatre; SDSU School of Theatre, Television and Film; The Roustabouts Theatre Company; Theatre for Young Professionals; Trinity Theatre Company and more to be announced soon!
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Joe Gandelman, who earns his money as a ventriloquist and spends his earnings putting out The Moderate Voice website, which offers commentary on politics and current events, has published a column by Don Hermann pointing out that even antisemites turn to Jewish professionals when they are in need of help. The column also delineates some of the many areas in which our fellow Jews have a deserved reputation for expertise.
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GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
San Diego City Council President Sean Elo-Rivera has proposed a tax on property to pay for flood control infrastructure in the wake of the flooding that occurred last week. San Diego Union-Tribune columnist Michael Smolens points out that one tax increase proposal has already been approved for the November ballot – a half-cent increase in the sales tax for regional transportation projects. Another 1-cent sales tax increase has been proposed, but has not yet secured a place on the ballot, to help fund municipal government operations. Smolens poses the question whether city voters will feel that’s too many tax increase proposals all at one time.
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County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer and the rest of the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to “suspend” the work of the County Human Relations Commission pending an assessment by an outside consultant on how the commission’s objectives and personnel makeup should be restructured. Among citizens testifying in opposition to a long-term suspension was Mohamed Taha Hassane, the imam of the Islamic Center of San Diego. His reappointment to the commission earlier this year caused controversy because he had stated during a sermon that the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that slaughtered some 1,200 Israelis was “justified.” At Tuesday’s hearing, Hassane agreed cultural sensitivity training could benefit commissioners and their staff, but said the Board of Supervisors should speak directly with commissioners in trying to resolve problems, according to reporting by Emily Alvarenga of The San Diego Union-Tribune. … In another board action, reported by the U-T’s Alexandra Mendoza, Lawson-Remer voted in the 4-1 majority on Tuesday to seek federal and philanthropic funding for a program to assist migrants seeking asylum or refugee status to reach their intended destinations throughout the United States. The vote, with Supervisor Jim Desmond in opposition, comes following the closure last Thursday of South Bay Community Services, which ran out of funding.
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SDJW staff