Eva Trieger is an educator and a freelance writer specializing in coverage of the arts.
-Third in a Series- By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — “Well, I’m going to be in your neck of the woods, so why don’t you suggest a place for us to meet for lunch,” I opened. Terrence didn’t hesitate for a moment. He came back with, “Yes. Let’s go to my favorite restaurant: Applebees.” […]
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Eva Trieger, Lifestyles, Trivia, Humor & Satire-Second in a Series- By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — So, relying on a friend’s referral, I allowed her to give my number to Marc. Marc is a self-professed sexy millionaire. He owns the lion’s share in a failing, dog-eared Resort-Spa. Rumor has it that it was a bad investment, and Marc got stuck
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Eva Trieger, Lifestyles, San Diego County, Trivia, Humor & SatireEditor’s Note: In this eight-part series, Eva Trieger shares with us some of the perils of dating. -First in a series- By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — After the demise of my 18-year relationship to my husband, I began to grow up. I found myself on the opposite side of the country, nearly 3,000
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Eva Trieger, Lifestyles, San Diego County, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAMidrash Psalms 118:17 When you are asked in the world to come, “What was your work?” and you answer, “I fed the hungry,” you will be told, “This is the gate of Adonai, enter into it, you who have fed the hungry.” By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — While the above is certainly a
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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Travel and FoodBy Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — Steve Martin said of comedy, “It’s all in the ti-ming.” (He put the accent on the second syllable.) Well, if that be so, the time is now for Jason Stuart. The actor, stand-up comic and lecturer has also become a published author. This weekend celebrated a book signing
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eva Trieger, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, Californi — Picking up where Guys and Dolls left off, writer Mark Saltzman and director Larry Sousa collaborated to bring us more of Damon Runyon’s loveable gangsters, their Judys, and a few unlikely types who were swayed to the shady side for love or money in the world premiere of Another
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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — While there is little to laugh about when it comes to the subject of the Holocaust, Simon Wiesenthal (Tom Dugan), began the one-man show with a joke. The longer the show went on, the more the actor revealed the character, and perhaps a trace of hubris, of Simon
‘Wiesenthal’ dramatizes life of Nazi- hunter Read More »
Eva Trieger, International, Jewish History, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Latin is a dead language. This is defined as “one that has no native speakers.” Jana Mazurkiewicz Meisarosh is on a mission to make sure that Yiddish never goes the way of Latin. And she’s succeeding. Two years ago, the doctoral candidate from the Slavic Languages Department at the
Yiddish play (with English subtitles) examines power Read More »
Eva Trieger, Jewish History, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Big thanks to Kate Hamill for rewriting Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in such a playful and accessible way. The cast did justice to the snappy, buffoonish, coquettish roles that Hamill created. The playwright sought to deliver Austen’s feminist message and did so in a way that engaged the
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eva Trieger OCEANSIDE, California -Mira Costa Theater inaugurated the new Black Box theater with an ambitious Arthur Miller play which opened April 25th and will run through May 5th. Under the direction of Eric Bishop, two casts took on Miller’s characters in All My Sons. The intense drama was made all the more authentic
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By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Music has a way of altering one’s mood and attitude. Dance possesses the capacity to shift one’s perspective while releasing inhibition. The marriage of the two art forms creates nothing less than magical storytelling. Malashock Dance and the Kontras Quartet intertwine their gifts to bring San Diegans High Strung,
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Eva Trieger, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eva M. Trieger SAN DIEGO — This city is home to a few Jewish day schools and each one has a special niche. I only recently became aware of the incredible aspects of Torah High, the only girls-only Jewish high school available to the community. What makes this school unique? In his office crowded
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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Eva Trieger CARLSBAD, California — Smokey Joe’s Cafe could just as aptly have been named “An Era of Music: From Lips to Hips.” As the sentimental crooners of the 1940s stepped back into the shadows, they made room for the restless, rebellious rockers who ushered in a whole new genre. New Village Arts brings audiences
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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL – House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff, in a New York Times report, says his committee will be “making sure the policy of the United States is being driven by the national interest, not by any financial entanglement, financial leverage or other form of compromise.” President Trump responded that Schiff
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