By Lynne Thrope SAN DIEGO–Finally, it is one week away. The mother of all food and wine fests in Southern California – the event I patiently wait for each year to taste, savor, and schmooze with local culinary personalities, such as Sam Zien aka Sam the Cooking Guy, San Diego’s Top Chef Brian Malarkey,

By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO– In Paris, in 1841, the ballet Giselle was danced for the first time.   It was part of an entire repertoire in the various arts which became known as the Romantic Era; dance, literature, poetry and music.   This milieu envisioned the female as ephemeral, not quite human; a sylph, a swan,

By Sara Appel-Lennon SAN DIEGO–Two melodies beloved by English-speaking children recently were played by Klezmer clarinetists at San Diego State University to demonstrate that any song can be Klezmer if played with Klezmer flavor. Yale Strom, Jewish Studies Artist in Residence coordinated the Klezmer complementary concert on Wednesday, November 4, featuring Leo Chelyapov, Robet Zelickman,