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September 2011

Features

100 Works of Art to See Before You Die in San Diego

100 Works of Art to See Before You Die in San Diego

Local art critics, museum directors, and the big kahunas of the art world picked their must-see paintings, sculptures, and buildings with a special checklist just for you

Rebel  with a Pipe Organ in Balboa Park

Rebel with a Pipe Organ in Balboa Park

Droll and lively, San Diego’s civic organist bucks the stuffy stereotype

Fashion Meets Art

Fashion Meets Art

From belted dresses to prints that pop, your wardrobe will stand out this fall—no matter what colorful space you find yourself in. Here, fashion inspired by three art-filled venues around town.

Departments

From The Editor: On Fashion …

Contributors: September Contributors

From Our Readers: Your Letters, Facebook Posts & Tweets

City Files: Hear This, Drink This

City Files: Craigslist’s Greatest Hits

City Files: Our Excite-o-Meter

City Files: Wine Country Goes Kid-Friendly

Calistoga is an ideal stop for oenophiles, as well as those not yet 21.

City Files: What Local Hispanics Love Most about San Diego

City Files: Building the Beer Scene

The San Diego beer scene is so hot you could fry an egg on it. These young entrepreneurs near downtown are betting big on our thirst for big beers and laughing (or hiccupping?) all the way to the...

City Files: Calistoga, With kids

Tips for making the most of a visit to Calistoga with kids in tow.

City Files: Paint by Numbers: Exploring the Creative Process of 4 Local Artists

How does an artist go from blank canvas to gallery-ready in just one month? We dropped in on four of our favorite locals and picked their (right) brain about the creative process.

City Files: A Phoner with... Rocky Long

City Files: Geena’s Gossip: Comic-Con Edition

City Files: It Takes Two: Giant Mural at Art San Diego

City Files: Noted: Around the City in 297 Words

City Files: Your Shelf Life

City Files: Grant Pecoff high-speed painting progression

San Diego artist Grant Pecoff creates a new painting, Heat of Haena.

City Files: Get a Handle on Satchels

The perfect bag for back-to-school season, even if your coed days are long gone

City Files: 2012 Mayoral Hopefuls Ante In

“You don’t need more money than your rivals, you just need enough.”

City Files: Exhibition for Masters a Bit Light on Masterworks

A critique of SDMA’s new exhibition of Juan Antonio Pérez Simón’s Spanish Masters

Party Pics: Monte Carlo Goes Burlesque

Photos from the 35th annual MCASD La Jolla gala.

Party Pics: Fur Ball

Attendees of the 2011 Fur Ball to support the Humane Society of San Diego.

Party Pics: Best of San Diego Party Photos

Attendees of the Best of San Diego party at NTC Promenade.

Party Pics: SummerFest Party Photos

Photos from the La Jolla Music Society's 2011 SummerFest.

Home: Inside San Diego’s Top Private Art Collections

Tour the impressive art collections in three San Diego homes.

Home: Hanging at Home

Yin Xiuzhen's "Untitled" has found a home in the collection of Rancho Santa Fe art aficionados Iris and Matthew Strauss.

Home: A Farmers Market Fête

Dining: Too Good to Share: Short Rib Tortellini at the Westgate Hotel

First Bites: New Chef: The Pearl

First Bites: 5 Low-Calorie Cocktails

First Bites: Ask a Chef: Where will you eat during Restaurant Week?

First Bites: The Sip: Q&A with photographer Paul Body

Meet Paul Body, photographer for San Diego’s Top Brewers

First Bites: New & Notable - September 2011

Restaurant débuts, menu changes, and trend tracking

Restaurant Reviews: Grant Grill

A critical taste of the city’s flagship fine dining experience reveals a sense of San Diego’s culinary history

The Main Dish Spotlight: The Main Dish for September

San Diego Restaurant Week, Calamari Fritto, Extraordinary Desserts Q+A.

Local Bounty: Local Bounty: At the Market in September

What to watch for this month

Agenda: 13th Annual Trolley Dances

Agenda: Fall Arts Preview

A look ahead at the music, characters, and theatrics coming to San Diego stages in the 2011-2012 season

The "A" List: The “A” List for September 2011

Last Word: Tim Gunn

Mr. Project Runway brings his sense of style to San Diego this fall

North County: FACE OFF! Indie Spa Facial vs. Chain Spa Facial

North County: Now Playing: Peter Bjorn and John

North County: West’s Side Story

North County: Carmel Valley’s Identity Crisis

With all the new retail, will 92130 finally stop living in the shadow of Del Mar?

North County: Look Who Tied the Knot

North County: New & Notable - North County Edition

Restaurant débuts, menu changes, and trend tracking

North County: Enlightenment is Here (in North County)

Special Section

Inside Balboa Park

Art San Diego Fair Guide

6th Annual Women Who Move the City