Pamela Kragen

2 weeks ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Abby Hamblin |Pamela Kragen

Quienes visitan la Feria del Condado de San Diego cada año saben que es fácil gastar de más. Este año, los posibles gastos incluyen entradas para conciertos, juegos mecánicos y limonada de pepinillos. Los asistentes a la feria pueden encontrar buenas ofertas o ahorrar dinero si visitan el recinto ferial con algunos consejos y trucos. Esta guía ofrece algunas ideas que podrían ayudar a los residentes a ajustarse a un presupuesto en la feria de este año.

2 weeks ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Abby Hamblin |Pamela Kragen

Annual visitors to the San Diego County Fair know it’s easy to go on a spending spree there. Possible expenditures this year include concert tickets, carnival rides and pickle lemonade. Fairgoers can find a good deal or save money if they visit the fairgrounds armed with a few tips and tricks. This guide offers some ideas that might help locals keep to a budget at this year’s fair.

Jan 15, 2025 | sandiegouniontribune.com | Pamela Kragen

Among the many failures the Democratic Party made in the run-up to last fall’s presidential election was assuming that its party-of-the-people platform already had the votes of the Black and Hispanic communities locked up. That mistake is at the heart of L.A.-based Mexican playwright Bernardo Cubría’s funny and thought-provoking 90-minute 2024 play “The Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx/Latine Vote,” now in the midst of a rolling world premiere at theaters nationwide.

Jan 14, 2025 | sandiegouniontribune.com | Pamela Kragen

Sixteen San Diego County arts organizations were awarded a combined $305,000 in grants Tuesday morning from the National Endowment for the Arts. Individual grants to local organizations ranged from $10,000 to $40,000, and they cover a wide range of art forms, including visual art exhibits, a children’s opera, school music composition and choir programs, free dance classes and theater, Latino film and Juneteenth festivals.

Jan 13, 2025 | sandiegouniontribune.com | Pamela Kragen

With next week’s inauguration of the 47th president, the subject of immigration has reached a fever pitch in the U.S.So it’s fortunate timing that Lloyd Suh’s touching play “The Heart Sellers” has just opened at North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach. The 90-minute drama, about two newly arrived Asian women bonding over their shared experiences in America, looks at the immigrant experience through a kinder, gentler and more nuanced lens.