Nightlife & Dining

Jim Winsor's Out & About: Huge gay guide to Halloween happenings

Jim Winsor - SDGLN Nightlife Columnist
October 25th, 2012

Halloween isn't until next Wednesday, but for the gay community, it's traditional to celebrate over a full weekend. So we have both an early and extended six-day Halloween extravaganza ahead of us ... beginning tonight!

Thursday, Oct. 25

6 pm: The Center and MARYAH present: 7th Annual Harvest Howl at Top of the Park

THURSDAY: Hillcrest Brewing Company to host pumpkin carving contest

SDGLN Staff
October 24th, 2012

SAN DIEGO -- Hillcrest Brewing Company (HBC), the newest restaurant to join the Mo's Universe family, isn't going to let Urban Mo's, Baja Betty's, and Gossip Grill have all the Halloween fun, as the nation's first LGBT brewery hosts its first annual Pumpkin Carving Contest on Thursday, Oct. 25.

Customers are encouraged to bring in their best carved pumpkin and let HBC be the judge. All types of carved pumpkins are welcome - including the outrageous and wild!

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Jim Winsor's Out & About: Going on Atlantis cruise out of Long Beach? Limo bus tickets available

Jim Winsor - SDGLN Nightlife Columnist
October 18th, 2012

For all of you going on the Atlantis Halloween in Mexico cruise the following weekend, good news: SDPIX will be sponsoring a limo bus between San Diego and Long Beach, where the cruise will be departing from.

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Jim Winsor's Out & About: Harness buckles up at Numbers on Friday

Jim Winsor - SDGLN Nightlife Columnist
October 11th, 2012

A big new monthly leather event will be making its debut this Friday (and every second Friday of the month thereafter): Cub Club and Numbers present Harness, a night for "leather men, porn stars, muscle daddies, tattooed guys, pups, otters, wolves, and cubs." Leather gear is highly encouraged, especially harnesses.

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Jim Winsor's Out & About: Your handy-dandy guide to Gay Days Anaheim

Jim Winsor - SDGLN Nightlife Columnist
October 4th, 2012

Yep, it's time once again for us to don our mouse ears and red shirts and head up the I-5 to Gay Days Anaheim, the unofficial day to be gay at Disneyland!

This is a fun, fun weekend I look forward to every October; if you've never been, you can check out my photos of previous GDA weekends HERE. I know many other San Diegans are planning to trek up there as well.

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Community invited to bid farewell to Rich's Nikno on Saturday night

SDGLN Staff
September 28th, 2012

SAN DIEGO -- Rich's San Diego will host a special going-away party for the club's long-time owner and resident DJ, Nicholas Moede, Saturday night.

Moede, who is known by many of his fans and the club's customers as Nikno, will be moving to New York City next month to attend a school for music production.

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Jim Winsor's Out & About: Former San Diego go-go boy in model contest finals | VIDEO

Jim Winsor - SDGLN Nightlife Columnist
September 27th, 2012

Men's fashion designer Andrew Christian has been running a national underwear model search contest this past month or so, with aspiring models submitting shirtless photos for a chance to win $1,200 and an opportunity to participate in a new Andrew Christian photo and video campaign.

Public response to those photos on the company's Facebook page is being used to determine the winner (and there's been a LOT of voting).

Rich's to celebrate one-year anniversary of DADT repeal

SDGLN Staff
September 21st, 2012

SAN DIEGO -- In celebration of the first year that has passed since the repeal of the U.S. military's discriminatory "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, Rich's nightclub and SDPIX will host their quarterly "Active Duty: The Military Party" on Saturday, Sept. 22.

Active Duty is one of the most popular and high energy regular events held at the Hillcrest night spot, and this night is expected to be extra celebratory because of the occasion. "Don't Ask Don't Tell" was repealed on Sept. 20, 2011 after many years of effort by advocacy groups, legislators and President Barack Obama.

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VIDEO: Alexis Jordan to headline annual "Out on the Mountain" party

SDGLN Staff
September 18th, 2012

VALENCIA, Calif. -- Pop and dance music star Alexis Jordan will headline this year's "Out on the Mountain," a private LGBT party held each year at Six Flags Magic Mountain theme park.

The event will take place on Friday, Sept. 21.

Debby Holiday: Keep dreaming and keep believing

Ben Cartwright - SDGLN Staff Writer
September 13th, 2012

SAN DIEGO – Debby Holiday, a popular rock, soul and dance-music singer, will take the stage for a special performance this Saturday at Michael Mack’s “Montage Reunion” party at Spin Nightclub.

The event, which will take place in the space that once housed Club Montage, is being organized to “bring back the magic” of the legendary night spot.

Los Angeles native Holiday, who has performed in San Diego several times, says that there is something special about this city that keeps bringing her back – noting that it was the second place she ever performed live in.