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Jim Winsor's Out & About: A salute to Chris Shaw and Mo's 20th anniversary

Urban Mo's, Hillcrest's popular restaurant/bar and flagship of the Chris Shaw family of entertainment venues (which also includes Baja Betty's, Gossip Grill and the soon-to-open Hillcrest Brewery) will be celebrating its 20th anniversary tonight (Thursday)!

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VIDEO: Urban Mo's to celebrate 20 years TONIGHT

SAN DIEGO – Urban Mo’s Bar & Grill will celebrate its 20th anniversary on Thursday, April 19, and the community is invited to celebrate.

Mo’s, as it affectionately known by many, is often referred to as Hillcrest’s “adult playground” because of its laidback atmosphere, food, drink and fun environment. The venue has long been considered a “hub” of the LGBT community as it is consistently packed seven days a week, and is often home to numerous charitable, fundraising and other community events.

VIDEO: Tickets available to Taste of Hillcrest on Saturday

SAN DIEGO -- More than 50 area restaurants will participate in this weekend's "Taste of Hillcrest," taking place Saturday, April 21, from noon to 4 pm. Tickets are now available for the event, which organizers are calling "the tastiest event of the season!"

Participants will be treated to "tastes" from restaurants throughout Hillcrest, ranging from cafes to bistros to Five-Star dining experiences. The self-guided culinary tour will include appetizers, desserts, hearty dishes, ethnic cuisine and American classics.

Uptown farmers markets expanding to the community and giving back

SAN DIEGO -- San Diego has some of the most exquisite weather in the country, so it’s not surprising that area farmers have a harvest season that spans longer than most. The city’s numerous weekly farmers markets provide these farmers opportunities to sell their wares and integrate with the community. Farmers markets in Hillcrest and North Park have added two new programs to extend their community involvement in their weekly markets.

Hillcrest 2.0 to host nationally recognized speaker

SAN DIEGO -- Hillcrest 2.0, the umbrella under which several community meetings have been held to discuss future development, is hosting a curbside chat.

Organized by the Hillcrest Business Association (HBA), feedback from these meetings will be included in the input of Hillcrest businesses in rewriting Uptown’s neighborhood plan.

At the curbside chat, developers of Hillcrest 2.0 will discuss its progress on Tuesday, April 17, at 5 p.m. The forum will take place at the Bamboo Lounge, 1475 University Ave.

Planning Commission reviews LGBT community projects

SAN DIEGO – Members of the local LGBT community headed to City Hall this morning, to hear the city’s Planning Commission deliberate over two land use proposals in Hillcrest; one to install a flag pole that would bear a rainbow flag year-round, and the other to name a street after legendary civil rights hero, Harvey Milk.

While organizers of the proposal to rename Blaine Avenue as Harvey Milk Street left with the commission’s affirmative recommendation, proponents of the Hillcrest Pride Flag project will need to return to the commission’s meeting on April 26 for another vote.

VIDEO: Scott Silverman to headline Laugh Out Proud TONIGHT

SAN DIEGO -- Comedian Scott Silverman will headline tonight's Laugh Out Proud comedy show taking place at Martinis Above Fourth, starting at 8 pm.

The monthly event is San Diego’s only comedy show geared toward the LGBT community, and tonight will marks its first anniversary.

Silverman will be joined on stage by local LGBT comedians Chet Sewell, Sarah Burford and Sean Wherley, as well as local "allied" comic Kate Lee.

TONIGHT: Hillcrest Town Council to discuss homelessness

SAN DIEGO -- The Hillcrest Town Council (HTC) will host a discussion on homelessness in the area at its meeting tonight, starting at 6:30 pm.

The group's Homelessness Task Force will give a presentation on local efforts to improve this community issue. Many residents and visitors to the area have noticed what seems to be an increase in the homeless population in Hillcrest.

Preliminary results from the January 2012 "WeALLCount" campaign, sponsored by the Regional Task Force on the Homeless, show that there are more than 9,800 homeless people residing in San Diego County.

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Local musician and singer Tori Roze gets messy and tries to kickstart her future

SAN DIEGO -- Victoria (Tori) Roze is the hardest working gal in local showbiz. Don't believe it?

Take a gander, for example, at her typical workload:

She works for the Village Hat Shop, moving between the Hillcrest and Seaport Village locations and produces the Female Fronted Bands at the Ruby Room in Hillcrest every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month.

She also models for art classes and manages her own band, while fiercely promoting and helping every other local band she can.

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COMMUNITY PROFILE: Carin Scheinin

This week's community profile is Carin Scheinin. Originally from San Jose, California, the 32-year-old has made San Diego her home since Nov. 2001. She loves singing and being a part of something that brings women and the community together through music.

Also an avid bicyclist, Scheinin is currently gearing up to participate in her second AIDS Life Cycle this June, and is happily taken.

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