UP FRONT
Songs sung true
To Neil Diamond, 'trends don't exist,' and his best musical instincts have paid off with an extraordinary career
By Scott Mervis
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE
Neil Diamond is cool. Again.
A pop superstar in the late 1960s and '70s, Diamond performed recently at England's trés-cool Glastonbury Festival and found eager rock stars like Arctic Monkeys leader Alex Turner, 22, rushing backstage to get a photo taken with him. Or consider what happened last month at Street Scene in downtown San Diego.
ON STAGE
Search for identity
Ion Theatre's upcoming works are united by a common theme
By James Hebert
THEATER CRITIC
In the plays that Ion Theatre will stage over the next weeks and months, diverse characters will share a common struggle to figure out who they are. Entering its third season, Ion's own sense of identity seems quite a bit more assured.
OUT GOING
Clear the runway
Here come the Blue Angels and the Miramar Air Show
By Penny Lingo
Look! Up in the sky! It's
six blue and gold F/A-18 Hornet attack/fighter jets, flying near supersonic speed with just inches separating the planes. It's the Blue Angels, of course, the renowned U.S. Navy flight demonstration team, here to perform at the MCAS Miramar Air Show.
