Columnist Karla Peterson is a longtime San Diegan whose beats at the San Diego Union-Tribune have included TV criticism, pop-culture, Comic-Con and San Diego people and lifestyles. She has won awards for entertainment criticism from the American Association of Sunday and Features Editors. A graduate of San Diego State University, she has been with the U-T since 1985.
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From Tina Turner at the Sports Arena to Adam Lambert in our living rooms, critic Karla Peterson looks back on three decades of her greatest entertainment hits
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The ‘Patti Lives!’ exhibition running through Nov. 1 at the Girard Gourmet restaurant benefits the Athenaeum School of the Arts scholarship program
Oct. 27, 2022
The California Wolf Center’s special ‘Howl-o-Ween’ tours will be held Oct. 29 and 30 at the conservation center in Julian
Oct. 22, 2022
The ‘Birds, Bees, Flowers and Trees’ eco fair on Oct. 22 has kids’ activities, plant sales and tons of information
Oct. 20, 2022
San Diego-based artist Rafael López illustrated ‘The Little Book of Joy,’ a children’s book written by the Dalai Lama and the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Oct. 13, 2022
The Office of the City Clerk is opening the city’s archives for rare public tours in October
Oct. 8, 2022
Airing on AMC+ and other outlets, ‘Our American Family’ is an intimate documentary about addiction and recovery
Oct. 7, 2022
During Kids Free San Diego, local museums and other attractions offer discounts and freebies for kids age 12 and younger
Oct. 6, 2022
The 2022 San Diego Writers Festival is Oct. 8 at the Coronado Public Library, and it’s free
Oct. 1, 2022
A guide to ‘Dark Winds,’ ‘The Last Movie Stars,’ ‘Middle Classy’ and other TV you should be watching right now
Sept. 30, 2022
Jennifer Givhan discusses her new novel, ‘River Woman, River Demon,’ Oct. 4 at the Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore
Sept. 29, 2022
Jimmy Duke’s last Dark Thirty concert is Shana Morrison on Sunday, Sept. 25
Sept. 24, 2022
In his new oral history of Comic-Con, author Mathew Klickstein spotlights the San Diego pioneers who made it all happen
Sept. 22, 2022