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<\/a>Actually, there are two free trolleys that feature standup comics while taking visitors along Adams Avenue. Jaleesa Johnson, who has lived in the area for five years, leads a collection of 24 other comedians who will keep the jokes, puns and double entendres rolling.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is my second year [in the festival],\u201d Johnson told San Diego Uptown News. \u201cIt\u2019s so much fun, sort of like open mic. It\u2019s all standup comedians who come from all over San Diego.\u201d<\/p>\n
Johnson described the trolleys\u2019 talent as wide-ranging: \u201cYou have people like Jeffrey Burner, who is so clever, a George Carlin type, but weirder. Then you have folks who are very jokey, lots of puns and word play, silly but fun. We keep it clean when there are families on board. It\u2019s great for people who normally wouldn\u2019t go out to a comedy club. They can see us in their neighborhood, in their own backyard, exposing them to a whole new world. Live comedy is a whole different ballgame.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another whole different ballgame at Art Around Adams is Super Awesome Showdown. The self-described \u201cintergalactic performance art wrestling\u201d troupe stages a multimedia show that resembles a classic morality play, retold with a lucha libre spin.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the root of everything, it is a good guy versus bad guy show, superheroes versus villains, wrestling with aerial techniques \u2014 the \u2018dance,\u2019 as we call it,\u201d explained Kevin Burton, a member of the group and a South Park resident. \u201cWe added in a DJ who plays music, a lot of lights, and the final element is the videos. Professional wrestling is one of the oldest forms of entertainment. We\u2019re changing an old-school style into more modern scenes, particularly the lights, sounds and video work. We make it very family friendly, everything\u2019s very safe and over the top. My 92-year-old grandmother comes to the shows.\u201d<\/p>\n Super Awesome Showdown\u2019s troupe of about 15 wrestlers and staff will perform their new science fiction storyline \u2014 the villain is a computer virus \u2014 throughout the day at the Unity Mason Lodge parking lot, 3366 Adams Ave.<\/p>\n In contrast to the multimedia dazzle of death-defying superheroes, there will be about 200 slightly more subdued visual artists exhibiting along the avenue, in just about every imaginable medium. One of the artists is Aaron Cathcart, who has been doing woodworking for 12 years, first inspired by an antique.<\/p>\n \u201cI had a neighbor who had an old [figurehead] from a ship, two or three hundred years old,\u201d Cathcart said. \u201cI thought it was the coolest thing I\u2019d ever seen. I was a more traditional artist before. I painted on canvas. I\u2019m kind of a tinker, like my dad. He was an artist.\u201d<\/p>\n Cathcart\u2019s original aesthetic inspiration has now evolved into the creation of finely-crafted wood artwork, often intricately carved \u2014 crossbows, sculpture, millwork, furniture and more. \u201cIt\u2019s a labor of love. I really enjoy the craft, making something out of nothing. I\u2019m working on an isolation chair made from reclaimed pallets for Art Around Adams. When you sit inside one of these egg chairs and you listen to music, there\u2019s something very comforting and that\u2019s the whole idea \u2014 to comfort you and take you back to the bliss of being a child.\u201d<\/p>\n A Normal Heights resident, Cathcart recently returned to the neighborhood of his childhood: His grandmother\u2019s house is across the street from where he now lives.<\/p>\n The public is invited to jump into that melting pot on June 4, perhaps to find some bliss at Art Around Adams.<\/p>\n \u2014Kit-Bacon Gressitt writes commentary and essays on her blog, \u201cExcuse Me, I\u2019m Writing,\u201d and has been published by <\/em>The Missing Slate, <\/em>Ms. Magazine blog and Trivia: Voice of Feminism, among others. She formerly wrote for the North County Times. She also hosts Fallbrook\u2019s monthly Writers Read authors series and open mic, and can be reached at\u00a0<\/em>kbgressitt@gmail.com<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Kit-Bacon Gressitt Arts events are common these days. Every month, if not every week, denizens of the Uptown area can plan a weekend outing to dine on the cultural arts, whether a new gallery exhibit or theater production opening, or a festival of film, music or visual arts. 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Everyone\u2019s sort of accepted there and a lot of artists live there. That\u2019s what I like about it: It\u2019s a melting pot.\u201d<\/p>\n