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Your Week
By Barbarella | Published Wednesday, June 17, 2009
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Thursday | 18
From dog parks to puppy spas to…spiritual pet massages? This class (for people only) will teach the basics of this Japanese technique that is said to transmit good vibes through the palms of the practitioner’s hands.
To each her own utopia! Iranian-American filmmaker Shirin Neshat shares her vision in this adaptation of exiled Iranian writer Shahrnush Parsipur’s novel about a magic garden and the women who are led there. Neshat will be on hand to answer
Friday | 19
SOUNDON FESTIVAL OF MODERN MUSIC
Classical, jazz, and modern music will be featured at the La Jolla Athenaeum Music and Arts Library at this three-day festival. By “modern,” they mean “chamber music written by 20th-century composers.”
Saturday | 20
GEOCACHING WITH DAD TREASURE HUNT
After a GPS-navigation training session, head out on a treasure hunt in the Sacred Rocks Reserve, a few miles southwest of Anza-Borrego. Hungry hunters will then enjoy a hot dog roast. Participants must bring their own GPS receiver or iPhone 3G.
The first tractor, its engine powered by steam, was built in 1868. At this event showcasing California-made tractors and engines, 50 acres will be decked out with working antique-equipment demonstrations, model trains, wagon rides, and more.
Sunday | 21
TOUR AN “ORGANIC” ARTIST’S HOME
Working with local stone, adobe, and sprayed concrete, artist and architectural designer James Hubbell has created eight hand-built structures that “appear to grow out of the landscape.” View his handiwork at the Ilan-Lael compound in Santa Ysabel.
FATHER’S DAY WITH SUNSET POETS
Is Dad a lover of words? If so, bring him by the Flying Bridge in Oceanside to hear Los Angeles poet and Perugia Press Prize winner Lynne Thompson read from her work.
Monday | 22
See the famed horror-fiction writer’s short story brought to life under black lights, featuring “characters that slither, books that fly, and monsters that glow in the dark.”
Tuesday | 23
Ready your livers, because Ed “Dirt” Adams, esteemed Master of Whiskey, is going to guide you through a six-course whiskey-pairing dinner. Food paired by chef Pete Harbison.
Wednesday | 24
Come to Warwick’s Bookstore dressed in pink-and-purple attire for story time with Princess Cindy, pink-and-purple crafts, and pink-and-purple cupcakes.
