Stories
Your Week
By Barbarella | Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
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Thursday | 19
The Ad Club convenes for a screening of local design-legend Mark Murphy’s new film. Murphy, of Murphy Design, will be on hand to offer an “intimate look at eight contemporary artists, examining what inspires them, drives them, and how they keep their art fresh.”
Hold on to your hoops! Learning how to hula is all in the hips. In these hoop-dance classes, Unity Dance Ensemble teaches muscle control and tone. Classes for beginning and intermediate levels.
Friday | 20
And where on your glass might you find “legs”? Tasting events (between five and seven wines per class) to be led by award-winning winemakers, sommeliers, and master sommeliers. Classes include “Charles Krug Vertical Tasting,” “Paso Robles Blends Panel Discussion,” and “Master Sommelier Blind Tasting.”
Celebrate the holiday by focusing on food during the Kindernights and Kindermornings program at the San Diego Zoo. Make Thanksgiving napkin rings to take home, listen to the story “Stone Soup,” then help whip up a version of your own to taste.
Saturday | 21
It’s an astro extravaganza. T.A.C.O. (for “telescopes and cameras in Oceanside”) will provide exhibits of the newest technology from major manufacturers. Visitors can peer into the sky through nearly 20 telescopes trained on the moon, Jupiter, and deep-sky objects such as Orion Nebula. Event concludes with an evening star party at dusk.
View the Birch Aquarium at Scripps’ new seahorse exhibit “There’s Something about Seahorses,” and do a little horsing around of your own during the Family Days program. Learn about raising these unusual fish, and gallop home with a seahorse craft.
Sunday | 22
Escondido funeral director and author Amber Lenore Winckler will read from her recently published novel, “a story of those who choose to orchestrate by hand the last rite of passage for the rest of us…the last hands to touch us.” Event includes exhibition of work by local artists.
Yearn to set a holiday table that rivals those of Martha Stewart? Floral designer David Root leads this hands-on workshop to create floral napkin rings, votive candleholders, and a floral centerpiece — all to take home for your next dinner party. Bring floral design tools (knife, clippers, scissors, hot-glue gun, wire cutters).
Monday | 23
Open heart, mind, and stre-e-e-e-etch under big sky with bay views atop Porto Vista Hotel in Little Italy. Yoga One leads vinyasa flow for practitioners at all levels. Classes held every day of the week.
Tuesday | 24
Indulge in the arts with other sophisticates at the San Diego Museum of Art. Art of Élan performs a concert inspired by René Magritte’s The Shadows. Program includes pieces by Eric Satie and “The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind” by com-poser Osvaldo Golijov.
Wednesday | 25
“HAZEL’S BACK TO NEW ORLEANS” DANCE
It’s a farewell party for “Swing Mom” Hazel Addison, featuring the music of New Orleans and “a bunch of Hazel’s personal dance favorites.” Learn the basics of swing as well as smooth-style variations.
