Stories
Your Week
By Barbarella | Published Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010
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Thursday | 26
Let’s hear it for equality! The Women’s History Museum and Educational Center commemorates Women’s Equality Day with this Suffrage Parade at Balboa Park. Participants are encouraged to dress in “suffrage attire” (all white with a purple sash) and bring “Votes for Women” signs.
Eric Volz, a Northern California native who earned a degree in Latin American Studies from UCSD, will read from his memoir that chronicles the year he spent “wrongly imprisoned in Nicaragua for a murder he did not commit.”
Friday | 27
The weekend lights up with an ancient Vietnamese tradition that dates back to legends of the Han Dynasty in China over 2000 years ago. Presented each evening will be lantern parades, food, vendors, games, carnival rides, and cultural entertainment, all amidst a “breathtaking display of lanterns.” Outdoor screening of Enter the Dragon on Saturday.
The Ion Theatre Company presents E.M. Lewis’s award-winning drama about Max, a gifted high school student “falling off the edge of the world.” His biology teacher tries to help Max and ends up going on a magical journey of his own. Directed by Claudio Raygoza.
Saturday | 28
The Old Mission Beach Athletic Club’s second annual beach volleyball tournament is more about fun than competition. Fifty teams are expected to participate at Mariner’s Point on Mission Bay. Admission fee includes food, beverages, courts, balls…and awards!
HIDDEN FACTS, HISTORICAL TIDBITS
Did you know there are over one million mosaic tiles on the walls of Horton Plaza? Free docent-led tours downtown include numerous public-art projects and lesser-known facts.
Sunday | 29
A treasure hunt for vintage lovers and collectors in Encinitas, with vendors offering glass, pottery, linens, jewelry, and ephemera such as sheet music, postcards, magazines, pinups, books, photographs, and cameras.
The San Diego Asian American Repertory Theater (now in residence at the La Jolla Playhouse) stages Julia Cho’s dark comedy about a teenager who wants to escape her dysfunctional family.
Monday | 30
Hear the Spreckels organ alongside a vintage Hammond! The 2010 Summer International Organ Festival concludes when trombonist Dave Scott and other SD jazz musicians join organist Carol Williams in this free concert.
Tuesday | 31
HOW TO LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER WITH YOUR CAT
The San Diego Humane Society and SPCA offer training secrets and information about cat behavior, nutrition, preventing destructive behavior, socialization with people and animals, and how to communicate with your cat. This class is for humans only.
Wednesday | 1
Is it ethical to create designer DNA? “Using a number of technologies and intellectual approaches, synthetic biology solves biological engineering problems by designing and reconstructing new biological parts.” Learn more when the Exploring Ethics series continues at Reuben H. Fleet Science Center.
