San Diego Reader

Thursday | 31

SAN DIEGO WOMEN’S WEEK

This symposium is designed to “inspire, empower, and connect” female executives, leaders, and entrepreneurs. Speakers include former news anchor and health reporter Carol LeBeau and Ingrid Croce, owner of Croce’s Restaurant and Jazz Bar.

Friday | 1

QUANTUM MAN: RICHARD FEYNMAN’S LIFE IN SCIENCE

Theoretical physicist Lawrence M. Krauss visits D.G. Wills Books in La Jolla to discuss his book about the “bongo-playing, hard-partying, flamboyant Nobel Prize laureate” physicist who “changed the way we think about quantum mechanics.”

Saturday | 2

SUSTAINABLE FEAST

This “farm-to-table” event showcases local farms, each paired with a gourmet chef who will create and serve original dishes. A $35 ticket includes admission to ten culinary tents, a raffle ticket, and a commemorative cookbook.

LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE

“Martin McDonagh’s Olivier Award–winning, giddy Irish gore-fest should have a Surgeon General’s warning: his brutal louts hack so many lives and limbs that they make barbarians look refined. They splatter, then drench Ion Theatre’s stage with blood.” This hilarious production is a Reader Critic’s Pick.

Sunday | 3

SING OUT!

The San Diego Jewish Music Series concludes with two “distinctly different programs,” both including local adult and youth choirs celebrating the musical collection of cantor Henri Goldberg. More than a dozen Jewish choirs will perform.

Monday | 4

ULTIMATE BOARDER SURF-SKATE-SNOW TRIATHLON

This one-week competition aims to find “the athlete who can conquer the art of surfing, skateboarding, and snowboarding.” In Cardiff, it’s all about the surfing, and with Monday begins a four-day window of opportunity — the wait for optimum waves.

Tuesday | 5

KYOTO PRIZE “ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY” TALK

Medical scientist and 2010 Kyoto Prize laureate Dr. Shinya Yamanaka discusses his discovery that “induced pluripotent stem cells, derived from adult skin cells, can replace human embryos.”

Wednesday | 6

BLENDING HARMONY AND HUMOR

The Perfect Gentlemen is a four-man group providing entertainment “harkening back to the days of vaudeville.” Listen for covers of songs by the Ink Spots and the Pied Pipers, along with comic songs made famous by Louis Jordan and the Hoosier Hotshots. This event is part of “Free First Wednesdays” at the California Center for the Arts.