San Diego Reader

Thursday | 12

PERFORMANCE EVENING: LIVE

Reimagine conventional ideas of dance with an evening of improvisational choreography performed at the Museum of Contemporary Art’s newest site-specific installation, Jennifer Steinkamp’s Madame Curie.

LAUGH OUT PROUD

Martini’s Bar and Grill showcases a comedy show for the LGBT community featuring Albert Linton, Jiavani Linayao, Sean Wherley, Sarah Burford, and headliner Janice Remland.

Friday | 13

30 YEARS IN FASHION

Mesa College hosts its 30th annual Golden Scissors fashion show, hosted by the Fashion Promotion class, with all garments designed by the students themselves.

BREATHLESS, BRILLIANTLY CONVERSATIONAL

Renowned UCSD poet and conversationalist David Antin discusses his book, Radical Coherency: Selected Essays on Art and Literature, at D.G. Wills Books. Antin’s observations have “helped us to better understand everything from pop to postmodernism.”

Saturday | 14

SPRING PUB CRAWL 2011

Begin at Kelly’s Public House in Rancho Bernardo and travel by bus to Conway’s Irish Pub, Hooley’s, Shakespeare’s, the Field, Tilted Kilt, and Blarney Stone. Tickets include the ride, T-shirt, food at two stops, your first pint, and a scavenger hunt.

SALLY RIDE SCIENCE FESTIVAL

Northrop Grumman Foundation hosts this event — geared for the 5th to 8th grade — featuring a talk by astronaut Wendy Lawrence, discovery workshops given by local scientists and engineers, workshops for parents and teachers, and a street fair for all.

Sunday | 15

ART IN THE PINES

Check out artist booths with nature-inspired art in a variety of media, plus food, live music, nature and art activities for kids, guided nature walks, artist demonstrations, and tours of the Torrey Pines Lodge.

Monday | 16

VICTORY THROUGH PEACE

Orchestra Nova performs Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 5” and “Egmont Overture,” Schoenberg’s “Peace on Earth” with the Sacra/Profana choir, and “Ascent to Victory” by Nancy Bloomer Deussen.

Tuesday |17

ADAPTATIONS

High Tech High media-arts students have adapted 11 short stories (by authors T.C. Boyle, Margaret Atwood, and others) into five-minute silent films, each accompanied by original scores of electronic music, acoustic music, Foley work, and DJ performances.

Wednesday | 18

HOW DID SPIELBERG MAKE DINOSAURS ROAR ?

Learn that and more in this sound-effects class at the Media Arts Center — including how to transform cellophane into a rainstorm or make your voice sound like wind. Feel free to bring any sound-making props relevant to your current project.