San Diego Reader

Thursday | 26

FABULICIOUS!

Teresa Giudice of The Real Housewives of New Jersey visits Warwick’s Bookstore in La Jolla to sign her cookbook, offering “family recipes straight from Salerno,” including Papa’s Roasted Peppers, Joe’s Juicy Meatballs, and Audriana’s Creamy Polenta.

Friday | 27

HUMOR FOR HAITI

Brew Ha Ha! presents a benefit featuring comic Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike from Chuck) at the La Mesa Women’s Club to help build an HIV/AIDS clinic in Haiti. Each ticket includes two nonalcoholic drinks and “lots of food.”

Saturday | 28

SPACE DAY!

Drive a Mars Rover, build and fly a paper rocket, and meet local astronaut Woody Spring, whose Space Shuttle spacewalks helped prepare the construction of the International Space Station. Also, take part in hands-on demonstrations and activities with local and national space experts.

UCSD: UNDERGROUND NEW-PLAY FESTIVAL

The goal of this year’s festival is to “find the unfamiliar in the familiar.” Undergrads in the UCSD Department of Theatre and Dance will premiere short plays. New and experienced directors, designers, and actors have collaborated on each piece.

Sunday | 29

DELICIOUS IN ANY LANGUAGE

The House of Pacific Relations International Cottages in Balboa Park hosts their annual Ethnic Food Fair with over 32 nations represented, plus costumes, music, songs, and dancing.

THE COLLECTOR

Animal Cracker Conspiracy and sound-artist Margaret Noble premiere their multimedia puppet-theater performance through “Orwellian, neo-Victorian lenses” at Sushi Contemporary Performance & Visual Art, complete with live surround sound.

Monday | 30

COOL-CAR/TRUCK/CYCLE EXPO

San Diego Auto Swap hosts its 21st anniversary Memorial Day expo with hundreds of classics, low-riders, customs, and racing vehicles for show and sale. Vendors will be on hand with parts and accessories.

Tuesday | 31

A DRAM OF DRUMMHICIT

In this supernatural comedy by Arthur Kopit and Anton Dudley, an American entrepreneur finds a Scottish island on which to build his new golf course. But when secrets — and bodies — are unearthed, the true nature of the island wreaks comic havoc. Directed by Christopher Ashley.

Wednesday | 1

CONSIDER SATURN

Learn about the ringed planet and take a digital tour of the night sky during Reuben H. Fleet Science Center’s “Sky Tonight” planetarium show — and then view the real thing through telescopes.