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Published Nov. 18, 2009
Thursday | 19 SCRIBBLE ’08 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, ...
Your Week
Published Nov. 11, 2009
Thursday | 12 ROME THROUGH THE AGES Come learn about the “Eternal City” as art historian James Grebl leads a “virtual tour” of Rome from its humble prehistoric origins to its Baroque grandeur in the 17th ...
Your Week
Published Nov. 4, 2009
Thursday | 5 TURKEY OR SHAWII? It takes several days to make good shawii, a protein-rich pudding of acorns, which was the staple of the Kumeyaay diet during the fall season. For this week’s “Ant-Sized Adventures,” ...
Your Week Published Oct. 28, 2009
Thursday | 29 REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE PAST The Bonita Museum and Cultural Center showcases family altars that were created in memory of local residents during ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published Oct. 21, 2009
Thursday | 22 CHEF SHOWDOWN 2009 Local chefs compete for the culinary crown in the style of Iron Chef at this fundraiser recognizing Domestic Violence ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published Oct. 14, 2009
Thursday | 15 BERENIKA Child-prodigy-turned-piano-princess Berenika participates in the Concert Hour Series at Palomar College Performance Lab. This recipient of the Leonard Bernstein Scholarship from ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published Oct. 7, 2009
Thursday | 8 BATS: FRIGHTFUL FACES! Take a short bat-related hike and do some bat-crafting with Ant-Sized Adventures, where kids (aged 2–5) and parents will ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published Sept. 30, 2009
Thursday | 1 CULINARY CINEMA SERIES Spend an evening celebrating Jewish culture through film, food, and art at the Oceanside Museum of Art. The romantic ... More Comments (9)
Your Week Published Sept. 23, 2009
Thursday | 24 TASTE OF DOWNTOWN If you didn’t get your fill of new-to-you food during Restaurant Week, here’s another opportunity. This smaller jaunt ranges ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published Sept. 16, 2009
Thursday | 17 UCI BMX SUPERCROSS WORLD CUP Check out the newly constructed ABA (American Bicycle Association) BMX track at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published Sept. 9, 2009
Thursday | 10 MOSAIC MAKING For almost 3000 years, humans have used bits of glass and stone to create lasting images. Learn how to make ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published Sept. 2, 2009
Thursday | 3 PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR WALLET No one should be taken advantage of, at any age. Learn how to avoid being a victim ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published Aug. 26, 2009
Thursday | 27 TASTE OF MAINSTREET INTERNATIONAL FOOD FESTIVAL Sample offerings from 36 restaurants for $25. Evening also features the Rods & Woodies classic car ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published Aug. 19, 2009
Thursday | 20 VINO AND VINYASA The W Hotel offers a complimentary yoga class, complete with “celebrity” yoga instructors. Get your stretch on, then get ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published Aug. 12, 2009
Thursday | 13 CREATIVITY WITHOUT STOPPING The La Jolla Music Society honors an American composer in “A Conversation with Gunther Schuller.” Enjoy the life’s work ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published Aug. 5, 2009
Thursday | 6 BOARD GAME NIGHTS Before consoles, there were tables. Bring your pawns, checkers, or cards over to Reds Espresso Gallery for some good ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published July 29, 2009
Thursday | 30 PIRATE PAUL’S PIRATE PARTY Yo ho ho and a bottle of milk! Bring your kids (pirate garb optional) to watch buccaneering marionettes ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published July 22, 2009
Thursday, July 23 GO BANANAS! Captain Feathersword, Henry the Octopus, and Dorothy the Dinosaur are just some of the friends joining kid-faves the Wiggles as ... More Comments (3)
Your Week Published July 15, 2009
Thursday | 16 H2O 911! No one wants to deal with rationing water. Explore the ramifications of emergency-level drought with San Diego County Water Authority ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published July 8, 2009
Thursday | 9 DO WORKOUTS AT THE CORRECT SPEED Faster isn’t always better. In some cases it can even be counter-productive. Exercise-physiologist Dr. Jason Karp ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published July 1, 2009
Thursday, July 2 UPTOWN PARKING FORUM So many places to shop, so few places to park. If you frequent Hillcrest and have any questions, comments, ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published June 24, 2009
Thursday | 25 BEER AND SAKE FESTIVAL Sock it to me, sake! The Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana presents Japanese culinary experts as ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published June 17, 2009
Thursday | 18 INTRODUCTION TO (PET) REIKI From dog parks to puppy spas to…spiritual pet massages? This class (for people only) will teach the basics ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published June 10, 2009
Thursday | 11 DOGUGAESHI See a story told through a series of painted screens, as each layer slides away to reveal another piece of the ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published June 3, 2009
Thursday | 4 GOURMET MEETS GREEN Slow food (the opposite of fast food) is all the rage with gourmands and eco-geekos. At this seasonal dinner, ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published May 27, 2009
Thursday | 28 HUNGRY? WET? Just because babies can’t speak doesn’t mean they can’t communicate. Avoid the next meltdown by teaching your baby to communicate ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published May 20, 2009
Thursday | 21 DISCOVERING YOUR PERSONAL STYLE Who we are now is a mash-up of who we used to be and who we want to ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published May 13, 2009
Thursday | 14 PET RESCUE DAY ON THE BAY Dogs love the wind in their fur! Bring Fido down to the harbor (on a leash) ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published May 6, 2009
Thursday | 7 TASTE OF AFRICA Toss the utensils — at this event in San Marcos, meat and rice can be eaten by hand. Enjoy ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published April 29, 2009
Thursday | 30 FRAGRANCE FORUM An artist, an art critic, a fragrance expert, and a psychologist discuss the power of smell and how a simple ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published April 22, 2009
Thursday | 23 SCIENCE ON THE ROCKS The only thing better than playing Guitar Hero is playing Guitar Hero on a 76-foot IMAX dome screen ... More Comments (4)
Your Week Published April 15, 2009
Thursday | 16 DEL MAR NATIONAL HORSE SHOW A full week of cowboy exhibitionism begins. In Western classes, burgeoning buckaroos can learn “precision reining patterns ... More Comments (2)
Your Week Published April 8, 2009
Thursday | 9 BELLY UP FOR PREGGATINIS If you mix it right, sugar can be just as intoxicating as liquor, as author Natalie Bovis-Nelsen knows. ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published April 1, 2009
Thursday | 2 WHERE HOMEOSTASIS COMES FROM AND WHERE IT SHOULD GO Canada’s esteemed science philosopher Ian Hacking will explore the concept of homeostasis (a ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published March 25, 2009
Thursday | 26 ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE For 30 years, native San Diegan Dan Reagan has been belting out Latin and jazz on his trombone ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published March 18, 2009
Thursday | 19 THE HOBBIT Never laugh at live dragons, always wish your friends more hair on their feet, and don’t forget to value food ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published March 11, 2009
Friday | 13 THE PARANORMAL BENDER TOUR Werewolves, shapeshifters, zombie chicks, and water witches are among the sexy ghouls to grace the pages of four ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published March 4, 2009
Thursday | 5 BUDGETING BASICS Do for your household what Congress is attempting to do for the country. The San Diego Metropolitan Credit Union offers ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published Feb. 25, 2009
Thursday | 26 THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES What began as a one-woman performance by the show’s creator, Eve Ensler, has become a monologue montage, with new ... More Comment (1)
Your Week Published Feb. 18, 2009
Thursday | 26 THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES What began as a one-woman performance by the show’s creator, Eve Ensler, has become a monologue montage, with new ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published Feb. 11, 2009
Thursday | 12 IN THE COMPANY OF WOMEN Actress, author, artist, and activist Jane Seymour will deliver a keynote speech at the 11th annual fundraising ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published Feb. 4, 2009
Thursday | 5 FALLEN FRUIT Nocturnal public fruit forages and communal jam-making are among the fruit-as-art projects produced by this Los Angeles–based activist art project. ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published Jan. 28, 2009
Thursday | 29 WILD AND TAME TALK 101 Be a horse-, dog-, and even person-whisperer. Psychic Sindi Somers will show you how to communicate telepathically ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published Jan. 21, 2009
Thursday | 22 IS VICTORY IN IRAQ A MYTH? The Politics and Religion discussion group’s “resident liberal” will present the facts for 20 minutes, followed ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published Jan. 14, 2009
Thursday | 15 SEE THE ROVER (PROTOTYPE) As big as an SUV but with much better mileage, the new Mars Rover is scheduled to launch ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published Jan. 7, 2009
Thursday | 22 IS VICTORY IN IRAQ A MYTH? The Politics and Religion discussion group’s “resident liberal” will present the facts for 20 minutes, followed ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published Dec. 30, 2008
Thursday | 1 SALUTE TO VIENNA As any hipster will tell you, polka is cool again, a fact that the musicians and dancers from Strauss ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published Dec. 23, 2008
thursday | 25 Christmas Morning Hike. Give yourself the gift of health! Take a three-hour guided hike through Daley Ranch in Escondido before digging into ... More Post a comment
Your Week Published Dec. 17, 2008
thursday | 18 Christmas without Elvis? No way! The Sews and Shows Community Theatre in La Mesa presents 29 yuletide songs, an Elvis impersonator, and ... More Post a comment
Wrapped with Care Published Dec. 10, 2008
“Every single gift must have its proper folds,” says Lisa Koide Halverson. “In America, on Christmas, you don’t wrap a present in black — usually ... More Post a comment
Judge for Yourself Published Dec. 3, 2008
“There’s no question that emotions play a big part in determining the outcome of a case,” says retired San Diego superior court judge Norbert Ehrenfreund. ... More Comment (1)
The Illegal Tunnel Published Nov. 25, 2008
“In July 2004, I was coming out of my house and discovered the whole Colonia Federal being invaded by police and soldiers,” says Border Council ... More Post a comment
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