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San Diego Events: Sing Language, Cocktail-Hat Making, High Tech Fair
Published Feb. 1, 2012
Thursday | 2 CONFLICT San Francisco Zen Buddhist priest and poet Norman Fischer reads from his new book-length poem, “an exploration of conflict within the self — conflict between friends, lovers, communities, nations, war, and torture.” ...
San Diego Events: William Glen Crooks, Derby Dolls, Cat Fanciers
Published Jan. 25, 2012
Thursday | 26 JAZZREACH! Center Stage: Performances for Youth continues with a “high-energy interactive program” highlighting the music of jazz greats and an immersive multimedia program featuring jazz compositions from West Africa, Israel, Cuba, Puerto Rico, ...
San Diego Events: Genealogical Resources, Vietnamese Lunar New Year, Cirque du Soleil and Michael Jackson
Published Jan. 17, 2012
Thursday | 19 INTRODUCTION TO GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES If you’re curious about tracking your family genealogy, this workshop is designed for you. Senior archivist at the San Diego History Center Jane Kenealy offers an introduction to the ...
De Profundis, Lamb’s Players, Tribute to Pete Seeger: San Diego Events
Published Jan. 11, 2012
Thursday | 12 DE PROFUNDIS Pianist Catherine Kautsky performs this piece by Frederic Rzewski, inspired by a letter Oscar Wilde wrote to his lover, Lord ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Ruby Red Cabaret, Nimpentoad, Healthy in a Hurry
Published Jan. 4, 2012
Thursday | 5 SEVEN SECRETS TO VIBRANT HEALTH AND LASTING BEAUTY Nancy Lonsdorf, M.D., a teacher and Ayurvedic specialist (a traditional alternative medicine in India) ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Improvisied Comedic Murder, Whale Watching, Qigong
Published Dec. 28, 2011
Thursday | 29 LOOSEN UP TO ABSTRACT PAINTING Learn to use “basic principles of abstraction and combine them into your own style of painting.” Bring ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: 98 Bottles Revue, Grinch at the Old Globe, Stencil Art
Published Dec. 21, 2011
Thursday | 22 DRUMMING IN THE LIGHT Celebrate the “birth of light in the darkest night of the year” with music therapist Christine Stevens and ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Product Porch, KFTS Radio Variety Show, Las Posadas
Published Dec. 14, 2011
Thursday | 15 TEA AND DESIGN DOWNTOWN Product Porch (a pop-up shop and “retail experiment” currently on view downtown) partners with Halcyon Tea for an ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: QRt Show, Gaslamp Holiday Parade, Labyrinth
Published Dec. 7, 2011
Thursday | 8 QRt SHOW Bring your smart phone to the reception for this exhibit integrating art and technology. With your phone you can scan ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: "Occupy Wall Street, the Tea Party, or Both?"
Published Nov. 30, 2011
Thursday | 1 WHAT IS POLITICAL POPULISM? The Civilized Conversation Club converges at Filter to discuss “Which is the real populism: Occupy Wall Street, the ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Dixieland Jazz Festival, Zjhunk Metal Art, Learn to Be Latina
Published Nov. 22, 2011
Thursday | 24 32nd ANNUAL THANKSGIVING DIXIELAND JAZZ FESTIVAL Beginning Wednesday, this five-day festival will feature over 25 bands and artists from across the county ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Encinitas Street Fair, Yak Academy, Holiday Lego Trains
Published Nov. 16, 2011
Thursday | 17 WINE-AND-FOOD-FESTIVAL COOKING CLASSES The San Diego Bay Wine and Food Festival will host this array of cooking classes including Pleasure Principles: Spoil ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Where Soldiers Come From, Snow Jam 15, The Chronology of Water
Published Nov. 9, 2011
Thursday | 10 WHERE SOLDIERS COME FROM, THE FILM Catch the Veterans Day preview screening of Heather Courtney’s film, which follows the four-year journey of ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Jewish Book Fair, Home-Brewing Class, Expressive Arts Month
Published Nov. 2, 2011
Thursday | 3 GENERAL ORDERS NO. 11 The San Diego Jewish Book Fair merges theater and literature in this commemoration of the Civil War sesquicentennial, ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Tower After Hours: Germany, Day of the Dead Altars, Día de los Muertos
Published Oct. 26, 2011
Thursday | 27 TOWER AFTER HOURS: GERMANY The German American Societies of San Diego, House of Germany, and La Jolla Brew House have come together ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Pechakucha Night, Borrego Days, Haunted Birch
Published Oct. 19, 2011
Thursday | 20 PECHAKUCHA NIGHT See what inspires a collection of notable locals in the arts and architecture field. Presenters have 20 images — and ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Oceanside Music Festival, Pet Expo, Sugar Skull Decorating
Published Oct. 12, 2011
Thursday | 13 LORD OF THE RINGS IN CONCERT Howard Shore’s complete award-winning score for The Fellowship of the Ring will be performed onstage by ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Un Día de los Muertos con Arte Fresca, O.B. Oktoberfest, A Taste of Coronado
Published Oct. 5, 2011
Thursday | 6 CHEF SHOWDOWN 2011 NTC Promenade is the arena for this culinary competition involving chefs from Bali Hai, Kensington Grill, Cups, Sea Rocket ... More Post a comment
Your Week: James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Walter Cronkite Is Dead, Miramar Air Show
Published Sept. 28, 2011
Thursday | 29 ATMOSPHERES IN INK: WHISTLER AND THE ETCHING REVIVAL Consider this exhibition of more than 60 prints investigating how James Abbott McNeill Whistler ... More Post a comment
Your Week: The Art of Fashion, The Fat Pig, a Viking Festival, and Adams Avenue Street Fair
Published Sept. 21, 2011
Thursday | 22 ART OF FASHION RUNWAY SHOW Get a firsthand look of top designer 2011 fall/winter collections when the Country Friends partner with South ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: AMP Music Festival, Paddle for Clean Water, Milk Like Sugar
Published Sept. 14, 2011
Thursday | 15 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Pamela Burton reflects on how her practice has evolved in the past 35 years and discusses “how the human psyche ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: 9/11 Commemoration, the Music Thing, O.B. Music and Art Festival
Published Sept. 7, 2011
Thursday | 8 TRIBUTE OF REMEMBRANCE, HONOR, AND RENEWAL This 9/11 commemoration includes a military flyover, a performance by the San Diego Master Chorale, food ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Barona Powwow, 1812 Tchaikovsky Spectacular, Alien Hand Syndrome
Published Aug. 31, 2011
Thursday | 1 AGING: THE SEARCH FOR THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH Dr. Gary Small, professor of psychiatry and director of UCLA’s Center on Aging, visits ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Paper Theatre Festival, Henry Asencio, The Love Suicides at Amijima
Published Aug. 24, 2011
Thursday | 25 PAPER THEATRE FESTIVAL This year’s play about shape-shifting folk legends of Hawaii will be performed in a tiny replica of a 1922 ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Escondido's Scavenger Hunt, Summergrass San Diego, The Magician King
Published Aug. 17, 2011
Thursday | 18 HISTORY MYSTERY CHALLENGE How well do you know downtown Escondido? Find out during this scavenger hunt “riddled with food, drink, and fun.” ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Owl Prowl, Smooch Project, Machu Picchu’s Terraces of Enlightenment
Published Aug. 10, 2011
Thursday | 11 PAINTING ABSTRACT PORTRAITS Experiment with different techniques to find your own style with instructor Reed Cardwell at the Art Academy of San ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Finland, Hairspray, and Artlawn 2011
Published Aug. 3, 2011
Thursday | 4 TOWER AFTER HOURS: FINLAND The San Diego Museum of Man celebrates the land of lakes with music, dance, food, and drinks. “Discover ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Stuff Parisians Like, Cheetah Outreach, Mercury Insurance Open
Published July 27, 2011
Thursday | 28 STUFF PARISIANS LIKE Olivier Magny, the founder of the O Chateau wine-tasting school in Paris and a syndicated European television host, visits ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Qualcomm's Beer Festival, Peer Gynt, Spork Foods BBQ
Published July 20, 2011
Thursday | 21 THE BLACK BALL Los Angeles toy store Munky King will be at Bar Basic in East Village to kick off Comic-Con with ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Jake Shimabukuro, Shark Touching, and Gam3rcon 2011
Published July 13, 2011
Thursday | 14 SAN DIEGO UKULELE FESTIVAL Ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro takes the stage at Liberty Station to kick off a festival featuring Polynesian-themed entertainment, ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Jemima Puddle-Duck, Hemp, and Circle Circle dot dot
Published July 6, 2011
Thursday | 7 GREEN SPACE/CIVIC SPACE As part of the San Diego Museum of Art’s Summer Salon Series, artist Natalia Calderón answers the question, “What ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Cardiff-by-the Sea Centennial, Big Bay Boom, Twenty/20’s Steven Patric
Published June 29, 2011
Thursday | 30 WONDERS OF THE SEA The “Ocean Authors” series at Birch Aquarium at Scripps commences with the unveiling of author and photographer Marc ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Beer & Sake Festival, Junie B. Jones, and Amateur Radio Week
Published June 22, 2011
Thursday | 23 BEER & SAKE FESTIVAL The Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana announces their ninth-annual shindig with top local sushi chefs showcasing ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Ed Hardy, Oysterfest, Hillcrest High-Heel Race
Published June 15, 2011
Thursday | 16 POP THURSDAYS See Emiko Omori’s documentary, Ed Hardy: Tattoo the World, at the Museum of Photographic Arts party, which will include tattoo ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: The Peace Corp, Sauté and Sear, and What's Eating Your Child?
Published June 8, 2011
Thursday | 9 NUNSENSE The Avo Playhouse stages Dan Goggin’s musical comedy about five nuns who need to raise funds for the burial of departed ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Carlsbad Beach Fest, Jewish Arts Festival, the World of Rice
Published June 1, 2011
Thursday | 2 THE MIND’S EYE What do art history and visual neuroscience have in common? Salk Institute neuroscientist Rich Krauzlis and UCSD art historian ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Teresa Giudice, Mark Christopher Lawrence, and A Dram of Drummhicit
Published May 25, 2011
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 ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Boomers in Clairemont, Moog Synthesizers, Sicilian Festival
Published May 18, 2011
Thursday | 19 DECONSTRUCTING ICONS: CONSIDERING THE SYMBOLS OF AMERICA High Tech High 11th-grade students have created an “art-and-writing exhibition exploring the impetus and impacts ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Golden Scissors Fashion Show, Orchestra Nova, Sally Ride Science Festival
Published May 11, 2011
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 ... More Post a comment
San Diego Event Picks May 5-11
Published May 4, 2011
Thursday | 5 VIDEOGRAPHER’S LOUNGE: CINCO DE MAYO The Media Arts Center hosts this free celebration of “Animation Month,” screening animated shorts and providing drinks ... More Comment (1)
San Diego's Event Picks, April 28-May 4
Published April 27, 2011
Thursday | 28 TASTING TURNED UP WineRave San Diego hosts a tasting made “edgy” by combining “the energizing ambiance of a nightclub with the engaging ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Easter at Birch Aquarium, Earth Day at Kimball Park, Global Warming Gridlock
Published April 20, 2011
Thursday | 21 SPRING EGGSTRAVAGANZA Take part in eggstra-special activities highlighting “the wonder of reproduction in the ocean.” Meet egg-laying marine animals (such as squids ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Oceanside Days of Art, Fallbrook Avocado Festival, Seaport Village’s Busker Event
Published April 13, 2011
Thursday | 14 DUO SOLARIS Los Angeles–based guitarists Connie Sheu and Scott Wolf will perform 19th- and 20th-century works for two guitars, including compositions by ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Heads You Lose, the Ladies of Old Town, and Reader Art Night
Published April 6, 2011
Thursday | 7 SISTERS AND MISTERS IN CRIME Forensic anthropologist and San Diego Mesa College professor of anthropology Madeleine J. Hinkes will discuss her work ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Quantum Man, Lieutenant of Inishmore, and Pluripotent Stem Cells
Published March 30, 2011
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 ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Dinner with a Zookeeper, Anime Conji, and Pornland
Published March 23, 2011
Thursday | 24 NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM Kids aged six to nine can design night-vision goggles in an “owl eyes” workshop or bring their favorite ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Oceangoing Birds, Surfboard Shaping, and "The Harold"
Published March 16, 2011
Thursday | 17 32ND ANNUAL ST. PATRICK’S DAY OPEN READING D.G. Wills Books in La Jolla hosts its popular celebration of Irish poetry and prose. ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Neuro-Philosophy, Indiefest 7, and the El Centro Air Show
Published March 9, 2011
Thursday | 10 BRAINTRUST What is morality, and where does it start? In her new book, neuro-philosophy pioneer Patricia Churchland will be on hand at ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Mother Antonia, Work-at-Home Expo, Beats by the Beach
Published March 2, 2011
Thursday | 3 POETRY AND THE RELIGIOUS THEMES OF SACRED TEXTS “Explore the beautiful ritual and liturgical potential of poetry, both within and beyond religion.” ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Princess Project, Harlem Globetrotters, and Photo 51
Published Feb. 23, 2011
Thursday | 24 PRINCESS PROJECT RUNWAY Who will reinvent the prom dress? Find out during this live prom-dress design competition. The Princess Project provides prom ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Klezmer, Space 4 Art, and Polar Plunge
Published Feb. 16, 2011
Thursday | 17 KLEZMER MUSIC, FRAILACHS, AND HORAS The Concert Hour series at Palomar College Performance Lab continues when clarinet virtuoso Robert Zelickman and pianist ... More Post a comment
San Diego Events: Technomania Circus, Steampunkers, and Gondola Rides
Published Feb. 9, 2011
Thursday | 10 EMPTY-HOUSE PARTY The books are gone and the San Diego County Public Law Library is empty for a short while. Help raise ... More Post a comment
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