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Balboa Park Events
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Organ Concert
Sunday, May 11, 2008
2:00 p.m., Spreckels Organ Pavilion
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"Peppers Favorites II"
Sunday, May 11, 2008
11:00 a.m., Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theatre
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Takin' Care of (Plumeria) Business
Sunday, May 11, 2008
1:00 p.m., War Memorial Building
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Art Glass Guild Show and Sale
Sunday, May 11, 2008
10:00 a.m., Spanish Village Art Center
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2008 Wondergirl 5K
Sunday, May 11, 2008
8:00 a.m., Balboa Park
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House of Italy
Sunday, May 11, 2008
2:00 p.m., House of Pacific Relations
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San Diego American Indian Cultural Days
Sunday, May 11, 2008
10:00 a.m., Balboa Park
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"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"
Sunday, May 11, 2008
2:00 p.m., Casa del Prado Theater
Balboa Park Stories
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A Very Gassy Golf Course
Balboa Park
| City Lights
Published April 9, 2008
Standing at the tee pad of hole 15, a Frisbee player on Morley Field’s Disc Golf Course can’t see the basket he’s aiming for. It’s hidden in a thicket of trees 246 feet away. Players searching ...
The Fence Grows
Balboa Park
| Calendar Highlight
Published Jan. 2, 2008
“The Mexican fan palm is obviously from Mexico, but those plants don’t really know boundaries,” says landscape architect Steve Wichmann. “The Mexican palm is fast-growing, and it is a palm that will easily regenerate itself from ...
Balboa Park Carousel, 1957
Balboa Park
| Picture Story
Published Oct. 4, 2007
The ride arrived in the West from New York in 1910. The operator of Coronado's seasonal Tent City bought it from an L.A. owner soon after. Some say the carousel was moved between the Tent City ...
Explore Balboa Park's wilder east side on foot or by mountain bike.
Balboa Park
| Roam-O-Rama
Published Feb. 1, 2007
Balboa Park has plenty of "tame" places to walk, such as landscaped sidewalks on the grassy west side, paved trails inside the San Diego Zoo, and a number of semiwild trails in canyon bottoms near the ...
The King's Things
Balboa Park
| Crasher
Published Oct. 5, 2006
'It's a Budweiser and badminton bash," Brandon said when he invited me to his son's birthday party at Balboa Park. I had plans that day but had to know what people called a "shuttlecock" after a ...
Wordsmiths and Shutterbugs
Balboa Park
| Crasher
Published March 9, 2006
Local paper Word San Diego invited me to their 3rd Annual Anti-Social Writers Party. I was told the $10 cover at the door was to keep the publication running. I threw in the cash and $15 ...
Two For The Price Of None
Balboa Park
| Crasher
| Pacific Beach
Published Oct. 20, 2005
I went to two parties in one day that tested my crashing ability. The first was a luncheon at Balboa Park. The ticket was $40, but I weaseled in without paying. I did feel guilty, since ...
Best of 2003: Best Public Display Of Bosoms
Balboa Park
| Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 25, 2003
Casa de Balboa, Balboa Park www.sandiegohistory.org/bpbuildings/casabalb.htm You can't touch them and you won't see any suckling infant, but there they are -- big, pendulous breasts -- out in the open for the whole world to see. ...
Best of 2003: Best Place To Learn Rose Pruning
Balboa Park
| Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 25, 2003
San Diego Rose Society's Annual Hands-On Demonstration, Balboa Park www.sdrosesociety.org 619-235-0004 Come January, it's possible to find a half-dozen sources of rose-pruning instruction throughout the county. But none provide as much inspiration as the free sessions ...
Best of 2003: Best Urban & Coastal Stargazing
Balboa Park
| Oceanside
| Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 25, 2003
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center www.sdaa.org 619-238-1233, x6 Oceanside Photo and Telescope I-5 and Mission, Oceanside www.optcorp.com 800-483-6287 On the first Wednesday of each month, the San Diego Astronomy Association sponsors free evening star parties near ...
Best of 2003: Best Place To See A Double Feature
Balboa Park
| Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 25, 2003
Museum of Photographic Arts (MoPA) 1649 El Prado, Balboa Park www.mopa.org/film.html 619-238-7559 Not only is MoPA the only film house in town that regularly offers double features (for a mere $7), but curator Scott Marks reveals ...
Best of 2003: Best Mojito
Balboa Park
| Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 25, 2003
Prado Restaurant House of Hospitality, Balboa Park www.pradobalboa.com 619-557-9441 There's a new drink in town, kiddies. The mojito. It's a Cuban hottie that sailed into San Diego a few years ago and is giving the martini ...
Best of 2003: Best Place To Buy Historical Pictures Of San Diego
Balboa Park
| Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 25, 2003
San Diego Historical Society Research Archives Casa de Balboa, Balboa Park www.sandiegohistory.org 619-232-6203, x127 Hunting for an early San Diego picture of whaling ships in the bay, the neighborhood your family grew up in, or downtown ...
Best of 2003: Best Edible Plants
Balboa Park
| Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 25, 2003
Foraging in San Diego's Canyons Balboa Park Could you live off Mother Nature in San Diego? Maybe, says Jon Rebman, curator of botany at San Diego's Natural History Museum, but only if you know what you're ...
Best of 2003: Best Inexpensive, High-Quality Art
Balboa Park
| Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 25, 2003
C Note Sale San Diego Art Institute 1439 El Prado, Balboa Park 619-236-0011 This semiannual event (June and December) features paintings, photographs, and sculptures created by local San Diego artists, many of whom are in attendance ...