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Your Week: Clue tour, She Done Him Wrong, Barona powwow, San Diego Made, Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse
Events, August 28-September 3, 2025
Thursday | 28
ArtPower is delighted to host Clue: A Walking Mystery, an interactive, real-world adventure inspired by the board game. Adapted specifically for UC San Diego, this experience invites players to step into the role of detective, exploring the campus to track down the missing furniture from the mansion’s nine famous rooms. Players will solve puzzles hidden at local businesses, interact with professional actors around campus, and finally answer the ultimate questions: who did it, where, and with what.
When: Thursday, August 28, 10 am to 6 pm
Where: Epstein Family Amphitheater, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla. artpower.ucsd.edu
Come enjoy ca lassic movie and popcorn on a patio during a summer night. The host will be KPBS film critic, arts reporter, and Cinema Junkie podcast host, Beth Accomando. The film will be She Done Him Wrong (1933). When a wealthy banker throws his wife’s expensive fur coat off a roof and it lands on the head of a stenographer, everyone assumes she is his mistress and has access to his millions.
When: Thursday, August 28, 8 pm to 10 pm
Where: Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, 1008 Wall Street, La Jolla. ljathenaeum.org/flicks
Friday | 29
This three-day celebration begins on Friday, with gourd dancing followed by dancers in full regalia. Hundreds of Native American dancers from across the country will compete and showcase traditional and contemporary dance styles, including the Fancy Shawl Dance and Grass Dance. Hand Drum contests, singing, drumming, and food favorites like Indian fry bread tacos. A wide selection of arts, crafts, and handmade jewelry will be available from vendors.
When: Friday, August 29, 6 pm. Through Sunday, August 31
Where: Barona Sports Complex. 1095 Barona Road, Lakeside. barona-nsn.gov
Saturday | 30
This outdoor festival celebrates the best of San Diego’s creative community with over 125 curated local makers, food and drinks, live music, crafts, games, and photo ops. Be sure to grab a punch card at the entrance— make three qualifying purchases and receive a free handmade gift at the exit.
When: Saturday, August 30 and Sunday, August 31, 10 am to 5 pm
Where: Liberty Station NTC Park, 2455 Cushing Road, Liberty Station. sdmademarkets.com
Wednesday | 3
The Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse
The Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse have been touring together this summer as co-headliners, with select dates for supporting bands Friko and Dehd. This tour follows a previous joint tour in 2002 and features both bands playing their hit songs, with Modest Mouse focusing on “Good News for People Who Love Bad News." The tour aims to blend the “high-energy, light-filled performances” of The Flaming Lips with the more “earthy and connected” music of Modest Mouse.
When: Wednesday, September 3, 7:30 pm
Where: Open Air Theatre, 5500 Campanile Drive, SDSU. as.sdsu.edu
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Your Week: Clue tour, She Done Him Wrong, Barona powwow, San Diego Made, Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse
Events, August 28-September 3, 2025
Your Week: Clue tour, She Done Him Wrong, Barona powwow, San Diego Made, Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse
Events, August 28-September 3, 2025
Thursday | 28
ArtPower is delighted to host Clue: A Walking Mystery, an interactive, real-world adventure inspired by the board game. Adapted specifically for UC San Diego, this experience invites players to step into the role of detective, exploring the campus to track down the missing furniture from the mansion’s nine famous rooms. Players will solve puzzles hidden at local businesses, interact with professional actors around campus, and finally answer the ultimate questions: who did it, where, and with what.
When: Thursday, August 28, 10 am to 6 pm
Where: Epstein Family Amphitheater, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla. artpower.ucsd.edu
Come enjoy ca lassic movie and popcorn on a patio during a summer night. The host will be KPBS film critic, arts reporter, and Cinema Junkie podcast host, Beth Accomando. The film will be She Done Him Wrong (1933). When a wealthy banker throws his wife’s expensive fur coat off a roof and it lands on the head of a stenographer, everyone assumes she is his mistress and has access to his millions.
When: Thursday, August 28, 8 pm to 10 pm
Where: Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, 1008 Wall Street, La Jolla. ljathenaeum.org/flicks
Friday | 29
This three-day celebration begins on Friday, with gourd dancing followed by dancers in full regalia. Hundreds of Native American dancers from across the country will compete and showcase traditional and contemporary dance styles, including the Fancy Shawl Dance and Grass Dance. Hand Drum contests, singing, drumming, and food favorites like Indian fry bread tacos. A wide selection of arts, crafts, and handmade jewelry will be available from vendors.
When: Friday, August 29, 6 pm. Through Sunday, August 31
Where: Barona Sports Complex. 1095 Barona Road, Lakeside. barona-nsn.gov
Saturday | 30
This outdoor festival celebrates the best of San Diego’s creative community with over 125 curated local makers, food and drinks, live music, crafts, games, and photo ops. Be sure to grab a punch card at the entrance— make three qualifying purchases and receive a free handmade gift at the exit.
When: Saturday, August 30 and Sunday, August 31, 10 am to 5 pm
Where: Liberty Station NTC Park, 2455 Cushing Road, Liberty Station. sdmademarkets.com
Wednesday | 3
The Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse
The Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse have been touring together this summer as co-headliners, with select dates for supporting bands Friko and Dehd. This tour follows a previous joint tour in 2002 and features both bands playing their hit songs, with Modest Mouse focusing on “Good News for People Who Love Bad News." The tour aims to blend the “high-energy, light-filled performances” of The Flaming Lips with the more “earthy and connected” music of Modest Mouse.
When: Wednesday, September 3, 7:30 pm
Where: Open Air Theatre, 5500 Campanile Drive, SDSU. as.sdsu.edu