Event Calendar
Signature Events:
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Through 11/21/2009
Carlsbad Village Farmers' Market
Visit Carlsbad Location: Carlsbad Price: Free to Public Description: The Carlsbad Village Farmers' Market is a great place to get the freshest local produce and flowers
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Through 11/21/2009
Detroit Underground
Humphreys Restaurant-Humphrey's Half Moon Inn Location: Shelter Island Price: $12 cover at 7pm Description: Humphreys Backstage Live - motown & dance
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Through 11/21/2009
Fat Freddy's Drop
WorldBeat Center Price: $15 Description: Fat Freddy's Drop are a seven-piece roots, dub, reggae, jazz, soul band from Wellington, New Zealand
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Through 11/21/2009
Five Dynasties of Chinese Pottery
San Diego Chinese Historical Society and Museum Price: $2; free for members & children under 12 Description: This exhibit traces Chinese pottery from its humble, utilitarian beginnings to its culmination as an elite art form. The exhibit features representative specimens from the Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE) to Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 CE).
The exhibit opening will be held in the extension building at 328 J Street on Saturday, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. A PowerPoint presentation will be given at 2:00 PM by our Education Coordinator, Alex Stewart. Refreshments will be served at the reception held in the Chinese garden at 404 Third Avenue. Admission is $2 and free for members and children under 12.
For more information, please visit our website at www.sdchm.org or call the museum at 619-338-9888.
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Through 11/21/2009
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Through 11/21/2009
Hall of Fame Induction & Gala
San Diego Air & Space Museum Location: Balboa Park Price: $275-$375 Description: Annually, the SDASM inducts selected individuals and groups into the International Aerospace Hall of Fame (IAHF). After careful consideration we have chosen eight individuals and groups that have made inspiring contributions to the aviation and space industry.
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Through 11/21/2009
Joe Sample-Jazz Fusion
Anthology Location: Downtown Price: $10-48 Description: Jazz Fusion. Doors open at 5:30pm for drinks and dinner. 2 Shows start at 7:30pm and 9:30pm.
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Through 11/21/2009
La Jolla Antique Beer Fest
La Jolla Historical Society Price: Members $75/$90 Non-members per person Description: Antique beer tasting and fundraising event
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Through 11/21/2009
Rio Peligroso
Humphreys Restaurant-Humphrey's Half Moon Inn Location: Shelter Island Price: No cover charge Description: Humphreys Backstage Live - rock & blues
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Through 11/21/2009
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Through 11/21/2009
Say Anything
House of Blues Location: Downtown Price: $16.50 adv. Description: w/ Eisley / Moneen / Miniature Tigers / Picture Atlantic. Tickets on sale Wed. 8/19 @ 10am! Show: 7:30pm All Ages
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Through 11/21/2009
Stripes and Lines w/ Helen Earth Band and The Howls
Belly Up Tavern Location: Solana Beach Price: $10.00 / $12.00 Description: Stripes and Lines brings the old and new together with hints of Built To Spill, cemented with a driving rhythm section reminiscent of U2 or The Police, adds a touch of Velvet Underground; and tops it all off with three and four part vocal harmonies that suggest the great vocalists of the 60s. It’s a potent combination of high energy with musicality and subtlety that perhaps only could have been achieved after years on the road. 9:00 PM Doors at 8:00 PM
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Through 11/21/2009
“Block Busters!” Opening Day
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center Location: Balboa Park Price: $8.00-$11.75 Description: Behold building blocks that foster the imagination and defy gravity. Visitors of all ages will discover the unique nature and unlimited possibilities of KEVA planks when they try their hand at engineering structures tall and wide at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center’s newest 2,300 sq foot interactive exhibition, “Block Busters!” opening November 21, 2009.
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Through 11/22/2009
San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival
Description: The San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival is an international showcase of the world's premier wine and spirits, chefs and culinary personalities, and gourmet foods. Held November 18-22, 2009, the event auctions benefit the American Institute of Wine & Food culinary arts scholarship program. Over 800 wines and spirits, 70 of San Diego’s top fine dining restaurants and 30 gourmet food companies will participate in the 2009 Festival.
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Through 11/22/2009
Bent
Diversionary Theatre Location: University Heights Price: $10-$33 Description: Bent
A co-production with ion theatre company
October 29-November 22, 2009.
This co-production commemorates the 30th anniversary of the seminal play by Martin Sherman. Co-directed by Glenn Paris and Claudio Raygoza. Featuring Chris Buess, Eric Dowdy, Philip John, Stephen Lone, Charlie Reuter, Walter Ritter, William Parker Shore and Michael Zlotnik.
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Through 11/22/2009
Hansel and Gretel
Lyric Opera San Diego Location: Downtown Price: $32 - $52 Description: A timeless children’s classic comes to the Lyric Opera stage for the first time.
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Through 11/22/2009
Joyful Noise
Lamb's Players Theatre Location: Coronado Price: $22 - $58 Description: The surprising true story about the politics, scandal, and oversized egos behind the creation of Handel's Messiah.
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Through 11/22/2009
Rhythm, Rhyme, and Ragtime
Classics 4 Kids Price: $6-$20 Description: Join musicians of the Classics Philharmonic and guests from Malashock Dance as they explore the rhythms and movements of ragtime and jazz by Scott Joplin and Igor Stravinsky to name a few. Composer and author James Woodward makes a guest appearance in the performance of his “When Rebecca Woogie Came To Town” His newly published book by the same name is dedicated to Classics 4 Kids!
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Through 11/22/2009
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Through 11/22/2009
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Through 11/26/2009
San Diego Hotel Week
sandiegohotelweek.com Location: Downtown Description: San Diego Hotel Week will take place November 13th to November 26th 2009.
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Through 11/27/2009
Gathering Together
San Diego Watercolor Society Price: Free Description: An exhibition of 90 original watercolor paintings by local artists
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Through 11/29/2009
The Foreigner
Moonlight Stage Productions Price: $21-$29 Description: Award-winning comedy about a tongue-tied British visitor to a Georgia fishing lodge.
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Through 11/30/2009
Dinosaurs Alive 3D (San Diego Natural History Museum)
San Diego Natural History Museum Location: Balboa Park Price: $7-$13 Description: Dinosaurs Alive! is a global adventure of science and discovery featuring the entire age of dinosaurs—from the earliest creatures of the Triassic period to the monsters of the Jurassic and Cretaceous—as they are reawakened on the giant screen in the eye-popping 3D format.
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Through 12/01/2009
"The Movement" a dance and performance series produced by The PGK Project
The PGK Project (A Contemporary Dance Company) Price: $5 Suggested Donation Description: Produced by The PGK Project and hosted by 8Teen Arts & Cultural Center this popular dance and performance series presents Established and Emerging artists in this beautiful gallery space the first Tuesday of every month.
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Through 12/08/2009
4 x 4 x Floor
The PGK Project (A Contemporary Dance Company) Price: $5 Suggested Donation Description: Established and Emerging Dance and Performance Artists come together to share their work in the fun, casual setting of Bluefoot Bar & Lounge in North Park
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Through 12/12/2009
Holiday Memories
Scripps Ranch Theatre Price: $18-$20 Description: Truman Capote's heartwarming tale for family audiences.
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Through 12/20/2009
Bonnie & Clyde
La Jolla Playhouse Location: La Jolla Description: From the creative team of Frank Wildhorn, Don Black and Ivan Menchell comes the world premiere of Bonnie and Clyde.
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Through 12/21/2009
Little & Large, Sculptors creating Jewelry and Jewelers creating Sculpture
San Diego Visual Arts Network Description: San Diego Visual Arts Network in collaboration with 41 Regional Exhibition Venues throughout SD County announce a promotion of over 90 Sculptors creating Jewelry and Jewelers creating Sculpture inspired by the Calder Jewelry exhibition at San Diego Museum of Art
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Through 12/31/2009
IMAX® Film: “Adventures in Wild California” at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center Location: Balboa Park Price: Adults $14.50; Children (Age 3-12) $11.75 Description: The wilds of California are not so much a place as they are a state of mind - a free-spirited, nature-infused way of life that is viscerally captured in Adventures in Wild Callifornia, the latest IMAX® theatre adventure from MacGillivray Freeman Films and K2 Communications.
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Through 12/31/2009
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Through 12/31/2009
To The Moon: Snoopy Soars With NASA
San Diego Air & Space Museum Location: Balboa Park Price: Included with regular admission Description: Just before the first humans landed on the moon, Charlie Brown and Snoopy soared through space with NASA's Apollo 10 mission in May 1969. SDASM's new exhibition To the Moon: Snoopy Soars with NASA, opening September 12, examines the history of Apollo 10 and the Peanuts characters' role in that flight and in the NASA Manned Flight Awareness safety program.
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Through 01/03/2010
Baja California (San Diego Natural HIstory Museum)
San Diego Natural History Museum Location: Balboa Park Price: $7-$13 Description: Baja California features imagery by National Geographic photographer, author and expedition leader Ralph Lee Hopkins.
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Through 01/03/2010
The Da Vinci Experience
San Diego Air & Space Museum Location: Balboa Park Price: $9.75 to $24.75 Description: Replicas and models of the mechanical devices designed and described by Leonardo da Vinci, along with reproductions of 12 of his most famous paintings, are featured in a new exhibition at the San Diego Air & Space Museum now showing for a limited engagement. Machines for the popular Discovery Channel Show, Doing DaVinci have been added!
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Through 01/05/2010
Wacky Science Sundays
San Diego Natural History Museum Location: Balboa Park Price: Free with Museum admission Description: Join us for live performances every Sunday at the San Diego Natural History Museum.
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Through 01/05/2010
Early Ecologist - Preschool Storytime Series
San Diego Natural History Museum Location: Balboa Park Price: FREE with Museum admission Description: Storytime and activities at the San Diego Natural History Museum that will spark children's love of nature. Recommended for children 5 and under with an adult.
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Through 01/10/2010
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Through 01/10/2010
An American Dream: Gregg Jabs
Oceanside Museum of Art Price: $8, $5 for Seniors, Free for Military and their dependants, Free for Students with ID Description: In this dramatic body of mixed media work, ceramic artist Gregg Jabs searches for The American Dream, only to find dysfunction
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Through 01/24/2010
Picturing the Process: The Photograph as Witness
Museum of Photographic Arts Location: Downtown Price: $4 - $6 Description: Picturing the Process: The Photograph as Witness
August 1, 2009 - February 6, 2010
The exhibition presents work from MoPA's permanent collection, and explores the variety of ways that photographers and photographs document people, places and events throughout history.
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Through 01/24/2010
Through the Lens: Selections from MoPA's Education Programs
Museum of Photographic Arts Location: Downtown Price: $4 - $6 Description:
Through the Lens: Selections from MoPA's Education Programs
October 3, 2009 – January 24, 2010
The fourth annual youth exhibition, which features the artwork of over 80 students from San Diego, ranging from 3rd–12th grades.
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Through 01/29/2010
Porsche Exhibit
San Diego Automotive Museum Location: Balboa Park Price: $4 - $8 Description: Porsche exhibit featuring the power and styling of this famed German maker.
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Through 01/31/2010
Automatic Cities: The Architectural Imaginary in Contemporary Art
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla Location: La Jolla Price: Free to $10 Description: Featuring an international roster of both established artists and emerging talents, this imaginative exhibition weaves architectural imagery within contemporary visual art and explores notions of architecture in the broadest sense, comprising images of cities both built and unbuilt, rising from collective experience and imagination.
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Through 01/31/2010
Beloved Daughters: Photographs by Fazal Sheikh
Museum of Photographic Arts Location: Downtown Price: $4 - $6 Description: Beloved Daughters: Photographs by Fazal Sheikh
October 10 - January 31, 2010
Photographs of women and young girls in India by photographer, activist, and MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Award winner Fazal Sheikh.
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Through 01/31/2010
Museums in Miniature: Works by Marcel Duchamp and Joseph Cornell
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla Location: La Jolla Price: Free to $10 Description: Museums in Miniature explores the use of collage, assemblage, and staged tableaux by Marcel Duchamp and Joseph Cornell as plays on the notion of an exhibition space. Together these works serve as a prelude to the exhibition, Automatic Cities.
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Through 01/31/2010
Sunday Pipe Organ Concert
Spreckels Organ Society Price: Free Description: Spreckels Pipe Organ Sunday Concert in Balboa Park
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Through 02/28/2010
Darwin: Evolution|Revolution (San Diego Natural History Museum)
San Diego Natural History Museum Location: Balboa Park Price: $10-$16 (museum members are free) Description: Explore the life and work of Charles Darwin, the biologist whose revolutionary theories on natural selection and evolution changed the face of science forever. This year marks the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publishing of On the Origin of Species.
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Through 02/28/2010
Tara Donovan
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Downtown Location: Downtown Price: Free to $10 Description: MacArthur genius honoree Tara Donovan is one of the most innovative and important young artists of our time. MCASD is the only West Coast venue for the first museum retrospective of this provocative artist, which showcases the artist’s sculptures and installations that transform everyday materials—such as drinking straws and plastic cups—to dazzling effect.
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Through 06/01/2010
More Than Words: 'Iipay Aa Tiipay Aa Uumall, The Barona Inter-Tribal Dictionary
Barona Cultural Center and Museum Price: Free Description: In the spirit of ongoing cultural preservation, our new exhibition, "More Than Words: 'Iipay Aa Tiipay Aa Uumall, The Barona Inter-Tribal Dictionary" opens Tuesday, November 3, 2009. Truly one of the most important duties of the Museum, and the first publication of the Barona Museum Press, is the monumental 696-page Barona Inter-Tribal Dictionary. The Museum presents the inspiration and background realized in the Dictionary committee's effort to document this endangered language.
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Through 11/08/2010
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11/22/2009
Grinch Christmas Tree Lighting
The Old Globe Location: Balboa Park Price: FREE Description: Annual Tree Lighting on the Old Globe Plaza to include special performance by the cast.
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