Our drop-in making activities allow guests to create, problem solve, develop skills, and learn principles of science, engineering, technology, arts, and math in a creative, project based, hands-on setting. Activities are designed to encourage fans of all ages to explore, design, experiment, and build.

Thursday through Tuesday from 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Last seating at 2:30p.m. Dates and times are subject to change.

R.E.S.P.E.C.T is an electrifying tribute celebrating the music of the legendary Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. This concert experience takes audiences on a journey of love, tragedy, courage, and triumph. Starring a live band and supreme vocalists, come experience a night of music by one of the greatest artists of all time. 
  
The concert features all your favorite hits in one evening, including "Natural Woman,” “Think,” “I Knew You Were Waiting for Me,” “Chain of Fools,” “Respect,” and many more. You’ll be out of your seat and dancing in the aisles as you lose yourself in the music that inspired a generation. 
   
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. is proudly presented by San Diego Theatres at Balboa Theatre on Saturday, February 22, 2025. Tickets are available via San Diego Theatres and Ticketmaster. 

Co-led by songwriter, harmonica and singer Joe Nosek, and real-deal Chicago blues vocalist and songwriter Oscar Wilson, the Cash Box Kings play masterfully raw and unvarnished house-rockin’ blues.

The band features a "who's who" of some of the most excellent blues musicians on the scene today, including Billy Flynn, Kenny "Beedy Eyes" Smith, boogie-woogie and blues piano maestro Queen Lee Kanehire and upright bass wunderkind John W. Lauler. Critics worldwide recognize the band as one of the premier traditional Chicago blues bands today.

The Kings feature gritty powerhouse vocals, soaring harmonica, and razor-sharp original songs. With their top-shelf musicianship and trademark good humor, The Cash Box Kings are a one-of-a-kind blues band. In the words of MOJO magazine, the band is "flawless."

In the depths of the Depression, millions worldwide followed every twist and turn of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping and murder. However, what was reported was largely “fake news.” Nearly a century after undocumented immigrant Bruno Richard Hauptmann was executed for the dastardly crime, questions still linger. Join us on March 20 to hear how Judge Pearlman reexamined "the crime of the century" with fresh eyes focused on a key suspect. Astonishingly more key evidence is accessible today than was presented at the death penalty trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann. Viewing documents and photos that the jury never saw and forensic analysis never before published, you can judge for yourself who committed the "crime of the century."