San Diego Magazine / September 2007 / Best Bets

 Email  Print  Feed

Best Bets

Caboose Shakin’
Mass transit meets modern dance with San Diego Dance Theater’s Trolley Dances, performed September 29 and 30 and October 6 and 7 at select trolley stops. Board the East Village orange line for a guided tour (hourly, beginning at 10 a.m.) through trolley stations doubling as dance stages, and disembark at the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art at the Santa Fe Depot stop. Participating choreographers include Yolande Snaith, John Diaz, Kyle Abraham, Jean Isaacs and Rande Dorn. Tickets are $25 ($15 for seniors; $10 for students; free to kids under 5) and include an all-day trolley pass. 619-225-1803; sandiegodancetheater.org.

Art Town
Browse handcrafted wares and one-of-a-kind works——paintings (like Julio Garcia’s New Face II, above), sculpture, ceramics, fashion, furniture, jewelry and more——by the 150-plus artists featured at the Old Town Art Festival, September 22 and 23 at Old Town State Historic Park. Participating area restaurants host The Flavors of Old Town, with menu specials; Cosmopolitan Restaurant hosts a wine tasting. 888-278-3378; oldtownartfestival.com.

Best Feet Forward
AIDS Walk San Diego, the largest one-day HIV/AIDS fund-raiser in the county, hits the pavement September 30 in Balboa Park (Sixth Avenue and Quince Street). Presented by Nordstrom, the family-friendly walk raises funds for more than 30 local HIV/AIDS organizations that serve upwards of 16,000 people. Registration opens at 6 a.m.; opening ceremonies start at 7; walk begins at 8:05. 619-291-9255; aidswalksd.org.

Yachts of Fun
Glimpse the lux life on the high seas when the eighth annual YachtFest San Diego drops anchor at the Shelter Island Marina September 13-16. Geared toward seasoned sailors and aspiring yachters alike, YachtFest offers tours aboard 30 mega-yachts and showcases the latest in luxury yachting products. 858-836-0133; yachtfest.com.

Celluloid Times Six
The film industry shines its spotlight south for the sixth annual San Diego Film Festival, September 27-30 at various Gaslamp Quarter venues. The San Diego Film Foundation’s competitive festival showcases 100-plus American and international features, documentaries, short films and music videos. It’s also a four-day party with filmmaker and celebrity gatherings (attracting the likes of Jason and Naomi Priestley, above), panels and the American Screenwriters Association’s annual conference. 619-582-2368; sdff.org.

Nashville in Solana Beach
Country comes to North County with The Honky Tonk Angels, the story of three women chasing their country ’n’ western dreams, on the North Coast Repertory Theatre stage September 5–October 7. 858-481-1055; northcoastrep.org.

Wasn’t I Here Already?
Time travel proves the undoing of a murder plot at Cygnet Theatre, which steps in and out of Communicating Doors to the past, August 25–September 23. 619-337-1525; cygnettheatre.com.

The Sixties, Sancho and Don Quixote
Lyric Opera San Diego steps back several decades with Love In: A Musical Celebration, September 6-9, then several centuries with Man of La Mancha, singing and tilting at windmills in the Stephen & Mary Birch North Park Theatre September 28–October 7. 619-231-5714; lyricoperasandiego.org.

Belabored Belief
Lamb’s Players Theatre navigates well-traveled religious waters with Susan and God, exploring what happens when an enthusiastic convert thinks everyone should share her new belief. Through September 23 at the troupe’s Coronado venue. 619-437-0600; lambsplayers.org.

Killer Musicals
Broadway/San Diego starts out the month with the jazzy, man-killing Chicago (below), September 4-9, then moves to England for the romance of Camelot, September 25-30 at downtown’s Civic Theatre. 619-570-1100; broadwaysd.com.