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THEATER
Annie pays a call at Civic Theatre for Broadway/San Diego, Jan. 9-11: Fri. at 7:30, Sat. at 2 & 7:30, Sun. at 1 & 6. Third & B St., downtown, 619-570-1100; broadwaysd.com.
A writer finds his way into Angel’s Arms in Lamb’s Players Theatre’s Festival of Christmas tradition, on the main stage (1142 Orange Ave., Coronado) thru Dec. 28 (no show Dec. 25): Tues.-Thur. at 7:30, Fri. at 8, Sat. at 4 & 8, Sun. at 2. The troupe takes to the Hotel del Coronado (1500 Orange Ave.) for An American Christmas, Dec. 26-28 at 6:30. Boomers continues at downtown San Diego’s Horton Grand Theatre (444 Fourth Ave.), Jan. 9–Feb. 22: Thur. at 7:30, Fri. & Sat. at 4 & 8, Sun. at 2. 619-437-0600; lambsplayers.org.
At North Coast Repertory Theatre, The Dresser takes place during World War II, Jan. 17–Feb. 8: Wed. at 7, Thur. & Fri. at 8, Sat. at 2 & 8, Sun. at 2 & 7. 987 Lomas Santa Fe Dr., Ste. D, Solana Beach, 858-481-1055; northcoastrep.org.
On the Old Globe Theatre’s main stage, Six Degrees of Separation revolves around the New York art scene, Jan. 10–Feb. 15. On the San Diego Museum of Art’s Copley Auditorium arena stage, Since Africa tells the story of a lost boy of Sudan, Jan. 24–Mar. 8. Shows are Tues. & Wed. at 7, Thur. & Fri. at 8, Sat. at 2 & 8, Sun. at 2 & 7. 1363 Old Globe Way, Balboa Park, 619-234-5623; theoldglobe.org.
San Diego Repertory Theatre lets the audience discern truth in Doubt: A Parable, Jan. 10–Feb. 8: Wed. at 7, Thur. & Fri. at 8, Sat. at 8, Sun. at 2 & 7. Lyceum Theatre, 79 Horton Plaza, downtown, 619-544-1000; sandiegorep.com.
At Welk Resort Theatre, Music and Memories embodies showman/pianist Liberace, Jan. 2–Feb. 8. Shows are Tues., Thur. & Sat. at 1:45 & 8, Wed. & Sun. at 1:45. 8860 Lawrence Welk Dr., Escondido, 760-749-3448; welktheatre.com.
The California Center for the Arts, Escondido hosts the musical Movin’ Out, Jan. 29 at 8. The comedy Queen of Bingo is a night in the lives of two sisters played by men, Jan. 23 & 24 at 8. 340 N. Escondido Blvd., Escondido, 800-988-4253; artcenter.org.
At Compass Theatre: Three small-time crooks plot a robbery in American Buffalo, Jan. 10–Feb. 15: Thur.-Sat. at 8, Sun. at 2. Bad Night in a Men’s Room off Sunset Boulevard centers on a movie idol determined to reclaim stardom, Jan. 18–Feb. 18: Sun. at 7, Mon.-Wed. at 7:30. 3704 Sixth Ave., Hillcrest, 619-688-9210; compasstheatre.com.
Coronado Playhouse hosts The Wizard of Oz, Jan. 30–Mar. 8: Thur.-Sat. at 8, Sun. at 2. 1835 Strand Way, Coronado, 619-435-4856; coronadoplayhouse.com.
At Cygnet Theatre’s Rolando stage (6663 El Cajon Blvd., Ste. N), Love Song, a quirky comedy, plays Jan. 15–Feb. 22: Wed. at 7:30, Thur.-Sat. at 8, Sun. at 2 & 7. 619-337-1525; cygnettheatre.com.
As Much As You Can brings family conflict to Diversionary Theatre Jan. 8-25: Wed. & Thur. at 7:30, Fri. & Sat. at 8, Sun. at 2 & 7. 4545 Park Blvd., University Heights, 619-220-0097; diversionary.org.
Mystery Café’s interactive The Good, the Bad and the Udderly Ridiculous takes place during dinner, Fri. & Sat. at 8 at the Imperial House Restaurant (505 Kalmia St., downtown). 619-544-1600; mysterycafe.net.
Onstage Playhouse’s After-Play is set at dinner, Jan. 9–Feb. 7: Thur.-Sat. at 8, Sun. at 2. 2931 Third Ave., Chula Vista, 619-422-7787; onstageplayhouse.org.
At Patio Playhouse, Cinderella loses footwear Jan. 16–Feb. 1: Fri. & Sat. at 7 & 9, Sun. at 2 & 4. 201 E. Grand Ave., Ste. 1D, Escondido, 760-746-6669; patioplayhouse.com.
Poway Community Theatre takes on Relatively Speaking, exploring messy relationships and infidelity, Jan. 16–Feb. 8: Fri. & Sat. at 8, Sun. at 2. 13250 Poway Rd., 858-679-8085; powpac.org.
BOOKSHELF
Dig In
Local publishing house San Diego City Works Press, affiliated with San Diego City College, has put out a number of interesting books recently, among them the anthology Hunger and Thirst: Food Literature ($12.95), edited by Nancy Cary, a professor of English at SDCC. This collection of essays, poems and photographs evokes not just the world of food but the entire world——a variety of cultures, ethnicities and idiosyncrasies. K. Nadine Kavanaugh writes about her conflicted love for a bread machine, Kim Addonizio offers a sexually charged ode to the first sip of a cold beer, and Lauren Guza takes a wry look back at her various birthday dinners, including one she had while hiking with a boyfriend in the hills of New Zealand: granola bars, breath mints and a chocolate bar. The best essay, though, is the introduction by Cary, a heartfelt ode to her writing group (who also served as co-editors of the book). These writers, foodies and friends saw her through a diagnosis of breast cancer in a way they knew well——armed with freshly baked banana bread, Vietnamese chicken curry and homemade chicken soup.
Eva Silvers Travers, who splits her time between San Diego and Orange counties, has co-authored Edge! A Leadership Story with Bea Fields and Corey Blake (Writers of the Roundtable Press, $29.95). The book teaches a no-nonsense method of coaching through the fictional story of an executive coach who shakes up and changes the world of her CEO client. Each chapter ends with a nonfiction “debriefing” that distills the lesson and offers probing questions the reader can apply to his or her own life and work. ——EILENE ZIMMERMAN
MUSIC
POP/ROCK
At Anthology: Gene Perry’s Afro-Cuban Band and Pocket, Jan. 2; Charmaine Clamor and Janiva Magness, Jan. 3; Buster Williams, Patrice Ruschen and Lenny White, Jan. 7; Poncho Sanchez, Jan. 9 at 7:30 & 9:30; Chuchito Valdes, Jan. 14; Otis Taylor, Jan. 15; Richie Havens, Jan. 23 at 7:30 & 9:30; Fountains of Wayne, Jan. 24; Blue Note 70th Anniversary Tour, Jan. 27 at 7:30 & 9:30; Bobby Caldwell, Jan. 30 & 31 at 7:30 & 9:30. Shows are at 7:30 unless noted. 1337 India St., Little Italy, 619-595-0300; anthologysd.com.
At the Belly Up: Pato Banton and The Mystic Roots Band, Jan. 2; Pepper, Supervillians and Passafire, Jan. 3; Project Cabaret, Jan. 5 at 7:30; Elijah Emanuel & the Revelations, Jan. 9; Dead Man’s Party, Jan. 10; The Knitters, The Farmers and The Cheap Leis, Jan. 15; Marcia Ball, Jan. 16; 40 oz to Freedom, Social Green and Qwiksand, Jan. 17; The Cured and Rio, Jan. 30. Shows at 9 unless noted. 143 S. Cedros Ave., Solana Beach, 858-481-8140; bellyup.com.
At the House of Blues: Reel Big Fish and Streetlight Manifesto, Jan. 1 at 7:30; Pepper, Supervillians and Passafire, Jan. 2; The Radiators, Jan. 3; B.B. King, Jan. 4 at 7; The Meteors, Jan. 5; Led Zepagain (Led Zeppelin tribute), Jan. 9; Boyz II Men, Jan. 15; Edwin McCain, Jan. 21; Femi Kuti & the Positive Force, Jan. 24 at 9; Ramon Ayala, Tracy Byrd, Tracy Lawrence and Richie McDonald, Jan. 25; O.A.R. and Eric Hutchinson, Jan. 28 & 30 at 7; Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine, Jan. 31. Shows are at 8 unless noted. 1055 Fifth Ave., downtown, 619-299-2583; hob.com.
CLASSICAL
Chamber-music ensemble Camarada presents “Forgotten Romance: An Elixir of Love,” Jan. 23 at 7:30 in St. Paul’s Cathedral (2728 Sixth Ave., downtown), Jan. 24 at 6 in a private residence, Jan. 25 at 6 in the Neurosciences Institute (10640 John Jay Hopkins Dr., Torrey Pines Mesa). 619-231-3702; camarada.org.
Fallbrook Music Society hosts the Tagi Trio, Jan. 18 at 3. Bob Burton Center of the Performing Arts, 2400 S. Stagecoach Dr., Fallbrook, 760-451-8644; fallbrookmusicsociety.org.
The San Diego Museum of Art hosts harpsichordist Takae Ohnishi for an afternoon of baroque music, Jan. 25 at 2 in the Hibben Gallery. 1450 El Prado, Balboa Park, 619-232-7931; sdmart.org.
San Diego Opera travels to Rome in Puccini’s Tosca, Jan. 24 & 27 at 7, Jan. 30 at 8, Feb. 1 at 2, Feb. 4 at 7. Civic Theatre, Third Ave. & B St., downtown, 619-533-7000; sdopera.com.
The San Diego Symphony performs Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, Jan. 9 & 10 at 8, Jan. 11 at 2; Beethoven Chamber Recital, Jan. 14 at 7:30 in Irwin M. Jacobs Qualcomm Hall (5775 Morehouse Dr., La Jolla); Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1, Jan. 16 & 17 at 8, Jan. 18 at 2. Copley Symphony Hall, 750 B St., 619-235-0804; sandiegosymphony.com.
OF NOTE
In Athenaeum Music & Arts Library’s Chamber Concert Series: St. Lawrence String Quartet, Jan. 23 at 7:30. 858-454-5872; ljathenaeum.org. Free lunchtime mini-concerts at noon include Ron Morebello in a piano duo, Jan. 12; Martin Luther King Jr. Community Choir, Jan. 19 at Lyceum Theatre (79 Horton Plaza, downtown); Aiyun Huyang, Jan. 26. 1008 Wall St., La Jolla, 858-454-5872; ljathenaeum.org.
David Hidalgo & Louis Perez of Los Lobos perform at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts Jan. 10 at 8. 15498 Espola Rd., Poway, 858-748-0505; powayarts.org.
San Diego Folk Heritage presents April Verch, Jan. 10 at 7:30; Terry Hendrix & Lloyd Maines, Jan. 31 at 7:30, in San Dieguito United Methodist Church (170 Calle Magdalena, Encinitas). 858-566-4040; sdfolkheritage.org.
FILM
Birch North Park Theatre, Lyric Opera San Diego and Hawthorn’s Restaurant Lounge present a Sing-Along Movie Series: Grease, Dec. 26 & 28, The Wizard of Oz, Jan. 2 & 4, The Sound of Music, Jan. 9 & 11: Fri. at 7:30, Sun. at 2:30. 2895 University Ave., 619-295-1688; birchnorthparktheatre.net.
Imax films at the Fleet: Van Gogh: Brush with Genius paints a picture of the famed artist. Wild Ocean dives into an epic underwater struggle for survival. Animalopolis takes a lighthearted look at a dozen different animals. Call for showtimes. Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, 1875 El Prado, Balboa Park, 619-238-1233; rhfleet.org.
San Diego Natural History Museum’s widescreen theater shows the giant-screen film Ocean Oasis daily at 12, 2 & 4. 1788 El Prado, Balboa Park, 619-232-3821; sdnhm.org.
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The Emerging Voice of Alzheimer's Town Hall Meeting
WHAT: Early Stage Town Hall Meeting
If you have early memory loss, early stage Alzheimer’s or related dementia, join the Alzheimer’s Association at this forum and connect with others who understand your experience. Discuss the issues that matter most to you and help the Alzheimer’s Association learn how to best serve you.
WHEN: February 21, 2009
10:00am – 1:00pm (9:30am Check-in)
Register by February 14, space is limited.
WHERE: USD Manchester Conference Center
5998 Alcalá Park San Diego, CA 92110
REGISTRATION: To register for this free event
please call 858.492.4400 by February 14, 2009
*refreshments and a light lunch will be provided.
WHY: There are currently as many as 5 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease and is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States; fourth in San Diego County.
CONTACT: David Byrd, 858.492.4400 or david.byrd@sanalz.org
Classics 4 Kids Starts the New Year with Picture Perfect, Original Concert Created to Bring Music to Life for Children & Their Families
SAN DIEGO, CA (January 6, 2009)—A picture can tell a thousand words, but did you know that a picture can also tell a thousand musical notes? The Classics Philharmonic is joined by San Diego Pantomime Theatre to perform an original portrayal of the story and pictures of Modest Mussorgsky’s famous “Pictures at an Exhibition”.
Visualize yourself on a tour of an art gallery in 19th century St. Petersburg, strolling through the gallery with bold and exotic pieces celebrating the life and travels of Russian artist and architect Victor Hartman. While on the tour, as if inspired by Mussorgsky’s marvelous music, surprising things start to happen as Hartman’s art comes to life on stage. Skillfully blending music, theatrical movement, and art, this concert is sure to stir the hearts and minds of young audiences!
FACT SHEET
What: Picture Perfect, an all-ages performance by Classics Philharmonic Orchestra and San Diego Pantomime Theatre
When: Sunday, January 25, 2009 at 2:00pm
Where: The newly renovated Balboa Theatre, 868 Fourth Ave, downtown San Diego, CA 92101
Cost: $11-$20
To buy: For best available seats please call Classics 4 Kids at (619) 291-3111. wwww.classics4kids.com
Otherwise please contact the Balboa Theatre & Civic Theatre Box Offices at (619) 570-1100, or visit any Ticketmaster location.
Sophie Calle: MCASD/UCSD 2009 Russel Lecture
Where: Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, Sherwood Auditorium
When: Thursday, January 15 2009 7:00 pm
The University of California, San Diego Visual Arts Department and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego proudly presents Sophie Calle as the 2009 Russell Lecturer. This much anticipated event is FREE for all UCSD faculty, students, and staff and FREE for all MCASD members.
Sophie Calle is a renowned and influential artist based in Paris, France. She is an established photographer, writer, and installation artist. In her conceptual and poetic works, Calle consciously conceals the borders between art and life, fiction and reality, and the private and the public. Calles artwork plays with the concept of voyeurism and many of her pieces find her following strangers and investigating their private lives.
Calle has exhibited a one woman show at the Musee National d’Art Moderne in Paris, France (2003); she has also exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum (2003), the Venice Biennale (2007), and participated in the "Système C, un festival de coincidence" proposed by the Stéréotypes Associés. Additionally, her text Exquisite Pain was adapted into a performance in 2004 by Forced Entertainment.
In addition to this public lecture Calle will have a chance to meet and interact with participants during a reception which precedes the lecture at MCASD. For many years, MCASD and UCSD have partnered tobring contemporary artists to our city through the annual Russell Lecture program--Betty Russell specified that funds from the foundation should help "foster the appreciation and study of the modern visual arts and creativity of young artists" through support to the Museum and the University.
http://visarts.ucsd.edu/~drupal/event/
http://www.mcasd.org/events/lectures.asp
Operation BHILD is proud to present the 18th Annual Heritage Day Parade and Festival in celebration of Black History month on Saturday, February 28, 2009, 10:00am-4:00pm (rain or shine). This year’s theme “Your Bridge to Change” will highlight the many individuals and organizations that have addressed community issues and initiated positive change in San Diego’s diverse neighborhoods.
Following the parade, participants are invited to enjoy free entertainment and activities located in the Market Creek Plaza Amphitheater, 342 Euclid Ave., San Diego, 92114 in Southeast San Diego. The festival offers a variety of cultural entertainment, food booths, a children zone, vendors and many informative community resources.
For more information to get involved or to become a vendor, visit www.heritagedayparade.org or call (619) 262-0334.
Monday January 19th @ 8pm at David White's space, AGITPROP. There is an incredible touring experimental film program curated by Latham Zearfoss and Ethan White.
CHANNELING: An Invocation of Spectral Bodies & Queer Spirits
*a touring film and video program curated by Latham Zearfoss and Ethan White*
Made possible with the help of UCSD Visual Art Dept & Agit-prop
Thanks to Adriene Jenik, UCSD Vis Art Dept, David White, Lili Chin and Latham Zearfoss for making this possible.
AGIT-PROP – MONDAY January 19th, 8pm
2637 UNIVERSITY AVENUE (Behind Glenn's Market on UTAH)
North Park, San Diego
619 384 7989
agitprop.events@gmail.com
It's a free event, but a $5 Donation is much appreciated
CHANNELING is an entryway into the spirit realm and the queer body politic: a program of experimental moving image work that calls up the ghosts of the past and the specters of the future. The intent of the program is to re-imagine film and video as occult technologies that allow us to connect with the bodies, experiences, and emotions that are often invisible– ghostly, even–in everyday life. The works in the program take a personal approach in dealing with the political and historical problems that haunt the queer experience: the AIDS pandemic (Renwick, DiStefano), the body in transition (Montague),the idealized nuclear family (Pena, Robinson), and the narrow cultural standards of desirability (EMR, Moulton). CHANNELING presents emerging and established artists critically engaging with these concerns on their own campy, poetic, sexual, humorous, and even utopian terms, using a variety of aesthetic approaches such as digital video, homemade effects, saturated 8mm, home movies, animation, green screen, and more.
Please visit http://channelingqueerspirits.wordpress.com for news, tour info, and more information about the artists and works included in the program.
The UC San Diego Visual Arts Department
Ph.D. Program in Art History, Theory and Criticism
Present a Lecture by the Distinguished Scholar,
Professor Abigail Solomon-Godeau
University of California, Santa Barbara
On Friday, January 23, 2009 @ 2PM
UC San Diego, Visual Arts Facility / Seminar Room
The Ph.D. Program in Art and Media History, Theory and Criticism at UCSD will present a lecture by Abigail Solomon-Godeau, professor of art history at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Professor Solomon-Godeau is widely known as a historian of photography and modern art with a particular interest in feminist theory and criticism. She was a key figure in the emergence of theoretically informed analysis of the photographic image in the 1980s and ʽ90s. Her first book, Photography at the Dock: Essays on Photographic History, Institutions, and Practices was published by University of Minnesota Press in 1991. Her second, Male Trouble: A Crisis in Representation, on the imagery of masculinity in French neoclassicism, was published by Thames & Hudson in 1997. A third book, The Face of Difference: Gender, Race and the Politics of Self-Representation is forthcoming from Duke University Press. Professor Solomon-Godeauʼs essays have appeared in such journals as Art in America, Artforum, The Art Journal, Afterimage, Camera Obscura, October, and Screen, and have been widely anthologized and translated into various languages. She has also curated a number of exhibitions, including "The Way We Live Now" (1982), "Sexual Difference: Both Sides of the Camera," (1992),"Mistaken Identities" (with Constance Lewallen) 1994; "The Image of Desire; Femininity, Modernity, and the Birth of Mass Culture in Nineteenth-Century France" (with Beatrice Farwell) in 1998. She is currently working on a book entitled Genre, Gender and the Nude in French Art.
Kat Von D
High Voltage Tattoo
February 02, 2009 4:00 PM
Signing
San Diego-Mission Valley - Borders
1072 Camino Del Rio N.
San Diego, CA 92108
619.295.2201
Upon its 2007 debut, LA Ink was an immediate smash, becoming the number-one rated program on Discovery's TLC. Fans of LA Ink could not get enough of the show's charismatic star, Kat Von D, one of the world's most sought-after tattoo artists and owner of the popular Hollywood shop, High Voltage Tattoo. Now, Kat opens the door to today's global tattoo culture in her book, HIGH VOLTAGE TATTOO. Contact Borders for complete event details and guidelines.
RHYTHM & VINE
NORTH COUNTY'S MUSIC, WINE, AND FOOD EXTRAVAGANZA
Benefiting the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Westfield North County Mall, Escondido, CA
6:00-10:00pm
Cool tunes and hip wines unite this spring for Rhythm & Vine, a music, wine, and food festival set in San Diego’s North County to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego. A rockin’ tasting event like no other, Rhythm & Vine will take place on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at Westfield North County Mall in Escondido. With over 50 world-class wineries, spirits and breweries; 30 restaurants and gourmet foods; and some seriously hot live music performances, this event is guaranteed to melt away the winter blues and get you toe-tapping your way into spring.
The festival will feature a large collection of international and domestic wines, trend-setting cuisine from the top chefs of North County, a VIP exclusive tent and after-party, silent auction benefiting the Boys & Girls Club, and performances from a variety of music genres.
The event is produced in association with Fast Forward Event Productions, known nationally for the acclaimed San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival – the largest of its kind on the West Coast.
All event proceeds from Rhythm & Vine benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego. It’s a great way to help out the youth of San Diego by enjoying a night of music, sipping wine and sampling the best food in the city.
Look for tickets to go on sale in February 2009.
General Admission: $75.00
VIP Admission: $125.00
For more information on Rhythm & Vine, visit www.rhythmandvine.org or call 858-578-9643.
KSDS JAZZ 88 ANNOUNCES 5th ANNUAL “MUSIC MATTERS” PROGRAM
Donation program puts musical instruments in the hands of more
kids at San Diego City Public Schools
SAN DIEGO -- (January 27, 2009) --KSDS Jazz 88.3 FM, a broadcast service of San Diego City College,
has announced that it is hosting the “Music Matters” instrument donation program in support of music
education in local schools for a fifth straight year. The Music Matters program enables children who
cannot afford to rent or purchase their own instruments the chance to discover and develop their passion
for playing a musical instrument, affording them educational and social benefits they’ll enjoy their entire
lives. The program will accept donations of musical instruments throughout the month of February, and
will host a formal donor appreciation event on March 11th at the Coles Fine Flooring showroom in Linda
Vista, featuring a special performance of the Mission Bay High School Dixie Band accompanied by none
other than international jazz sax sensation Charles McPherson.
From February 1-28, San Diegans can donate their used musical instruments at any Coles Fine Flooring
(www.colesfineflooring.com) in San Diego County, (Coles has been a strong supporter of the Music
Matters program) or at the KSDS Business office on the City College campus (next to Lot 7 at 15th and C
Streets on the City College Campus). All instruments will be completely refurbished by the Community
Council for Music in the Schools (CCMS) and then distributed to San Diego City School music programs.