Thursday, January 20
The penultimate day for San Diego Restaurant Week, so make the most of it! Enjoy extraordinary 3 course menus from San Diego’s best restaurants. Experience cuisine that delights your palate and defines the art of dining. Choose from over 180 of San Diego’s best restaurants and enjoy a 3 course meal for $20, $30 or $40 per person, depending upon the restaurant. This is your chance to discover new restaurants or enjoy all your favorites at a discounted price! Advance reservations are strongly recommended and can be made by calling restaurants directly or visiting their profile online. Restaurant Week is organized by the California Restaurant Association’s San Diego County Chapter. To check out a complete list of participating restaurants visit www.sandiegorestaurantweek.com.
Friday, January 21
The California Youth Conservatory Theatre presents the amazing musical, The Secret Garden, at the Joan B. Kroc Theatre in San Diego. Based upon the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden is a moving and emotional story of loss, grief, and the healing power of love and forgiveness, set in turn-of-the-century England. Mary Lennox, a young girl living in India with her family, is orphaned by an outbreak of cholera. She is sent to live in the cold and dark home of relatives in England only to find that the house is devoid of happiness, but full of ghosts, bereavement and bitter-sweet memories. She discovers a crippled boy, thought to be terminally ill, hidden away in the house. The two become friends, and together with empathetic house servants, conspire to resurrect the boy’s dead mother’s garden. The garden has been locked and declared off-limits by the grief-stricken husband, who cannot bear the pain from the memories the garden evokes. The husband, Archibald Craven, is a hunchback who is finding it difficult to live without his beautiful wife, Lily. Eventually, the girl finds the key to the garden, and discovers that the garden is charmed. Can she use the garden’s magic to help bring a family back together? Can the garden’s magic heal the sick child? Can the garden’s magic mend broken hearts, then teach those hearts how to forgive? Enhanced by a beautiful and powerful score, the musical version of this classic story is an unforgettable experience for audiences young and old. The Joan B. Kroc Theatre is located at 6611 University Ave, San Diego, 92115 and the performance starts at 7 pm. General tickets are from $28. To purchase tickets call (619) 944-7574 or visit www.cyctheatre.webs.com.
Saturday, January 22
The San Diego Symphony presents a Winter Pops concert Judy Garland in Concert at the Copley Symphony Hall. A unique multi-media concert experience! The legendary voice and film archives of Judy Garland are combined with the San Diego Symphony performing live to create this remarkable concert event. Judy Garland in Concert features over two dozen of Judy’s greatest musical hits, including The Trolley Song, The Man That Got Away, and Over the Rainbow. Experience Judy Garland’s dynamic life in song as she performs on multiple screens, accompanied by the orchestra in the classic repertoire and arrangements that thrilled worldwide audiences. Using breakthrough technology, this unique entertainment incorporates rare home movies, photographs, and the star’s own reminiscences, to present a magical and timeless concert experience. The Copley Symphony Hall Ticket is located at 750 B Street, San Diego, 92101. The performance starts at 8 pm and tickets start at $20. For more information or to purchase tickets, call (619) 235-0804 or visit www.sandiegosymphony.org.
Sunday, January 23
Anthology presents Bill Charlap, one of the best jazz pianists in the world. Charlap comes from a musical background: His cousin is famed jazz pianist Dick Hyman and his mother, Sandy Stewart, is a singer who had a hit in 1962 with My Coloring Book, while his father was Broadway composer Moose Charlap. In 2008, Charlap became part of The Blue Note 7, a septet formed that year in honor of the 70th anniversary of Blue Note Records. The group recorded an album entitled Mosaic, which was released in 2009. The performance starts at 7:30 pm and tickets are from $10. Anthology is located at 1337 India Street, San Diego, 92101. For more information or tickets, call (619) 595-0300 or visit www.anthologysd.com.
Monday, January 24
Bestselling author, Robert Crais, returns to Warwick’s Bookstore in La Jolla at 7:30 pm to discuss and sign his new Joe Pike novel, The Sentry. In The Sentry, Dru Rayne and her uncle flee to L.A. after Hurricane Katrina; but five years later, they face a different danger. When Joe Pike witnesses Dru’s uncle beaten by a protection gang, he offers his help, but neither of them want it – and neither do the federal agents mysteriously watching them. As the level of violence escalates, and Pike himself becomes a target, he and Elvis Cole learn that Dru and her uncle are not who they seem – and that everything he thought he knew about them has been a lie. A vengeful and murderous force from their past is now catching up to them – and only Pike and Cole stand in the way. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet Robert Crais and get your signed copy of the book. Warwick’s is located at 7812 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, 92037. For more information, visit www.warwicks. indiebound.com.
Tuesday, January 25
The Women’s Museum of California presents All Our Grandmothers – Building San Diego 1890-1892, an exhibition that charts a visual journey through the lives of women who lived in this region one hundred years ago. Phase one of this exhibit focuses on Native and African American women. Phase two includes the lives of our Latin American and Asian grandmothers. The exhibition is free with museum entrance and a suggested donation of $3 – $5. The museum is located at 2323 Broadway, Suite 107, San Diego, 92102 and is open from 12 pm to 4 pm, Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, call (619) 233-7963 or visit www.whmec.org.
Wednesday, January 26
The Cygnet Theatre presents, The Tragedy of the Commons, by Stephen Metcalfe at the Old Town Theatre. Directed by Sean Murray, the play features Dakin Adams, a retired school teacher, who spends his days writing and sending his thoughts – his blogs – out in the void that is the Internet. His wife, Macy, walks the dogs and gardens. It would seem the only thing they have in common anymore is their home, their memories and their love of “the view” – the Pacific Ocean as seen from the back deck of the house. But now their neighbor is selling and the new owner is coming in to tear down and rebuild – build “up” – and the view – and the fragile relationship of two people – is in ever increasing jeopardy. The performance starts at 7:30 pm and tickets are from $34. The Old Town Theatre is located at 4040 Twiggs Street, San Diego, 92110. For more information and tickets, call (619) 337-1525 or visit www.cygnettheatre.com.
