thursday, april 28
Dine Out, Fight AIDS!
Don’t miss The Center’s fifth annual Dining Out for Life San Diego! More than 100 participating restaurants, bars, coffeehouses and nightclubs in San Diego will donate a portion of sales for The Center’s HIV/AIDS services and prevention programs. Delicious, right? Grab your family and friends and make plans to dine out for breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffee, cocktails and more and fight AIDS on Thursday, April 28. For participating establishments log on to the website.
Dining Out for Life San Diego, more than 100 restaurants, bars and coffeehouses throughout San Diego, 619-692-2077, ext. 246, diningoutforlife.com/sandiego
friday, april 29
Art Alive 30th anniversary
Celebrating its 30th year, Art Alive is the Museum of Art’s preeminent fundraiser and one of the longest running and most widely attended events of its kind in the United States. More than 100 floral designers, who take inspiration from the museum’s renowned collection, create the unique exhibition of floral arrangements. The result is an awe-inspiring experience that should not be missed.
The San Diego Museum of Art, 1450 El Prado, in Balboa Park, open 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., adult tickets $18.45, 619-232-793, sdmart.org.
saturday, april 30
The Shape, The Scent, The Feel of Things
The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego presents the talents of Joan Jonas in Joan Jonas: The Shape, The Scent, The Feel of Things. The exhibition comprises a complex five-channel video installation by this seminal video and performance artist. Since the 1970s, Jonas has worked between media, freely incorporating video, movement, music, sculpture and the spoken word into open-ended narratives.
The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things returns Jonas to the American Southwest through an artistic consideration of the Hopi snake dance, a ritual that strongly affected her during visits to Arizona in the 1960s.
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego downtown, Jacobs and Copley Buildings, 1001 Kettner Boulevard, in San Diego, open 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., admission $10, 858-454-3541, mcasd.org.
sunday, may 1
Roots Fest
The Roots Fest on Adams is a fun, free two-day music festival that focuses on the promotion, preservation and performance of local and nationally touring musical acts.
Presented by the Adams Avenue Business Association on April 30 and May 1, this year’s Roots Fest on Adams includes more than 35 musical acts performing on five stages along Adams Avenue. Music aficionados will enjoy a variety of music, including blues, Celtic, country, folk, Klezmer, roots, swing, Mexican roots and zydeco.
Adams Avenue, in Normal Heights, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., free, adamsavenuebusiness.com.
monday, may 2
TV on the Radio
FM 94/9 Presents TV on the Radio with Glasser. One of most innovative bands of the 2000s, this Brooklyn-based quintet blends a slew of disparate elements – electronics, indie guitar rock, free jazz, funk, soul and a cappella doo-wop vocals – into a vibrant and arty sound that recalls Funkadelic, the Beach Boys, the Jesus and Mary Chain, Otis Redding and even Aphex Twin. It isn’t exactly pop music, but TV on the Radio earned loads of praise from critics and fans alike with its major-label debut, Return to Cookie Mountain in 2006, and its 2008 follow-up Dear Science.
4th and B, 345 B Street, in San Diego, 8 p.m., tickets from $25, 619-231-4343, 4thandbevents.com.
tuesday, may 3
James Blunt with special guest Christine Perri
Blunt’s first album, Back to Bedlam, catapulted him into worldwide superstardom on the strength of such massive songs as “You’re Beautiful,” “High” and “Goodbye My Lover.” His second album, All the Lost Souls, debuted at No. 1 in 10 countries, selling nearly 5 million copies globally and featuring such hits as “1973,” “Same Mistake” and “Carry You Home.” He has received numerous awards and accolades including two Brit Awards, two World Music Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, an MTV European Music Award and five Grammy nominations.
Humphreys Concerts by the Bay, Shelter Island Drive, in San Diego, 7:30 p.m., tickets $45, 800-745-3000, humphreysconcerts.com.
wednesday, may 4
The electrifying Michael Burks
Anthology presents Michael Burks, a highly acclaimed blues guitarist who was born into the gig. With the release of his new CD, Iron Man, Burks is set to take his place beside the biggest names in the blues. His fiery fretwork, gruff, fervent vocals and overwhelming intensity are captured here live in the studio. The album features some of the hottest guitar playing and most soulful singing Burks has ever recorded.
Anthology, 1337 India Street, in San Diego, 7:30 p.m., tickets from $10, 619-595-0300, anthologysd.com.
