thursday, april 19
San Diego Asian Film Foundation Spring Showcase
The 2nd annual San Diego Asian Film Foundation Spring Showcase is a week-long celebration of Asian cinema at the Mission Valley UltraStar Cinemas, April 19-26. An exciting collection of 11 titles from 8 countries features the best in Asian cinema. There are films from Japan, India and Korea, plus documentaries and more.
This Thursday the featured movie is Sunny , a South Korean film about a group of middle aged-women going through various mid-life struggles, seeking to reunite with each other.
Mission Valley UltraStar Cinemas, 7510 Hazard Center Drive in San Diego, 7 p.m., general tickets $11, festival.sdaff.org.
friday, april 20
The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
Complete with Nazi saboteurs, secret passageways, flickering lights and the blizzard of the century, this ingenious and wildly comic romp spoofs the great murder mystery movies of the 1940s. Can you unravel the identity of the Stage Door Slasher? Murder has never been this much fun!
Coronado Playhouse, 1835 Strand Way in Coronado, 8 p.m., tickets $25, 619-435-4856, coronadoplayhouse.com.
saturday, april 21
The Barber Of Seville
San Diego Opera presents The Barber of Seville , a riotous musical comedy and one of the most popular in the operatic repertoire. Barber by day, matchmaker by night, Figaro puts his wiles to work as he aids the Count in wooing the beautiful Rosina. She’s such a catch that her sleazy guardian keeps her under lock and key with the intent of marrying her himself. But no challenge is too great for Figaro’s trickery. And, with laughter at every turn, the cunning Rosina is no slouch at manipulating things herself!
San Diego Civic Theatre, 1098 Third Ave. in San Diego, 7 p.m., tickets from $50, 619-570-1100, sdopera.com.
sunday, april 22
Adams Avenue Unplugged
A brand new type of weekend music and art festival debuts on Adams Avenue. Adams Avenue Unplugged will take place the weekend of April 21 and 22 along a two mile stretch of Adams from Texas Street on the West, on through Normal Heights and into parts of Kensington to the East. The event will feature 170 live musical performances staged inside or around more than 30 restaurants and bars lining the neighborhood. Musicians will also perform on three community stages spread throughout the area.
Adams Avenue Business District, Adams Ave. in San Diego, 11a.m.-9 p.m., free, 619-282-732, adamsavenuebusiness.com.
monday, april 23
Woodies
From the Model T to the iconic surfer car, relive the history and evolution of the famous “Woodie” at the San Diego Automotive Museum. See the cars that helped create that everlasting image of Southern California life.
San Diego Automotive Museum, 2080 Pan American Plaza in Balboa Park, adult admission $8, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 619-231-2886, sdautomuseum.org.
tuesday, april 24
Object Lessons: France in the Golden Age
On display at the Timken Museum of Art, is a concentration of five French seventeenth-century paintings in the first of a series of small displays of art called Object Lessons. This inaugural grouping is mounted on the occasion of the loan of Nicolas Poussin’s The Holy Family Returning to Nazareth from the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Timken Museum of Art, 1500 El Prado in Balboa Park, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., free, 619-239-5548, timkenmuseum.org.
wednesday, april 25
Gas House Baby
Cotton just got divorced, lost his job, and is living in a Motel 8. Coming back home to Shreveport, La., his life is about to change in ways he could never have predicted. In a play about fracking, fatherhood, and family secrets, one man figures out what it means to be a good father and a good son, and what happens when it’s impossible to be both.
La Jolla Playhouse: Mandell Weiss Theatre, 2910 La Jolla Village Drive in La Jolla, 8 p.m., tickets from $10, 858-550-1010, theatre.ucsd.edu.
