thursday, april 18
Art History Lecture Series: Romantic Castles of Europe
Castles adorn the cityscapes and landscapes of virtually every part of Europe. Many are crumbling ruins that evoke their origins as fortresses and are populated by ghosts of bygone eras, while others have been lovingly maintained and serve today as palaces, museums or even luxury hotels. In this lecture art historian James W. Grebl, Ph.D., examines the history, architecture and art of the most intriguing examples of these romantic relics from Germany. In the process, the military, political and social roles of these complex, dramatic structures will be explored.
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, Joan & Irwin Jacobs Music Room, 1008 Wall Street in La Jolla, 7:30 p.m., tickets $12 member, $17 nonmember, 858-454-5872, ljathenaeum.org
friday, april 19
Tyrone Wells
A singer/songwriter from Spokane, Wash. Tyrone Wells launched his solo career in 2000, playing acoustic shows in Orange County, Calif. Wells released his solo album Remain Jan. 27, 2009. The first single from Remain, “More,” reached No.13 on the Triple A radio charts. The second single “Sink or Swim” was used in promos for the season 6 premiere of Grey’s Anatomy.
In September 2010, Wells’ song “Time Of Our Lives” was used in the series finale promo for American daytime soap opera, As the World Turns, as well as The Vampire Diaries episode, Memory Lane.
House of Blues San Diego, 1055 Fifth Ave. in San Diego, 8 p.m., tickets from $18, 619-299-2583, houseofblues.com
saturday, april 20
Keyshia Cole – Woman To Woman tour
Multiplatinum-selling songstress Keyshia Cole is gearing up for her Woman to Woman tour – named after her November 2012 album, and serves as a thank you to fans for making all of her albums top 10 on the Billboard 200. The Grammy-nominated artist bared her soul on Woman to Woman; an effort which earned her the No. 2 position on the R&B/Hip Hop Albums Chart, and hosted singles “Enough of No Love” and “Trust and Believe.”
Humphreys Concerts by the bay, 2241 Shelter Island Drive in San Diego, 7:30 p.m., tickets $70, 800-745-3000, humphreysconcerts.com
sunday, april 21
Music All Around Us!
Music really is all around us. From “Happy Birthday” to “The Wedding March,” there is a song for every special occasion. The San Diego Symphony celebrates all those cherished moments with music for birthdays, graduations, weddings, dances and more! Concert includes music of Richard Wagner (“Bridal Chorus”), Johannes Brahms (“Lullaby”), Edward Elgar (“Pomp and Circumstance”), W.A. Mozart and many others.
The San Diego Symphony, Copley Symphony Hall, 750 B Street in San Diego, 2 p.m., tickets from $15, 619-235-0804, sandiegosymphony.org
monday, april 22
Lifelike
Is it real? Lifelike invites a close examination of works based on commonplace objects and situations, which are startlingly realistic, often playful, and sometimes surreal. This group exhibition, which debuted at the Walker Art Center, features artists variously using scale, unusual materials, and sly contextual devices to reveal the manner in which their subjects’ “authenticity” is manufactured.
Avoiding the brand-name flashiness embraced by 1960s Pop and the slick urban scenes introduced at that time by the Photorealists, the artists in Lifelike investigate the quieter side of the quotidian, choosing potentially overlooked items or moments as subject matter: a paper bag, an eraser, an apple core, a waiting room, an afternoon nap.
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 700 Prospect Street in La Jolla, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., general admission $10, 858-454-3541, mcasd.org
tuesday, april 23
Beyond the Book: Fresh Perspectives on the Print Collection
A bold experiment in curatorial participation. University of San Diego art history student Katherine Ayd ’13 curated the exhibition featuring works from USD’s Print Collection that have been selected and re-interpreted by current undergraduates from a wide variety of majors.
University of San Diego, Robert and Karen Hoehn Family Galleries in Founders Hall, 5998 Alcalá Park in San Diego, 12- 4 p.m., free, 619-260-4600, sandiego.edu
wednesday, april 24
The Laramie Project
In October 1998 Matthew Shepard was kidnapped, severely beaten and left to die, tied to a fence on the outskirts of Laramie, Wyo. Five weeks later, Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theater Project went to Laramie, and over the course of the next year, conducted more than 200 interviews with people of the town. From these interviews they wrote the play The Laramie Project, a chronicle of the life of the town of Laramie in the year after the murder.
Southwestern College, Mayan Hall Theatre, 900 Otay Lakes Road in Chula Vista, 7:30 p.m., general admission $12, 619-421-6700, swccd.edu
