thursday, aug. 1
Jess T. Dugan: artist’s talk
Queer photographer Jess T. Dugan will give an artist’s talk at the San Diego Museum of Art in conjunction with the exhibition Summer Break 2013: Double Portraits, which includes Dugan’s work.
Jess T. Dugan is a gender variant artist whose work explores issues of gender, sexuality, identity and community. For the past decade, Dugan has photographed people within queer and transgender communities, focusing on the complexities of identity, gender, intimacy and community.
Dugan’s lecture will include work from 2005 to the present, including several bodies of work made within the queer community.
The San Diego Museum of Art, 1450 El Prado in Balboa Park, 7 p.m., adult general admission to the museum $12, 619-232-7931, sdmart.org
friday, aug. 2
Broadway Tonight
Broadway star Hugh Panaro and company sing the stirring, emotional hits of Les Misérables including “One Day More,” “I Dreamed a Dream,” and “On My Own.” The second half of the program includes a string of Broadway favorites from such hits as Rock of Ages, Wicked and the biggest of all – The Phantom of the Opera; conducted by Randall Craig Fleischer.
Embarcadero Marina Park South, 1 Marina Park Way in San Diego, 7:30 p.m., tickets from $25, 619-235-0804, sandiegosymphony.org
saturday, aug. 3
14th Annual Bead Bazaar
San Diego Bead Society’s 14th Annual Bead Bazaar features more than 50 artisan and merchant vendors of beads, Austrian crystals, gemstones, findings, components, metals, polymer clays, lampwork, specialty yarns, supplies for mixed media jewelry and finished jewelry. There will be demos and make-and-take projects on a wide variety of subjects.
Scottish Rite Event Center, 1895 Camino Del Rio South in San Diego, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., admission $3, sdbeadsociety.org
sunday, aug. 4
Bill Maher
For the last eighteen years, Bill Maher has set the boundaries of where funny, political talk can go on American television. First on Politically Incorrect and for the last seven years on HBO’s Real Time, Maher’s combination of unflinching honesty and big laughs have garnered him 23 Emmy nominations. Two of his nine stand-up specials for HBO have been nominated for Emmy awards. His most recent stand-up special for HBO was the hilarious, Bill Maher But I’m Not Wrong.
Humphreys Concerts by the Bay, 2241 Shelter Island Drive in San Diego, 8 p.m., tickets $79, 800-745-3000, humphreysconcerts.com
monday, aug. 5
The Sugar Bean Sisters
Stuck in a Florida swamp near Disney World, the Nettles sisters are determined to escape spinsterhood by hopping the next spaceship out of town, and they’re not going to let the arrival of a snake charmer, a handsome Mormon Bishop and a mysterious bird woman stand in their way. See the show New York Newsday called “the most impressive debut of a new American playwright.” An offbeat story of romance, murder and alien abduction, this is a Southern Gothic comedy full of sparkling one-liners. PowPAC, Poway’s Community Theatre, 13250 Poway Road in Poway, 7:30 p.m., tickets $18, 858-679-8085, powpac.org
tuesday, aug. 6
Double Indemnity
The classic crime novel and film noir masterpiece, reinvented for the stage! When a small-time insurance agent falls under the spell of a gorgeous femme fatale, the two conspire to murder her husband for the insurance money. It seems like the perfect crime – until it all starts to unravel. Sexy, fun and wildly theatrical, Double Indemnity is the perfect summer thriller.
Sheryl & Harvey White Theatre, Conrad Prebys Theatre Center, 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park, 7 p.m., tickets $67, 619-234-5623, theoldglobe.org
wednesday, aug. 7
In the Heights
San Diego REP’s staging of In the Heights is the first resident production of the musical in San Diego. It is an exuberant, universal story of a vibrant immigrant community seeking their 21st century version of the American dream. A 20 piece live orchestra will perform a rich, eclectic score from hip-hop, rap, jazz, pop, salsa and meringue, with dancing staged by award-winning choreographer, Javier Velasco. In the Heights is set in Washington Heights, the vibrant New York neighborhood on the cusp of change. Over the course of three hot summer days, a diverse group of characters will decide which traditions to take with them and which ones to leave behind. In the Heights is a cleverly crafted mixture of comedy and heart set to a lusty new beat, with Grammy Award-winning music and lyrics, and a book by 2012 Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Quiara Alegria Hudes.
The Lyceum Stage, San Diego REPertory Theatre, 79 Horton Plaza in San Diego, 7 p.m., tickets from $35, 619-544-1000, sdrep.org
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