- Spider Baby the Musical
thursday, oct. 31
Spider Baby the Musical
Based on the 1965 black and white film Spider Baby starring the original “wolf man” Lon Chaney, this quirky musical is the perfect fare for Halloween season! It’s fast moving and entertaining, with wonderful vocals by some of San Diego’s best theatrical and musical talent!
Ocean Beach Playhouse, 4944 Newport Ave. in San Diego, 8 p.m., tickets $26.87, 619-222-0836, oceanbeachplayhouse.com
- The Violet Hour
friday, nov. 1
The Violet Hour
In 1919, a driven young publisher can only afford to print one book and has to choose between two manuscripts – an epic novel by his best friend, and a memoir from his secret lover. His decision is complicated by the arrival of a strange machine which spews out pages from books not yet written. An imaginative and thought-provoking story of love, time and fate.
OnStage Playhouse, 291 Third Ave. in Chula Vista, 8 p.m., adult tickets $20 advance, $23 on-the-door, 619- 422-7787, onstageplayhouse.org
- Art by Gordon Bashant
saturday, nov. 2
Gordon Bashant art exhibition
These paintings mostly represent a series of watercolors from various sites in San Diego. The colors are exaggerated and fauvist. The structures are distorted for a feeling of action. The paintings are often united with India ink applied with a turkey quill. Others are nautical with the same whimsical style.
Poway Center for the Performing Arts Lobby, 15498 Espola Road in Poway, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 858-668-4693, powaycenter.com
- Hillcrest Farmer’s Market
sunday, nov. 3
Hillcrest Farmer’s Market
Voted the best Farmer’s Market in San Diego, the Hillcrest Farmer’s Market consists of 140 vendors offering a wide variety of locally grown in-season fruit, produce, gifts, arts and crafts and flowers. Many of the local farmers participating in the market grow their produce organically or with no pesticides. The market also hosts a large variety of prepared food and hot food items with an emphasis on international cuisine. Additionally, each week, there are a large number of arts and crafts vendors participating, as well as weekly entertainment performed by Shawn Rohlf and the 7th Day Buskers, a local folk band.
Hillcrest Farmer’s Market, 3960 Normal Street (Hillcrest DMV Parking Lot) in San Diego, 9 a.m., free admission, 619-299-3330, hillcrestfarmersmarket.com
- Woolly Mammoths, illustration by Velizar Simeonovski © The Field Museum
monday, nov. 4
Mammoths and Mastodons – Titans of the Ice Age
For millions of years, mammoths and their evolutionary cousins, mastodons, wandered the Earth – great beasts weighing as much as eight tons and bearing tusks up to 16 feet long. In Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age, unravel the biological and paleontological mysteries of these awe-inspiring land mammals, roam their vanished world that was also home to saber-toothed cats and giant bears, and marvel at some of the oldest tools used by the humans who hunted mammoths and mastodons.
San Diego Natural History Museum, 1788 El Prado in Balboa Park, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., adult admission $17, 619-232-3821, sdnhm.org
- Frida Kahlo
tuesday, nov. 5
The Complete Frida Kahlo: Her Paintings. Her Life. Her Story. The Exhibition
Experience the rich and colorful life of Frida Kahlo in this exhibition making its U.S. premiere in San Diego. This is the only exhibition worldwide where you can see all of her paintings in one place. Some paintings, especially from Kahlo’s early years, have never before been seen. The exhibition features
123 replicas of her known paintings in original size and original materials, and hand painted in the same style as Kahlo painted them.
- Biloxi Blues
Barracks 3, 2765 Truxtun Road in the NTC Arts and Culture District in Liberty Station, 10 a.m., tickets from $12.50, thecompletefrida.com
wednesday, nov. 6
Biloxi Blues
Winner of the 1985 Tony Award for Best Play, Biloxi Blues is the second in Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Neil Simon’s trilogy which began with Brighton Beach Memoirs and concluded with Broadway Bound. When we last met Eugene Jerome, he was coping with adolescence in 1930s Brooklyn. Here, he is a young army recruit during World War II, going through basic training and learning about life and love along with some harsher lessons, while stationed at boot camp in Biloxi, Miss. in 1943.
Canyon Crest Academy Proscenium Theatre, 5951 Village Center Loop Road in San Diego, 7 p.m., tickets from $8, 858-350-0253 x4150, cca-envision.org
