thursday, april 10
Mandate Memories
In this taut and witty drama filled with revelations of love affairs, dreams and the founding of Israel, layers are peeled away to reveal the deep hearts of two caring and compassionate human beings. There is a mysterious connection between Gustav Frolich, an 80-year-old Holocaust survivor and Jane Stirling, a 62-year-old English widow as their debate reveals how different and yet how similar they are. By the author of Halpern and Johnson, Lionel Goldstein once again takes us deep into the hearts of two fascinating characters.
North Coast Repertory Theatre, 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Suite D in Solana Beach, 8 p.m., tickets $37, 858-481-1055, northcoastrep.org
friday, april 11
Everything English
Two powerful Palomar Performing Arts vocal ensembles tour the British Isles with an exciting program built on English tradition. Featured will be music by William Byrd, Thomas Morley, G.F. Handel, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Benjamin Britten. Directed by Sally Husch Dean. Michael Munson, pianist.
Howard Brubeck Theatre, 1140 W. Mission Road in San Marcos, 7 p.m., tickets $12, 760-744-1150, palomar.edu
saturday, april 12
A Royal Concert: Last Night of the Proms
The Hillcrest Wind Ensemble (HWE) presents its spring concert in the style of the BBC’s summer concert series “Promenade Concerts”, which are performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The ensemble’s conductor, John Winkleman, has chosen musical pieces which represent several countries in the United Kingdom. From Henry Wood’s “Fantasia On British Sea Songs” to Holst’s “First Suite In E-Flat For Military Band” to a rousing rendition of “Rule Britannia” with audience participation. The night promises to be a smashing, jolly good show. Refreshments will be served during intermission including home baked treats.
First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4190 Front Street in San Diego, 7 p.m., tickets $15 in advance or $20 at the door, 619-692-2077 ext. 814, hillcrestwindensemble.com
sunday, april 13
Don Quixote
San Diego Opera’s final performance . In the magical world of Don Quixote’s Spain, the eccentric knight pursues his impossible dream of capturing the heart of Dulcinea, his idealized woman, who sends him on a quest to recover her stolen necklace. With his loyal sidekick Sancho, he tilts at giant windmills, confronts bandits, and is nearly killed, but achieves his goal. However, when he returns with the prize, he is mocked, scorned and rejected. In one of the most emotional scenes in opera, the delirious Quixote dies believing he hears Dulcinea’s voice calling to him from a distant star.
The Civic Theatre, Third Avenue and B Street in San Diego, 2 p.m., tickets from $45, 619-533-7000, sdopera.com
monday, april 14
Featured Artists Show
Featured artists are Ron Ochsner, transparent acrylic artist showing landscapes and seascapes, James Luckritz, watercolorist and Schinja Scheindnes, oriental brushwork.
Southwestern Artists Association, Spanish Village Art Center, Studio 23, 1770 Village Place in Balboa Park, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., free admission, 619-232-3522, swartists.com
tuesday, april 15
Battlecruiser Aristotle
One of a series of plays in the 2014 Wagner New Play Festival at UC San Diego, Battlecruiser Aristotle is set in the 22nd century with Earth destroyed. The survivors now sail aimlessly through space, led by a megalomaniacal commander without a plan. They blow up moons and execute complainers until an alien stowaway inspires a rebellion that threatens to finish the human race once and for all. Amidst the chaos, three teenage passengers unaware of their inevitable demise fall in and out of love, discover what they’re willing to fight for and reveal what it means to be alive in the face of extinction.
Mandell Weiss Theatre, 2910 La Jolla Village Drive in La Jolla, 7:30 p.m., tickets $20, 858-534-4574, theatre.ucsd.edu
wednesday, april 16
Rank n’ File : John Daniel Abel
In his new series of narrative graphic images John Daniel Abel brings to light the invisible one-third of our society living below the poverty level. His evocative chiaroscuro drawings and digital prints present character studies, situations and environments about life on the edge that can be challenging to digest. Based on the old trade union term Rank n’ File, (originally army jargon for foot soldiers in the chain of command), his graphics tell the story of blue collar labor and life in a loose chronological sequence of birth, youth, working adulthood, old age and death.
Oceanside Museum of Art, 704 Pier View Way in Oceanside, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., adult admission $8, 760-435-3720, oma-online.org
