thursday, june 19
Food Truck Fun: AIDS Walk & Run San Diego kick-off
Join in the fun to kick off this year’s 25th annual AIDS Walk & Run San Diego, a program of The San Diego LGBT Community Center. Some of San Diego’s hottest food trucks will gather at The Center, and will donate a portion of their sales to support the event. Stop by The Center and catch Calexico Creamery, The Juice Wave, the InSlider SD, New York on Rye, Two for the Road and other great food trucks, all in support of this important community event.
The Center, 3909 Centre Street in San Diego, 5-8 p.m., 619-692-2077, ext. 247, aidswalk@thecentersd.org
friday, june 20
Sleeping Beauty or The Famous Rose Taboo
All ages will delight in this musical retelling of the classic fairy tale, with a decidedly modern twist! This off-Broadway hit is filled with action and wit to entertain children and adults. Be enchanted as Sleeping Beauty is awakened from the Scary Fairy’s spell by the handsome Prince Charming, with the help from their bumbling Fairy Godparents.
Coronado Playhouse, 1835 Strand Way in Coronado, 7 p.m., adult tickets $14, 619-435-4856, coronadoplayhouse.com
saturday, june 21
Fête de la Musique Music Festival
Celebrate the Summer Solstice at the Fête de la Musique at the International Cottages lawn in Balboa Park. The fifth annual Fête de la Musique is a free popular music festival featuring both amateur and professional performers across all genres of music. Appealing to all, The Fête aims to popularize musical performance from people across all social backgrounds and to communicate and share a very special moment through music. Bring your picnic and enjoy the San Diego edition of this worldwide event celebrating music.
Fête de la Musique Music Festival, international cottages lawn in Balboa Park, 5-8 p.m., free, 888-846-2333, comme.com/fete
sunday, june 22
Fresh Paint California : a plein air art exhibition
Fresh Paint California is the third annual invitational plein air and studio landscape art show presented by the La Jolla Riford Library Art Gallery. The exhibition will showcase some of California’s finest plein air painters, including Ken Auster, John Budicin, Mark Fehlman, Robin Hall, Carolyn Hesse Low, Ken Goldman, Raye Anne Marks, Rita Pacheco, Ray Roberts, Randall Sexton, Jim Wodark, Toni Williams, Jeff Yeomans and Patricia Jasper Clark. Plein air artists paint outdoors to capture the spontaneity and transience of light as it is reflected on the natural world.
La Jolla Library, 7555 Draper Ave. in La Jolla, 1-5 p.m., free, 858-454-3424, server1.charityadvantageservers.com
monday, june 23
Sister’s Summer School Catechism
It’s summer and Sister is not happy. It seems the diocese has decided to offer a summer school catechism course for those students who weren’t paying attention all year. Instead of three relaxing weeks at the motherhouse, Sister is stuck with her students this summer! And summer is already rough enough for Sister – try wearing 50 pounds of gabardine in 90-degree heat! Beat the heat with Sister this summer, and if you know what’s good for you, don’t be late!
North Coast Repertory Theatre, 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive in Solana Beach, 7:30 p.m., tickets $35, 858-481-1055, northcoastrep.org
tuesday, june 24
DNA of Creativity
Using the disciplines of art and science equally and collaboratively, The DNA of Creativity will bring awareness to important global and local concerns that require creative solutions. Over a two year period nearly 40 artists and scientists have been working together to develop this exhibition and future initiatives resulting in four teams: Sea Changes: ACT, Urban Succession, PolyAesthetic Mapping: the Muses (PAMM) and View Art Now. Through the documentation of each team’s project, this exhibition will educate visitors about how creativity happens while inspiring environmental activism and fostering discovery and learning in the field of art and science.
Oceanside Museum of Art, 704 Pier View Way in Oceanside, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., general admission $8, 760-435-3720, oma-online.org
wednesday, june 25
13, The Musical
13 is the ‘grown-up musical about growing up’ by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown. Teens and adults alike love this witty, timely and down-to-earth musical about the trials of growing from boyhood to manhood in this crazy world.
The Lyceum Theatre, 79 Horton Plaza in San Diego, 7 p.m., tickets from $22, 619-944-7574, cyctheatre.webs.com
