thursday, aug. 28
Remix Nights : Lisa Campbell
The last of MOPA’sSummer Remix nights features Songstress, Lisa Campbell, who performs acoustic folk and pop tunes, accompanied by mandolinist Paul Yancey, aka Paulo.
Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA), 1649 El Prado in Balboa Park, 5 p.m., gallery adult admission $8, 619-238-7559, mopa.org
friday, aug. 29
Festival of Sail 2014
Festival of Sail is the largest Tall Ship festival on the West Coast and is hosted at the Maritime Museum of San Diego, transforming the North Embarcadero over Labor Day weekend into a nautical theme park for four adventure filled days. Festival of Sail 2014 features an expanded events area, with more booths to explore, larger kids’ zone, vintage boat display, beer garden, demos by Aquatic Aviation and lots more to see and do.
Maritime Museum of San Diego, 1492 North Harbor Drive in San Diego, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., adult admission $7, 619-234-9153, sdmaritime.org
saturday, aug. 30
Little Italy’s Annual West Coast Labor Day Weekend Stickball Tournament
Come and watch the streets of Little Italy come alive with the good ol’ American (East Coast) past-time: Stickball! This annual event will take place over Labor Day weekend. Every year local teams come together to play for the right to call themselves the king of the block; the champions! This year San Diego Stickball League will be hosting guest teams from New York and Puerto Rico. Come and enjoy the taunting, heckling and good ol’ fun!
W. Date Street between India and Columbia Streets in Little Italy, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m., free, for more information contact Joey Centanni at 619-471-7375, littleitalysd.com
sunday, aug. 31
Labor Day JazzFest
Celebrate Labor Day right with great live jazz at Humphrey’s Backstage Live! You’ll be sure to have a great time! Featuring the Braxton Bros.
Humphreys Backstage Live, 2241 Shelter Island Drive in San Diego, 4 p.m., $25 cover, 619-224-3577, humphreysbackstagelive.com
monday, sept. 1
Real Pirates – Last Day
Arrrrrr, the pirates are setting sail from San Diego! Join them as Real Pirates celebrates its last day here at the NAT. Learn about the history and science of pirates as we conduct experiments and make pirate-inspired crafts to take home. Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship tells the story of the only authenticated pirate shipwreck discovered in U.S. waters.
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
tuesday. sept. 2
Jesse McCartney
Jesse McCartney is an American singer, songwriter and actor who began his career performing in local community theater at age seven. As a child, Jesse launched his career on Broadway appearing in the musicals The King and I and A Christmas Carol. From the ages of 11 to 13, McCartney simultaneously acted on ABC’s All My Children and recorded with the group Dream Street, whose debut album went gold. Continuing with his career in music, McCartney released his first solo album, Beautiful Soul, which sold over 1.8 million copies, and in 2008, he co-wrote smash hit “Bleeding Love” with Ryan Tedder of One Republic for singer Leona Lewis which was a No. 1 hit in 34 countries – the only song in over a decade to achieve this.
House of Blues San Diego, 1055 Fifth Ave. in San Diego, 6 p.m., tickets from $35, 619-299-2583, houseofblues.com
wednesday, sept. 3
Ladies, Laughter and Literature
Join a group of like-minded women who love to dive into various types of literature and share their thoughts, concerns and laughs! This month they will be reading and discussing The Woman Warrior by Maxine Kingston. Join this group of book worms in the community resource room on the first Wednesday, of every month. There is great variety in the books chosen and are selected each month by popular vote.
The Center, 3909 Centre Street in San Diego, 7 p.m., free, for information contact Sheena Whitaker at 619.692.2077×212, or women@thecentersd.org
