thursday, feb. 26
Taking Back Sunday
For influential Long Island band Taking Back Sunday, happiness is being able to tour with your friends and perform for thousands of diehard fans night-after-night. That sentiment is what keeps the band going and has helped fuel their rewarding and lengthy career. It’s also what drives them to create memorable records like their recent, critically heralded effort Happiness Is, which they’ve spent most of this year supporting on a global tour.
House of Blues San Diego, 1055 Fifth Ave. in San Diego, 6 p.m., tickets from $63.80, 619-299-2583, houseofblues.com
friday, feb. 27
Bayard Rustin Civil Rights Honors
Join The Center for the Bayard Rustin Civil Rights Honors recognizing contributions of community leaders. Lifetime Achievement Award recipients are Assemblymember Dr. Shirley Weber, Stan Lewis and Phyllis Jackson. Civil Rights honorees are LaRue Fields, Christopher Wilson, Tanisha Conwright and John Gwynn. Your $10 donation includes a soul food buffet which benefits The Martin Luther King Jr. Community Choir, the Bayard Rustin US Postage Stamp Campaign and The Center
The San Diego LGBT Community Center, 3909 Centre Street in San Diego, 6-8 p.m., $10 donation, 619-692-2077, thecentersd.org
saturday, feb. 28
Purple Rain
Music star Prince stars as “The Kid” in this semi-autobiographical film, which follows the escapades of a tortured young musician trying to survive in a dysfunctional environment. He finds solace in the affections of a lovely young singer (Apollonia), but his first love is making his funky, unique brand of music, which he performs at an ultra-hip Minneapolis nightclub. The Kid must also contend with Morris (Morris Day), his nemesis both in music and romance. The popular soundtrack of this highly successful film contains many of Prince’s most popular tunes, such as “Let’s Go Crazy,” “When Doves Cry” and the title song.
Landmark Ken Cinema, 4061 Adams Ave. in San Diego, 11:55 p.m., tickets from $8.50, 619-283-3227, landmarktheatres.com
sunday, march 1
Baby with the Bathwater
Helen and John Dingleberry are woefully unprepared for parenthood. In a series of wildly hilarious scenes, their offspring struggles to define himself and find his place in the world. This classic Durang dives face first into the absurd waters of how, for better or worse, family makes us who we are.
Diversionary Theatre, 4545 Park Boulevard #101 in San Diego, 2 p.m., tickets $25, 619-220-0097, diversionary.org
monday, march 2
Art of East Asia
The newly refurbished permanent display Art of East Asia represents over six years of research and conservation by our curator of Asian Art and has been designed by the renowned firm of Staples & Charles. Art of East Asia vividly animates the philosophical and creative traditions that inspired Asian luminaries and everyday people throughout China, Japan, and Korea.
The San Diego Museum of Art, 1450 El Prado in Balboa Park, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., adult admission $12, 619-232-7931, sdmart.org
tuesday, march 3
Backwater Blues Band
The Backwater Blues Band was established in 1996 and is one of the premier San Diego Bands that has performed everywhere up and down the coast. Currently The band consists of full time artists Jimmy Woodard: lead guitarist singer song writer, John Simons: bass, Jonny Viau: sax, Diego Armijo: sax, Tom Stewart: drummer and band leader. Music style is a broad spectrum of Blues, Funk, Soul, R&B Rockin’ Blues, Swing and original Blues.
Humphreys Backstage Live, 2241 Shelter Island Drive San Diego, 7 p.m., $5 cover, 619-224-3577, humphreysbackstagelive.com
wednesday, march 4
Fragile Waters
Fragile Waters is a powerful artistic and ecological statement through the inspiring black and white images of three renowned photographers and environmentalists – Ansel Adams, Ernest H. Brooks II, and Dorothy Kerper Monnelly. The traveling exhibition of 119 photographs, many not previously exhibited, takes viewers from the snow-melt of the High Sierras at 12,000 feet elevation to far below the crashing waves of the Pacific Ocean. All three artists have spent their lives near an ocean; all three have used their strong “integrity of place” to protect the sanctity of the environment through the universal language of black and white photography. Designed to engage the viewer in a respectful and emotional connection to our most precious resource.
Maritime Museum of San Diego, 1492 North Harbor Drive in San Diego, 9 a,m,-8 p.m., adult admission $16, 619-234-9153, sdmaritime.org
