thursday, april 9
Tastings: A one-hour musical sampling of SDSO’s 2015-16 season highlights
From Mussorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition to Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, from Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” to Marvin Hamlisch’s “What I Did for Love,” don’t miss this one-night-only preview of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra’s (SDSO) outstanding (and just-announced) 2015-16 Downtown Season at the Jacobs Music Center.
Jacobs Music Center, 750 B Street in San Diego, 7:30 p.m., pay what you wish, 619-235-0804, sandiegosymphony.org
friday, april 10
Transgender Day of Empowerment at The Center
This year the Transgender Day of Empowerment Friday will focus on transgender women of color, to promote awareness of the increasing level of violence against transgender women and encourage appropriate action. Guest speakers this year include Prizila Dajia Vidal, a young activist who works with youth and the HIV community, A.T. Furuya, a student at SDSU and local transgender activist who volunteers with youth, Trans Pride and more.
The San Diego LGBT Center, 3909 Centre St. in San Diego, 6 p.m., for further information contact Connor Maddocks at cmaddocks@thecentersd.org or 619-692-2077 x109
saturday, april 11
This Land Is Your Land
In its fifth and most ambitious event to date, youTurn Contemporary Arts Exhibition is proud to bring the internationally accomplished choreographer, teacher, and performer Mark Haim to San Diego. Haim will present This Land Is Your Land, his most current work, which is critically acclaimed and performed in major cities around the world. For a cross-disciplinary and diverse cast of performers, the work touches upon pressing issues of contemporary life including: consumerism, environmental abuse, body image, and corporate power. The content of this work is politically savvy, and meticulously timed.
White Box at NTC Liberty Station, 2590 Truxtun Road in San Diego, 7:30 p.m., tickets from $20, http://youturnarts.com/events.html
