thursday, feb. 9
A Taste of Art: Leroy Neiman
Enjoy appetizers, beverages, and a brief presentation by Robin Douglas showcasing Leroy Neiman’s art work and then create your own splashy and exuberant painting with an explosion of colors. All supplies provided.
Oceanside Museum of Art, 704 Pier View Way in Oceanside, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., price $35-$45, 760-435-3720, oma-online.org
friday, feb. 10
Arsenio Hall
If you ask different people where they first saw Arsenio Hall, you’d probably get a number of different answers. But, it was the success of his Emmy Award-winning late night talk show The Arsenio Hall Show that made Arsenio a household name. Arsenio was featured as a “Guest Mentor” on the OWN Network’s Your OWN Show, as well as appearing as guest host on the daily talk show Access Hollywood LIVE!, CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight and The View.
The American Comedy Company, 818B Sixth Ave. in San Diego, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., tickets $24, 619-795-3858, americancomedyco.com
saturday, feb. 11
The Classical Style
San Diego Symphony musicians are front and center for this concert exploring the meaning of “The Classical Style” as interpreted by three very different composers: Franz Joseph Haydn, Serge Prokofiev and Béla Bartók. The concert is led by gifted 27 year old Israeli conductor Lahav Shani, first prize winner at the 2013 Gustav Mahler International Conducting Competition.
Copley Symphony Hall, 750 B Street in San Diego, 8 p.m., tickets from $20, 619-235-0804, sandiegosymphony.org
sunday, feb. 12
International Dance Festival
The dance clubs of the International Dance Association teach and demonstrate various styles of social dancing from around the world. Also features dance exhibitions and participation dancing, and vendors selling food and international dance related items. Come learn easy steps to fun dances led by members of the IDA dressed in colorful costumes. Partners are not required to participate. Or, just come and watch! Everyone is welcome at the Dance Festival in Balboa Park.
Balboa Park Club, 2144 Pan American Road West in Balboa Park, 12 p.m.-5 p.m., free, idasdc.org
monday, feb. 13
Alone in Berlin
This true-life tale of courage unfolds against the tumultuous backdrop of Berlin in 1940. Otto and Anna Quangel are a working class husband and wife doing their best to ride out the war. When their son is killed fighting on the frontlines, however, everything changes. They begin pouring their rage and grief into postcards emblazoned with anti-Nazi slogans, risking everything to disseminate their messages of protest across the city. But this seemingly small act of subversion rattles the regime, including a police inspector who will not rest until the culprits have been caught.
Digital Gym Cinema, 2921 El Cajon Blvd. in North Park, 11 a.m. and 10 p.m., general admission $11, 619-230-1938, digitalgym.org
tuesday, feb. 14
Who’s Gonna Love Me Now?
After 20 years away in London living an openly gay lifestyle, Saar Maoz returns to his Orthodox family and struggles for acceptance. But he quickly encounters the resistance and confusion of his father and mother who are conflicted between their religious beliefs and their son’s sexual orientation. Saar finds himself wrestling with his desire to be part of his family while maintaining his true identity.
Clairemont Reading 14, 4665 Clairemont Drive in San Diego, 4 p.m., tickets $15.25, 858-274-9994, tickets.lfjcc.org/?search=who%27s%20gonna
wednesday, feb. 15
British Modern Prints from the British Museum
This exhibition will chronicle the graphic work of two of the most significant movements of early 20th century modern art in Britain: Vorticism and the Grosvenor School. Selected from the world-renowned print collection of the British Museum, the exhibition will feature around sixty works by exemplars of British modernism including Edward Wadsworth, Charles Nevinson, Wyndham Lewis, Henry Gaudier-Breszka, Claude Flight, Cyril Power and Sybil Andrews.
University of San Diego, Founders Hall, 5998 Alcalá Park in San Diego, noon-5 p.m., free. 619-260-7516, sandiego.edu/galleries
