thursday, may 2
Wine, cheese and tapas cooking class
Enjoy an evening of gourmet fromage, fantastic wines and fabulous tapas! Chefs Jodi, from Lajollacooks4u and Samantha Rees from Intimate Gatherings, will engage your taste buds with wine and cheese pairings and also guide you in a fun, hands-on tapas making class. Four gourmet cheeses will be paired with four wines and the tapas menu includes: paprika shrimp with citrus slaw, Argentinean beef skewers with chimichurri sauce, eggplant rollups with goat cheese and pesto spread, rosemary and sea salt flatbread. And not forgetting dessert with sweet bite-lemon curd shooters and brown butter cookies. All participants will take home a menu and recipe booklet and eat, drink and be merry.
Lajollacooks4u, 2092 Caminito Capa in La Jolla, 5:30-8:30 p.m., admission $165, 858-752-4980, lajollacooks4u.com
friday, may 3
Janet Hammer
Since her very first vocal performance at age five, Janet Hammer showed music is clearly in her blood. She’s performed all over the world, influenced by singers the like of Joni Mitchell, Carole King and Phoebe Snow, and jazz vocal groups such as Manhattan Transfer, Singers Unlimited and Rare Silk. She has opened for The Pointer Sisters, The Drifters, The Platters, and Johnny Cash and has worked with musicians from groups such as The Righteous Brothers, Little Anthony, Maynard Ferguson, Natalie Cole, The Chieftains, and The Guess Who. She teaches, performs, directs and inspires.
The Cosmopolitan Hotel and Restaurant, 2660 Calhoun Street in Old Town, 7:30-10:30 p.m., $5 cover, 619-297-1874, oldtowncosmopolitan.com
saturday, may 4
Art-on-the-Green
Carlsbad Oceanside Art League gallery member artists display their artwork at Art-on-the-Green every weekend (good weather permitting) on the lawn in front of the Carlsbad Inn Beach Resort. Spend an enjoyable few hours of your Saturday admiring the work of these talented artists en plein air.
3075 Carlsbad Blvd. in Carlsbad, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., free, 760-434-8497, coalartgallery.com
sunday, may 5
Chocolate Festival
Mars Chocolate History Ambassadors will be onsite to demonstrate the historical bean-to-beverage story of 18th-century chocolate using authentic tools including cocoa pods, cocoa beans and nibs, a hot stone metate, winnowing baskets, chocolate drink pots and stirrers throughout the day. Observers will be able to touch, taste, smell, and experience chocolate as it was enjoyed in early America at every demonstration by sampling American Heritage Chocolate® drink. American Heritage Chocolate® is an authentic historic chocolate recipe made by Mars Chocolate North America.
Maritime Museum of San Diego, 1492 North Harbor Drive in San Diego, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., admission $16, 619-234-9153, sdmaritime.org
monday, may 6
Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive Tour
Currently starring in the Emmy nominated NBC series Parks and Recreation, Aziz Ansari‘s portrayal of government employee Tom Haverford has earned him much critical praise including Entertainment Weekly naming him one of their “Breakout TV Stars”, TV Guide naming him a “Scene Stealer” and Yahoo! TV placing him in the number one spot on their list of “TV MVPS: The Most Valuable Performers of the Fall Season”. People magazine named him 2011?s “Funniest Dude in Prime Time”.
San Diego Civic Theatre, 1100 Third Ave. in San Diego, 7 p.m., tickets $35, 619-570-1100, sandiegotheatres.org
tuesday, may 7
Dan Adams: Hot Dogs
Sophie’s Gallery is honored to host the artwork of Dan Adams, a self-taught artist, who is well known in San Diego. He captures the art of everything canine with his expressive brush strokes and develops his subject matter by photographing human and dog action at local dog parks. Dan has exhibited at the San Diego Museum of Art, Riverside Museum of Art, Oceanside Museum of Art and Escondido Museum of Art among others.
Sophie’s Gallery and Gift Shop NTC, 2875 Dewey Road in San Diego, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., free, 619-578-2207, stmsc.org
wednesday, may 8
Janine Free and Ron Tatro at Gallery 21
Photographer Janine Free returns to Gallery 21 in Balboa Park with abstracted reflections of mannequins in store windows. Digital artist and sculptor Ron Tatro shows 12 digital drawings of the human head.
Gallery 21, Spanish Village Art Center, 1770 Village Place in Balboa Park, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., free, janinefree.com
