The City: Top to Bottom
thursday, jan. 23
Circus Vargas
Circus Vargas presents its most mind-blowing, highly anticipated spectacular ever! Join us, where the magic begins and the heart-pounding, death-defying action takes place! It’s awe-inspiring ‘Edge of your Seat’ excitement, all under the big top where imagination comes to life and the world is full of possibility and wonder!
Big Top at Highway 78 at Vista Village Drive, 460 Hacienda Drive in Vista, 7:30 p.m., tickets from $27, 877-468-3861, circusvargas.com
- Eye on the ’60s
friday, jan. 24
Eye on the ’60s
Eye on the ’60s is an authentic piece of American History. An intimate portrait of former LIFE photographer Rowland Scherman and how his eye captured the essence of America’s most remarkable decade. Experience candid recollections with seldom seen moments of major celebrities, politicians and breathtaking events. Follow the path of a self-driven man who became the first Peace Corps photographer, an insider to the Kennedy and Shriver families, and who created an astounding record of the March on Washington. Travel with Scherman through time to witness the young Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Arthur Ashe, Barbara Walters, Joni Mitchell, and Judy Collins. From Washington D.C. to the site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival – and to the healing vistas of Cape Cod.
10th Avenue Theatre and Arts Centre, 930 Tenth Ave. in San Diego, 7 p.m., tickets $10, 860-685-0091, 10thavenuetheatre.com
- Who Am I This Time?
saturday, jan. 25
Who Am I This Time?
Adapted from Kurt Vonnegut’s early stories, this work is full of charm, magic and heart. Down a well-worn path, hand-in-hand, take a walk … through leaves and over bridges, breathe in the soul’s seductive moments through three love stories set in mythological small-town America. Along the circuitous course of love we travel with our new friends hoping to catch a genuine glimpse of humankind’s most elusive sentiment. Real folks. Real love. Real fun.
North Coast Repertory Theatre, 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive in Solana Beach, 2 and 8 p.m., tickets from $41, 858-481-1055, northcoastrep.org
Alyssa Anne Schechter plays Louise Heindbedder in The Fox on the Fairway sunday, jan. 26
The Fox on the Fairway
It’s Tournament Weekend, the annual contest between Henry Bingham’s Quail Valley Country Club and rival Dickie Bell’s Crouching Squirrel Golf and Racquet Club. Bingham is sure he’s finally going to win the tournament, but the conniving Dickie Bell has some dastardly tricks up his sleeve. Meanwhile, young lovers Justin and Louise, who work at Quail Valley, have a hot romance going until they get involved in the heat of the competition. Another great farce from the author of Lend Me a Tenor.
OnStage Playhouse, 291 Third Ave. in Chula Vista, 2 p.m., tickets $20, 619-422-7787, onstageplayhouse.org
Jari Werc: Alvarez Donkey Show, 2008 mixed media Collection of Cheech Marin monday, jan. 27
Chicanitas: Small Paintings from the Cheech Marin Collection
Perhaps best known for his work as an actor, director, and half of the comedy duo Cheech and Chong, Cheech Marin has collected Chicano art for the last 25 years. During this time he has built a renowned collection and organized exhibitions that have traveled across the United States. Chicanitas: Small Paintings from the Cheech Marin Collection presents works by established figures such as John Valadez, Leo Limón, and Patssi Valdez, as well as younger emerging artists such as Jari “Werc” Álvarez, Ana Teresa Fernández, and Sonia Romero. Each of the works in the exhibition takes the format of approximately 16 inches square or smaller and depicts subjects of a personal nature – familiar landscapes, notions of cultural heritage, familial relationships and social community. In Chicanitas, Marin has drawn together a rich variety of works that express the complex texture of Chicano experience.
MCASD Downtown, 1100 and 1001 Kettner Blvd. in San Diego, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., general admission $10, 858 454 3541, mcasd.org
Skulls tuesday, jan. 28
Skulls
The Nat looked into their research collections and found nearly 200 of their weirdest, wildest and all-around most fascinating skulls. Rarely on display, the skulls featured are research specimens of animals from around the world – mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, ranging from the big and spectacular (a rhinoceros, a big-horned sheep, a giraffe) to the miniature (California’s own tiny Western Black-headed Snake).
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
C. Carl Jennings: Gate, c. 1970, forged steel and copper. Forrest L. Merrill Collection. | PHOTO: M. LEE FATHERREE wednesday, jan. 29
Struck by Modernism
C. Carl Jennings, California Artist-Blacksmith explores the rugged individualism of Jennings, highlighting his physically demanding work as a blacksmith and his distinctive, modern approach to ironwork. Jennings went beyond what he called “plain blacksmithing” to pioneer the role of the artist-blacksmith in postwar California. Struck by Modernism revisits Jennings’ life and career, recognizes his important place in the context of the studio crafts movement and celebrates the West’s first postwar modern blacksmith.
Mingei International Museum, 1439 El Prado in Balboa Park, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., adult admission $8, 619-239-0003, mingei.org
