thursday, nov. 6
LGBT Veterans Wall of Honor Induction Ceremony
Join the San Diego LGBT Community Center to recognize LGBT veterans with ties to San Diego who have taken the oath to serve our country and have done so honorably and with distinction, acting as role models in advancing equality. This year’s honorees are John Carlos Keasler, Robert A. Lehman, Thomas Joseph Seguine, Dennis Michael Fiordaliso, Robert Hall “Jess” Jessop and Frank Stefano. The evening will include a brief program and light refreshments.
The San Diego LGBT Community Center, 3909 Centre Street in San Diego, 5:30-7 p.m., for more information or to RSVP, contact Ben Cartwright at bcartwright@thecentersd.org or 619-692-2077×106.
friday, nov.7
San Diego Asian Film Festival
For its 15th anniversary, the San Diego Asian Film Festival (SDAFF) will showcase over 140 films from 21 countries at a record nine different venues in San Diego from Nov. 6-15. The LGBT Dignity pass includes admission to all 11 LGBT films at a reduced rate. LGBT Film Programs include the following: Ultrastar Mission Valley: Anita’s Last Cha-Cha, Appropriate Behavior, Eat With Me, Kumu Hina, Limited Partnership, Shorts: Gay of Thrones. UC San Diego venues: Broken Branches, The Girl Princes, The Pollen of Flowers, Sabangji, Vive L’Amour.
To buy your pass or to purchase tickets to individual films and more information visit http://festival.sdaff.org/2014/lgbt-dignity-pass
saturday, nov. 8
7th Annual Vintage Poster Exhibit
This collection of rare 20th to 21st century vintage Italian [and other European] posters consists of original first and second printings of lithographs by diverse poster artists including Boccasile, Razzia, etc. Vintage Italian posters from 1895 to 1940, long undervalued and neglected, are today increasingly appreciated and sought after by collectors. A renaissance for collecting these graphics has created a renewed look at this art form.
Meyer Fine Art, 2400 Kettner Blvd., Suite 104 in San Diego, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., free admission, 619-358-9512, http://meyerfineartinc.com
sunday, nov. 9
CicloSDias
CicloSDias San Diego welcomes everyone to walk, ride, stroll and enjoy. Come experience this free open street event where there will be activities along the route, shops and restaurants open for business and neighbors and friends from all over coming together to make our streets come alive. CicloSDias is modeled after the very successful Ciclova’s events that started in Bogota, Colombia over thirty years ago as a response to the congestion and pollution of city streets. Now they happen throughout Latin America, the United States and now San Diego!
CicloSDias, Hillcrest and Bankers Hill, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 858-487-6063, for route visit http://www.ciclosdias.com/
monday, nov. 10
Ruby and the Red Hots
Ruby (Etoile Ruby Presnell ) is known as the “first class sultry lady of blues”. Her unique and powerful voice melds with her beauty and sensual stage presence. Ruby and the Red Hots earth-shaking, crowd-stirring music creates a performance that gets her audience simmering. Sharing great arrangements of classic Rockin’, Blues, R & B and Funk, as well as original music with a group of professional accomplished musicians, including the “Red Hot Horns”, Ruby and her Red Hots are sure to please!
Humphreys Backstage Live, 2241 Shelter Island Drive San Diego, 7 p.m., 619-224-3577, humphreysbackstagelive.com
tuesday, nov. 11
The Nick & Knight Tour
Nick & Knight is an eponymous collaborative album by American singer-songwriters Nick Carter and Jordan Knight, under the collective stage name of Nick & Knight. Carter and Knight’s respective bands, the Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block, have previously collaborated on an album entitled NKOTBSB, and also went out on a joint tour between 2011 and 2012 as supergroup NKOTBSB. The pair will perform material from their album Nick & Knight as well as songs by both the Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block.
House of Blues San Diego, 1055 Fifth Ave. in San Diego, 7:30 p.m., tickets from $40.75, 619-299-2583, houseofblues.com
wednesday, nov. 12
A Few Small Nips – A Tribute to Frida Kahlo
ArtHatch and Distinction Gallery are excited to present a group exhibition curated by June Leeloo entitled A Few Small Nips, a tribute to Frida Kahlo. This exhibit will highlight art by figurative and urban-surrealists such as Aaron Jasinski, Edith Lebeau, Brianna Angelakis and more. All artwork will be inspired by or pay tribute to the late Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.
ArtHatch, 317 E Grand Ave. in Escondido, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., free admission, 760-707-2770, http://distinctionart.com
