thursday, dec. 18
R: Tyme
R: Tyme is a San Diego band covering your favorite dance music from back in the day and from as recent as last week. They love music and it shows in the cohesive sound they bring to every song they perform.
Humphreys Backstage Live, 2241 Shelter Island Drive San Diego, 7 p.m ., $5 cover, 619-224-3577, humphreysbackstagelive.com
friday, dec. 19
Life Partners
The delightful romantic comedy Life Partners explores the universal themes of female friendship and sexuality in all of its absurd amazingness. Straight Paige (Gillian Jacobs, Community ) and lesbian Sasha (Leighton Meester, Gossip Girl ) are co-dependent best friends in their late 20s. They text each other all day, talk every evening, and have a weekly date to watch Top Model. Both date now and then, with little luck, until Paige meets nerdy Tim (Adam Brody). Despite some superficial drawbacks he’s kind of cute. As Paige and Tim’s relationship grows, the bond between Paige and Sasha inevitably shifts. Suddenly without a “partner,” Sasha is left to examine her own shortcomings and panic about her impending 30th birthday. Passive-aggressive conflict brews in their friendship until the girls must finally confront the question they’ve been avoiding: Can their friendship survive growing up?
Landmark Ken Cinema, 4061 Adams Ave. in San Diego, 2:30, 7 and 9 p.m., tickets $10, 619-283-3227, http://www.landmarktheatres.com/san-diego
saturday, dec. 20
Universal Intelligence
Artist Gary Walker prefers the supreme challenge of the abstract painting that expresses and explores the deeper aspects of both individual and archetypal subconscious elements. His singular style and expression are wholly unique, original and eclectic. In this exhibition, Gary Walker presents Universal Intelligence – the Abwoon Series. Abwoon is a word that comes from the ancient Aramaic language of the Middle Eastern part of the world. It is a universal and all encompassing term that refers to God as the One: the Universal, the Radiant One who shines, the Divine Source, the Father-Mother of the Universe.
Poway Center for the Performing Arts, 15498 Espola Road in Poway, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 858-668-4693, powaycenter.com
sunday, dec. 21
Featured Artists Show
Michelle Montrose will be exhibiting rich textured oils paintings that capture the light. Sonya Yassa “Rumzi” will exhibit her vibrant oil and pastel paintings. Liane Glasrud will exhibit mixed media paintings with innovative uses of paper.
Southwestern Artists Association, Spanish Village Art Center, Studio 23, 1770 Village Place in Balboa Park, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., free admission, 619-232-3522, swartists.com
monday, dec. 22
American Visions: Place and Identity
This selection of highlights from The San Diego Museum of Art’s Permanent Collection reveals a gradual movement away from European traditions in painting toward the formulation of a uniquely American art, redefining man’s relationship to his surroundings. Beginning with 19th century landscapes depicting the country’s vast untamed wilderness in which nature is all powerful and the vulnerability of the human presence is made apparent, the exhibition closes with Christo’s drawing for his project Running Fence 1976, in which a colossal curtain dissects the California landscape, asserting a new relationship to, and intervention with, our environment.
The San Diego Museum of Art, 1450 El Prado in Balboa Park, 12-5 p.m., adult admission $12, 619-232-7931, sdmart.org
tuesday, dec. 23
The Dave Koz and Friends Christmas Tour
Grab your friends and family for a special holiday treat! The Dave Koz and Friends Christmas Tour will celebrate the holidays in jazz-y style on the stage of the historic Balboa Theatre this year! With multi-Grammy nominee Dave Koz and special guests Jonathan Butler, Christopher Cross and Maysa performing holiday classics, along with some of their own most popular songs, you’ll enjoy a great evening of Christmas cheer and amazing music.
Balboa Theatre, 868 Fourth Ave. in San Diego, 8 p.m., tickets from $41,619-570-1100, http://sandiegotheatres.org
wednesday, dec. 24
NAKED: 20th Century Nudes from the Dijkstra Collection
Oceanside Museum of Art is proud to present NAKED: 20th Century Nudes from the Dijkstra Collection, the second exhibition within the Museum’s “Collectors Initiative” launched in 2012. NAKED is a revelation. Taken from the wide-ranging art collection of Bram and Sandra Dijkstra, this exquisite group of works contributes to the museum-wide focus on artwork concerning figurative and portrait themes occupying all five exhibition spaces at OMA this fall. This group of works spans the 20th century including figurative paintings, drawings, and photographs specifically featuring the nude human figure, created by a wide array of artists.
Oceanside Museum of Art, 704 Pier View Way in Oceanside, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., general admission $8, 760-435-3720, oma-online.org
