thursday, march 27 Quilters A well-crafted quilt needs a skilled hand, a hopeful spirit and an eye for the order of things. This gem of a musical uses the beautiful variety of quilt squares in celebration of the extraordinary yet everyday pioneer women who helped settle America’s West. Lamb’s Players Theatre, 1142 Orange Ave. in…
thursday, march 20 Community Organizations Social Please join the board of directors of The Imperial Court de San Diego as they mix and mingle with other community organizations to build relationships. The event will be held at Jake’s on 6th. No admission to attend but please support Jake’s with a purchase of a glass of…
Only 2 days left to get your tickets to Chicana Lesbians: The Girls Our Mothers Still Warn Us About! Two incredible Chicana lesbian novelists, Carla Trujillo and Felicia Luna Lemus, come together in an intergenerational dialogue that highlights Chicana lesbian contributions to arts and literature. Get your tickets here today! When: Friday, March 21st (7:00-9:00pm)…
thursday, march 13 The Entertainers Come enjoy a free screening of the The Entertainers, the award-winning feature documentary about six piano players striving to win the World Championship of Old-Time Piano (mostly ragtime). Then, stay to see four of the stars of the film perform Live Ragtime Piano after the film, as well as answer…
friday, march 7 Art of East Asia The newly refurbished permanent display Art of East Asia represents more than six years of research and conservation by the museum’s curator of Asian art and has been designed by the renowned firm of Staples & Charles. Art of East Asia vividly animates the philosophical and creative traditions…
Spring is in the air (here in San Diego of course, spring looks a lot like summer and winter), March is nearly upon us and I am feeling just a little lyrical. Or maybe there are a slew of lyrical-like activities happening in town these next few weeks. What could be more poetic in nature…
thursday, feb. 27 Marcus Kenney Lux Institute’s current artist in residence is Marcus Kenney. Poverty, alienation and social injustice are frequent themes in the multimedia works of Georgian painter and sculptor Kenney. His subjects, both humorous and macabre, suggest Southern Gothic dramas with folksy cross-cultural references. Kenney’s mixed media paintings and sculptures with found objects…
thursday, feb. 20 The Ring of Power – Wagner vs. Tolkien: The Story Behind the Ring The battle between good and evil bursts forth on the stage, as Nuvi Mehta delves into the myths underlying Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle and J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. Musical signatures of good and evil blaze through…
thursday, feb. 13 Muscle Cars – 50 Years of American Horsepower The 1950s are not known as the beginnings of the Muscle Car era, but events of that period had an impact on development. In the post-war period, citizens were hungry for change – change in economic status, change in where and how they lived…
thursday, feb. 6 Please Be Seated From woven mats to high-tech contemporary designs, this exhibition will reveal the never-ending quest to seat people comfortably, appropriately and fashionably. Drawn from the Museum’s permanent collection and from other institutional and private collections, the exhibition will present wide-ranging examples of seating from many periods and cultures. Mingei International…
