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Your Favorite Disney Characters Much-Anticipated Return to San Diego!

| April 4, 2023 | 0 Comments
<strong>Your Favorite Disney Characters Much-Anticipated Return to San Diego!</strong>

The celebration of the century comes alive in Disney On Ice presents Let’s Celebrate!  This monumental ice-skating spectacular returns to San Diego playing seven fun-filled performances at Pechanga Arena, located at 3500 Sports Arena Boulevard in San Diego from Thursday, April 13 through Sunday, April 16, 2023.  Audiences will be a part of the magic […]

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Honoring the Contributions of William Templeton Johnson

| April 4, 2023 | 0 Comments
<strong>Honoring the Contributions of William Templeton Johnson</strong>

Mission Hills is a distinctive and unique community with an impressive history, rich with stories of those who contributed immensely to San Diego’s character and personality. Sidewheel ferryboat steamship captain, Henry James Johnston operating frequently between San Francisco and San Diego in the 1860s purchased the first homesite in Mission Hills on Orizaba Street.  By […]

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Two Educators – and Dads – Share Their Blueprint for Education and Parenting – Influenced by Mister Rogers

| April 3, 2023 | 0 Comments
<strong>Two Educators – and Dads – Share Their Blueprint for Education and Parenting – Influenced by Mister Rogers</strong>

 In 1989, Fred Rogers, of the “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” show, visited the San Diego Zoo, where he got to see giraffes up close. That visit became one of the most beloved episodes of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood”of all time, sparking children’s wonder about animals and the natural world.  According to two authors who are scheduled to share […]

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SCI-FI – What Else Might There Be?

| April 3, 2023 | 0 Comments
<strong>SCI-FI – What Else Might There Be?</strong>

Write Out Loud – an organization with a commitment to inspire, challenge and entertain by reading short stories aloud for a live audience to continue their 16th Season of Story Concerts with “SCI-FI What Else Might There Be?” At 7 p.m., Monday, April 10 at the Old Town Theatre, located at 4040 Twiggs Street in […]

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Open Doors: Vietnam POWs Fifty Years of Freedom Exhibit

| March 7, 2023 | 0 Comments
<strong>Open Doors: Vietnam POWs Fifty Years of Freedom Exhibit</strong>

The Coronado Historical Association (CHA) will honor the 50th anniversary of the return of the Vietnam POWs with a new exhibit, Open Doors: Vietnam POWs Fifty Years of Freedom, which takes a close look at thirty former Vietnam POWs from all branches of the military. Produced by photographer Jamie Howren and author Taylor Baldwin Kiland, […]

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Dilatory City Makes Fate of Old Mission Hills Library Uncertain, Appeal Pending

| March 7, 2023 | 0 Comments
<strong>Dilatory City Makes Fate of Old Mission Hills Library Uncertain, Appeal Pending</strong>

By Jennifer Machian   The old Mission Hills Library was once a vibrant community treasure.  Located at the western entrance of Mission Hills, the library enticed patrons of all ages, with its shiny wall of windows and iconic cantilevered roof.   Long-time Mission Hills resident, Caroline Ridout Stewart, who frequented the library as a sixth grader in the […]

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San Diego Junior Theatre Presents “How I Became a Pirate”

| February 5, 2023 | 0 Comments
San Diego Junior Theatre Presents “How I Became a Pirate”

San Diego Junior Theatre, the nation’s longest-running youth theatre program, from March 3 through 19, as it continues its 75th Anniversary Season with the popular musical adventure, “How I Became a Pirate,” which will run Fridays at 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sundays at 2 p.m. All Junior Theatre productions are performed in Balboa Park’s […]

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 “The Animation Academy – from Pencils to Pixels”

| February 5, 2023 | 0 Comments
<strong> “The Animation Academy – from Pencils to Pixels”</strong>

San Diego Comic Convention’s Comic-Con Museum, showcasing comics and popular arts, has announced its 2023 exhibits opening Saturday, February 4, featuring “The Animation Academy – from Pencils to Pixels” and “Cover Story: Five Decades of Comic-Con,” as well as updates to the Comic-Con Masquerade display and featuring the PAC-MAN Arcade.  “Our second year at the Comic-Con Museum […]

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San Diego Junior Theatre Presents “Gruesome Gallery of Grotesquerie”

| January 10, 2023 | 0 Comments
<strong>San Diego Junior Theatre Presents “Gruesome Gallery of Grotesquerie”</strong>

San Diego Junior Theatre, the nation’s longest-running youth theatre program, continues its 75th Anniversary Season with the world premiere of Edgar Allan Poe’s Gruesome Gallery of Grotesquerie, which will run from Thursday, January 13 through Saturday, January 22 and is recommended for ages 10 years old and up. All Junior Theatre productions are performed in Balboa Park’s […]

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10th AnnualTea by the Sea Takes Place at the Marine Room

| January 10, 2023 | 0 Comments
<strong>10<sup>th</sup> AnnualTea by the Sea Takes Place at the Marine Room </strong>

St. Madeleine Sophie’s Center (SMSC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and empowering individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, will host its 10th annual Tea by the Sea event on Saturday, January 21, 2023, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the elegant Marine Room in La Jolla (2000 Spindrift Drive).   Guests are encouraged to dress in their favorite tea-time […]

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