Archive for January, 2015
Violinist Nora Germain to Perform at Dizzy’s
23-year-old jazz violinist and singer, Nora Germain will perform from her latest album “Little Dipper” at 8 p.m., Friday, January 30 at Dizzy’s in San Diego, located at 4275 Mission Ban Drive in San Diego. Joining her are Ed Kornhauser on piano, Will Pierce on bass and Ryan Shaw on drums. Nora Francesca Germain is […]
Local Artist Travels Afar to Perfect Her Artwork
Charlotte Bird is a Mission Hills textile artist with a national following. In August, she was artist-in-residence in Denali National Park, Alaska. She chaired the Quilt Visions 2014 international juried quilt show, now displayed at the Visions Art Museum in Liberty Station. Charlotte realized her dream to become an executive in public service but found it […]
SOHO Salutes 1915 and 1935 San Diego Expositions
Exhibits, Special Events, Lectures and Tours at the Marston House Museum & Gardens Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO), San Diego’s regional historic preservation group, will explore the lasting impact and tangible legacy of the 1915 and 1935 San Diego international expositions throughout 2015 at the Marston House Museum & Gardens in Balboa Park, the scene […]
Prairie Style From Midwest to Mission Hills
“Prairie Style from Midwest to Mission Hills,” is the topic of the Mission Hills Heritage (MHH) Annual Tenth Lecture Series Saturday, January 17 at the Francis Parker Lower School. Here, a panel of local architectural historians will explore the migration of the Prairie Style from the middle west to the west coast from 1908 to […]
Mission Hills United Methodist Church Celebrates 100 Years of Worship and Ministry
Mission Hills United Methodist Church marks its centennial in the New Year. The church, located at 4044 Lark Street, was dedicated on Jan. 17, 1915. The celebration will include a rededication of the church building and sanctuary at 10 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015, with Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño of the California-Pacific Annual Conference of […]
Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company Celebrates Ten Year Anniversary
Co-founder, Seema Sueko took the stage recently to celebrate the ten year anniversary of Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company. She joined Mo`olelo’s board members, staff and supporters who were present to share their thoughts on the first ten years and the future for the theatre company. Guests included David Henry Hwang, a Tony Award winning playwright […]
Literacy Campaign Aims at Public Engagement
San Diego Council on Literacy, the County’s leading provider of literacy services, unveiled plans for LITERACY 20/20, a new and broad-based five-year campaign to combat low literacy at its 22nd annual Chairman’s Circle event held December 10th at Fairbanks Ranch Country Club. Drew Schlosberg received the Council’s Literacy Luminary Award, presented by community leader and […]
Happy Birthday Spreckel’s Organ & Pavilion
A day of 42 degree weather in San Diego felt like home, not because of the weather but because of the people. On New Year’s Eve, young and old showed up outside during unusually cold weather for the 100th Birthday of the Balboa Park Spreckel’s Organ Pavilion. This concert, led by Civic Organist Dr. […]
Celebrating Five Years of Music, Dance and Theatre
This winter Visionary Dance Theatre (VDT) shares its Fifth Anniversary with the concert Perseverance at the Performing Arts Center at Point Loma High School, located at 2335 Chatsworth Blvd, San Diego, CA 92106, at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, January 23 and 24. Perseverance is a celebration of Visionary’s five years providing dance, music, […]
A Tribute to Jazz Fusion Violinist Jean-Luc Ponty
Chris Vitas & friends perform a tribute to the great Jazz Fusion violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, said to be “The first jazz violinist to be as exciting as a saxophonist.” Ponty has performed widely since the early sixties with such notable artists as Frank Zappa, Stephane Grappelli, Al Di Meola, and many more. Along with Chris […]
