Archive for March, 2015
All Souls’ Episcopal Church in Point Loma Appointed Director of Music
Acclaimed early music specialist Ruben Valenzuela has been appointed to lead All Souls’ Episcopal Church, Point Loma, music program. As Director of Music, Valenzuela will be All Souls’ organist and choir director. He will provide leadership for music within the parish as well as in “music as mission” outreach to the larger community. He will […]
Annual Open House
St. Vincent de Paul School invites prospective families to its annual Open House from 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, March 11, 2015. St. Vincent’s is located at 4077 Ibis Street, San Diego, CA 92103. Please join the school faculty for small group tours during the Open House, an opportunity to meet the faculty, visit the […]
Local AKC Dog Clubs Roll Out Mobile Emergency Trailers
Home Base for Pets After Disaster Members of California-based American Kennel Club dog clubs and AKC Reunite, the nation’s largest non-profit pet identification and recovery service, presented three AKC Pet Disaster Relief trailers to officials from the County of San Diego Department of Animal Services this past month. The trailers are the first AKC Pet […]
Change Is In the Air
By Trish Watlington, Mission Hills BID President As we launch into spring I find myself embroiled in the re-writing of The Red Door’s mission statement. Six years into our launch as a small business we’ve seen many changes in our philosophy and vision. We realize that our purpose as both a neighborhood gathering place and […]
Young Musicians Perform Inspiration Concert
Young orchestras and wind ensembles from the San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory (SDYS) perform an exciting range of repertoire in the second Inspiration Series Concert of the season at 4 p.m., Sunday, March 15 at the Joan B. Kroc Theatre, located at 6845 University Avenue in La Mesa. The Inspiration Series features both […]
No Singing the Blues for San Diego’s Christian Hoff
Tony Award winning actor and singer Christian Hoff will return to his roots on March 6 and 7 when he and his group Midtown Men appear at Copley Symphony Hall with the San Diego Symphony. The quartet, made up of members of the original Broadway company of the hit musical “Jersey Boys,” will fill the […]
United Way’s Tocqueville Society Honors Those Who Give Generously
Created by the United Way of America in 1984 by the late James F. Mulvaney to recognize its top donors, The Tocqueville Society is designed to deepen support for philanthropic giving. Tocqueville Society membership is granted to individuals who give at least $10,000 annually to United Way. Recently, Malin and Roberta Burnham hosted an event […]
New book celebrates the architecture of Mission Hills
“Mission Hills” is the newest addition to Arcadia Publishing’s popular Images of America series and is set to release on Monday, March 2, 2015. By local authors Janet O’Dea and Allen Hazard, this pictorial book immortalizes the stunning architecture that is so unique to Mission Hills. Please join Janet and Allen for their Book Launch! […]
Blankinship & Foster CIO Leads Girl Scouts Board
Blankinship & Foster, a nationally recognized wealth advisory firm in Solana Beach, California, announced that its Chief Investment Officer, Rick Brooks, has been elected chairman of the board of directors of Girl Scouts San Diego. Brooks’ tenure officially began January 5, just in time for the start of the annual Girl Scouts Cookie Program on […]
The Stories We Tell About Ourselves: How to Change a Life
by Mrs. Freud “Airport books,” also known as the self-help book industry, is one of the largest and most successful categories in this market. We probably all have one or several self-help books at home. We’ve purchased them with the intent to better our lives. A few years ago I was at the “I Can […]
