Events
MADCAPS San Diego Announces 55th Annual Benefit Show
Mothers and Daughters Club Assisting Philanthropies (MADCAPS) will celebrate 55 years of community service with its annual benefit show Thursday, March 12 through Saturday, March 14 at Brown Chapel on the campus of Point Loma Nazarene University. The theme for the 55th anniversary show is “MADCAPS in Motion” and will feature several different styles of […]
2015 Marks an Important Year for Mission Hills United Methodist Church
Mission Hills United Methodist Church (UMC) will celebrate 100 years of worship and ministry when the congregation marks its centennial in the New Year. The church 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, […]
The Front Porch to Celebrate a Howling Good Halloween
Costume contests are as much a part of Halloween as jack-o-lanterns and trick-or-treating, and this year The Front Porch in Mission Hills is throwing a howler of a competition. On Friday morning, October 31, starting at 10:30 a.m., dogs of all shapes and sizes will gather with their owners for the first The Front Porch […]
Green Jazz at Dizzy’s
At 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21 three notable San Diego musicians will present A Night of Green Jazz, with Chris Vitas and Keltik Kharma, featuring Chris, violin(s); Fred Benedetti, guitar; Jeff Pekarek, bass; and Duncan Moore, drums. Green Jazz is a lost art form that infuses traditional Irish fiddle tunes with intricate jazz harmonies (by […]
Santa Fe Market at Bazaar del Mundo
Pawn Trader Art Quintana Will Appraise Guests’ Fine Indian Jewelry Collectors of fine Native American jewelry, art, hand woven rugs and Pendleton blankets will enjoy an unforgettable weekend among some of the Southwest’s finest artists at Bazaar del Mundo’s Santa Fe Market, September 19 to 21 in Old Town. The event runs 10 a.m. to 8 […]
Library Shop to Host “Booked for the Evening”
The Central Library at Joan & Irwin Jacobs Common will host “Booked for the Evening,” a rooftop soiree fundraiser hosted by the Library Shop on Sept. 11, 2014 from 7 to 10 p.m. Guests will be whisked to the ninth floor rooftop patio and enter a “literary-chic” themed party featuring a selection of fresh, locally […]
The 13th Annual San Diego Film Festival Returns September 24-28, 2014
The 2014 San Diego Film Festival will launch on September 24-28, with award-winning independent films, filmmakers, actors, panels and parties. The Festival, now in its 13th year and featuring more than 100 film screenings, will be held at the Reading Theater in Downtown San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter (701 Fifth Avenue, San Diego, 92101) and ArcLight […]
10TH Annual Mission Hills Heritage Home Tour Explores the Romance of Spanish Style Architecture and Design
The tall, slender palms gracing the sidewalks of many streets in Mission Hills today set the scene for the multitude of homes with a Spanish flair in the neighborhood, outside and in. Hosted by Mission Hills Heritage, “The Romance of the Spanish Style” is the theme of the organization’s Tenth Annual Home Tour slated for […]
Part 2 of Hidden in Plain Sight
During the Garden Club’s May meeting Master Gardener Meredith French covered a wealth of material regarding the insects of a healthy garden. Half of all living things are insects. There are over one million identified insect species, and scientists believe there may be as many as 20 million species that have yet to be unidentified. […]
Fun Free Things to Do at San Diego Comic Con without a Badge
You say you wanted to go to the San Diego Comic Con but you couldn’t get a badge? Well fear not, friends, because there are plenty of cool things to do for free around the world’s biggest Geek-fest. From a free Interactive Zone where you can mingle with some of your favorite characters and even […]