Events
Lakeside’s River Park Conservancy
Another Step in Restoring the Environment In November, Mission Hills Garden Club learned a great deal about Lakeside’s River Park Conservancy. Cindy Collins gave us a bit of its history and described their various projects and how they sustain them. Their mission is “to preserve and restore the biological integrity and beauty of the […]
First Annual Winter of Hope
Production Two77 Features OncoSec Medical by Aubree Lynn, stylist/writer/producer It doesn’t care who you are, it’s not prejudice, not judgmental, it doesn’t choose only the old, rich, or weak, it isn’t forgiving or justifiable, it doesn’t care where you live, what you do with your life, or how good of a person you are, […]
Annual Writer’s Event in February
Anne Lamott and Jeannette Walls Headline You know that novel you keep intending to write, or that collection of poems you keep saying you’ll start, or that blog you keep thinking about developing, or that memoir your family keeps telling you to do, but you just haven’t gotten that final push to get going? […]
Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” Opens San Diego Opera’s 2014 Season
San Diego Opera announces the return of opera’s beloved “Pagliacci” by Ruggero Leoncavallo when it opens the 2014 season on Saturday, January 25, 2014 for four performances only. Making his return to the Company to sing the role of the murderous clown Canio, is American tenor Frank Porretta who was last heard as the […]
Spreckels Organ Concert Benefits the San Diego Chapter of the American Red Cross
San Diego’s giving season kicks off on Sunday, Dec. 1 with a free, five-hour Spreckels Organ concert from noon to 5 p.m. at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park. Donations received at the concert will benefit the San Diego Chapter of the American Red Cross. San Diego Civic Organist, Dr. Carol Williams, has […]
Historic Youth Ballet Presents “The Nutcracker”
The San Diego Civic Youth Ballet, the resident classical ballet school of Balboa Park since 1945, presents its annual production of the holiday favorite, “The Nutcracker,” featuring professional costumes, sets, lighting, and staging. The performance takes place at the historic Casa del Prado Theatre located in the cultural heart of Balboa Park at 1800 […]
All Souls’ Saint Nicholas Tour: A Tradition of Church Mice
The All Souls’ Home Tour began in 1952. It was that same year that the tradition of creating handmade church mice to represent something special each year began as a fund raiser for church charities. After 61 years there still is a line outside the door that opens at 1 p.m. of All Souls’ Episcopal […]
That Perfect Gift
The holidays are here, each year a little earlier, each year a little more frantic. The holiday music started hitting the stores in early November and I’ve already seen houses decorated in my neighborhood. But this year frantic hits a new high (or low). It’s bad enough that Black Friday has become de rigueur, but […]