Events
8th Annual Swing with Santa Golf Tournament
St. Madeleine Sophie’s Center (SMSC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and empowering individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to realize their full potential, will host its 8th Annual “Swing with Santa” Golf Tournament in memory of Don Parent on Friday, November 5, 2021. Guests are invited to join SMSC at the Singing Hills Golf Resort Pine Glen 3-Par […]
Mission Hills Heritage 2021 Walking Tour
Saturday, November 13, 2021 “Mission Hills – Heart and Soul,” Mission Hills Heritage’s 2020 annual walking tour that was cancelled because of the pandemic, has been rescheduled for Saturday, November 13 in the Mission Hills neighborhood of San Diego. The guided walking tour will focus on the original subdivision known as “Mission Hills” mapped out […]
San Diego Ballet Returns for Fall Season with Ritmos Latinos
San Diego Ballet commences its 2021-2022 fall season with a weekend of shows safely outside in the picturesque Ingram Plaza in Arts District Liberty Station. This year’s annual program is titled Ritmos Latinos, a performance merging Latin rhythms and ballet, will feature two of San Diego Ballet’s audience favorites, “Que Bonito Amor” and “Mambomania.” Audiences will be able […]
Festival Celebrates the Region’s Distillery Makers with Tastings
The San Diego Distillers Guild Fest returns from 6 to 10 p.m., Saturday, October 30 at The Lane, located at 900 Bayfront Court. Launched in 2019 to hundreds of enthusiastic attendees, the Guild paused last year’s festival as distillers temporarily pivoted to produce sanitizer. Now returning and ready to show off San Diego’s craft distilling community, this year’s festival […]
Ghost Ship Experience for a Family Friendly Halloween Weekend
Maritime Museum of San Diego embraces the profound and puzzling mystery behind the 282-ton brigantine MaryCeleste, famed as the ghost ship abandoned in 1872 – leaving researchers and maritime history buffs unable to solve how the vessel’s captain and crew went missing, with no signs of fire, explosion or other incidents. Theories as to why the ship was abandoned range […]
San Diego Student Receives International Young Eco-Hero Award
Kyle Tianshi, a 14-year-old from San Diego, is one of 25 young environmental activists from across the globe honored by Action For Nature (AFN) as a 2021 International Young Eco-Hero, an award that recognizes eco-conscious youth ages 8 to 16 who are taking crucial steps to solve tough environmental problems. Kyle won the Innovator Award […]
Two-Day Event Celebrates American Indian Heritage in San Diego
The San Diego American Indian Health Center (SDAIHC) will host its annual Balboa Park Pow Wow from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, October 2 and 3 at the corner of Park Boulevard and President’s Way. This year the event will be held in recognition of the late Saginaw Grant for his leadership and many contributions to the American […]
Home Start to Hold 14th Annual Hallo-Wine Fall Festival
Home Start, Inc., a nonprofit child abuse prevention and treatment agency that has strengthened and developed San Diego’s families and communities since 1972, will hold its 14th Annual Hallo-Wine Fall Festival from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, October 23, 2021. The event will once again take place outdoors on the grounds of the Historic Burnham House in Balboa Park, located at 3565 Seventh […]
Mechanical Figures Come to Life at the Fleet Science Center
The Fleet Science Center is pleased to announce the opening of Mechanics Alive, featuring exhibits from the Cabaret Mechanical Theater. The engaging traveling exhibition gives visitors an up?close look at a collection of wonderful automata. It opens October 9, 2021, at the Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park and will be on view through January 17, 2022. This exhibition is […]
Propagation of Bougainvillea
Some of you know that October is my birthday month. And, since we didn’t meet over the summer season, I decided to use this article to chat about what is currently of importance to me. In the late 1960s, San Diego State had climbing bougainvillea cascading down a hill to the parking lot just off […]
