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< December, 2019 >
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| Saturday, Dec 7 |
| All Day |  Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 10:00 AM | French Holidays Market |
| 10:30 AM | Tamale Making Workshop |
| 12:00 PM | Balboa Park December Nights |
| 1:00 PM | Book Signing: Mollie Moon |
| 2:00 PM | City Ballet: The Nutcracker |
| 2:00 PM | Building Community Bridges Cultural Fair |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Cambodian Rock Band |
| 3:00 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
| 7:00 PM | Tibetan Bowl & Gong Concert |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: Sila (The Arctic Cycle) |
| 7:30 PM | Stage: Elektra |
| 8:00 PM | Music: Pablo Sainz Villegas Tribute To Segovia |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Cambodian Rock Band |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Around the World in 80 Days |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: And Neither Have I Wings To Fly |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
| Sunday, Dec 8 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Sila (The Arctic Cycle) |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Cambodian Rock Band |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Around the World in 80 Days |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: And Neither Have I Wings To Fly |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
| 4:00 PM | Encinitas Ballet: The Nutcracker |
| 4:00 PM | Amnesty International Write-a-Thon |
| 6:00 PM | Comedy: Modi Rosenfeld |
| 7:00 PM | Music: Jason Vieaux |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: Cambodian Rock Band |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
| 7:30 PM | Music: Andrea Bocelli |
| 8:00 PM | John Leguizamo: Latin History for Morons |
| Monday, Dec 9 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| Tuesday, Dec 10 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 7:30 PM | Music: Gamelan and Mariachi Ensembles |
| 7:30 PM | Stage: Cambodian Rock Band |
| Wednesday, Dec 11 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 5:30 PM | SDLFF Poster Unveiling Party |
| 6:00 PM | Movie: The Farewell |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: The Nutcracker in Balboa Park |
| 7:30 PM | Stage: Cambodian Rock Band |
| 7:30 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
| Thursday, Dec 12 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 4:00 PM | Stage: Sila (The Arctic Cycle) |
| 7:00 PM | SDIFF Film: La Befana Vien di Notte (The Legend of the Christmas Witch) |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 7:30 PM | Stage: Around the World in 80 Days |
| 7:30 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Cambodian Rock Band |
| Friday, Dec 13 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Cambodian Rock Band |
| 6:00 PM | VIA Posada Holiday Celebration Fundraiser |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: Sila (The Arctic Cycle) |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: The Nutcracker in Balboa Park |
| 7:30 PM | City Ballet: The Nutcracker |
| 8:00 PM | An Irish Christmas |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Cambodian Rock Band |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Around the World in 80 Days |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
| Saturday, Dec 14 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 11:00 AM | Paris Holiday Celebration |
| 1:00 PM | Southern California Ballet The Nutcracker |
| 1:00 PM | Talk: Dragons, Myth and Reality |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Cambodian Rock Band |
| 2:00 PM | City Ballet: The Nutcracker |
| 3:00 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
| 5:00 PM | Stage: Sila (The Arctic Cycle) |
| 7:00 PM | Southern California Ballet The Nutcracker |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: The Nutcracker in Balboa Park |
| 7:30 PM | City Ballet: The Nutcracker |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Cambodian Rock Band |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Around the World in 80 Days |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
| Sunday, Dec 15 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 10:00 AM | Hanukkah Painted Placemat Class |
| 10:00 AM | Association for Jewish Studies Conference |
| 1:00 PM | Southern California Ballet The Nutcracker |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Cambodian Rock Band |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Around the World in 80 Days |
| 2:00 PM | City Ballet: The Nutcracker |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
| 3:00 PM | World Holiday Traditions Variety Show |
| 7:00 PM | World Holiday Traditions Variety Show |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: Cambodian Rock Band |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: The Nutcracker in Balboa Park |
| Monday, Dec 16 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 10:00 AM | Association for Jewish Studies Conference |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: A People's Cuban Christmas Tale |
| Tuesday, Dec 17 |
| All Day | Free Admission to Japanese Friendship Garden |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 10:00 AM | Association for Jewish Studies Conference |
| 8:00 PM | Reggae Tuesdaze w/ Ocean Natives & Bunny Mystic |
| Wednesday, Dec 18 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| Old School Little Italy Food Tour |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: The Nutcracker in Balboa Park |
| 7:30 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
| Thursday, Dec 19 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 6:00 PM | Talk: Consul General Carlos González Gutiérrez |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: The Nutcracker in Balboa Park |
| 7:30 PM | Film: La Befana Vien di Notte |
| 7:30 PM | SDIFF Film: La Befana Vien di Notte (The Legend of the Christmas Witch) |
| 7:30 PM | Mariachi Sol De Mexico: A Merry-achi Christmas |
| 7:30 PM | SDIFF Film: La Befana Vien di Notte (The Legend of the Christmas Witch) |
| 7:30 PM | Stage: Around the World in 80 Days |
| 7:30 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
| Friday, Dec 20 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: The Nutcracker in Balboa Park |
| 7:30 PM | City Ballet: The Nutcracker |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Around the World in 80 Days |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
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| Calendar |
| All Day |
Trinh Mai: That We Should Be Heirs
Trinh Mai: That We Should Be Heirs That We Should Be Heirs encourages participants to engage in the lost art of letter writing as a method of alleviating burdens and promoting healing. By putting hand to paper and joining one another in this collective activity of personal letter writing, we can share in this intimate process of privately documenting the stories, hardships, and triumphs that connect us all. Letters written by immigrants and families of immigrants are encouraged. Letters handwritten in participants
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26th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival
Media Arts Center San Diego presents the 26th annual San Diego Latino Film Festival. The festival will occupy five screens for eleven days and will present over 100 films from Latin America, the United States and Spain. There will be opening-night and closing-night parties with the 4rd Annual Sonido Latino Beer & Wine Festival, Q&A sessions with visiting filmmakers, and free student outreach screenings. Audiences will have the rare opportunity to meet filmmakers and actors from all over the world.
Sortable List of Festival Films
Complete Film Schedule:
Admission/Cost: For films - $12.00 General, $10.00 Students and Seniors. Festival packs and passes available. Additional charge for some special events.
Locations:
AMC 18 Fashion Valley Cinema
7037 Friars Road
San Diego, CA 92108
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Media Arts Center
2921 El Cajon Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92104
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Dates and times:
Ongoing from March 14 to March 24
Times and venues vary
For more information, please visit: www.2019.sdlatinofilm.com
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| All Day |
Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival (Sakura Matsuri)
This year marks the Japanese Friendship Garden of San Diego
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| All Day |
Ongoing and Extended Events
Spotlight
• One Book - One San Diego Events
Stage
* Note: newest and shorter run productions can be found in our regular calendar listings.
Exhibitions and Art
• [A] Portrait of People in Motion
November 30, 2019
•Hanjialin Bao - Between Black and White
Until January 26 2020
• Art of East Asia
Until December 31, 2019
• Art Of The 20th Century
Ongoing until December 31, 2019
• German Expressionism
Ongoing until December 31, 2019
• Barrio Art Crawl
Ongoing, every 2nd Saturday of each month
Places
• Free Admission to Japanese Friendship Garden
Ongoing, 3rd Tuesday of each month
• Walking Tour of Asian Pacific Historic District
Ongoing, every 2nd Saturday of each month
• Chicano Park Tour
Ongoing Saturdays and Sundays
Kids
• Kids Meet Mandarin
Ongoing Fridays
• Chinese Storytime
Ongoing Mondays
• Spanish Storytime
Ongoing Mondays
• Bilingual Storytime
Ongoing Fridays
Classes and Workshops
• Asian Brush Painting/Sumi-e Class
Ongoing Tuesdays
• Capoeira Angola de Sao Bento Grande
Ongoing Saturdays
• Mahjong Lessons
Ongoing Thursdays
• Emei Qigong Practice
Ongoing Saturdays
• Kokedama Workshop
Ongoing every 1st and 3rd Tuesday
• Irish Gaelic Conversation Circle
Ongoing Tuesdays
• Tai Chi Workshop
Ongoing Saturdays
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| 11:00 AM |
Japanese Brush Painting Exhibition
17th annual Friends of Taka Sumi-e Art Show and sale of contemporary Japanese brush paintings by local artists studying sumi-e and other Japanese painting techniques. We celebrate the Year of the Pig with Sumi-e painting demonstrations, live Japanese Shakuhachi and Koto music performances, wearable art fashion show, Tea Ceremony, and door prizes.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Casa del Prado
1650 El Prado
San Diego, CA 92101
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Dates and times:
Saturday, March 23 - 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Sunday, March 24 - 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
For more information, please visit: www.takasumi-e.com
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| 1:00 PM |
Talk: Archaeology of the Coronados Islands
Despite their attractiveness to early human migrants and maritime foragers, small islands often are overlooked in archaeological and historical ecological investigations. Along Alta and Baja California, the Channel Islands and Isla Cedros have been the focus of extensive and intensive archaeological investigations. Even with the wealth of data from islands to the north and south, the Coronados Islands, a small set of four islands off the northwestern Baja California coast, have been the subject of very little scientific archaeological research. Joseph McCain will present his findings after an initial field season was completed in 2016. This research produced the first radiometric dates from the Coronados Islands, built an initial settlement chronology and occupational history, identified several prehistoric sites with high research potential, and laid the foundation for future archaeological and historical ecological studies of the island group.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
San Diego Archaeological Center
16666 San Pasqual Valley Rd.
Escondido, CA
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Saturday, March 23 - 1:00 PM
For more information, please visit: www.sandiegoarchaeology.org
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| 2:00 PM |
Indigo Dye & Shibori Workshop
For those passionate about Indigo dye and resist work, this is your opportunity to play and experiment. The Indigo plant makes a variety of shades of blue, commonly associated with denim. Explore the many possibilities of magical Indigo dyeing with bold and beautiful Shibori, the ancient Japanese art of dyeing natural fabrics and using resist techniques - folding, clamping, stitching, twisting and compressing. Bring your clean 100% natural fibers; cotton, silk, linen, hemp, bamboo or rayon clothing or fabric to dye; scarves, t-shirts, runners, tote bags, bandanas or smaller pieces of fabric.
Admission/Cost: $76 - $84
Location:
Bravo School of Art South Park
2963 Beech Street
San Diego, CA 92102
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Saturday, March 23 - 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM
For more information, please visit: www.bravoschoolofart.com
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| 3:00 PM |
Stage: The Pirates Of Penzance Jr.
Set sail with this classic comedy that boasts one of the most famous patter songs in musical theater history. The wit and whimsy of Gilbert and Sullivan's classic score is suffused with a modern sensibility in The Pirates of Penzance JR., a swashbuckling musical journey!
Set on the rocky coast of Cornwall, England, The Pirates of Penzance JR. begins with a group of pirates who are celebrating the birthday of one of their own, Frederic, who has reached his 21st year.
Finally, having served the full length of his required time with the pirates, he decides to strike off on his own and become an upstanding citizen
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| 7:00 PM |
Music: At Home with Bulgarian Music
A sedyanka is an evening in a Bulgarian home full of traditional singing and music and maybe even a bit of dancing and some snacks. Join us for an imaginary sedyanka with Tzvetanka Varimezova, a wonderful singer and tambura (lute) player, and her husband, Ivan Varimezov, Bulgaria
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| 7:00 PM |
Stage: Les Misérables (School Edition)
Steele Canyon High School presents the world
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| 7:00 PM |
Stage: The Pirates Of Penzance Jr.
Set sail with this classic comedy that boasts one of the most famous patter songs in musical theater history. The wit and whimsy of Gilbert and Sullivan's classic score is suffused with a modern sensibility in The Pirates of Penzance JR., a swashbuckling musical journey!
Set on the rocky coast of Cornwall, England, The Pirates of Penzance JR. begins with a group of pirates who are celebrating the birthday of one of their own, Frederic, who has reached his 21st year.
Finally, having served the full length of his required time with the pirates, he decides to strike off on his own and become an upstanding citizen
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| 9:00 PM |
Music: Boogaloo Assassins
The Boogaloo Assassins are dedicated to re-creating and re-interpreting the boogaloo craze that swept East Harlem, the Latin Caribbean and South America. This nine-piece band attempts to do to R&B, doo-wop, Afro-Caribbean jazz and salsa fusion what the Dap Kings do to classic Stax soul.
Admission/Cost: $20-$25
Age: 21+
Location:
The Music Box
1337 India St.
San Diego, CA 92101
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Saturday, March 23 - 9:00 PM
For more information, please visit: www.musicboxsd.com
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