Bring your children or grandchildren to the Athenaeum's free Children's Storytime at 3 p.m. on Wednesdays. Great for children ages 1 through 9. This is a free event. Reservations are not necessary. “One of the greatest gifts adults can give—to their offspring and to their society—is to read to children.” — CARL SAGAN
Tours are free and registration is required. Tours are limited to a maximum of 35 guests and last for approximately 90 minutes. Fifteen murals are currently on view, and each tour features more than half of these. It is a gentle walk around the village, but we ask participants to please wear comfortable shoes. Participants …
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Practice figure drawing from a live model. Hosted by Yiddishland, California, our group drawing sessions are held in a comfortable, friendly environment. No instruction will be given, but a moderator will be present. Bring your own supplies. Any artist of any level is welcome to attend.
La Jolla has long been known for its iconic and cutting-edge galleries and proudly presents First Friday Art Walks a free sip, snack, and stroll through 16+ iconic galleries. Whether you are a serious collector. enjoy being part of a creative scene or love learning about new and emerging talents; you won’t want to miss …
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Practice figure drawing from a live model. Hosted by Yiddishland, California, our group drawing sessions are held in a comfortable, friendly environment. No instruction will be given, but a moderator will be present. Bring your own supplies. Any artist of any level is welcome to attend.
PEEC for TEENS (13–18 years old) PEEC Youth Arts, the Athenaeum’s free program for teens offers a rotation of multidisciplinary art instructors and curricular activities involving the use of the Athenaeum library resources and art exhibitions as starting points for projects. Partly underwritten by Esther Shapiro; Brunswick and Matoff Foundation, Brad Shapiro; Ellen Browning Scripps Foundation, …
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Gather with us and discover new ways to engage at MCASD! On the eve of the official reopening, you are exclusively invited to join fellow Members, artists, community leaders, movers, and shakers as we celebrate the highly anticipated new Joan and Irwin Jacobs Building at MCASD. Tour the collection galleries, view the West Coast premiere …
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Let’s celebrate! We invite the San Diego community to join us for MCASD’s reopening day. Experience the new collection galleries, the special exhibition Niki de Saint Phalle in the 1960s, enjoy architectural tours of the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Building designed by Selldorf Architects, picnic in the oceanview Art Park, peruse the new event spaces …
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Mixing an incisive wit with scathing sarcasm, Greg Fitzsimmons has achieved success as a stand-up, Emmy Award winning writer and host on both radio and TV. Greg is host of The Greg Fitzsimmons Show, on SiriusXM’s "Howard 101” and twice a week puts out the hugely popular FitzDog Radio podcast. A regular on @Midnight, Conan …
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Come Play at MCASD! Come make your mark at our first free Prebys Play Day event. Prebys Play Days at MCASD are opportunities for the whole family to be creative, be curious, and connect through art. April’s program focuses on experimentation, connection, and making your own mark, inspired by the artists in MCASD’s Collection. The program …
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LE SALON DE MUSIQUES: SUNDAY APRIL 10 AT 4:00 PM Welcome to Le Salon De Musiques — a concert experience unlike any other. There is no stage! Up-close seating allows you to enjoy chamber music the way it was meant to be shared. Following the concert, meet the artists and fellow concert-goers while sipping French …
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Practice figure drawing from a live model. Hosted by Yiddishland, California, our group drawing sessions are held in a comfortable, friendly environment. No instruction will be given, but a moderator will be present. Bring your own supplies. Any artist of any level is welcome to attend.
Anya Gallaccio’s Rêvons D'or will be on view at ONE from April 23-June 4. Here, a bronze cast portion of a tree stands overturned and balances on its bifurcated limbs. Porcelain apples hang from rope which clings to the texture of the tree. Unlike Gallaccio’s time-based installations which allow organic material to decompose, melt, or …
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La Jolla High School Theatre Art Department students will present select songs from their most recent production, West Side Story. The cast includes 20 students from the 9th through 12th grades. We encourage you to bring your lunch to enjoy in our courtyard. Friday, April 15. 12-1pm. Light refreshments served. Free/All. Click here to …
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New Member Tours are given by the librarian on the third Saturday of every month at 11 a.m. Members and nonmembers alike are welcome to attend. The librarian will give a tour of the library's space, collections, and a brief history. This is a free event. Reservations are not necessary.
Practice figure drawing from a live model. Hosted by Yiddishland, California, our group drawing sessions are held in a comfortable, friendly environment. No instruction will be given, but a moderator will be present. Bring your own supplies. Any artist of any level is welcome to attend.
On the third Thursday of every month, MCASD Downtown will be open late hours from 4 to 8 PM, visitors can visit the museum and receive a free themed Gallery Guide-led tour beginning at 6 PM. All visitors must reserve in advance a timed-entry online ticket. If you have any questions regarding tickets and making …
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The La Jolla Concours d’Elegance presented by LPL Financial and Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty is pleased to invite your business to participate in the Pacific Sotheby’s inaugural La Jolla Concours Ferrari Friday in the Village on Friday, April 22, 2022. The goal is to drive Concours’ and other car-loving visitors to La Jolla Village shops …
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Counting down to Ferrari Friday as it is just a days away! For this special ocassion, we will be hosting the festive opening of our Kave Korner. High Tea – Samovar Experience 10% off on souvenirs, Judaica, books and selected artwork Yiddish entertainment with a surprise guest
Join us Friday, April 22nd 6-8 PM to hear from both artists, Barbara Babkin and Jeffrey Galinson about their joint exhibition, Come Together! Street Parking can be challenging to find at times; public parking is available at 888 Prospect St. Download the Ace Parking App for $5 all-day parking.
The event, scheduled from 9-11 am on Saturday, April 23, will take place in front of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 700 Prospect Street. It will feature a family-friendly art project organized by museum staff, a milkweed plant give-away to promote Butterfly population in the village, an Urban Corps worker demonstration of their …
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Join us for an artist talk with Jeffrey Galinson, April 23rd from 5-7 pm! This is a fantastic opportunity to hear more about his journey, work, artistic process, and current exhibition! Street Parking can be challenging to find at times; public parking is available at 888 Prospect St. Download the Ace Parking App for $5 …
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10 AM - 12 PM BFREE STUDIO is proud to partner with Hillel of San Diego for A CONVERSATION WITH ARTIST BARBARA RABKIN Sunday, April 24 from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM BFREE STUDIO 7857 Girard Avenue, La Jolla Ms. Rabkin will discuss her artistic process and the various influences that spark her original …
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Enjoy learning Yiddish Food Vocabulary! This hybrid class will bring you nakhes and whet you appetite! Learn Yiddish, drink wine, and make new friends at Yiddishland and online. This class is part of the Yiddish in Transliteration course. It can be taken as part of the course or separately. Cost: $30, $15 on Zoom Teacher: …
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A Special Music, Art, Dance, and Theater Lecture Series Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Great Impresario, Founder of the Ballets Russes Presented by Victoria Martino Tuesdays, April 26, May 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2022 Join music, art, literary, and dance historian Victoria Martino in a five-week lecture series, celebrating the 150th anniversary of …
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Tours are free and registration is required. Tours are limited to a maximum of 35 guests and last for approximately 90 minutes. Fifteen murals are currently on view, and each tour features more than half of these. It is a gentle walk around the village, but we ask participants to please wear comfortable shoes. Participants …
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Practice figure drawing from a live model. Hosted by Yiddishland, California, our group drawing sessions are held in a comfortable, friendly environment. No instruction will be given, but a moderator will be present. Bring your own supplies. Any artist of any level is welcome to attend.
Yiddishland California presents a Jewish musical cabaret by Lisa Fishman featuring Yiddish, English, and Ladino songs – many with new English lyrics. In an eclectic show that takes you from upbeat, Klezmer-style tunes, Yiddish Theater hits, and comic ditties to heartfelt ballads, romantic love songs, and re-imaginings of old classics, Lisa takes the audience on …
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Using the voices and texts of her new book and recording The Golden Peacock: The Voice of the Yiddish Writer BILINGUAL as a basis for discussion, join Yiddish teacher and scholar Sheva Zucker in a class on Yiddish Holocaust writing. Hear Yankev Glatshteyn’s “A gute nakht, velt,” (Good Night, World) Celia Dropkin only known Holocaust …
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