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< January, 2020 >
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| Friday, Jan 17 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 3:00 PM | Cho Tet Celebration |
| 5:00 PM | Tet Lunar New Year Festival |
| 6:00 PM | Film: In The Mood For Love |
| 7:00 PM | Shen Yun Chinese Music and Dance |
| 7:00 PM | Asian Night Market |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Italian American Reconciliation |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Bloomsday |
| 9:30 PM | Music: Matumbi Dennis and Bovell Winston Reedy |
| Saturday, Jan 18 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 10:00 AM | San Diego Travel & Adventure Show |
| 10:00 AM | Lunar New Year at SeaWorld |
| 10:30 AM | Talk: Is Americanized Chinese Authentic? |
| 11:00 AM | Tet Lunar New Year Festival |
| 11:00 AM | Cho Tet Celebration |
| 2:00 PM | Shen Yun Chinese Music and Dance |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Bloomsday |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Twelfth Night |
| 5:00 PM | Carnatic Music Tribute to Thyagarja |
| 6:00 PM | Agite y Sirva Dance Film Festival |
| 7:00 PM | Music: Soo Yeon Lyuh on Korean Haegeum |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: Suor Angelica |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Italian American Reconciliation |
| 8:00 PM | Concert of Hope: Los Lobos |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Mama Mia! |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Bloomsday |
| Sunday, Jan 19 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 10:00 AM | Lunar New Year at SeaWorld |
| 11:00 AM | San Diego Travel & Adventure Show |
| 11:00 AM | Cho Tet Celebration |
| 12:00 PM | The WAO Experience Exhibition |
| 12:00 PM | Stage: Mama Mia! |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Italian American Reconciliation |
| 2:00 PM | Seijinshiki: Japanese Coming of Age Ceremony |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Bloomsday |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Twelfth Night |
| 3:00 PM | Stage: Suor Angelica |
| 5:00 PM | Music: Los Muecas & Los Apson |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: Bloomsday |
| 7:00 PM | Shen Yun Chinese Music and Dance |
| Monday, Jan 20 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 9:00 AM | 32nd All Peoples Celebration |
| 10:00 AM | Lunar New Year at SeaWorld |
| 12:00 PM | Martin Luther King Jr Day Celebration at Worldbeat |
| 12:45 PM | Film and Discussion: Tel Aviv on Fire |
| 2:00 PM | 40th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade |
| 2:00 PM | Shen Yun Chinese Music and Dance |
| Tuesday, Jan 21 |
| All Day | Free Admission to Japanese Friendship Garden |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 6:30 PM | 'Twelfth Night' Open Reading |
| 7:00 PM | Shen Yun Chinese Music and Dance |
| Wednesday, Jan 22 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| Thursday, Jan 23 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 4:00 PM | Discussion: The Xinjiang Crisis: Domestic and International Reactions |
| 7:00 PM | Italian Film: A Casa Tutti Bene (There Is No Place Like Home) |
| 7:00 PM | Italian Film: Mid-August Lunch |
| 8:00 PM | Comedy: Armando Anto |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Bloomsday |
| Friday, Jan 24 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 9:00 AM | Music: Railroad Earth |
| 11:30 AM | Lunar New Year Lion Dancing |
| 5:00 PM | San Diego Tết Festival |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Bloomsday |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Italian American Reconciliation |
| Saturday, Jan 25 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 10:00 AM | San Diego Tết Festival |
| 10:00 AM | Lunar New Year at SeaWorld |
| 11:00 AM | 2nd Annual Australia Day |
| 11:00 AM | Balboa Park Chinese New Year Festival |
| 1:00 PM | Maki Ishiwata Workshop |
| 1:00 PM | Discussion: No Human Being is Illegal |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Bloomsday |
| 6:00 PM | Year of the Rat Art Show |
| 6:30 PM | Music: Matrida Umoja Band |
| 8:00 PM | Music: Railroad Earth |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Bloomsday |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Mama Mia! |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Italian American Reconciliation |
| 10:00 PM | International Student Festival |
| Sunday, Jan 26 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 10:00 AM | Lunar New Year at SeaWorld |
| 11:00 AM | San Diego Tết Festival |
| 12:00 PM | Hands On Kimchi Workshop |
| 12:00 PM | Stage: Mama Mia! |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Bloomsday |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Italian American Reconciliation |
| 3:30 PM | Stage: Mama Mia! |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: Bloomsday |
| Monday, Jan 27 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| Tuesday, Jan 28 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| Wednesday, Jan 29 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| Thursday, Jan 30 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Bloomsday |
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| Calendar |
| All Day |
 Ongoing and Extended Events
Stage
• Bloomsday
Until February 2, 2020
* Note: newest and shorter run productions can be found in our regular calendar listings.
Exhibitions and Art
• Constructed Mythologies: Luis Gonzalez Palma
Until January 26, 2020
• Art of East Asia
Ongoing
• Art Of The 20th Century
Ongoing
• German Expressionism
Ongoing
• Hanjialin Bao - Between Black and White
Until January 26 2020
• 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 Class
Ongoing Tuesdays
• Tai Chi Workshop
Ongoing Saturdays
• Italian Intermediate Conversation Class
Ongoing Tuesdays until February 25, 2020
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| 7:00 PM |
Pastorela 2.0
Every year for nearly three decades, the Mercado Nochebuena has put on a traditional pastorela, complete with a script that was allegedly written over a hundred years ago by a groundskeeper from the Convent of San Agustín in Acolman, Mexico. Led by the grocery store's owner, Edgar Nochebuena and his daughter Alice, the Mercado Nochebuena community has faithfully executed the pastorela, making no changes to the script and continuing to use many of the same players that have participated in the show year after year. The show has become a symbol of hope for the community and a signature showpiece for the grocery store. But times are changing. The Mercado Nochebuena is struggling to keep tradition alive while competing with a brave new world where groceries are bought online and communities are forged through social media.
Admission/Cost: $17 - $20
Location:
Don Powell Theatre at SDSU
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182
MAP - [CAMPUS MAP]
Dates and times:
Friday, December 20 - 7:00 PM
Saturday, December 21 - 7:00 PM
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| 7:00 PM |
Music for Humankind Concert
Peace|Hope|Joy|Love: An Evening of Texts and Music for Humankind. Featuring music with professional vocal soloists, choir, harp, violins, and organ. Presented by the San Diego Pro Arte Voices. A new format of our annual tradition centered around universal themes and fostering community. Patrick Walders, Artistic Director.
Admission/Cost: $10 - $30
Location:
First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego
4190 Front Street
San Diego, CA 92103
MAP
Friday, December 20 - 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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| 7:00 PM |
Stage: The Nutcracker in Balboa Park
Take an extraordinary journey to the magical Land of the Sweets with Clara and her Nutcracker Prince at the San Diego Civic Youth Ballet’s annual production of The Nutcracker. Witness an epic battle between toy soldiers and mice before being whisked away to an enchanting land of falling snow, waltzing flowers, and the dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.
Admission/Cost: $15 - $20
Location:
Casa del Prado Theatre
Balboa Park
1600 Village Place
San Diego, CA 92101
MAP - [Park Map]
Dates and times:
From Wednesday, December 11 to Sunday December 22, 2019
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays - 7:00 PM
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| 7:00 PM |
Stage: Sherlock Holmes & the Case of the Christmas Angels
A new case is brought to the world's greatest detective, told with faint echoes of classic holiday tales you already know. A cast of 20 brings Christmas (along with a head-scratching who-dunnit) to every Holmes fan. The production is embellished by colorful period costumes, holiday music and dancers, and distinctive Victorian Era dialogue of Holmes' England.
Admission/Cost: $5 - $16
Location:
California Center for the Arts
340 N. Escondido Boulevard
Escondido, CA 9202
MAP
Dates and times:
Ongoing from Thursday, December 12 until Sunday, December 22, 2019
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays - 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Sundays - 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
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| 7:00 PM |
A Christmas Carol Radio Play
Based on the classic by Charles Dickens Join us in the studios of WOTC radio as we broadcast the Charles Dickens classic tale of miserly curmudgeon Ebenezer Scrooge and his visits from the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. An OTC original adaptation. Family-friendly.
Admission/Cost: $15 - $29
Location:
Sunshine Brooks Theatre
217 N. Coast Highway
Oceanside, CA 92054
MAP
Dates and times:
Friday, December 13 - 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Saturday, December 14 - 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Sunday, December 15 - 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Sunday, December 15 - 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Friday, December 20 - 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Saturday, December 21 - 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Sunday, December 22 - 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
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| 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
City Ballet: The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker is the classic Victorian-era story of the adventures of Clara, the Nutcracker Prince, Herr Drosselmeyer and the Sugar Plum Fairy told through a magical theatrical experience to Peter Tchaikovsky's famous score. Young and old alike will be captivated by Elizabeth Wistrich's choreography, the exquisite costumes and grand sets. Let your childhood dreams return and inspire you to imagine a by gone time.
Admission/Cost: $34 - $93
Location:
Spreckels Theatre
121 Broadway
San Diego, CA 92101
MAP
Dates and times:
Ongoing from Friday December 6 to Saturday December 21, 2019
Fridays & Saturdays - 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday Matinees - 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
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| 8:00 PM |
Film: Downton Abbey
This sumptuous spectacle weaves a sweeping saga of the Crawley family and their loyal servants who must furiously prepare for a visit by the King and Queen. Featuring Maggie Smith, Jim Carter, Imelda Staunton and Elizabeth McGovern. Cinema Under the Stars is an intimate outdoor movie theater, located directly behind Tops Salon in Mission Hills. Admission Prices: Members - $17; Box Office - $18; Online - $20. (Pay with cash or check only). Reserve seats on the website, starting Wednesday at 9 AM The box office opens at 6:00 PM Popcorn, candy and assorted beverages are $2 each. A classic cartoon is screened before most films. Heaters and blankets are provided. For additional information, call (619) 295-4221, or go to the website (www.topspresents.com).
Admission/Cost: $17 - $20
Location:
Cinema Under the Stars
4040 Goldfinch Street
San Diego, CA 92103
MAP
Dates and times:
Friday, December 20 - 8:00 PM to 10:20 PM
Saturday, December 21 - 8:00 PM to 10:20 PM
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| 8:00 PM |
German Film: All About Me (Der Junge Muss An Die Frische Luft)
Ruhr Valley, Germany, 1972. Hans-Peter is a pudgy nine year-old growing up in the security of his family and fun-loving relatives. At first sight he might not be the most popular guy, but he has a talent for making others laugh, which he refines on a daily basis in his grandmother’s corner shop. However, dark shadows soon loom over the boy’s everyday life as his once cheerful mum becomes more and more depressed after an operation. Hans-Peter’s sad and hardworking father leaves him mostly in the care of his two grandmas, both of whom have big hearts and strong personalities. Their love and care make it possible for Hans-Peter to survive the ensuing emotional turmoil and use his comedic talents to heal his own wounds while also making people laugh along with him.
This screeening is part of the ongoing German Currents Kino Film Festival
Admission/Cost: $7.50 - $11
Locatation:
Digital Gym
Media Art Center
2921 El Cajon Blvd
San Diego, CA 92104
MAP
Friday, December 20 - 8:00 PM
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