Hello San Diego!
Welcome to a new edition of the San Diego Participant Observer. In this issue, our Book of the Month is A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende (which was our June reading for our International Book Club). The CD of the Month is De Todas las Flores, the newest release by the fabulous Natalia Lafourcade. This year we've decided to embrace the spirit of summer relaxation, and our Recipe of the Month will take a summer sabbatical. However, we don't want you to miss out on any culinary delights. So, we'll be reprising some of our all-time favorite recipes from our extensive cookbook archive. So this month we reach back to April 2016 for our Tarte Tartin recipe! Yum!
A Special Shout Out to the Center for World Music's 2nd Music on the Move concert at the Front Arte Cultura Gallery in San Ysidro featuring Drummers without Borders and Francisco Eme.
The San Diego County Fair got underway last week and will continue until July 4th. Americana galore and some international acts too!
Friday (today), Lisa See will also be at the Carlsbad Dove Library to talk about and sign copies of Lady Tan's Circle of Women. At the Coronado Library, Warwick's will host Mexican-American poet, novelist, and essayist Alberto Urrea who will sign copies of his new book, Goodnight Irene. Reggae star Pato Banton will perform at the Belly Up in Solana Beach. Kiss My Wounds will be screened at the Digital Gym, with repeat screenings on the 11th and 14th. At the Persian Cultural Center, there will be a talk on Fusion Music in Iranian Society. Mexican comedian Chumel Torres will perform at Mic Drop Comedy.
Saturday, at MiraCosta College, there will be a Latino Book & Family Festival. The House of the Philippines will host their annual Lawn Program at the International Cottages in Balboa Park. The 2-day St. Spyridon Greek Festival will begin, featuring music, dance, Greek food, and more. At the Front Arte Cultura Gallery, the second CWM Music on the Move concert, Border Stories, will be held and feature Drummers Without Borders and Francisco Morales. The 36th Annual Junior PASACAT (Filipino) Dance Concert will take place at the Mater Dei High School Auditorium. At St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church, San Diego-based flute ensemble Connessa will play compositions from Venezuela, India, Mexico, France, and Spain. At USD's Shiley Theatre, Warwick's and USD’s College of Arts and Sciences and Humanities Center will host acclaimed author Isabel Allende who will discuss her latest book, The Wind Knows My Name. Unfortunately, the Allende talk is sold out, but you can try your luck with the waiting list. At Immaculate Conception Church Hall, the Comhaltas Summer Ceili (Irish dancing) will take place. Should be good craic! Mexican singing star Carlos Rivera will perform at Pechanga Arena.
Sunday, the House of Mexico will present their annual Lawn Program in Balboa Park. At La Jolla Riford Library, author Alka Joshi will discuss and sign copies of her book The Perfumist of Paris. The exhibition Exotic Wonders and Cultural Challenges at the Balboa Park Botanical Garden will feature several presenters who will speak about the spectacular landscapes and exotic flora of Ukraine and Armenia. The 3-day San Diego French Film Festival will get underway at the LOT. Super Bailazo with La Dinastia and Grupo Sendero will perform at La Sinaloense Bar & Grill. The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library will open its summer season with the program Femeninas created and directed by Venezuelan pianist-composer-arranger Edward Simon and special guests. The program spotlights "contributions of Latin American women songwriters, living and past, well-known and unknown." American conguero, Latin jazz band leader, and salsa singer Poncho Sánchez will perform at the Belly Up.
Monday, there will be a fundraiser/book talk with author Luis Alberto Urrea at the Farmer and the Seahorse. The documentary Paris is Burning will be shown at the San Diego Central Library with a discussion after the film.
Tuesday, Warwick's will host author Robert McCaw for an online book talk. McCaw will discuss his latest book, Retribution. The remarkable percussionist Monette Marino-Keita will perform with her band at the Belly Up.
Wednesday, Crazy Rich Asians will be screened at the Manchester Hyatt downtown. Julian Marley will perform at Music Box. The uber acclaimed anime film Princess Mononoke will be shown at the Angelica Film Center, with an encore screening the following day.
Next Thursday at UCSD, there will be a staged reading of the play Antikoni, an indigenous retelling of the Greek tragedy, Antigone. Artist Celia Álvarez Muñoz will discuss her works at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Digital Gym Cinema will screen the French "road movie" Faces Places.
Next Friday, Don Carlos will perform at the Beach House Grill. Grupo Frontera will perform at the San Diego Civic Theatre. Chilean Deep House artist Massiande will perform at Camino Riviera.
Next Saturday and Sunday, at the Broadway Pier the 2nd Annual West Coast Hot Sauce Experience will happen.
Next Saturday, Warwick's will host online Hazel Gaynor as she discusses her new book, The Last Lifeboat. At the Central Library culinary historian Richard Foss will present Three Thousand Years of Spanish Food in One Hour. The 2nd Annual West Coast Hot Sauce Experience will take place at the Broadway Pier. At Mira Mesa Community Park, the San Diego Lao Food Festival is sure to have scrumptious offerings to enjoy. The San Diego Shakespeare Society will perform at San Diego Museum of Art for viewing of old masters arts on exhibit in the museum. The Center for World Music continues its Music on the Move series with a concert in City Heights featuring community artists representing Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Burma (Myanmar), and Mariana Islands (Guam, Saipan, Tinian & Rota). The Carlsbad Community Church will host a South of the Border music event. The House of Puerto Rico Lawn Program will celebrate with their annual Lawn Program at the International Cottages. The documentary Unsung Heroes will be shown at Valencia Park/Malcolm X Library. Tijuana-based Psychedelic instrumental funk jazz trio, Adeumazel will perform at Duck Foot Brewing. Persian duo Kamran & Hooman will perform at the Balboa Theatre. At Music Box, you can see, hear and enjoy Los Nuevos Reyes Del Reggaeton.
Next Sunday there will be a Juneteenth Celebration at Park & Market. Just up the street from there at the Worldbeat Center there will be a Black Biz Flea Market in honor of Juneteenth. The House of Denmark will hold their annual Lawn Program at the International Cottages. Afrodiaspora Celebration Day 2.1 will take place at the Quartyard. At the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, Opera Neo will an Aria Gala featuring up-and-coming opera artists.
Local theatrical productions include Destiny of Desire at the Old Globe in Balboa Park, and Oliver! at the Old Town Temecula Community Theater and Twelfth Night at the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre at the Old Globe.
Please note that after two weeks in the main calendar section, ongoing events (such as exhibitions and plays) can be found in Ongoing and Extended Events.
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