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San Diego's Top Weekend Events: From Dancing Bears To 'Killer Tomatoes'

By Maureen Cavanaugh / KPBS Midday Edition Co-Host,  Nina Garin / Arts Calendar Editor and Producer
Published October 19, 2018 at 7:54 AM PDT
This story was published more than 5 years ago.
A 2018 photo of dancers from San Diego Ballet's "The Jungle Book."
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A 2018 photo of dancers from San Diego Ballet's "The Jungle Book."
San Diego's Top Weekend Events: From Dancing Bears To 'Killer Tomatoes'
San Diego's Top Weekend Events: Dancing Bears To 'Killer Tomatoes' GUEST: Nina Garin, editor/producer, KPBS/Arts Calendar

This weekend brings a ballet version of "The Jungle Book," a dance show inspired by "Romeo and Juliet" and anniversary screening for a beloved movie.

San Diego Ballet's "The Jungle Book"

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San Diego Ballet presents a blend of ballet, jazz and hip hop in this retelling of Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book."

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Artistic Director Javier Velasco uses modern ballet and jazz music to tell the story of a boy raised in the jungle by animals, trying to fight off the menacing tiger Sher Khan. The show also features puppets, bright costumes and ballet dancers in full animal makeup.

Sunday's performance features Muffins with Mowgli, a reception after the show in which the audience can take photos and mingle with dancers.

Details: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Lyceum Theatre, 79 Horton Plaza, downtown. $15 to $50; find tickets to "The Jungle Book."

A 2018 promotional photo from "Beyond Babel."
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A 2018 promotional photo from "Beyond Babel."

Beyond Babel

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"Beyond Babel" is an urban dance show inspired by both Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" and today's news headlines.

The new show was co-created and starring Keone and Mari Madrid, the husband-and-wife dance team known for their work on "So You Think You Can Dance," "Dancing With the Stars," "The Ellen Show" and Justin Bieber's "Love Yourself" music video.

"Beyond Babel" explores the way barriers affect families, friends and communities. Set to contemporary music, it follows a couple figuring out how to deal with a wall that's just been built between them.

Details: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays; 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Beyond Babel Theater, 2625 Imperial Ave., Barrio Logan. $35 to $125; find tickets to Beyond Babel.

A promotional poster for "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes."
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A promotional poster for "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes."

'Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes' 40th Anniversary Screening

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UC San Diego presents a free, 40th anniversary screening of the 1978 cult film "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" featuring the film's creators John DeBello, Stephen Peace and Costa Dillon.

This spoof of B-movies is about a group of scientists who band together to save the world from mutated killer tomatoes. Learn the story behind the making of this musical-comedy-horror film with a panel discussion before the screening.

Details: 2 p.m. Saturdays. Price Center Theatre, UC San Diego, La Jolla. Free; find additional screening details.

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Maureen Cavanaugh
Maureen Cavanaugh has been a familiar voice for KPBS listeners for more than 15 years, serving in a variety of capacities including announcer, host, and producer. As host of KPBS Midday Edition, Maureen has interviewed a wide range of notables, such as comedienne Sandra Bernhardt, actor John Lequizamo, author Chuck Palahniuk, composer Marvin Hamlisch, artist Robert Irwin, and designer Zandra Rhodes. But of all the interviews Maureen has conducted, her most special was with His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. Before joining KPBS in 1997, she worked as a news anchor for KSDO and KOGO News Radio in San Diego. While working for commercial radio stations in San Diego and in Salt Lake City, Utah, Maureen reported on both hard news and lifestyle features. Maureen has received three "Golden Mike" awards from the Radio and TV News Association of Southern California for economic reporting and breaking news. She has also received a "Best of Show" and “Best Radio Newscast” awards from the San Diego Press Club and the "Flo" Award from Public Radio Program Directors Association for Best Public Radio Announcer in a large market. Maureen is a native of Queens, New York, but after more than 20 years in San Diego she feels she qualifies as a real Southern Californian.
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Nina Garin
Nina Garin previously produced and edited the KPBS/Arts calendar. She also wrotes the weekly KPBS/Arts Newsletter and produced arts segments for Midday Edition. Before joining KPBS, Nina worked for nearly 20 years as an arts and entertainment reporter at The San Diego Union-Tribune. Along with covering the local arts community, she created the "Top Weekend Events" online calendar, profiled influential San Diegans for the "One-on-One" series, and reported live from Comic-Con, New York Fashion Week, and the Academy Awards. Nina is a native San Diegan, raised in Chula Vista and Tijuana, who was exposed to local arts at an early age. As a child, she tagged along to her mother's photography classes, taught by the late Michael Schnorr. She went to elementary school blocks away from Balboa Park and visited all the museums at least twice. While earning her English degree at San Diego State University, she participated in poetry readings and covered local music for The Daily Aztec. Nina has two daughters who study ballet, piano, and musical theater. She spends her free time pinning hair buns and perfecting stage makeup. Her husband, Matthew, is also a writer.
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