San Diego's Top Weekend Events: Art Adventures And Last-Chance Shows

You don't need to go to Ireland to celebrate Bloomsday you can savor the language right here in San Diego tonight and if you are traveling by air we have a are insulation you can come to us contribute to at the airport. Nina Garin will have tips about shows their ending this weekend. Let's begin with an event that's being celebrated around the world today Bloomsday remind us who he is. Of the Irish water James Joyce specifically the novel. This is where the most difficult books ever. It's a novel in 18 little episodes and follows him and he's traveling and he's dealing with issues of aging and infidelity and religion. So how do people celebrate Bloomsday? The idea was to go on this pilgrimage and I think the first one people didn't make it because there were too many stops. So people dress up and they reenact some of the book and in cities in the U.S. and Europe they read passages like tonight they will be doing that at the library. Why don't you read us a little clip of his book. This is my first time reading it aloud ever so apologies. I love flowers I would love to have the whole plea swimming in roses got of heaven there's nothing like nature. The wild mountains and the sea and the waves rushing the beautiful country with fields of oats and wheat and all kinds of things and all the fine cattle going about that would do your heart good to see rivers and lakes and flowers. All sorts of shapes and smells and colors springing up out of the ditches. I'm getting carried away. That is a taste. Thank you. That is the event tonight at the sending of central public library. Next you want to tell us about how our listeners can be part of a art installation at the San Diego airport. An artist name Walter Hood is creating a new piece called carry-on. It is cold for grids of x-ray images of luggage and each luggage contains one unique personal object. The goal is to show the city's diversity. How do people participate? He will be in City Heights for two days and people can come and meet him and bring an object that they would like to see in the suitcase. So the object has to be something that reminds you of home or your neighborhood or your comfort. How was I going to be on display? It open Spring 2018 and be over the baggage claim carousel in the new area. That is kind of neat. Now there is some shows that you think are good in San Diego. This is the last we can tell us some tips. There are five shows this weekend. I'm going to recommend three that I really like to. One is the The Old Man and The Old Moon at the Globe pickle it is a troop of cash it is a troop of storytellers. They tell the story from shadow puppets and song and really charming. The next one is Damn Yankees. That is the classic musical from the 50s. I liked it because if you like classic movies this is like a Turner classic movie that is come to life. It is really fun and sweet and has some of the best choreography that I've seen. That is sending a musical theater. That is happening at the local theater. It has a stranger show that I've ever seen that's called Shockheaded Peter based on germ entails and what really makes it interesting is the choreography in the fact that there is the siren character whose things in this very high falsetto. I bought a clip of it. That is pretty unique. So that is at the theater and this weekend is the last chance to see it and then finally quickly there is two theaters that are closing this we can. New village arts in Carlsbad extended their show called having their say it closes this weekend. Is about two African were McGurn Josh American -- it is a comedy that sat in the French Revolution. It's about art and violence and it is supposed to be really fun. It sounds like there's a few good things to catch. It will be busy. Thank you for those tips.