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San Diego Baroque will perform another installment of their Bach's Lunch series, premiering a special Ash Wednesday program on March 5th. This concert will blend Baroque music, traditional hymns, and spiritual reflection. The service will be led by the Rev. Mark Hargreaves and feature vocalists Pamela Narbona Jerez, Leslie Leytham, Aaron Humble, and William Propp.The program will include works by composers such as Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Johann Herman Schein, and several choral works by George Frideric Handel. A sacred communion experience will include a performance of Concerto in a minor, RV 522 by Antonio Vivaldi, followed by the deeply moving O Vos Omnes by Tomás Luis de Victoria.This Ash Wednesday concert promises to be a deeply moving experience, combining timeless Baroque works with the spiritual rhythms of the season. Join us at St. James-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church on March 5 at noon to begin your Lenten journey with music that nurtures the soul.Visit: https://www.sdbaroque.com/events-one/bachslunch-oct2-39tm8SD Baroque on Instagram and Facebook

Learn to throw ceramics on a wheel!Saturdays, April 12, 19, 26, May 3 & 17, 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.In this 5-week wheel-throwing course, ceramicist Briena Chavez guides students looking to build a solid foundation in ceramics while progressively developing their skills. This class is perfect for beginners and those who want to refine their techniques through a guided approach. Throughout the course, students will learn fundamental throwing techniques, trimming, altering forms, and glazing, gaining confidence on the wheel while creating functional pottery. Each week introduces a new skill that builds on the previous one.Course Breakdown:Week 1: Throwing cylinders and bowls – mastering form and structure.Week 2: Trimming and attachments – refining shapes, “Why do we trim?” and adding handles (coil method).Week 3: Throwing bud vases and altering forms into garden planters or wall planters.Week 4: Trimming vases using chucks – learning support techniques for delicate forms.Week 5: Break WeekWeek 6: Glazing fundamentals for brush on – differences in glaze (celadons, mattes, etc.), layering techniques, wax resistant, and firing considerations.Students gain hands-on experience with throwing and understanding of clay behavior from start to finish, as well as confidence in being on the wheel and a deeper knowledge of glaze choices and surface treatments.Beginners welcome. Ages 16+yrsMilitary, first responder discountsScholarships available

Learn to throw ceramics on a wheel!Fridays, April 11, 18, 25, May 2, 16, 5-7:30 p.m.In this 5-week wheel-throwing course, Ceramicist Briena Chavez guides students looking to build a solid foundation in ceramics while progressively developing their skills. This class is perfect for beginners and those who want to refine their techniques through a guided approach. Throughout the course, students will learn fundamental throwing techniques, trimming, altering forms, and glazing, gaining confidence on the wheel while creating functional pottery. Each week introduces a new skill that builds on the previous one, ensuring steady growth and mastery of key pottery concepts.Course Breakdown:Week 1: Throwing cylinders and bowls – mastering form and structure.Week 2: Trimming and attachments – refining shapes, “Why do we trim?” and adding handles (coil method).Week 3: Throwing bud vases and altering forms into garden planters or wall planters.Week 4: Trimming vases using chucks – learning support techniques for delicate forms.Week 5: Break WeekWeek 6: Glazing fundamentals for brush on – differences in glaze (celadons, mattes, etc.), layering techniques, wax resistant, and firing considerations.Students gain hands-on experience with throwing and understanding of clay behavior from start to finish, as well as confidence in being on the wheel and a deeper knowledge of glaze choices & surface treatments.Beginners welcome.• Military, first responders discounts• Scholarships available

San Diego’s biggest outdoor vegan market. Presented by Viridian Productions and A Way Home For Dogs on the 2nd Saturday of every month.Live DJ | Family-Friendly | Dogs Allowed | Free ParkingEnjoy an incredible selection of food and drinks, with over 50 vendors including Pizza, Burgers, Sushi, Donuts, Chick’n Sandwiches, Dumplings, Loaded Fries, Gyros, Tamales, Wings, Noodles, Churros and so much more.SPECIAL EVENT: Plant Show & SaleSucculents & cacti, air plants, flowers, herbs & other edibles, planting station, workshops, plant-inspired art & more. This special event will be happening in the Mini Park during the monthly North Park Vegan Market.The North Park Vegan Market is located next to the North Park Mini Park, a great place to meet up with your favorite people to enjoy a day of food and fun. This spacious plaza features seating, gardens and a playground. Vendors are set up on 29th St and both sides of North Park Way between 30th St and Granada Ave. Stop by the A Way Home For Dogs booth to meet adoptable pups and to learn about fostering and other volunteer opportunities.This is a rain or shine event.PARKING: There is a 6-story parking garage on 29th St and North Park Way. Additionally, there is free street parking nearby.Vegan Food Popup Events by Viridian Productions are free monthly markets that showcase the best plant-based food in SoCal, featuring a rotating lineup of diverse vendors from San Diego, Orange County and LA. Visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/north-park-vegan-market-tickets-1251002174179

The Limeliters formed in 1959, charting with several albums in the 1960s, then re-forming in the 1970s. They have been active ever since, with an evolving lineup of singers. These folks have a lot of songs, a lot of miles, and a lot of smiles under their belts. They bring their legacy of memorable repertoire, funny banter, and three-part harmonies to Carlsbad before heading north for some shows with the Kingston Trio in Los Angeles.The current lineup, since 2019, is: Andy Corwin on bass, vocals (baritone, bass), Steve Brooks on guitar, harmonica, vocals (baritone), and C. Daniel Boling on guitar, banjo, vocals (tenor).www.limeliters.comThe Limeliters on Facebook

Omar Sosa Quarteto Americanos | Athenaeum JazzThe spring series opens on Thursday, March 27, at Scripps Research with a long-anticipated local debut as a leader of acclaimed Cuban composer-pianist-bandleader Omar Sosa and his Quarteto Americanos, featuring Josh Jones on drums, Ernesto Mazar Kindelán on bass, and Sheldon Brown on sax, clarinet, and flute. Sosa is widely celebrated as one of the most versatile jazz artists on the scene today. His musical trajectory traces the African diaspora from Cuba to Brazil; from Central America to Ecuador’s African-descent communities; from San Francisco and New York to his current home base in Barcelona. True to his Afro-Cuban origins, Sosa fashions a spirited vision of uncompromising artistic generosity that embraces humanity at large. Nominated for seven Grammy awards and twice for the BBC World Music Awards, Sosa received a lifetime achievement award from the Smithsonian Associates in Washington, D.C., for his contribution to the development of Latin jazz in the United States.The New York Times wrote, “Sosa's music is the unifying sort, yoking together Africa and jazz and Latin America and hip-hop. He makes it work, being one of those rare birds whose keyboard skills are near those of Chick Corea and Chucho Valdes.” Billboard commented, “Sosa is one of the truly illuminated minds of world jazz. He is shaping a new synthesis of Latin and American jazz.”The concert will be in person at the Scripps Research Auditorium (10620 John Jay Hopkins Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, north of Genesee Avenue in Torrey Pines Mesa). There are no physical tickets for these events. Your name will be on an attendee list at the front door. Doors open at 7 p.m. Seating is first-come; first-served. Priority seating will be given to Donor level members and above.Ticket Confirmation Notice:Your reservation is not complete until you receive an email confirmation. If you do not receive a confirmation email, your tickets have not been reserved. Please check your inbox and spam/junk folder or contact us at info@ljathenaeum.org or (858) 454-5872 to ensure your booking is finalized.Visit: https://www.ljathenaeum.org/events/jazz-25-0327Omar Sosa on Instagram and Facebook

Rick Springfield, Grammy award-winning musician, actor and New York Times best-selling author, will hit Frontwave Arena this summer on the 2025 edition of his “I Want My 80’s Tour.” See Springfield on August 2nd with special guests John Waite, Wang Chung, and Paul Young. The show will feature enduring hits as “Jessie’s Girl,” “Don’t Talk to Strangers,” “Missing You” “Everybody Have Fun Tonight,” “Every Time You Go Away,” and many more of the most iconic songs of the 80’s. This show is sure to delight music fans of what is regularly described as the greatest decade in pop/rock music. Visit: https://www.axs.com/events/846220/rick-springfield-i-want-my-80s-tour-ticketsRick Springfield on Instagram and Facebook

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A celebrated instrumental supergroup from Bogotá, Los Pirañas brings together three of Colombia’s most visionary musicians: Eblis Álvarez (Meridian Brothers, Chúpame el Dedo), Mario Galeano (Frente Cumbiero, Ondatrópica), and Pedro Ojeda (Romperayo, Chúpame el Dedo). Fusing the rich tapestry of South American rhythms—cumbia, champeta, tropicalia, salsa, and more—with avant-psych rock, dub minimalism, and spiked jazz, they embody retro-futurism at its boldest. Shapeshifting, absurdist, rooted, and prescient, Los Pirañas are a transmission from the outer zones.Their journey began as high school friends in Bogotá, driven by a love of riffs, heavy beats, and raw guitar noise. Decades later, with international acclaim and projects spanning continents, they reunite to channel that youthful energy through the prism of mastery and time. Their latest album, "Historia Natural", captures this balance: innocence meets experience, primal spirit meets sophisticated sound, and tradition meets experimental freedom.Spacehall Sound Machine is a psychedelic dance band based in San Diego, CA. Their sound is a combination of explosive rhythms from West Africa & Latin America, dub, driving post-punk bass lines, psychedelic rock, funk breakbeats, and haunting melodies from the Middle East. Creating hypnotic instrumental grooves, Spacehall Sound Machine is designed to move bodies on the dance floor and take adventurous minds on an interstellar journey.The ensemble is the brainchild of Matt Bozzone, a drummer who has spent the past 12+ years touring the U.S. with a variety of artists in the global groove scene, including Nigerian Afro-Beat masters Seun Kuti & Egypt 80.Visit: https://www.badvibesgoodfriends.com/events/aenaz2pmvbkw522861c9djurm4k3c9