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Forever Balboa Park offers thematic park tours that focus on the park’s unique biodiversity and highlight the park’s horticultural wonders on the second Saturday of each month. Led by park volunteer and horticultural enthusiast Bill Edwards, the free tours leave from the Visitors Center at 10:00 a.m. Balboa Park features numerous trees from around the world that have monument status in the State of California. These “Guinness Book of Record Flora” are frequently noted on the internet and on various lists of amazing trees. The tour will point out their unusual features and provide background on their uses in the places where they originated around the globe. Stay Connected on Social Media | Facebook + Twitter + Instagram

Choreo & _______ is a performance plus an activity that allows for people to engage in something physical between short dance performances. This intersection of performance and participation creates a unique embodiment opportunity for dancers and audiences-participants alike. Choreo & _______ is about engaging with meaningful opportunities to move our bodies, play, enjoy physical expression, and build community through movement. Under the direction of Lead Artist Martin Anthony Dorado, Choreo & SCARYaoke will include dance performance + karaoke, spooky style. Between performances by Meesh Herd & Giovanna Francisco, The Tchotchkes, Tina Carreras, Erin Kracht, and Brianna Pilkinton (Accipiter Dance), the audience will have the opportunity to perform karaoke featuring '80s, '90s, and early '00s jams, and mingle in a festive costume party environment. Tickets are $15 for all participants. Related links: Disco Riot website | Instagram | Facebook

Forever Balboa Park offers thematic park tours that focus on the park’s unique biodiversity and highlight the park’s horticultural wonders on the second Saturday of each month. Led by park volunteer and horticultural enthusiast Bill Edwards, the free tours leave from the Visitors Center at 10:00 a.m. Modeled after a famous garden in Seville, Spain, Balboa Park’s historic Alcazar Garden features regularly changing floral displays, colorful tile work, box hedged walkways, a pergola, and two fountains. The entire garden is nicely shaded by a variety of trees from around the world, including the massive fig tree towering over one of the most photographed areas in the park. Stay Connected on Social Media Facebook + Twitter + Instagram

Keeping good on their promise to “Unleash a Change in Pet Urgent and Wellness Care” for San Diego pet friendly families, Freddie’s Place announces a unique way for pet owners to honor and celebrate the lives of their beloved, lost pets. For nothing more than submitting a photo, the pet’s name, and whatever words of remembrance pet parents wish to contribute, Freddie’s Place will include departed pets in a dual online and in house living “Pet Memorial.” Linking the launch of the Memorial site to the Day of the Dead, a Mexican Heritage holiday where families welcome back the souls of their deceased loved ones for a brief reunion and celebration, the popular North County Animal Hospital is welcoming all area pet lovers to include pictures and personal messages of their pets who have passed on. With two ways to submit your pets information (via online form at their website or by just stopping by the 2395 S. Melrose Drive Vista location with a photo of your departed pets), Freddie’s Place wishes to include all area families in this one-of-a-kind memorial celebration, regardless if they are clients of the Animal Hospital or just dedicated pet parents who are passionate about their animals. The online Pet Memorial Page, which is complete with individual pet pictures and the heartfelt remembrance from their families, will be available all year to anyone who visits the Freddie’s Place website (www.freddiesplaceanimalhospital.com/memorial-wall/). The Dia De Los Muertos shrine onsite at the Freddie’s Place facility will be in place through Nov. 3, 2023. Freddie’s Place is a full service, 24/7/365, Urgent Care & everyday Wellness veterinary hospital servicing North San Diego pet families. With services including Canine/Feline Dental Care & Extractions, Laser Therapy, Veterinary Acupuncture, multiple Oxygen Therapy chambers to accommodate various sized pets, onsite surgery/labs/x-rays, end-of-life care, a unique Comfort Room for families to spend quiet and private last moments with their pets, Freddie’s Place continues to lead the way in old-fashioned, compassionate pet healthcare, at always fair prices. Do YOU Freddie? Your Pets Wish You Did! Freddie’s Place Animal Hospital + Urgent Care on Facebook / Instagram

Get Funky, Be Funky, Make Art + Build Community! Mikey Kettinger Art Studio has moved and expanded with a new amazing studio location in Leucadia/Encinitas. All are welcome to celebrate and build community with this one-night exhibition of local artists: Vincent Burkhead, Bob Siracusa, Robin Rene, Niklas Hoover, Dawn Graham, and Mikey Kettinger. Deep House music by DJ JD. Free for all ages Related links: Mikey Kettinger Art Studio: website | Instagram | Facebook

Enjoy food and drink specials on Tuesday, Oct. 24 beginning at 4 p.m. with raffle prizes for guests! Welcome to our revolutionary spin on the neighborhood bar & restaurant. Smoking Gun is driven to be flawless in the art of hospitality. We evoke a mindset of face-to-face conversation amid innovative libations. We value principles over pretension, as well as comfort over cool. Our urban setting and southern influenced dishes draws industry friends, restauranteurs, and tourists from all over. Grab a drink, enjoy the music, and try your hand at ping pong. The Smoking Gun SD on Facebook / Instagram

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