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Free, Family Friendly, Fun, Food, Live Music by The Hot Rod Trio, Amazing Cars and Raffles. Join us for this amazing cause in a unique environment!! We are once again partnering up with the non-profit organization The Garden of Innocence. This organization provides dignified burials for abandoned babies here in San Diego. ALL proceeds go directly to this cause. Pre-Register your car online at www.gardenofinnicence.org. For more information contact Rick @ (619) 962-7858.

California’s solar industry is experiencing a business boom as people rushed to get solar installed before new rules took effect. Those rules change the economics of adding rooftop solar to a home.

Explore the exhibitions and stay for the music as Oceanside’s First Friday Art Walk extends into the night at OMA with two-time San Diego Music Award winner, Taryn Donath. Taryn Donath and drummer Matthew Taylor run the gamut from 60’s soul to jazz and swing, to funk and Latin to straight up boogie-woogie! These talented performers demonstrate their chemistry through improvisation and true spontaneity. Taryn has been described as "not your typical piano player, putting everything she has into her piano playing while belting it out with a smile!" Cash bar and food sales available beginning at 5:00 p.m. Music starts at 6:00 p.m. Book premium reserved tables or presale drink tickets. VIP tables are limited and often sell out. Book early. VIP tables $100 for four. Drink Tickets $7 for wine and beer, $14 for premium wine

The Summer Sunset Live Music Series features local artists set to perform on the rooftop lounge, where patrons can enjoy the live music, cocktails and sunset views over the San Diego Bay. The performances are open to the public and each highlight a corresponding beverage partner to activate exciting giveaways and prizes. 6/25 - Clinton Davis On Saturday, June 25 traditional fingerstyle guitarist Clinton Davis will perform at Layover, the outdoor rooftop lounge and bar located on top of the InterContinental Hotel San Diego. An evening sponsored by Balcones Bourbon, guests can enjoy whiskey-centric cocktail specials and participate in complimentary giveaways from Balcones Distilling, while enjoying the sweet sounds of old-time folk from a fifth-generation Kentuckian. The event will run from 5pm until 8pm, prime time for guests to admire the sweeping sunset bay views, and is open to the public. 7/9 - TikiTronic On Saturday, July 9 Tiki-style 80s cover band TikiTronic will perform at Layover, the outdoor rooftop lounge and bar located on top of the InterContinental Hotel San Diego. An evening sponsored by Cutwater Rum, guests can enjoy tropical rum-centric cocktail specials and participate in complimentary giveaways of tiki mugs, sunglasses and more, while enjoying the sweet sounds of groovy, tropical old school hits. The event will run from 5pm until 8pm, prime time for guests to admire the sweeping sunset bay views, and is open to the public. 7/23 - Bruno Serrano Trio and Monette Marino On Saturday, July 23 Bruno Serrano Trio and world percussionist Monette Marino will perform at Layover, the outdoor rooftop lounge and bar located on top of the InterContinental Hotel San Diego. An evening sponsored by SouthNorte Brewing and Volcan Tequila, guests can sip on SouthNorte beer and Volcan Tequila drink specials, as well as participate in complimentary giveaways including prizes like giveaway hats and sunglasses. The event will run from 5pm until 8pm, prime time for guests to admire the sweeping sunset bay views, and is open to the public.

Homegrown Anti-Prom is the queer, experimental, and multi-generational prom that was never possible in school– here just in time for pride month. Doubling as an experimental electronic concert, the event features live performances by Tijuana-based electronic artist Surcarilita, and experimental producer Colloboh (Collins Oboh), alongside DJ sets by Maalbea, Onu Blu, and Victor Castañeda H. Visuals provided by VJ blunt diop (filmmaker and video artist kelechi agwuncha) and film installation by 2022 Sundance fellow Fox Maxy. The theme is “under the sea, into the sky”– prom-goers are encouraged to wear their weirdest and campiest interpretations of retrofuturist aliens, pirates, voyagers and planet jumpers. The event is a fundraiser for Homegrown Youth Collaborative, a cross-border and intergenerational collective growing an alternative space to learn, create, and imagine outside of the traditional education system in the San Diego and Tijuana borderlands. Please email admin@homegrownyouthcollab.com for any questions or concerns.

The award winning Rob Thorsen Quartet will perform a variety of music which includes jazz, latin music, original compositions and more. The band includes bassist Rob Thorsen, pianist Alexander Anderson, vibraphonist Matt DiBiase and drummer Richard Sellers. Together they integrate many different music styles that contribute to their modern jazz sound. From Duke Ellington to Wayne Shorter and Miles Davis, the trio weaves together a unique sound that honors the jazz masters while inspiring a fresh approach to this great American art form. Bassist Rob Thorsen maintains a diverse and busy schedule in Southern California as a performer, educator, clinician and composer. After playing classical guitar, flute, saxophones, tuba and electric bass as a youth, he found his true voice in the upright bass. “When I began playing upright bass, the fact that I felt the sound as much as heard it had a profound effect on me. I was hooked for life.” A San Diego based musician, vibraphonist Matt DiBiase has performed his original music on multiple tours in the U.S. as well as internationally in Europe and the Middle East. California native Alexander Anderson is a forward-thinking pianist, keyboardist, composer, and arranger with a bent toward mixing 70s-influenced jazz and fusion with hip-hop and R&B. Alexander has multiple record releases to his credit and is also a prolific composer and arranger. Richard Sellers has been playing drums with countless groups and ensembles in a variety of styles, including straight-ahead jazz, avant-garde jazz, Brazilian, Latin, funk and hip-hop. Richard recorded with the Internationally acclaimed Mike Wofford/ Holly Hofmann quintet for their 2014 release “Turn Signal”

Iranian artist Shirin Neshat is known for her images of women that pose probing questions about the female body within Islam and Iranian culture. This hour, she reflects on her life and work in exile.

Hundreds of sanitation workers are on strike in San Diego county, leaving garbage piling up in Chula Vista and Clairemont Mesa. Contract negotiations between sanitation company Republic Services and the local union broke down on December 17. It is Christmas week and–no surprise–traffic is up at the airport. But the threat of the omicron variant looms over California and the entire country. Plus, a report on how veterans are using poetry and prose to work through the stress of war.

Ember & Rye presents a specialty dinner menu for Father's Day, Sunday, June 19 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Pricing: $89 per person Menu Details: 16oz Prime Rib served with Smoke Garlic Au Jus Featuring Brandt Beef Ribeye cooked over the embers, 16oz portion served with whipped Horseradish Cream and smoked garlic au jus Served with freshly baked Popovers and glass of Beer or Wine with dinner This Carlsbad steakhouse and seafood restaurant specializes in dishes made from fresh local ingredients. See menus and hours, and book online.

From the organizers: Initiated in 2012, Live Arts Fest is a multi-night festival curated by Executive Artistic Director Terry Wilson that expands San Diego Dance Theater’s mission to celebrate and support multigenerational dance artists from around the world and close to home. The festival features dance from around the US and the world and is a celebration of multidisciplinary arts with a focus on dance. The 2022 Live Arts Fest will take place at the White Box June 16th-19th. It will feature this year's winner of the Young Choreographers Showcase & Prize, Odessa Uno, as well as artists meant to perform in the 2020 Live Arts Fest that was cancelled due to COVID-19. Tickets are on sale now. 2022 Performance schedule: Thursday Jun. 16 at 8 p.m.: Voices of SDDT Friday, Jun. 17 at 8 p.m.: Teatro en el Incendio Saturday, Jun. 18 at 5 p.m.: Minerva Tapia Saturday, Jun. 18 at 8 p.m.: Odessa Uno Sunday, Jun. 19 at 5 p.m.: Mitchum Todd and Ian Isles Sunday, Jun. 19 at 8 p.m.: bkSOUL Related Links: San Diego Dance Theater on Instagram San Diego Dance Theater on Facebook