Friday Newsy Bits

Last night was pretty mellow. I met Andrea and Francine at the Prado for Happy Hour (which I ordered via phone so that I caught happy hour prices which end at 6) and then Andrea and I went to the Museum of Art for the Annie Liebowitz exhibit. It was pretty crowded, but the line wasn't too bad when we went through. The exhibit is beautiful and tragic and the juxtaposition of her personal story, including pics of her family, her friends, her trips, etc., with her jobs for Vanity Fair...portraits of celebrities and artists and presidents and a really spooky soulless picture of the Bush Administration. Definitely check it out. The Prado has a really cool deal on Thursdays that includes a 3 course meal, a bottle of wine, and two passes to the museum for $79.95. We opted for a double happy hour...food and drinks, the museum, then back for the late happy hour from 8-10p. After I decided to skip all shows because this weekend is gonna be jam packed with stuff...
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This weekend is the Latino Film Festival in San Diego. There are all kinds of activities, galas, and screenings around town. You can go to San Diego-ish for their coverage and links.
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Today there is an International Women's Day Celebration at the Saville Theater, San Diego City College.(1313 Park Blvd., Downtown) At 4:30 p.m. Friday, March 9, the Red CalacArts Collective and City College World Cultures present a celebration featuring the film, Testimony: The Maria Guardado Story, music by Pistolera and Pearl, spoken-word performances by Olga Garcia Echeverria and Sara Eslava, a performance piece by Maria Figueroa and art by Yolanda Lopez. Free.
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I mentioned before that Manu Chao is coming back to the Viejas Concerts By The Bay at the Embarcadero. According to a flyer posted by Manu Chao's MySpace account, pre-sale tickets are available on March 13 at musictoday.com. Go check out the site and register for their e-mails.
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The Long And Short of It are playing tonight at the Casbah. Their first full length will be available at the show for $10. Check it out.
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Yesterday 3000 super cheap 3-day Lollapalooza passes went onsale and sold out muy rápido. Pitchfork Music Festival (Chicago) passes go on sale on Monday. CMJ (New York) dates have been announced and they are accepting early registration and are also accepting band submissions so San Diego bands, GET. ON. IT. I'm talking to you Swim Party, Vinyl Radio, Old Man Hands, Republic of Letters, Grand Ole Party, Evervess, A Scribe Amidst the Lions, and Vision of A Dying World etc. etc. etc....
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That's all I've got today. Have a great weekend and I'll update when I get around to it.