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| Sunday is World Oceans Day. This is Allua at Seaworld. (Taken 11.19.24) |
I have been loving the weather this week. And while I haven't caught a concert in a minute, I did get to catch the opening night of The Mountaintop at New Village Arts. It is a really beautiful and moving show, with just a two person cast for a "poetic reimagining of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s final night." I was especially excited to see that the female lead, Taylor Renee Henderson, was in this performance, because she was amazing in The Color Purple, which was part of the last season at New Village Arts. If you enjoy theatre (but feel priced out of the arts), their forthcoming season is on sale now and will include Rent and Hairspray among others. In the meantime, The Mountaintop runs through June 22 and feels especially relevant today.
As for shows this week, Sunflower Bean is always great, and Sun Kil Moon is at House of Blues Voodoo Room on Sunday, which is certainly an incredible small room for that show. CIVIC is at Soda Bar on Saturday, and if you know Soda Bar bartender Dave, you should get there early as his band The Sines is one of the openers on the shows. I'll be there unless I can snag a campsite this weekend, because I've definitely felt the itch.
Other things: the San Diego County Fair starts next week. I missed a couple of the media events, but I'm hoping to make it at least a couple times this summer, especially with their partnership this year with San Diego Humane Society. Lots of fun events featuring domestic pets (but no, you can't bring your own.) Also, I asked if anyone knew what was going on with Navajo, but I finally just clicked through their site and realized it has changed ownership and is now an Irish Steampunk-inspired Speakeasy? or something like that. It's called McGuffie's Live and I know I was slow on the uptake there, but at least I figured it out.
Anyway, I hope everyone has a really great week. I'm so happy to be done with these listings. Stay safe out there. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
