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Dec 9, 2009

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Grace Chow's Chinese brush paintings This exhibit by La Jolla artist Chow is on display through January at the La Jolla Public Library, 7555 Draper. Among the 21 works are many that were inspired by Chow's recent trips to Italy, Costa Rica and China. (858) 552-1657.
'Manny Farber: Four decades of painting and drawings' opens with a lecture/reception at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 14 at the Gotthelf Art Gallery, Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla. The exhibit (through Feb. 24) is presented with Quint Contemporary Art. The reception is free. Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday-Friday. (858) 457-3030, www.sdcjc.org. Pictured is 'Radishes,' 1995.
'I do! I Do!' Patrick Page and Paige Davis star in this Tony Award-winning musical, opening at 8 p.m. Dec. 12 and running through Dec. 20 at The Old Globe's new Sheryl and Harvey White Theater. $39-$85. (619) 23-GLOBE, www.TheOldGlobe.org. The stars are married in real life, adding to the fun behind this tale about 50 years of marriage.
Holiday concert performed by Muirlands Middle School Department of Music, 6 p.m. Dec. 15, La Jolla High School Auditorium, 750 Nautilus. Free. efoster@sandi.net.
DANCE
"Nutcracker" Ballets

- City Ballet: Dec. 11-20, Spreckels Theatre, 121 Broadway, San Diego. $29-$59. (858) 272-8663, www.cityballet.org.
- San Diego Ballet: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 17-18, UCSD Mandeville Auditorium, La Jolla. $20-$50. (619) 294-7311.
- California Ballet: Dec. 12-13, Poway Center for the Performing Arts, 15498 Espola, Poway; Dec. 19, 20 and 22, San Diego Civic Theatre, 1100 Third, San Diego. Tickets: $25-$35. (858) 560-6741, www.california
ballet.org.

MUSEUMS & GALLERIES
"Pool Series." Installation by French artist Valerie Daval features 31 paintings on canvas, through Feb. 16, The Madison Gallery, 1020 Prospect Ave., Suite 130, La Jolla. (858) 459-0836, www.madisongalleries.com.
San Diego Plein Air Painters Exhibition. Works by Brian Belfield, Betty Blount, Rod Lingren, Tricia De Luna, Jeff Remmer and Louise Sackett, through Jan. 31, Solana Beach Library, 157 Stevens Ave., Solana Beach. www.meetup.com.

"Miniature Masterpieces." Holiday showcase through Dec. 31, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, Cosmopolitan Fine Arts Gallery, 7932 Girard Ave., La Jolla. (858) 456-9506, www.cosmopolitanart.com.

Monoprints and Watercolors by Julie Prazich. Portion of proceeds to San Diego Hospice, through Jan. 2, Solana Beach City Hall Gallery, 635 S. Highway 101, Solana Beach. (858) 720-2454.

"Automatic Cities." The architectural imagery in contemporary art. Through Jan. 31, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 700 Prospect St., La Jolla. (858) 454-3541, www.mcasd.org.

"Kelsey Brookes: Bigger, Brighter, Bolder," through Dec. 19, Quint Contemporary Art, 7739 Drury Lane, La Jolla. 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. (858) 454-3409.

"From Riflemen to Freshmen." Historic photographs, documents and other materials from the UCSD Archives document the World War II military activities on campus land. Through Jan. 3, Mandeville Special Collections Library, Geisel Library. (858) 534-0667, ddavies@ucsd.edu.

"Darwin: Evolution/Revolution." Specimens, artifacts, original manuscripts and memorabilia. San Diego Natural History Museum in Balboa Park, through Feb. 28. $12-$16. (619) 232-3821, www.
sdnhm.org.

"American Artists from the Russian Empire." Sculptures and paintings by artists working in America during the postwar period, through Jan. 17, San Diego
Museum of Art, 1450 El Prado in Balboa Park, $4.50-$12. (619) 232-7931, www.
sdmart.org.

"Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women and Art," through Dec. 12 at the UCSD Art Gallery, on campus at the west end of Mandeville Center. Tuesdays-Sundays. Free. (858) 534-2107, uag@ucsd.edu.
"Elizabeth Carmel: Tuscany," through Jan. 17 at Ordover Gallery, 410 S. Cedros, Solana Beach. (858) 720-1121, www.ordovergallery.com.


"Elizabeth Carmel: Tuscany," through Jan. 17 at Ordover Gallery, 410 S. Cedros, Solana Beach. (858) 720-1121, www.ordovergallery.com.

BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition Winners. Twenty images of human, plant and animal subjects captured through light microscopes through Feb. 6, San Diego Natural History Museum, 1788 El Prado, Balboa Park. (619) 232-3821, www.sdnhm.
org.

"On Ice: Photographs by Len Jenshel and Diane Cook."
The disarming landscape of Greenland, through Feb. 13, Joseph Bellows Gallery, 7661 Girard, La Jolla. Opening reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Dec. 12. (858) 456-5620, www.Josephbellows.com.

CONCERTS
Free holiday concert,
7 p.m. Dec. 12-13 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Del Mar Stake Center, 12701 Torrey Bluff Drive. Soloists, 86-voice choir, youth and children's choirs will perform, accompanied by a 30-piece orchestra. (760) 753-9360.

Acoustic/indie music. Lindsey Young performs, 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 11 on the ocean-view deck at Del Mar Plaza, 1555 Camino del Mar, Del Mar. www.delmarplaza.com.

"Masterpiece Messiah." Orchestra NOVA and the Bach Collegium San Diego chorus perform along with a dramatic video experience of the great masterpieces of art complementing Handel's Messiah, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10 at St. Paul's Cathedral, 3505 Fifth Ave., San Diego; Dec. 11 at St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 743 Prospect St., La Jolla; and Dec. 12 at Solana Beach Presbyterian Church, 120 Stevens Ave., Solana Beach. (858) 350-0290, www.orchestranova.org.

"Holiday Pops," from the San Diego Symphony, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 16-17; 8 p.m. Dec. 18; 2 and 8 p.m. Dec. 19; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 20. $20-$85, Copley Symphony Hall, 750 B St., San Diego. (619) 235-0804, www.sandiegosymphony.com.

"The Winter Rose," by The Chancel Choir with Chamber Orchestra, 10 a.m. Dec. 13, La Jolla United Methodist Church, 6063 La Jolla Blvd. (858) 454-7108.

Violinist Eugene Ugorski, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 12, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. $30-$35. (858) 454-5872, www.ljathenauem.org.

Church. The band will play at 1:30 p.m. Dec. 15 at the Che Cafe, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla. (858) 534-2311, checafe.ucsd.edu.

"Harmony for the Holidays," performed by Pacific Coast Harmony, with special guests, a cappella group Pointless, 3 and 7 p.m. Dec. 12 at The Neurosciences Institute, 10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive, San Diego. $15. (760) 723-2294, phensley34@roadrunner.com.

THEATER & FILM
"Adventures of the Gingerbread Man,"
10 and 11:30 a.m. Dec. 11 and 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 12-13 at Mary Hitchcock Puppet Theater, 2130 Pan American Place, Balboa Park. (619) 544-9203, www.balboaparkpuppets.com.

"A Christmas Story," based on the "Ralphie" classic, presented by San Diego Junior Theatre, through Dec. 20 at Firehouse YMCA Theatre, 7877 Herschel, La Jolla. $11-$14. (619) 239-8355, Juniortheatre.com.

"Sister's Christmas Catechism: Mystery of the Magi's Gold," 7:30 p.m. Dec. 14-16. "An Unscripted Carol," 7:30 p.m. Dec. 21 and 28. North Coast Repertory Theatre, 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach. (858) 481-1055.

"A Christmas Carol," 7 p.m. through Dec. 27, North Coast Repertory Theatre, 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach. $17.50-$35. (858) 481-1055, www.north
coast.rep.org.

"Bonnie & Clyde," at the La Jolla Playhouse through Dec. 20, Mandell
Weiss Theatre, 2910 La Jolla Village Drive, La Jolla. (858) 550-1010, lajollaplayhouse.org.

"How the Grinch Stole Christmas," matinees and evenings through Dec. 27, Old Globe Theatre in Balboa Park. $20-$79. (619) 23-GLOBE, www.theoldglobe.org.

"The Seafarer" runs through Dec. 13 at San Diego Repertory Theatre, Lyceum Theater, Horton Plaza. $18-$47. (619) 544-1000, www.sdrep.org.

"Holiday Memories," 8 p.m. Dec. 11-12. Legler Benbough Theatre, Alliant International University, Avenue of Nations, Scripps Ranch. $18-$20. (858) 578-7728, Scrippsranchtheatre.org.

Comedy acts. Weekend headliners 8 and 10:30 p.m. Nightly shows Wednesday-Sunday. Tickets from $20. The Comedy Store, 916 Pearl, La Jolla. (858) 454-9176, www.comedystorelajolla.com.

"Film: Line Shot." Digital animation by artist Matthew Ritchie weaves together utopian narratives and arcane creation myths, 7 p.m. Dec. 10, $5-$7, MCASD LA Jolla, 700 Prospect St., La Jolla. (858) 454-3541, www.mcasd.org.

"Mummies: Secrets of Pharaohs," a 3-D film at the San Diego Natural History Museum, Balboa Park. Free with paid museum admission. $10-$16. (619) 255-0189, www.sdnhm.org.

"The King and I," a family sing-a-long by the J*Company Youth Theatre, 7 p.m. Dec. 10. Garfield Theatre, Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla. Musical runs through Dec. 13, $8-$10.
(858) 362-1348, www.sdcjc.org/jcompany.

"Holiday Concert," performed by Muirlands Middle School Department of Music, 6 p.m. Dec. 15, La Jolla High School Auditorium, 750 Nautilus. Free. efoster@sandi.net.

ODDS AND ENDS
The La Jolla Branch of the National League of American Penn Women will meet to bring together women of art, letters and music, 1 p.m. Dec. 12, La Jolla Lutheran Church, 7111 La Jolla Blvd. (760) 288-0214.

"Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders LIVE with Elizabeth Vargas." Satellite broadcast featuring field operations in war-torn Congo and post-conflict Liberia, 8 p.m. Dec. 14, AMC-12 La Jolla, 8657 La Jolla Village Drive, La Jolla. www.fathomevents.com/doctorswithoutborders.

Tide Pool Adventure, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Dec. 13, $8.50-$12, with Birch Aquarium at Scripps, Hospital Point, La Jolla. (858) 534-7336, aquarium.ucsd.edu.

Newcomers Holiday Party. Italian feast, live music, prizes and more, 5:30 p.m. Dec. 13, Solare in Liberty Station, 2820 Roosevelt Road, Point Loma. $40. R.S.V.P.: (858) 496-8655.

Book discussion. Political cartoonist Ted Rall will discuss "The Year of Loving Dangerously," which is based on his experiences growing up on the streets of Manhattan in 1984, 7 p.m. Dec. 11, D.G. Wills Books, 7461 Girard. (858) 456-1800, www.dgwillsbooks.com.

Health lecture. Dr. Ryan Hummel will discusses the importance of nutritional cleansing and how toxicity affects health, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 15, at Kore Pilates, 7843 Girard. (858) 866-6688, www.renewhealthcenter.com.


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