31st Annual St. Patrick's day open reading of Irish poetry and prose: Residents are invited to read their favorite selections from James Joyce, William Butler Yeats, Samuel Beckett, Oscar Fingal O'Flaherty Wills Wilde, Edmund Burke, George Bernard Shaw, Sean O'Casey, etc. As usual, Messrs. Guinness and Harp will officiate the proceedings. 7 p.m. March 17, D.G.Wills Books, 7461 Girard, La Jolla. (858) 456-1800, www.dgwillsbooks.com.
'Painters of Provence' See the works of Van Burgh, Dyf, Faile, Gantner, Madjid, Carebul, Magre and Labrofont. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through March 31, Cosmopolitan Fine Art Gallery, 7932 Girard, La Jolla. (858) 456-9506, www.cosmopolitanart.com. Pictured is 'Memories of St. Tropez,' oil on canvas by Magre.
DANCE Bharatanatyam Indian Classical Dance. Featuring guest artist Diva Devaguptapu. 8 p.m. March 11-13, 2 p.m. March 13, The Sheila & Hughes Potiker Theatre, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla. (858) 534-4574, http://theatre.ucsd.edu.
Choreographer's Concert. California Ballet hosts this event, which features original works by local choreographers. 7 p.m. March 20, Pacific Beach Middle School, 4676 Ingraham St., San Diego. $15-$35. (858) 560-6741, www.californiaballet.org.
CONCERTS Chanticleer, a Grammy Award-winning male vocal ensemble, will perform "In Time Of," songs of love and loss, war and peace chosen from the breadth of its seven-century repertoire, at 4 p.m. March 14 at St. James by-the-Sea, 743 Prospect, La Jolla. $25. www.sjbts.org.
Celtic Celebration. San Diego Symphony Winter Pops concert with Irish guitarist Brian Baynes, Eric Rigler on uilleann pipes, and Siobhan O'Brien with vocals. 7:30 p.m. March 17, Symphony Hall, 750 B St., San Diego. $20-$85. (619) 235-0804, www.sandiego.symphony.com.
Music of Poland. Presented by La Jolla Symphony & Chorus. David Chase conducts works of Penderecki and Szymanowski, with special guest pianist Peter Gach. 8 p.m. March 13 and 3 p.m. March 14, Mandeville Auditorium, UCSD campus. $15-$29. (858) 534-4637, www.lajollasymphony.com. Free pre-concert lecture an hour before each show.
Global Sounds. Kalaman Balogh & The Gypsy Cimalom Band, gypsy fiddling meets soft trumpet jazz, with Hungarian, Macedonian and Romanian tunes dancing together. 8 p.m. March 16-17, The Loft at UCSD, Price Center East, second floor, La Jolla. $26. (858) 534-8497, www.theloft.ucsd.edu.
Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra. All Tchaikovsky concert. 2 p.m. March 14, Copley Symphony Hall, 750 B St., San Diego. $20-$93. (619) 235-0804, www.sandiegosymphony.com.
Mariinsky Orchestra. Presented by La Jolla Music Society. 8 p.m. March 19, Copley Symphony Hall, 750 B St., San Diego. 7 p.m. prelude by UCSD music professor Steve Cassedy, "Reaffirming Romanticism, Against All Odds." (858) 459-3728, www.ljms.org.
Tao Lin. Acclaimed pianist performs. 7:30 p.m. March 18, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. $30-$35. (858) 454-5872, www.ljathenaeum.org.
Fairy Tales: Music of the Imagination. Camarada Concert series. 6 p.m. March 14, The Neurosciences Institute, 10640 John J. Hopkins Drive, La Jolla. $25. (619) 231-3702, www.camarada.org.
Broadway: An American Invention. Trace the development of musical comedy through the years via a series with pianist, singer and storyteller Bruno Leone. 7:30 p.m. March 16 and 23, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. $12-$45. (858) 454-5872, www.ljathenaeum.org. Belly Up Tavern performers. March 12, Happy Hour with Candye Kane, 5:30 to 8 p.m., and One Drop, 9 p.m.; March 13, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, 9 p.m.; March 14, Backwater Blues Band, 4 p.m., Sol E Mar Funky Samba Party, 8 p.m.; St. Patty's Day Bash with Lexington Field & Geezer, 8 p.m. March 17. Belly Up Tavern, 143 S. Cedros, Solana Beach. Ticket prices vary. (858) 481-8140, www.bellyup.com.
"Night Music." The San Diego Symphony will perform songs reminiscent of old Vienna during this third interlude of the "Luscious Noise" series. All ages are welcome. 7:30 p.m. March 14, Anthology, 1337 India St., San Diego. $10-$20. (619) 595-0300, AnthologySD.com.
THEATER & FILM "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The San Diego Junior Theatre presents Shakespeare's romantic comedy. 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, March 19-28, La Jolla YMCA Firehouse Theatre, 7877 Herschel Ave., La Jolla. (619) 239-8355, www.juniortheatre.com.
"Pippi Longstocking." Presented by San Diego Junior Theatre. 7 p.m. Fridays, 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, through March 21, ASL performance March 20, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park. $8-$14. (619) 239-8355.
"The Sound of Music." J*Company Youth Theatre production. Sing-along event, 7 p.m. March 18; 8 p.m. shows March 13 and 20; 1 and 4:30 p.m. March 14 and 21, Garfield Theatre at Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla. $13-$17. (858) 362-1348, www.sdcjc.org/jcompany.
"Romeo and Juliet." 7 p.m. March 13 and 16, 8 p.m. March 19, 2 p.m. March 21, San Diego Opera, Civic Theatre, Third and B streets, San Diego. Pre-opera lectures an hour before curtain, free to ticket holders. $39-$190. (619) 533-7000, www.sdopera.com.
"A New Generation of Spike and Mike Animation" film festival. 7:15 and 9:30 p.m. March 13 and 20, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 700 Prospect, La Jolla. Tickets $15, available an hour before the show. Not recommended for children under age 15. (858) 459-8707, www.spikeandmike.com.
"Little Women." 8 p.m. March 11-12, 2 and 8 p.m. March 13, 2 and 7 p.m. March 14, North Coast Repertory Theatre, 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach. $30-$47. (858) 481-1055, www.northcoastrep.org.
Diva Dish! with Luke Yankee. A live, multimedia theatrical event featuring the son of Academy Award winner Eileen Heckart. 7:30 p.m. March 15, North Coast Repertory Theatre, 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Suite D, Solana Beach. $20-$25. (858) 481-1055, www.NorthCoastRep.org.
MUSEUMS & GALLERIES "Jews Rock! A Photographic Celebration of Rock 'n' Roll's Jewish Heritage" by photojournalist Janet Macoska will show through May 19 at the Gotthelf Art Gallery at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center in La Jolla. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday-Friday. (858) 457-3030, www.sdcjc.org.
British impressionist. Work of Kerry Hallam at Martin Lawrence Gallery, 1111 Prospect, La Jolla. Hallam's light and colorful nautical images are inspired by his home in Nantucket, Mass., as well as his travels to the French Riviera. (858) 551-1122.
Two treats. David Adey presents "John Henry" and Charlie Miller presents "Anything But Rehab," through April 3 at The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. Free. (858) 454-5872, www.ljathenaeum.org.
"The Science of ... Aliens." Interactive exhibit divided into four zones that examine the possibility of life on other worlds via fiction, science, interstellar communication and an imagined alien planet. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily, San Diego Air & Space Museum, Balboa Park. $9-$24.75. www.sandiegoairandspace.org.
Current works. See the art of Andre Desjardins, Tuan, Fabián Perez, Ramon Vilanova, Anita Lewis, Regina Lyubovnaya, Fidel Garcia and George Tsui. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday-Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Monarch Gallery, 1205 Prospect, La Jolla. (858) 454-1231, www.monarchfineart.com.
Joaquin Torres-Garcia. Wood abstractions. Through May 20, San Diego Museum of Art, 1450 El Prado, Balboa Park. $12. (619) 232-7931, www.sdmart.org/.
The AFRICA Archives, featuring the work of Bay Area video artist Lauren Woods, has space for viewers to sift through their own projections about a continent still primarily glimpsed through the veil of social crisis, Hollywood movies and television news. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, through March 20, UCSD Art Gallery, west end of Mandeville Center. Free. (858) 534-2107.
Art in the Afternoon. Dr. John Wilson, Timken Museum of Art's executive director, will speak on "Rembrandt: Passion and Compassion." 12:30 p.m. March 18, Timken Museum of Art, 1500 El Prado, Balboa Park. Free. (619) 239-5548, ext. 105, KRosenberg@timkenmuseum.org.
ODDS & ENDS La Jolla Garden Club. Award-winning floral designer Pauline Sechi will make a presentation. 1:30 p.m. March 16, La Jolla Lutheran Church, 7117 La Jolla Blvd. (619) 551-8672.
Look Good ... Feel Better. Hands-on workshop for cancer patients designed to help enhance one's appearance through the use of wigs, makeup and accessories. Receive a complimentary kit of cosmetics. 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 15, Moore UCSD Cancer Center, 3855 Health Sciences Drive, Room 2007, La Jolla. Free. (800) 227-2345.
Author visit. Chang-rae Lee will sign "The Surrendered." 7:30 p.m. March 18, Warwick's, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. www.warwicks.com.
It's about hair. Peter Lamas will discuss products that are free of carcinogens and other toxins. 7 p.m. March 18, Pharmaca, 7650 Girard Ave., La Jolla. (858) 454-1337.
Cooking class. Top 10 Superfoods for Health and Weight Loss with Elizabeth Kaplan, chef/founder The Pure Pantry and Valerie Breslow, Holistic Health counselor and clinical nutritionist. 6:30 to 8 p.m. March 11, Whole Foods, 8825 Villa La Jolla Drive, La Jolla. Sign up at the concierge desk.
School lecture. La Jolla Country Day School will host a presentation by Cynthia Balmer Coleman (her mother founded the Balmer School, predecessor of La Jolla Country Day), along with longtime faculty member Will Erickson and Headmaster Christopher Schuck, 7 p.m. March 16 on the school campus in the Jacobs Family Library/ Academic Center/Multipurpose Room, 9490 Genesee, La Jolla. Tour of the school begins at 6 p.m, followed by a short reception. $10-$12. R.S.V.P. at (858) 459-5335, ext. 1, or www.lajollahistory.org.
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