MasterChef, a new reality-competition show on FOX featuring judges Gordon Ramsay, Graham Elliott and Joe Bastianich, will air May 22 with two La Jolla contestants: stay-at-home mom Natasha Crnjac and financial advisor Eli Moeller.
Band members Mike and Yvonne Tatar, Kit Birkett and Jon Cherry (San Diego’s Virtual Strangers) will present a three- part, lecture-concert series on bluegrass music at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, May 21, May 28 and June 4 at 1008 Wall St.
Diavolo — the name, a mix of Spanish, Greek and Latin roughly meaning “I will fly through the day” — sounds about right for Diavolo Dance Theater, coming to La Jolla’s Jewish Community Center May 18 and 19. The company has been hailed by reviewers around the world for “leaping, flying, and spinning … with astounding athleticism and infinite grace.”
Here’s how Diavolo defines itself: “An internationally renowned dance company that reinvents dance, re-imagines theater, and redefines thrills, Diavolo takes movement, athletics, and daring to the extreme, creating abstract narratives about the human experience through surreal tableaux.”
The boldly colored mural, “Tail Whip,” by Silver Lake graffiti artist Gajin Fujita, is No. 11 in the project.
Hear Mendelssohn’s masterwork, “Elijah” (1846), with the Chancel Choir and a professional orchestra under the direction of Keith Pedersen, and many soloists, 4 p.m. Sunday, May 19 at La Jolla Presbyterian Church, 7715 Draper Ave. The concert marks the finale of the church’s 51st Concert Season. Freewill offering, free parking. (858) 729-5531. ljpresmusic.com
Coming to the Auditorium at TSRI on May 21 is an unusual concert by Grammy-nominated mandolin virtuoso Avi Avital and members of the San Diego Symphony. The concert, part of the Symphony’s chamber music series, will feature the world premiere of a piece for mandolin and strings by David Bruce, the Symphony’s Associate Composer for 2013-14.
Last week’s exhibition at the La Jolla Art Association (LJAA) galleries was all about artistic passion and the importance of pursuing and expressing one’s creative spark. The lesson is that despite age or occupation, creativity can emerge as a force in our lives.
The show was decidedly eclectic. It featured the work of two female painters and two male photographers.
At the 2013 Selection Dinner on Wednesday, May 8, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego’s International Collectors and Contemporary Collectors voted to purchase new works by four artists for the Museum’s collection:
Celebrating the second anniversary of her book “I’m Good Enough is the New Perfect: Finding Happiness and Success in Modern Motherhood” (published on Mother’s Day 2011) temporary La Jolla resident Hollee Temple uses Mother’s Day as a chance to share her advice for working moms on the seemingly impossible balancing act of motherhood and career, and feeling successful in both.
The Center for World Music will hold its 50th anniversary festival “a dazzling outdoor multicultural performing arts experience,” 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 11 in Ellen Browning Scripps Park 1133 Coast Blvd.The free event will feature master artists performing music and dance from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe, including folk and traditional cultures of Peru, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, the Philippines, India, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Iran, Spain, and many more.
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