La Jolla’s oldest cultural institution, the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, held a preview event for its new book, ‘Selections from the Permanent Collection — 1990-2010,’ to highlight the Athenaeum’s first 20 years.
The La Jolla Community Center hosted “A Night with the Opera Singing Chef” Elizabeth Podsiado as both a fundraiser for the center and Podsiado’s birthday celebration on Feb. 15, 2013. Guests sampled a variety of food, soups and wine, while folk songs and opera selections were performed by Podsiado, Alexis Alfaro, Marilyn Anderson, Patrick Anderson and Pandeli Lazaridi. Podsiado also holds weekly soup-cooking classes at the center.
Barbara Held and Steve Cross of La Jolla Sunrise Rotary coordinated the 2013 Rotary Swimarathon on Feb. 23, 2013 at La Jolla Cove, linking their 52 participants with more than 15,000 swimmers from 250 Rotary Clubs worldwide — all to raise funds and awareness for the fight against polio.
Sold-out audiences of nearly 500 people at each screening filled the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego’s Sherwood Auditorium in La Jolla for the 30th anniversary of Spike & Mike’s Festival of Animation during the weekend of March 1-2, 2013 in which Rich Moore was the special guest. Moore is the director of Disney’s Oscar-nominated animated film, “Wreck-It Ralph.” He has also directed many popular episodes of “The Simpsons” and “Futurama” during the first few seasons of those shows.
If you are a fan of pop art, photorealism, and all their concomitants, you won’t want to miss “Lifelike,” an engaging array of delightful, disturbing, meticulous re-creations of everyday things now on view at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla.
UC San Diego’s Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center honored philanthropist Audrey Geisel at its 16th annual Heart of San Diego gala on Feb. 9, 2013 which took place at the Park Hyatt Aviara Resort in Carlsbad. Though she did not attend due to an illness, Geisel’s “loyal and generous support of improving cardiovascular care” was celebrated by all in attendance with an evening of dining, dancing and entertainment.
Artist Vicki Walsh displayed her latest pieces, a series of 20 Haloed Heads, on display for a day at “Tomaytoland,” the home of Robin Lipman, member chair of the San Diego Museum of Art’s Contemporary Art Committee.
San Diego Opera opened its 48th International Season with a grand soiree, honoring 2013 sponsors Conrad Prebys and Debbie Turner, on Jan. 26 at the Civic Theatre in downtown San Diego.
Alfred Scutt may have lived more than half of his 100-years in La Jolla, but its clear when speaking with him that his heart belongs to his homeland of England. Much of the life of the centenarian, who will officially hit the 100 mark on March 18, is influenced by the United Kingdom.
With the publication date of Feb. 14 this year, the Light couldn’t pass up the chance to send a heartfelt Valentine to its readers in this issue. Cheers to all the poets of the ages who remind us that love is all around!
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