San Dieguito Art Guild winners Judy Briggs of La Jolla (left) shares the first place spotlight with Linda Phillips of Vista.
Event chairs (from left) Richard Helmstetter, Gary Williams, M.D., and Hugh Greenway, M.D., note the success of the Scripps Clinic Invitational Golf Tournament and Invitational Dinner, which raised more than $300,000. They are joined by Krista Torquato, representing event sponsor, San Diego Credit Union.
The UCSD Foster Youth Workgroup poses with some of the items it collected for foster teens.
Drive aids foster teens
The UCSD Foster Youth Workgroup partnered with Soroptimist International of La Jolla for the first Home for the Holidays campaign, which collected items for 18-year-old foster teens beginning life on their own.
The "Just in Time for Foster Youth Donation Drive" was held Nov. 9-20 with collection points across campus. Donated items included pots, pans, small kitchen appliances, desk lamps, laundry baskets and bedding.
Unlike most youth for whom leaving home is a gradual process, foster teens must begin to care for themselves when they turn 18 and "age out" of the foster care system. Without some kind of support, as many as half end up on the street, according to Just in Time statistics. Further donations will be accepted through www.JIT FosterYouth.org.
Art guild hands out awards
The San Dieguito Art Guild has chosen its November honorees. First place winners include Judy Briggs for her mixed-media painting "Coastal Mist," Linda Phillips for her oil painting "My Blue Hat," Harriet Shoup for the watercolor "Catnap," and Cheryl Ehlers for an acrylic, "Smokin' Ivories." Ehlers also won Best in Show for her painting, "Countryside." The SDAG operates two galleries, which are open daily. Off Track Gallery One is at 500 Second Street in Encinitas and Off Track Gallery Two is at the Lumberyard in Encinitas. www.OffTrackGallery.com, (760) 942-3636.
Golf tourney nets $300,000
Nearly 150 guests and golfers helped raise more than $300,000 to support medical advancements at Scripps Clinic at the 41st Annual Scripps Clinic Invitational Golf Tournament and Invitational Dinner Oct. 29-30 at Torrey Pines. Proceeds from the two-day event will fund a Da Vinci surgical system that allows many open surgeries to be performed as minimally invasive procedures, resulting in quicker patient recovery and less risk of pain and infection. The event also benefited Graduate Medical Education programs to train the next generation of physicians at Scripps Clinic and Scripps Green Hospital. (858) 678-6786. www.scrippshealth foundation.org.
Group taps Young Scholars
The Alzheimer's Association San Diego/Imperial Chapter named its second annual Young Scholar Awards recipients Nov. 18 during an event at its headquarters. Seven Alzheimer's disease post-doctoral fellows and graduate students received the awards:
Aimee Pierce, M.D., Yu-Ling Chang, Ph.D., and Elizabeth Murphy, all of UCSD; with honorable mentions to Davide Gianni of Scripps Research Institute, Sara Sanz-Blasco, Ph.D., of the Burnham Institute for Medical Research, and Brea Midthune and Jimcy Platholi, Ph.D., both of UCSD. The honorees will receive $1,500 and $500 travel funds for a major national or international conference. The honorable mention recipients receive a $500 award. www.sanalz.org
Students Light the Night
Fifty-two members of The Bishop's School community dusted off their sneakers and walked more than two miles at Qualcomm Stadium Nov. 20, carrying lighted balloons in support of Latin teacher James Updegraff and his battle with Lymphoma. As a community service project, the class of 2010 sponsored a community service project raising $1,160 to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Light the Night Walk. www.bishops.com.
Pair on food trip to Italy
Arturo Kassel and Ryan Johnston of Whisknladle and Prepkitchen in La Jolla, recently embarked on a gastronomic journey through Italy in the name of research. The trip is one of the first steps they're taking to prepare an Italian restaurant. They are posting daily updates about their trip at Prepkitchen Blog.
La Jolla plays hit on/off Broadway
The La Jolla Playhouse productions of "Memphis," "The Night Watcher," and "Restoration," have all found homes on New York City stages.
"The Night Watcher," which began life as part of the Playhouse's "Page To Stage program" in the 2008 season, recently opened to rave reviews off-Broadway.
"Memphis," The Playhouse's 2008 musical, opened at Broadway's Shubert Theater Oct. 19. Directed by Playhouse Artistic Director Christopher Ashley, "Memphis" played to sold-out houses last summer and won the San Diego Critics' Circle 2008 Outstanding New Musical award.
"Restoration," by Claudia Shear and directed by Christopher Ashley, had its world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse earlier this season. The show will enjoy a run at the New York Theatre Workshop in the spring of 2010,
Race nets funds for spinal cord injuries
The HeadNorth Foundation, which aids people faced with the challenges of a spinal cord injury, raised $53,000 as part of its Second Annual HeadNorth Challenge, a charity sports training program for the Silver Strand Half Marathon and 5K Race held Nov. 15. Some 180 individuals participated in the program to sail past last year's $20,000 amount.
Professor's work in art catalogs
The work of San Diego Visual Arts Professor John Welchman is featured in the new catalogs of two prominent artists: the Tony Oursler Catalogue and the Joseph Kosuth Catalogue. An interview by Welchman is included in Oursler Catalogue, LOCK 2,4,6 and Welchman also co-authored the Kosuth Catalogue for his show "Neither Appearance nor Illusion," which opened at the Louvre in October.
UCSD grad an award finalist
UCSD Theatre MFA graduate Jennifer Barclay '09, was selected as one of the five finalists for the Goldwyn Screenwriting Award.
Barclay was honored for her screenplay "Prank," a "sexy dramatic thriller" about a pair of ferocious female twins and their gang of vigilante sisters who rule their college prep boarding school with renegade justice. Her submission was selected from more than 150 scripts. Finalists will receive cash prizes, with $15,000 going to the first-place winner. Actress Hilary Swank, producer Colin Callender and Creative Artists Agency story editor Catherine Tarr Winners will select the winners.
Institute marks 10th anniversary
Ocean Discovery Institute, formerly Aquatic Adventures, celebrated its 10th anniversary with "Bubble Up!" a black tie gala that featured dining, entertainment and live and silent auctions at the Birch Aquarium on Oct. 3.
The event raised $150,000 to fund tuition-free programs that engage, educate and inspire youth from urban and diverse backgrounds through science-based exploration of the ocean and nature.
La Jolla plays hit on/off Broadway
The La Jolla Playhouse productions of "Memphis," "The Night Watcher" and "Restoration," have all found homes on New York City stages.
"The Night Watcher," which began life as part of the Playhouse's "Page To Stage program" in the 2008 season, recently opened to rave reviews off-Broadway.
"Memphis," The Playhouse's 2008 musical, opened at Broadway's Shubert Theater Oct. 19. Directed by Playhouse Artistic Director Christopher Ashley, "Memphis" played to sold-out houses last summer and won the San Diego Critics' Circle 2008 Outstanding New Musical award.
"Restoration," by Claudia Shear and directed by Christopher Ashley, had its world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse earlier this season. The show will enjoy a run at the New York Theatre Workshop in spring 2010.
Funds raised for spinal cord injuries
The HeadNorth Foundation, which aids people faced with the challenges of a spinal cord injury, raised $53,000 as part of its Second Annual HeadNorth Challenge, a charity sports training program for the Silver Strand Half Marathon and 5K Race held Nov. 15.
Professor's work in art catalogs
The work of San Diego visual arts professor John Welchman is featured in the new catalogs of two prominent artists: the Tony Oursler Catalog and the Joseph Kosuth Catalog. An interview by Welchman is included in Oursler Catalog, LOCK 2,4,6 and Welchman also co-authored the Kosuth Catalog for his show "Neither Appearance nor Illusion," which opened at the Louvre in October.
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