La Jolla’s Best Bets for events, April 24-29
• Hotel La Jolla Jazz
For one night only, live jazz returns to theHotel La Jolla
, 7955 La Jolla Shores Drive, whenCusp Dining & Drinks
welcomesGilbert Castellanos
(pictured) and his quartet 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 24 in celebration ofJazz Appreciation Month
- Tickets: $65, includes dinner. RSVP: (858) 551-3620.
CuspRestaurant.com
• Friday Night Jazz
Fourth Friday Jazz Series
continues with “From Bach to Bebop
,” withLori Bell
(pictured), 8 p.m. Friday, April 25 at theLa Jolla Community Center
, 6811 La Jolla Blvd. This concert will be half chamber music with pianistDiane Snodgrass
, and half jazz with pianistMikan Zlatkovich
- Doors open 7 p.m. Tickets: $20-25 at the door, $15-$20 in advance. (858) 459-0831.
• Local Stars to Shine
The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library’s Acoustic Evenings
series highlights three San Diego artists, 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 25, whenJamie Shadowlight
(pictured),Keng Doja
and the series’ first hip hop acoustic musicianRob Deez
take the Athenaeum “stage,” 1008 Wall St. $12 members, $17 nonmembers. (858) 454-5872.LJAthenaeum.org/specialconcerts
• Poetry Party
Poetry & Art Series 2014
hosts itsPeople’s Choice Poem Performance
, 7 p.m. Friday, April 25 (doors open 6:30 p.m.). Admission is $5 or bring wine or snacks to share and get in free. Performers may sign up at the event.Museum of the Living Artist
, Balboa Park, 1439 El Prado. (619) 957-3264.• Kids: Surf’s Up!
TheMenehune Surf contest
– a day of surf for those 18 and under – is back 7 a.m. Saturday, April 26 atLa Jolla Shores
- Sponsored by the La Jolla Shores Surf Association, event proceeds go to Natural High, Wounded Warriors, Scripps Institute of Oceanography and San Diego Junior Lifeguard Foundation. Free spectating. Lorraine@ljssa.org
• Coronado in Bloom
The annualCoronado Flower Show
runs 1–5 p.m. Saturday, April 26 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 27. Plant sale 7:30 a.m. Saturday. Cut flower sale 4 p.m. Sunday. Coronado’sSpreckels Park
(Orange Avenue between Sixth and Seventh streets). Admission: $5, free to kids under age 12.coronadoflowershow.com
• ArtWalk Returns
TheMission Federal ArtWalk
– 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27 – introduces the inauguralOff the Wall Urban Show 2014
, where street artists will create artwork live on constructed walls along streets in Little Italy. Free. Map atArtWalkSanDiego.org/missionfederal
or (619) 615-1090.• Chamber Music
La Jolla Music Society
concludes itsRevelle Series
and four-concertWinter Season Residency
with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, 8 p.m. Saturday, April 26 at Sherwood Auditorium,Museum of Contemporary Art
, 700 Prospect St. The “Defining Voices” concert stars cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han (pictured) with Benjamin Beilman on violin and Richard O’Neill on viola performing Beethoven’s Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Martinu’s Duo No. 1 for Violin and Viola, “Three Madrigals” and Faure’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor. A 7 p.m. prelude will feature Benjamin Roe with “Turning Points and Defining Moments: Beethoven, Fauré and Bohuslav Martinu.” Tickets: $30-$80. (858) 459-3728.www.LJMS.org
• Architecture Analysis
San Diego Architectural Foundation
hosts an on-stage conversation with philanthropistIrwin Jacobs
(pictured), architectRob Wellington Quigley
, FAIA, and moderatorDarlene Shiley
, about the downtown Central Library’s architecture and what’s next for San Diego, 8 p.m. (6 p.m. reception) Tuesday, April 29,San Diego Central Library
, 330 Park Blvd. Tickets: $100-$175. (619) 232-1385.SDArchitecture.org