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Malashock Dance to

Open 2016 Season see article on page 4

K9 Crimefighter is in Need of a Good Dog

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Poway On Stage Presents Piano Virtuoso

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Monarch School Earns National Charity Honors

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Paccini’s Tosca Opens Mainstage Season

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Critically Acclaimed Opera Addresses Human Trafficking

Struggling Families Benefit from Generosity of Others

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Barons Market Gives Back to the Community

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Unites Over 20 California Artists

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J*Company Youth Theatre Presents “Seussical, Jr.”

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Cyget Theatre Presents “When the Rain Stops Falling”

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CYC Presents “Rent”

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“The Metromaniacs” comes to the Old Globe

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Mary Alice Meets an Angel

by George Mitrovich

George Mitrovich is a San Diego civic leader. He may be contacted at: gmitro35@gmail.com.

Mine Eyes Have Seen George Mitrovich

“ Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unaware." –

• Hebrews 13:2 (RSV)

Mary Alice Williams, news anchor for New Jersey Television (NJTV) and co-founder of CNN, was known to me professionally but unknown personally.

On the day former Senator Eugene McCarthy's life was remembered and celebrated in a memorial service at Washington's National Cathedral, Ms. Williams was one of two eulogists (the other was former President Bill Clinton).

She was Senator McCarthy's God-daughter, as she had grown up on a farm in Minnesota, and had known from her childhood. Her eulogy was the most memorable I have ever heard. (As a eulogist President Clinton was good that day, because he's always good; but Ms. Williams was better.)

While a Kennedy person (I had worked for Bobby), I had a close friendship with Senator McCarthy. I admired him greatly, and flew across country to be present at his memorial service.

I had never met Ms. Williams, but at a reception following the service, I introduced myself, told her I was president of The City Club of San Diego, a public forum, and asked if she would be willing, if her schedule permitted, to come to San Diego and speak? She graciously accepted my invitation.

A year or more passed before she was able to come west from her home in New Jersey, but on a Friday afternoon she flew out of Newark to San Diego. I met her at the airport in early evening, discovered she had had nothing to eat and was coming down with a cold, so I took her to Pizza Nova overlooking San Diego bay.

Over dinner and a glass of wine at I asked, "Mary Alice, do you believe in angels?"

That is not a question I commonly ask, and certainly not of a new friend.

But it is the question I asked, prompted by something within me, but Mary Alice answered: "I do. Don't you?"

I said I did, that I was haunted by the New Testament's injunction to treat strangers with kindness, because some thereby have "entertained angels unawares."

Mary Alice then told me this story:

The day John F. Kennedy Jr.’s plane crashed off Martha's Vineyard, the entire fishing fleet in Cape Cod was scouring the sound in search of him.

From her cottage on Cape Cod Bay, the water looked like glass. Not a ripple or a wave. Mary Alice’s three little girls asked if she would take them swimming off-shore in the family’s Boston whaler.

They motored in bright sunlight a couple of miles away from the beach, wanting solitude and quiet. But not long after the girls began swimming a huge fog bank blew in, as happens on Cape Cod, and Mary Alice asked her daughters to return to the whaler, they needed to head for shore.

However, the outboard engine on the whaler, wouldn't start, despite repeated attempts.

Mary Alice did her best to hide her mounting anxiety, but finally yelled out, "Ahoy! Ahoy!" Out of the enveloping grayness of fog and rising waves, she heard a voice answer back, "Ahoy."

A moment or two passed, it seemed longer to a worried mom, when a fishing boat pulled up alongside the Williams' whaler. There on its deck stood a tall fisherman, beard and all, looking as if he had been sent by central casting, "What's wrong, Missy?" he asked. Mary Alice told him their outboard engine wouldn't start. The fisherman said he would board the whaler to see what luck he might have.

His luck was no better, and he said to Mary Alice and her three girls, "I will tow you in."

By then the sea was angry and dark, with high swell lifting the whaler and fishing boat high and slamming them into the troughs. Riding the stormy sea in toward the Cape was scary, and when they finally reached the beach, the girls jumped in the water and waded ashore; while their mother told the fisherman, "Thank you, thank you, thank you. You saved our lives. How can I ever thank you?"

Before uncoupling his fishing boat from the whaler, the tall, gray bearded fisherman, said, "Missy, you can thank me by promising that if you ever encounter someone in need, you will do everything you can to help them."

Mary Alice said, "I make that promise."

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Malashock Dance to Open 2016 Season with

‘Signatures’ Performances

To kick-off the company’s 28th season, Malashock Dance aims to deliver big plans and big impact through more accessible programming. The schedule begins with “Malashock Signatures,” an intimate and thrilling program of dance that highlights two “signature” works and two world premieres by John Malashock, artistic director, Malashock Dance. Performances will be held Jan. 22 through 24 and then again Jan. 28 through 31, 2016 in The Abbe Wolfsheimer Studio at Malashock Dance, located at NTC Liberty Station, 2650 Truxtun Road, Suite 202, San Diego, Calif. 92106. Tickets are $15 to $25 per person and are on sale now via www.malashockdance.org.

“This year, we want our audiences to feel connected to each performance in a way that is rarely offered by dance companies in San Diego,” says John Malashock, founder and artistic director, Malashock Dance. “We have big plans for big impact this year and look to create deeper connections to our community, making each performance worthwhile, personal and, meaningful.”

“Signatures” will blur lines with the audience sharing the studio space with the dancers. Patrons who have seen Malashock’s large-scale productions will appreciate this intimacy, and a new generation of patrons will find the setting thrilling, sexy, and thought-provoking.

The pieces to be performed are the following: • Silver & Gold: One of Malashock’s most popular works.

A duet portraying two distinct sides of a relationship.

• Dreams & Prayers: An intensely physical, dramatic and spiritual piece, which is emblematic of Malashock’s use of music in his choreography.

• Incoming: World premiere. This quirky and entertaining work for eight dancers is about finding moments of tenderness in the midst of an aggressive atmosphere.

• Times Unremembered: World premiere. A highly dramatic quartet, exploring childhood memories to a beautiful and haunting score by Sarah Kirkland Snider.

“Malashock Signatures” is another way to bridge accessibility and inclusion, so audience members feel deeply connected to the choreography and the dancers as they experience the physicality and emotions of the dance pieces from only a few feet away.

Visit www.malashockdance.org or call 619.260.1622 for more information.•

Malashock dancers bring athleticism, creativity and artistry to their performances.

SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NEIGHBORHOOD DAY You’ve probably noticed the new Rental Car Center taking shape as you’ve driven by on Pacific Highway. It’s almost complete, and we’re giving our neighbors the opportunity to join us for a “behind-the-scenes” tour before it opens to the public.

LOCATION: Rental Car Center at San Diego International Airport 3355 Admiral Boland Way San Diego, CA 92101

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DATE: Thursday, January 14, 2016 TIME: 1-3 p.m. & 5-7 p.m.

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Chamber Opera

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Addresses the Realities of Human Trafficking

by Patty Ducey-Brooks I am frequently reminded that there are some horrible realities of the world we live in. One of those horrible realities is human trafficking. Young men and women (and also children) become trapped in a cycle of prostitution and slavery. According to reports from the District Attorney’s office, the number of cases is alarming and on the rise. To help emphasize and educate the general public, “Cuatro Corridos,” a chamber opera was created to address human trafficking, one of the most critical human rights issues of our time.

Based on true events, “Cuatro Corridos” tells the story of women who have been forced in to prostitution and slavery in and around the San Diego/Tijuana border region and represents an unprecedented collaboration between internationally acclaimed Mexican and US-based creative artists. The opera has received high praise from critics and audiences.

Librettist, Jorge Volpi, explains the basis for the opera: “Young women are sold and exploited by mafias to serve as prostitutes for migrant workers in southern California. In 2001 the authorities dismantled the network of the Salazar-Juárez brothers who for years kidnapped Mexican women and forced them to work as prostitutes in the ‘Fields of Love’ in the strawberry farms around San Diego.”

Led by Grammy Award winning soprano, Susan Narucki, the fully-staged production features original music by composers Lei Liang, Hilda Paredes, Arlene Sierra, and Hebert Vázquez. Each composer gives voice to one of the four female characters by presenting one act in the hour-long drama.

Three distinguished performers of new music, pianist Aleck Karis, guitarist Pablo Gomez, and, percussionist Ayano Kataoka, accompany Narucki in sharing the compelling stories of four women whose lives are scarred by human trafficking.

Since its development and premiere at the University of California, San Diego in 2013, the opera has been performed at prestigious cultural institutions in Los Angeles; Dallas; Albuquerque, N.M.; Amherst, Mass.; Tijuana, Mexico City and Guadalajara, Mexico. During forums preceding or following performances of the opera, academics, public sector experts, activists and journalists have shared their perspectives on the subject.

Soprano and artistic director, Susan Narucki, performs for “Cuatro Corridos.”

Soprano and artistic director, Susan Narucki says of the project, “Human trafficking is a global issue; during the past year instances of international and domestic trafficking continue to come to light. Yet, there is a growing awareness–a shared context for understanding the issue and the first step toward effecting meaningful change. I am pleased that “Cuatro Corridos” continues to be a part of that change.”

San Diegans will be able to experience this incredible concert and become enlightened on a serious problem that exists here in our County. Performances are at 7 p.m., Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at Conrad Prebys Concert Hall at UCSD. To learn more, call 858.534.3448 or visit musicweb.ucsd.edu.

I encourage you to get informed and also learn of ways that you can help to prevent this wasteful use of human life. Let’s start 2016 with a cause to support.•

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In Other Words

By Ilene Hubbs

I made a vow to myself. I vowed I would not discuss politics in this column. I know my personal beliefs and I don’t have the need to share them or convince others to agree. But that was until a certain candidate decided to borrow a colorful word from my favorite language, Yiddish. That nameless candidate just didn’t get it.

Yiddish is a wonderful language in that it allows one word to convey an entire sentence, an entire feeling, an entire mental picture. But if you use it, use it right. Don’t be a shmegege, a petty, untalented person.

If you are describing a person who kills both his parents and asks the judge for mercy because he is an orphan, just say he has chutzpah.

Describe the friend who is informal, friendly and someone you can always feel comfortable with, as Hamish. When you beam with pride and pleasure over your child or grandchild’s achievements, you are just kvelling, and of course mazel tov is said by Jew and Christian alike to congratulate the bride and groom at a Jewish wedding.

The aforementioned candidate just did not have it right. He used a

Patty Ducey-Brooks Yiddish word for a part of a male’s anatomy and he used it in the past tense, to refer to his opponent as getting beaten in the race. Hmm… it just doesn’t make sense to me.

Substitute a popular English slang word for that anatomy part, use it in the same sentence and see if it works.

I grew up with grandparents who were born in Eastern Europe and although they spoke English at home, it was often peppered with many colorful Yiddish words and phrases. I loved when they thought by lapsing into Yiddish they could hide something from us. But all of us grandkids got the picture very young. When they said, “shush the kinder,” we knew that meant “be quiet the kids can hear” and we lingered around pretending we did not understand. When we were told to stop eating such chazerei, we knew to quit eating so much junk food, at least in front of them.

I love that my Christian sister in law referred to herself as the family shiksa and my Irish Catholic husband looked incredulous when he exclaimed how much he looked like a goy in a family picture with all the Jewish relatives. Of course this particular candidate does not linger long on choosing the right words or the right commentary before he opens his mouth. Is it really appropriate to

refer to a certain woman’s bathroom break as “disgusting”? The least he could have said to her was gay ga zinta hayt which just means go in good health. That would have, at least, given him the appearance of a man of subtle humor.

But this man, who uses words in such a cavalier way, has given us a whole new meaning to many English words as well. Words like immigrant, words like radical and disability and weak; words that say “we” and “them.” These words are meant to convey that he is the ultimate maven (expert) on everything.

I love that our country promotes honest discourse. I love that candidates get the opportunity to debate. I love that it is okay to throw out some Yiddish phrases when appropriate. In fact, many Yiddish words have made their way into English speaking conversations and are recognized by those who are not familiar with Yiddish.

We hear kibbitz for unwanted comments, especially in a card game, nosh to snack on something, schlep to drag around something heavy and oy vey as a comment on oh, so many things. And so I say, “OY VEY,” Mr. Candidate, you sure are ferdrayt (very mixed up) when you throw your Yiddish words around... fershtay?•

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Contributing Writers Blake Beckcom Rick Brooks Melody Brown Ian Campbell Richard Cone Cath DeStefano Violet Green Barry Hager Ilene Hubbs David Kamatoy Philip C. Lee Alice Lowe Aubree Lynn George Mitrovich David Rottenberg Anne Sack

Barons Market Raises

Nearly 32,000 for Local Charities in 2015 $

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Family-Owned Grocery Stores Supported 156 Causes

Step inside any of Southern California’s five Barons Market locations and you will discover much more than groceries. Community news boards splashed with flyers and a plethora of cheerful employees will update you on the store’s latest events, workshops or tastings. This is how the family-owned, all-natural grocery store donated $31,561 for 156 local charities in 2015.

“At Barons you’ll find good food and good prices, but most importantly you’ll find good people,” says Vice President of Marketing Rachel Shemirani. “They are the drivers behind raising money for local organizations, bagging groceries for veterans, pouring at our beer pairings and so much more.”

The San Diego Food Bank, Cancer Angels and the Temecula-Murrieta Community Pantry, among many other organizations, benefited from Barons’ fundraising efforts this year. In 2015 you could find Barons involved in everything from school fairs to community parades, from pet adoptions to collaborations with some of San Diego’s top local brewers. Certain events, including the store’s quarterly Backroom Beer Pairings, donated 100 percent of its proceeds to nonprofits in the stores’ backyards.

“Building a successful small business means more than your profit and your growth,” says Barons CEO Joe Shemirani. “Evaluate your success based on other factors, particularly what your business does to help others in your community. Once you’re doing that, then consider yourself on a path to success.”

In 2016, Barons plans to continue pushing small business boundaries with healthy-eating field trips, collaborations with more local organizations and a new store in the Inland Empire. Barons will open its sixth location in Murrieta in January 2016.

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K9 Crime fighter is in

Need of a Good Dog

Not to be combined with any other offer. Not good for boarding, bathing, grooming, pet food and prescription and non-prescription drugs.

Expires 1.31.2016

This month a very accomplished K9 Crimefighter is no longer on the case. After many years of heroic service, police service dog Storm has been diagnosed with congestive heart failure, and for his wellbeing, was retired from the K9 Unit to live out his life at home with his handler, Officer Scott Smith.

In January, the K9 Unit will seek a new canine to follow in Storm’s valiant paw prints. Can you help?

This is an unexpected need and the Police Foundation must raise $11,500 to purchase a new dog. A gift of any amount is welcomed! If you would like to make a donation in Storm’s honor, we invite you to do so by calling 619.232.2130, or by writing a check and mailing it to the following address: 444 West Beech Street, Suite 250, San Diego, CA 92101.

K9 Crimefighters like Storm are life-savers. They defuse violent confrontations, apprehend criminals, sniff out weapons and bombs, and keep their officers safe. During this season of giving, if you can, please give one more gift of any size to help us put another courageous K9 Crimefighters on the case.•

Storm is pictured with Officer Scott Smith.

help us find a home

Zeppelin is a one-year old, Korean Mastiff mix. On September 16, 2015, Zeppelin Tora is a huge staff and volunteer favorite because of her sweet and was rescued with 28 other mellow nature. She is a seven-year old, Labrador Retriever/American dogs from a Korean dog Staffordshire terrier mix. Tora is very gentle, and is always sweet and meat farm. He was adopted social when approaching new people, leaning in close and offering into a home, but sadly, was kisses. She loves snuggles more than anything and is just about the returned for not being the sweetest and cutest cuddler anyone could ever hope for. right fit.

In addition to being so affectionate and easy-going, Tora is also quite Zeppelin’s previous adoptintelligent and loves to engage in training. And despite her age, she still has er was quick to share that plenty of pep in her step and does the most adorable moves out in the yard. he is very lovable and Tora is spayed and has current vaccinations, permanent microchip cannot get enough atidentification, 30 days of worry-free medical insurance from Trupanion tention. Likely due to his Insuance, a certificate for a free veterinary exam, and a license if background and tough start in life, Zeppelin does residing in Oceanside, Vista, Escondido, San Marcos or Poway. not like to be left alone as it makes him Tora is available for adoption at For more information quite anxious. Aside from his separation San Diego Humane Society’s on Zeppelin, anxiety, Zeppelin has proven himself to be San Diego Campus at 5500 call 760.757.4357 very relaxed and mellow when inside with Gaines Street. To learn more people, while still maintaining a playful about making her part of spirit with plenty of energy for games and adventures to be had. your family, please call 619.299.7012 or visit the His previous adopter also shared that Zeppelin is super smart and was quick to learn good house manners. Due to his size and puppyish ways, Humane Society.

Zeppelin would do best with older or sturdier children. If you have a big heart, and can provide the time and patience that Zeppelin needs, please For more information stop by the Oceanside Campus on San Luis Rey Road and give this sweet on Tora, guy a chance to show you what a wonderful companion he can be.

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Zeppelin’s adoption fee includes his neuter, current vaccinations, permanent microchip identification, 30 days of complimentary medical insurance from Trupanion Insurance, a certificate for a free veterinary exam, and a license if residing in Oceanside, Vista, Escondido, San Marcos or Poway.

Zeppelin is currently located at the San Diego Humane Society’s Oceanside Campus, located at 2905 San Luis Rey Road. For information, call 760.757.4357 or visit www.sdhumane.org.

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Big Four

by Blake Beckcom There are four areas in your fitness routine to be sure to include in your training design. If you are a solo artist doing it “on your own” be sure to incorporate this in to your plan. If you are working with Fitness Pro, chances are good that you already are feeling the effects of this four pronged approach.

Balance

This area is key to your long term health and safety. As we age our inner ear changes: it degrades, just like the rest of our anatomy. When we combine inner ear degradation with muscle atrophy associated with aging and sedentary existence, the chances of a debilitating fall are much greater.

To fend off these risks, be sure to do some of your movements single legged.

Standing on one foot is much more challenging and when your spine is loaded with both your single legged body weight and perhaps a dumb bell or two, your core has to work harder as does your muscle, and your inner ear. Try balance disks; the Bosu ball both; flat side up and round side up.

Anything you can do to create instability will go along way in improving your balance. If you fall and hit your head it is estimated at fatal 30 percent of the time.

Strength

When we hit our mid-forties, or there about, nature has a way of deconditioning us and our life cycle accelerates. Let’s face it, when we hit 40 we tend to be in situations that require less strenuous activity. We ended our pick up basketball career, stopped the league play, slowed our run pace, had a sidelining injury, and/or more than likely just flat out stopped the resistance training. Problem is we start losing on average about one percent of our lean mass annually in our 40s, and if female, add in the beginnings of bone mass lose at an estimated rate of .3 to.5 percent per annum. To maintain lean weight and stave off fat weight gains which generally accompany lean mass loss, you have to keep up a resistance training regime. Start at least with body weight. Do step ups, squats, lunges. Anything aimed at those larger muscle groups require more fuel due to their size. Once you master the basic squat, lunge, and step up you can add reasonably scaled weights to bring variety of movement and added stress to the system.

Flexibility

Muscles are attached to the bone by tendons. The less flexible the muscle, the tighter it pulls on the bone attachment site vie the tendon. Over tight muscle creates higher loading on the attachment site and hence, in some instances can alter the normal nature of how a bone sits in its respective place. As example, people with over tight hamstrings from lack of movement, sitting all day at the desk and then side sleeping in a fetal position, tend to as a group have more low back pain. Their hamstrings are in a contracted state

most of their lives. Combine tight hams with weak abs and the problem is exacerbated. The hams pull on the pelvis and the abs can not maintain proper pelvic alignment. Start simple.

Get up from your desk, stand up tall, lock your knees and slowly with your back arched slightly at the belt line, bend forward as if reaching your toes. When you feel the stretch in you hams, buns and low back, “stop” and take six nice inhales and exhales.

Slowly stand up right again signaling “touchdown” and from there slowly move your arms to a Y position and then, in that position, press your arms backwards as if touching an imaginary wall behind you. Take a break and take care of you. More flexible equals less pain, better posture and less prone to injury.

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Endurance

If you are getting winded walking up stairs or carrying groceries, your body is asking you to condition it. Endurance training builds stamina. And, it is pretty simple to include in your workout. First off, take your rep counts from where they are now to 15, 18 or 20 per set.

Increase the pacing between sets; reducing the rest periods in between the work. This alone will give your endurance system a jolt. If you are already a high rep worker, add in complementary work in the current set that you are unaccustomed to accomplishing. For example, rather than rest in between, hit the treadmill all out for 45 seconds, or simply do 20 air squats, high knee march in place, jumping jacks, leg jacks, or run in place for short bursts.

Your heart rate will sore and your perspiration will flow with thankfulness.

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Meditating at Last in 2016

by Sabine Starr New year´s resolutions are passé, at least in my house.

It is just too frustrating to make the same list every first of the year and not feeling very dedicated to their execution. Therefore, for many years I have had the habit of dreaming big on January first, more like visualizing. Some things happened, others didn´t. But at least it was a fun experience.

Even better this year, I suggest an additional step in terms of starting the New Year away from limited feelings and coming closer to the present. There’s a way to be in the moment and be present–through meditation. I had been trying to add meditation to my daily practice for years and tried the advice of various experts in this field. Yet, I was never successful in establishing a meditation practice. This perceived failure added stress to my life and had the opposite effect from the promised results of meditation.

The solution came when I least expected it, during a very intense time of my life. It was during the

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birth of my daughter. Being a first time mom, I found myself in the middle of a volatile schedule that was not my own. Basic tasks had to happen repetitively over and over again: nursing, changing diapers, walking my baby around the house, shushing or singing. Add sleep deprivation to the mix and a very surreal mental state was created.

While being up at 3 a.m., nursing my daughter, I finally felt what is often described in meditation manuals: serene, totally in the moment, blissful. It finally happened without trying. The lack of sleep had quieted my monkey brain enough that I could be completely in the moment.

Being in the moment and performing a very simple task opened up my perception to an intense feeling of being in the present.

I started to pay more attention and had this experience more often.

This would occur while singing to her, changing diapers, dancing with her or waiting patiently for her to fall asleep. The solution to adding a meditation practice turned out to be very simple. Be with what you do.

Meditation has become a part of my daily lifestyle rather than another “to do task.” I expanded it

even more by adding an intention to certain meditative activities. While in the shower I paid close attention to the cleansing feel of the water.

Then I visualized those things I wanted to let go of running down the drain. Something similar would happen when washing my hands.

I thought of how good it felt and invited more of those sensations into my life; and I vowed to be sensitive to other people´s feeling. Even while preparing meals, I thought of the love I felt for my husband and my daughter and how healthy meals will benefit and nourish us.

Early mediation attempts had been in my head, thus never succeeding.

However, it is always there at any moment for us to experience and appreciate. First we need to slow down while completing tasks and fill our minds and bodies with the sensations of the moment.

Avoid thoughts about yesterday or tomorrow so they don´t keep cycling through your head. Allow serenity and a delicious void to exist.

And now, while enjoying that calm experience, I wish you all a blissful year in 2016!•

Author Sabine Starr is a psychologist licensed in Vienna, Austria, currently living and working in Mission Hills. She has written numerous articles for professional psychology journals. For further information, visit www. starrcoaching.com and follow her blog at www.HealthwithTaste.blogspot. com; and a new social media offering is www.facebook.com/StarrCoaching.

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Piano Virtuoso Jeremy Denk

Poway OnStage is elated to participate as a featured stop in the Upright & Grand Piano Festival presented by The San Diego Symphony on Friday, January 15, 2016 at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts (15498 Espola Rd Poway, California). The evening will include a presentation of Liszt’s “Black Gondola,” Shostakovich’s “Symphony No. 1,” and Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto No. 5: Emperor,” led by conduvctor Cristian Macelaru. The performance will feature renowned and award-winning pianist Jeremy Denk.

Denk is the winner of a 2013 MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, the 2014 Avery Fisher Prize, and Musical America’s 2014 Instrumentalist of the Year award. Hailed by the New York Times as someone ‘you want to hear no matter what he performs’ he has recently appeared as soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, and the symphony orchestras of Cristian M˘acelaru is winner of the 2014 Solti Conducting Award, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, and London.

“An important component of this piano festival is to offer an array of acclaimed artists who are at the top of their game—superstars in their own right performing the most exciting repertoire written for the piano”- Tommy Phillips, the Symphony’s Director of Artistic Planning.

Winner of the 2014 Solti Conducting Award, Cristian M˘acelaru is conductor-in-residence of The Philadelphia Orchestra. He began his tenure with that ensemble as assistant conductor in September 2011, and in recognition of his artistic contributions to the Orchestra, his title was elevated to associate conductor in November 2012.

The Upright & Grand Piano Festival will make its appearance at the Poway Center for Performing Arts (15498 Espola Rd, Poway, CA 92064) at 8 p.m., Friday, January 15, 2016. Tickets are available at: www.powayonstage.org, or by calling the box office at 858.748.0505.•

Denk is the winner of a 2013 MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship.

Meets an Angel

Rick Brooks Rick Brooks will be back for the February 2016 issue.

Continued from page 3 The fisherman was about to pull away, when Mary Alice called out, "What is your name and where can we find you?"

The fisherman answered, "My name is Martin, and you can find me in the village, in the little bait shack next door to the chocolate shop." And with that he disappeared into the fog bank.

Mary Alice and her girls went home to their cottage. The girls asked their mother for butcher paper and color sharpies, they want to make a poster thanking Martin, the fisherman. They finished their posters and Mary Alice drove them to the village.

They went next door to the chocolate shop, but there was no bait shack and no one, no one, had ever heard of Martin.

And that is why Mary Alice Williams believes in angels.

And you?• George Mitrovich is a San Diego civic leader, serving as president of The City Club, a public forum of 40-year standing. In addition, he’s president of The Denver Forum, and chairs for the Boston Red Sox The Great Fenway Park Writers Series, the only literary series ever sponsored by a professional sports team. Mitrovich can be reached at gmitro35@gmail.com .

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by Troy Curnett, President, Mission Hills Business Improvement District REALTOR® and broker/owner of the boutique real estate office, One Mission Realty As the clock struck mid-night following December 31, the world became immersed in celebration. Different parts of the world welcomed the New Year with their individual customs, rituals and traditions. And, around the world, the common thread was positivity.

The New Year has always been one of my favorite times of the year.

It is a time of optimism and hope.

No matter what happened last year, there is the idea that everything is possible in the coming year.

It’s the perfect time of year for reflection regarding our accomplishments last year. I strongly believe it is important to recognize and celebrate our individual and collective successes.

Of course, the New Year is more famously known as the time to make resolutions. From resolving to

exercise more and eating healthier to committing to spend less and save more, there is no better time to make a plan than in the early days of a brand new year. Let us leverage that extra determination, strength, and hope this New Year brings with eager anticipation.

As a business owner in the Mission Hills Business Improvement District, I continue to be thankful for our neighborhood of unique businesses with creative owners and for the adjacent and intertwined residential neighborhood of wonderfully supportive individuals and families. Together we are the vibrant community of Mission Hills.

The Mission Hills Business Improvement District’s Board of Directors is an elected body representing the more than 500 business license holders, who employ more than 1,470 people, within the geographic boundaries of West Lewis Street, Fort Stockton Drive and Goldfinch Street, the

West Washington Street and University Avenue corridors from India Street to Front Street, Reynard Way and India Street’s International Restaurant Row. The Mission Hills Business Improvement District Board of Directors and an executive director provide a united voice for our members and give each business owner the ability to flourish. A long history of community oversight has resulted in good design, diverse commerce, historic preservation, and community enhancements and set the stage for this vibrant neighborhood of unique small business diversity.

If you own a business in the Mission Hills Business Improvement District, I invite you to join in the important work and the informative fun at the BID committee meetings on the first Wednesday of each month and the BID board of directors meetings on the third Wednesday of each month. Please visit our website at MissionHillsBID.com/meetings-

and-agendas for meeting locations and times.

If you are on facebook, please take a moment to “like” our page (Facebook.com/MissionHillsBID).

You’ll then be among the first to know what’s happening in the Mission Hills Business Improvement District. Facebook is a great social networking tool and an excellent way to keep in touch, share information, and exchange ideas.

The Mission Hills Business Improvement District thanks you for your continuing patronage of our more than 500 small businesses.

Please join me in resolving to shop local throughout 2016. And, as we enter into the New Year, may 2016 will be healthy and prosperous for everyone who lives and works across our wonderful community.•

San Diego REPertory Theatre Receives Arts Grant The National Endowment for the Arts announced awards totaling more than $27.6 million in its first funding round of fiscal year 2016, including an Art Works award of $10,000 to San Diego REPertory Theatre to support a new work by Herbert Siguenza.

The award supports a collaboration with playwright Herbert Siguenza, REP Co-Founder and Artistic Director Sam Woodhouse, and several members from the dog & pony dc (d&pdc) ensemble to develop a new interactive theatrical work called “Beachtown.” The grant will support field interviews, research, artist fees, and two music stand in-house readings. The production, which will include actors from d&pdc, will invite audience members to become active citizens who vote on their town’s future in the second act. The resulting work will reflect the extensive social, political, and ethnic diversity hidden behind the “mask “of Southern California beach towns.

“’Beachtown’ is just the kind of project we look to the NEA for support–a complex, multi-year, culturally distinct community based project that will lead to the creation of a new play about the surprising diversity of the beach communities of San Diego,” says Woodhouse.•

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The New Year is an excellent time to set short term goals or resolutions—subtle changes or small “tweaks” to your daily routine (decrease chocolate intake, increase exercise, read more books, watch less TV, etc). But why not take this opportunity to set your sights on a greater horizon—This January, ask yourself— What is My Ten Year Plan?

Many 10 Year Plans focus on important subjects such as health, travel, retirement planning, and investments. Defining your financial resolutions, making an action plan, and setting that action plan into motion is at the core of most long term planning strategies.

If you are a homeowner, you may have built up quite a bit of equity in your property over the years. A valid question to ask yourself is “How can I safely maximize the potential of my equity?” Have you consulted with a seasoned local Realtor about the current value of your property in today’s market? The value may be higher than you think. If your 10 Year Plan includes moving to a larger home, a different neighborhood, or possibly downsizing in the next 10 years, meet with an experienced Realtor to discuss the best way to assure that your real estate investments work for you in the coming years.

Whether it is via a personal residence or investment property, you may be able to take advantage of a changing real estate market by repositioning your equity this year. Contact us today to see how we can help you reach your short and long-term financial goals. The real estate you own is likely your greatest asset.

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by Barb Strona In December I attended San Diego Horticultural Society’s meeting on Water Wise Lessons, given by Clayton Tschudy, director of Horticulture and Exhibits at The Water Conservation Garden in El Cajon.

This garden represents nearly 20 years’ experience in using drought tolerant plants. Tschudy discussed the garden’s history, both success and challenges of the Garden and subsequent innovations inspired by the current drought situation.

In the two decades’ experience the garden has received an AIA Orchid Award for landscape design and a GEELA Award for education.

Some of the photographs from when it won an Orchid Award look like impressionist paintings due to the beautiful grasses and thin leaved trees. It also won an APGA Award for small program Excellence. It has been featured in Sunset Magazine, Pacific Horticulture and others.

While showing us photos of the beautiful water wise garden, Tschudy began by describing the challenges. Besides surviving drought, the garden needs long term maintenance. In addition, our county’s less than ideal soil poses problems. Much of it is heavy clay on top of decomposed granite.

When wet it holds water leading to root rot. When dry it morphs into a concrete like surface needing a jackhammer or back hoe to till.

Some innovations or recycled methods are now providing unusual (for us) methods to conserve water.

This photograph looks like an impressionist painting due to the beautiful grasses and thin leaved trees.

One is bioswale. The gardener builds berms and digs long three-foot wide trenches with gently sloped sides.

These are filled with sycamore or willow wood into which mulch and nitrogen are layered. Manure and green waste makes part of the mixture. A bucket set into the center of the trench serves as a place-holder for a tree to be planted in the future.

A thin layer of soil may top these wood-filled trenches. Meanwhile, the filled trenches receive water regularly but not often in the first year.

Two to three days after the first irrigation, the water will have been absorbed. Now seeds of drought-tolerant plants and cuttings can be sown

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to slow storm run-off and filter out pollutants. So far this method seems to be working in the Water Conservation Garden as the plants get water from the wood’s moisture, and additional water is rarely needed; in fact, normal rain water should sustain them. These bioswales are designed to remove silt and pollution from surface run-off water.

Hugelkultur is another efficient gardening method similar to but easier to build than bioswale. You build a hill of branches, leaves and grass clippings; adding straw, cardboard, newspaper, manure or compost. Top this with soil and plant your flowers, vegetables or groundcover. As the wood matter decays, it provides a constant source of food for at least 20 years. It also produces heat as it composts which may lengthen the growing season.

As the breakdown of branches and logs continues, soil aeration increases eliminating tilling the soil.

The logs and branches soak up water which is released during dry spells.

This means after the first year, you will water only when there has been an extremely long drought. These beds can be huge, can be built as hills or mounds eliminating bending over and providing more planting surfaces. The larger the mass, the more water will be retained. You can build winding gardens or straight gardens or even a combination.

Another issue Tschudy discussed was dying succulents. Succulents succumb to over-watering. Their soil needs an amendment of pumice and gravel. These aid drainage and help keep roots dry while enabling the plant to get nutrients.

Whatever you plant, you must consider your local conditions and choose your plant materials carefully. Grouping plants with similar needs solves many problems not unlike putting students in classes

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according to their needs. Tschudy says to simplify sustainability and reap best results, copy nature.

Tschudy also advocates practicing “closed-loop” landscape maintenance. This is more than using an efficient irrigation technology. It means ensuring that what falls on the site (leaves, water and organisms), stays on the site. The garden becomes a habitat for a selfsustaining eco-system. Water and food are recycled and saved. Organic matter from water, plants, animals, and microbes provide food. In a successful closed loop landscape, a tiny bit of soil should contain one billion organisms (bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematodes, arthropods and earthworms.) and ten million species of microbes. A handful of this healthy soil will have more creatures than there are humans on earth and hundreds of miles of fungal threads.

Your hardscape can help define the sustainable garden. If you use the bio-swale or the hugelkultur methods, following the land’s contours or choosing curving or linear designs, building walls or walkways adjacent to them will protect and delineate the planting areas. Remember that your garden has many systems within it, both aesthetically and physically. An ecofriendly environment is a healthy environment, encouraging plant growth, increasing oxygen, feeding the critters that preserve it, and saving human’s time, energy and money. Done well, it should be a feast for the eyes as well.

The topic of the January 20 meeting is Back Yard Labs where we will learn how aid science by keeping records of critters that frequent your yard. The meeting will be at the church at 4070 Jackdaw from 6 until 8 p.m.•

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Earns National Charity of the Year Honors Tournament of Roses Parade Participants

For the first time in the history of the PGA Tour, a San Diego charity has been chosen as the PGA Tour Charity of the Year. Monarch School, the recipient of the national distinction, will receive a $30,000 grant from the PGA Tour and be featured in a PGA Tour-produced television public service announcement throughout the 2016 PGA Tour season.

Each PGA Tour administrative host organization had the opportunity to nominate a charity as well as vote for finalists from among the submissions. The PGA TOUR reviewed all finalists and selected Monarch School, a beneficiary of the Farmers Insurance Open, as the 2015 award recipient.

“Congratulations to Monarch School for being named the PGA TOUR Charity of the Year, and to the Century Club and Farmers Insurance, for their support of the school,” said Tim Finchem, PGA Tour commissioner. "For more than 25 years, Monarch School has embraced and assisted thousands of students impacted by homelessness through a comprehensive program designed for academic achievement, life skills and social and emotional growth."

Located in San Diego’s Barrio Logan neighborhood, Monarch School’s mission is to educate students impacted by homelessness and to help them develop hope for the future with the necessary skills and experiences for personal success. The school serves 300 students daily and up to 450 each year and is the only comprehensive K-12 school in the U.S. developed specifically to serve homeless students.

Monarch School has been a primary beneficiary of The Century Club of San Diego, the 501(c)(3) administrative organization behind San Diego’s PGA Tour event, The Farmers Insurance Open, for the last 15 years.

“We are incredibly proud and so pleased that Monarch School has received this recognition,” said Century Club President and General Chairman Mike Whitton. “Through our 15 years of partnership, we have witnessed Monarch School’s many triumphs in transforming the lives of youth affected by homelessness,” he said. “It is our hope that this prestigious honor will help spread awareness about the challenges these youth face and about Monarch School’s unique approach, which gives their students the support they need to overcome adversity and create a brighter future.”

The monetary grant will help with the school’s one-on-one academic mentoring and tutoring, enrichment programs including an after-school program, athletics, music and art therapy, family assistance, health and dental care, supplemental food and clothing, hygiene kits, counseling, and college and career development.

“Monarch School is honored to be selected as the 2015 PGA Tour Charity of the Year,” said Monarch’s CEO Erin Spiewak. “For over 15 years the Century Club has been a significant partner in making Monarch School a national leader in the education of homeless youth and we are thankful for their nomination.

This award will bring a number of opportunities for our organization including the ability to raise awareness around the educational needs of the nearly 1.4 million homeless students across the country. The financial support that comes along with this recognition will give our students the chance to gain the skills they need to build a bright future.”

Farmers Insurance has also supported Monarch School since 2010, when it became the title sponsor of the Farmers Insurance Open, providing volunteers at Monarch School events and donations that were important in establishing the new Monarch School campus in Barrio Logan.

“As a company, Farmers Insurance has a rich tradition of coming together to help give back to communities where we live and work,” said Doris Dunn, director of Community Relations for Farmers Insurance.•

Mira Mesa High School Band & Color Guard Perform

The 250-member Mira Mesa High School Sapphire Sound Band and Color Guard caps spent more than a year preparing to be part of the world-famous Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California. Band members, school staff and chaperones packed their instruments and themselves into buses for the trip early on Tuesday morning, December 29. Lead by Band Director Jeanne Christensen, Sapphire Sound also appeared at the Pasadena City College Band Fest on Tuesday, December 29, and in the Disneyland Holiday Parade on Wednesday, December 30.

During the Tournament of Roses Parade, Sapphire Sound performed their own arrangements of “America the Beautiful” and “Ode to Joy” along the seven and a half mile parade route. SuMira Mesa students preparing perintendent Cindy Marten for their role in the Rose Bowl Parade. was on hand for their departure to salute the students, staff and supporters as they represented all of San Diego Unified and the county of San Diego.

Mira Mesa is the first San Diego Unified School District band to be invited to perform in the Tournament of Roses Parade since Patrick Henry High’s appearance in 1983. The Tournament of Roses Parade has a worldwide television audience and regularly features marching bands from all over the world. Mira Mesa joined the parade in its 127th edition, with the theme “Find Your Adventure.”•

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Santa Store Teaches Children Importance of Giving

Over the course of three days, 1,400 children visited USO San Diego’s Lincoln Military Housing served dinner to 876 military members and their Downtown Center to participate in the Santa Store program. Children families. The next night, December 2, Steve and Lynne Dolye sponsored the between the ages of four to 10 years old, of active duty, reserve, and guard holiday meal, feeding 734, and on December 3, Raytheon fed 764 people. families, learned about the importance of giving by picking out the perfect Volunteers came from far and wide to help USO San Diego with this three gift for their parents or guardians. day program. Volunteers included teams from the San Diego Padres, North “It was a great, fun and highly organized series of shopping nights,” Arne County Corvette Club, Leidos, Raytheon and sailors from the Fleet AntiNelson, chief executive officer of USO San Diego said, “Thank you and Submarine Warfare Training Center.

Merry Christmas to all who attended and to whom made it possible.”

The Santa Store program was sponsored by Steve and Lynne Doyle, Upon arrival to the Downtown Center, families visited with Santa, ate a GEICO, Louise S. Flentye, Thomas Moretti, Andrew and Erna Vitebri, Neil hearty holiday meal, and children shopped in Santa’s Store. This year, Santa and June Ash, and Cubic Corporation.• gave each child an ornament to decorate for their own tree or to send off to a parent deployed overseas.

USO San Diego volunteers escorted the children into Santa’s Store and showed them gifts perfect for their Mom or Dad. Once the child selected the gifts, they were handed the pre-wrapped item. Over 2,000 gifts were wrapped by USO San Diego volunteers.

“USO San Diego volunteers spent the month of November sorting and wrapping gifts for the Santa Store program so military children could place them under the Christmas tree or send the already wrapped gifts overseas,” said Tiana Caylor, USO San Diego Downtown Center director. “This program provides a wonderful opportunity to teach about the act of giving to those who give the most.”

Many of the children who participated in the program placed a lot of thoughts into what gifts they were selecting for their parents.

“We are a mixed faith family so my son decided to give us our presents tonight for Hanukah,” said military spouse Michelle Fournier. “He was so proud and explained the thought process behind each gift! It was so cute to see him so excited. Thanks so much for everything you do.”

As a nonprofit, USO San Diego relies heavily on support from the community. Each dinner was sponsored by individuals or a company. On Tuesday, December 1, Children of military families celebrate with Santa after while enjoying a gift sharing experience.

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THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL LECTURE SERIES

Colonial Revival Hits Mission Hills Ever notice the Colonial Revival homes tucked into the neighborhood featuring Spanish Revival, Craftsman, and Prairie architecture? How did this style arrive in Mission Hills? Our lecture focuses on this history, the designers and builders, as well as the exquisite woodwork and period interiors. We invite you to discover the Colonal Revival’s exceptional style.

1 pm - Lectures Colonial Revival as a symbol of American Nationalism in the 20th Century • Ronald May Architects, Designers & Builders of Colonial Revival in Mission Hills • Kiley Wallace 2 pm - Intermission

Teamsters drove in truckloads of donated toys and turkeys into Qualcomm Stadium to pass out toys and gifts to struggling families and kids for the Annual Holiday Food and Toy Drive, by Unions United, the Labor Participation arm of United Way of San Diego County, and the San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council, AFL-CIO. The massive event provided more than 1,000 new toys and 500 turkey dinners to working families in need to help to make their holidays a little bit brighter. Stater Bros. Charities also provided a $4,000 grant to help fight food insecurity locally.

475 cars of working families received colorful new toys and turkeys with all the fixings, while 30 volunteers from United Way and the Labor Council passing out the donations this past December at Qualcomm Stadium’s parking lot.•

2:30 pm - Lectures Colonial Revival Woodworking in Mission Hills • William Van Dusen Colonial Revival Furnishings (TBD) 3:30 pm - Panel Discussion Q&A Session

Volunteers showed up with smiles and holiday spirit for the annual event.

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New GM Has More Than 30 Years of Hospitality Experience Mike Hensley has been named the general manager of Best Western Plus Hacienda Hotel, a 200-room property overlooking the historic district in Old Town San Diego. Hensley is in charge of day-to-day operations, marketing and managing the property fiscally and physically.

“My goal for the Hacienda is to create and sustain a culture that gives staff a sense of self-worth and pride in themselves and the Hacienda Hotel in Old Town,” said Hensley. “This culture will create memorable experiences for our guests and foster lasting relationships.”

With more than 30 years of experience in the hospitality industry, Hensley has managed some of San Diego’s and Mission Valley’s largest hotels. Before joining Hacienda Hotel, Hensley was the general manager at Four Points by Sheraton San Diego, Mission Valley Resort and the Hawthorn Suites San Diego and has worked with brands including Hilton, Starwood and US Franchise Systems.

“Mike Hensley has a passion for hospitality and taking care of people,” said Pacific Hospitality Group Inc. President Fred Grand. “His extensive management experience in the hospitality industry makes him a great addition to our team.”

San Diego born and raised, and starting in the hospitality business in high school, Hensley now resides in Allied Gardens with his wife. He has three children and one grandchild.• Mike Hensley was previously the general manager at Four Points

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“Seussical, Jr.”

Join Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Layzie Mayzie and all your other favorite Dr. Seuss characters in a fantastical, magical music extravaganza from the creative minds of Tony winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.

The J*Company Youth Theatre performers will transport you from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus and to the invisible world of the Whos!

Directed by Joey Landwehr, “Seussical, Jr.” runs from January 15 through 31 at the David and Dorothea Garfield Theatre at the Lawrence Family, Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus at 4126 Executive Drive in La Jolla.

Contact the Box Office to reserve tickets 858.362.1348 or purchase tickets online at www.jcompanysd.org.•

Cast members of “Seussical, Jr.” come from communities throughout San Diego to entertain and delight.

From left to right are Zoe Goldstein, Riley Hull, and Amber Bartlett

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January brings rain to San Diego and When the Rain Stops Falling to Cygnet Theatre. It’s a powerful drama unfolding with humanity, surprising humor, and hope, as the past plays out into the future. The play, which opens with a fish falling out of the sky, has been hailed by audiences and critics alike. The San Diego premiere runs January 14 through February 14.

Penned by award-winning Australian playwright Andrew Bovell, this compelling family saga goes back and forth in time from 1959 to 2039, and from London to Australia. Bovell’s profoundly intelligent and chronologically scrambled drama starts in a crisis-filled 2039 in remote Alice Springs, Australia and then ricochets across time and place, charting the travails of several generations of two troubled families. It’s a beautifully heartbreaking story that takes us on a journey across time where the acts of the past prove devastating to the next generation.

“I was drawn to the poetic narrative and the non-traditional structure,” explained director Rob Lutfy. “At first, the story seems disconnected but then they weave together and audiences begin to have ‘aha’ moments. It’s epic in scope yet intimate at the same time. Ultimately, it’s a story about hope,” he added. “It’s about the damage we can do to one another and our extraordinary resilience to survive and for love to be sustained in spite of it.”

Lutfy is especially excited to be collaborating with set designer, Jungah Han. A former Cygnet Theatre Lipinsky Foundation design fellow at SDSU, she is now based in New York. The recent Yale School of Drama graduate studied extensively with Ming Cho Lee, the noted theatre artist who designed over 30 productions for Joseph Papp at The Public Theater, including the original Off-Broadway production of “Hair.”

The cast features several actors playing multiple roles as well as different actors portraying older and younger versions of themselves.

Returning to the stage after wowing audience in the recent Noël Coward Rep are Rosina Reynolds and Rachael VanWormer. Stepping into the role of the patriarch is 2014 San Diego Actor of the Year Tom Stephenson.

Making their Cygnet Theatre debuts are Adrian Alita, Beth Gallagher, and Cristina Soria.

For more information, contact the box office at 619.337.1525 or visit www.cygnettheatre.com. Tickets may be purchased in person at the box office located at 4040 Twiggs St., San Diego, CA 92110 •

Landmark Theatres

From the unfettered imagination of writer/co-director Charlie Kaufman (writer of “Being John Malkovich” and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”) comes the startling, bizarre, darkly funny and mind-bending new film “Anomalisa,” co-directed

by Duke Johnson (“Adult Swim’s” and “Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole”).

Michael Stone—husband, father and respected author of “How May I Help You Help Them?”—is a man crippled by the mundanity of his life. On a business trip to Cincinnati, where he’s scheduled to speak at a convention of customer service professionals, he checks into the Fregoli Hotel. There, he is amazed to discover a possible

escape from his desperation in the form of Lisa, an unassuming Akron baked goods sales rep who may or may not be the love of his life.

Shot in stop-motion animation, with virtuoso vocal work by David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Tom Noonan, “Anomalisa” is the surreal journey of a man’s long night of the soul.

“Anomalisa,” winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, opens January 15, 2016 at Landmark’s Hillcrest Cinemas. It is 107 minutes long and Rated R. For information and times, call 619.819.0236, or visit www.landmarkTheatres.com.

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CYC Theatre Jonathan Larson’s musical, “Rent,” loosely based on Giacomo Puccini’s opera “La Bohème,” won the 1996 Tony Award for Best Musical and the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, friends in Manhattan’s East Village struggle to build the lives of their dreams. Pennilessness, drug abuse, HIV/ AIDS, social tension, and political unrest, among other hardships, challenge the group physically and emotionally. Facing the problems head on, they make personal self-discoveries and find what really matters most in life.

In 2009, CYC Theatre made history with the world’s first-ever youth theatre production of this iconic musical. Now, in 2015, this award-winning group that brought “Les Miserables,” “Shrek” and “Spring Awakening” to the Lyceum, is bringing this amazing musical back. This all-adult cast features CYC’s finest performers and some local professionals, too. “Rent” is directed by Shaun T. Evans, and with lighting by Michael Hoffman, music

by Tamara Paige, costumes by Mandy LaRowe and choral direction by Miss Leigh Scarritt.

“Rent” will be performed at Lyceum Theatre at Horton Plaza, 79 Horton Plaza, in downtown San Diego. For tickets and information, visit www. cyctheatre.com/.•

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Old Globe Theatre In 18th-century Paris, poets are the rock stars of the day, and young people like Damis have gone métromanie—crazy for poetry. Damis has a serious case of verse-mania, so much so that he falls in love with his favorite poetess, not knowing that his idol is actually a middle-aged gentleman writing under a pen name. Soon we’re off and running in a breathless series of complications, plot twists, and mistaken identities, with punchlines that glisten with classical flair and contemporary savvy.

The West Coast premiere of “The Metromaniacs” is by playwright David Ives (“All in the Timing,” “Time Flies”). This uproarious new translation of a classic French farce, Alexis Piron’s “La Métromanie,” will be directed by one of America’s most renowned stage directors, Michael Kahn.

The cast includes Benjamin Cole (Servant), Christian Conn (Damis), Cary Donaldson (Dorante), Michael Goldstrom (Mondor), Peter Kybart (Baliveau), Adam LeFevre (Francalou), Amelia Pedlow (Lucille), Connor Sullivan (Servant) and Dina Thomas (Lisette).

The creative team includes James Noone (scenic cesign), Murell Horton (costume design), Mark McCullough (lighting design), Matt Tierney (sound design), Adam Wernick (original music), Laura Stanczyk, CSA (casting director), Carter C. Wooddell (additional casting) and Jess Slocum (production stage manager).

The comedy will run from January 30 through March 6 on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage in the Old Globe Theatre, part of the Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center.

The Old Globe is located in San Diego’s Balboa Park at 1363 Old Globe Way. For information, call 619.234.5623.•

Cast members of “Rent” continue to make history with their role as “world’s first-ever” youth theatre production of this iconic musical.

Anthony Roach (left) as Dorante and Amelia Pedlow as Lucille in the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s production of “The Metromaniacs.”

Photo by Scott Suchman.

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What Now?

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Hey, I’m History!

By Laura Walcher Here’s how it started: around about the mid-70s, a friend of mine organized an Israeli Festival, to be held in Mission Valley’s Scottish Rite Auditorium. She corralled me: “You know how to write. You do the publicity!”

Well, she was right; I was already a writer, a columnist in our local pubs (“pubs” being PR slang for “publications.”). I’d even been a copywriter for the only radio station in Bozeman, Montana (when we visited there recently, the list of radio stations occupied an entire newspaper column!).

But I’d no idea what “publicity” entailed.

Since she was insistent, I set off to figure it out. In the last days of the “S.D. Union” and, then, “Evening Tribune’s” residence downtown, off I went to find out how one “did” publicity. Here’s what you can’t do today: one can’t stroll the newsroom, hang at desks, make media friends. But then, that’s what I did: told Gus Stevens, the first guy I encountered, that I had to “do” the publicity–and would he kindly tell me how to do it?

Did I ever have a better time in my whole life? I got it! Right around then, the UT moved to Mission Valley, and at the elevator, I met two “suits” who were converting single-screen movie houses here into multi-plexes. I said, of course,

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that I was “handling” (!) the publicity for the Israeli Festival. “Would you, “they proposed, “handle the publicity for each theater as it’s ready to open–and (drum-roll, please!), we will pay you XXX.” That did it. Fun and money? I never looked back. Civic leader Bea Evenson, struggling to save from demolition–at that time–Balboa Park’s “Electric Building”–asked ‘round about who was doing the work for the Festival, and hired me to help. Yes: she saved the building that today houses the Museum of Photographic Arts and other treasured organizations.

The Museum of Man was impressed. Then came my next client. Guy on the board there involved at KPBS. Then I got a new client. Homer Delawie, FAIA, chaired the station’s auction fund-raiser. I was soon joyfully embroiled in architecture. The lady handling PR for Diane Powers’ Bazaar del Mundo wanted out; she brought me in, and Ms. Powers said, “Okay!”

Ahh, you know, kind readers, you don’t have time for the rest.

It’s just that this month, Laura Walcher PR is having a reunion, and it’s going to be a good– no–a great–time to remind my staffers of umpteen years that it just wasn’t possible without them.

And that the payback I got over the years to see the younger ones grow into serious, expert

professionals, and the more experienced ones build their already impressive resumes into their own successful careers, has to this day been gratifying, to say the least. Many have continued to work in communications.

I’ve tried hard to identify and remember everyone I’d ever hired. Lost some altogether. Others have new names. Some might not want to be found.

But, if it were possible, I’d find everyone–even the few I fired! Yet, not only were amazingly few fired, but amazingly few clients fired us–and we fired amazingly few of them!

Save high-tech and bio-tech, our clients were in nearly every profession and industry: retail, law, restaurants, non-profits, healthcare, cultural institutions, manufacturing, sports, media–and more. Every one a challenge, an educational experience, a source of pride in helping clients advance their own enterprises.

These days, daughter Jean (J. Walcher Communications) expertly manages her public relations agency, where I play a “been there, done that” role; now and then, clients of the past come back to find us; and, around here, we’re having a reunion, expecting a rollicking time of recall, good and bad, and don’t get me wrong: I’m expecting to take a lot of the credit–and all of the blame!•

Unites Over 20 California Artists for Charity Project

Local artists paint life-size cow sculptures to raise funds for Camp Ronald McDonald

California is known for being one of the premier creative capitals of the world. For decades, artists have flocked to California seeking inspiration from the state’s majestic scenery and vibrant culture. Now, the California Milk Processor Board (CMPB), creator of the iconic got milk? campaign, is promoting local artists along with its traditional message of wellbeing with its new campaign, Milk Loves Art. The project is providing California artists with a life-size cow sculpture and tasking them to paint them in the theme of “California’s Rich Cultural Heritage.” Once finalized, the sculptures will be donated to Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times, who will then auction off the works of art. Proceeds will support the program, which offers a cost-free, medicallysupervised, camp experience for more than 1,500 children with cancer and their families each year, helping them find hope, enthusiasm and joy in the therapeutic environment of the great outdoors.

To ensure the quality of the final pieces going to auction, renowned muralist, George Yepes, will be leading the creative phase of the campaign and working closely with the artists involved. Yepes will also be painting one of the 31 sculptures. “Whenever there’s a chance to get involved in bettering our community and enriching the lives of individuals through art, I’m more than happy to be part of it,” said George Yepes. “This partnership with got milk? allows me to get involved with what I’m passionate about: bringing art to the forefront and giving back to those in need.” Yepes’s work has been featured in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. and the Museum of Contemporary Art of San Diego, among others.

For more information about Milk Loves Art, visit: www.gotmilk.com.•

San Diego artist Patrick Stillman participates in the art project.

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Healthy Life Choices

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for the New You

By Violet Green I recently reminisced about holiday childhood traditions with a friend. We were shocked at the amount of sugar and fat in all of our favorite foods, couldn’t believe the gender inequality in many of our cherished holiday videos, and were surprised when singing the lyrics to some traditional songs. Oh how my consciousness has shifted!

In celebrating with friends and family, I get caught up in the spirit too. The holidays tend to be a time of overindulgent eating and drinking and then a time for resolutions and recovery at the start of the new year. This year, I find myself called to follow some advice that’s been shared with me about approaching life one day, one choice, one moment at a time. A practice in which I focus on what’s in front of me NOW doesn’t require me to always think about “what’s next?” and allows me to be more present. It’s a small, singular step but a powerful one. I’ve been practicing it for a few days now and noticing a shift in myself.

Often times we judge ourselves harshly and then feel full of shame and regret when we’ve made a “bad” decision. I’m now allowing myself to make decisions with no judgement. If I choose to eat this buttery cookie now, it’s okay. Maybe I want to stay up late catching up with friends and this means I’ll miss out on rest, but it also means that I have a chance to reconnect.

Choices have consequences. I have learned that eating too many carbohydrate-laden foods make me feel lethargic; and less than seven

The Solstice Mandala is the creation of Violet Green who encourages a life of healthful choices.

hours of sleep means I’ll have a tough time waking in the morning. But, my new perspective helps me to make different choices. Am I staying up laughing with friends or sitting in front of the television letting my mind slip away?

I’ve encouraged my herbal clients to use this approach too. As you probably know, herbal blends need to be taken consistently, over time, in order to have the desired effect on the body.

This is a good way to choose health again and again, one decision at a time. Will you choose to eat nutritiously, drink your water, and make your herbal tea today? If you choose yes, you’ll be giving yourself the gift of health.

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One simple way to start on the path of herbal remedies is to make yourself a cup of organic tea.

Peppermint tea is a delicious beginner tea. You can drink it to clear your head, whether it’s from the crazy, busy energy around you or to inhale its scent to soothe your throat and clear your congested sinuses. It relaxes the smooth muscles in your digestive tract too, so it’s especially helpful if you’ve overindulged and are experiencing cramps. If you’re pregnant, try spearmint instead.

Keep in mind that all mints have a drying effect, so are only recommended for lactating mothers when they are trying to dry up their milk.

What will you choose to do in this moment?•

by Cath DeStefano The problem is with the pronoun the.

It tricks our minds into thinking there is the way to live and off we go in search of it.

We read all sorts of self-help books. We check out various gurus. We un-do what our parents did.

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• We think maybe it’s all up to us and not God. As in, if we don’t do it, no one will.

As we explore these various beliefs and approaches, trying some on for size and leaving others in the dust, eventually we find what the way means to us.

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Music Scene

Puccini’s Tosca Opens the

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2015-2016 Mainstage Season

New Production Never Seen Before in San Diego

San Diego Opera’s 51st mainstage season opens at the San Diego Civic Theatre on Saturday, February 13, 2016 with Giacomo Puccini’s operatic thriller “Tosca.” Last performed by San Diego Opera in 2009, “Tosca” features the exciting Company debut of Greek soprano Alexia Voulgaridou as Tosca and Welsh tenor Gwyn Hughes Jones as Cavaradossi and who has been hailed by the London Times as “simply one of the best Cavaradossis London has heard…” Returning to San Diego to round out the cast are bass-baritone Greer Grimsely in his signature role of Scarpia, American bass Kristopher Irmiter as Angelotti/Sciarrone, American bass-baritone Scott Sikon as Sacristano and American tenor Joel Sorensen as Spoletta. Italian conductor, Massimo Zanetti, will conduct the San Diego Symphony in the pits and stage director Lesley Koenig directs.

Performed in Italian with English translations above the stage, “Tosca” is Giacomo Puccini’s gripping drama filed with torture, treachery, lust, execution and suicide. Scarpia, the chief of police, wants only two things: to recapture the escaped prisoner Angelotti and to seduce Tosca, an opera singer of incredible voice and beauty. Tosca is in love with Cavaradossi, an artist and sympathizer of Angelotti. After arresting Cavardossi for harboring Angelotti, Scarpia plays with Tosca’s emotions, promising to free Cavaradossi if Tosca will have sex with him. But Tosca has a plan of her own and Scarpia a secret order, all of which unfolds with tragic consequences from which no one can escape. Soaring and sensuous, filled with such beautiful arias as Tosca’s “Vissi d’arte,” Cavaradossi’s “Recondita armonia” and the beautiful choral piece “Te Deum,” “Tosca” has some of Opera’s most beloved music, and one of Opera’s most gripping plots.

This production is new to San Diego Opera and owned by San Diego Opera. It was originally designed by Ft. Worth Opera. The set designer is Andrew Horn. The costumes were originally created for New York City Opera and refurbished by the Seattle Opera Costume Shop. The original costume designer is Andrew Marley with additional designs by Heidi Zamora. The lighting designer is Gary Mader. These performances will be the eighth time “Tosca” has been performed by San Diego Opera.

Tickets can be purchased by calling 619.533.7000 or online at www.sdopera.com.•

Alexia Voulgaridou is Tosca and is making her San Diego Opera debut.

Gwyn Hughes Jones is Cavaradossi and is making his San Diego Opera debut.

Greer Grimsley is Scarpia and made his San Diego Opera debut as Telramund in “Lohengrin” in 2000.

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Food Scene

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History, Luxury & Great Cuisin

By David Rottenberg

Restaurant 910

It would be fun, certainly different, to have dinner with a ghost. No, this isn’t about eating at Disneyland and the presence of a ghost cannot be guaranteed to arrive along with entrée. But ghosts are reputed to roam some of the hallways and rooms of the hotel where the restaurant is located.

The luxurious Grande Colonial Hotel in La Jolla, located at 910 Prospect Street, has been in business at the location, in one way or another, for more than 100 years. It has lots of history and a long list of famous guests, including such Hollywood stars as Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston and Groucho Marx.

Some guests apparently don’t want to leave.

Located in the heart of La Jolla, close to the beach and shopping, it serves as an easy jumping-off place from which to enjoy the delights of the village. It is understandable why some want to extend their stays.

But these “ghostly guests” left a long time ago yet they continue to reappear on occasion. One clerk reported seeing, “A tall gentleman in a tuxedo, top hat, white scarf and cane accompanied by a lady in a cream-colored evening gown.”

Yet, no one was there. Other guests have heard loud voices, slamming doors and heavy footsteps coming from the bakery at times that no one was there.

There is something “other-worldly” about the hotel’s restaurant, named “Restaurant 910” to echo the hotel’s address. It is in the flavors of the cuisine coming out of the kitchen that is directed by the award winning chef Jason Knibb. The flavors are so delicious.

Chef Knibb, who comes from Jamaica where produce and fruits are fresh, learned his craft by doing it. He trained with such luminary chefs as Wolfgang Puck, Roy Yamaguchi and Hans Rockenwagner. He worked, watched, experimented and developed his unique style. His creations emphasize freshness and taste, with the bounty of local farmers and producers, as well as fresh seafood flown in daily if not caught offshore. This is California cuisine at its best.

Walking into the hotel and restaurant, one could not recognize that the property is over a century old. The lobby looks modern, sophisticated. The

The crusted lamb comes with a medley of Chino Farm vegetables.

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The restaurant has a sophisticated style and feeling.

restaurant entrance leads past the bar area into the large dining room. The bar area is well known as a great place to relax and have a drink after work.

The bar has its own menu and, during happy hour (3:30 to 6:30 p.m.); there are food and drink specials.

The wine list is compiled with an eye to selections that complement items on the menu. The restaurant has received the Wine Spectator award and holds over 3000 bottles in inventory. On Wednesdays, wine at lunch and dinner are discounted 50 percent.

The menu lists First Course (appetizers) to whet one’s appetite and Entrees.

Among the entrees, Hamachi sashimi presents tasty thin slices, surrounded by shitake mushrooms. Chino Farms fall squash agnolotti and braised oxtail, with pickled butternut squash and pumpkin seeds, will wake up one’s palate. Chef Knibb goes back to his roots with Jamaican jerk pork belly that offers an explosion of tastes through an assemblage of baby carrots, swiss chard, plantains, black-eyed peas, spicy jellies and sweet potato purée.

Entrees include roasted local grouper with braised fennel, roasted cauliflower, spinach, pomegranate seeds, pickled parsnips, and saffron raisin puree as one of the fish dishes, maple leaf duck breast with grilled figs, smoked carrots, baby swiss chard, sunchoke puree, and anise infused duck jus as one of the fowl dishes, and prime New York steak with wild mushrooms, crispy confit baby potatoes with salsa verde, quince & mustard seed compote, with a cabernet reduction. Moroccan spice crusted lamb loin, with Chino Farms eggplant, haricot verts, charred onion and lamb jus is a meat alternate.

Chef Knibb presentations are lovely. Food items are arranged beautifully on plates and include a number of ingredients. They blend like instruments in an orchestra to create a symphony of taste. Portions are not large. But the bites are to be savored and enjoyed, not gulped down.

Desserts are prepared by Pastry Chef Rachel King. She studied at San Diego Culinary Institute and worked locally at Mr. A’s and for a number of restaurants owned by Chef Brian Malarkey. Some of her tasty creations include an amazing half-baked chocolate cake with caramel sauce, and whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

Restaurant 910 is open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The menu is expensive and reflects the skill and fame of Chef Knibb. Reservations are recommended.

The restaurant is located at 910 Prospect Street. Call 858.964.5400 for directions, reservations and information.•

Apricots and chocolate create a delicious, yet, not too sweet taste for the palate.

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January 2015 Thru January 3 n San Diego History Center, located at 1649 El Prado in Balboa Park, presents Masterworks: Art of the Exposition Era–a re-creation of the landmark art exhibition from the 1915 Panama-California Exposition, featuring 70 paintings from public and private collections that showcase California’s gorgeous scenery. Visit www.sandiegohistory. org or call 619.232.6203 for information.

n theNAT, San Diego National History Museum, located at 1788 El Prado in Balboa Park, invites you to come and rediscover a lost civilization by seeing the Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed exhibition. Learn the story of this ancient civilization through the eyes of Maya rulers and their loyal subjects. Visit www.sdnat.org to order tickets on line or call 877.946.7797.

Thru January 5 n The San Diego Museum of Art, located at 1450 El Prado in Balboa Park, will have on exhibit The Art of Music.

This is the most significant exhibition curated by the Museum of Art in many years. It’s a collaboration of the entire curatorial team, which will cover three different thematic sections: (1) The musician, (2) The social function of music and its public and private rituals and (3) Abstract representations of sound. For information, visit www.SDMArt.com.

Thru January 25 n SDSU Downtown Gallery will have an exhibition that is titled Presence: Selections from the Matthew and Iris Strauss Family Foundation Collection, highlighting 31 thematic selections of the Foundation’s holding, exploring female identity from a global perspective.

Thru January 29 n Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation at the William Heath Davis House, located at 410 Island Avenue in downtown San Diego, invited you to experience history from 5 to 6:30 p.m. every Friday. Join others to stroll through the area and learn of the Gaslamp’s haunted history with Davis House historian, Sandee Wilhoit, who will recount ghostly happenings of the past…and of the present. Visit hotels, saloons, brothels and a long-ago funeral parlor, and end you tour inside the Gaslamp’s most haunted edifice-The William Health Davis House.

Reservations are strongly recommended. For information, visit www.gaslampfoundation.org.

Thru February 28 n San Diego Central Library, located at 330 Park Blvd. in downtown San Diego, will host a new exhibition Significant Others spotlighting the art of San Diego artist couples in the Art Gallery on the 9th Floor. For information, visit www.sandiegolibrary.org.

Thru March 31 n San Diego History Center, located at 1649 El Prado in Balboa Park, invites you to experience San Diego the World: The 1915 Expo–The definitive commemorative exhibition of the 1915 Exposition, demonstrating the legacy of the 1915 Expo that put San Diego on the map, created the nation’s largest urban cultural park, and promoted Southern California as a land of optimism and opportunity. Visit www.sandiegohistory.org or call 619.232.6203 for information.

January 3, 10, 17 & 24 n Wacky Science Sundays with Ms. Frizzle™ and The Magic School Bus© takes place at theNAT, located at 1788 El Prado in Balboa Park. At 12:15 and 2:15 p.m. enjoy live performances. Get ready to explore the wild and wacky worlds of mysterious creatures, fascinating habitats, and phenomenal hands-on science. Free with Museum admission. Upcoming this month’s theme is Reptiles. Visit www.sdnat.org for ticket information.

January 4 Thru September 6 n theNAT, San Diego National History Museum, located at 1788 El Prado in Balboa Park, presents a NEW! Dive into an immersive and highly emotional adventure with Whales 3D, presented by Jean-Michel Cousteau. Visit www.sdnat. org to order tickets on line or call 877.946.7797.

January 4 n Reuben H Fleet Science Center, located at 1875 El Prado in Balboa Park, offers the first Monday of every month for seniors 65 and better to enjoy the Science Center exhibits, a show in the Heikoff Giant Dome Theater and a lecture on the quietest day of the month for only $8. The doors open at 9:30 a.m. The lecture this month at 10:30 a.m. is on Pathological Physics: Tales from “The Box.” The Noon Theater Show is Yellowstone. Visitors are encouraged to stay to enjoy the galleries and special senior discounts in Galileo’s Café and the North Star Science Store.

January 4, 11 & 25 n Mission Valley Branch Library, located at 2123 Fenton Parkway, wants you to join the Zumba craze from 4 to 5 p.m. for teens, adults and seniors. Zumba Basic, find out what makes this fun workout such a hit. A towel and bottled water are recommended for our Zumba sessions.

Call 858.573.5007 for information.

January 5 n Reuben H Fleet Science Center, located at 1875 El Prado in Balboa Park, presents the first Tuesday of each month as Residents’ Free Tuesdays. Free gallery admission applies to San Diego City and County residents and active-duty military. ID is required. There are reduced pricing on the Film Admission.

January 5, 12, 19, & 26 n Mission Valley Branch Library, located at 2123 Fenton Parkway, will hold Yoga for adults and teens from 6 to 7

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p.m. Learn yoga, an easy to learn workout program that requires little or no equipment and soothes your soul while toning your body. Call 858.573.5007 for information.

January 7 n Nate’s Garden Grill, loctated at 3120 Euclid Ave, San Diego, will host Robin Henkel solo blues from 6 to 8 p.m.

For information, call 619.546.7700.

n Martinis Above Fourth/Table & Stage, Heart of Hillcrest, located on the 2nd floor at 3940 Fourth Ave., invites you to enjoy Del Shores, writer/director/producer/of Sordid Lives Franchise, is back on stage in San Diego with an all new hysterical, “SINgularly Sordid.” Shores shares the unexpected comedy of returning to the world of dating after divorce in your 50s. Tickets for the 8 p.m. show are $20-$25 and are available at www. martinisabovrefourth.com.

January 7, 14, 21, & 28 n Mission Valley Branch Library, located at 2123 Fenton Parkway, will hold a Preschool Story Time & Craft session from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Preschoolers are invited to a story time, then a fun craft right after. Call 858.573.5007 for information.

January 7, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 21, 23, 24, 28, 30 & 31 n Reuben H. Fleet Science Center is providing informal learning experiences that support and enhance exploration, create excitement and facilitate scientific discovers. Session 4 we will have Kid Chemistry, States of Matter, Mixtures, Cooking & Nutrition, and Radical Reactions. This class is designed for Young Scientists, for children ages 3-5 years with an accompanying adult.

Classes meet from 9–10 a.m. enrollment is limited and pre-registration is required. Contact Client Services at 619.238.1233, ext. 806 or on-line at wwwrhfleet.org/ events/young-scientists.

January 8 n Dizzy’s, located at 4275 Mission Bay Drive, San Diego, invites you to join them at 8 p.m. as a creative young piano virtuoso/composer, Chase Morrin, returns with his East Coast trio, featuring bassist Jonathan Chapman and drummer Jongkuk Kim. Cost is $15 cover ($10 students).

January 8, 15, 22, & 29 n Mission Valley Branch Library, located at 2123 Fenton Parkway, 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. will hold a Toddler Story Time from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Designed for toddlers, it features songs, rhymes, and finger plays. Call 858.573.5007 for information.

n Mission Valley Branch Library, located at 2123 Fenton Parkway, will have a Zumba Gold class from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. for adults and seniors. This lower impact class is carefully designed to be easy to follow for participants of any size. Call 858.573.5007 for information.

January 9 n theNAT, San Diego National History Museum, located at 1788 El Prado, presents Canyoneer Hikes. Free and open to the public, today’s walk is at 7:30 a.m. at Santee Lakes: difficulty is easy; distance is two miles, with elevation change up to 200 feet. Wear comfortable walking shoes and a hat. Hiking boots are recommended for desert and mountain hikes. Bring adequate water and food: even the short or easy hikes can demand liquid and energy resources. You may also wish to bring a jacket, binoculars, and field guides. Bring rain gear if rain is a possibility.

Complete hiking information and directions is available at www.sndhm.org.

n Reuben H. Fleet Science Center is holding a Saturday Science Club for girls in grades 5 through 8 from noon to 2 p.m. This month we will discuss Plants to Plastics.

You will chemically engineer a bouncy ball and explore polymers. Also, create a plant-based plastic, called bioplastic. Prices are members $12, non-members $14 per person. To participate, parents must pre-register by calling 619.238.1233 x806.

n Dizzy’s, located at 4275 Mission Bay Drive, has a special CD Release event at 8 p.m. for “Brooklyn Dreaming”– creative flautist Lori Bell’s homage to New York, her family and her birthplace, featuring her quartet with Tamir Hendelman on piano, Katie Thiroux on bass, Matt Witek on drums, and Lori Bell on flute. Cost is $20.

January 10 n Dizzy’s, located at 4275 Mission Bay Drive, presents Bert Turetzky at 7 p.m. as he curates a unique series of jazz/ classical concerts on the second Sunday of the month.

This month features the vibrant string quartet Quartetto Sorrento with Ondrej Lewit on violin I, Michael Dvoskin on violin II, Paula Simmons on viola, and Gordon Grubbs on cello. Cost is $15 ($10 students).

January 11 & 25 n Mission Valley Branch Library, located at 2123 Fenton Parkway, presents a Baby Signs Story Time from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. by expert baby sign language instructor Joann Woolley. She will help little ones learn how to sign through favorite stories and nursery thymes. Call 858.573.5007 for information.

January 12 n Mission Valley Branch Library, located at 2123 Fenton Parkway, will hold a meeting with Assemblymember Shirley Weber’s staff from 6 to 8 p.m. Get help with any problems you are having with public agencies, ask questions about legislation, and learn about state and local services. Issues that staff can assist with include renters and homeowner’s assistance programs, property tax issues, consumer complaints, and unemployment and disability insurance. No appointment is necessary. The

event is for teens, adults and seniors. Call 858.573.5007 for information.

January 13 n UCSD/Conrad Prebys Concert Hall is pleased to host the Cuatro Corridos at 7 p.m., a critically acclaimed International Opera project as it returns home after 13 National and International Performances. This chamber opera addresses one of the most critical human rights issues of our time: human trafficking. For information, call 858.534.3448.

n The House of Blues (Salvation Alley Lounge), located at 1055 5th Avenue in downtown San Diego, will host a Blues jam with Robin Henkel from 7 to 11 p.m. For information, call 619.299.2583.

January 13 & 27 n Mission Valley Branch Library, located at 2123 Fenton Parkway, invites you to join the Knit-a-Bit Knitting and Crochet Circle from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Want to meet and work with other knitting and crocheting enthusiasts?

Come check out Knit-a-Bit, a bi-weekly gathering of creative, crafty yarn workers who are happy to admire your accomplishments (no matter how modest) and assist you with your knottiest (literally) problems. The session is for adults and seniors. For information, call 858.573.5007.

January 14 n theNAT, San Diego National History Museum, located at 1788 El Prado in Balboa Park, presents a Nature & Me Storytime at 10:15 a.m. It’s open to all ages with a parent or guardian (recommended for ages 1-5) and is free with Museum admission. This Months theme is Birds of Prey.

Visit www.sdnat.org for ticket information.

January 16 n theNAT, San Diego National History Museum, located at 1788 El Prado in Balboa Park, presents Canyoneer Hikes that are free and open to the public. The walk today is at 9 a.m. at the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (Indian Hill): difficulty is intermediate; distance is six miles, with elevation change up to 1000 feet. Wear comfortable walking shoes and a hat. Hiking boots are recommended for desert and mountain hikes. Bring adequate water and food: even the short or easy hikes can demand liquid and energy resources. You may also wish to bring a jacket, binoculars, and field guides. Bring rain gear if rain is a possibility. Information and directions are available at www.sndhm.org.

n The Ruth Moody Band will be the headliner at the AMSDconcerts tonight. Although best known for her work with The Wailin’ Jennys, Moody is an artist of exceptional depth and grace in her own right. Critics have lauded her ethereal vocals, impressive multi-instrumentalism (she plays guitar, banjo, accordion, piano, bodhraʹn. The band will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Laura R. Charles Theater at Sweetwater High School, located at 2900 Highland Avenue in National City. To purchase tickets, visit www.

AMSDconcerts.com.

January 17 n theNAT, San Diego National History Museum, located at 1788 El Prado in Balboa Park, presents Canyoneer Hikes that are free and open to the public. The walk today starts at 10 a.m. at the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (Torote Canyon/Palm Bowl): difficulty is intermediate; distance is five miles, with elevation change up to 500 feet. Wear comfortable walking shoes and a hat. Hiking boots are recommended for desert and mountain hikes. Bring adequate water and food: even the short or easy hikes can demand liquid and energy resources. You may also wish to bring a jacket, binoculars, and field guides. Bring rain gear if rain is a possibility. Complete hiking information and directions are available at www.sndhm.org.

n Lestat’s, located at 3343 Adams Avenue in San Diego, will present the Robin Henkel Band blues and jazz concert from 7 to 9 p.m. All ages are welcome; cost is $8. For information, call 619.282.0437.

January 18 n theNAT, San Diego National History Museum, located at 1788 El Prado in Balboa Park, will host Rock On Family Day. Get ready to rock out and delve into the fascinating world of rocks and minerals. San Diego is one of the most famous gem-producing regions in the world. Where do these minerals come from and how are they formed?

Watch experiments, learn about different rocks and minerals, and make a craft to take home. For information, visit www.sdnat.org.

January 21, 22, 23 & 24 n The 26th year annual San Diego Sunroad Boat Show is back by popular demand and hosted by the Sunroad Resort Marina, located downtown at 955 Harbor Island.

The show is from noon to 6 p.m. on January 21 and 22; and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on January 23 and 24. It will be expanding this year with the addition of more floating docks to moor several larger vessels. Attendees will also be able to enjoy free boat rides, food, music, beer and spritsmaking. Expect a great time for all to enjoy a day on the San Diego Bay. Entrance fees are $12 for adults; children under 12 are free. Military, EMTs, Police and Fire personnel are free with ID on Thursday and Friday. For information, call 619.497.5254 or visit www.bigbayboatshow.com.

January 22 n Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin will be the headliner at the AMSDconcerts tonight. They are re-uniting after 30 years of going their separate ways. Now, for the first time, they’re doing some acoustic shows, with longtime bandmate Chris Miller joining them on guitar. They will perform at7:30 p.m. at the Laura R. Charles Theater at

Sweetwater High School, located at 2900 Highland Avenue in National City. For tickets and information, visit www.AMSDconcerts.com.

January 23 n theNAT, San Diego National History Museum, located at 1788 El Prado in Balboa Park, presents Canyoneer Hikes that are free and open to the public. The walk today is at 3 p.m. at the Famosa Slough: difficulty level is easy; distance is two miles, with elevation change up to 200 feet. Wear comfortable walking shoes and a hat. Hiking boots are recommended for desert and mountain hikes. Bring adequate water and food: even the short or easy hikes can demand liquid and energy resources. You may also wish to bring a jacket, binoculars, and field guides. Bring rain gear if rain is a possibility. Information and directions are available at www.sndhm.org.

n Nate’s Garden Grill, located at 3120 Euclid Avenue, will host Robin Henkel solo blues from 6 to 8 p.m. For information, call 619.546.7700.

n Dave Stamey is the headliner at the AMSDconcerts tonight. Cowboy and Indians Magazine have called Dave ‘the Charlie Russell of Western Music.” Western Horseman Magazine has declared his “Vaquero Song” to be one of greatest Western songs of all time. Stamey has been a cowboy, a mule packer, a dude wrangler, and is now one of the most popular Western entertainers working today. He will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Laura R. Charles Theater at Sweetwater High School, located at 2900 Highland Avenue in National City. For tickets and information, visit www.AMSDconcerts.com.

January 24 n theNAT, San Diego National History Museum, located at 1788 El Prado in Balboa Park, presents Canyoneer Hikes that are free and open to the public. The walk today at 9 a.m. takes place at the Mission Trails Regional Park (Oak Canyon): difficulty is easy; distance is four miles, with elevation change up to 500 feet. Wear comfortable walking shoes and a hat. Hiking boots are recommended for desert and mountain hikes. Bring adequate water and food: even the short or easy hikes can demand liquid and energy resources. You may also wish to bring a jacket, binoculars, and field guides. Bring rain gear if rain is a possibility. Information and directions are available at www.sndhm.org.

January 26 n Mission Valley Branch Library, located at 2123 Fenton Parkway, is holding a Book Club session from 6:30 to 8 p.m. What’s better than reading the latest thriller, crime novel, and romance or history book? Come check out the monthly meeting for the library book club and get in on the fun. The selection for January is “The Stone Diaries” by Carol Shields. For information, call 858.573.5007.

January 27 n theNAT, San Diego National History Museum, located at 1788 El Prado in Balboa Park, will open at 6 p.m. with the lecture beginning at 7 p.m. Title for this program is Plant Remade: How Geoengineering Could Change the World. Author Oliver Morton, a writer and editor who concentrates on scientific knowledge, technological change, and their effects, shares his new book. His book explores the history, politics, and cutting edge science of geoengineering. Morton weighs both the promise and perils of these controversial strategies and puts them in the broadest possible context. Books will be available for purchase in the Museum. Visit www.sdnat.org to order tickets on line or call 877.946.7797.

January 30 n theNAT, San Diego National History Museum, located at 1788 El Prado in Balboa Park, presents Canyoneer Hikes that are free and open to the public. The walk today is at 8 a.m. at the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve: difficulty is intermediate; distance is six miles, with elevation change up to 500 feet. Wear comfortable walking shoes and a hat. Hiking boots are recommended for desert and mountain hikes. Bring adequate water and food: even the short or easy hikes can demand liquid and energy resources. You may also wish to bring a jacket, binoculars, and field guides. Bring rain gear if rain is a possibility. Information and directions is available at www. sndhm.org.

n Valley View Casino Center, located at 3500 Sports Arena Boulevard in San Diego, is proud to have for one night only “The Comedy Get Down” featuring Cedric “The Entertainer”, Eddie Griffin, D.L. Hughley, George Lopez and Charlie Murphy at 8 p.m. This is a once in a lifetime chance to see five members of the comedy royalty come together for the comedy event of the year. Tickets are on sale at www.AXS.com.

n John Hammond will be the headliner at the AMSDconcerts tonight. Hammond is not only “America’s modern country blues man,” he is 100 percent the “real deal.” He interprets blues standards, gut–bucket boogie, country blues, and his original blues compositions about love gained and lost through the complex narrative of his own wayward soul.

The blues are a living, breathing, and feeling thing, and Hammond in his fiftieth year on the road, is a legendary master at live performances. He will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Laura R. Charles Theater at Sweetwater High School, located at 2900 Highland Avenue in National City. For tickets and information, visit www.AMSDconcerts.com.

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Pajama Storytime Jan. 5, 12, 19, 26 (Every Tuesday) from 6:30 to 7 p.m.

Children are invited to an evening storytime with books, singing, and puppets.

Feel free to come dressed in your pajamas.

“Famous Book” Club Jan. 6 from 3 to 4 p.m.

The “Famous Book” Club will discuss “Absalom, Absalom” by William Faulkner. New members are always welcome to attend and participate.

Please read the book beforehand. Books are available at the Circulation Desk while supplies last.

LEGO Playtime Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27 (Every Wednesday) from 5 to 6 p.m.

Kids can have fun and get creative while building with LEGOs.

Mission Hills Book Group Jan. 7 from 10 to 11 a.m.

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The Mission Hills Book Group will discuss “Notes from the Underground” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

New members are always welcome to attend and participate. Please read the book beforehand. Books are available at the Circulation Desk while supplies last.

Preschool Storytime Jan. 8, 15, 22 (Every Friday) from 10:30 to 11 a.m.

Children are invited to a fun storytime with books, singing, and puppets.

UNIVERSAL SPIRIT CENTER A Center for Spiritual Living

Read to Therapy Dogs

Rev. Kevin Bucy, Senior Minister 858 Front Street(at University and Front Streets) San Diego, CA 92103 Extra parking across the street at Florence Schoolwww. universalspiritcenter.org.

Jan. 9 and 23 (2nd and 4th Saturdays) from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Kids can improve their reading skills by reading aloud to therapy dogs.

Mission Hills Poetry Club

619.291.4728

Jan. 9 at 1 p.m.

The Mission Hills Poetry Club will discuss three poems.

You also have the option of writing and discussing your own poem. New members are always welcome to attend and participate. Please ask library staff for the poems and writing prompts.

SUNDAY MORNING GATHERINGS 8:00 a.m.

Meditative with full message 10:00 a.m.

Music-filled gathering (with Youth Ministry available)

11:30 a.m.

Music-filled gathering

Book Sale

Kadampa Meditation Center 3125 Rosecrans Street, Bldg. B 619.230.5852

Meditation Classes most Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. & Saturday at 4 p.m.

Kids & Families Sundays at 9 a.m.

Prayers for World Peace Sundaysat 10:30 a.m.

Simply Meditate MWF 12 to 12:45; TT 12:15 to 12:45 p.m

More classes and events listed on our website: www.meditateinsandiego.com

Jan. 23 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The Friends of the Mission Hills Branch Library will hold a book sale. Stock up on books while supporting your Library.

Mystery Book Group Jan. 27 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

The Mission Hills Book Group will discuss “Paris Deadline” by Max Byrd. New members are always welcome to attend and participate.

Please read the book beforehand. Books are available at the Circulation Desk while supplies last.

Children’s Music with Cowboy Bob Jan. 29 from 10:30 to 11 a.m.

Cowboy Bob will entertain children of all ages with his singing, guitar, harmonica, and other instruments.

Mission Hills Branch Library 925 West Washington Street San Diego, CA 92103 • 619.692.4910 www.facebook.com/mhlibrary

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1st Tuesday

Uptown Planners Joyce Beers Hall in Uptown Mall. 6:30 p.m.

1st Thursday

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Uptown Partnership 3101 Fifth Ave. Call 619.298.2541. 4:30 p.m.

Thursdays 7–8:30 pm

San Diego Uptown Rotary Club The Uptown Rotary Club has moved to their new home at Jimmy Carter’s Mexican Cafe, 3172 Spruce at the corner of 5th. Breakfast meetings are held every Thursday 7 to 8:30 a.m. Guests are welcome to attend a meeting to learn how to become part of this dynamic organization and see why their motto is “Service Above Self.” For information, visit www.sdurotary.org or call 619.894.0140.

Kensington-Talmadge 2nd Wednesday

Kensington-Talmadge Planning Committee Kensington Community Church. 6:30 p.m.

For information, call 619.284.0551

Linda Vista

2nd Monday

LVCPC Agenda– Linda Vista Community Planning Committee Agenda Linda Vista Library meeting room.

Contact Jeff Perwin at 619.806.9559 for details 6 pm.

3rd Tuesday

Tech Committee–Technology Committee Bayside Community Center. Contact Xiogh Thao for detail at 858.278.0771 or email xthao@ baysidecc.org or Info@lindavistaSD.org or visit our website www.lindavistaSD.org.

3rd Wednesday

LV Historical– Linda Vista Historical Committee Bayside Community Center. This committee is collecting historical photos, documents and memories of Linda Vista’s past. For more information, contact Eleanor Frances Sennet at 858.277.3817. 4 p.m.

LVCollab– Linda Vista Collaborative Bayside Community Center at 3pm. Contact Monica Fernandez at 858.278.0771 or mfernandez@baysidecc.org. For details visit www.facebook.com/LVCollaborative

Salon Services

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3rd Wednesday (Odd Months)

TCCAC– Tecolote Canyon Citizen’s Advisory Committee Tecolote Nature Center. Contact Eloise Battle for details. 7 p.m.

3rd Thursday

Linda Vista Town Council Baha’i Faith Center Alcala Knoll Drive Contact Thomas Kaye 858.277.6793 at 6:30 p.m.

4th Monday

LVCPC– Linda Vista Community Planning Committee Linda Vista Library Meeting Room. Contact Ed Cramer at 619.222.2047 for details. 7:00 p.m.

4th Wednesday

LVPC– Linda Vista Planning Committee Monthly Meeting Linda Vista Library Meeting Room at 6 pm.

Contact Jeff Perwin 619.806.9559 for details, minutes and agenda at www.LindaVistaSD.com.

Linda Vista View Linda Vista Town Council Community Newsletter Contact Thomas Kaye at 858.278.6973

Various Wednesdays

LVNewsletter– Linda Vista View Civic Association Community Newsletter. Bayside Community Center. Contact Sarah Granby at 858.405.7135 or email sgranby@lvca-sd.org.

2:00 p.m.

Mission Hills

January 27, 2015

Mission Hills Garden Club Bring the kids! This terrific class is fun for the whole family. Turn your yard into a fun and educational laboratory. Learn about web sites to help scientists track and profile birds, bees and other local wildlife.

Kids are free, members are free and guests are $10 at the door.

Bring some extra cash for an Opportunity Drawing.

The meeting will be at the Mission Hills Church at 4070 Jackdaw from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Members are free; guests pay $10 which becomes part of the membership fee if they join that evening, and $25 to participate in the floral arrangement. For more information, visit www.missionhillsgardenclub.org.

Ocean Beach

Ocean Beach Planning Board Ocean Beach Recreation Center, 4726 Santa Monica Ave. Call 619.523.1700. 7–9:30 p.m.

4th Wednesday

Ocean Beach Town Council Ocean Beach Recreation Center, 4726 Santa Monica Avenue. Call Jere Battan at 619.515.4400 for information. 7 p.m.

Point Loma

January 13, 2016

At 11 a.m. the Point Loma Garden Club Monthly Meeting presents Home Grown Mushrooms. Eric Mueller of Mueller’s Mushrooms will demonstrate growing Oyster, Reishi, Lions Mane and Shitake mushrooms. He will have grow kits and supplies for sale. The Free event takes place at Portuguese Hall, 2818 Avenida de Portugal, San Diego, CA 92106.

More information is available at www.plgc.org.

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1227 Fort Stockton • $725,000 3950 Alameda Place • $1,550,000 Classic Mission Hills home, 5 Bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. Large canyon lot with a huge flat back yard. Very rare 100 feet of street frontage. Secluded and quiet street, this home offers pleasant canyon views. A very functional layout with a bedroom and full bathroom on the main level. Large and usuable basement perfect for storage or an office.

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Gleaming hardwood floors and period details. Ready to move in today. Private yard and off-street parking.

Call

Jim Scott ,

Broker, CalBRE #830226 at 619.920.9511 • j i m @ s q r e . c o m

Scott & Quinn has two offices, in Mission Hills at 1111 Fort Stockton Drive, in South Park at 2973 Beech Street, and has sixteen agents. The company also features Scott & Quinn Property Management. Founded in 1982, Scott & Quinn is the oldest full service real estate firm in Mission Hills and is still locally owned and operated. Jim has been a homeowner in Mission Hills since 1976.

www.JimScottHomes.com

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