San Diego Weekend Guide: Jan. 20-22 – Lunar Tidings
Lion dancers display New Year banners. Photo by Chris StoneNew Year’s revels don’t have to end just because it’s Jan. 20. It’s Lunar New Year on Sunday, the beginning of the Year of the Rabbit (or the Cat, depending on the tradition). Join in or head to other events, by the sea and to honor the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Where to celebrate Lunar New Year this San Diego weekend (including Monday)? There’s multiple options, all free, two in Balboa Park:City Heights – Officer Jeremy Henwood Memorial Park, 5 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, with live music, food and lifestyle vendors and cultural exhibits.House of China at the International Cottages – on Pan-American Road in Balboa Park, 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, with lion dances and other cultural performances, food and crafts, including calligraphy.Old Globe Theatre – in the outdoor Copley Plaza, 5:30 p.m. Monday, with cultural performances by local dancers and more.For the Mickey, Simba or Moana fan in your life, Disney On Ice continues at 7 p.m. Friday at Pechanga Arena as part of the “Road Trip Adventures” tour. There are three shows Saturday, starting at 11 a.m., and two Sunday, starting at 1 p.m., at Pechanga Arena San Diego in the Midway. Admission starts at $15.A fisherman ventures out close to the shoreline during the 2019 King Tides. See them this weekend. Photo by Chris StoneIt will be a little drier this weekend, so if you didn’t brave the elements for the waterfront King parade last weekend, try the free Community Celebration, Sportsfest and Parade at 9 a.m. Saturday. The event begins with a parade starting from Valencia Park Elementary, heading east on Skyline Drive and leading right to the 11 a.m. festival, at MLK Recreation Center and Park. Enjoy a kids zone, face painting and basketball showcase. SeaWorld San Diego brings New Orleans out west with its Mardi Gras celebration, beginning Saturday. See entertainment that evokes Bourbon Street from a New Orleans jazz band and a Mardi Gras-style processional with multiple performers in colorful costumes. More? Indulge in a tasty menu that includes king cake, beignets and gumbo. Head out Saturdays and Sundays through Feb. 26. Admission starts at $80.San Diego has many memorable events, but fantastic natural phenomena too. One, the King Tides, returns Saturday and Sunday. Join nature lovers to capture the scene (and share on social media too as part of a statewide project).Kendall-Frost Marsh Reserve on Mission Bay – 7:30 a.m. for an overview on sea level rise, the birds that rely on disappearing marsh habitat and how to document and report the tides.South Ponto Beach, Carlsbad – 8:30 a.m. Sunday, to see the highest tide of the year, followed by a corresponding low tide. Explore the tide pools and observe the creatures within, but no touching or disturbing them is allowed. Coffee and donuts will be served.
Jason Magabo Perez of Clairemont Mesa Becomes San Diego’s Second Poet Laureate
Local poet Jason Magabo Perez has been appointed as the city of San Diego’s Poet Laureate, a post he will hold for two years. During the program for Mayor Todd Gloria’s State of the City address, the Clairemont Mesa resident recited his poem “We Draft Work Songs for This City” on stage at the San Diego Civic Theatre (skip to the 17:10 mark above to view).The Poet Laureate serves as an ambassador for the arts, advocating for poetry, spoken word and literary arts on behalf of the city. He is San Diego’s second Poet Laureate, succeeding Ron Salisbury, who was appointed in 2020. Gloria called Perez’s work “profound, innovative and uncompromising.” Perez, an associate professor and director of Ethnic Studies at Cal State San Marcos, also serves as a community arts fellow at the Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies at UC Davis, associate editor for Ethnic Studies Review and a core organizer of the Digital Sala. “I’m truly humbled to serve as the second San Diego Poet Laureate,” Perez said. “I’m thrilled to support the expansive poetics and storytelling of our communities in San Diego. Poetry is at its best when it serves as a generative site for mutual empowerment, humility and dignity.” Perez’s poems include “This is for the Mostless” and “I Ask About What Falls Away.” His prose and poetry have been featured in several publications, including Witness, the Feminist Wire, the Operating System, Marías at Sampaguitas and Kalfou. Perez believes in “poetry for and by the people, in the power of reclaiming our languages and lyrics, in the power of deep listening, and in the power of collective witnessing.” Perez was selected as the City’s Poet Laureate through a competitive request for qualifications that started in October. Applicants were evaluated on artistic excellence, education and training, literary recognition and engagement in past projects involving poetry.The selection committee included Alberto López Pulido, a professor at the University of San Diego and city arts commissioner, Anthony Blacksher, a poet and publisher of the San Diego Poetry Annual, and Amelia Glaser, an associate professor at UC San Diego. Note: Featured photo – Poet Jason Magabo Perez at the 2023 State of the City address. Photo credit – Screen shot, City of San Diego, via YouTube
Spring 2023 Issue
The Homes & Estates Spring 2023 issue is an ode to the joy and thrill of discovery. Whether it’s for our homes or adventures farther away, the stories in this edition invite you to treasure new experiences and old: dramatic entryways, the bold style of design duo Drake/Anderson, a classic European city that never dims, the Northern Lights and the triumphant return of a rail legend, the Orient Express. The post Spring 2023 Issue appeared first on Coldwell Banker Global Luxury Blog - Luxury Home & Style.
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