St. Patrick's Day Event: Music by Susan McCrea and Soul Seduction along with taste samples by Del Mar Rendezvous will be featured from 6 to 9 p.m. March 17 at Del Mar Plaza's Ocean View Deck, 1555 Camino del Mar. There will also be a drawing to win 500 Plaza Dollars. www.delmarplaza.com.
'Painters of Provence' See the works of Van Burgh, Dyf, Faile, Gantner, Madjid, Carebul, Magre and Labrofont. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through March 31, Cosmopolitan Fine Art Gallery, 7932 Girard, La Jolla. (858) 456-9506, www.cosmopolitanart.com. Pictured is 'Memories of St. Tropez,' oil on canvas by Magre.
DANCE Bharatanatyam Indian Classical Dance. Featuring guest artist Diva Devaguptapu. 8 p.m. March 12-13, 2 p.m. March 13, The Sheila & Hughes Potiker Theatre, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla. (858) 534-4574, http://theatre.ucsd.edu.
Choreographer's Concert. California Ballet hosts this event, which features original works by local choreographers. 7 p.m. March 20, Pacific Beach Middle School, 4676 Ingraham St., San Diego. $15-$35. (858) 560-6741, www.californiaballet.org.
CONCERTS Celtic Celebration. San Diego Symphony Winter Pops concert with Irish guitarist Brian Baynes, Eric Rigler on uilleann pipes, and Siobhan O'Brien with vocals. 7:30 p.m. March 17, Symphony Hall, 750 B St., San Diego. $20-$85. (619) 235-0804, www.sandiegosymphony.com.
Music of Poland. Presented by La Jolla Symphony & Chorus. David Chase conducts works of Penderecki and Szymanowski, with special guest pianist Peter Gach. 8 p.m. March 13 and 3 p.m. March 14, Mandeville Auditorium, UCSD campus. $15-$29. (858) 534-4637, www.lajollasymphony.com. Free pre-concert lecture an hour before each show.
Global Sounds. Kalaman Balogh & The Gypsy Cimalom Band, gypsy fiddling meets soft trumpet jazz, with Hungarian, Macedonian and Romanian tunes dancing together. 8 p.m. March 16-17, The Loft at UCSD, Price Center East, second floor, La Jolla. $26. (858) 534-8497, www.theloft.ucsd.edu.
Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra. All Tchaikovsky concert. 2 p.m. March 14, Copley Symphony Hall, 750 B St., San Diego. $20-$93. (619) 235-0804, www.sandiegosymphony.com.
Mariinsky Orchestra. Presented by La Jolla Music Society. 8 p.m. March 19, Copley Symphony Hall, 750 B St., San Diego. 7 p.m. prelude by UCSD music professor Steve Cassedy, "Reaffirming Romanticism, Against All Odds." (858) 459-3728, www.ljms.org.
Tao Lin. Acclaimed pianist performs. 7:30 p.m. March 18, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. $30-$35. (858) 454-5872, www.ljathenaeum.org.
Chanticleer, a Grammy Award-winning male vocal ensemble, will perform "In Time Of," songs of love and loss, war and peace chosen from the breadth of its seven-century repertoire, at 4 p.m. March 14 at St. James by-the-Sea, 743 Prospect, La Jolla. $25. www.sjbts.org.
Fairy Tales: Music of the Imagination. Camarada Concert series. 6 p.m. March 14, The Neurosciences Institute, 10640 John J. Hopkins Drive, La Jolla. $25. (619) 231-3702, www.camarada.org.
Broadway: An American Invention. Trace the development of musical comedy through the years via a series with pianist, singer and storyteller Bruno Leone. 7:30 p.m. March 16 and 23, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. $12-$45. (858) 454-5872, www.ljathenaeum.org.
Belly Up Tavern performers. March 12, Happy Hour with Candye Kane, 5:30 to 8 p.m., and One Drop, 9 p.m.; March 13, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, 9 p.m.; March 14, Backwater Blues Band, 4 p.m., Sol E Mar Funky Samba Party, 8 p.m.; St. Patty's Day Bash with Lexington Field & Geezer, 8 p.m. March 17. Belly Up Tavern, 143 S. Cedros, Solana Beach. Ticket prices vary. (858) 481-8140, www.bellyup.com.
"Night Music." The San Diego Symphony will perform songs reminiscent of old Vienna during this third interlude of the "Luscious Noise" series. All ages are welcome. 7:30 p.m. March 14, Anthology, 1337 India St., San Diego. $10-$20. (619) 595-0300, AnthologySD.com.
THEATER & FILM "Diary of a Madman." John Leguizamo stars in this one-man show. 8 p.m. March 12-13 and 2 p.m. March 14, Mandell Weiss Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse. $15-$30. (858) 550-1010, www.lajollaplayhouse.org.
"A Midsummer Night's Dream." The San Diego Junior Theatre presents Shakespeare's romantic comedy. 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, March 19-28, La Jolla YMCA Firehouse Theatre, 7877 Herschel Ave., La Jolla. (619) 239-8355, www.juniortheatre.com.
"Pippi Longstocking." Presented by San Diego Junior Theatre. 7 p.m. Fridays, 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, through March 21, ASL performance March 20, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park. $8-$14. (619) 239-8355.
"Romeo and Juliet," 7 p.m. March 13 and 16, 8 p.m. March 19, 2 p.m. March 21, San Diego Opera, Civic Theatre, Third and B streets, San Diego. Pre-opera lectures an hour before curtain, free to ticket holders. $39-$190. (619) 533-7000, www.sdopera.com.
"The Sound of Music." J*Company Youth Theatre production. Sing-along event, 7 p.m. March 18; 8 p.m. shows March 13 and 20; 1 and 4:30 p.m. March 14 and 21, Garfield Theatre at Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla. $13-$17. (858) 362-1348, www.sdcjc.org/jcompany.
"Orestes" by Euripides. Translated by Marianne McDonald, Ph.D. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 7 p.m. Sundays, through March 21, The Theatre Inc., 899 C St., San Diego. $22-$25. (619) 216-3016, www.thetheatreinc.com.
"A New Generation of Spike and Mike Animation" film festival, 7:15 and 9:30 p.m. March 13 and 20, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 700 Prospect, La Jolla. Tickets $15, available an hour before the show. Not recommended for children under age 15. (858) 459-8707, www.spikeandmike.com.
"Little Women." 8 p.m. March 12, 2 and 8 p.m. March 13, 2 and 7 p.m. March 14, North Coast Repertory Theatre, 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach. $30-$47. (858) 481-1055, www.northcoastrep.org.
"The Tempest." North Coast Rep and MiraCosta College Theatre production, with Jonathan McMurtry as Prospero. 7:30 p.m. March 12-13, 2 p.m. March 13 and 14, MiraCosta College's Oceanside campus. $15-$25. (760) 795-6815, www.miracostatheatre.com.
"Peter Rabbit." Mornings March 12-14, Mary Hitchcock Puppet Theater, 2130 Pan American Place, Balboa Park. $4-$6. (619) 544-9203, balboaparkpuppets.com.
Diva Dish! with Luke Yankee. A live, multimedia theatrical event featuring the son of Academy Award winner Eileen Heckart. 7:30 p.m. March 15, North Coast Repertory Theatre, 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Suite D, Solana Beach. $20-$25. (858) 481-1055, www.NorthCoastRep.org.
MUSEUMS & GALLERIES Art in the Afternoon. Dr. John Wilson, Timken Museum of Art's executive director, will speak on "Rembrandt: Passion and Compassion." 12:30 p.m. March 18, Timken Museum of Art, 1500 El Prado, Balboa Park. Free. (619) 239-5548, ext. 105, KRosenberg@timkenmuseum.org.
"Jews Rock! A Photographic Celebration of Rock 'n' Roll's Jewish Heritage" by photojournalist Janet Macoska will show through May 19 at the Gotthelf Art Gallery at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center in La Jolla. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday-Friday. (858) 457-3030, www.sdcjc.org.
Joaquin Torres-Garcia. Wood abstractions. Through May 20, San Diego Museum of Art, 1450 El Prado, Balboa Park. $12. (619) 232-7931, www.sdmart.org/.
Plaza art. Coastal Artists presents ArtWindows, a multimedia display in a vacant storefront of the Del Mar Highlands Town Center, Del Mar Heights Road and El Camino Real. Other storefronts at the plaza will also host ArtWindows when available. The current "Vibrant Visions" in ArtWindow No. 1 can be seen through April 13. (858) 259-5690. "The Science of ... Aliens." Interactive exhibit divided into four zones that examine the possibility of life on other worlds via fiction, science, interstellar communication and an imagined alien planet. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily, San Diego Air & Space Museum, Balboa Park. $9-$24.75. www.sandiegoairandspace.org.
Current works. See the art of Andre Desjardins, Tuan, Fabián Perez, Ramon Vilanova, Anita Lewis, Regina Lyubovnaya, Fidel Garcia and George Tsui. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday-Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Monarch Gallery, 1205 Prospect, La Jolla. (858) 454-1231, www.monarchfineart.com.
The AFRICA Archives, featuring the work of Bay Area video artist Lauren Woods, has space for viewers to sift through their own projections about a continent still primarily glimpsed through the veil of social crisis, Hollywood movies and television news. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, through March 20, UCSD Art Gallery, west end of Mandeville Center. Free. (858) 534-2107.
"Seeing Beauty" through the eyes of photographers throughout the history of the medium; also the contemporary "State of Mind: A California Invitational." 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday, Museum of Photographic Arts, 1649 El Prado, Balboa Park. $4-$6 adults; free second Tuesdays. (619) 238-7559, mopa.org.
"San Diego Style." Forty ensembles from the Historical Society's costume collection alongside styles from Christian Dior, Pierre Cardin, Zandra Rhodes and Emilio Pucci. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday, through April 1, Museum of San Diego History, Balboa Park. (619) 232-6203, www.sandiegohistory.org.
ODDS & ENDS Art lecture. Rob Sidner, director of the Mingei International Museum in Balboa Park, will give a presentation on exhibits and programs for art lovers. 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. March 15, Parish Hall, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 15th and Maiden Lane, Del Mar. Free for San Diego Museum of Art North County Chapter members and first-time guests. (760) 704-6436.
"Fighting Cancer With Your Fork." Nutrition lecture on foods essential for health, with tips on incorporating these easily into life. 5:30 to 7 p.m. March 17, Moore UCSD Cancer Center, 3855 Health Sciences Drive, Room 2007, La Jolla. (858) 822-2236.
California-Friendly Gardening Workshop. Santa Fe Irrigation District, San Dieguito Water District and Olivenhain Municipal Water District will hold a workshop to assist customers in landscape irrigation management. 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 13, San Diego Botanic Garden, 230 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas. Free. (760) 632-4236, www.sdbgarden.org.
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