San Diego Jewish Film Festival; Strut Your Mutt Dog Show; Coastal Art Show; Celebrity Jazz Night: Your SoCal Weekend

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA – Don't sit inside this weekend! Patch has rounded up fun, interesting and quirky events throughout Southern California – from the southernmost tip of San Diego, through Orange and Riverside counties, to the beaches and valleys in Los Angeles.

Some are free. Some have a fee.

Whether you opt for an activity close to home or a mini day trip, do see what's on tap this weekend from Saturday, Feb. 11 to Sunday, Feb. 12.
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SAN DIEGO COUNTY:

Volunteer Appreciation Trail Hike – Carlsbad

Off Track Gallery - February Artists' Reception – Encinitas

Our Lives Projected: The San Diego Jewish Film Festival Launches Their 27th Season – La Jolla

Love Your Lagoon Fun Run – Solana Beach

Make Sweets with Your Sweetheart at Sweet Petite Confections – San Diego

Tidepooling Adventure at Birch Aquarium – La Jolla

Next at the Playhouse: Disney’s FREAKY FRIDAY – La Jolla

"STEAMCIRQUE" by Circus Vargas – San Diego

San Diego Champagne Brunch Cruise – San Diego

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RIVERSIDE COUNTY:

Saturday Morning Hike – Palm Desert

Desert Mountains Art Faire – Palm Desert

Strut Your Mutt: Dog Show and Expo – La Quinta

Chinese Folk Art Event – Temecula

Pechanga Resort & Casino Hosts Chocolate Decadence & Pechanga Wine Festival – Temecula

Life Zones of the Monument, Part 1 – Palm Desert

Sand Dune Restoration – Thousand Palms

Palm Springs Art Museum Interactive Exhibition Celebrates Black History Month – Palm Springs

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ORANGE COUNTY:

Small Space Gardening with Dalia Brunner – Corona del Mar

Coastal Art Show with Lori Wylie and Cheryl Kline – Newport Beach

Isabelle Cordemans & Sandra Samaha - Feminist Voices – Laguna Beach

Valentini! Paint Your Partner on February 12 at Chuck Jones Center for Creativity at SOCO – Costa Mesa

LA Opera Talk presents "Lovers in the Opera" at the Cypress Library – Cypress

Driving Miz Daisy Vintage Market @ Saddleback College – Mission Viejo

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LOS ANGELES COUNTY:

Walk4ALZ San Gabriel Valley – Pasadena

The String Concert – Los Angeles

Free Craft Lounge & Knitting Hangout – Santa Monica

Smooches 4 Pooches – Santa Monica

Watercolor Journey with Timothy Kitz – Santa Monica

Celebrity Jazz Night With Terell Stafford – Calabasas

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Heading to Northern California, by chance? Then see: Lunar New Year; Castle Tour; Laguna Stewardship Day; Black Choreographers Festival; Pinball And Pints: Your NorCal Weekend

Images courtesy of San Diego Jewish Film Festival; paintings by Cheryl Kline and Lori Wylie, Calabasas High School