La Jolla Playhouse

Singer-songwriter Mia Bing has been hustling and is desperate to break through in the music industry. Just as she receives the call that could change her career, she’s pulled back to her childhood home. The Family Album is a humorous and poignant original musical about finding your voice and using it for change.

Local Event: The Family Album

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The Family Album

Singer-songwriter Mia Bing has been hustling and is desperate to break through in the music industry. Just as she receives the...

Birch Aquarium

Looking for the perfect way to wind down after the weekend? Birch Aquarium hosts Birch After Hours every Sunday evening from 5 – 7 p.m. Enjoy an all-ages experience featuring discounted tickets and a fun, relaxing vibe!

Local Event: Birch After Hours

Birch After Hours

Looking for the perfect way to wind down after the weekend? Birch Aquarium hosts Birch After Hours every Sunday evening from 5...

La Jolla Community Center

Every book tells a story — and so do you. Our book club invites you to connect great literature with your own rich life experiences. Each meeting is a conversation that goes beyond the page, weaving together history, memory, and meaning.

Your host: Stephanie Silverberg
This month's read: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Book-Club-Troublesome-Women/dp/1400344743" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Book Club for Troublesome Women: A Novel&nbsp;</a> written by Marie Bostwick
 Wednesday, July 22nd from 1 PM-2 PM.
Free/Open to all.
Email <a href="mailto:avani@ljcommunitycenter.org?subject=Registration%20for%20July%20Book%20Club" target="_self">avani@ljcommunitycenter.org</a> to register!

Local Event: Book Club: July 2026 

Book Club: July 2026 

Every book tells a story — and so do you. Our book club invites you to connect great literature with your own rich life...

One of the nation’s top jazz flutists, Holly Hofmann returns by popular demand and will reprise the legendary Ray Brown’s album series Some of My Best Friends Are…LA Superstars. Don’t miss this special night, joined by LA Jazz Superstars - Grammy-winning bassist John Clayton and Grammy-nominated guitarist Larry Koonse. Tickets are available by phone at 858-459-0831, or online at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ljcommunitycenter.org/event-details/holly-hofmann-2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">ljcommunitycenter.org/event-details/holly-hofmann-2</a>

Local Event: Fourth Friday Jazz Series: July 2026 

Fourth Friday Jazz Series: July 2026 

One of the nation’s top jazz flutists, Holly Hofmann returns by popular demand and will reprise the legendary Ray Brown’s album...

🎨✨ Acrylic Pour Workshop ✨🎨
Discover the joy of fluid art and create your own abstract masterpiece! In this relaxing and creative workshop, you’ll explore acrylic pouring techniques as vibrant colors flow and blend across the canvas—no experience needed.
👩‍🎨 Instructor: Beverly Brock
📅 Friday, July 24
⏰ 2:00–3:00 PM
📍 La Jolla Community Center
💲 $20 Members | $30 Non-Members
📞 Registration required: (858) 459-0831
🔗 Learn more &amp; register: <a href="https://www.ljcommunitycenter.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.ljcommunitycenter.org</a>
🎨 All materials included
🖌 Paintings will be wet after class—pick-up available during the week
➕ Add a second canvas for $15
Unwind, get creative, and make something uniquely yours! 🌈✨

Local Event: 🎨✨ Acrylic Pour Workshop ✨🎨

🎨✨ Acrylic Pour Workshop ✨🎨

🎨✨ Acrylic Pour Workshop ✨🎨
Discover the joy of fluid art and create your own abstract masterpiece! In this relaxing and...

Julia Masli’s award-winning solo phenomenon ha ha ha ha ha ha ha (a New York Times&nbsp;Top Pick of the Year) arrives in San Diego for two weeks only following a string of critically acclaimed runs across the world,&nbsp;from Edinburgh to New York to Melbourne. The Guardian&nbsp;says it's “The year's most exciting, have-to-be-there comedy moment." Theatermania&nbsp;agrees: “It’s a testament to what a community can achieve when it works together.”

Local Event: ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Julia Masli’s award-winning solo phenomenon ha ha ha ha ha ha ha (a New York Times Top Pick of the Year) arrives in San Diego...

Experience a deeply relaxing sound healing session designed to calm the mind and restore the body. This session includes body scan meditation, intention setting, and healing vibrations from crystal bowls, chimes, Native American Pueblo drum, Shamanic Amazon flute, and Shiwido.
This immersive experience supports restful sleep, stress relief, and mindfulness awakening in a peaceful environment.
👩‍🏫 Instructor: Sofía Puerta Webber (Wellness Consultant &amp; Founder of Shiwido™)
📅 Wednesday, July 29
⏰ 2:15–3:15 PM
📍 La Jolla Community Center
💲 $15 Members | $20 Non-Members
📌 Registration required
🔗 Register here: <a href="https://www.ljcommunitycenter.org/sound-bath-healing" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.ljcommunitycenter.org/sound-bath-healing</a>
⚠️ Please note: To maintain a calm and uninterrupted experience, participants must arrive on time. A 5-minute grace period is allowed, but late arrivals beyond this will not be admitted.

Local Event: 🌿✨ Sound Bath Healing ✨🌿

🌿✨ Sound Bath Healing ✨🌿

Experience a deeply relaxing sound healing session designed to calm the mind and restore the body. This session includes body...

New Village Arts

Hey Carlsbad! Indie Pop Star Michelle Lambert is coming your way!From Boston to Nashville, from Denver to Miami, Pop-Folk singer/songwriter Michelle Lambert has been performing to audiences all over the country! And now Michelle brings her amazing show to the New Village Arts Theater on Wednesday, July 29th starting at 7 PM. Come with the entire family and enjoy Michelle‘s Pop/Folk set with influences from Ed Sheeran and Amy Winehouse!Now touring out of the San Francisco Bay Area, Michelle will take you through the adventures of her life with insightful lyrics, powerful vocals, energetic delivery, and electric violin hooks! The artist and songwriter Michelle will reflect on the experiences she has been through, from the rigid and committed work as a classical violinist and singer during her early days in Northern California, to the happy and festive Celtic music honed in Scotland.From the structured sounds of the classrooms at Berklee School of Music in Boston to the years spent perfecting her storytelling on the stages of the Honky Tonks in Nashville, Michelle has emerged as the professional entertainer guaranteed to please audiences of all ages.Don’t be mistaken by her colorful clothes, her flying red ponytails or her candid smile. When Michelle steps on stage, you will witness all of her experiences melded together to generate a result that defies music genres or styles.Join Michelle at the intimate New Village Arts Theatre on Wednesday, July 29th starting at 7 PM.Tickets:<a href="https://newvillagearts.org/event/michelle-lambert/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://newvillagearts.org/event/michelle-lambert/</a>More about Michelle and her music:michellelambert.com

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Local Event: Indie Pop Star Michelle Lambert Plays New Village Arts Theatre 

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Indie Pop Star Michelle Lambert Plays New...

Hey Carlsbad! Indie Pop Star Michelle Lambert is coming your way!From Boston to Nashville, from Denver to Miami, Pop-Folk...

Indie Pop Star Michelle Lambert Plays New Village Arts Theatre 

The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

<h3>Music lives within history—and it also creates its own.</h3>
As SummerFest marks its 40th year, this season explores both: composers responding to the world around them, and the turning points that reshaped the course of music itself. From works born in moments of upheaval to rediscoveries, landmark commissions, and bold new collaborations, SummerFest celebrates the past—and the new chapters we continue to write.
Part of our Synergy Series, this boundary-crossing opening night blends music, storytelling, and theatrical narration in a fast-moving journey through history. Legendary actor Simon Callow joins festival artists for a vivid time-travel adventure—from medieval chant to modern revolution—where each piece becomes a portal to a defining moment in the story of music.

Local Event: The Incomplete History of the World in Ten Pieces

The Incomplete History of the World in Ten Pieces

Music lives within history—and it also creates its own.
As SummerFest marks its 40th year, this season explores both: composers...

<h3>Vienna’s Golden Age, reimagined.</h3>
At the turn of the 20th century, Vienna stood at the very center of musical life, shaping the sound of an era while standing on the edge of profound change. This concert captures a city at a golden age and a world in transformation, tradition morphing into a new age.

Local Event: Vienna 1900

Vienna 1900

Vienna’s Golden Age, reimagined.
At the turn of the 20th century, Vienna stood at the very center of musical life, shaping the...

Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater—one of the most enduring sacred works ever written, and one written by a 26-year-old—is paired with other masterpieces shaped by youth, urgency, and historical circumstance, inviting us to imagine what could have been.

Local Event: What If?

What If?

Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater—one of the most enduring sacred works ever written, and one written by a 26-year-old—is paired with...

<h3>Musical history moves forward through dialogue with the past.</h3>
From Stravinsky’s reimagining of baroque styles to Schubert’s epic Octet—written in the shadow of Beethoven—this program explores how composers absorb, reshape, and transform what came before, creating works that honor tradition while forging new paths.

Local Event: Reshaping the Past

Reshaping the Past

Musical history moves forward through dialogue with the past.
From Stravinsky’s reimagining of baroque styles to Schubert’s...

Encounters with Eastern music left a lasting mark on Western composers, from the sounds of gamelan heard by Debussy at the World Fair to Lou Harrison and John Cage’s lifelong fascination with Javanese and Indian sounds, culminating in a newly created chamber work based on Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade.

Local Event: Eastern Visions

Eastern Visions

Encounters with Eastern music left a lasting mark on Western composers, from the sounds of gamelan heard by Debussy at the...

Feel the pulse of Eastern Europe in music drawn from village dances, folk songs, and centuries-old traditions. Composers channel the raw vitality of these sounds into works of sweeping drama and rhythmic fire—music that carries the spirit of the countryside onto the concert stage.

Local Event: Roots

Roots

Feel the pulse of Eastern Europe in music drawn from village dances, folk songs, and centuries-old traditions. Composers...

<h3>Great music sometimes slips from view—unfinished, unpublished, or simply forgotten—until history rediscovers it.</h3>
From Chopin’s recently uncovered Waltz to Vaughan Williams’s nearly lost Piano Quintet, from a reconstructed gem by Mozart to a lush Octet by Charles Martin Loeffler recently brought back to light at the Library of Congress, this program offers the rare chance to encounter rediscovered treasures.

Local Event: Lost and Found

Lost and Found

Great music sometimes slips from view—unfinished, unpublished, or simply forgotten—until history rediscovers it.
From Chopin’s...

<h3>What does it mean to make history in America?</h3>
At the Library of Congress, Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge transformed a national institution into a catalyst for chamber music, commissioning and championing not only American composers but many of the greatest international voices of her time. This program reflects that expansive spirit—celebrating music shaped by bold patronage, artistic exchange, and a distinctly American belief in possibility.

Local Event: American Legacy

American Legacy

What does it mean to make history in America?
At the Library of Congress, Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge transformed a national...

🎭✨ Opera Wednesdays – Experience World-Class Opera! ✨🎭
Join us every second Wednesday of the month from 7:00–8:30 PM to enjoy performances by Southern California’s top opera singers. Artists include past and present Metropolitan Opera Competition winners, active San Diego Opera performers, and internationally acclaimed guest artists. Each concert brings world-class voices to La Jolla Community Center.
💵 Admission is free, but a suggested donation of $10–20 per person is greatly appreciated. 100% of donations go directly to the performing artists.
How to Join:
Email: <a href="mailto:info@ljcommunitycenter.org" rel="noopener">info@ljcommunitycenter.org</a>
Call: (858) 459-0831
Walk-ins are welcome
Learn more and see full details here:
<a href="https://www.ljcommunitycenter.org/opera-wednesdays" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.ljcommunitycenter.org/opera-wednesdays</a>
Don’t miss this opportunity to experience breathtaking opera in an intimate setting. Every second Wednesday of the month at 7:00–8:30 PM—open to all

Local Event: Opera Wednesdays: August 2026 

Opera Wednesdays: August 2026 

🎭✨ Opera Wednesdays – Experience World-Class Opera! ✨🎭
Join us every second Wednesday of the month from 7:00–8:30 PM to enjoy...

Returning to SummerFest after last season’s electrifying collaboration with Cécile McLorin Salvant, Sullivan Fortner—one of today’s most celebrated jazz pianists and a recent recipient of the Gilmore Jazz Pianist Award—brings his incredible trio to The JAI.

Local Event: JAZZ @ The JAI with Sullivan Fortner Trio

JAZZ @ The JAI with Sullivan Fortner Trio

Returning to SummerFest after last season’s electrifying collaboration with Cécile McLorin Salvant, Sullivan Fortner—one of...

<h3>In the shadow of the First World War, composers faced a world irrevocably changed.</h3>
From Debussy’s starkly ravishing two-piano piece and Bridge’s elegiac lament to Poulenc’s sardonically defiant wit, this program reveals how upheaval reshaped musical language—culminating in Korngold’s Suite for Left Hand, written for a war amputee and transforming loss into radiant virtuosity.

Local Event: Out of the Shadows

Out of the Shadows

In the shadow of the First World War, composers faced a world irrevocably changed.
From Debussy’s starkly ravishing two-piano...

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NobelRags

San Diego Team!  We are pleased to announce that we have started prepping to open our 3rd SD based retail store.  "NobelRags" is expected to be open for business DEC 15th, 2025!  We are philanthropic, and give back to veterans, cancer, MS, Parkinsons, Rady Children's Hospital and other charities or organizations, whether it be through financial donations, food for your team, or gift-boxes for a special local event, we are here to help!! Come see us!  We are a woman and veteran owned business, and love enjoying our community neighbors!  Come Check Us Out!!

San Diego Team! We are pleased to announce that we have started prepping to open our 3rd SD based retail store. "NobelRags" is expected to be open...

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