APRIL 2009
>Ongoing
Check here for events that are regularly
scheduled throughout the year.
Farmers Markets
North Coast communities hold farmers
markets on a regular or semi-regular basis.
Leucadia/Encinitas
When: Sundays,
10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Where: Paul
Ecke Elementary, 185 Union St.
Info: 858.272.7054
Solana Beach
When: Sundays,
2 p.m.-5 p.m.
Where: 410
Rosa St.
Info: 858.755.0444
Carlsbad
When: Wednesdays/Saturdays,
1 p.m.-5 p.m.
Where: Roosevelt
St.
Info: 760.687.6453
Del Mar
When: Saturdays,
1 p.m.-4 p.m.
Where: 1050
Camino Del Mar
Info: 760.727.1471
North Coast Business
Area Chambers of Commerce hold sundowners
and other events regularly during the month.
Encinitas Chamber of Commerce
What: Monthly
Sundowner
When: Third
Tuesday of month, 5:30 p.m.
Where: Varies,
contact the Chamber
Admission: $10
members, $15 nonmembers
Info: 760.753.6041
Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce
What: Monthly
Sundowner
When: March
25, 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
Where: Bluwater
Crossing
6800 Embarcadero Lane, Carlsbad
Admission: $5
members, $20 nonmembers
>Civic Events
Check here for events sponsored by North
Coast cities. Contact the cities’ Parks and Recreation
Departments for updates.
Encinitas
Easter Egg Hunt Festival
Enjoy entertainment, egg hunts, crafts,
and other fun at this annual event.
When: April
11, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Ecke
Sports Park, Encinitas
Admission: Free
Info: 760.633.2740
Solana Beach
Paws in the Park
The city’s Parks and Recreation
Department sponsors this day especially for our furry family
members.
When: March
15, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Where: La
Colonia Park, Solana Beach
Info: 858.720.2453
Carlsbad
Carlsbad Loves Kids
Spend a day with your child participating
in fun activities like basketball and soccer, build crafts
together, compete in relays as a team, and play in the Fun
Zone. Sponsored by the city’s Recreation Department and
the Village Optimist Club.
When: March
21, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Stagecoach
Park, Carlsbad
Admission: Free
EGGstravaganza Spring Festival
Enjoy live music, games, arts and crafts,
and food. The day’s events also include magic show,
bounce houses, a giant slide, a chance to “soak the
bunny” and much more. This year, instead of an egg hunt,
the event will feature an “Egg Scramble” activity.
When: April
11, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Poinsettia
Park, Carlsbad
>Community
Check here for events planned by various
private interest groups.
Cymbidium Society meets
The San Diego County Cymbidium Society
will meet to watch a demonstration of “Dividing Orchid
Plants” by Jerry Spencer.
When: March
18, 6:30 p.m.
Where: Carlsbad
Women's Club
3320 Monroe Street
Admission: Free
(visitors welcome)
School of Music fundraiser
The Encinitas School of Music will hold a
fundraising event that will include a silent auction of donated
items. All proceeds will go toward operational costs of the
school and to help provide programs and essential equipment.
When: March
15, 5 p.m.-8 p.m.
Where: Beach
Grass Café, 1476 Encinitas Blvd.
Admission: $20
suggested donation
Info: 760.943.9480
>Arts
Check here for arts, music, stage and film
related events.
India Series at Off Track Gallery
The San Dieguito Art Guild introduces its
newest member, Deborrah Henry, in a show
running through March. Henry, a fiber artist who has authored
“The Simple Art of Ribbon Design,”will feature her
India Series including her book “Simply India, A
Photographic Diary,” photographs, jewelry and mixed
media.
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When: Throughout
March
Where: Off
Track Gallery
Second and D streets, downtown Encinitas
Info: 760.942.3636
The Myth Project III
The Myth Project presents the essence of
storytelling blending dance, theater, visual art, sound and
spectacle as a way of re-embodying the ancient myths in
contemporary times. A
collaborative site-specific,
multi-influenced dance theater event.
When: March
6 and 7, 8 p.m.
Where: Encinitas
Library Performance Room
540 Cornish Drive
Admission: Door:
$18 gen/$12 student/senior
In Advance: $16 gen, $10 student/senior
Learn from salsa-dancing champs
Salsa champions Zulmara Torres and Paco
Evangalista offer their expertise for
aspiring salsa dancers, followed by an evening performance by
the duo.
When: March
8, 2:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Where: Performing
Arts Workshop,
1105 Second St., Encinitas
Youth Theatre fundraisers
Classic Youth Theatre is holding a
fundraiser to support its upcoming production of
“Abie’s Irish Rose” at the end of March at
the Olivenhain meeting hall. To help raise funds for the
tuition free children’s theater, the group will be
celebrating an “Irish Night at the E-Street
Café” in Encinitas. Tickets are $40 and you will
enjoy a hosted bar, Irish fare buffet and live music by
Fiffin Market and Brian Caldwell of The
Clachan Boys www.clachanboys.com. The children will also be
doing an excerpt from the play. Also, Detour Salon in
Encinitas and celebrity hair artist William Williams will offer
haircuts for a suggested donation of $50 on March 18t from 7
p.m. to 9 p.m.
Spring Renewal Poetry Party
The Solana Beach Art Association
presents
the premier Spring Renewal Poetry Party
and Reading — a coming together of community poets of all
ages. In conjunction with the event, the art work of several
local fine artists from the
Solana Beach Art Association will be
exhibited.
When: March
22, 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Where: The
Book Works, Flower Hill Shopping Center, 2670 Via de la Valle
in Del Mar
Consort marks Women’s History Month
Visual artist Nori Green joins the
Hutchins Consort to unveil a new portrait of Carleen Hutchins,
the namesake of the Hutchins Consort. The consort performs on
an octet of harmonically matched and scaled string instruments
designed and crafted by Hutchins, an American luthier and
acoustician.
When: March
27, 7:30 p.m.
Where: The
Neurosciences Institute
Admission: $25
adults/$15 students
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