The professional beer drinkers (and VIPs) are rolling into Pizza Port Bottle Shopon Carlsbad Village Drive at 1 PM for the kick off of the 13th Annual San Diego Strong Ale Festival, but for the rest of us the event begins at 4 PM, when for $30 we’ll get eight four ounce taster tickets, a commemorative logo glass, and an “official Strong Ale Festival Program to guide you through BEER WONDERLAND!”
The festival which runs 4 – 11 PM on December 4 and 11 AM – 11 PM on Saturday December 5, 2009 and features over 75 beers over 8% alcohol on tap plus some cask conditioned ales at the Bottle Shop area next to Pizza Port Carlsbad
Beer wonderland, indeed. Good thing we can walk home. . .
Warren Miller’s Dynasty takes you on a breathtaking global tour of China, Alaska, Norway, Colorado, British Columbia, and more. Join legendary WME athlete Chris Anthony as he treks into China’s interior on a search for the birthplace of skiing; follow mountaineering marvel Chris Davenport to Norway’s highest peaks; reunite with the pride of the Midwestern ski community, Luke and Adam Schrab; and catch a rare glimpse at historic clips from Warren Miller Entertainment’s vault of vintage footage.
The fact that the real Warren Miller has nothing to do with these movies doesn’t seem to slow anyone down. It’s a brand and it’s a good time. Tickets for the show are $18 each and can be purchased at the box office or at the San Marcos Sport Chalet.
Ringing in the Holiday Season is never more fun than by gathering together with friends and neighbors for the annual Carlsbadistan Rotary Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at The Village Faire in the Village of Carlsbadistan.
Beginning at 2 PM on Sunday December 6, 2009, the Village Faire will play host to an afternoon of holiday events. And listen up kids: Santa will come flying in, not in a sleigh pulled by reindeer, but on a bright red firetruck!
Crafts, singing, dancing and other performances will keep the whole family entertained all afternoon. There are even reports that Mayor Bud Lewis will make a rare personal appearance.
Ring in the holidays at Carlsbadistan’s famous Leo Carillo Ranch as the City of Carlsbad celebrates Holiday At The Rancho from 5 – 8 PM on December 5, 2009.
Create treasured memories at this classic holiday celebration. Enjoy holiday entertainment, a tree lighting ceremony, crafts, cookie decorating, and a very special visit by Santa himself. Get some holiday shopping done at the handmade craft boutique, and bring a blanket and chair for a holiday movie shown outdoors on the big screen.
Tickets are $5 per person until Wednesday December 2 (click here to order online) and $8 at the door (3 and under free). Admission includes access to crafts, Santa, cookie decorating, horse and carriage rides, entertainment and the outdoor movie. Merchandise, food, beverages, and photos with Santa are available for sale.
At first we were bummed that our reality TV dreams of a Legoland Christmas tonight had been shattered like a champagne flute on the sidewalk as reality TV stars Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott announce that they’re canceling “due to illness.” Then we realized that things couldn’t be better (at least for the dads in the crowd).
The good news is that Legoland’s substitute tree lighter will be that saucy ball of mom hotness, former Miss USA Ali Landry who most of us know as the Doritos Girl. Landry’s partner on the Lego hearth will be Mad Men actor Rich Sommer (who plays Harry Crane on the best show ever to be on TV). It’s so nice when the second string is better than the starters.
The Legoland treelighting begins tonight (November 30, 2009) at 5:30 followed by a performance by The Jumpitz, Santa’s arrival, and then some holiday fireworks. The tree lighting honors the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California. The festivities are included with regular park admission which costs a whopping $65 for adults, $55 for children 3-12. For a family of four that’s only $240. “Tis the season, indeed.
The New Village Arts Theatre is presenting essayist David Sedaris’ The Santaland Diaries December 10-23, 2009. The hilarious one-man show stars San Diego actor Daren Scott and is based on an Sedaris’ essay about the time he spent working as a Christmas Elf in Santaland at Macy’s department store.
The New York Times called the play, “A delightfully thorny account of working as a Yuletide elf at Macy’s. Priceless observations, both outrageous and subtle. Destined to hold a place in the annals of American humor writing.”
Tickets are only $20 and available online or by calling the box office at (760-433.3245).
Few things are sadder than former TV stars forced to sell-out their private lives by staring in reality TV shows. That said, it’s nice that Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott (stars of the reality TV show Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood) care enough about getting free admission to Carlsbadistan’sLegoland California theme park that are willing to actually do some work, i.e. plugging in the annual Legoland Christmas tree.
The couple and their children, Liam and Stella, will be joined by one of the hottest children’s entertainment groups, The Jumpitz® for a special holiday performance with an appearance by Santa himself! . . . After the 30-foot-tall LEGO tree is lit, fireworks light up the sky and snow showers Park guests from above kicking off LEGOLAND California’s month-long Holly Jolly Holidays presented by Western Dental.
The holiday extravaganza begins at 5:30 PM Monday night, November 30, 2009. Us? We’ll probably just catch the fireworks from the lower parking lot of the Carlsbad Sheraton.
In conjunction with Carlsbadistan’sThursdays On The Coast the Ivanffy-Uhler Gallery is presenting an opening night reception for their latest show Here and Elsewhere on Friday, November 27, 2009 at 5:30pm.
The opening comprises over 30 landscape paintings by local and regional artists (including Toni Williams “Near Idyllwild” shown at right) and includes an appearance by singer-songwriter Gabrielle Brisson, at the piano, performing her original works.
The show runs through December 28, 2009. Admission is free and everyone is invited to attend.
Carlsbad was selected in large part because of little Claire Devins, who was barely 2 when diagnosed in November 2006 with a deadly form of brain cancer with just a 10% survival rate. The doctors at Children’s Hospital in San Diego gave the Devins family–Joe, Liz and four other kids–little hope, but while at the mall to show Baby Claire what was then the new carousel she saw a sign for St. Jude.
The whole Devins family went to Memphis and stayed for six months while Claire underwent cancer treatment. She’s now cancer free and the whole family credits St. Jude with saving her life, all at no cost to the family. Lots of the Devins’ friends from the St. Patrick Parish School community came out to help with the walk, and Councilman Matt Hall came out to present Liz and her family with a proclamation from Mayor Bud Lewis declaring November 21 Claire Devins Day in the city of Carlsbad.
The Village of Carlsbadistan’s visual and performing art walk is Thursdays On The Coast is normally held the last Thursday of each month. But for November it’s making the jump to the biggest shopping day of the year: Black Friday, November 27, 2009.
Cap off the busiest shopping day of the year with a stroll through the charming streets of Carlsbad Village. Enjoy the fine art, live music, tasty treats and renew your spirit.”
Makes it all sound pretty enticing, huh? The event runs from 5:30 to 8:30 PM.
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The professional beer drinkers (and VIPs) are rolling into Pizza Port Bottle Shop on Carlsbad Village Drive at 1 PM for the kick off of the 13th Annual San Diego Strong Ale Festival, but for the rest of us the event begins at 4 PM, when for $30 we’ll get eight four ounce taster tickets, a commemorative logo glass, and an “official Strong Ale Festival Program to guide you through BEER WONDERLAND!”
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