A highlight of the program will be an evening with Alexander McCall Smith on Thursday, April 24 at 7pm. The event will take place at Carlsbad City Library’s Schulman Auditorium at 1775 Dove Lane. Seating is limited and tickets will be required. Free tickets, limit two per person, will be given out at Schulman Auditorium beginning at 6pm on April 24. The talk will be followed by a signing and books will be available for purchase, with a percentage of proceeds going to the Friends of the Carlsbad Library.
The library is also featuring free films about Africa on April 9, 16, 23, and 30. For more information about Carlsbad Reads Together click the jump or visit www.carlsbadlibrary.org.
As North County Times staff writer Pam Kragen says, “Describing “Frozen,” a play about a pedophile serial killer, as “beautiful” may sound like an oxymoron, but not to Stephen Elton, who directs a reading of Bryony Lavery’s drama in Carlsbad on April 7.’
Frozen” won London’s Barclay Award for Best New Play in 1998. It’s the story of an American research psychologist named Agnetha, who travels to London to interview Ralph —- a British pedophile imprisoned for the rape and murder of seven young girls, including 10-year-old Rhona, over a 25-year period. Agnetha is working on a thesis that serial killers are ill, not evil, and she meets with Ralph to test her theories.
The reading stars “multi-award-winning actor” Ron Choularton as Ralph. If you’re in the mood to spend Monday evening with a pedophilic serial killer, then bring your $5 to the New Village Arts theater at 2787B State St., Carlsbad. Frozen begins at 7:30 PM.
The annual Carlsbad TGIF Jazz in the Park series has gotten so popular that it is outgrowing its venues according to a Barbara Henry story in the North County Times. So event planners are going to change things up a bit.
The plans will be unveiled at a public meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Stagecoach Park, 3420 Camino de los Coches. . . . Under the city’s tentative plan, no concerts will be held at downtown’s Pine Avenue Park, because it isn’t big enough to hold thousands of people, Gordon said.
But it appears that some aren’t too happy about the changes. Especially news about moving the stage at Stagecoach Park. Or in our case, we’re not happy about not being able to walk to any of the TGIF events next year (which ruins half the fun in our opinion). Maybe Carlsbadistan will just have to start their own concert series.
As if we needed one more reason to feel lazy on the morning of April 6, 2008. The San Diego Union-Tribune tells us that:
American mile record holder Alan Webb has entered the April 6 Carlsbad 5000, according to sources at Elite Racing, which puts on the 5K road race. “He’s definitely coming,” Webb’s agent, Ray Flynn, said yesterday. . . . Webb broke Steve Scott’s nearly 25-year-old record in the mile last July in Belgium, running four laps in 3 minutes, 46.91 seconds. Scott’s record was 3:47.69.
An American runner hasn’t won the Carlsbad 5000 since 2002. And when fast Americans enter, we guess that’s big news. Run, American, run.
This Saturday at Legoland a 20,000 brick life-size model of Indiana Jones will be unveiled and on display for everyone to see on their way into the park. But, that’s not all. We’re not sure what it means, but here are the details:
Meet true fans of the Indiana Jones movie franchise as they dress like their favorite movie characters. They will also hand out IndyFans posters, give bull whip demonstrations, ask trivia questions, and award some great prizes including tickets to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on opening night, and return tickets to Legoland California.
We’re guessing this is a movie promotion tied into the all-new Land of Adventure, but it sounds fun nonetheless.
On Sunday April 5, 2008 the San Diego Golf Academy which they claim is the “oldest and largest golf college in the world” (and we won’t argue because we don’t golf) is throwing an open house to celebrate the opening of their new campus.
The onsite radio broadcast by 101 KGB-FM will feature the classic rock station’s on-air personality Bromo, who is widely known for the bizarre acts he performs during broadcasts typically due to losing bets on rounds of golf with co-workers. The open house will also include facility tours, prize giveaways, food and refreshments. . . . “We are very excited to have Bromo attending this event. He is an entertaining disc jockey and an avid golfer who always has a good time on the course, win or lose,” says Richard Iorio, SDDGA’s San Diego campus director. “SDGA teaches many concepts surrounding the game and business of golf, and among the more important lessons is simply to enjoy the game.”
The party runs from 11 AM to 5 PM at 1950 Camino Vida Roble. While we can’t really figure out a reason why we’d want to go, we’re sure golfers will be able to figure something out. They’re so good at rationalizing pointless exercises.
Sadly, we were unable to attend the 54th Annual Miss Carlsbad Pageant the evening of March 22, 2008. If we had we would have seen Dana Ducommun grab the crown, the roses, and $2,000 in cash from the Carlsbad Lions Club.
First runner-up in the Miss Carlsbad contest was Allison Pechter; second runner-up was Erin Langford; third runner-up Alison Mart; Miss Photogenic was Dana Ducommun; and Miss Congeniality was Juliette Orozco.
Congratulations, Dana, and all the girls who put in the hard work to keep the pageant alive.
Thanks to the Carlsbad Lions Club. the 54 year Miss Carlsbad tradition of scantily clad, pretty young things parading around on stage is alive and well.
Tomorrow night, March 22, 2008 at the Carlsbad Cultural Arts Center at 3557 Lancer Way, we’ll see the girls competing in “sportswear” and “evening gown.” Swimwear and talent competitions are gone, but as we said before, these teen and miss contestants are going to do their best for the judges, because thousands of dollars in cash “scholarships” are on the line.
Carlsbad’s Museum of Making Music is presenting an evening with performance artist/musician Laurie Anderson on Monday April 7, 2008 at 7 PM. Ms. Anderson takes a break from her current Homeland Tour to present a “casual discussion and violin demonstration” as part of MMM’s newest exhibition, The Violin in America. For those who don’t know her:
Laurie Anderson is an American experimental performance artist and musician who plays violin and keyboards and sings in a variety of experimental music and art rock styles. Initially trained as a sculptor, Anderson did her first performance art piece in the late 1960s. Throughout the 1970s, Anderson did a variety of different performance art activities. She became widely known outside the art world in 1981 when her single “O Superman,” reached number two on the UK pop charts. She also starred in and directed the 1986 concert film, Home of the Brave. –from Wikipedia
We know her best from the song Excellent Birds (performed with Peter Gabriel). Ms. Anderson is a pleasant reminder that the 80s New Wave scene (that we loved so much) had moments of depth and artistic integrity. This is a don’t miss evening.
Tickets are $25 for general admission, $15 for students and Museum Members.
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Carlsbad Reads Together, a community-wide reading program has recently chosen the best-selling novel The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by AlexanderMcCall Smith.
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