After a short two-gig stop in the heart of CarlsbadistanTGIF Jazz in the Park is wading back into the suburbs and the cool, breezy beauty of Calavera Hills Park at 2997 Glasgow Drive with the hard-driving blues craftsmanship of the Bill Magee Blues Band. A review on Bill’s website sums it up pretty well.
For those few of you who haven’t had a Bill Magee experience, don’t hesitate to get out there and see this band! This group delivers some of the finest blues you’ll ever hear and it was enough to get music fans of all ages dancing and air guitaring.
We’ve also heard rumors that back in the day Bill (known as Willie then) used to play with a guitarist named Jimmy James. . . Purple Haze indeed. The show starts at 6 PM. Bring a picnic dinner and your dancin’ shoes.
Tonight enjoy the mellow warm sounds of the Hawaiian Islands in an authentic Irish pub as Hensley’s Flying Elephant Pub and Grill (where Tamarack meets The 5) presents The Cheap Leis featuring former pro skater Adrian Demain, San Diego music and action sports industry icon O (the power pop genius behind the bands Olivelawn, Fluf, and Reeve Oliver), and a couple other hitters you may recognize.
There is no reason to miss this show. If you haven’t seen the Cheap Leis, watch this clip and you’ll get a little idea of what will be going down tonight. And, if you’re lucky you’ll get to hear their cover of The Misfits “I Turned Into A Martian” sung as “I Turned Into a Tahitian.”
Grab your low back chair, warm clothes, a flashlight, and blanket and enjoy some nostalgic entertainment outside under the evening stars. Movie starts promptly at sunset, with a showing of the Cisco Kid before the main feature.
Admission is free and hot dogs, chips, popcorn, cotton candy, and sodas can be purchased at the Barn Theater. The next four Fridays will feature the following films: Mister Antonio, Guilty Generation, If You Could Only Cook, and I Promise to Pay.
Carlsbad filmmaker Devin Fearn created a blood and guts zombie movie that is reportedly selling out shows in “Northern California. This Friday August 17, 2007, Fearn, a history major living in Santa Cruz, CA is bringing his $10,000 film The Beginning to the Carlsbad Community Cultural Arts Center at 3557 Monroe St. (at the High School) at 7:30 p.m. Erin Glass of the Union Tribune Entertainment guide interviewed Fearns about the film. You can listen to it here. The entire cast and crew will also be on hand to answer questions following the film. Seeing the film will cost you your soul. . . just kidding. Admission is $5 at the door and it is for “mature audiences only.” [Link: Carlsbad Community Cultural Arts Center via San Diego Union Tribune]
The New Village Arts Theatre is giving Carlsbad William Shakespeare’sJulius Caesar absolutely free from August 9-18 at the theatre at 2787 State Street at 7 PM Thursdays and Fridays, at 3 and 7 PM Saturdays and at 2 PM on Sundays.
In past years, the production has taken place outdoors in one of Carlsbad’s parks. This summer, Shakespeare is staying inside so that the company can show off its new theater. . . “It allows us a greater intimacy,” said Fran Gercke, artistic director for the theater. “With ‘Julius Caesar,’ which deals with conspiracy and secrets, cloak and dagger, misdirection, and political espionage, it’s important that the audience see the little things.”
So far we’ve missed them all. Please don’t follow our lead. Go see it. We’ll remind you again, if you forget.
On Friday night at Jazz In The Park we were complaining about the skies being overcast, but Sunday August 12, 2007 turned into a perfect Carlsbad Summer Day, just in time for the 2007 Art in the Village Street Fair.
Thousands turned out to walk the streets of The Village checking out an amazing collection of art, crafts, and snacks from more than 200 vendors.
Show us a sunny, blue-sky evening in Carlsbadistan and we’ll show you winter. We don’t know if it was the overcast ummer skies, the second week in this venue, or the smooth jazz stylings of Elliot Caine and his horn, but tonight in the Pine Avenue Park things were perfectly snoozy. The crowd was happy, yet subdued, and the only place with much action was in the play structures on stage left where all our kids were jamming.
It’s nice when TGIF Jazz in the Park comes to Carlsbadistan. Gone are the suburban Stagecoach Park crowds, the parking hassles, and instead real Carlsbad out for an evening of cool jazz in the park. . . even if the sky was clouded over. Follow the link for the rest of the photos.
On Sunday August 12, the Village of Carlsbad will be transformed into a sea of pop-up tents filled with items that stretch the definition of the word “art” to all knew lengths as Kennedy Street Faire Consultants brings in their annual Art in the Village street fair to Carlsbadistan.
We’re on the lookout for our favorite piece of art: a pastel blue, howling, coyote doorstop with a macramé tail. Let us know if you see one.
We all know action sports super hero Shaun White is the best all around competitive board rider in the world, however, yesterday at the X Games in Carson, California he sealed the deal by becoming the first person ever to win gold in snowboarding superpipe and follow it up with a gold medal in vert by pulling it out in his final run of the ESPN created made-for-tv event. This is the third consecutive professional vert contest he has won this year (he’s apparently ruling the “Dew Tour” as well).
The judges confirmed the obvious, scoring White’s run a winning 95.75. Carlsbad’s Pierre Luc Gagnon took second (91.25). Enabling North County to monopolize the medals, Encinitas’ Mathias Ringstrom earned third (88.25).
And while he may have moved up-market to Rancho Sante Fe we will still claim him as a Carlsbadistanian, even if he is getting written up in The New York Times.
Maria Sharapova’s “powerful baseline attack” was apparently too much for Switzerland’s Patty Schnyder as the Amazonian goddess plowed right through to win the 2007 Acura Classic at the La Costa Resort and Spa on Sunday 6-2, 3-6, 6-0.
“In the first set I hit some really good shots when she was serving and that opened doors for me,” Sharapova told reporters. . . In the second set I lost that extra step and once you give her a little edge, she’s going to get a lot of balls back and she’s not going to waste her time. I hesitated for too many balls and I knew I had to step in and hit it again.”
And with that, the Acura Classic is no more. Unfortunately, we were not there to see it. If you were, let us know how it went in the commments.
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After a short two-gig stop in the heart of Carlsbadistan TGIF Jazz in the Park is wading back into the suburbs and the cool, breezy beauty of Calavera Hills Park at 2997 Glasgow Drive with the hard-driving blues craftsmanship of the Bill Magee Blues Band. A review on Bill’s website sums it up pretty well.
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