THURSDAY, July 14 • La Jolla Bar Association luncheon, noon, Manhattan Restaurant, Empress Hotel, 7766 Fay Ave., luncheon/speaker/MCLE credit for lawyers living or practicing in La Jolla, www.lajollabarassociation.com, $40 membership per year • “Turning the Tide” by Charles Stanley, 4 p.m., Warwick’s, 7812 Girard Ave., book-signing event, (858) 454-0347, free with book purchase • Full moon pier walk, 7 p.m., Scripps Pier at Birch Aquarium, 2300 Expedition Way, experience Scripps Pier during the full moon in June, July, August, September and October, RSVP required, (858) 534-7336, aquarium.ucsd.edu, $22 for members, $25 general FRIDAY, July 15 • Full moon pier walk, 7 p.m., Scripps Pier at Birch Aquarium, 2300 Expedition Way, experience Scripps Pier during the full moon in June, July, August, September and October, RSVP required, (858) 534-7336, aquarium.ucsd.edu, $22 for members, $25 for general admission • Race to Fashion event: So Cal Dance performance, 3 p.m., UTC Westfield Shopping Center, 4545 La Jolla Village Drive, (858) 202-1456, [email protected], free SATURDAY, July 16 • SEA Days, 3 p.m., Birch Aquarium, 2300 Expedition Way, participate in shark-themed activities and exhibits, (858) 534-7336, [email protected], $8-$12 • Race to Fashion event: So Cal Dance performance, 3 p.m., UTC Westfield Shopping Center, 4545 La Jolla Village Drive, performance during the Summer Style Runway Show, (858) 202-1456, [email protected], free • Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social, 3 p.m., Wisteria Cottage, 780 Prospect St., ice cream social featuring bouncy house, airbrush artists, bubbles, games and giveaways, (858) 459-5335, $5 suggested donation SUNDAY, July 17 • SEA Days, 3 p.m., Birch Aquarium, 2300 Expedition Way, participate in shark-themed activities and exhibits, (858) 534-7336, [email protected], $8-$12 • UCSD campus bus tour, 2 p.m., UCSD, 9500 Gilman Drive, tour the university’s most notable features including architecture, artwork and history, RSVP required, (858) 534-4414, [email protected], free • Athenaeum Summer Festival with Gustavo Romero, 4 p.m., The Neurosciences Institute, 10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive, (858) 454-5872, $40-$45 keyboard view, $30-$35 non-keyboard view • Pianist Clipper Erickson performing Liszt, Bach, Brahms, Gershwin and Waller, 4 p.m., La Jolla United Methodist Church, 6063 La Jolla Blvd., (858) 454-7108, lajollaunitedmethodist.org, free MONDAY, July 18 • Spotlight Dinner series, 6:30 p.m., home of La Jolla Playhouse Board member Linda Chester and Kenneth Rind, one of a series of five intimate events at private homes of Playhouse supporters featuring a presentation by members of the creative team of upcoming productions, (858) 550-1070 ext. 141 TUESDAY, July 19 • “Wanderings of a Physicist Around Washington: The Importance of Technical Content Supporting Policy,” 7 p.m., Birch Aquarium, 2300 Expedition Way, lecture by University of Texas at Austin professor Roy Schwitters, (858) 822-0510, [email protected], free • “La Jolla Then and Now,” 7:30 p.m., Warwick’s, 7812 Girard Ave., author book-signing event with historian Carol Olten and photographer Rudy Vaca, (858) 454-0347, www.warwicks.com, free WEDNESDAY, July 20 • Ballast Point Beer Dinner, 6 p.m., The Mediterranean Patio at La Valencia, 1132 Prospect St., part of the hotel’s upcoming “Beer and Burger Wednesdays,” (858) 551-3761, www.lavalencia.com, $45 THURSDAY, July 21 • La Jolla Town Council Sunsetter Happy Hour, 5 to 7 p.m., meet and mingle with community leaders from the arts, nonprofits, business and politics, Beaumont’s, 5662 La Jolla Blvd., $5 Town Council members, $10 non-members, free for those who join at the event • “Wright here… Wright Now?” lecture by architect Spencer Lake, 7 p.m., Wisteria Cottage, 780 Prospect St., part of the Contemporary Architects Making History lecture series, (858) 459-5335 ext. 9, www.lajollahistory.org, $10 members, $15 nonmembers • Poetry workshop: Lois Underhill, 2 p.m., La Jolla/Riford Library, 7555 Draper Ave., bring a poem to read and talk over, (858) 412-6351, free • Free Third Thursday, 5 p.m., Museum of Contemporary Art, 700 Prospect St., free admission for current exhibitions and gallery guide-led tour, (858) 454-3541 • Farrell Family Jazz, 7:30 p.m., the Athenaeum, 1008 Wall St., featuring New-York based Kendra Shank Quartet, (858) 454-5872, www.ljathenaeum.org, $19 members, $24 nonmembers