WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10 The Pacific Beach Town Council will host its monthly Sundowner Mixer to bring together merchants, residents and community organizers. The event takes place at Renew Integrative Health Center, 2206 Balboa Ave. from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The cost of the event is $5. For more information, visit www.pbtowncouncil.org. SATURDAY, Aug. 27 Paula Paige Mowbray, the new director of music at Christ Lutheran Church in Pacific Beach, and her band Resurrection will host a two-concert benefit event for the victims of the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The concert will feature soul-searching music from Bach to bluegrass in two concerts that take place at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Mowbray is a singer, organist and conductor who first performed at Carnegie Hall with the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Leonard Bernstein at the age of 22. She can sing and play in virtually every genre of music. The concerts take place at Christ Lutheran Church, located at 4761 Cass St. For reservations, call Open Door Books at (858) 270-8642. Group discounts are available. WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28 The Pacific Beach Town Council will host its 31st annual Police and Emergency Services Appreciation Night (P.A.E.S.A.N.) to honor and thank firefighters, police officers, lifeguards, paramedics and park rangers for their protection and service to the community. The barbeque dinner, which takes place from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Crown Point Shores, is $5 per person. For more information, visit www.pbtowncouncil.org. SUNDAY, Oct. 23 Stop Diabetes® will host “Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes” at De Anza Cove on Mission Bay. The event, which is expected to draw more than 1,500 participants, is a one-day signature fundraising walk benefiting the American Diabetes Association. Every dollar raised through “Step Out” plays a role in supporting the Association’s mission: to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. For more information, to register or to volunteer, call (888) DIABETES, or visit diabetes.org/-stepoutsandiego.
