ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Saturday, March 5, 4 p.m., First Friday Music Club (held Saturdays), featuring professional musicians and selected local students. The event takes place at Humphrey’s Backstage Lounge, 2241 Shelter Island Drive. Tickets are $10 for adults; children admitted free. For more information, visit www.firstfridaymusicclub.com. Sunday, March 27, 4 p.m., Music on the Point concert series continues with The Return of the Toy Pianos. Scott Paulson and friends from UCSD’s Music Department join in a non-traditional celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Baroque pipe organ at All Souls’ Episcopal Church, 1475 Catalina Blvd. There is a $5 donation; students admitted free. For more information, call (619) 223-6394, or visit www.all-souls.com. COMMUNITY/CIVIC Sunday, Feb. 27, 3:30 p.m., regular meeting of the Point Loma Democratic Club with state Sen. Christine Kehoe as the guest speaker at 4 p.m. Kehoe is expected to give updates on the latest in Sacramento. The meeting takes place at the Point Loma Assembly building, 3035 Talbot St., and membership is open to all registered Democrats. Guests are welcome. For more information, call (619) 222-9344, or e-mail [email protected]. Saturday, March 5, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 63rd annual Ocean Beach Kiwanis Kite Festival, Parade and Craft Fair. The free family event offers children an opportunity to make simple kites and earn prizes for their creations, followed by a parade to the beach from the OB Recreation Center and OB Elementary School at Santa Monica Avenue and Ebers Street. The event includes a free lunch for children; donations for adults. For more information, call Melanie Nickel at (619) 225-8705, or visit www.oceanbeachkiwanis.org. Wednesday, March 9, 10 a.m., regular meeting of the Point Loma Garden Club. The featured speaker will be Karan Cooper Greenwald, a master gardener and member of the Point Loma Association who began gardening with her grandmother at age two. She was officially crowned the “Tomato Queen” by the garden club three years ago. The evnt takes place United Portuguese S.E.S. Hall, located at 2818 Avenida de Portugal. For more information, visit www.plgc.org. Wednesday, March 15, 6:30 p.m., the Hervey/Point Loma Branch Library hosts a free program called “Clara and Mr. Tiffany” with best-selling author Susan Vreeland as she introduces the characters of her latest novel. The event takes place at the library, 3701 Voltaire St. For more information, call (619) 531-1539. Thursdays, 10 a.m., Shelter Island Walk & Talk Strollers gather in front of the Bali Hai Restaurant for a two-mile round trip to the end of the island and back at a moderate pace. Plenty of parking is available. For more information, call (619) 272-8851. For a list of more than 100 monthly walks, visit www.walabout-int.org. SENIORS Tuesday, Feb. 24, 10 to 11:30 a.m., Sharp Senior Resource Center hosts a free seminar, “Enhance Your Financial Security,” at the Hervey/Point Loma Branch Library, 3701 Voltaire St. A fee consultation is available. Registration is required by calling (800) 827-4277. Wednesday, March 23, noon to 1 p.m., Sharp Senior Resource Center a free presentation on “How to Maintain a Healthy Voice,” a program about how normal voice is produced and how the voice can change with aging or stress. Participants are encouraged to bring a sack lunch; coffee and dessert provided. The event takes place at the Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church, 2128 Chatsworth Blvd. Registration required by calling (800) 827-4277, or by visiting www.sharp.com. SPORTS Monday, March 21, 1 p.m. the Point Loma Sports Association hosts the 28th annual W. Shelburne Brown Memorial Golf Classic — the primary fundraising source of Point Loma Nazarene University athletics. The 18-hole four-person scramble begins takes place at Sycuan Resort. The cost is $195 per golfer. For more information, call (610) 849-2265, or visit www.plnusealions.com and click on the link at the top of the page.








