July 5
Balboa Park free Tuesdays, Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, Centro Cultural de la Raza, San Diego Model Railroad Museum, San Diego Natural History Museum (check individual museums for hours), free admission for San Diego city and county residents and active military, (619) 239-0512, www.balboapark.org Downtown Sound Bites, 1 p.m., Sheila R. Hardin Downtown Information Center, 193 Horton Plaza, brownbag lunch series where the public can listen to downtown leaders, this month featuring Joe Terzi, president and CEO of the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau, www.ccdc.com, free July 6
“It’s Your Estate”, 9 a.m., USS Midway Museum, 910 North Harbor Drive, first in a series of estate planning workshops, www.itsyourestate.org, free Foster the People with Gardens and Villa, 7 p.m., House of Blues, 1055 Fifth Ave., live concert presented by 91X and Casbah, (619) 299-2583, $20.50 July 7
CD release event for album “Dearly Beloved” by bassist Grant Clarkson featuring Sky Ladd, Richard Sellers, Mikan Zlatkovich and Lori Bell, 7:30 p.m., Dizzy’s at the San Diego Wine and Culinary Center, 200 Harbor Drive, (858) 270-7467, $15, $10 students July 8
Tour de Cuisine wine tasting, 6 to 9 p.m., San Diego Wine and Culinary Center, 200 Harbor Drive, event kicking off Bastille Week (July 11-17), (619) 544-1445, www.france-sandiego.org, $30 members, $35 members Kettner Nights, Littly Italy North, 6 to 9 p.m., Kettner Boulevard and India Street between Grape and Laurel streets, art, design and antiques, (619) 358-9512, free Explosion Nortena, 9 p.m., 4th and B, 345 B St., (619) 231-4343, www.4thandbevents.com, $20-$35 July 9
Jarabe de Palo, 8 p.m., 4th and B, 345 B St., Latin rock from Barcelona with frontman Pau Dones, (619) 231-4343, www.4thandbevents.com, $30-$40 From El Greco to Dali, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., San Diego Museum of Art, 1450 El Prado, opening of Spanish Masters exhibit that continues through Nov. 6, (619) 232-7931, www.sdmart.org, $12 adults, $9 military/seniors, $8 students July 10
Free organ concert, Spreckels Organ Pavilion Balboa Park, 2 p.m., featuring civic organist Carol Williams Gospel on the Midway, 7 to 9 p.m., USS Midway, 910 North Harbor Drive, featuring San Diego’s finest gospel singers and the Stellar Gospel Music Award Nominees Malcolm Williams and Chester D.T. Baldwin, (619) 253-9818, http://www.wix.com/gmwasandiego/sd-gmwa, $35-$75 July 11
Summer Sailor’s Days, 9 a.m., Maritime Museum, 1492 North Harbor Drive, maritime experiences for the whole family every Monday through Aug. 29 on board ships such as the Star of India and the Pilot where visitors can learn how to tie sailor’s knots, raise and lower sails, climb through a steam engine, make rope and more, (619) 234-9153 ext. 101, www.sdmaritime.org, $14 adults, $8 children July 12
Board commissioners meeting of the Port of San Diego, 1 p.m., 3165 Pacific Highway, www.portofsandiego.org Little Italy Board of Directors meeting, 8:30 to 10 a.m., Our Lady of the Rosary Parish Hall, 1654 State St., [email protected]
