Arts grant ceremony
slated at Liberty Station
State Sen. Christine Kehoe will join the California Arts Council during a grant award presentation on Wednesday, Oct. 17, to honor 18 arts organizations and to highlight the quality work being done in schools and communities locally.
The event is scheduled to take place at the Malashock Dance Studio at Dance Place San Diego, 2650 Truxtun Road in the NTC Promenade of Liberty Station, from 10 a.m. to noon.
The presentation is co-hosted by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts & Culture and the NTC Foundation.
The California Arts Council will be honoring grantees in three programs: Artists in Schools, Creating Public Value through the Arts and State-Local Partnership.
La Comisión de Arte y Cultura de la Ciudad de San Diego es la agencia local clave para las artes en San Diego.
Malashock Dance and Company, headquartered at Liberty Station, is among the grantees in the Artists in School Program.
For more information, contact Alan Ziter, executive director of the NTC Foundation, at (619) 573-9315.
‘Pirates of Poing Loma’ to play Old Town in October
Compadre Theatre will soon be presenting “Pirates of Point Loma,” a new musical poised to begin Oct. 12 at the Adobe Chapel, 3950 Conde St. in Old Town.
San Diego may have been a sleepy backwater in 1850, while Northern California was running wild with gold-rush fever, but that didn’t stop the birthplace of California from producing its own band of genuine pirates, according to a couple of early San Diego writers. These pirates had a base on the west side of the Coronado Islands and they preyed on gold-laden sailing ships headed south from San Francisco. Or so goes the story.
“Pirates of Point Loma” is based on a story in historian Winifred Davidson’s 1929 book “Where California Began.”
“Pirates of Point Loma” is suitable for family, featuring a half-dozen favorite sea shanties with new lyrics and bloodthirsty action.
A preview weekend is planned for Friday, Oct. 5 through Sunday, Oct 7, with pay-what-you-can admission for performances at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and also at 4 and 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Reservations are suggested.
“Pirates of Point Loma” will open formally on Friday, Oct. 12.
Tickets are available at 2476 San Diego Ave. at the SOHO Museum Shop or by calling (619) 297-7511. Seniors, children under 12 and military are $10, all others $15. Advance tickets are recommended.