San Diego sculptor exhibit and reception set Fred Briscoe will exhibit his sculpture work at Alexander Salazar Fine Art through Aug. 15. A special artist reception is scheduled for Aug. 6 and 7 from 5 to 9 p.m. The exhibition is titled “Ascent,” and features sculptures created by using different media. Briscoe was once a mason. His work can be found in Las Vegas, Beverly Hills, Coronado and other locations. Alexander Salazar Fine Art opened downtown in March and is located at 640 Broadway St. For more information, call (619) 531-8996. Reservations are required and should be sent to [email protected]. Clown around at the San Diego Railroad Museum The San Diego Model Railroad Museum will be transformed into a circus on Sunday, Aug. 15 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The family-friendly event will offer model circus trains running around various layouts. Families will also be able to make their own wooden circus trains and participate in carnival games. Popcorn, snacks and refreshments will be offered. Adult admission is $7 and children under 15 are free. The museum is located in Balboa Park at 1649 El Prado St. For more information, call (619) 696-0199. Festival of Sail arrives on San Diego Bay More than 20 tall ships and other vessels from around the world will visit the North Embarcadero from Sept. 2 to 6 for the 2010 Port of San Diego Festival of Sail, hosted by the Maritime Museum of San Diego. The festival kicks off with a majestic parade of tall ships on San Diego Bay at 11 a.m., Sept. 2. Festival visitors will enjoy touring the ships, entertainment at the Festival of Sail main stage, food and drink from dozens of restaurant booths, a family activity area, petting zoo and shopping for one-of-a-kind items among more than 100 festival vendors. Ships at the festival will include the tall ship of California, the Californian, a replica of the original America’s Cup racing yacht America, the Gaff topsail schooner Bill of Rights, the Brigantine from Antigua, the Kaisei and many more. Several ships will engage in cannon battle reenactments on San Diego Bay during the festival. In addition, 12-pound cannons, known as Napoleons, will be fired to salute morning and dusk. The museum’s Shore Battery Artillery Team will also salute the ships with several rounds of fire as they pass by during the parade. The unit will demonstrate how the guns are cleaned and then will fire the three and four pound guns for a “noon salute” each day as well as firing volleys at the ships during the Gun Battles on the Bay. The festival begins with a grand parade of sail on San Diego Bay at 11 a.m. on Sept. 2. More than a dozen majestic windjammers will parade into San Diego’s harbor in a nautical procession. www.sdmaritime.org. Bike the Bay event returns Aug. 29 Local bicyclists are set to pedal across the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge and then traverse along some of the county’s most scenic bay shore routes during the third annual Bike the Bay ride on Sunday, Aug. 29.?The non-competitive 25-mile “fun ride” starts at 7 a.m. at Embarcadero Marina Park South on Harbor Drive in San Diego and travels over the 2.1-mile bridge and along the expanded Bayshore Bikeway.  The ride is open to riders 12 years and older and recommended for all cycling abilities. The route winds along bayside paths and down dedicated bike lanes through Coronado, Imperial Beach, Chula Vista and National City.  The family-friendly event finishes at the Embarcadero Marina Park with post-ride festivities including food, entertainment and a Karl Strauss beer garden. The entry cost is $55 and the event is limited to 2,500 riders. Tandem and corporate team entries also are available. For information and online registration, visit www.bikethebay.net.?Ride proceeds benefit the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making area bicycling better. Labor Day weekend stickball tournament set The streets of Little Italy will soon come alive with stickball. While it is mostly an East Coast tradition, many in Little Italy look forward to weekend-long tournament. Every year, local teams come together to play for the opportunity to call themselves the king of the block. The champions are awarded that title. While there is taunting and heckling, it is all done in good fun. The event will be held Saturday, Sept. 4 and Sunday, Sept. 5 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Columbia Street between Beech and Cedar streets, and on State Street between Ash and Beech streets. The Little Italy Association sponsors the event. For more information or to register a team, call (858) 279 -1924. East Village offers Padres tailgate For the first time, the East Village will close off two city blocks to offer a Padres tailgate party. J Street, between Seventh and Ninth Avenues, will be brought to life when the East Village Association and the San Diego Padres partner up to tailgate on Friday, Aug. 27 and Friday, Sept. 10, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Within the tailgate area will be a mini tasting zone, which will feature fare from five East Village restaurants. Local brewers will be selling handcrafted beers as well. A retired Padre will be present at each of the two tailgate events. Entertainment will include live music and interactive sports games for adults. Admission is free, but only open to those 21 and older. For more information, visit www.eastvillagesandiego.com. Regatta will benefit Sharp HospiceCare The eighth annual Sharp HospiceCare Benefit Regatta will kick off Friday, Aug. 27 with a pre-race dinner at 6 p.m. at the Hotel Del Coronado. The evening will include a full-course dinner, dancing to the music of Detroit Underground, as well as live and silent auctions. Tickets are $175. On Saturday, Aug. 28 at 11 a.m. the race portion of the fundraiser will take place. Yacht boarding and race viewing will be available from the Coronado Yacht Club. Tickets to this are $125 and include lunch and a seat aboard a private yacht for viewing. The ticket also includes a barbecue following the regatta from 3 to 6 p.m., during which time there will be dancing and an awards ceremony. Proceeds will benefit the Sharp HospiceCare, an organization that provides support for patients and families dealing with a long-term illness. To reserve tickets or for more information, call (619) 740-4316. Summer Sol fundraiser slated for Aug. 14 Young Audiences of San Diego will host its sixth annual Summer Sol fundraiser Aug. 14 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Expect psychedelic fun at this year’s 1960s-themed event, which will take place at the Joe and Vi Jacobs Center, 404 Euclid Ave. Tickets are $45 per person or $400 for a table of 10. Proceeds from the fundraiser benefit arts education programs throughout San Diego County. The event includes appetizers and drinks accompanied by live jazz as well as “popcorn performances” by featured Young Audiences artists like Mojalet Dance, storytellers and tap demonstrations. Attendees will have an opportunity to bid on the Summer Sol silent auction, which offers a diverse selection of items including rounds of golf, tickets to the San Diego Opera, a weekend on Coronado Island and a seven-day at a private home in Provence, France. Three lucky guests will also win the Summer Sol opportunity drawings, laying claim to various prizes including a Blu-Ray player, a flat-screen TV and an iPad. The first 100 tickets sold will be automatically entered in the opportunity drawings. For more information visit www.yasandiego.org or call (619) 282-7599.