{"id":272673,"date":"2019-03-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/briefs-virtual-kitten-shower-birch-aquariums-green-flash-concert-lineup-and-more\/"},"modified":"2019-03-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T07:00:00","slug":"briefs-virtual-kitten-shower-birch-aquariums-green-flash-concert-lineup-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/briefs-virtual-kitten-shower-birch-aquariums-green-flash-concert-lineup-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"BRIEFS: Virtual Kitten Shower, Birch Aquarium&#8217;s Green Flash concert lineup and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SAN&nbsp;DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY HOSTING VIRTUAL KITTEN SHOWER<br \/><\/strong><br \/><span>The&nbsp;San Diego Humane Society is hosting a Virtual Kitten Shower to help&nbsp;raise donations for the many supplies&nbsp;needed for their Kitten Nursery,&nbsp;which will hold thousands of kittens this year.&nbsp;The online event&nbsp;begins on Tuesday, March 12 and will last through&nbsp;Sunday, March 31.&nbsp;SDHS&nbsp;accepts donations of kitten formula,&nbsp;bottles, heating pads, scales and blankets.&nbsp;Supplies can be sent directly to the Kitten&nbsp;Nursery.<\/span><br \/><span><span><br \/>Visita&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/sdhumane.org\/\">sdhumane.org<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>for more information and to&nbsp;see the Amazon registry.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>BIRCH&nbsp;AQUARIUM ANNOUNCES GREEN FLASH SUMMER CONCERT&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><strong>LINEUP&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span><strong><br \/><\/strong>Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UC San&nbsp;Diego are transforming its Tide Pool&nbsp;Plaza into an outdoor music venue. These lively&nbsp;summer&nbsp;concert&nbsp;series, presented in partnership with 101.5 KGB and Belly Up&nbsp;Entertainment,&nbsp;combines live music with panoramic ocean&nbsp;views, stunning sunsets, and&nbsp;admission to the aquarium.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span><span><br \/>The lineup for the 14th annual Green Flash Summer Concert&nbsp;Series is:<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 22: &nbsp;Tommy&nbsp;Castro&nbsp;&amp; The&nbsp;Painkillers<\/li>\n<li>June 19:&nbsp;Wild&nbsp;Child<\/li>\n<li>July 17:&nbsp;Pine&nbsp;Mountain&nbsp;Logs&nbsp;&amp; Venice<\/li>\n<li>Aug. 14:&nbsp;The&nbsp;Mother&nbsp;Hips<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 18:&nbsp;10,000&nbsp;Maniacs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><span>All&nbsp;concerts are held from 5:30 to 9 p.m. and are general admission and&nbsp;standing room only. Savory bites, craft&nbsp;beers and wine are available&nbsp;for purchase. Single tickets are on sale now for $33 for Birch&nbsp;Aquarium members,&nbsp;$38 in advance for the general public. Day of show&nbsp;general admission tickets are $44.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit&nbsp;aquarium.ucsd.edu<\/p>\n<p><strong>UC&nbsp;SAN DIEGO GAINS NEW MULTI-CONTINENTAL PARTNERSHIP TO USHER IN NEXT&nbsp;GENERATION OF&nbsp;ECONOMIC DIPLOMATS<br \/><\/strong><br \/><span>The&nbsp;School of Global Policy and Strategy joins forces with Paris School&nbsp;of International Affairs,&nbsp;the Graduate School of&nbsp;International Studies in Seoul, Korea, and HEC Montreal for the launch of&nbsp;a new program&nbsp;to offer&nbsp;coordinated academic year&nbsp;curricula, collaborative case studies and faculty exchanges. Students&nbsp;will receive a&nbsp;certificate upon completion and compete for a coveted&nbsp;summer internship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>No&nbsp;matter the continent, students begin in fall 2019 with a course on&nbsp;economic diplomacy, the training for which&nbsp;prepares them for a summer&nbsp;2020 internship at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and&nbsp;Development.&nbsp;The center&nbsp;will also host events and guest speakers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For&nbsp;more information, visit<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/gps.ucsd.edu\/\">gps.ucsd.edu<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/aquarium.ucsd.edu\/\"><span>.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><strong>UC&nbsp;SAN DIEGO&#8217;S SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, MEDICINE, AND&nbsp;MANAGEMENT RANKED AMONG TOP PROGRAMS IN NATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>U.S.&nbsp;News &amp; World Report released its 2020 guidebook that ranked UC San Diego&#8217;s&nbsp;Jacobs School of Engineering, School of&nbsp;Medicine and Rady School of Management among the nation&#8217;s&nbsp;top graduate programs and&nbsp;professional schools.<\/p><\/div>\n<div>UC San Diego&#8217;s&nbsp;Jacobs School of Engineering 11th overall in the U.S., up one&nbsp;spot&nbsp;from last year; and 6th in the nation among public engineering&nbsp;schools. The Jacobs School&#8217;s&nbsp;bioengineering graduate program ranks 5th in the nation.&nbsp;The UC San Diego School of&nbsp;Medicine is 21st in the U.S. among&nbsp;research-intensive programs, up&nbsp;one spot compared to last year, and is 6th among public medical&nbsp;schools. And the&nbsp;Rady School of Management part-time MBA program soared 21 spots from&nbsp;56th last year to 35th on this&nbsp;year&#8217;s&nbsp;list. Among public universities, it is 22nd best.<\/p>\n<p>Data&nbsp;from previous U.S.&nbsp;News surveys also indicated that UC San Diego graduate programs demonstrate&nbsp;broad strengths in&nbsp;the sciences and social sciences as well the arts&nbsp;and humanities.<\/p>\n<p>For&nbsp;more information on the rankings, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/usnews.com\/\">usnews.com<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span><strong>SAN&nbsp;DIEGO&nbsp;MESA&nbsp;COLLEGE&nbsp;CELEBRATES&nbsp;OPENING&nbsp;OF&nbsp;REMODELED&nbsp;FINE&nbsp;ARTS&nbsp;BUILDING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What:&nbsp;Dedication of newly-remodeled Fine Arts Building, serving as a highly visible and thriving hub for Fine Arts&nbsp;students and providing a museum-quality space for the highly-acclaimed Mesa Art Gallery.<\/p>\n<p>When:&nbsp;Wednesday, March 13, 10 a.m<\/p>\n<p>Where:&nbsp;San Diego Mesa College, 7250 Mesa College Dr. The Fine Arts Building (FA) is located on the northern&nbsp;side of the campus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n visite&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/props-n.sdccd.edu\/\">props-n.sdccd.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span><span><strong>LA&nbsp;JOLLA TOWN COUNCIL RESCHEDULING &lsquo;FORUM ON TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS&#8217;&nbsp;<br \/><\/strong><br \/>The&nbsp;La Jolla Town Council is rescheduling its &#8220;Forum on Transportation&nbsp;Options.&rdquo;&nbsp;The monthly business portion of the LJTC&nbsp;meeting will be held electronically and the results of the meeting&nbsp;will be posted to their website,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/lajollatowncouncil.org\/\">lajollatowncouncil.org<\/a>,&nbsp;including the new date and time for the Forum.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;next regular meeting of the Town Council will be held April 11 and&nbsp;will include a Public Safety Forum on&nbsp;Homelessness, including the&nbsp;results of the count and housing options.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CHINESE&nbsp;INK BRUSH PAINTING EXHIBITION COMES TO&nbsp;LA JOLLA<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WHAT:&nbsp;Chinese Ink Brush Painting Exhibition and Workshop by artist Kar Chi&nbsp;Ming<\/li>\n<li>WHERE:&nbsp;909 Prospect St.<\/li>\n<li>WHEN:&nbsp;Exhibition is held March 24-26, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.&nbsp;Workshop is held March 25-26, 11-11:45 a.m., and 4-4:45 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>For&nbsp;more information,&nbsp;visit<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/chimingstudio.com\/\">chimingstudio.com<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR COMING TO&nbsp;BARNES &amp; NOBLE IN POINT LOMA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fanny Krasner Lebovits&nbsp;was nineteen when Nazis invaded her home in Liepaja, Latvia, killing her father and most of the Jewish&nbsp;men in the town. She went on to lose 79 family members and survived both the Libau ghetto and five&nbsp;different concentration camps. Her memoir shares her inspirational story of loss, resilience, and survival and the&nbsp;joys and challenges she faced as she rebuilt her life and family on three continents.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Who:&nbsp;Fanny Krasner Lebovits, author of&nbsp;&#8220;Memories, Miracles and Meaning: Insights of a Holocaust Survivor.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>What:&nbsp;Authors&#8217; discussion, Q&amp;A and book signing<\/li>\n<li>When:&nbsp;Saturday, March 23, 11 a.m. to 1p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Where: Barnes &amp; Noble, Loma Theater, 3150 Rosecrans Place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/aquarium.ucsd.edu\/\"><br \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN&nbsp;DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY HOSTING VIRTUAL KITTEN SHOWERThe&nbsp;San Diego Humane Society is hosting a Virtual Kitten Shower to help&nbsp;raise donations for the many supplies&nbsp;needed for their Kitten Nursery,&nbsp;which will hold thousands of kittens this year.&nbsp;The online event&nbsp;begins on Tuesday, March 12 and will last through&nbsp;Sunday, March 31.&nbsp;SDHS&nbsp;accepts donations of kitten formula,&nbsp;bottles, heating pads, scales and blankets.&nbsp;Supplies [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":272674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11559","_seopress_titles_title":"BRIEFS: Virtual Kitten Shower, Birch Aquarium's Green Flash concert lineup and more","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11559,11551],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-272673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beach-bay-press","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}