THURSDAY, Jan. 20 • Free Third Thursday Evening, 5 p.m., Museum of Contemporary Art, 700 Prospect St., free admission plus free gallery guide-led tours, (858) 454-3541 • Poetry workshop, 2 p.m., La Jolla Library, 7555 Draper Ave., (858) 552-1657, free • “Negotiating Peace: A Case Study” with Aaron Levy, 7:30 p.m., The Athenaeum, 1008 Wall St., panel discussion on peace and social responsibility featuring Levy, founding executive director and chief curator of the Slought Foundation in Philadelphia, (858) 454-5872, www.artpwr.com, free FRIDAY, Jan. 21 • Art reception, 5 p.m., R.B. Stevenson Gallery, 7661 Girard Ave., Suite 201, (858) 459-3917, free SATURDAY, Jan. 22 • MusIQ Club, 10 a.m., The Riford Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd., instrumental music instruction for all ages, (619) 335-5650, [email protected] • “The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Quest for What Makes Us Human” by V.S. Ramachandran, 7 p.m., D.G. Wills Books, 7461 Girard Ave., discussion and book signing event, (858) 456-1800, free • Miro Quartet with Joyce Yang, 8 p.m., Museum of Contemporary Art La Jolla, 700 Prospect St., www.ljms.org, $25-$75 • Red Fish Blue Fish Reunion, 10:30 p.m., The Loft, 9500 Gilman Drive, performance by resident percussion ensemble of UCSD, (858) 822-3199, free SUNDAY, Jan. 23 • Peter Crier and the Retribution Gospel Choir, 8 p.m., The Loft, 9500 Gilman Drive, (858) 822-3199, $8 UCSD students, $10 public MONDAY, Jan. 24 • “The Sentry” by Robert Crais, 7:30 p.m., Warwick’s, 7812 Girard Ave., discussion and book signing event, (858) 454-0347, free • Athenaeum Mini-Concert featuring harpist Sonia Olivas, noon, The Athenaeum, 1008 Wall St., (858) 454-5872, free TUESDAY, Jan. 25 • “The Lake of Dreams” by Kim Edwards, 7:30 p.m., Warwick’s, 7812 Girard Ave., discussion and book signing event, (858) 454-0347, free • “The Seventeenth Century: Splendor and Silence,” 7:30 p.m., The Athenaeum, 1008 Wall St., art history lecture with Linda Blair, (858) 454-5872, $12 members, $17 non-members • Popcorn and a Movie showing “Eat, Pray, Love,” 2 p.m., La Jolla Library, 7555 Draper Ave., www.lajollalibrary.org, free • “Cara de Queso, Mi Primer Ghetto” film showing, 8 p.m., The Loft, 9500 Gilman Drive, (858) 822-3199, $4 UCSD students, $8 public WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26 • South Africa Under Apartheid, 7 p.m., The Riford Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd., discussion and presentation by Dr. Hillel Mazansky, who grew up during apartheid in South Africa, (858) 459-0831, free for members, $5 non- members • “Salting Roses” by Lorelle Marinello, 7:30 p.m., Warwick’s, 7812 Girard Ave., discussion and book signing event, (858) 454-0347, free • “Where I’m Calling From” with trombonist Michael Dessen, bassist Mark Dresser and percussionist Steven Schick, 7:30 p.m., The Loft, 9500 Gilman Drive, (858) 822-3199, $8 UCSD students, $12 public THURSDAY, Jan. 27 • Glen Ivy Weekday Getaway, 8 a.m., departs for Glen Ivy Spa from the Riford Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd., spa package including use of pools, sauna, steam rooms, Roman Baths, RSVP requested, (858) 459-0831, $65 members, $75 non-members • “The Sherlockian” by Graham Moore, 7:30 p.m., Warwick’s, 7812 Girard Ave., discussion and book signing event, (858) 454-0347, free • Russell Lecture Featuring Rachel Harrison, 7 p.m., Museum of Contemporary Art La Jolla, 700 Prospect St., www.mcasd.org, free for MCASD members and UCSD faculty, students and staff, $7 general public • “A Dragon’s Tale: Chinese New Year Stories and Crafts, 3:30 p.m., La Jolla Library, 7555 Draper Ave., stories and crafts for children in first through fourth grades, www.lajollalibrary.org, free
