MUST HELP Bird Rock Elementary is doing its part to clean up Mother Earth by hosting an e-waste recycling day on Jan. 12 in conjunction with locally based recycling solutions company Cali Resources Recycling, owned by Bird Rock Elementary parent Carlos Kelvin. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., community members are invited to drop off unwanted electronics in the teacher’s parking lot at the Beaumont Alley entrance to the school, located at 5371 La Jolla Hermosa Ave. Items accepted include everything from phones and computer monitors to VCRs and answering machines. Cali Resources Recycling will ensure that all donated electronics are properly recycled, which not only does right by the environment, but assures donors that sensitive information on phones, computers and pagers are safely and securely discarded. All donations made at the event will benefit Bird Rock Elementary School. For more information, call (619) 661-5741. MUST SHOP See just how much your antique jewelry and purses are worth at Blue Vault Secure’s free Vintage Jewelry Day appraisal event on Jan. 12. Local appraiser and auction house professional Christine Saltzman will be on hand to evaluate the value treasures in your closet or jewelry chest hold with free informal auction estimates from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at BlueVault San Diego, located at 5638 Mission Center Rd., Ste. 104. To sign up for a free time slot, visit www.BlueVaultSecure.com or call (619) 623-4251. MUST TASTE Sprinkles Cupcakes La Jolla is celebrating its two-year anniversary by doing what it does best — satisfying sweet-toothed San Diegans with its delectable treats. On Jan. 13, Sprinkles will give away a free scoop of red velvet ice cream — a sweet cream layered with bites of red velvet cake and cream cheese frosting — to the first 1,000 people who come into the store and buy any of the cupcakery’s handcrafted quality cupcakes. Stop by early at Sprinkles, located at 8855 Villa La Jolla Drive, to take advantage of the sweet deal. For more information, visit www.sprinkles.com or call (858) 457-3800. FRIDAY, Jan. 4 “The Kazoo: More Than Just an Annoying Party Favor,” 7:30 a.m., UCSD Arts Library, 9500 Gilman Drive, an exhibit showcasing the kazoo’s African and African-American roots, its role in the jazz age and featuring an intriguing collection of kazoos on display, exhibit runs through Jan. 30, (858) 822-95758, libraries.ucsd.edu, free MUST SEE Scott White Contemporary Art will welcome artist James Rielly with an opening show and artist reception on Jan. 12 at the gallery from 6 to 8 p.m. Rielly, a member of a prominent group of postmodernist artists dubbed the “Young British Artists” influenced by Dada and Surrealism, was the winner of the prestigious John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize in 1995. He is known for his absurd portraits of unknown people, often displaying a pale, muted palette that stands at odds with his dark, often morbid themes of youth, aging, alienation and abnormality. His new show in La Jolla, “When I was young I would sit in the bath and ideas would come to me, now I am old I sit in the bath,” is a solo collection of large- and small-scale acrylic on canvas paintings and an animated video installation. The show will run through Feb. 23 at the gallery, located at 7655 Girard Ave., Suite 101. For more information, visit www.scottwhiteart.com or call (858) 255-8574. SATURDAY, Jan. 5 • Weight Watchers meeting, 9:30 a.m., La Jolla Community Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd., (858) 459-0831, www.ljcommunitycenter.org, free • Club J’s teen “White Out” party, 8:30 p.m. to midnight, Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, 4126 Executive Drive, dance party for Jewish high school teens grades 9 to 12, (858) 362-1331, www.lfjcc.org/teens, $18 JCC members, $20 nonmembers • Hormonal health and gettin’ busy meals, 11 a.m., Cups Lounge and Culinary, 7857 Girard Ave., boost sex hormones and master meals that support sexual health with gluten-free chef, Joann Stabile, and special guest, Mary Cay, (858) 459-2877, www.cupslj.com, $55 SUNDAY, Jan. 6 • La Jolla Open Aire Market, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., La Jolla Elementary School, 1111 Marine St., (858) 454-1699, www.lajollamarket.com, free • Weekend with the Locals: Katherine Whitley, noon, Warwick’s, 7812 Girard Ave., book discussion with author of “Camels to Caviar,” (858) 454-0347, www.warwicks.com, free MONDAY, Jan. 7 • Dancing with La Jolla Stars meeting, 5 p.m., Hennessey’s, 7811 Herschel St., (858) 456-3000, [email protected], free • Danny Green Trio, noon, Athenaeum, 1008 Wall St., mini-concert, (858) 454-5872, www.ljathenaeum.org, free TUESDAY, Jan. 8 • Investment Club, 2 p.m., La Jolla Community Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd., Morgan Stanley Smith Barney representative Brian Gould brings his expertise for a revealing discussion about economic trends, financial planning observations and current investment topics of interest, (858) 459-0831, www.ljcommunitycenter.org, free WEDNESDAY, Jan. 9 • Jewelry workshop, 10 a.m., Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, 4126 Executive Drive, create your own one-of-a-kind leather cord bracelet or necklace with gold and silver charms with Israeli jewelry designer Ilanit Shalev, (858) 362-1154, www.lfjcc.org/register, $38 JCC members, $45 nonmembers • Children’s storytime, 3 p.m., Athenaeum, 1008 Wall St., (858) 454-5872, www.ljathenaeum.org, free • Opera singing chef soup class, 10 a.m., La Jolla Community Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd., chef Elizabeth Podsiadlo hosts a one-hour class on soup stock making, (858) 459-0831, www.ljcommunitycenter.org, $10 members, $15 nonmembers THURSDAY, Jan. 10 • La Jolla Town Council meeting, 5 p.m., La Jolla Recreation Center, 615 Prospect St., (858) 454-1444, www.lajollatowncouncil.org, free FRIDAY, Jan. 11 • “What Comes to Mind,” 6:30 p.m., Athenaeum, 1008 Wall St., opening reception of Joyce Cutler-Shaw’s artwork on view until Feb. 9, (858) 454-5872, www.ljathenaeum.org, free • Mainly Mozart winter spotlight series, 6:30 p.m., The Scripps Research Institute, 10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive, opening night concert with violinists Yura Lee and Cynthia Phelps and cellist Peter Wiley and an hour-long wine reception, (619) 466-8742, www.mainlymozart.org, $55-$100 SATURDAY, Jan. 12 • Philip Melnick: “Small Seductions,” 6 p.m., Joseph Belllows Gallery, 7661 Girard Ave., opening reception with artist of approximately 50 black and white vintage prints, (858) 456-5620, www.josephbellows.com, free • Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, 8 p.m., MCASD La Jolla, 700 Prospect St., the La Jolla Music Society presents a program of Italian Baroque works led by Nicolas McGegan and violinist Elizabeth Blumenstock, (858) 459-3724, www.ljms.org, $55-$75 SUNDAY, Jan. 13 • School of the Arts faculty exhibition, 2 p.m., La Jolla Library, 7555 Draper St., opening reception, (858) 454-5872, www.ljathenaeum.org, free • Weekend with the Locals: Claudia Metcalfe, noon, Warwick’s, 7812 Girard Ave., the La Jolla-based writer and actress will discuss two locally produced short films “El Abuelo” and “With Me” as well as host a service dog pet parade, (858) 454-0347, www.warwicks.com, free • La Jolla Open Aire Market, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., La Jolla Elementary School, 1111 Marine St., (858) 454-1699, www.lajollamarket.com, free MONDAY, Jan. 14 • Danny Green Trio, noon, Athenaeum, 1008 Wall St., mini-concert, (858) 454-5872, www.ljathenaeum.org, free • Write Out Loud: “Orpheus Speaks,” 7:30 p.m., Athenaeum, 1008 Wall St., short story read aloud by talented actors, (858) 454-5872, www.ljathenaeum.org, $12 members, $17 nonmembers TUESDAY, Jan. 15 • La Jolla Garden Club meeting, 1 p.m., La Jolla Lutheran Church, 7117 La Jolla Blvd., with special guest speaker Bob Kolb, first vice president of the San Diego Rose Society, (858) 453-0828, [email protected], free • Israeli folk dancing, 7 p.m., Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, 4126 Executive Drive, 10-week dance course for beginners with instructor Yoni Carr, register by Jan. 7, (858) 362-1141, www.lfjcc.org/register, $100 JCC members, $120 nonmembers • Jewish Poets – Jewish Voices, 7 p.m., Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, 4126 Executive Drive, readings by three local poets, Rabbi Patti Haskell, Ysmael Escudero Tisnado II and Joni Gurstein, (858) 362-1150, www.lfjcc.org, free • Camera Lucida No. 4, 7:30 p.m., UCSD Conrad Prebys Music Center, 9500 Gilman Drive, San Diego Symphony presents a concert featuring Beethoven’s “Piano Trio in E-Flat, the Lekeu “Piano Quartet,” and Mozart’s “String Quintet in D Major,” (619) 235-0804, www.sandiegosymphony.org, $25 • Culture & Cuisine, 5:30 p.m., La Jolla Community Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd., local Iraqi chef Mazin Majeed features some of the staples of Iraqi cuisine, RSVP required, (858) 459-0831, www.ljcommunitycenter.org, $30 members, $35 nonmembers WEDNESDAY, Jan. 16 • Children’s storytime, 3 p.m., Athenaeum, 1008 Wall St., (858) 454-5872, www.ljathenaeum.org, free • “The Muse Is In: An Owner’s Manual to Your Creativity,” 7:30 p.m., Warwick’s, 7812 Girard Ave., book discussion and signing with Jill Badonsky, (858) 454-0347, www.warwicks.com, free • Opera singing chef soup class, 10 a.m., La Jolla Community Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd., chef Elizabeth Podsiadlo hosts a one-hour class on soup making to create a Tuscan potato soup, (858) 459-0831, www.ljcommunitycenter.org, $10 members, $15 nonmembers THURSDAY, Jan. 17 • Everyday Peruvian with Monica Szepesy, 6 p.m., Cups Lounge and Culinary, 7857 Girard Ave., owner of Q’ero restaurant in Encinitas shares her secrets and serves up a full menu of Peruvian dishes, (858) 459-2877, www.cupslj.com, $85 • Compagnie Marie Chouinard, 8 p.m., UCSD Mandeville Auditorium, 9500 Gilman Drive, program inspired by Igor Stravinsky’s musical score, (858) 534-0165, www.ucsdboxoffice.com, $28-$46