• The board of trustees for the San Diego Museum of Art has named Roxana Velasquez Martinez del Campo as the new executive director. Velasquez, the first woman in the role, most recently served as the director of Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, which gained international recognition under her leadership. • At its May 26 meeting, the Centre City Development Corporation board voted 6-0 to recommend that the Redevelopment Agency and the City Council approve construction of the Downtown Quiet Zone to improve pedestrian and vehicular safety at a dozen downtown crossings and mitigate noise from train horns. The $20.9 million project would include the installation of medians, pedestrian curb ramps, new traffic signals, quadrant gates and sidewalk improvements. • The city of San Diego has selected the San Diego Convention Center Corporation (SDCCC) as the 2010 Recycler of the Year. In 2009, more than 38 percent of the convention center’s diverted materials were recycled. SDCCC was also the 2008 Recycler of the Year. • A new facility at 345 Sixth Ave. is taking an innovative approach to the concept of shared office space. Industry Showroom, which opened in May, houses a collection of creative businesses, including Atomic Laser Lab, San Diego Music Supply, Dcompress massage, Cloud 9 salon, Gil Ortega Marketing, Mental Eclectic film group, San Diego Online Radio and organic gift retailer Urban by Nature, that will “cross-market, co-promote and accentuate each other’s merchandise,” according to the Industry Showroom website. • The Dallas Pugh Foundation will hold a celebrity basketball game on June 10 at the San Diego City College gym to raise money for new facilities at McGrath YMCA in Rancho San Diego. Multiple celebrities, including former NBA stars Mitch Richmond and Gary Payton and current Chargers players Shawne Merriman and Shaun Phillips, will play in the game, while Lou Gosset Jr. will step in as a guest coach, said Dave Jones, who helped coordinate celebrity participation at the event. UFC fighters and Playboy Playmates will also be on hand. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the game tips off at 7 p.m. For more information, call LeAnn Thompson at (858) 569-1622. Events • “The Greatest Show on Turf” car exposition will once again fill Balboa Park with vintage and classic cars on June 5 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event, which will be held at the corner of Park Boulevard and Presidents Way, is free and open to the public. • The Portuguese tall ship “Sagres” will sail into San Diego Bay on June 7 and stay for about a week, giving visitors a chance to tour the 73-year-old vessel. “Sagres” will be docked north of the Maritime Museum on N. Harbor Drive. • The Old Globe theater will kick off a year-long 75th anniversary celebration with an open house event on June 13 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The free family-friendly event will feature backstage tours, Elizabethan dancing, bagpipe performances, a sword fighting demonstration and scenes from the Globe’s Shakespeare Festival.