SUNDAY, March 11 All Soul’s Episcopal Church hosts Music on the Point, featuring Christophe Mantoux, virtuoso and professor of organ from Paris. Mantoux will perform a concert of works by Bach on San Diego’s unique Baroque pipe organ. A suggested donation of $5 is requested and a reception follows. The performance takes place at 4 p.m. at the church, 1474 Catalina Boulevard. For more information, visit [email protected]. WEDNESDAY, March 14 The Point Loma Garden Club will host its monthly meeting at 10 a.m. featuring Elizabeth Podsiadlo, the Opera Singing Chef, who has been entertaining audiences for 15 years with cooking and singing performances. She is a chef, author, teacher and musician. The event takes place at the United Portuguese S.E.S. Hall, 2818 Avenida de Portugal. For more information, visit www.plgc.org. WEDNESDAY, March 21 The Point Loma Peninsula Republican Women hold their monthly meeting at 10 a.m. at the Point Loma Café, located at 4865 Harbor Drive. Featured will be two San Diego mayoral candidates, Carl DeMaio and Nathan Fletcher. A no-host lunch follows and visitors are welcome. For more information, call Marilyn at (619) 222-9532. SATURDAY, March 24 • The Point Loma Association will team with Point Loma Nazarene University to clean up the frontage road median on Catalina Boulevard. The cleanup will tackle trimming, weeding and trash, beginning at 9 a.m. Participants are asked to bring tools to cut and prune with, but there will be plenty of rakes, shovels and brooms supplied. Participants are asked to gather at Lomaland Drive and Catalina Boulevard. For more information, call Robert Tripp Jackson at (619) 987-1970. • Local author Brittany Hudson holds a book-signing event for her new children’s book called “It’s Good to Share.” The event takes place at 11 a.m. at Only Kidding Children’s Shop, located at 3619 Midway Drive, Suite E, in Point Loma. For more information, visit www.booksare4kids.com, or call (619) 224-1475. • Friends of the San Diego River Mouth, a chapter of the San Diego River Park Foundation, meets for its regular habitat restoration project from 9 a.m. to noon at Dog Beach in Ocean Beach. Activities will include a guided-walking nature tour through four distinct habitat zones, native-plant rescue and trail maintenance. All tools and supplies will be provided. Wear work clothes and closed-toe shoes. To sign up, call (619) 297-7380 or email [email protected]. SUNDAY, March 25 The Ocean Beach Historical Society (OBHS) hosts its annual Wisteria Tea Party at 1 p.m. at 4761 Niagara Ave., in Ocean Beach. The event will a drawing for prizes donated by local businesses and friends of OBHS. This year’s event will serve as a tribute to longtime society member Ned Titlow. Under the largest wisteria canopy in Ocean Beach, guests will enjoy delectables and live music by violinist Alicia Previn, cellist Mark Sander, singer Antonio Johnson, singer/accordionist Bill Corwin, violinist Gina James and mandolin-player Kenny James. The minimum suggested donation is $8 for members and $10 for non-members. For more information, visit www.obhistory.wordpress.com. SATURDAY, March 31 Melisa & Kaye’s Memorial 5K Walk and Fun Run is scheduled to begin with registration at 7:30 a.m. at NTC Park at Liberty Station. The event, which includes a health fair, live music and children’s activities, celebrates the lives of loved ones and raises funds to support San Diego Hospice programs. The walk and fun run begins at 8:30 a.m. For more information, call (619) 278-6441, email [email protected], or visit www.sdhospice.org/walk.
