Athletes for Education and Southwest Sports Wellness Foundation Host 3rd Annual Bowling Bash on Feb. 9th
Athletes for Education (AFE) and Southwest Sports Wellness Foundation (SWSWF), are co-hosting the 3rd Annual Celebrity Bowling Bash fundraising event on Saturday, February 9, 2013, from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm at Kearny Mesa Bowl located at 7585 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard in San Diego. All proceeds from the event will benefit the youth outreach programs administered by both nonprofit organizations.
Participants in the bowling competition will feature local and national sports celebrities and notables from all major sports leagues. Personal appearance by NFL players include: former San Diego Charger Kassim Osgood and Luis Castillo who will be joined by Greg Camarillo, Pete Shaw and Lonny Mitchell, along with Leon White, former Cincinnati Bengals player. San Diego Sockers team members Aaron Susi, Michael Mercurali, Anthony Medina and Diego Rovira will also attend, along with special guest athletes from the San Diego Olympic Training Center.
The public is invited to attend for a spectator price of $50 per person in advance or $60 at the door. Those who are interested in bowling may participate at $100 per person and event sponsorships are still available. Registration and sponsorship information is available online at http://www.swswf.org/Events.html.
Tattoos on the Heart: Inspirational Founder of Homeboy Industries to Speak at CSUSM
California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) welcomes founder of Homeboy Industries, Father Gregory Boyle, to campus on Monday, Feb. 11 at 6 p.m. for an inspirational talk on the transformative power of compassion and his work leading the nation’s largest gang intervention program. The talk, which is anticipated to draw 1,000 attendees, kicks off the University’s popular Arts & Lectures series for the spring. A book signing will follow the event.
Author of the New York Times bestselling book, Tattoos on the Heart: The Boundless Power of Compassion, Father Boyle has been nationally recognized with numerous awards, including his recent induction into the California Hall of Fame, for his humanitarian work. Most notably, in 1988 Father Boyle began a grassroots effort to address the escalating problems and unmet needs of at-risk and gang-involved youth in the barrio communities of East Los Angeles. Those efforts sparked the creation of Homeboy Industries, which today is the largest of its kind in the nation, emphasizing alternatives to gang involvement. The most distinctive feature of Homeboy Industries is its social enterprises, which offer job training for former gang members and at-risk youth. On February 11 Father Boyle will share personal and inspiring stories from his 25 years of work with gang-involved youth, and discuss the environmental and social conditions that make young men and women gravitate towards gangs.
Tickets are available online at www.csusm.edu/al and are $10 for general admission, $5 for CSUSM employees and free for CSUSM students. All attendees must bring a printed ticket to the event.
Valentine Senior Citizen Dance
The Chula Vista Senior Citizen’s Club will be hosting a Valentine’s Dance on Thursday, February 7, 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. with the live band “The Sophisticates.” The dance is located at the Norman Park Senior Center, 270 “F” Street in the civic center area of Chula Vista. Tickets are on sale at the door for $5.
The Chula Vista Senior Citizen’s Club has supported senior citizen activities and events for over 50 years. The club offers many benefits to the community, including access to special meetings, events and other social gatherings, including summertime local trips to events. The fee to be a member of the club is $5 for adults ages 50 and older, which goes to support club sponsored activities. The greatest value of being a part of the Chula Vista Senior Citizen’s Club is that it offers recognition of an active senior community that wants a voice in their recreational, health and wellness activities to the City of Chula Vista. For more information about the Chula Vista Senior Citizen’s Club or the Norman Park Senior Center, please call (619) 409-1930.
MiraCosta College Presents Latino Film ‘Filly Brown
MiraCosta College is proud to present “Filly Brown,” the next film in the Latino Film Series. This free screening will be held on Friday, February 8, at 5:30 p.m. Tickets may be ordered online at www.miracosta.edu/events.
“Filly Brown” stars Gina Rodriguez as Maria Jose “Majo” Tonorio, aka Filly Brown, a young Los Angeles hip-hop artist whose rap lyrics come from the heart. When a sleazy record producer offers her a crack at stardom, Majo faces some daunting choices. With an incarcerated mother, a record contract could be the ticket out for her struggling family, but taking the deal means selling out her talent and the true friends who helped her. Also stars the late Jenni Rivera. The film is rated R.
The evening will feature a special appearance by Youssef Delara, the film’s writer and co-director.
MiraCosta College’s Oceanside Campus is located at 1 Barnard Drive. The event will be held in the Concert Hall. Free parking is available in any student lot. Doors will open at 5 p.m.
Sponsored by MiraCosta College and ASG, as well as the Office of School Relations and Diversity Outreach.
A Sweet Treat for Valentine’s: Bach Collegium presents “When Cupid Strikes!” Program of Love-Inspired Songs with Wine & Chocolate Reception
Cupid will strike lovers of early music when Bach Collegium San Diego (BCSD), the city’s only early music performance ensemble, presents a special Valentine’s Day program focusing on music whose themes bring to mind tales of love gained, love lost, and tears shed.
Performances are Friday, February 8, 7:30pm at the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park, the group’s newest venue; and Saturday, February 9, 7:30pm at the Performing Arts Center in Rancho Santa Fe.
“The great Baroque composers Handel, Bach, Purcell, and Monteverdi all left great music focusing on the theme of love in its many complexities. From Purcell’s ‘If music be the food of love… sing on, sing on!’ that pronounces the virtues of love, to Bach’s secular canatata ‘Amore Traditore,’ in which a lover finds love a traitorous thing and hopes cupid’s arrows will miss him. But most importantly… chocolate! It seems natural to present a program on the subject of love, followed by a reception with chocolate,” said music director Ruben Valenzuela.
Tickets to individual concerts are $25 or $40. Senior/Student Discount: $20 Rush tickets may be purchased at the door for $10 if any seats are still available (student ID required).
PRE-CONCERT DISCUSSIONS: A pre-concert discussion begins 45 minutes before each concert. The discussion features selected performers and audience members, providing an opportunity to discuss the various topics related to the forthcoming concert.
For more information and to purchase tickets please visit the BCSD website: www.bach collegiumsd.org