Top 7 Things To Do In San Diego This Week
Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. ~ Hellen Keller
1 Sunday, January 1– Fortune’s 2012 Resolution Party
The last four years our new years guests have experienced something very special with fortune as we have introduced a unique celebration that continued on into january 1st at fortune’s resolution day party. each year this has become more and more of a tradition for san diego’s industry friends and true electronic music fans so we are excited to bring our infamous event back to the ivy rooftop for you again this year!
12:00p
Ivy Rooftop, San Diego,CA
2. Monday, January 2– Movie: Shame
Successful and handsome New Yorker Brandon (Michael Fassbender) seems to live an ordinary life, but he hides a terrible secret behind his mask of normalcy. Brandon is a sex addict. His constant need for gratification numbs him to just about everything else. But, when Sissy (Carey Mulligan), Brandon’s needy sister, unexpectedly blows into town, crashes at his apartment and invades his privacy, Brandon is finally forced to confront his addiction head-on.
3. Tuesday, January 3– Exhibit: Immaterial
Rita Miglioli was born in Italy and trained there as an artist and architect. After working in New York as a textile designer, she moved to San Diego, and in 2003 embarked on a full-time career in her lifelong avocation: painting. Mostly in acrylics and a variety of other media, her series of abstract canvasses focus on “the juncture where form breaks down into, or emerges from, chaos” and explore her interest in cosmology and spirituality.
9:00a to 5:00p
UCSD Faculty Club, San Diego,CA
4. Wednesday, January 4– Botanic Adventure
Learn about winter life in sage and chaparral – amazing plants and their ecosystems. Add a touch of geology, history, and Native Indian culture, and have holiday adventure at MTRP. Saturday, December 31 and Wednesday, January 4, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Meet at the Visitor Center, Mission Trails Regional Park, One Father Junipero Serra Trail, San Carlos.
9:30a to 11:00a
Visitor and Interpretive Center, Mission Trails Regional Park, San Diego,CA
5. Thursday, January 5– Grey Whale Watching
Two trips daily: 9:30 AM 1 PM and 1:30 PM 5 PM. Meet some of nature’s largest animals and enjoy a day on the water with family and friends. As part of our mission “to inspire in all a respect for nature and the environment,” the San Diego Natural History Museum is partnering with Hornblower Cruises and Events to provide an unparalleled opportunity to experience whale-watching off the San Diego coast December through April.
9:30a
San Diego Natural History Museum,San Diego,CA
6. Friday, January 6- Theater: Hamlet
Vanguard Theatre Company presents HAMLET by William Shakespeare.
This new production, directed by Tom Haine, features an incredible
company of dedicated and experienced actors who are committed to bringing this play to searing life. By giving the play a contemporary setting with modern accessible associations, audience members will easily be able to identify with the characters, feeling more connected and closer to Shakespeare’s language, the play’s themes and the emotions that run high throughout.
7:00p
Westminster Theatre,San Diego,CA
7. Saturday, January 7– A Hammer, A Bell and Song to Sing
As we enter the sure-to-be-contentious political season of 2012, who better to listen to than one of the founding fathers of American protest music—Pete Seeger. The legendary folk singer’s songs paint an inviting portrait of a more inclusive America and call out his vision for a freer world.
8:00p
Lyceum STAGE Theatre, San Diego,CA
