|
|
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
COSTA MESA -
UFO Crash at San Augustin. Ike's Trip to See an Alien Craft at Holloman Air Force Base.
Lecture by Mutual UFO Network of Orange County includes a
presentation by Art Campbell, discussing a former US president's
visit to an Air Force Base. Time: 7:30 p.m. Location:
Neighborhood Community Center, 1845 Park Ave., Costa Mesa, Ca.
Cost: $5/first time visitor. Call: (714) 520-4836. mufonoc.org
IRVINE
- Holiday on Ice. Ice skating seasonal rink at Irvine
Spectrum shopping mall. Time: 11 a.m. to 8:45 p.m. Cost:
$12/adult; $10/child; $4/skate rental. Location: 71 Fortune Dr.,
Irvine, CA. Call: (949) 748-8280. skatespectrum.com
LOS ANGELES
- Downtown on Ice. Seasonal outdoor ice rink at Pershing
Square offers winter fun in the California sun. Runs through
Jan. 21, 2008. Cost: $6/skate session, plus $2 skate rental.
Time: Noon to 10 p.m. Location: Pershing Square, 532 South Olive
St., Los Angeles, CA 90013Call: (888) 527-2757. laparks.org
SAN LUIS OBISPO -
Monterey
Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary Band. Concert includes music
representative of what you'll find at the annual jazz festival
held each September in Monterey, California. Time: 8 p.m. Cost:
$36-48. Location: Christopher Cohan Center, San Luis Obispo, CA.
pacslo.org/ montereyjazzfestival.org
SANTA BARBARA - Paper Cut. Art From Scrap (AFS)
Exhibit capitalizes on the remains and excesses of the holiday
season. 18 artists (mostly from Santa Barbara) create artwork
from reused or recycled paper products, transforming pulp based
materials into works of art such as sculpture, drawing,
painting, collage, photography, printmaking and installation.
The event aims to inspire individuals to enact positive cultural
and environmental change through art. Runs till Feb. 16, 2008.
Artists include Gail Pine, Matt Straka, Bob Debris, Noah
Erenberg, Julia Ford, Penelope Gottlieb and many more. Time: 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Location: 302 East Cota, Santa Barbara, CA. Cost:
Donations accepted. Call: (805) 884-0459. artfromscrap.org
SANTA ROSA - Beyond
Words Exhibit - at
Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center. Beyond Words
examines those Peanuts strips in which Charles Schulz dispensed
with dialogue and used only pictures to tell the story. The
strips in Beyond Words are designed to complement The Language
of Lines: How Cartoonists Communicate, encouraging readers to
make sense of the strips based on visual cues, iconography, and
their knowledge of the Peanuts characters. Location: Charles M.
Schulz Museum, 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa, California 95403.
Cost: Adult:$8; Child 4-18 & senior: $5.
Call: (707) 579-4452. Hours: Weekdays (closed Tuesdays) 11
am to 5 pm; Weekends 10 am to 5 pm.
WALNUT CREEK - Walnut Creek on Ice. Ice Skating Holiday
Rink Nov. 8 - Jan. 21, 2008
Location: Civic Park-Civic Dr. & N. Broadway, Walnut Creek, CA.
Cost: $11-15/person. Call: (925) 935-7669.
iceskatewalnutcreek.com
WHALE WATCHING
- Views available along the vantage points of the California Coast that include
Big Sur, Santa Cruz, Humboldt Bay, Monterey Bay, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Point
Fermin, Newport Beach and San Diego.
DANA POINT Cruise
Photos & Tickets! -
Each winter, thousands of California Gray Whales leave the cold
Artic Seas and follow the coastline to the warm, calm waters of
Southern California and Baja. This 5,000-mile migration brings
much of the pod past Dana Point, where pods of Giant Grays can
be easily seen and photographed. Dana Wharf Sportfishing – (949) 496-5794
www.danawharfsportfishing.com; Dana Island Yacht Charters –
(949) 248-7400 www.danaislandyachts.com; Ocean
Institute – (949) 496-2274 www.ocean-institute.org;
Aventura Sailing Association – (949) 493-9493
www.aventurasailing.com; Captain Dave’s Dolphin Safari –
(949) 488-2828 www.dolphinsafari.com
|
Dana Point
Hotels
REDONDO BEACH - California gray
whale migration from the Arctic to Baja and back. Dolphins,
Harbor Seals and Sea Lions and the beautiful Santa Monica Bay
coastline on three-hour experience. (310) 372-2111
rbmarina.com
SAN DIEGO -
Annual migration of California gray whales to the warm
breeding grounds off the coast of Baja California. Glimpse these peaceful
"giants of the sea" from Cabrillo National Monument or on special whale-watching
cruises. 619-557-5450 or 619-236-1212
|
San Diego
Hotels
|
Jan.
15 <
Jan. 16 >
Jan.
17
calsite
|
