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LA JOLLA LIGHT - SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 - PAGE B13
Ships Ahoy!
Family Moon Festival
Climb aboard Navy ships, explore military displays, and chat with sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsman at the Fleet Week Big Bay Family Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17 and Sunday, Sept. 18 along Broadway Pier, downtown. Sponsored by the Port of San Diego, the event will also feature military bands playing, food, information booths, speakers and exhibitions. (619) 858-1545. fleetweeksandiego.org
Join the San Diego Chinese Historical Museum in celebrating the brightest full moon of the year, 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17 at 404 Third Ave., downtown. Mooncakes (prepared during the MidAutumn Festival since Ancient times as an offering to the moon) will be served, and there will be storytelling, arts and crafts, and calligraphy demonstrations. RSVP (619) 338-9888, info@sdchm.org
Panel Discussion Quint Contemporary Art will host Kent Jones, Leah Ollman, Robert Polito, Robert Walsh and Sally Yard in a talk about the catalog “Patricia Patterson: Here and There, Back and Forth Forth,” 7 p.m. Saturday Sept. 17 at D.G. Wills Books, 7461 Girard Ave. Patterson’s career as a painter has been active since 1964. She recently held a retrospective at California Center for the Arts, Escondido. She did much work in Leaucadia, where she lived with her partner, the late Manny Farber. Patterson graduated from Parsons School of Design in New York, and joined the UCSD Department of Visual Arts in 1975. (858) 456-1800.
Artistic Arrangements Book Sale Paperbacks, hardbacks and members’ arts and crafts will be priced to sell from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17 at The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St. Admission is free. The library’s School of the Arts marks its 25th anniversary this year. The next sale will be held on Dec. 3. (858) 454-5872.
The Sakura Ikebana Group will present its first annual Ikebana Exhibition 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17 and 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18 at The Riford Library, 7555 Draper Ave. Admission is free. Many works have been inspired by master teacher Jackie Zhang, who has been leading the group for the past five years. (858) 552-1657.
OCTOBER 1 & 2, 2011 10AM – 6PM
DOWNTOWN LA JOLLA UPPER GIRARD AT PEARL
ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS EVENT SUPPORT OUR PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS: LA JOLLA, TORREY PINES & BIRD ROCK
FEATURING JURIED FINE ARTISTS, A WINE & BEER GARDEN PRESENTED BY BBC, LIVE MUSIC ON THE NIGHT & DAY STAGE, A GOURMET MARKETPLACE, A SILENT AUCTION, AND THE GEPPETTO’S FAMILY ART CENTER. ADULTS: $10 | KIDS 12 & UNDER, MILITARY & SENIORS: $5 | KIDS 2 & UNDER: FREE FOR MORE INFO WWW.LJAWF.ORG