The La Jolla Light presents this continuing listing of local in-person events and online activities.
Lectures & learning
• The La Jolla Community Center presents “Understanding Just How Real Climate Change Is” as part of the Peer Learning Collaborative at 2:45 p.m. Thursdays, June 5, 12, 19 and 26, at 6811 La Jolla Blvd. Topics are: Week 1, “Understanding Policy”; Week 2, “How Does Climate Change Affect Us Today and our Grandkids Tomorrow"> ljcommunitycenter.org/plc
• “Resisting Microaggressions Through Claudio Rankine’s Micronarratives” is set for 2 p.m. Saturday, June 7, at the La Jolla/Riford Library, 7555 Draper Ave. Paola Capó-García, San Diego’s poet laureate for 2025-27, will facilitate a reading and discussion of Rankine’s 2014 book “Citizen: An American Lyric” to explore racism and the concept of microaggressions. Free. sandiego.librarymarket.com/event/paola
• The Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center hosts a “Retirement Academy” at 6 p.m. Tuesdays through June 17 at 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla. The series features tips and lessons about retirement. $360 for Jewish Community Center , $400 for non-. lfjcc.org/seniors/retirementacademy.aspx
• “Explore the World of Ladino,” an intermediate course on Ladino, or Judeo-Spanish, language through readings of early-20th-century novels published in Turkey and post-Ottoman countries, is presented from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesdays through July 8, online. $300. yiddishlandcalifornia.org/ladino-judeo-spanish
Health & fitness
• The La Jolla Newcomers Club presents Saturday Morning Walkers at 9:30 a.m. June 7. The one-hour walk will begin at the La Jolla Recreation Center, 615 Prospect St., and go through the Olivetas and Dunemere neighborhoods before returning to the Recreation Center. Afterward, those interested will go for coffee together. lajollanewcomers.org
Arts & culture
• The 2025 Athenaeum Jazz Summer Series begins at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 5, and runs through Saturday, June 21, in the Joan & Irwin Jacobs Music Room at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St., La Jolla, and at Scripps Research Auditorium, 10620 John Jay Hopkins Drive, La Jolla. The performers are: June 5, Sasha Berliner Quartet; June 11, Gillian Margot and Geoffrey Keezer; June 16, Dave Holland and Lionel Loueke; June 21, Melissa Aldana Quartet. $50-$208. ljathenaeum.org/jazz
• The San Diego Public Library’s Summer Reading Program presents music by Ralph’s World for children at 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 6, in the Community Room at the La Jolla/Riford Library, 7555 Draper Ave. Free. bit.ly/43L5Ifh
• The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library concludes its “Acoustic Evenings” series at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 6, in the Joan & Irwin Jacobs Music Room, 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. Performers will be Lee Coulter, Julia Sage, Dave Booda, Monette Marino, Santiago Orozco, Jesus Gonzalez, Jefferson Jay, Bri Schillings and Michelle Lerach. $18-$64. ljathenaeum.org/acoustics
• The Joseph Bellows Gallery in La Jolla hosts the solo art exhibition “Nan Brown: Trailers Collected” from Saturday, June 7, to Saturday, July 26, at 7661 Girard Ave. The show features Brown’s typology of mobile homes. Free. josephbellows.com/exhibitions/nan-brown2
• The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus presents “Elijah’s Triumph,” a performance of Felix Mendelssohn’s “Elijah,” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 7, and 2 p.m. Sunday, June 8, at UC San Diego’s Mandeville Auditorium, 9390 Mandeville Lane, La Jolla. $20-$45. ljsc.org/elijah
• La Jolla artist Ed Whitmore displays about 40 of his paintings in the exhibit “Forging Beauty” in the Gotthelf Art Gallery at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center through Sunday, June 8, at 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla. lfjcc.org/cjc/gag.aspx
• La Jolla Playhouse presents “Indian Princesses,” a play written by Eliana Theologides Rodriguez and directed by Miranda Cornell about “five girls, their fathers and the mess of growing up,” from Tuesday, June 10, to Sunday, July 6, at the Mandell Weiss Forum, 2910 La Jolla Village Drive. Tickets start at $30. lajollaplayhouse.org/show/indian-princesses
• The La Jolla Music Society presents the Sabrosas Latin Orchestra at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 11, at the Wu Tsai QRT.yrd at the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, 7600 Fay Ave. Free. theconrad.org/events/qrt-yrd-sabrosas
• Author David Jacinto discusses his book “Where Eagles Fly Free” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 11, at Warwick’s bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. Free, or $26 for a reserved seat and book copy. warwicks.com/event/jacinto-2025
• “Prospect 2025,” this year’s renewal of an annual exhibition highlighting artworks being considered for acquisition, runs Thursday, June 12, through Sunday, Nov. 2, at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 700 Prospect St., La Jolla. The show will feature five sculptural artworks by Hugh Hayden, Daniela Gomez Paz, Ryan Preciado, Sarah Rosalena and Barbara Sanchez-Kane. mcasd.org/exhibitions/prospect-2025
• The La Jolla Library Poetry Group meets at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 12, in the Community Room of the La Jolla/Riford Library, 7555 Draper Ave. sandiego.librarymarket.com/event/la-jolla-library-poetry-group-415713
• Warwick’s bookstore presents author Sarah Gold McBride as she discusses her book “Whiskerology: The Culture of Hair in Nineteenth-Century America” in conversation with Rebecca Jo Plant at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 12, at 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. Free, or $32.95 for a reserved seat and book copy. warwicks.com/event/gold-mcbride-2025
• The La Jolla Historical Society presents the Kumeyaay Visual Storytelling Project, an exhibition that brings together the comic books “Our, Past, Present and Future” and “Beyond Gaming,” written by Kumeyaay tribal historians Ethan Banegas, Michael Connolly Miskwish, Lorraine Orosco and Stanley Rodriguez and illustrated by John Swogger. The event runs Friday, June 13, through Sunday, Aug. 31, at 780 Prospect St. Free. lajollahistory.org/current-and-
• The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library hosts a book sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 14, at 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. Used books, CDs, vinyl LPs and sheet music will be available. ljathenaeum.org/events/book-sale-2025-0614
• The Pointeworks ballet company, featuring an international cast of 12 dancers, performs at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 14, at the Baker-Baum Concert Hall, 7600 Fay Ave., La Jolla. $38-$143. theconrad.org/events/24-25-pointeworks
• Warwick’s bookstore presents La Jollan Ran Anbar, author of “The Life Guide for Teens,” from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 15, at 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. Free. warwicks.com/event/anbar-2025
• The La Jolla Music Society presents cellist Jaemin Han at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 15, at the Baker-Baum Concert Hall, 7600 Fay Ave. $48.50-$76. theconrad.org/events/jaemin-han-cello
• La Jolla Playhouse presents the Tony Award-winning play “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” written by Jocelyn Bioh and directed by Whitney White, through Sunday, June 15, at the Mandell Weiss Theatre, 2910 La Jolla Village Drive. $30-$90. lajollaplayhouse.org/show/jajas-african-hair-braiding
• UC San Diego’s Mandeville Art Gallery presents “Border Craft,” featuring contemporary artists highlighting border regions, through Sunday, June 15, at 9390 Mandeville Lane, La Jolla. Free. mandevilleartgallery.ucsd.edu/exhibitions/border-craft.html
• The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library presents “Songs of Alice Barnett: A San Diego Composer’s Unsung Legacy,” a concert and lecture series with vocalist Katina Mitchell and pianist Yewon Lee, at 6:30 p.m. Mondays, June 16, 23 and 30, at 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. Barnett was a renowned art song composer who spent her life in San Diego and wrote and performed music, produced concerts and was a co-founder of the San Diego Symphony Association. $99 for the entire series for Athenaeum , $129 for non-, $30 for students; $35 for individual lectures for , $45 for non-, $12 for students. ljathenaeum.org/music-lectures
• The History Matters Book Club for Middle Graders (grades 4-8) meets at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 17, at the Mount Soledad National Veterans Memorial, 6905 La Jolla Scenic Drive South. The club’s June book is “They Called Us Enemy” by George Takei. bit.ly/3ZObueD
• Author Eliza Knight discusses her book “Confessions of a Grammar Queen” in conversation with Rachel McMillan at 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, online in an event presented by Warwick’s bookstore in La Jolla. Free. warwicks.com/event/knight-2025
• The Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival presents six concerts, each at 7 p.m. between June 18 and 28 in La Jolla. Performances are: Wednesday, June 18, “Newly Discovered Mozart & the Four Seasons,” Friday, June 20, “Beethoven, Mozart & Strauss,” Tuesday, June 24, “Brandenburgs & Haffner Symphony,” Thursday, June 26, “Mozart, Mendelssohn & Klezmer Concerto,” all at the Baker-Baum Concert Hall, 7600 Fay Ave., along with Saturday, June 21, “Mozart Symphony 40 and Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto” and Saturday, June 28, “Beethoven’s Triple Concerto & Symphony 7,” both at UC San Diego’s Epstein Family Amphitheater, 9480 Innovation Lane. $26.50-$260. mainlymozart.org/allstar
• Author Bianca Marais discusses her book “A Most Puzzling Murder” in conversation with Rachel McMillan at 4 p.m. Thursday, June 19, online in an event presented by Warwick’s bookstore in La Jolla. Free. warwicks.com/event/marais-2025
• The San Diego Public Library’s Summer Reading Program presents “Literature Comes to Life” at 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 20, in the Community Room at the La Jolla/Riford Library, 7555 Draper Ave. Children can become storybook characters and help bring popular fairy tales and award-winning stories to life. Free. bit.ly/4juJdkc
• The La Jolla Community Center presents its 2025 Fourth Friday Jazz Series at 6811 La Jolla Blvd. performances, beginning at 8 p.m., are: June 27: Lori Bell, “Higher Standards”; July 25: Brian Levy, “Jazz Standards & Ballads”; Aug. 22: Rose Mallett, “Standards Exuding Peace & Joy”; Sept. 26: Holly Hofmann, “Autumn Jazz”; and Oct. 24: Gilbert Castellanos, “Afro-Cuban Latin Jazz Celebration.” $25 per concert for Community Center and $30 for non- in advance; $35 at the door. ljcommunitycenter.org/ffjs
• The Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival, commonly known as JFest, runs through Monday, June 30, including concerts, theater events, discussions and a comedy show. Several events are in La Jolla. $25-$80. sdjfest.org
• The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego is displaying “Memories of an American Past,” featuring works from MCASD’s permanent collection, at 700 Prospect St., La Jolla. The exhibit highlights installations by Vito Acconci and Gary Simmons, along with works by Amy Adler, Terry Allen, Sadie Barnette, Rafael Canogar, Allan Sekula and William E. Jones. mcasd.org/about/press/memories-of-an-american-past
• K. Nathan Gallery in La Jolla presents an exhibition of paintings from early California to French post-Impressionism through June at The Lodge at Torrey Pines hotel, 11480 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla. knathangallery.com
• The Tim Bessell gallery hosts the art exhibit “Synthesizing Form and Color:New Work by Anne Varick” through Tuesday, July 1, at 515 Westbourne St., La Jolla. The exhibit features about 30 works by Varick in her first solo show in La Jolla since 1977. 858-344-7080. Email [email protected].
• The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library presents the exhibition “Harvest & Gather: Missed Connections” through Saturday, July 19, at 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. The exhibit features papier-maché sculptures and fiber installations made with paper waste. ljathenaeum.org/events/exhibition-2025-harvest-gather
• The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego hosts the art exhibition “An Artful Life: A Tribute to Matthew C. Strauss” through Sunday, Aug. 3, at 700 Prospect St., La Jolla. mcasd.org/exhibitions/an-artful-life
• Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography hosts “Embodied Pacific: Ocean Unseen” at 2300 Expedition Way, La Jolla. The installation features 11 projects blending art and science into interactive experiences focused on scientific ocean exploration. The exhibition, part of the Getty Foundation series “PST Art: Art & Science Collide,” runs until September. Included with aquarium ission. aquarium.ucsd.edu
• “Land and Sea: Selections from the Collection,” an exhibit featuring land and seascapes by more than 20 artists with connections to the region, runs through Wednesday, Dec. 31, at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 700 Prospect St., La Jolla. It includes pieces in the museum’s current collection, as well as new acquisitions. mcasd.org/exhibitions/new-on-view
• The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego presents “A Burial in Shanghai,” an exhibit of large paintings by Chinese-born artist Yan Pei-Ming, through Sunday, Jan. 4, at 700 Prospect St., La Jolla. mcasd.org/exhibitions/yan-pei-ming
Galas & events
• The Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa hosts a Tea in the Garden Series with a rotating lineup of themed afternoon high teas on Sundays, June 8, July 13, Aug. 10, Sept. 14 and Oct. 19, at 9700 N. Torrey Pines Road. $75. bit.ly/4jZblwR
• The La Jolla/Riford Library hosts “ Us the Holocaust,” or “RUTH,” an exhibit that features stories of Holocaust survivors living in San Diego County and artifacts from the Holocaust and World War II, through June 28, 2026, at 7555 Draper Ave. Free. bit.ly/49TLiDr. Maria Jutasi Coleman, a Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor, psychotherapist, artist and author, will be a guest speaker from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 10. sandiego.librarymarket.com/event/ruth-exhibit-program-418127
• The San Diego Public Library’s Summer Reading Program presents the Zovargo Animal Show at 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 13, in the Community Room of the La Jolla/Riford Library, 7555 Draper Ave. Free. bit.ly/3FoZjho
• The Expo Design Market, a two-day event showcasing San Diego publishing, design, music and more, is set for 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 14-15, at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 700 Prospect St., La Jolla. Free ission. mcasd.org/events/expo-design-market-2025
• The La Jolla Historical Society presents a walking tour of Village landmarks beginning at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 19, at 780 Prospect St. The 90-minute tour, led by historian Carol Olten, will feature buildings designed by master architect Irving Gill, plus the La Valencia and Grande Colonial hotels, the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library and more. $10 for Historical Society , $20 for non-. bit.ly/4kqevdz
• The La Jolla Shores Association presents “Tides of Creativity” from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 21, along Avenida de la Playa between Calle de la Plata and Paseo del Ocaso, including Laureate Park. The event will include local artists and authors, live music, face painting, a bounce house, pony rides and a raffle. Free ission. Email [email protected].
• The La Jolla Mutt Strut returns from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, June 22, at 1111 Prospect St. This year’s event will include a scavenger hunt designed for dog lovers with or without pets to discover local businesses while completing a puzzle with a pet theme. Businesses throughout La Jolla’s Village will be stops along the scavenger hunt route, and pet rescue organizations will be onsite. lajollalovespets.org
• “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” a fundraiser for the La Jolla Historical Society, is set for 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 25, at Sugar and Scribe, 7660 Fay Ave. The event will include dinner prepared by chef Maeve Rochford, wine and cocktails, live music and a silent auction. $199. lajollahistory.org/midsummer-fundraiser
• La Jolla Playhouse presents “59 Acres — An Immersive Speculative Soundwalk” through June. Participate by ing the “59 Acres” app for audio and then walking a scenic route between La Jolla Playhouse’s Potiker Theatre and UC San Diego’s Geisel Library. Free. lajollaplayhouse.org/59-acres
Do you have an event — online or in person — that you’d like to see here? Email your leads to Rob Vardon at [email protected] by noon Friday for publication in the following week’s edition. ♦
