Weekly Progressive Calendar: Upcoming in San Diego
It’s a busy time of year in San Diego. There’s All-Star Baseball, there’s homeless being bullied because of baseball, there’s a protest over the plans build a football stadium in the East Village there’s Pride Week and plenty more.
Get your event listed: I try to list the next 10 days or so of mostly non-commercial events I think our readers might find of interest. I source my material from social media listings and press releases. In cases where there are competing but similar events or campaigns of the progressive persuasion, I do my best to list everything.
Unfortunately, my subscription to the psychic hotline has lapsed so if you don’t tell me or Facebook, etc., about your event it won’t get listed. See my email address at the end of this column.
SheFest
Saturday, July 9, 11am – 5pm
North Park Community Park, 4044 Idaho St
Info & Updates
SheFest is a woman-centered event that celebrates and supports the talents and contributions of women while fostering meaningful connections within the LGBT and larger San Diego community. This one-day festival is FREE to ALL and will include music, workshops, games, and more in a safe space where women can experience support, encouragement, and empowerment!
San Diego Latino/Latina/Latinx
Memorial for Orlando-Somos Una Gente
Saturday, July 9, 6pm
St Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral
2728 6th Ave
Info & Updates
It’s time to heal and unite the community to support the LGBTQ Latino/Latina/Latinx Community in San Diego.
DemocracyFest 10th Anniversary Reunion Concert
Saturday, July 9th, 7pm
Grassroots Oasis, 3130 Moore St. (Old Town)
Info & Updates
We are coming up on ten years since DemocracyFest hit the campus of San Diego State on a scorching weekend — an incredible weekend culminating months of planning and hustle by an indefatigible band of grassroots activists. Crowning the three-day event? The “Saturday Night Beach Party Blowout” in the then Open Air Theater, featuring local and national musical artists, comedians/social critics, and political figures.
“The 3rd Annual DemocracyFest event will be bigger and better than ever. Building on the experience of the past, and bringing new energy, San Diego for Democracys plans for this year promises to be another fabulous event! As usual, DemocracyFest will feature the fantastic training capabilities of Latinos for America, grassroots training and speakers from Root Camp, fantastic guest speakers, panels, entertainment and events provided by the host committee (San Diego for Democracy) and as if that werent enough, a Saturday night full of great food, great entertainment, and great speakers!”
San Diego Climate Mobilization Coalition Rally
Sunday, July 10, 10am-Noon
U.S.S Midway Aircraft Carrier, 910 N Harbor Drive
Info & Updates
Come for a rally with music and speakers. Join us as we call for a national WWII-scale climate mobilization to move America off fossil fuels and on to renewable wind, water and solar energy. Music by Lucky Strings. More info: 858-457-0246
A Come Together to Stand Together
Sunday, July 10, 5pm
Collective 1939
1939 Friendship Drive, San Diego
Info & Updates
Because it has been an effing awful week and we refuse to just sit and troll facebook and rant and maybe cry and because everyone needs to feel like they are doing something, and as it turns out the BEST thing we can do to fix our community is to COME TOGETHER as a community.
So bring your art and your anger and your song and sadness and we’ll talk it out hug it out work it out. Together.
Major League Baseball All-Star Game Week
July 7-12
Various Locations
Info & Updates
The All-Star Game is in San Diego, this week, and if you don’t have tickets for the game, be prepared to shell out lots money to a reseller. Or stay at home and watch it on TV.
Or….
Local All-Stars Help the Homeless People — Will You?
July 9- 12, Saturday-Tuesday, 11am-5pm
Base Camp – Fault Line Park, 1433 Island Ave,
Volunteer on any of the dates above to:
- Help with set up (11:00 a.m. to noon) or tear down (4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.).
Assist in distributing water and snacks.
Join a Sign Squad to disperse out from base Camp between Noon and 4:00 p.m. to areas where there are crowds.
Join a Mobile Cooling Team, to bring water to people on the streets who can’t make it to Fault Line Park
More Info: See Jeeni Criscenzo’s article.
Interfaith Light the Night for Pride
Tuesday, July 12, 7:15
St Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral
2728 6th Ave
Info & Updates
Join elected officials, interfaith leaders, and San Diego’s LGBT community to witness the Cathedral’s first annual ceremonial lighting of its rainbow exterior to kick off Pride Week.
Meeting of the Minds: Art Vision
Tuesday, July 12, 6:30pm
North Chapel at Liberty Station
Hosted by Voice of San Diego
Info & Updates (Admission Fee)
Our local arts organizations lie at the intersection of culture and community. They unite audiences together, introduce us to new ideas and challenge us to approach the world in new ways. At the helm of each organization is a fearless leader with a clear vision for how we should integrate art into our daily lives.
Join us Tuesday, July 12, at NTC Liberty Station for the next installment of Meeting of the Minds, an evening of fast-paced presentations. Produced in partnership with Art Career Café, we are bringing together a diverse group of arts leaders with visions that are pushing boundaries and engaging the community with bold new ideas. Talks begin at 7:00 p.m.
Free Film Night – The Future of Energy
Thursday, July 14, 7pm
The Green Store
4843 B Voltaire Street,
Info: 619.225.1083
Featuring some of America’s top energy specialists and ecological visionaries this powerful 2016 documentary captures the movement across the United States to transition to renewable energy and what everyday people are doing to help foster that shift. It’s a positive film about the renewable energy revolution, and a love story about the countless individuals and communities that are re-imagining their relationships with the planet and with each other. Watch trailer a www.thefutureofenergy.org Free of Charge
BASTA! Barrios Against STAdiums –
Silent Protest Against Chargers’ Stadium
Friday, July 15, 11:30am-1pm
Corner of Newton/Beardsley in Barrio Logan
Info & Updates
The Chargers are bringing their pro-stadium propaganda campaign to Barrio Logan for the Family Health Center’s Spirit of the Barrio luncheon. B.A.STA!: Barrios Against STAdiums will hold a silent protest across the street from the luncheon on Newton and Beardsley. Because Family Health is a respected community partner we want the focus to be on the Chargers proposed stadium blocks away in the East Village and not on Family Health. Out of respect for Family Health we will quietly hold anti-stadium signs and banners across both streets. A press conference will also take place.
Pride Festival: Gay Pride Weekend, San Diego 2016
“Top 25” Listing of Events
Friday, July 15
Info & Updates – The Pride of Hillcrest Block Party (Admission)
Info & Updates – Spirit of Stonewall Rally
Info & Updates – San Diego Trans Pride
Info & Updates – QTPOC Art Show
Saturday, July 16 and Sunday, July 17
Various Locations
Info & Updates – Music Festival (Admission Charge)
Info & Updates – Parade
Info & Updates – Pride 5K
Pride Festival: Free Rainbow Zone
Saturday, July 16, 11am
West End of Balboa Park
Info & Updates
Want to join the celebration, connect with community resources, and not have to purchase a ticket? This brand new addition to Pride has food, music, and info all for FREE!!!
Find: LGBT local artists with Art of Pride, our LGBT history by Lambda Archives San Diego, Senior Cool Zone, Youth Zone by Trevor Project, Pride Family Picnic by Family Services at the Center, LGBT Black Coalition, South Bay Pride, ShePower – Queer women’s health area by the Lesbian Wellness Project, ongoing sobriety support by Live & Let Live Alano Club, 211 San Diego & County resources, HIV testing, music all day and more!
San Diego Pride Full Entertainment Lineup:https://sdpride.org/entertainment/
San Diego Trans Pride
Friday, July 15, 1:30pm
Balboa Park, 6th & Quince
Info & Updates
Join us at our third annual event, which is free and open to all.
Food & BBQ 1:30-5:30pm
Open Mic 5:30-6:30pm
Spirit of Stonewall Rally
Friday, July 15, 1:30pm
Marston Point (Balboa Dr & 8th)
Info & Updates
Pride celebrations everywhere trace their heritage to the evening of June 28, 1969 when patrons of the Stonewall Inn in New York City said “No more!” to police harassment. That protest has grown to annual events held in major cities throughout the world.
In San Diego, our first rally was held in 1975. San Diego Pride’s Spirit of Stonewall Rally is a time to recognize and honor leaders who are working hard to preserve our gains and meet the many challenges still facing our community. Come join us as cheering crowds and energetic speakers kick off San Diego Pride Weekend!
Queers Dismantling Borders: QTPOC Art Show
Friday, July 15, 7pm
Central Cultural de La Raza
2004 Park Blvd
Info & Updates
Our grief will not be militarized! There is magic and power in our voices and art!
Please join us for an evening of badass & radical QTPOC Art (Queer & Trans* People of Color), ranging from spoken word, to all visual art mediums and photography. The Exhibition runs from 7/15-/730. The opening night is 7/15 at 7 PM
Live performances at the opening night include spoken word and a queer autonomous group of Hip-Hop and Ballet Folklorico dancers.
Protest Horse Racing at Del Mar Race Track
July 16-17 11:30am
Del Mar Race Track
2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd
Info & Updates
THIS IS TWO DAYS OF PROTESTING, BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. They are both from 11:30 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. (other protests dates and time will be posted soon)
Another summer of horse cruelty here in San Diego. This is the first of many protests over the summer.How many horses will die this summer?
Please make homemade signs. We will meet at the entrance inside the parking lot.
WOSD- Free Film Night
This Changes Everything
Wednesday, July 20, 6:30pm
The Women’s Museum of California
2730 Historic Decatur Road, Barracks 16
Info & Updates
Directed by Avi Lewis, and inspired by Naomi Klein’s international non-fiction bestseller This Changes Everything, the film presents seven powerful portraits of communities on the front lines, from Montana’s Powder River Basin to the Alberta Tar Sands, from the coast of South India to Beijing and beyond.
Interwoven with these stories of struggle is Klein’s narration, connecting the carbon in the air with the economic system that put it there. Throughout the film, Klein builds to her most controversial and exciting idea: that we can seize the existential crisis of climate change to transform our failed economic system into something radically better.
Women Occupy San Diego offer a FREE FILM Screening every FOURTH WEDNESDAY each month.
OB Historical Society – The OB Pier Turns 50!
Thursday, July 21, 7pm
Point Loma United Methodist Church
1984 Sunset Cliffs Blvd
Info & Updates
Celebrate and Learn the Pier’s History! Our featured guest Ralph Teyssier is the son of Leonard Teyssier, owner of one of the largest construction companies in San Diego in the mid- 1960s. Leonard’s firm, Teyssier & Teyssier, Inc., built the Ocean Beach Fishing Pier.
Ralph is delighted to share with all of you the fascinating aspects of the engineering and construction that went into the building of the Ocean Beach Fishing Pier. Intrigued with structural engineering and construction from an early age, Ralph had the on-site opportunity to watch first hand, the building of the Ocean Beach Fishing Pier.
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