FOCUS Family Festival – 11am-4pm. Benefits disadvantaged children in SD County. Includes Taste of Coronado with food from Coronado restaurants, shopping, children’s games, Rad Hatter hat making, clown, face painting, climbing wall, silent auction, children’s opportunity drawings, entertainment and more. $2/adults, $1/children ages 4-12. Coronado Community Center, 1845 Strand Way, Coronado, 92118. Fred Kallsen, 619-972-7813.
Focus-SD.org.
MONDAY, AUGUST 16
Practitioner Development – 7-9pm. With Jano Galindo. Opportunity to expand and discuss personal practice and methods outside the normal class setting. First hour is physical practice followed by discussion and adjustments. Free for members, $15/nonmem- bers. Sorrento Valley Yoga, 10999 Sorrento Valley Rd, San Diego, 92121. 858-353-7703. SorrentoVal-
leyYoga@gmail.com.
SorrentoValleyYoga.com.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 17
Rediscover Escondido – 6pm. Led by Escondido History Center guide. Starts at SE corner of Grand and Broadway. Free. Draper’s and Damon’s, 101 E Grand Ave, Escondido, 92025. 760-743-8207.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18
Scandinavian Dance Party – 7:30-10pm. Par- ty with live music. $7-8. Folk Dance Center, 4569 30th St, San Diego, 92116. 619-281-5656.
FolkDanceCenter.org.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 19
The Festival of the August Moon Fundraiser – 6-8:30pm. Fundraising event for garden expansion plan. Over 300 supporters attending for an evening of dinner and entertainment. $65/individual or $600/ table (seats 10) for members or $80/individual or $750/table for nonmembers. Japanese Friendship Garden, 2215 Pan American Rd, San Diego, 92147. 619-232-2721 x 102.
NIWA.org.
Achieve Your Dreams by Expanding Your Con- sciousness – 6:30-9pm. The right uses of images to manifest dream, experience creative consciousness, how meditation or prayer practice impacts life and more. Learn, share, relax and have fun. First class free. Alternative Health and Healing offices, 1228 N Coast Hwy 101, Encinitas, 92024. 760-633-3328.
Danielle@AHHorg.com.
AHHorg.com.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 21
37th Annual Midnight Madness Fun Bicycle Ride – 12am. Begins at the stroke of midnight. $30. San Diego County Administration Building, 1600 Pacific Hwy, San Diego, 92101. 619-338-9981.
SanDiegoMidnightMadness.org.
Free to Breathe 5K Run/Walk – 7am. Lung can- cer advocates, survivors and the community come together to raise awareness and support to fight this disease. All proceeds benefit the National Lung Can- cer Partnership’s research, education and awareness programs. NTC Promenade Cultural District at Lib- erty Station, 2640 Historic Decatur Rd, San Diego, 92106. 619-573-9300.
FreeToBreathe.com.
Garden Expressions – Aug 21-22. 9am-5pm. Sculp- tors, painters, glass artists, potters, gourd and fiber artists, and more creating and selling their work. Live music and food. Tom Woodhan gives two pre- sentations. Free. San Diego Botanical Garden, 230 Quail Gardens Dr, Encinitas, 92024. 760-632-0917.
Info@SDBGarden.org.
SDBGarden.org.
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Nature in Marian Bear – 9:30am. Plants and animals that live in the park. Easy guided walk starts at East Genesee entrance. Tecolote Nature Center, 5180 Tecolote Rd, San Diego, 92110. 858-581-9944.
Weight Loss Art and Meditation Workshop – 1-4pm. With Yogi Dev. Natural. Effective and spiritual way of maintaining health as well as losing weight by balancing the five major elemental ener- gies. $125. Soul Power Center, 737 N Vulcan Ave, Encinitas, 92024. 760-452-2052. SoulPowerCen-
ter@hotmail.com.
SoulPowerCenter.org.
MONDAY, AUGUST 23
Full-Moon Walk on Scripps Pier – Aug 23-24. 7-9:30pm. Explore the pier’s history and current research projects while collecting plankton, per- forming experiments and exploring nocturnal habits of marine life. Ages 9 and up. Reservations required. $25. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 8602 La Jolla Shores Dr, San Diego, 92037. 858-534-7336.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26
Just Be – 6:30-7:30pm. Active guided meditation with conscious breathing and proven techniques of visualization. First class free. Alternative Health and Healing offices, 1228 N Coast Hwy 101, Encinitas, 92024. 760-633-3328.
Danielle@AHHorg.com.
AHHorg.com.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 27
Celebrate Dance Festival – Aug 27-29. 7-10pm. Highlights over 70 dance artists and organizations for free performances and workshops in Balboa Park. Bring a picnic. Free. Casa del Prado Theater, 1800 El Prado, San Diego, 92101. 619-239-8355.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 28
Free Composting Workshop – 10am-12pm. Com- post food scraps and yard trimmings. Covers vermi- composting (worms). Compost bins and worm bins for sale after class. Meet at Compost Demonstration Site by the Seeds of Wonder Children’s Garden. Free. Registration required. San Diego Botanical Garden, 230 Quail Gardens Dr, Encinitas, 92024. 760-436-7986.
SolanaCenter.org.
Make Your Own Succulent Container Gar- den – 10am-1pm. With docent Bette Childs. Use succulents in containers and design and plant an arrangement. $55/members; $65/nonmembers, in- cludes all materials. Register by Aug 25. San Diego Botanical Garden, 230 Quail Gardens Dr, Encinitas, 92024. 760-632-0917.
Info@SDBGarden.org.
SDBGarden.org.
Food for the Organic Garden – 2-3pm. With master gardener Diane Hollister. Build and maintain a great compost bin, composting beyond the bin, starting composting projects all over the garden. Free. El Corazon Compost Facility, 3210 Oceanside Blvd, Oceanside, 92056. 800-262-4167 x4.
Night Walk – 7:30-9:30pm. With Will Bowen. Search for owls, deer and night-blooming plants. Bring flashlight, water and insect-repellant. Free. Sorrento Valley trailhead, 4206 Sorrento Valley Blvd, San Diego, 92121. 858-484-3219.
QUICK GREEN TIP:
Small, plastic yogurt containers make great starter seed pots for new plants.
www.na-sd.com
SUNDAY, AUGUST 29
Practitioner Development – 8:30-10:45am. With Natalie Fox Maisel. Expand and discuss personal practice and methods outside normal class setting. First hour is physical practice followed by Thai partner yoga/adjustments. Free for members, $15/nonmem- bers. Sorrento Valley Yoga, 10999 Sorrento Valley Rd, San Diego, 92121. 858-353-7703. SorrentoVal-
leyYoga@gmail.com.
SorrentoValleyYoga.com.
Botanical Watercolor Monotype Pastel Combo – 9:30am-4pm. With Helen Shafer Garcia. Innovative techniques to build micro-view botanical composi- tions uniting watercolor monotype and pastel. For all skill levels. $65/members, $75/nonmembers. Register by Aug 25. San Diego Botanical Garden, 230 Quail Gardens Dr, Encinitas, 92024. 760-632- 0917.
Info@SDBGarden.org.
SDBGarden.org.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 31
Something Big is Happening in San Diego – 9am. Imagine a 52-mi system of parks and open spaces reaching from the mountains to the ocean with walk- ing and biking trails that link them together. This is the goal of San Diego River Park and help is needed. San Diego Garden in Mission Valley, 3334 Camino del Rio N, San Diego, 92108. Richard or Elizabeth: 619-297-7380.
Volunteer@SanDiegoRiver.org.
SanDiegoRiver.org.
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Organic Cool Season Vegetables – 11am. With Pat Welsh. Valuable tips and tricks to growing organic cool season vegetables. $10/members, $12/nonmembers. Register by Sept 1. San Diego Botanical Garden, 230 Quail Gardens Dr, Encini- tas, 92024. 760-632-0917.
Info@SDBGarden.org.
SDBGarden.org.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
Transforming Awareness – 7pm. A dialogue with Michael Bernard Beckwith and Robert Thurman. Lively and spontaneous conversation spanning topics from the global to the personal. $25/general admission, $100 VIP tickets (includes pre-event reception at 5:30pm). Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 147 NW 19th Ave, Portland, OR 97209. BeckWith-
ThurmanEvent.com.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
Touch 101 – 10am-5pm. Principles of conscious touch; apply those principles through different massage techniques. $30/individual, $50/couple. International Professional School of Bodywork, 9025 Balboa Ave, Ste 130, San Diego, 92123. 858- 505-1100.
Info@IPSB.edu.
IPSB.edu.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
Naturally in San Diego: Native Plants of Torrey Pines State Reserve – 6-9pm. With Dr. Margaret Fil- lius. A photographic visit with a selection of annual and perennial natives of San Diego County. Free parking. Free/members, $10/nonmembers. Surfside Race Place, Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Du- rante Blvd, Del Mar, 92014. 760-295-7089. Info@
SDHortSoc.org.
SDHortSoc.org.
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