38 San Diego Reader September 1, 2016


Dance Lesson at Twilight in the Park The Twilight in the Park Sum- mer Concerts are the highlights of the Summer in Balboa Park. Join Swing Dancing San Diego for a pre-concert class. Info: swingda- ncingsd@gmail.com. Thursday, September 1, 5:30pm; free. Spreck- els Organ Pavilion, 1549 El Prado. (BALBOA PARK)


Divorce Options Led by volunteer attorneys, financial specialists, and mental health professionals who are members of the Collaborative Family Law Group of San Diego, the workshop will cover the full range of choices couples have as they contemplate divorce, focusing on the non-adversarial, out-of-court options. The Divorce Options pro- gram is useful to anyone thinking about divorce or other relationship transitions including LGBT couples or domestic partners with children looking for a process aware and respectful of their unique needs. Saturday, September 3, 9am; free. Scripps Ranch Community Service Center, 11885 Cypress Canyon Road. (SCRIPPS RANCH)


Narrative Structure This course will take a closer look at how fic- tion writers use narrative struc- tures to create emotional tension and suspense. We often consider Freytag’s pyramid (exposition, ris- ing action, climax, falling action, and resolution) as the blueprint for constructing narratives, but by ana- lyzing contemporary short stories and novel excerpts we can begin to see new models that might help us understand how to frame com- pelling narratives. Reading stories such as Tobias Wolff’s A Bullet to the Brain and Edward P. Jones’ The First Day will allow us to question what makes a powerful narrative. Sunday, September 4, 2:30pm; $45-$54. Ink Spot, 2730 Historic Decatur Rd., Barracks 16 #202. (LIBERTY STATION)


Plant Night: Create a Mini Gar- den or Terrarium Plant, dig, and relax with friends. A garden-design instructor will guide you step-by- step through the project in about 1.5 hours. If you’re feeling creative, change the design as you go. All materials provided. Wednesday, September 7, 6:30pm; $40-$55. Slater’s 50/50, 110 Knoll Road. (SAN MARCOS)


Three Water-Smart Edibles Class Learn best practices to grow- ing a trio of delicious plants that


require less water than most food plants from instructor Alan “Mor- ingaman” Ridley. In this hands-on seminar you will receive samples of Pitahaya (Dragon Fruit), Moringa (the Miracle Tree), and Loquat. Please bring a medium-sized box and one-gallon pot. Saturday, Sep- tember 3, 10am; $10. Water Con- servation Garden, 12122 Cuyamaca College Drive West. (RANCHO SAN DIEGO)


Writer’s Block Workshop Writing workshop every first and third Saturday of the month, where writers of all levels will enjoy experimenting with in-class writ- ing prompts to create experiences with words. End results can be starts of longer stories, flash fic- tion, and prose poetry. Info: ljli- braryfriends@gmail.com. Led by published author Heather Fowler. Saturday, September 3, 12pm; free. 18 and up. La Jolla Library, 7555 Draper Avenue. (LA JOLLA)


COMEDY


Colin Kane If you like dirty com- edy, Colin Kane’s your man. An insult comic that acknowledges the line and leaps over it, Kane is best known for his in-your-face delivery and off-the-cuff crowd work. Featuring an unlikely blend of piercing bite and authentic heart, Kane’s R-rated act tackles sex, rela- tionships, race and everyone who is brave enough to sit in the front row. Thursday, September 1, 8pm; Friday, September 2, 7:30pm and 9:30pm; Saturday, September 3, 7:30pm and 9:30pm; $12. Ameri- can Comedy Company, 818 Sixth Avenue. (DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO)


Improv Comedy Shows Similar in style to Whose Line Is It Anyway, the National Comedy Theatre is a high-octane improv comedy show featuring San Diego comedians performing a series of games and scenes based on audience sugges- tions. The audience picks the games, helps call the fouls, and ultimately decides which team is the evening’s winner. And it’s clean. No drink or age minimums. Fridays, 7:30pm and 9:45pm; Saturdays, 7:30pm and 9:45pm; through Friday, December 30, $12-$17. National Comedy The- atre, 3717 India Street. (MISSION HILLS)


Rhyme & Verse Two poems by Katie Darby Mullins


Genesis 30:6, Rachel Gets Her Wish


A man, a woman, another woman, and then the child who belongs to all three of them, come screaming and beautiful into the world… — John Darnielle


The night is blue, not black, and punctured with dots of white: the lights of the city illuminating what used to be mystery. And the moon, swollen and full, strikes Rachel like a rock: heavy and bitter, hard and unyielding.


Rachel watches the man who waited fourteen years sleep like nothing at nighttime matters — his chest rising and falling in the slatted beams of light. She asked for this. She pictures the other woman growing large and giving birth, imagines the first moment she sees her baby — Rachel’s baby. That can only happen once: a baby can only be seen for the first time once. Across the room, a bassinet is full with a struggling sleeper, a boy Jacob brought to her — like she asked him to do.


She had not thought beyond the burning need; didn’t think of moments where the boy, defiant, would look at her with eyes she didn’t recognize. She hadn’t thought to combing hair half-Jacob’s, half-someone else’s. She hadn’t thought of quiet nights, when she would wish she’d never asked, or more truthfully, that she could bring the baby inside herself, watch him grow, and make him hers.


For My Unborn Nephew Beware of advice — even this. — Carl Sandburg


If you knew that winter captured spring, you’d come later — but my cliché advice Stay warm, stay safe, is lost with other things.


March spins like a record, but never sings — I want to scratch the needle over all of this ice. If you knew that winter captured spring


you’d stay coiled in the womb, a ball of string — but even hibernation comes with a price. Stay warm, stay safe; my words mean other things,


like learn to be alone, expect suffering — but my warnings won’t mean you aren’t surprised, and when you learn that winter captured spring,


maybe you’ll be superstitious and cling to the inside with soft fingers, dark eyes. Stay warm, stay safe — I don’t know other things


that an aunt should say, or how to take the sting from life — now, I hope good wishes will suffice. You must feel that winter has swallowed spring, Stay warm, stay safe — you’ll learn the other things.


Katie Darby Mullins teaches creative writing at the University of Evansville. She was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, has edited a rock ’n’ roll crossover edition of the poetry journal Measure, and been published or has work forthcoming in Hawaii Pacific Review, Harpur Palate, Prime Number, Big Lucks, Pithead Chapel, and The Evansville Review. She was also a semifinalist in


the Ropewalk Press Fiction Chapbook competition and the Casey Shay Press poetry chapbook competition. She’s lead writer and founder of the music blog Katie Darby Recommends.


Find more poetry online at SDreader.com/poetry DANCE


Argentine Tango with Colette Learn tango now. Take a free first class on Saturday, September 3 or September 10 at 6pm in prepara- tion for a new six-week class on Monday, September 5. You can also enjoy a free class every Monday and Wednesday at 7pm while courses for beginners are given. Dance Place San Diego, 2650 Truxtun Road (corner of Dewey), Studio #106. No partner needed. Check tangowithcolette.com or call 514-726-5567. (POINT LOMA)


Mojalet Summer Series: Col- lage Dance Works Young cho- reographers come together to share


their passion of creativity through dance: choreography by local college students and established artists. Sat- urday, September 3, 7pm; Sunday, September 4, 2pm and 4:30pm; $10- $15. Bernardo Winery, 13330 Paseo del Verano Norte. (RANCHO BERNARDO)


DISCUSSION GROUPS


Nar-Anon Nar-Anon is a 12-step program for those affected by a loved one’s addiction. New meet- ing, weekly in Room 321 in the Welcome Center building. All are welcome who are struggling with


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a steep dive into the Harper Creek drainage along rocky switchbacks. Cross the creek and then parallel it as the trail hugs the northern slope of this steep rocky gorge. After 2.2 miles the trail emerges back into the flat lush Sweetwater River valley. Follow the East Side Trail past the park headquarters 2.2 miles back to the trailhead. As you are hiking, there may be wild turkeys in


the area. About 300 of them were introduced into the county by state officials and members of Safari Club International and the Wild Turkey Federation in 1993. Safari Club International paid to have the turkeys hauled to San Diego County from Kansas. With no major predator and abundant food sources,


drug addiction in a family member or friend, regardless of faith/lack thereof, race, creed, sexual orienta- tion/identification, military status, immigration status. Free parking validation. Handicap accessible. www.nar-anon.org. Saturdays, 10:30am; free. 18 and up. First Uni- tarian Universalist Church of San Diego, 4190 Front Street. (HILLCREST)


FOOD & DRINK


Deep Pit Barbeque 79th annual event. The parishioners will gather the night before and burn several cords of oak in a giant pit lined with fire brick and bury 1600 pounds of


the turkeys have thrived with a population today estimated to be as high as 20,000 ranging from Riverside County to the Mexican border in rural areas. The turkeys are a hybrid mix of a subspecies of Texas Rio Grande and a subspecies of Eastern, common to the Midwest. They roost in trees at night and eat nuts, leaves, and insects. Cuyamaca Rancho State Park is a wild-turkey hotspot. Perhaps they know that they are protected from hunters within the state park.


Canyoneers are San Diego Natural History Museum volunteers trained to lead interpretive nature walks that teach appreciation for the great outdoors. For a schedule of free public hikes, refer to the San Diego Natural History Museum website.


seasoned beef under the coals. It will be removed the next day to be enjoyed by hundreds of people from all over San Diego County. As in past years there will be live coun- try music featuring Honky Tonk Kings. With games for the kids, craft booths, homemade pies, rummage sale, and a raffle. Grand prize draw- ing for $1000. churchbarbecue.com/ index.html. Sunday, September 4, 11am; free. Our Lady of Light, 9136 Riverside Drive. (DESCANSO)


End of Summer Luau Break out your Hawaiian grass skirts this Labor Day weekend for a sunset luau on the beachfront ter- race. Enjoy Island-inspired hors d’oeuvres such as Teriyaki Beef Skewers and Tuna Poke. Partake in the Seaside Buffet, offering a variety of Hawaiian dishes includ- ing Mahi Mahi, Huli Huli Chicken, and Kalua Pua’a (a roasted pig). Don’t miss out on the Caramel- ized Pineapple Upside Down Cake. With fire dancers and live music. Sunday, September 4, 6pm; $60. SEA180 Coastal Tavern, 800 Sea- coast Avenue. (IMPERIAL BEACH)


Julian Grape Stomp Festa “The Julian Grape Stomp gives you the opportunity to feel the soft grapes squish between your feet and under- stand how wine was traditionally made. Of course, nobody drinks the products made from these grapes. It is strictly done for enjoyment and entertainment.” Enjoy a day of fun near Volcan Mountain with The


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