HOLLY HOFMANN AND FOUR WOMEN ONLY
Part of the Jazz in North Park Series
Presented by Holly Hofmann and Lyric at the Birch
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 • 7:00 PM

Gathering from across the country, Four Women Only is a stellar quintet of players brought together by a common love of jazz. Led by Holly Hofmann on flute, Four Women Only includes Mary Fettig on alto sax, Mimi Foxon guitar, Kristin Korb on bass and Sylvia Cuenca on drums. All of these artists are top players on their instruments, each with an extensive background in jazz performance and improvisation. This is a rare opportunity to hear this talented group of players in Southern California.

SINGLE TICKETS:
ONLY ONE DISCOUNT TYPE ALLOWED PER
TICKET ORDER
Adults $27, Seniors $22, Students (Day of Show) $15
3 show package $66

Discounts and show packages not available online
Show your Lyric Opera or KSDS membership card and save $5 off regular single show tickets.

Presented in association with KSDS (88.3 FM) radio
CLICK HERE TO ORDER TICKETS

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CAR SHOW AND WALKING TOUR OF NORTH PARK
COMMERCIAL AREA ALONG 30TH AND UNIVERSITY
Presented by North Park Historical Society
Saturday, September 11, 2010 • 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

The North Park Historical Society will host its first-ever car show on Saturday, September 11th from 10 am-1 pm. This free event will be in the parking lot behind the Birch North Park Theatre located at 2930 North Park Way. Dozens of historical cars will be on display.

Free walking tours of the North Park Commercial District will also be available that day. The guided tours will follow a one-mile route through the commercial area and feature over 30 buildings that have historical and architectural significance. Tours will originate at the Event Booth.

For more information please refer to:
www.northparkhistory.org

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MUSIC AND MIRTH AT THE MOVIES
PART 2
Presented by Lyric at the Birch
Saturday, September 11, 2010 • 7:00 PM

Lyric at the Birch, in concert with the Harold Lloyd Trust, proudly announce the return of internationally renowned film accompanist
Dr. Philip Carli, performing live music for the four-star, all-time classic movie masterpiece, THE KID BROTHER.

This beautifully restored film portrays Harold Lloyd as a shy and mild-mannered hero, too bashful to speak to a pretty girl, and too slight and timid to take on the brawny bullies that dog his life.  It is a delightful showcase of Harold Lloyd’s amazing balance of humor, sentiment, and action, as well as his famous athletic agility. Once seen, the climax of this film masterpiece will never be forgotten.

Also included in this evening’s festivities will be two entertaining short subjects and a classic cartoon.

Tickets:  General Admission $12 • Students/Seniors $10 • Children $8
Discounted tickets not available online

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ROLE/PLAY
FilmOut San Diego Monthly Screening
Co presented by G&LTimes, Flawless, Bourbon Street, and GSDBA
A San Diego Premiere
September 15, 2010 • 7:00 PM

Director: Rob Williams
Running time: 85 minutes

** San Diego Premiere**.  Please join cast & filmmakers for a Q&A, and autograph signing immediately after the screening!

When hunky soap opera star Graham Windsor (Steve Callahan; East Side Story, Make the Yuletide Gay, Nine Lives) is outed as the result of a gay sex tape scandal, he seeks refuge at an exclusive Palm Springs resort. But quiet anonymity eludes him when handsome marriage-equality activist Trey Reed (Matthew Montgomery; Redwoods, Back Soon, Pornography: A Thriller) checks in to escape the fallout from his own bitter divorce. As an undeniable passion begins to sizzle between Graham and Trey, they force each other to confront their professional downfalls – and the firestorm each has created in the gay press. Lushly photographed at an actual Palm Springs resort, the film also stars David Pevsner (Adam & Steve, Pornography: A Thriller) as Alex, the long-suffering innkeeper; Brian Nolan (The Lair) as Ricky, a young man with a past of his own; Matthew Stephen Herrick (Daydream Obsession 3: Legacy) as Graham’s ex-boyfriend, Parker Ryland; and Jim J. Bullock (Too Close for Comfort, The Jim J. and Tammy Faye Show) as Graham’s frustrated agent, Bernie.

UNRATED

Contains adult language/themes and nudity

Tickets: $10.00

For further information, ticket prices or to order tickets
visit www.filmoutsandiego.com

Tickets not sold through Birch North Park Theatre.
Tickets available in the lobby on the day of the event at 6:30 PM.

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PRE-SUBMITTAL MEETING FOR
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS/PROPOSALS FOR A DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR A 15,600 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING IN THE NORTH PARK REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA
Thursday, September 16, 2010 from 4:00 to 5:00 pm

The San Diego Redevelopment Agency (Agency) presents a unique opportunity for creative, qualified developers to submit proposals for the redevelopment of Agency-owned property at 3067 University Avenue in the North Park Redevelopment Project Area. Deadline for submittals is October 29, 2010, at 5:00 p.m. The RFQ/P and corresponding enclosures/attachments are available for download at the Agency’s website, http://www.sandiego.gov/redevelopment-agency/opportunities.shtml.
To receive in an alternate format please call 619-236-6269.

A pre-submittal presentation and question and answer session is scheduled for Thursday, September 16, 2010 from 4:00 to 5:00 pm at the Birch North Park Theatre -  Parking is available in the North Park Parking Garage located adjacent to the theatre. Sign-in will begin at 3:30 pm. 

The building will be available for viewing from 3:00 to 3:45 pm and from 5:00 to 5:30 pm. It is located four blocks east of the theatre on the south side of University Avenue.

Please email Michael Lengyel at mlengyel@sandiego.gov to RSVP

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GIGI
Presented by Lyric at the Birch
September 24, 25, 26, 30
October 1, 2, 3, 2010
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays • 7:30 PM
Sundays • 2:30 PM

Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
“Based on a novel by Colette”

As produced by Edwin Lester for the Los Angeles and
San Francisco Civic Light Opera Association and by
Saint Subber for Broadway

Gigi, is based on a novel and 1958 hit musical film of the same name. Gigi, a free-spirited teenaged girl living in Paris at the turn of the 20th century, is being groomed as a courtesan in her family's tradition, but meets the bon vivant bachelor Gaston Lachaille, whom she captivates as she is transformed into a charmingly poised young lady.

For further information: lyricoperasandiego.org

Tickets: $32, $37, $42, $47, $52
Children 5 - 17 half adult ticket price

CLICK HERE TO ORDER TICKETS

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CANNONBALL-COLTRANE PROJECT
CD RELEASE CONCERT
Part of the Jazz in North Park Series
Presented by Holly Hofmann and Lyric at the Birch
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 • 7:00 PM

Led by bassist Luther Hughes, the Cannonball-Coltrane Project was formed as an homage to the 1959 Cannonball Adderley-John Coltrane landmark album, The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago. The band pays tribute to these jazz giants with arrangements and original compositions related to or inspired by Cannonball and/or Coltrane. Besides Hughes, the band includes Glenn Cashman on tenor, Bruce Babad on alto, Ed Czach on piano and Paul Kreibich on drums. “If Cannonball and Trane were here I’m sure they would have given (the band) two thumbs up,’’ says legendary guitarist Mundell Lowe about the Cannonball-Coltrane Project.

SINGLE TICKETS:
ONLY ONE DISCOUNT TYPE ALLOWED PER
TICKET ORDER
Adults $27, Seniors $22, Students (Day of Show) $15
3 show package $66

Discounts and show packages not available online
Show your Lyric Opera or KSDS membership card and save $5 off regular single show tickets.

Presented in association with KSDS (88.3 FM) radio
CLICK HERE TO ORDER TICKETS

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4th ANNUAL MALASHOCK THINKS YOU CAN DANCE!
Presented by Malashock Dance
October 9, 2010 • 8:00 PM

4th Annual Malashock Thinks You Can Dance!  is San Diego’s most entertaining event.  A unique dance competition that is sizzling, sensational, and seriously fun.

San Diego Celebrities are paired with professional dancers.  THEY DANCE. YOU VOTE. JUST LIKE TV. Supporting Education Outreach & Scholarship Programs of the Malashock Dance School. 
 Come join 10 San Diego celebrities and their professional dance partners as they compete for the title of Best Female or Male dancer.  Honorary Chairs Mayor Jerry Sanders & Rana Sampson, and Dea & Osborn Hurston, alongside Event Chair Yolanda S. Walther-Meade, will lead this year’s team of all-star contestants and judges in an engaging evening driven by audience participation.    More entertaining than Dancing With The Stars, this event will raise money to provide education and outreach programs to over 2500 San Diego youth annually.    

VIP Reception: 6:30 pm
Show: 8 pm 
Post Show Wrap Party included with all tickets

Ticket Prices:	$150 VIP “Waltz” Seating (includes VIP Party) $100 “Tango” Seating $50 “Cha-Cha” Seating
Discounts:	Block of 10 tickets for the price of 9!
Box Office #:	619-260-1622
Ticket Location:	Tickets Held at Will Call
Seated or General Admission:	Seated
Day of show ticket location:	6 pm in the lobby

 Website/link for more info and ticket purchase:  www.malashockdance.org/thinksyoucandance

TICKETS NOT SOLD THROUGH
BIRCH NORTH PARK THEATRE BOX OFFICE

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METROPOLITAN OPERA AUDITIONS
Presented by the San Diego District of the Metropolitan Opera National Council (MONC)
Saturday, October 16, 2010 • 10:00 AM 

The public is invited to hear young aspiring opera stars compete for the chance to end up on the stage of New York’s Metropolitan Opera. For the 52nd time in as many years, the San Diego District of the Metropolitan Opera National Council (MONC) will hold auditions on Saturday, October 16, at 10 a.m. at the Birch North Park Theater.
 These nationwide auditions are sponsored by the MONC with the expressed aim of discovering new talent for the Metropolitan Opera and assisting singers in their professional development. Winners of the San Diego District auditions will advance to the Western Region auditions October 22 and 23, 2010, at The Colburn School in Los Angeles. Winners of the regional auditions will compete in the national finals at New York’s Metropolitan Opera House in March 2011.

 More information is available at www.sdmonc.org

Admission is free, a donation of $5 is suggested.
Tickets not sold through BNPT Box Office. 

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CARRIE
FilmOut San Diego Monthly Screening
Co presented by G&LTimes, Flawless,
Bourbon Street,
and GSDBA
October 20, 2010 •  7:00 PM

Director: Brian DePalma
Running time: 98 minutes

Carrie White (Oscar nominated Sissy Spacek) is a shy young girl who doesn't make friends easily. After her classmates taunt her about her horrified reaction to her totally unexpected first period, one of them, Sue Snell (Amy Irving) takes pity on her and gets Tommy Ross (William Katt), her boyfriend and class hunk to invite Carrie to the senior prom. Meanwhile another girl Chris Hargensen (Nancy Allen) who has been banned from the prom for her continued aggressive behavior is not as forgiving and plans a trick to embarrass Carrie in front of the whole school. What she doesn't realize is that Carrie is ... gifted, and you really don't want to get her angry. Also starring Betty Buckley as Carrie’s fierce and protective gym instructor, Oscar nominated Piper Laurie as Carrie’s bible wielding lunatic of a Mother and John Travolta in his first major screen role. This truly entertaining, suspenseful, scary, funny, cult horror classic is based on the best selling novel by Stephen King.

Contains adult language/themes and nudity and scenes of violence

Tickets: $10.00

For further information, ticket prices or to order tickets
visit www.filmoutsandiego.com

Tickets not sold through Birch North Park Theatre.
Tickets available in the lobby on the day of the event
at 6:30 PM.

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KEOLA BEAMER AND RAIATEA IN CONCERT
Presented by Tula Productions and
Lyric at the Birch
Friday, October 29, 2010 • 8:00 PM

Keola Beamer is one of Hawai'i's premier singer/songwriters, arrangers, composers and Master of the Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar. His well of talent springs from five generations of Hawaii's most illustrious and beloved musical families. The Beamers trace their roots to the 15th century; among their ancestors are Queen Ahiakumai Ki'eki'e and Ho'olulu, a child of the favored wife of Kamehameha I. 

Raiatea Helm's virtuoso recordings and performances have already launched her onto the international music scene with extensive concert appearances throughout Japan and Asia. Domestically, she has appeared at venues stretching from New York City to San Francisco.  She has collaborated with legends of Hawaiian music: The Brothers Cazimero, The Makaha Sons, Keali'i Reichel, Ho'okena, Auntie Genoa Keawe, and Ledward Ka'apana. As with Raiatea Helm's career, the list continues to grow with no end in sight.

Keola Beamer and Raiatea
Beamer and Helm first met in 2008 when one of the coordinators for the annual Lantern Floating Festival asked them to share a stage. The two "clicked," according to Helm, and they decided to start working together. Eventually, months of touring in Japan, China and the continental U.S. led to them deciding to record a full-length album. They have collaborated on a ground-breaking new CD, "Keola Beamer and Raiatea." This unique recording transcends the Hawaiian music genre and enters the world music stage by incorporating ancient Hawaiian musical instruments into inventive arrangements.

Tickets: $40.00 in advance, $45.00 at the door

For further information visit: www.tulaproductions.org

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THE KEN PEPLOWSKI QUARTET
Part of the Jazz in North Park Series
Presented by Holly Hofmann and Lyric at the Birch
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 • 7:00 PM

Clarinetist Ken Peplowskiis not only as an outstanding clarinetist and saxophone player, he’s a charismatic entertainer who has been delighting audiences for more than 30 years with his warmth, wit and musicianship. Long held in high esteem by the world’s jazz community, Peplowski is the natural successor to a long-line of fine swing clarinet players that followed Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman and Buddy DeFranco. But swing is only one facet of his musical personality. He’s comfortable with and has recorded and performed in bebop, avant-garde and mainstream settings. He will be joined on this date by an all-star rhythm section of pianist Mike Wofford, bassist
Tom Warrington and drummer Joe LaBarbera.

SINGLE TICKETS:
ONLY ONE DISCOUNT TYPE ALLOWED PER
TICKET ORDER
Adults $27, Seniors $22, Students (Day of Show) $15
3 show package $66

Discounts and show packages not available online
Show your Lyric Opera or KSDS membership card and save $5 off regular single show tickets.

Presented in association with KSDS (88.3 FM) radio
CLICK HERE TO ORDER TICKETS

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THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
Presented by Lyric at the Birch
November 12, 14, 18, 20, 21, 2010
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays • 7:30 PM
Sundays • 2:30 PM

by Gioachino Rossini

Set in Seville in the late 18th Century, Rossini’s most famous opera is about a young Spanish nobleman, Count Almaviva, who is in love with the beauteous and rich Rosina, ward of the lecherous Doctor Bartolo, who plans his own marriage to her. Along comes the meddling Figaro, the town barber and suddenly there are all the ingredients for confusion and mayhem ...But will there be a happy ending?

For further information: lyricoperasandiego.org

Tickets: $32, $37, $42, $47, $52
Children 5 - 17 half adult ticket price

CLICK HERE TO ORDER TICKETS

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THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS
FilmOut San Diego Monthly Screening
Co presented by G&LTimes, Flawless, Bourbon Street, and GSDBA
November 17, 2010 • 7:00 PM

Director: Colin Higgins
Running time: 114 minutes        

This highest grossing musical of the 1980’s documents in rousing song and dance a new Texas Legend, which now joins the Alamo as a historical institution immortalized in story, song, book, play and movie. The demise of the real-life Chicken Ranch inspired the musical stage play, and now the big screen version stars Burt Reynolds as Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd and Dolly Parton (Golden Globe nominated) as the Chicken Ranch’s proprietress, Miss Mona. The two join together not only in romance, but to fight big city TV crusader Melvin P. Thorpe (an over the top Dom DeLuise) in his efforts to expose the Chicken Ranch to public scandal, and thus close it down. With Charles Durning in an Oscar nominated supporting role, bawdy & raunchy humor, nude Aggie Boys, memorable tunes and chemistry between Burt & Dolly, catch this in it’s Widescreen glory before the Hollywood remake comes out in 2012!

Contains adult language/themes and nudity.

Tickets: $10.00

For further information, ticket prices or to order tickets
visit www.filmoutsandiego.com

Tickets not sold through Birch North Park Theatre.
Tickets available in the lobby on the day of the event
at 6:30 PM.

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THE GONDOLIERS
Presented by Lyric at the Birch
February 4, 6, 10, 12, 13 , 2011
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays • 7:30 PM
Sundays • 2:30 PM

by W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan

One of Gilbert & Sullivan’s best-loved operettas, “The Gondoliers” concerns the young bride of the heir to the throne of Barataria, who arrives in Venice to join her husband, but can’t find him, since he was entrusted to the care of a drunken gondolier who mixed up the prince with his own son. To complicate matters, the King of Barataria has just been killed. The two young gondoliers, both recently married to local girls, must now jointly rule the kingdom until it can be determined which is the rightful king.

For further information: lyricoperasandiego.org

Tickets: $32, $37, $42, $47, $52
Children 5 - 17 half adult ticket price

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La Jolla Music Society Jazz Series:
DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER SINGS BILLIE HOLIDAY
Saturday, February 26th, 2011 • 8:00 PM

Few entertainers have ever commanded such depth of artistry in every medium. Fewer still have been rewarded with Broadway’s coveted Tony Award, nominated for the London Theater’s West End equivalent, the Laurence Oliver Award, won two Grammy® Awards and France’s 1998 top honor Victoire de la Musique. Over the course of a multifaceted career that has spanned four decades, Dee Dee Bridgewater has risen to the top tier of today’s jazz vocalists, putting her own unique spin on standards as well as taking intrepid leaps of faith in re-envisioning jazz classics.

http://www.ljms.org/Series_2010-11/Jazz/Bridgewater.html

$65 / $45 / $35
Student Rush $10 – For group sales and other discounts, contact the LJMS Box Office
Ticket purchase: www.LJMS.org or 858.459.3724

or CLICK HERE TO ORDER TICKETS

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FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
Presented by Lyric at the Birch
March 25, 26, 27, 31, 2011
April 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 2011
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays • 7:30 PM
Sundays • 2:30 PM

Based on Sholem Aleichem stories by special permission of Arnold Perl
Book by JOSEPH STEIN
Music by JERRY BOCK
Lyrics by SHELDON HARNICK
Produced on the New York Stage by Harold Prince
Original New York Stage Production Directed and Choreographed by JEROME ROBBINS

This rousing musical, based on the stories of Shalom Aleichem, takes place in pre-revolutionary Russia and centers on the life of Tevye (Topol), a milkman who is trying to keep his family's traditions in place while marrying off his three older daughters as times are changing and Russia is on the brink of revolution. Tevye is trying to keep everyone, and everything, together even as the daughters want to make their own matches. 

For further information: lyricoperasandiego.org

Tickets: $32, $37, $42, $47, $52
Children 5 - 17 half adult ticket price

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La Jolla Music Society Dance Series:
TREY MCINTYRE PROJECT
April 16th, 2011 • 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM

In July 2005, Trey McIntyre Project (TMP) burst onto the national dance scene as a summer touring company with its debut performance at The Vail International Dance Festival. Trey McIntyre Project’s “fresh and forward-thinking choreography” (Washington Post) was an immediate sensation with both critics and audiences alike. The company went on to perform at some of the most prestigious summer venues in the country, including Jacob’s Pillow and Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, premiering works created during annual residencies at White Oak Plantation.  Galvanized by overwhelming critical success during the summer tours, and an insatiable demand for national and international touring, Trey McIntyre Project launched as a full-time, year-round company in 2008-09.  Guided by choreographer Trey McIntyre’s unparalleled ear for musical structures, TMP’s repertoire spans rock, classical music, jazz, historic bluegrass and folk music.

Matinee: http://www.ljms.org/Series_2010-11/Dance/TMP-Matinee.html
Evening: http://www.ljms.org/Series_2010-11/Dance/TMP.html

$65 / $50 / $30
Student Rush $10 – For group sales and other discounts, contact the LJMS Box Office
Ticket purchase: www.LJMS.org or 858.459.3724

or CLICK HERE TO ORDER TICKETS

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La Jolla Music Society Jazz Series:
DIANNE REEVES SINGS SARAH VAUGHAN
Friday, April 29th, 2011 • 8:00 PM

Grammy® Award winner and one of the premier vocalists in the world, Dianne Reeves and is known for her live performances as much as her albums. Considered one of the most important contemporary jazz singers of today, her versatility in song interpretation is unrivaled, a talent which is richly on display in each and every song. While her singing is steeped in tradition, her rhythmic virtuosity and improvisational ease are breathtaking.  Ms. Reeves’ program pays tribute to legendary singer Sarah Vaughan, who has been an inspiration throughout her life and her career.

http://www.ljms.org/Series_2010-11/Jazz/Dianne-Reeves.html

$65 / $45 / $35
Student Rush $10 – For group sales and other discounts, contact the LJMS Box Office
Ticket purchase: www.LJMS.org or 858.459.3724

or CLICK HERE TO ORDER TICKETS

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La Jolla Music Society Dance Series:
COMPLEXIONS CONTEMPORARY BALLET
May 7th, 2011 • 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM

Whether it be the limiting traditions of a single style, period, venue, or culture, Complexions transcends them all, creating an open, continually evolving form of dance that reflects the movement of our world—and all its constituent cultures—as an interrelated whole. It is artistic directors Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson’s lifelong appreciation for the artistic and aesthetic appeal of the multicultural that forms the cornerstone of Complexions Contemporary Ballet’s singular approach to reinventing dance. Founded by the two former Alvin Ailey members in 1994, Complexions’ groundbreaking mix of methods, styles and cultures has created an entirely new and exciting vision of human movement over the past decade-and-a-half. They have been featured on many different mediums including the hit television series So You Think You Can Dance.

Matinee: http://www.ljms.org/Series_2010-11/Dance/CCB-Matinee.html      
Evening: http://www.ljms.org/Series_2010-11/Dance/CCB.html

$65 / $50 / $30
Student Rush $10 – For group sales and other discounts, contact the LJMS Box Office
Ticket purchase: www.LJMS.org or 858.459.3724

or CLICK HERE TO ORDER TICKETS

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La Jolla Music Society Jazz Series:
MARLENA SHAW SINGS DINAH WASHINGTON
Saturday, May 14th, 2011 • 8:00 PM

Information to follow

http://www.ljms.org/Series_2010-11/Jazz/Marlena-Shaw.html

$65 / $45 / $35
Student Rush $10 – For group sales and other discounts, contact the LJMS Box Office
Ticket purchase: www.LJMS.org or 858.459.3724

or CLICK HERE TO ORDER TICKETS

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