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San Diego Events March 2024: The Best Things to Do | San Diego Magazine
March 1–31
Around the Way Girl Art Exhibit at Liberty Station
Eager to see more work from local photographer Delana Delgado after spotting her film shots in February’s South Bay issue? Stop by the Arts District at Liberty Station, where Delgado’s solo exhibition Around the Way Girl celebrates the culture and style of the women in her community.
2820 Roosevelt Rd #204, Point Loma
March 3
Lakehouse Resort’s Third Annual Food and Wine Festival
Discover some or North county’s finest restaurants, breweries, and wineries at the third annual Food and Wine Festival at the Lakehouse Resort in San Marcos. Sip and snack lakeside to the tune of live music from Perry O’Neal from noon to 5 p.m.
1025 La Bonita Dr, San Marcos
March 9–July 28
Architecture of Jubilation: The Art and Vision of James Hubbell
Kick off the year-long World Design Capital 2024 celebrations in San Diego and Tijuana by checking out one of the initiative’s first exhibitions, Architecture of Jubilation: The Art and Vision of James Hubbell, at the San Diego Central Library. Presented by Hubbell’s llan-Lael Foundation, this collection of designs, sculptures, paintings, and stained glass works showcase the artist’s connection to nature and philosophy.
330 Park Blvd, Downtown
March 16
28th Annual ShamROCK Music and Beer Festival
Don your best green outfit and head to the Gaslamp Quarter for the 28th annual ShamROCK Music and Beer Festival. Featuring Celtic rockers, Irish dancers, and impressive tribute bands, the all-ages St. Patrick’s Day event also includes green beer, Emerald Isle fare, and tons of free games and activities (see you at the unicorn race finish line!).
March 21–24, 29–30
Empower at the Light Box Theater
This Women’s History Month, stop by the Light Box Theater in Liberty Station for Empower, The Rosin Box Project’s boundary-pushing program of compositions by three talented women: resident artists Bethany Green and Carly Topazio and guest choreographer Cherice Barton.
March 21
Chula Vista’s 28th Annual Taste of Third Food Festival
Food lovers, rejoice—downtown Chula Vista is hosting its 28th annual Taste of Third. Ticketholders get a “culinary passport” that grants them bites and sips all the way from H Street to E Street, including local favorites like La Bella Pizza Garden, Chula Vista Brewery, and The Balboa South.
March 22
Culinary Concerto Fundraising Gala for Mainly Mozart’s
Musical notes and gustatory gems are joining forces at Mainly Mozart’s fundraising gala, “Culinary Concerto.” Join celebrity chef Claudia Sandoval (the event’s culinary director) and our very own content chief, Troy Johnson (who’s serving as emcee), in highlighting 24 of the best chefs in the US and Mexico with a four-course meal at Midtown venue Julep. Eurovision-winning vocalist and violinist Alexander Rybak offers his first-ever San Diego performance, and proceeds benefit the org’s music education programs in our cross- border region.
March 28–30
Balboa Theater’s 100th Anniversary
We’re raising our glasses in honor of Balboa Theater’s centennial birthday with three days of celebratory performances. First up is the Balboa 100th Anniversary Gala featuring pianist, playwright, and actor Hershey Felder. On Friday, Mar. 29, catch a screening of the US Navy–focused 1929 silent film The Flying Fleet, soundtracked live with a vintage pipe organ. Saturday brings a morning of family-friendly activities, including classic cartoons and a 1920s-inspired costume parade, plus an evening showcase from some of San Diego’s most engaging performers.
San Diego taxpayers are subsidizing the short-term rental industry’s trash collection under the People’s Ordinance. The 2017 letter from the city attorney to Councilmember Zapf is crystal clear: transient occupancy (rentals under 30 days) generates “nonresidential refuse.”
The city is prohibited from providing free weekly collection to these units. Yet, thousands of whole-home STRs continue to receive curbside service at taxpayer expense. Measure B (2022) modernized funding but left the core definition intact — transient rentals remain ineligible for city residential service.
Requiring owners to arrange and pay for private hauling would shift the full cost off the general fund. With roughly 7,954 active licenses, and residential collection costing about $520 per unit annually, the city could save approximately $4.1 million a year. That money could repair streets, fund public safety or lower taxes for actual residents. Enforce the ordinance as written.
— Gary Wonacott, San Diego
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — As the Muslim community prepares to celebrate Eid al-Adha next month, a San Diego teenager is working to bring comfort and joy to children impacted by the recent tragedy at the Islamic Center of San Diego.
Seventeen-year-old Sarah Abdin spent the past week fundraising, shopping and assembling nearly 100 Eid goodie bags for students at the mosque’s elementary school.
While many teenagers are focused on final exams, Abdin said she spent some nights working until 2 a.m. to make sure every bag was ready in time for the school’s upcoming graduation celebration.
The project was inspired by the recent shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, where children were present during the incident. Abdin, who attended the mosque as a child, said hearing about what students experienced motivated her to take action.
Each bag contains a variety of treats, activities and gifts intended to help children celebrate Eid, one of the most important holidays in Islam.
Abdin said community members quickly rallied behind the effort, helping raise funds and support the project. After days of shopping and preparation, she and her sister spent several hours assembling the bags ahead of delivery.
The goodie bags are expected to be distributed during the elementary school’s graduation festivities in early June.
Abdin said she hopes the gesture serves as a reminder that the children are surrounded by a community that cares about them and stands beside them during difficult times.
The fundraising effort received widespread support, helping cover the cost of the goodie bags and allowing organizers to expand their reach to more students.
How interesting that Donald Trump is deporting Brown people who pay taxes and contribute to our economy (though they will never reap any benefits from those taxes) and instead is using our tax money to import and set up South Africans (none of whom are anything but White) who have never contributed to our economy. Could skin color perhaps have something to do with this policy?
— Nita Herpolsheimer, San Diego
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