Actor David Fenner to perform ‘Mano A Monologue’
San Diego actor David Fenner will perform “Mano A Monologue,” a collection of personal stories one normally would prefer to forget, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday through Tuesday, April 26-28, in the Dottie Studio Theater at the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Performing Arts Center at Liberty Station.
The event is presented by Write Out Loud, an organization that offers literature readings for live audiences.
The Jacobs Performing Arts Center is at 2880 Roosevelt Road, Point Loma. Tickets to “Mano A Monologue” are $30 and available at writeoutloud.ticketspice.com/mano-a-monologue.
Write Out Loud presents story concert ‘The Soaring Crane’
Write Out Loud will present the story concert “The Soaring Crane,” a celebration of Japanese culture, at 7 p.m. Monday, April 20, in the Dottie Studio Theater at the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Performing Arts Center at Liberty Station, 2880 Roosevelt Road, Point Loma.
Admission is $22-$25. For tickets and more information, visit writeoutloudsd.com/story-concerts.
San Diego Ballet’s ‘Collage: Dance Gallery’ set for Liberty Station
San Diego Ballet will present “Collage: Dance Gallery,” a showcase of original works created, performed and produced by members of the company, on Saturday and Sunday, April 18-19, at Liberty Station.
Performances will be at 8 p.m. April 18 and 2 p.m. April 19 at the Dorothea Laub Dance Place, 2650 Truxtun Road, Point Loma.
Tickets are $25 and available at sandiegoballet.org/collage.
Point Loma pickleball tournament will support Rady Children’s Hospital
The fourth annual BeWell La Jolla “Dinking for Dollars” Pickleball Tournament fundraiser to support the Copley Psychiatric Emergency Department at Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at the Barnes Tennis Center, 4490 W. Point Loma Blvd., Point Loma.
The event is presented by the Rady Children’s Hospital Auxiliary — La Jolla. Tickets are $50 and are available at RCHALaJolla.com.
Arts District Liberty Station gala to celebrate 25th anniversary
Arts District Liberty Station will commemorate its 25th anniversary with a gala called “Come Together — Celebrating 25 Years” from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 30, at the Vesper Venue at Liberty Station, 2875 Dewey Road, Point Loma.
A cocktail reception will feature live jazz and dance performances, and the event will include food and an awards ceremony honoring community and arts leaders.
The Arts District is a nonprofit that creates, facilitates and operates Liberty Station arts, culture, creative and culinary programs and attractions.
Tickets to the gala are $150 per person. For more information, visit givebutter.com/come-together-25.
Walk for Animals coming May 2 to Liberty Station
The San Diego Humane Society’s Walk for Animals is set for Saturday, May 2, at NTC Park at Liberty Station.
Along with a fundraising walk, the event will include a pancake breakfast, live music, a vendor village, adoptable dogs and more.
Onsite registration, the breakfast and entertainment will begin at 7 a.m., followed by a blessing of the animals at 8:40 a.m., the walk at 9 and dog activities and the vendor village from 10:15 to 11.
Registration is $40-$50 for adults and $20-$25 for children 17 and younger. Participants in a Virtual Walk (those who are not attending the walk in person but are fundraising and walking on their own) can register for $20.
NTC Park is at 2455 Cushing Road, Point Loma.
San Diego Unified teachers OK new union contract
Teachers in the San Diego Unified School District voted recently to ratify a new two-year union contract, nine months after their previous one expired.
About 93% of the union’s more than 6,000 members voted in favor, according to the San Diego Education Association.
The district board is expected to vote on the contract this month, spokesman James Canning said.
The district and the union reached the tentative deal in February after a year of bargaining, agreeing on a new contract that includes a side agreement to prevent layoffs. The deal restores a stipend for early-education teachers and adds targeted staffing solutions for special-education shortages.
It also gives teachers 2.5% annual cost-of-living pay raises — provided the state settles the funding that districts are owed under Proposition 98. Those raises are lower than the ones provided in teachers’ previous three-year contract, which expired last summer.