Cesarina Group to open Corallino restaurant in Point Loma<\/p>\n
Cesarina Group, the family-owned restaurant business behind Cesarina in Point Loma and Elvira in Ocean Beach, will open its third Italian restaurant, Corallino, in the spring at the former site of Pummar\u00f2 restaurant in Point Loma.<\/p>\n
Corallino (\u201ccoral\u201d in Italian) will be led by chef Cesarina Mezzoni at 1101 Scott St.<\/p>\n
The Admiral at NTC in the works at Liberty Station<\/p>\n
Restaurateur Ryan Thorson, who owns Mister A\u2019s in Bankers Hill, is transforming five vacant properties built from the 1920s to 1942, when Point Loma\u2019s Liberty Station was the Naval Training Center, into The Admiral at NTC.<\/p>\n
The former homes of Navy officers and a former guardhouse stretching across seven acres along Rosecrans Street will be revamped into an event space, extensive gardens and four restaurant and bar projects.<\/p>\n
All of them are scheduled to break ground early this year and be completed by year\u2019s end. Find out more at theadmiralntc.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Commissioned playwright to have public reading of new work at Cygnet Theatre<\/p>\n Cygnet Theatre, based at the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Performing Arts Center at Liberty Station, will host playwright Christopher Lysik, recipient of the theater\u2019s 2026 Dee Silver Commission, for a free public reading of his new work, \u201cSongs for the Anthropocene,\u201d at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, at Cygnet\u2019s Dottie Studio Theater, 2880 Roosevelt Road, Point Loma.<\/p>\n The commission, in partnership with the Iowa Playwrights Workshop, is offered to a master of fine arts fellow to help develop a new theatrical piece.<\/p>\n Lysik, a 2024 graduate of the Iowa Playwrights Workshop MFA program, was chosen to refine a play he first developed during a postgraduate fellowship and received a staged reading at the University of Iowa. \u201cSongs for the Anthropocene\u201d is a part play and part concert that follows a small group of singers confronting the emotional toll of a changing planet.<\/p>\n The next phase of the commission brings Lysik to San Diego for a three-day workshop culminating in the public reading. A reception will follow. For reservations, visit cygnettheatre.org<\/a>, call 619-337-1525 or email boxoffice@cygnettheatre.org.<\/p>\n Write Out Loud presents story concert in Point Loma<\/p>\n Write Out Loud will present \u201cWonder Women,\u201d the next story concert in its 19th season, at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 19, in the Dottie Studio Theater at the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Performing Arts Center at Liberty Station, 2880 Roosevelt Road, Point Loma.<\/p>\n Write Out Loud story concerts are rehearsed readings by professional actors, exploring specific themes through stories, poems and sometimes music.<\/p>\n Tickets are $25, or $22 for military members and senior citizens. For more information, visit writeoutloudsd.com\/story-concerts<\/a>.<\/p>\n San Diego Watercolor Society presents juried exhibit through January<\/p>\n The San Diego Watercolor Society presents \u201cClassical Inspiration,\u201d a juried exhibition curated by artist Keiko Tanabe, through Saturday, Jan. 31, at the Watercolor Society\u2019s gallery in Building 202 at Arts District Liberty Station, 2825 Dewey Road, Point Loma.<\/p>\n The show features more than 95 original works in water-based media.<\/p>\n The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. Admission is free. For more information, visit sdws.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Several local schools receive Honor Roll recognition<\/p>\n Educational Results Partnership\u2019s 2025 Honor Roll includes seven Point Loma-Ocean Beach area schools.<\/p>\n Sunset View Elementary made the cut in the \u201cscholar\u201d category, while\u00a0Point Loma High, Dewey Elementary, Ocean Beach Elementary, Correia Middle, Dana Middle and High Tech High all were named \u201cstar\u201d performers.<\/p>\n The annual list recognizes schools that performed \u201ccomprehensively higher\u201d on the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress, or CAASPP, in English language arts and math and\/or helped boost \u201chistorically underserved student populations.\u201d It\u2019s part of a larger national Campaign for Business and Education Excellence.<\/p>\n Overall, 1,834 California schools were recognized, dozens of them in the San Diego Unified School District.<\/p>\n