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<\/a>Surely someone has titled this image The Dobler Effect (Publicity photo)<\/p>\nBy the time you read this, it will probably be too late. Which seems about right for an event built around a movie about a guy who was\u2026not a guy who had everything planned out ahead a time. But as of this writing, there were still a few seats left for the Magnolia\u2019s screening of this Gen-X ur-rom-com (pace, Reality Bites) with a Q&A hosted by Lloyd Dobler himself, actor John Cusack. Not in attendance, alas: writer-director Cameron Crowe, former music writer for the San Diego Door<\/a>, who chose \u201cIn Your Eyes\u201d for the boombox scene during the editing process after hearing it on a mixtape of stuff from his own wedding. Mixtapes:<\/a> is there anything they can\u2019t do? Someone ask John what song was actually playing on the boombox when they filmed the scene!<\/p>\n Where: The Magnolia Performing Arts Center, 210 East Main Street, El Cajon<\/p>\n When: Friday, January 23, 2026, 8 pm<\/p>\n Cost: $76+<\/p>\n Get tickets<\/a><\/p>\n San Diego Mojo vs Grand Rapids Rise<\/p>\n Many years ago, when your humble correspondent did frivolous things like rise early on a Sunday morning to sip mimosas and watch the Wimbledon men\u2019s final (Andre Agassi\u2019s first major!<\/a>), he suddenly found himself sniffed at for missing the women\u2019s final the previous day. \u201cWomen\u2019s tennis is so much more interesting to watch,\u201d he was informed. \u201cWith the men, it\u2019s big serve, big serve, big serve, rally, big serve. The women actually play tennis.\u201d Well, okay then! Some people might suggest something similar about volleyball. You can stream this here match on YouTube, but if you did, you\u2019d miss out on a shot at a San Diego Mojo trucker hat<\/a>!<\/p>\n Where: Viejas Arena, 5500 Canyon Crest Drive, San Diego<\/p>\n When: Friday, January 26, 2026, 7 pm<\/p>\n Cost: $28-$65<\/p>\n Get tickets<\/a><\/p>\n The Moral Defense: Nietzsche in the Clinic<\/p>\n If you don\u2019t think you need to attend a Saturday morning discussion about the foundations of morality, that\u2019s probably a sign you need to attend a Saturday morning discussion about the foundations of morality. From the event description: \u201cFew thinkers have matched Friedrich Nietzsche\u2019s psychological insights \u2014 a fact Freud acknowledged when he admitted to avoiding Nietzsche\u2019s work to preserve the originality of his own ideas \u2014 yet the value of these insights for our clinical practice remains to be explored. In this presentation, we will focus on one of Nietzsche\u2019s most clinically resonant observations: that morality is often deployed as a psychological defense, protecting against intolerable affect such as shame and helplessness.\u201d No wonder he wrote Beyond Good and Evil! Back to the description: \u201cDrawing on personal narrative and selections from her own research, Merrick will outline two common defensive structures rooted in moralization.\u201d And who is this Merrick? A Cal State San Marcos philosophy professor and a research psychoanalyst to boot.<\/a><\/p>\n Where: San Diego Psychoanalytic Center, 4455 Morena Blvd, Ste. 202, San Diego or via Zoom<\/p>\n When: Saturday, January 24, 2026, 10 am<\/p>\n Cost: $65<\/p>\n Get tickets<\/a><\/p>\n Monster Jam at Snapdragon Stadium<\/p>\n What would ol\u2019 Mr. Will To Power<\/a> have made of monster truck shows? He would have loved them, of course! Vroom vroom! More like will to horsepower, amirite? Sorry, got carried away there. Joyously juvenile. Monster trucks! Maybe you skipped last week\u2019s San Diego Rodeo out of moral concern for the horses<\/a>. Here, they have a motorized unicorn; no moral qualms required!<\/p>\n Where: Snapdragon Stadium, 2101 Stadium Way, San Diego<\/p>\n When: Saturday, January 24 at 5 pm and Sunday, January 25, at 3 pm<\/p>\n Cost: $59-$150<\/p>\n Get tickets<\/a><\/p>\n North County Farmers Markets<\/p>\n How does the other half live? To answer that question, start by asking, how does the other half eat? And to answer that question, hie thee hence to a couple of North County farmers markets for a little restorative Sunday morning nutrition and general goodness. Start inland at Rancho Santa Fe<\/a>, then head over to the coast for something a little more funky<\/a>.<\/p>\n Where: Del Rayo Village, 16079 San Dieguito Road, San Diego, and Paul Ecke Elementary School, 185 Union Street, Encinitas<\/p>\n When: Rancho Santa Fe, 9:30 am to 2 pm; Leucadia, 10 am to 2 pm<\/p>\n Bunco tournament<\/p>\n Hot hand in a dice game, baby! It\u2019s not just a housewife\u2019s drinking game<\/a> any more! Actually, it never really was<\/a>. But it was social, and that\u2019s the point. And there\u2019s a charcuterie board<\/a>!<\/p>\n Where: McGuffie\u2019s Live, 8515 Navajo Road, San Diego<\/p>\n When: Sunday, January 25, 2 pm<\/p>\n Cost: $15<\/p>\n READ NEXT<\/a>Not just moxie\u2026mojo! (Logo courtesy of Major League Volleyball)<\/p>\n<\/a>What did you mean when you said, \u201cI am no man, I am dynamite,\u201d Mr. Nietzsche? (Image courtesy of Grok)<\/p>\n<\/a>Awwww\u2026a rainbow unicorn! It\u2019s so cute! (Event poster)<\/p>\n<\/a>Keep repeating: it\u2019s the berries (File photo courtesy of San Diego Reader)<\/p>\n<\/a>It\u2019s not bunk\u2026it\u2019s Bunco! (Event poster)<\/p>\n
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