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\"Overlapping<\/a>A dancer in The Rosin Box Project\u2019s season opener Empower. (Photo courtesy of The Rosin Box Project)<\/p>\n

San Diego County\u2019s weekend calendar has a serious case of more-is-more \u2013 more hoops, more butterflies, more baroque and yes, more cowbell. From first-round NCAA basketball action at Viejas Arena to ballet, baroque and Banana Ball, there\u2019s no shortage of ways to fill your time. <\/p>\n

Experience bold, intimate dance as The Rosin Box Project\u2019s Empower: A Prism of New Work<\/a> takes the stage Friday through Sunday at Liberty Station\u2019s The Light Box Theater. The season opener features new works by Carly Topazio, Jeremy Zapanta and guest choreographer Adriana Pierce, inviting you to see contemporary ballet through multiple perspectives and exploring how authorship, identity and imagination transform what we see and feel. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday, 8 p.m. Saturday and 6 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $50.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Immerse yourself in Latino cinema during the annual San Diego Latino Film Festival<\/a>, running through Sunday with 147 feature and short films screening at AMC Mission Valley 20, Digital Gym Cinema and the Southwestern College Performing Arts Center. Choose from individual $13 tickets or festival passes ranging from a five-ticket pack to an all-access VIP option. Special events include opening- and closing-night celebrations and a Sunday screening spotlighting Latino cultural icon Luis Valdez.<\/p>\n

Cast a line at the Pacific Coast Sportfishing Show<\/a> at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, where you can wander through four halls and more than 200,000 square feet of freshwater and saltwater fishing gear, boats and travel destinations. Hours are noon to 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $20 at the door, with free admission for children 12 and younger and active-duty military. A free kids\u2019 trout pond rounds out the family-friendly experience.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dive into environmental storytelling as the Blue Water Film Festival<\/a> returns through Sunday at venues across the county, featuring film screenings, filmmaker panels and special events. Catch a poolside screening of \u201cJAWS @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story\u201d at the La Valencia Hotel, attend eco-events in Encinitas and La Jolla, and celebrate this year\u2019s Eco Hero Award honoree Jon Rose, founder of Waves For Water, while discovering work from local filmmakers with ties to Imperial Beach, Point Loma, Carlsbad and Del Mar. Cost varies by venue. The 2026 program includes 31 films in competition \u2013 10 features, 15 shorts and six animated works representing filmmakers from around the world. Screenings start at $23; cost varies by venue.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Catch the closing weekend of Hedda Gabler<\/a> at The Old Globe in Balboa Park, extended due to popular demand. This vivid new adaptation of Henrik Ibsen\u2019s classic drama follows the fiercely intelligent and restless Hedda as she manipulates those around her, wrestling with power, repression and the confines of 19th-century society. Performances are at 7 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday for the final curtain call. Tickets start at $66. Read our interview<\/a> with Artistic Director Barry Edelstein before you go \u2013 we promise there are no spoilers! <\/p>\n

Keep the night going Friday at Nat at Night<\/a> at the San Diego Natural History Museum in Balboa Park, where you can explore exhibitions after hours until 11 p.m., sip cocktails from bars on multiple floors and take in city views from the rooftop deck while enjoying bites from Wolf in the Woods and The Craft Taco. Admission is half-price after 5 p.m. Tickets are available online or at the door, with free general admission for museum members and Explorer Pass holders.<\/p>\n

Step into a kaleidoscope of color beginning Saturday in Escondido at Butterfly Jungle<\/a> at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, where you can spend 20 minutes inside the Hidden Jungle aviary surrounded by hundreds of free-flying butterflies. The seasonal experience runs daily through April 12 and costs $18 per person ages 1 and older, in addition to park admission or membership, and includes nectar for feeding the butterflies as wildlife care specialists share insights about the vital role pollinators play in nature.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re not in the stands for first-round NCAA tournament games<\/a> at San Diego State University\u2019s Viejas Arena, catch every buzzer-beater at Draft at Belmont Park<\/a> in Mission Beach, where themed food and drink specials \u2013 including $10 second-round seltzers Saturday and Sunday \u2013 roll out during live games throughout March Madness. You can also post up at Miss B\u2019s Coconut Club<\/a> in Mission Beach or Johnny B\u2019s<\/a> in La Mesa to watch the action across dozens of screens while taking advantage of weekend drink deals.<\/p>\n

Get pumped for another two-game home series with the San Diego Gulls<\/a> this weekend at Pechanga Arena in the Midway District. Celebrate inclusivity Friday at 7 p.m. when the Gulls host the Bakersfield Condors for Pride Night \u2013 a special ticket package for $30 includes your game ticket and a t-shirt, with regular tickets starting at $25. Return Sunday at 5 p.m. for Youth Sports and Kids Club Day against the Calgary Wranglers, presented by Rady Children\u2019s Health, featuring an Upper Deck trading card giveaway. Tickets start at $20.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Honor spring in the mountains at the 22nd Annual Daffodil Show<\/a> from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Julian Town Hall, where you can admire more than a thousand blooms, get your questions answered by American Daffodil Society experts and browse a student art show from Julian schools. Admission is free, and you can even bring your own daffodils Friday afternoon for display and judging.<\/p>\n

Let baroque melodies sweep you away Saturday at 7:30 p.m. when Le Consort performs \u201cA Trio Sonata Soir\u00e9e<\/a>\u201d presented by the La Jolla Music Society at the Baker-Baum Concert Hall. Journey through works by Bach and Telemann alongside lesser-known baroque masters, traveling musically from Venice to Naples before the program culminates in a spirited setting of \u201cFollia.\u201d Tickets start at $63.<\/p>\n

Refresh your wardrobe the sustainable way Sunday at the Zero Waste Textile Expo<\/a> from 1-4 p.m. at the Encinitas Community Center, where you can shop from more than 10 local eco-conscious vendors, swap clothing and accessories for free and learn to mend and upcycle textiles alongside volunteers from the San Diego Fix It Clinic. Admission is free. Bring up to two grocery-sized bags of clean, wearable items to trade while connecting with local makers and sustainability advocates.<\/p>\n

Witness history during a doubleheader Sunday at 1:45 p.m. as San Diego Sockers W<\/a> makes its debut at Oceanside\u2019s Frontwave Arena against the Empire Strykers Women. Your ticket also gets you into the 4 p.m. matchup featuring the San Diego Sockers<\/a> against the St. Louis Ambush, plus a cowbell giveaway to help you make some noise. Tickets start at $26.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cheer on San Diego FC<\/a> during Kids Night Sunday at 4 p.m. at Snapdragon Stadium as the club faces Real Salt Lake. The first 10,000 fans ages 14 and under receive a lunchbox giveaway, and you can arrive early to soak in the family-friendly festivities while the undefeated-at-home squad looks to earn three points. Tickets start at $42.<\/p>\n

Go bananas Saturday at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. as the Savannah Bananas<\/a> bring Banana Ball back to Petco Park to face the Loco Beach Coconuts. Gallagher Square opens two hours before first pitch each day, with player appearances and the \u201cBefore the Peel\u201d show. The Banana Ball Ticket Lottery is closed, but premium tickets remain available \u2013 email Events@padres.com for more information.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A dancer in The Rosin Box Project\u2019s season opener Empower. (Photo courtesy of The Rosin Box Project) San…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,1254,76,75,62409,37716,2957],"class_list":["post-226917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-fc","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-san-diego-sockers","tag-san-diego-zoo-safari-park","tag-savannah-bananas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}