January 2007
WHAT'S HAPPENING?Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade - Downtown San Diego
January 13, 2007
In honor of martin Luther King Day, San Diego offers a day of culturally rich, family-friendly activities, including a special parade and festival with entertainment, art and food. The organizers encourages participants to wear clothes that reflect their own cultural backgrounds. Festivities begins at 10 am with the parade starting at the East Gate of Petco park.
Vision of Earth Through the Lens of the Masters - San Diego Natural History Museum
through January 28, 2007
The exhibition display realistic, abstract and impressionist photography inspired by nature. Many nationally recognized photographers are featured, alongside with sculptures and glass. All of the artwork is for sale, with profits benefiting the Museum.
Once Removed — The Aja Project - San Diego Natural History Museum
January 13, 2007, 7.30pm—9.30pm
Check out this collaborative, multimedia Dance production by Local Refugees and City heights Youth. According to San Diego Art and Sol, "the performance is a synthesis that rose out of the intersecting lives of youth from many different backgrounds such as Cambodia, Vietnam, Somalia, and Kenya who now live in San Diego." The event will take place at the Arts and Entertainment Center in North Park. Contact the Aja project at 619-223-7001.
BOOKS
Chance Encounters: the L.A. Project 
An original book chronicling a 6 years project:photographer Douglas McCulloh wandered across Los Angeles County, taking spontanous photographs. he divided the county in quadrants and every day he randomly chose a section of the grid, and spent a full day in the defined area, talking to passerby and immortalizing them. Each image is accompanied by a short description as well as the geographical coordinates.
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Chance Encounters : The L.A. Project
Antiques Of The Future
The book description says it all:a collection of "Higly designed contemporary products that will rise in value once they are no longer in production because they represent the best of design in their time."
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