Athenaeum Music & Arts Library will be closed on Monday, September 7 in observance of Labor Day. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, September 8.
Open Print Studio at the Athenaeum Art Center invites local printmakers and artists to utilize the equipment and space in the printmaking studio. Prior knowledge in printmaking and equipment familiarity is required as open studio time is not for learning a new printmaking process or one on one lessons. The Athenaeum Art Center offers printmaking courses throughout the year for those wanting to learn a new craft or wanting to enhance their art practice. Open Studio is free for everyone.
Members' Open Print Studio is private time for those who hold a current membership with the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. This members-only opportunity provides members a private open studio session without the busy nature of regular open studio. Light demonstrations are available and certain members' open studio dates will include workshops.
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library will be closed on Monday, September 7 in observance of Labor Day. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, September 8.
Bring your children or grandchildren to the Athenaeum's free Children's Storytime at 3 and 3:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. Great for children ages 1 through 9. This is a free event. Reservations are not necessary.
Open Print Studio at the Athenaeum Art Center invites local printmakers and artists to utilize the equipment and space in the printmaking studio. Prior knowledge in printmaking and equipment familiarity is required as open studio time is not for learning a new printmaking process or one on one lessons. The Athenaeum Art Center offers printmaking courses throughout the year for those wanting to learn a new craft or wanting to enhance their art practice. Open Studio is free for everyone.
Get a gift for a friend or yourself at the Athenaeum's quarterly book sale on our patio! As usual, we will have a large selection of gently used books, CDs, vinyl LPs, and sheet music. Hundreds of recordings of classical, jazz, and popular music are just $1 per disc, making this a music lover’s paradise.
Members' Open Print Studio is private time for those who hold a current membership with the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. This members-only opportunity provides members a private open studio session without the busy nature of regular open studio. Light demonstrations are available and certain members' open studio dates will include workshops.
Bring your children or grandchildren to the Athenaeum's free Children's Storytime at 3 and 3:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. Great for children ages 1 through 9. This is a free event. Reservations are not necessary.
Open Print Studio at the Athenaeum Art Center invites local printmakers and artists to utilize the equipment and space in the printmaking studio. Prior knowledge in printmaking and equipment familiarity is required as open studio time is not for learning a new printmaking process or one on one lessons. The Athenaeum Art Center offers printmaking courses throughout the year for those wanting to learn a new craft or wanting to enhance their art practice. Open Studio is free for everyone.
Members' Open Print Studio is private time for those who hold a current membership with the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. This members-only opportunity provides members a private open studio session without the busy nature of regular open studio. Light demonstrations are available and certain members' open studio dates will include workshops.
Concert pianist Vania Pimentel, born and raised in Brazil, has been promoting Brazilian music in creative recital programs. She has a BA in Music and another BA in Philosophy from Brazil, KA graduate artist diploma from Germany, Masters in piano performance and pedagogy, and DMA from the University of Houston. She performs frequently in Brazil and has given masterclasses at many universities there.
Bring your children or grandchildren to the Athenaeum's free Children's Storytime at 3 and 3:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. Great for children ages 1 through 9. This is a free event. Reservations are not necessary.
Open Print Studio at the Athenaeum Art Center invites local printmakers and artists to utilize the equipment and space in the printmaking studio. Prior knowledge in printmaking and equipment familiarity is required as open studio time is not for learning a new printmaking process or one on one lessons. The Athenaeum Art Center offers printmaking courses throughout the year for those wanting to learn a new craft or wanting to enhance their art practice. Open Studio is free for everyone.
Tiffany Wee, Violin
Chi-Yuan Chen, Viola
Jeffrey Ho, Cello
Jeremy Kurtz-Harris, Double Bass
Mean Time - By Tommy Dougherty
Waltzes - By Fred Lerdahl
Glissade - by James Tenney
Take a string quartet. Remove the second violin. Add a double bass.
That single swap is the idea behind this season-opening program. Fred Lerdahl's Waltzes sets the terms with a "low" string quartet, his own term for a group where the viola and cello are pushed into unfamiliar high registers while the bass holds down a floor no quartet usually has. James Tenney's Glissade narrows the group further, to viola, cello, and bass, running their glissandi through a live delay system until pitch stops feeling like steps and starts feeling like a slide. Tommy Dougherty's Mean Time strips it down to its two outer edges: a duo for violin and double bass alone, highest and lowest voice facing each other with nothing in between.
Violin, viola, cello, double bass: Tiffany Wee, Chi-Yuan Chen, Jeffrey Ho, and Jeremy Kurtz-Harris.
A glissade is a gliding step in ballet and a controlled slide down a snowfield in mountaineering — momentum without falling. This program moves the same way: one instrument added, removed, or isolated at a time, until an entire register of the string quartet opens up beneath it.
San Diego New Music is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the public performance of notated music of the highest integrity and artistic caliber from the 20th and 21st centuries. We seek to advance the art form by promoting music composed with conceptual rigor, passionate energy and singular artistic vision. SDNM enriches the artistic culture of San Diego through the presentation of an annual concert series and the soundON Festival of Modern Music, and through fostering its resident performing ensemble, NOISE.
In 1994, the only place in San Diego where you could hear an entire concert of 20th-century music was on a college campus. San Diego New Music pitched the idea of a concert series devoted to modern music and 20th-century classics at the Athenaeum. The concerts of modern music perfectly complement the exhibitions of modern art held in the Athenaeum’s galleries. In 1996, San Diego New Music presented its first season. The series was called "Noise at the Library," and the ensemble would later adopt the name, as well. San Diego New Music and the Athenaeum have been happily co-presenting concerts of new music ever since.
For more information on the organization go to www.sandiegonewmusic.com.
The concerts will be in person at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. There are no physical tickets for these events. Your name will be on an attendee list at the front door. Doors open at 7 p.m. Seating is first-come; first-served. Priority seating will be given to Donor level members and above.
Your reservation is not complete until you receive an email confirmation. If you do not receive a confirmation email, your tickets have not been reserved. Please check your inbox and spam/junk folder or contact us at info@ljathenaeum.org or (858) 454-5872 to ensure your booking is finalized. Thank you!
All ticket sales for Athenaeum Music & Arts Library events are final. Cancellations made within 48 hours of the scheduled event start time are not eligible for a refund, regardless of the reason for cancellation.
Guests who are unable to attend may:
Transfer their ticket to another individual, or
Request that the ticket price be converted into a tax-deductible charitable contribution to the Athenaeum, provided no goods or services (e.g., meal, entertainment) were received.
For cancellations made more than 48 hours prior to an event, please contact Anira Abreu, Program and Administrative Associate, to discuss options: aabreu@ljathenaeum.org
We appreciate your understanding and support. Ticket proceeds help sustain the Athenaeum's cultural programming and enable us to present exceptional performances, lectures, and events throughout the year.
The Athenaeum Art Center’s 10th Anniversary Celebration brings together a free Print Fair, live demonstrations, an anniversary party, and a Secret Sale featuring 20+ mystery artworks by local and internationally known artists.
Members' Open Print Studio is private time for those who hold a current membership with the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. This members-only opportunity provides members a private open studio session without the busy nature of regular open studio. Light demonstrations are available and certain members' open studio dates will include workshops.
Alan Busteed
Xian Zhuo
Praised for his stunning technique, sensitivity and superb artistry, San Diego Symphony Orchestra cellist Xian Zhuo is a young professional musician whose artistry is recognized by awards and audiences. The winner of the 2011 Isidor Handler Award (1st Prize) at the 38th Dr. Luis Sigall International Cello Competition in Chile, Zhuo's recent exciting engagements included concertos and master classes in Chile, Brazil, China and the USA. In 2013, he was selected as one of the top ten young Chinese cellists and was featured on a CCTV Concert in Beijing with the China Philharmonic Orchestra. Zhuo also had his debut with Guiyang Symphony Orchestra with Maestro Zuohuang Chen in China. He joined the SDSO in 2014.
Zhuo first gained national recognition when he won 1st prize in the China National Competition. In addition to the Isidor Handler Award, he won 1st prizes in the Corpus Christi International Competition, Loeb/Louviere International Competition, Redlands Bowl Young Artist Competition, Parness Young Artists Concerto Competition, La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Young Artists Competition and Fé Bland Foundation Music Awards. Additionally, he was chosen as one of the 25 participants for the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Russia, in 2011.
The catalog of Zhuo’s CDs represents works by award-winning Chinese-American composer Tian Zhou, recorded with the Guangzhou Symphony and released by China’s leading label, Pacific Audio and Video. His album String Poetic: Chinese Folk Music for Cello was released in celebration of the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou.
Born in Xiamen, China, Zhuo began cello lessons with his father at age six and made his cello debut at the age of seven. Subsequently, he received professional education at USC, Yale University, the Royal Northern College of Music and Shanghai Conservatory on full scholarships. His prominent artist teachers include Ralph Kirshbaum, Nathaniel Rosen, Aldo Parisot, Liwei Qin and Mei-Juan Liu. He also performed at masterclasses for Yo-Yo Ma, Mstislav Rostropovich, Anner Bylsma, Natalia Gutman, Trüls Mørk and Jian Wang. His goal is to share the beautiful musical fabric that he creates with audiences throughout the world.
"An extraordinarily talented young international artist of great originality and technique…breathtaking, soulful and individualistic performances … stunning technical command of the instrument, and his artistry is both sensitive and passionate.” —Nathaniel Rosen, Concert Cellist, Gold Medalist of the International Tchaikovsky Competition
Alan Busteed has performed on violin and viola with the Fort Worth and San Diego Symphonies. He presented a series of master classes and conducted a youth string orchestra in a televised concert Recife, Brazil, in 2009. Busteed has coached the first violins of the Orange County High School of the Arts and the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra. He can be heard as a violin soloist with Tinto Tango, an authentic tango quintet from Los Angeles, with whom Alan won a Latin Grammy for Best Tango Album of the Year 2021 (Tinto Tango Plays Piazzolla). He studied with Raphael Bronstein at Manhattan School of Music holds a Master of Music degree from UMASS Amherst.
For more information, contact us at 858-454-5872 or visit ljathenaeum.org/mini-concerts
The concerts will be in person at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. There are no physical tickets for these events. Doors open at 11:40 a.m. Last entry is at 12:10 p.m. or once capacity is reached. Seating is first-come; first-served. Reservations are not necessary, but seating is limited.
Bring your children or grandchildren to the Athenaeum's free Children's Storytime at 3 and 3:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. Great for children ages 1 through 9. This is a free event. Reservations are not necessary.
Walking tours leave from the Athenaeum at 5:30 p.m. Tours are free and registration is required. Tours are limited to a maximum of 35 guests and last for approximately 90 minutes.
Open Print Studio at the Athenaeum Art Center invites local printmakers and artists to utilize the equipment and space in the printmaking studio. Prior knowledge in printmaking and equipment familiarity is required as open studio time is not for learning a new printmaking process or one on one lessons. The Athenaeum Art Center offers printmaking courses throughout the year for those wanting to learn a new craft or wanting to enhance their art practice. Open Studio is free for everyone.
Members' Open Print Studio is private time for those who hold a current membership with the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. This members-only opportunity provides members a private open studio session without the busy nature of regular open studio. Light demonstrations are available and certain members' open studio dates will include workshops.
The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library is pleased to present the 2026–2027 season of the Barbara and William Karatz Chamber Concert Series, beginning October 5, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. Set in the intimate Joan & Irwin Jacobs Music Room, this beloved series invites you to experience chamber music in the warm, personal setting of our historic library. From rarely heard works to cherished masterpieces, each program offers music that will surprise, delight, and move you, performed by some of the finest chamber musicians working today. This season welcomes back audience favorites alongside exciting new artists making their Athenaeum debuts. The series continues through April 19, 2027, with each concert preceded by a 6:45 p.m. pre-concert talk and followed by a reception with the artists in the Sharon & Joel Labovitz Entry Hall.
The concert will be in person at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library (1008 Wall Street, La Jolla, CA 92037). There are no physical tickets for these events. Your name will be on an attendee list at the front door. Doors open at 7 p.m. Seating is first-come; first-served. Priority seating will be given to Donor level members and above.
Your reservation is not complete until you receive an email confirmation. If you do not receive a confirmation email, your tickets have not been reserved. Please check your inbox and spam/junk folder or contact us at info@ljathenaeum.org or (858) 454-5872 to ensure your booking is finalized.
All ticket sales for Athenaeum Music & Arts Library events are final. Cancellations made within 48 hours of the scheduled event start time are not eligible for a refund, regardless of the reason for cancellation.
Guests who are unable to attend may:
Transfer their ticket to another individual, or
Request that the ticket price be converted into a tax-deductible charitable contribution to the Athenaeum, provided no goods or services (e.g., meal, entertainment) were received.
For cancellations made more than 48 hours prior to an event, please contact Anira Abreu, Program and Administrative Associate, to discuss options: aabreu@ljathenaeum.org
We appreciate your understanding and support. Ticket proceeds help sustain the Athenaeum's cultural programming and enable us to present exceptional performances, lectures, and events throughout the year.
Thank you!
Groundbreaking violinist Johnny Gandelsman opens our season with an exciting solo recital, combining his own original compositions, works he commissioned and premiered as part of his This is America project, and monumental works by J.S. Bach.
Open Print Studio at the Athenaeum Art Center invites local printmakers and artists to utilize the equipment and space in the printmaking studio. Prior knowledge in printmaking and equipment familiarity is required as open studio time is not for learning a new printmaking process or one on one lessons. The Athenaeum Art Center offers printmaking courses throughout the year for those wanting to learn a new craft or wanting to enhance their art practice. Open Studio is free for everyone.
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library will be closed on Monday, October 12 in observance of Indigenous People’s Day. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, October 13 from 11 AM - 4 PM.
Open Print Studio at the Athenaeum Art Center invites local printmakers and artists to utilize the equipment and space in the printmaking studio. Prior knowledge in printmaking and equipment familiarity is required as open studio time is not for learning a new printmaking process or one on one lessons. The Athenaeum Art Center offers printmaking courses throughout the year for those wanting to learn a new craft or wanting to enhance their art practice. Open Studio is free for everyone.
Members' Open Print Studio is private time for those who hold a current membership with the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. This members-only opportunity provides members a private open studio session without the busy nature of regular open studio. Light demonstrations are available and certain members' open studio dates will include workshops.
Lizzie Zelter; Photo credit: Annie Denton
Murals of La Jolla and the Athenaeum present Lizzie Zelter, with a special presentation of her career, process, recent projects, and 2026 mural Southeast Exchange for Murals of La Jolla. The reception begins at 6 p.m., followed by an artist talk at 6:30 p.m.
On Thursday, October 22, 2026, Lizzie Zelter will give an artist talk at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. Presented by Murals of La Jolla and the Athenaeum, the evening begins with a reception at 6 PM, followed by the talk at 6:30 PM. Zelter will discuss her career, recent projects, and 2026 mural, Southeast Exchange, for Murals of La Jolla.
Mural Members and Makers will receive an email to RSVP for the lecture.
Open Print Studio at the Athenaeum Art Center invites local printmakers and artists to utilize the equipment and space in the printmaking studio. Prior knowledge in printmaking and equipment familiarity is required as open studio time is not for learning a new printmaking process or one on one lessons. The Athenaeum Art Center offers printmaking courses throughout the year for those wanting to learn a new craft or wanting to enhance their art practice. Open Studio is free for everyone.
Members' Open Print Studio is private time for those who hold a current membership with the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. This members-only opportunity provides members a private open studio session without the busy nature of regular open studio. Light demonstrations are available and certain members' open studio dates will include workshops.
Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Athenaeum Jazz at Scripps Research with a three-concert series featuring internationally acclaimed jazz artists in the exceptional acoustics of the Scripps auditorium.
Joshua Redman Quartet opens the series with the legendary saxophonist's long-awaited return to San Diego, leading his acclaimed quartet in an evening of masterful contemporary jazz.
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library will be closed on Wednesday, November 11, in observance of Veteran’s Day. Regular hours will resume on Thursday, November 12 from 11 AM - 4 PM.
David Sánchez Quintet: Tambó showcases the GRAMMY® Award-winning saxophonist's powerful fusion of jazz with the African-rooted musical traditions of Puerto Rico and Colombia in a vibrant celebration of the African diaspora.
This unique group returns to the Athenaeum with a varied program showcasing the baryton (a rarely heard instrument that had its heyday as the “King of instruments” in the 18th century) with works old and new, by Joseph Haydn and three pieces written for the Valencia Baryton Project.
Gabrielle Cavassa makes her Athenaeum debut with an intimate performance showcasing the rising Blue Note Records vocalist, whose rich, expressive voice and captivating artistry have established her as one of jazz's most exciting new talents.
The Baumer Quartet returns to the Athenaeum after a warm reception at their first visit in 2023. They’ll share works by Mozart and Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate before joining our own Kate Hatmaker and Alex Greenbaum in Brahms’ beloved String Sextet in G Major.
This exciting duo’s first visit to the Athenaeum will feature works by Beethoven, Schnittke and Chopin in a virtuosic tour de force.
Blending original works with music from the 1600s to today, Owls creates bold, genre-defying performances that are uniquely their own.
Through music and narration, the Formosa Quartet examines refuge, belonging, and America's complex history.
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
3 & 3:30 PM
Bring your children or grandchildren to the Athenaeum's free Children's Storytime at 3 and 3:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. Great for children ages 1 through 9. This is a free event. Reservations are not necessary.
Creative Storytime with Ms. Katia. This new program, held on the first Wednesday of each month at 10:30 AM, is designed to introduce children to the magic of storytelling while fostering an early love for music, art, and literature.
Canadian cellist Kathleen Long and Mexican American flutist Julia Barnett, are a dynamic musical duo whose partnership began in the Hawaii Symphony. Since first meeting there, they’ve become great friends and frequent collaborators, bringing their shared artistry to performances across Southern California. They love exploring the music of the Americas and beyond.
Ess Whiteley: listening materials transforms the Athenaeum Art Center into a resonant, self-sounding environment. Computer-controlled speakers, harmonicas, fans, and organic and inorganic materials interact through sound waves, vibration, air, and the natural acoustics of the space. As visitors move through the gallery, these shifting relationships make sound’s invisible forces—and matter’s capacity to respond—perceptible.
Members' Open Print Studio is private time for those who hold a current membership with the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. This members-only opportunity provides members a private open studio session without the busy nature of regular open studio. Light demonstrations are available and certain members' open studio dates will include workshops.
Open Print Studio at the Athenaeum Art Center invites local printmakers and artists to utilize the equipment and space in the printmaking studio. Prior knowledge in printmaking and equipment familiarity is required as open studio time is not for learning a new printmaking process or one on one lessons. The Athenaeum Art Center offers printmaking courses throughout the year for those wanting to learn a new craft or wanting to enhance their art practice. Open Studio is free for everyone.
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman see the value of his own life.
Cast: starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore; director, Frank Capra
Runtime: 2 hr. 10 min.
Tagline: Wonderful news...about wonderful people!...in a wonderful picture! It's a wonderful love! It's a wonderful laugh!
Academy Awards, USA: Best Picture (Nominee); Best Actor in a Leading Role, James Stewart (Nominee); Best Director, Frank Capra (Nominee); Best Sound, Recording (Nominee); Best Film Editing (Nominee)
Walking tours leave from the Athenaeum at 5:30 p.m. Tours are free and registration is required. Tours are limited to a maximum of 35 guests and last for approximately 90 minutes.
Bring your children or grandchildren to the Athenaeum's free Children's Storytime at 3 and 3:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. Great for children ages 1 through 9. This is a free event. Reservations are not necessary.
Throughout his baseball career, Tim Flannery had his guitar in hand. Flan writes songs about his family roots, love, and the surrender that comes when you understand some things are out of your control. He writes about baseball and being on the road, the call of the highway, and the beacon of home. He has an ace band, the Lunatic Fringe, that bring his songs roaring to life in various musical genres like bluegrass, country, and rock.
Members' Open Print Studio is private time for those who hold a current membership with the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. This members-only opportunity provides members a private open studio session without the busy nature of regular open studio. Light demonstrations are available and certain members' open studio dates will include workshops.
*AT THE ATHENAEUM MUSIC & ARTS LIBRARY*
The series concludes on Friday, August 21, with a special collective of three of today’s most celebrated jazz artists: Sean Jones on trumpet, Billy Childs on piano, and Ben Williams on bass. Childs and Williams are known to Athenaeum audiences from many past performances; Jones makes his Athenaeum debut in this concert.
Open Print Studio at the Athenaeum Art Center invites local printmakers and artists to utilize the equipment and space in the printmaking studio. Prior knowledge in printmaking and equipment familiarity is required as open studio time is not for learning a new printmaking process or one on one lessons. The Athenaeum Art Center offers printmaking courses throughout the year for those wanting to learn a new craft or wanting to enhance their art practice. Open Studio is free for everyone.
A penniless drifter is recruited by an ambitious columnist to impersonate a non-existent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a social movement begins.
Cast: starring Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold; director, Frank Capra
Runtime: 2 hr. 2 min.
Tagline: ALL AMERICA WANTS TO MEET THE "MR. DEEDS" OF 1941!
Academy Awards, USA: Best Writing, Original Story (Nominee)
Bring your children or grandchildren to the Athenaeum's free Children's Storytime at 3 and 3:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. Great for children ages 1 through 9. This is a free event. Reservations are not necessary.
Acclaimed flutist and three-time Global Music Award recipient, Brooklyn native Lori Bell is a flutist and composer of admirable depth and broad musical sympathies. A resident of San Diego, she has contributed to raising the standards of performance while earning acclaim from both peers and critics for her artistry on stage and in recordings. Ron Satterfield is simply one of the most talented musicians in Southern California. As a composer, arranger, keyboardist, guitarist and singer, he has played a key role in making San Diego a more vital music scene. His collaborations with guitarist Steve Laury, vocalist Kevyn Lettau, flutist Lori Bell and saxophonist Joe Marillo are a testament to this fact.
Members' Open Print Studio is private time for those who hold a current membership with the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. This members-only opportunity provides members a private open studio session without the busy nature of regular open studio. Light demonstrations are available and certain members' open studio dates will include workshops.
New Member Tours are given by the librarian on the third Saturday of every month at 11 a.m. Members and nonmembers alike are welcome to attend. The librarian will give a tour of the library's space, collections, and a brief history. This is a free event. Reservations are not necessary.
A naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his character.
Cast: starring James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains; director, Frank Capra
Runtime: 2 hr. 9 min.
Tagline: The Picture that Caused a Furore in Washington!
Academy Awards, USA: Best Writing, Original Story (Winner); Best Picture (Nominee); Best Actor in a Leading Role, James Stewart (Nominee); Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Harry Carey (Nominee); Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Claude Rains (Nominee); Best Director, Frank Capra (Nominee); Best Writing, Screenplay (Nominee); Best Art Direction (Nominee); Best Sound, Recording (Nominee); Best Film Editing (Nominee); Best Music, Scoring (Nominee)
Step back in time and relive the unforgettable sounds of 1963—a year that changed music forever! From the sun-soaked Beach Boys, to the folk anthems of Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul & Mary, and Trini Lopez … from the sweet sounds of girl groups like The Crystals, The Chiffons, and The Ronettes to the first wave of the British Invasion, the Beatles. 1963 was a turning point in popular culture.
Walking tours leave from the Athenaeum at 5:30 p.m. Tours are free and registration is required. Tours are limited to a maximum of 35 guests and last for approximately 90 minutes.
Bring your children or grandchildren to the Athenaeum's free Children's Storytime at 3 and 3:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. Great for children ages 1 through 9. This is a free event. Reservations are not necessary.
Joanne Stohs is a freelance violist who play in chamber groups and orchestras in the San Diego area. She is also a piano teacher and accompanist. She has a bachelor's degree in piano and viola performance from BYU and a master's degree in piano performance from Washington University in St. Louis. Robert Zelickman, clarinetist, has been teaching and performing in San Diego since 1982. He is a member of the bass clarinet quartet JAMB and co-director of Second Avenue Klezmer Ensemble. Robert was a member of Orchestra Nova for 23 seasons and has performed with the San Diego Symphony and the San Diego Opera. Alyze Dreiling is an award-winning conductor, and accomplished violinist and violist in San Diego.She is the conductor of the New City Sinfonia, the CYO (Civic Youth Orchestra) Symphonic Orchestra, the North Coast Strings and the Grossmont College String Ensemble where she is an adjunct faculty member. In addition to her title as Conductor Emeritus of the YPO Soloists Ensemble, Festival Orchestra and Sinfonietta, she was also the founding Artistic Director and Conductor of Classics for Kids, a fully professional orchestra performing specialty youth concerts in the San Diego area. Ms. Dreiling maintains a private teaching studio and is a member of the Music Teachers Association of California (MTAC) the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), and the National Piano Guild. She also serves as an adjudicator for the MTAC Certificate of Merit program.
Members' Open Print Studio is private time for those who hold a current membership with the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. This members-only opportunity provides members a private open studio session without the busy nature of regular open studio. Light demonstrations are available and certain members' open studio dates will include workshops.
Open Print Studio at the Athenaeum Art Center invites local printmakers and artists to utilize the equipment and space in the printmaking studio. Prior knowledge in printmaking and equipment familiarity is required as open studio time is not for learning a new printmaking process or one on one lessons. The Athenaeum Art Center offers printmaking courses throughout the year for those wanting to learn a new craft or wanting to enhance their art practice. Open Studio is free for everyone.
The Athenaeum's outdoor movie series, Flicks on the Bricks, invites you to enjoy classic movies on our patio during beautiful summer nights. In August, KPBS film critic, arts reporter, and Cinema Junkie podcast host Beth Accomando returns to host the 20th annual Flicks on the Bricks series. This year, she has chosen four classic films by director Frank Capra, viewing the American Dream through the eyes of an immigrant.
An unassuming greeting card poet from a small town in Vermont heads to New York City upon inheriting a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.
Cast: starring Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft; director, Frank Capra
Runtime: 1 hr. 55 min.
Tagline: Everybody's Goin' to Town with "Mr. Deeds!"
Academy Awards, USA: Best Director, Frank Capra (Winner); Best Picture (Nominee); Best Actor in a Leading Role, Gary Cooper (Nominee); Best Writing, Screenplay (Nominee); Best Sound, Recording (Nominee)
Bring your children or grandchildren to the Athenaeum's free Children's Storytime at 3 and 3:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. Great for children ages 1 through 9. This is a free event. Reservations are not necessary.
The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library is thrilled to announce its newest offering for young families: Creative Storytime with Ms. Katia. This new program, held on the first Wednesday of each month at 10:30 AM, is designed to introduce children to the magic of storytelling while fostering an early love for music, art, and literature.
Award-winning pianist Dr. Xiao Chen is actively engaged as both a soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States, China, and Europe. Her performances have been praised internationally; New York Concert Review praised her, stating that “she has a strong interest in communicating, and that urge is apparent in performances of expressiveness and purposefulness,” while Shanghai Youth Daily said, “her energetic and breathtaking performance impressed the audience.” Her concerts have been frequently broadcast live on radio stations, including Classical KUSC FM 91.5 and Classical KING FM 98.1. She has regularly appeared as a soloist with orchestras and performed solo recitals in major concert series.
