This October Halloween Aglow returns to Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego for two nights of Halloween fun with an educational twist. The event takes place October 25 and 26 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Modeled after Oceans at Night, the aquarium’s popular adults-only event, Halloween Aglow celebrates the wonders and mysteries of the ocean after dark in a fun family-friendly atmosphere. After the sun goes down, the aquarium will transform into a glowing nightscape featuring live music, a costume contest and trick-or-treat stations. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn about some weird and wonderful research being done at Scripps Oceanography. For more information or to purchase tickets visit the aquarium website.

Join us at the Little Italy Food Hall Bar for Salsa Under the Stars! Sit back and unwind to music from Manny Cepeda Orchestra as he brings his best repertoire of Classic Salsa, Merengue, Cumbia, Bachata and Cuban Music.
Grab some tasty cocktails from the Food Hall Bar and get food and drinks from our stations and enjoy it on the expansive Piazza della Famiglia!
Free to attend. Subject to change due to weather.

Join us on Free Third Thursday, September 19 from 11AM – 8PM for the free public opening of For Dear Life: Art, Medicine, and Disability, the first exhibition to survey themes of illness and impairment in American art from the 1960s up to the COVID-19 era.

Enjoy free admission, a double feature screening, and more! No reservations are required for Free Third Thursday admission.
 
Free Public Tour: Highlights of the Exhibition
5PM: A general tour guiding visitors through For Dear Life, focusing on key themes and highlights of the exhibition.

Limited capacity. No RSVPs required. Meet in Browar Lobby.

Blue/ Blue Screening: Liza Sylvestre’s Blue Description Project (2024) & Moyra Davey’s Notes on Blue (2015)

5PM: Blue/ Blue Screening in Jacobs Hall

The Coronado Historical Association invites you to the next installment of our Wine & Lecture series:

Skydiving Entrepreneur H. “Skippy” Smith and the Pacific Parachute Company in San Diego. 

Eighty-two years ago, Howard “Skippy” Smith founded the nation’s first black-owned and managed defense production plant in San Diego.  Agin Shaheed will discuss the life of this skydiver turned entrepreneur. Born in Alabama in 1913, “Skippy” Smith moved to Los Angeles California during the Great Depression with little to nothing in his pocket with hopes of becoming a pilot. By 1939, he had become a renowned skydiver with his partner Mac “Skip” Gravelly.  The duo became well known for the difficult and dangerous free fall jumps followed by delayed parachute openings.