Best Bets: A quick guide to La Jolla entertainment and experiences

The La Jolla Light presents this continuing listing of local in-person events and online activities.

Lectures & learning

• The city of San Diego Personnel Department presents an employment information session about the city’s available jobs and the hiring process at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28, at the La Jolla/Riford Library, 7555 Draper Ave. Register at tinyurl.com/LaJollaInfo.

• A “Lunch & Learn” lecture on “Mindful Awareness” is set for Thursday, Aug. 29, presented by yoga and meditation instructor Sofia Puerta Webber at the La Jolla Community Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd. Lunch will begin at noon, followed by the lecture at 12:30 p.m. Free for Community Center members, $15 for non-members. (858) 459-0831

Health & fitness

• The La Jolla Newcomers Club’s Saturday Morning Walkers meet at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 24 for a walk to False Point and back in Bird Rock. Afterward, each participant will have the option to meet for coffee. For information on how to join, visit lajollanewcomers.org.

Arts & culture

• Author Frances Mayes discusses her book “A Great Marriage” during “Booked for Lunch” on Thursday, Aug. 22, at a location near Warwick’s bookstore in La Jolla. For details, email marylee@warwicks.com. Mayes also will speak at 7:30 p.m. the same day at Warwick’s, 7812 Girard Ave. Free, or $30 for a reserved seat and book copy. warwicks.com/event/booked-mayes-2024, warwicks.com/event/mayes-2024

• The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library hosts the 18th annual “Flicks on the Bricks” outdoor movie series at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 29, featuring political comedies and film critic and scholar Beth Accomando. The upcoming films are: Aug. 22, “The Candidate” (1972); and Aug. 29, “Election” (1999), both at 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. $20 per movie for Athenaeum members, $25 for non-members. Refreshments will be available for purchase. ljathenaeum.org

• The Perry Gallery in La Jolla celebrates its fourth anniversary by showcasing local artists’ latest works from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, at 2218 Avenida de la Playa. Guests can meet the artists and have light refreshments. theperrygallery.com

• The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego presents “Reflections Showcase,” an exhibit by artists 55 and older, through Sunday, Aug. 25, at 700 Prospect St., La Jolla. A reception is scheduled for 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23. mcasd.org

• Arthur Hammons and his Knights perform country-Western music at Hennessy’s Tavern from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, at 7811 Herschel Ave., La Jolla. Free. (858) 551-8772

• “The Road to Victory,” featuring music by Beethoven, Bridge and Coleridge-Taylor, is performed at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, at the Baker-Baum Concert Hall, 7600 Fay Ave., La Jolla. $48-$90. theconrad.org/events/the-road-to-victory

• The La Jolla Community Center presents its 2024 Fourth Friday Jazz Series with monthly concerts through October at 6811 La Jolla Blvd. All concerts begin at 8 p.m., with a pre-show reception at 7 p.m. Upcoming performers are singer Rose Mallett on Aug. 23, flutist Holly Hofmann on Sept. 27 and trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos on Oct. 25. $25-$35. ljcommunitycenter.org/ffjs

• Author Sally J. Pla discusses her children’s book “Invisible Isabel” at noon Saturday, Aug. 24, at the La Jolla/Riford Library, 7555 Draper Ave. Free. warwicks.com/event/pla-2024

• Found Studio presents a grand opening for the art exhibition “Bird Rock Renaissance” from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, at 5490 La Jolla Blvd., La Jolla. The exhibit will run through Sunday, Oct. 13.  foundstudiosd.com

• Celebrate Ameri’kana, a traveling music and arts festival, is set for 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, at UC San Diego’s Epstein Family Amphitheater, 9480 Innovation Lane, La Jolla. $25 (free for children 12 and younger). amphitheater.ucsd.edu/event/celebrate-amerikana

• The La Jolla Music Society presents “Finale: A Song and Dance,” the final concert of this year’s SummerFest, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, at the Baker-Baum Concert Hall, 7600 Fay Ave. $135. theconrad.org/events/finale-a-song-and-dance

• Warwick’s bookstore presents author T.J. Newman as she discusses her book “Worst Case Scenario” in conversation with Jason Blitman at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28, at 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. Free, or $30 for a reserved seat and book copy. warwicks.com/event/newman-2024

• The sixth edition of The Lot’s Cinema Circle program in La Jolla runs Thursdays, Aug. 29 through Oct. 3, with six international movies touching on various themes and situations. Each showing will start at 6:30 p.m. at 7611 Fay Ave. The films are: Aug. 29, “La Chimera”; Sept. 5, “Shayda”; Sept. 12, “Daddio”; Sept. 19, “Wicked Little Letters”; Sept. 26, “Between the Temples”; and Oct. 3, “Didi.” thelotent.com/movie-theater/lajolla/events

• Max Lofano and Joshua Moreno present the art exhibition “Slow Dance” through Friday, Aug. 30, at Two Rooms Gallery, 5560 La Jolla Blvd., La Jolla. tworoomsgallery.com

• “Hold Fast,” an exhibit exploring San Diego’s kelp forests and climate change, runs through Monday, Sept. 2, at Birch Aquarium, 2300 Expedition Way, La Jolla. The show features works of local photographer and marine scientist Oriana Poindexter, gyotaku prints created by artist Dwight Hwang and kelp forest mapping by Scripps Institution of Oceanography Ph.D. student Mohammad Sedarat. Hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily through Labor Day, Sept. 2. The exhibit is included with aquarium admission: $24.95 for adults, $19.95 for children ages 3-17. aquarium.ucsd.edu

• Warwick’s bookstore presents author Sheri T. Joseph discussing her book “Edge of the Known World” in conversation with Paula Goodman-Crews at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4, at 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. Free, or $18.99 for a reserved seat and book copy. warwicks.com/event/joseph-2024

• The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library presents “Golden Age of Dutch Art” at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Sept. 5, 12, 19 and 26, and Oct. 3 at 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. Art history teacher Linda Blair will discuss 17th-century Dutch art. $70-$95 for the series, $16-$21 for individual lectures. ljathenaeum.org/events/blair-24-dutch-series

• The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library presents its Acoustic Evenings music series at 7:30 p.m. every Friday in September. Performers are: Sept. 6, Wax, Jesus Gonzalez and Rob Deez; Sept. 13, Santiago Orozco, Bri Schillings and Sierra Marin; Sept. 20, Walt Richards, Aaron Bowen and Stephen Bulman; Sept. 27, Lisa Sanders and Brown Sugar, Fred Benedetti and Sandé Lollis. $64 for the series for Athenaeum members, $84 for non-members, $18 for students. ljathenaeum.org/events/acoustics-24-fall-series

• ArtPower at UC San Diego presents Anything for Salinas, a Selena tribute by Karol Posadas, at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, at the Epstein Family Amphitheater, 9480 Innovation Lane, La Jolla. $25-$33 for general admission, $15 for children ages 2-12. amphitheater.ucsd.edu/event/anything-for-salinas

• Author Meg Evans appears for a meet-and-greet signing event for her book “Forever with Me” at noon Saturday, Sept. 7, at Warwick’s bookstore, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla. Free. warwicks.com/event/evans-2024

• Le Salon de Musiques presents a celebration of French music and art at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, at the La Jolla Woman’s Club, 7791 Draper Ave. The event, in collaboration with K Nathan Gallery, will feature performances of chamber music by Reynaldo Hahn and Louise Farrenc and paintings by post-Impressionist Paul Rivoire. $120. lesalondemusiques.com/product/special-event

• La Jolla Playhouse presents “Velour: A Drag Spectacular,” a show created by drag artist Sasha Velour and directed by Moisés Kaufman, through Sunday, Sept. 8, at the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre, 2910 La Jolla Village Drive. $30-$129. lajollaplayhouse.org/show/sasha-velour

• The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library presents its 32nd annual Juried Exhibition through Saturday, Sept. 28, at 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. ljathenaeum.org/events/exhibition-2024-juried

• The La Jolla Art Association presents its summer exhibition through September at the La Jolla Community Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd. The public exhibit features paintings and photography by members of the association. Free. lajollaartassociation.org

• Gary Krueger’s photographic exhibition “Dogs in Cars” is presented online by the Joseph Bellows Gallery in La Jolla. The exhibit features scenes of dogs in cars across Los Angeles in the 1970s.  josephbellows.com/exhibitions/gary-krueger-dogs-in-cars

Galas & events

• The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego presents its annual gala from 6 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, in the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Building at 700 Prospect St., La Jolla. This year’s theme is “Currents.” $350. mcasd.org/events/the-gala-mcasd-currents

Do you have an event — online or in person — that you’d like to see here? Email your leads to Rob Vardon at robert.vardon@lajollalight.com by noon Friday for publication in the following week’s edition. ♦

Originally Published: August 20, 2024 at 2:00 p.m.