Wednesday, May 16, 2012
All Events

Audio Tour 2012-05-16 9:30 am - 4:30 pm A fascinating one-hour audio tour of Balboa Park can be rented at the Balboa Park Visitors Center. There is an adult and child version of the tour, which covers Park history, architecture, horticul ... Read More Balboa Park Visitors Center in the House of Hospitality

A FANTASTIC VOYAGE THE ART OF YNEZ JOHNSTON 2012-05-16 10:00 am - 4:30 pm A painter, sculptor and printmaker, Ynez Johnston’s art offers a world of visual delights.  As with miniature Rajput paintings, illuminated manuscripts and Chinese scrolls, Johnston’s imag ... Read More Mingei International Museum

Block Busters! 2012-05-16 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Building with your imagination from the ground up, use up to 15,000 wooden KEVA (Knowledge – Exploration – Visual Arts) planks to build structures from skyscrapers to suspension bridges! ... Read More Reuben H. Fleet Science Center

Cellular Journey 2012-05-16 10:00 am - 5:00 pm "Cellular Journey" is a Fleet-created exhibition that features a series of interactive exhibits designed to introduce you to human cell biology, the importance of stem cells and the potential impac ... Read More Reuben H. Fleet Science Center

Dyeing Elegance: Asian Modernism and the Art of Kūboku and Hisako Takaku 2012-05-16 10:00 am - 5:00 pm   The artist Kuboku Takaku (1908–1993) perfected the ancient Japanese technique of wax resist dying to create textile paintings on obi, kimono, and screens. His works merged Japanese s ... Read More The San Diego Museum of Art

Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan 2012-05-16 10:00 am - 5:00 pm   Majestic 6th-century Chinese Buddhist sculpture is combined with 21st century 3D-imaging technology in this exploration of one of the most important groups of Buddhist devotional sites ... Read More The San Diego Museum of Art

Geometry Playground 2012-05-16 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Any middle schooler who thinks geometry is a drag doesn’t realize that most children’s games, toys, crafts, and play equipment are based on the principles of the most visible branch of math. To ... Read More Reuben H. Fleet Science Center

How Things Fly 2012-05-16 10:00 am - 4:30 pm Visit the four zones of How Things Fly: Aerodynamics, Propulsion, Meteorology and Air Traffic Control—each giving an insight into the wonder of flight. Aer ... Read More San Diego Air & Space Museum

Kid City 2012-05-16 10:00 am - 5:00 pm "Kid City" is an exciting world of fun within the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, designed especially for kids age 5 and under! The excitement starts at the "Ball Wall" with its multiple chutes, tr ... Read More Reuben H. Fleet Science Center

Local Treasures from the History Center's Collections 2012-05-16 10:00 am - 5:00 pm A diverse display of artifiacts that have been graciously donated to the museum in recent years and highlight the process these pieces much undergo before they become accessible to the the general ... Read More San Diego History Center

Mingei - The Beauty of Use 2012-05-16 10:00 am - 4:00 pm   Tijuana’s Cultural Center (CECUT) and Mingei International are partnering on a major exhibition at CECUT, featuring more than 500 of the finest objects in the Museum’s renowned col ... Read More Mingei International Museum

NASA's Driven to Explore Mobile Exhibit 2012-05-16 10:00 am - 4:30 pm   NASA’s Driven to Explore (DTE) mobile, multi-media exhibit immerses visitors in the story of NASA. Guests will learn about the significance of human space exploration and how NASA pr ... Read More San Diego Air & Space Museum

New Jewelry in a New Medium: The Art of Polymer Clay 2012-05-16 10:00 am - 4:30 pm A synthetic modeling compound, polymer clay has come into its own as an art material.   One of the most adaptable art mediums available, it mixes like pigment and has properties that allo ... Read More Mingei International Museum

Object Lessons: France in the Golden Age 2012-05-16 10:00 am - 4:30 pm A concentration of French 17th century paintings on display the loan of Nicolas Poussin’s The Holy Family Returning to Nazareth from the Cleveland Museum of Art.  Poussin’s painti ... Read More Timken Museum of Art

Puppet Show: Goldilocks and the Three Little Bunnies 2012-05-16 10:00 am - 11:00 am Goldilocks is lost and stumbles into the house of the three little bunnies. She thinks she's in the house of the three bears.....and the bunnies think that Goldilocks is a bear. See what happ ... Read More Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater

Ramp It Up: Skateboard Culture in Native America 2012-05-16 10:00 am - 5:00 pm   Ramp It Up: Skateboard Culture in Native America reveals the rich world of skateboarding and celebrates the vibrancy, creativity, and history of Native American skateboar ... Read More San Diego Museum of Man

Three Story House 2012-05-16 10:00 am - 5:00 pm   Drawn from MOPA’s photography collection of more than 7000 images, Three Story House traces how photographers have captured the familiarity of the domestic environment ... Read More Museum of Photographic Arts

TITANIC: The Artifact Exhibition 2012-05-16 10:00 am - 5:00 pm   Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, which showcases more than 200 artifacts retrieved from Titanic’s debris field, arrives in San Diego for th ... Read More San Diego Natural History Museum

Tuna! Celebrating San Diego's Famous Fishing Industry 2012-05-16 10:00 am - 5:00 pm   Exhibit showcases the tuna industry in San Diego over the course of 100 years, focusing on the era when San Diego was the world’s tuna fishing capital, from the 1920s until the 1960s ... Read More San Diego History Center

Woodies 2012-05-16 10:00 am - 5:00 pm History and evolution of the "Woodie" focuses on the iconic surf car.  ... Read More San Diego Automotive Museum

Puppet Show: Goldilocks and the Three Little Bunnies 2012-05-16 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Goldilocks is lost and stumbles into the house of the three little bunnies. She thinks she's in the house of the three bears.....and the bunnies think that Goldilocks is a bear. See what happ ... Read More Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater

To the Arctic 2012-05-16 12:00 pm - 12:40 pm IMAX film follows the extraordinary journey to the top of the world, a compelling tale of survival, with global implications.  A mother polar bear and her two seven-month-old cubs navigate the ... Read More Reuben H. Fleet Science Center

BLACK HOLES: The Other Side of Infinity 2012-05-16 1:00 pm - 1:40 pm The Fleet's daily public planetarium show is BLACK HOLES: The Other Side of Infinity, produced by the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. The show guides you through other-worldly wormholes to e ... Read More Reuben H. Fleet Science Center

To the Arctic 2012-05-16 2:00 pm - 2:40 pm IMAX film follows the extraordinary journey to the top of the world, a compelling tale of survival, with global implications.  A mother polar bear and her two seven-month-old cubs navigate the ... Read More Reuben H. Fleet Science Center

Born to be Wild 2012-05-16 3:00 pm - 3:40 pm Experience an inspiring story of love and dedication, and the amazing bond between humans and animals in the new IMAX® film BORN TO BE WILD. Narrated by Academy-Award® winner Morgan Freeman, this ... Read More Reuben H. Fleet Science Center

To the Arctic 2012-05-16 4:00 pm - 4:40 pm IMAX film follows the extraordinary journey to the top of the world, a compelling tale of survival, with global implications.  A mother polar bear and her two seven-month-old cubs navigate the ... Read More Reuben H. Fleet Science Center

BLACK HOLES: The Other Side of Infinity 2012-05-16 5:00 pm - 5:40 pm The Fleet's daily public planetarium show is BLACK HOLES: The Other Side of Infinity, produced by the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. The show guides you through other-worldly wormholes to e ... Read More Reuben H. Fleet Science Center

Nobody Loves You 2012-05-16 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm   A funny and irreverent World Premiere musical romantic comedy from the award-winning creative team of playwright Itamar Moses (Bach at Leipzig) and Gaby Alter (Band Geeks! ... Read More The Old Globe

The Scottsboro Boys 2012-05-16 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm   From the creators of Chicago, Cabaret and Kiss of the Spider Woman comes the critically acclaimed THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS. This ... Read More The Old Globe