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La Jolla Light presents this continuing series of online activities to undertake on your computer or tablet during your quarantine quandary, as well local in-person events as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lectures & learning
• The San Diego County Bike Coalition presents
“City Cycling” at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 17, online. The virtual class is designed to help riders become more comfortable sharing the road. Class topics include general bike safety, legal rights and responsibilities, and emergency maneuver skills. Free.
• The La Jolla Community Center presents “
Spanish for Beginners” starting at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 23, at 6811 La Jolla Blvd. The eight-week course runs through Wednesday, Aug. 11. $140 for Community Center members; $160 for non-members.
The campy, erotic 1991 rock biopic starred Val Kilmer as Doors frontman Jim Morrison.
Oliver Stone, 74, is seated for a Zoom interview at his home office in Los Angeles. He’s just finished reading an email proposing he direct a film about Led Zeppelin. “I don’t know much about them, frankly, Stone admits. They were never really my band.” The Doors were his band. On March 1, 1991, the universe got its first look at
The Doors Stone s beautifully irrational biopic about the late 60s rock group led by Jim Morrison (played by Val Kilmer, then 31, amid a Method-acting spectacle). The result is an R-rated feast that acts as an extravagant rejection of puritanism and Just Say No. It is campy, erotic, deeply disturbing and smoldering like a pagan bonfire.
Tom Lounges
• Mush Music Productions of Northwest Indiana brings Chicago rapper Twista (twista.com) to the Hobart Art Theatre (230 Main St.) in downtown Hobart Saturday. Twista has a new EP, Lifetime, now available on all music platforms. The show has a 9 p.m. start time and is stacked with a trio of support acts Groppo, Angel Da Demon and No Coastal. Tickets for the 18 & older performance range from $27.50 to $50. More: brickartlive.com.
⢠The weekly Open Mic hosted by multi-instrumentalist Marc Adrian (of Groovatron fame) happens tonight from 8-11 p.m. at The Flat Rock Tap (6732 Calumet Ave.) in Hammond. The stage is open to not only musicians, but comedians, spoken word artists and more. Admission is free. More: 219- 852-5262.