This weekend in the arts: "Flourish" at Pixley's Oddities; Project [BLANK]'s "Paradise TBD"; Disco Riot’s “Choreo & Climb" pairs performance with rock climbing; a reading from border poets; and Beethoven’s Ninth at The Shell.
• Project [BLANK] presents Olivier Messiaen’s
“Harawi” at 7 p.m. Friday, May 28, and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 30, online. The concert will feature original video art by Anna Chiaretta Lavatelli mixed live to the performances of mezzo-soprano Leslie Ann Leytham and pianist Brendan Nguyen, performed at the Front Arte & Cultura Gallery in San Ysidro. $20 for general admission; $10 for students and senior citizens.
• The San Diego Symphony presents an online
preview performance from the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, the orchestra’s state-of-the-art bayside venue, at 7 p.m. Friday, May 28. Musical theater star Bryonha Marie will perform classic and modern Broadway tunes. The Rady Shell will open to the public for live performances in the summer. $25.
The
La Jolla Light presents this continuing series of online activities to undertake on your computer or tablet during your quarantine quandary, as well as local in-person events as we emerge from the pandemic.
Memorial Day
• The Mount Soledad National Veterans Memorial will hold a
Memorial Day tribute event at noon Monday, May 31, online and in person at 6905 La Jolla Scenic Drive South. The event will honor Air Force Airman 1st Class William Pitsenbarger, a posthumous Medal of Honor recipient whose story of heroism during the Vietnam War was depicted in the recent film “The Last Full Measure.” Free.
• Project [BLANK] presents Olivier Messiaen’s