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Print Though California plans to allow indoor live events and performances to resume with capacity limitations starting Thursday, April 15, some of La Jolla’s performance venues are not ready to fling their doors open just yet. The new COVID-19-related guidance takes effect a week after San Diego County moved into the orange tier, the second-least-restrictive level in the state’s reopening framework. The new rules for indoor live events are as follows in the orange tier: • For venues with a capacity of up to 1,500 people, attendance will be limited to 15 percent of capacity or 200 people and increase to 35 percent if all guests show proof of a negative coronavirus test or full vaccination against COVID-19. ....
Athenaeum opens exhibit for La Jolla artist Paula McColl with first reception in over a year La Jolla artist Paula McColl (left) and Athenaeum Executive Director Erika Torri attend opening night of “Paula McColl: Celebrating La Jolla,” an exhibit of 35 La Jolla scenes. (Elisabeth Frausto) April 5, 2021 4:40 PM PT Print The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library opened its “Paula McColl: Celebrating La Jolla” show April 1, welcoming a small group of visitors to an exhibit reception for the first time since coronavirus restrictions were implemented last year. All who attended were fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The show features 35 of La Jolla resident McColl’s scenes of La Jolla, about half of which were painted during the pandemic. They feature local buildings and scenes with people wearing masks or dining outdoors as restaurants adapted to limits on indoor service. ....
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Until a year ago, the term “social distancing” wasn’t in the national lexicon and wearing masks was not the norm. But the COVID-19 pandemic changed our behaviors swiftly and often, from staying home to “flattening the curve” to donating meals to hospital workers to searching for vaccination appointments. We learned to access work, school and entertainment via Zoom and other virtual platforms. Restaurants adapted to takeout models and, along with other businesses, have ping-ponged among various modes of operation as coronavirus cases have swelled and ebbed. As we mark the anniversary of the first life-altering pandemic restrictions, the La Jolla Light looks back at the past whirlwind year of COVID-19. ....
While the COVID-19 pandemic ushered in a new era of screen time Zoom teleconferencing, more Netflix than anyone thought possible and FaceTime as a way to socialize it also seems to have brought out a lot of authors and other creatives in our own backyard. Here’s a look at the local books, murals and more of the past year, as well as the inventive ways that arts institutions have continued to provide programming during the pandemic. January Polar Bear Plunge: An estimated 400 people participate in the Polar Bear Plunge on New Year’s Day at La Jolla Shores. Sponsored by the La Jolla Cove Swim Club, the plunge is a 30-year-old local tradition in which La Jollans and others rush into the cold ocean for play or swim. ....