Check out a few of our pics from this week's Free Tuesday stroll through Balboa Park. We're hoping to make this a weekly tradition, because there are so many different people, places, faces and exhibits to view out in the park. This week, we ran into rowdy, happy school kids, a deserted Zoro Garden and plenty of lazy, relaxed loungers snoozing on the lawn. Check out a few more pictures below, and check back next week for more.
"He's not as well known as Adrian Gonzalez, Phillip Rivers or Dean Spanos, but Al Kidd is just as integral to San Diego's sporting landscape."
A great opening line about one of Balboa Park's greatest assets, President of the San Diego Sports Commission and Director of the Hall of Champions Sports Museum Al Kidd (at right int he photo above). Check out the whole story here in the SDDT by writer Doug Sherwin. We love to see Balboa Park people in the press!
"Multilingual content is a top priority for all of the online properties in Balboa Park, because it translates directly into greater access and greater engagement,” says Balboa Park Online Collaborative Director (BPOC), Rich Cherry. “But we need everyone to vote to get this project off the ground. A collaborative effort by everyone in San Diego and everyone who’s ever enjoyed Balboa Park will get this idea in motion.”
Balboa Park receives approximately 10 Million visitors every year, and up to 52% of are Spanish speakers (based on a 2006 survey by Morey Group). Yet only a handful of the 85 institutions within the park have Spanish Language content available to the public online.
The Pepsi Refresh grant money would allow BPOC to hire four
full-time English-to-Spanish translators to translate existing website content
into Spanish at 15 Balboa Park museums, plus a Spanish-language blogger to
create new content for the park’s main portal www.balboapark.org.
Are you one of 10% of San Diegans looking for work? Well, look over this way towards the gorgeous grounds of Balboa Park. A few Balboa Park museums have posted some pretty cool job openings in recent weeks, and I thought I'd bring them all together in one post here. We're working on a centralized jobs page for the new and improved www.balboapark.org site launching later this year.
Check out these Balboa Park museum job openings:
"Multilingual content is a top priority for all of the online properties in Balboa Park, because it translates directly into greater access and greater engagement,” says Balboa Park Online Collaborative Director (BPOC), Rich Cherry. “But we need everyone to vote to get this project off the ground. A collaborative effort by everyone in San Diego and everyone who’s ever enjoyed Balboa Park will get this idea in motion.”
Balboa Park receives approximately 10 Million visitors every year, and up to 52% of are Spanish speakers (based on a 2006 survey by Morey Group). Yet only a handful of the 85 institutions within the park have Spanish Language content available to the public online.
The Pepsi Refresh grant money would allow BPOC to hire four
full-time English-to-Spanish translators to translate existing website content
into Spanish at 15 Balboa Park museums, plus a Spanish-language blogger to
create new content for the park’s main portal www.balboapark.org.
There was genuine glee and excitement in our office when we heard about the new Park 2 Park shuttle servicing the uptown neighborhoods of South Park, North Park, University Heights and Normal Heights. Basically, all of the neighborhood surrounding the Northern, Eastern and Southern regions of Balboa Park. I'll be going on a preview tour of the shuttle route next week (watch for an updated post on March 3), and I'm thinking this is going to make post-work Happy Hours a whole lot easier ... cheers to that!
Get into the groove of a 2,000 year-old Chinese Tradition this weekend in Balboa Park, as the Mingei International Museum celebrates the culmination of a 15-day, tradition Lantern Festival. The Museum is pulling out all the stops for this Saturday's festival (presented in conjunction with the exhibit Fifty-Six Chinese Hat Boxes -- and One Hat!), offering cultural history lessons, performances, hands-on stations where you can make your own paper lanterns, and a huge parade at the end of the day.
When: Saturday, February 27, 2010 -- 10:00am-12:00pm
For More Information: 619-239-0003, ext. 405 or Online Reservations
Members: $5.00 Students: $7.00 Non-Members: $10.00
Member Families: $10.00 Non-Member Families: $15.00
Kudos to San Diego Museum of Art's Public Programs Manager Alexander Jarman, who published his insightful question and answer session with artist Huge Crosthwaite on The Gallery's blog today. Crosthwaite's drawings are currently on exhibit at SDMA in Balboa Park, and Jarman's Q&A really reveals some interesting elements about the artist's past (he was born in Tijuana) and his path to exhibition (he now hails from new York City).
You can read the Full Q&A on The Gallery's Blog.
It's true. The folk's behind San Diego Museum of Art's popular Culture & Cocktails series have double the trouble (in a good way, of course) in store at this week's event. Oh, and did we mention there is tequila involved? Make that Triple the trouble.
Details: Thursday, February 25, 6-9pm, San Diego Museum of Art, $15 non-members
Trouble: Artist Hugo Crosthwaite will be in attendance, in celebration of the opening of his exhibition of drawings Brutal Beauty, which will be open to all Culture & Cocktails guests that night, as well as a temporary hands-on station where partygoers can create their own mixed media postcard inspired by the drawings of Crosthwaite. You can also stop by the food station for a gourmet taco and a tequila (yes, one tequila will be on the house!), even a little tango dancing, and then check out the other featured exhibition of the evening: Joaquín Torres-García's Constructing Abstraction with Wood. There's hands-on fun there, too, with a station where guests can construct their own colorful Torres-García inspired wood key chain.
Sound like fun? Check out the museum's new in-the-know member group called The Gallery for more hip, different, behind-the-scenes art events.
Longing to visit the Irish countryside, but can't afford a plane ticket across the pond and won't dare venture into the Gaslamp Quarter for the annual green beer debacle next month? Then head up to Balboa Park's Museum of Man Thursday, February 25th for their "Tower After Hours" event, celebrating Irish food, culture and music.
The museum will hold special hours from 6-8pm Thursday night and feature a taste of all things Irish, including regional Irish cuisine and Guinness Beer. Dozens of Irish musicians and dancers will perform on stage below the 100-foot rotunda and share their rich cultural heritage. Families and kids of all ages are welcome, and all of the museums regular exhibit spaces will be open during the event.
Details:February 25, 2010 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Tickets: $10 for members; $15 for military and students; $20 for non-members.
NOTE: Museum will close early before event begins. Last admission 3:15pm, Museum closes 4:00pm
