Jazz In North Park Series: Four Women Only, Sept. 1

Lyric’s Jazz in North Park Series, presented in conjunction with Holly Hofmann, continues at the Birch North Park Theatre with Four Women Only on September 1, 2010.

Gathering from across the country, Four Women Only is a stellar quintet of players brought together by a common love of jazz. Led by Holly Hofmann on flute, Four Women Only includes Mary Fettig on alto sax, Mimi Fox on guitar, Kristin Korb on bass, and Sylvia Cuenca on drums. All of these artists are top players on their instruments, each with an extensive background in jazz performance and improvisation. This is a rare opportunity to hear this talented group of players in Southern California.

Next up in the Jazz in North Park series:

October 6: Cannonball-Coltrane Project

November 3: The Ken Peplowski Quartet

All performances begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are $22 for seniors, KSDS 88.3 FM members, and Lyric members, and $27 for general admission. Student discount tickets for $15 are available on the day of the show. For tickets call (619) 239-8836, or order online.

Jazz in North Park is presented by Lyric in collaboration with Music Director Holly Hofmann, in association with KSDS 88.3 FM) radio.

West Coast Tavern Named North Park BID Business of the Year

Congratulations to our tenant, West Coast Tavern, for being recognized by our community as Business of the Year!

Every year North Park Main Street asks business members to vote for their favorite business of the year. This year, North Park businesses nominated West Coast Tavern, and at the SBA Small Business Awards Luncheon presented by the Regional Chamber of Commerce on June 2, David Cohen, owner of West Coast Tavern, accepted the award for North Park BID Business of the Year.

David has been made exciting changes since tasking over West Coast Tavern, providing a wonderful place for Birch North Park Theatre patrons to grab a bite and a drink before, during, or after the show. Great job!

Free Electronics Recycling Event Aug. 7

North Park and surrounding residents: please join Ron Oster & Jeff 
Discher from Ascent Real Estate for a North Park Community Free Recycling Event on August 7th from 8am-12pm in the Birch North Park Theatre Parking Lot.



We hope to see you with all of your recyclable green electronics:
computers, monitors, televisions, cell phones, MP3 players, laptops, printers, ink and toner cartridges, cable and wires, microwaves, all electronics.
For more information please call 619-814-3433 or visit
wwww.jeffandronsellsd.com.

MUSIC AND MIRTH AT THE MOVIES! Harold Lloyd’s “The Kid Brother"

Lyric at the Birch, in concert with the Harold Lloyd Trust, proudly announce the return of internationally renowned film accompanist Dr. Philip Carli, performing live music for the four-star, all-time classic movie masterpiece, "The Kid Brother."

Last year, the event proved so popular that lines of fans wrapped around the building for tickets!

Return to the golden age of silent film with Harold Lloyd’s classic 1927 comedy “The Kid Brother,” presented with

two entertaining short subjects and a classic cartoon!

Live music will be performed by internationally renowned film accompanist Dr. Philip Carli.

Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 students/seniors, $8 children.

This beautifully restored film portrays Harold Lloyd as a shy and mild-mannered hero, too bashful to speak to a pretty girl, and too slight and timid to take on the brawny bullies that dog his life. It is a delightful showcase of Harold Lloyd’s amazing balance of humor, sentiment, and action, as well as his famous athletic agility. Once seen, the climax of this film masterpiece will never be forgotten. The evening will also include two entertaining short subjects and a classic cartoon.


Dr. Philip Carli has toured extensively as a film accompanist throughout North America and Europe, performing at such venues as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery in Washington, DC, the Cinematheque Quebécoise in Montreal, the National Film Theatre in London, and the Berlin International Film Festival. He performs annually at several film festivals in the United States as well as at Le Giornate del Cinema Muto in Italy.

Tickets: www.birchnorthparktheatre.net, (619) 239-8836, or at the theatre box office.

A “Slice” of Public Art Comes to the Birch

Thanks to the generosity of San Diego public art enthusiasts Ralyn and Nate Wolfstein, a piece of the Port of San Diego’s iconic Urban Trees program has found a permanent home at the Birch North Park Theatre.

The Wolfsteins, who are well know in Southern California for their public art donations and creations of sculpture parks, purchased the sculpture “Slice,” by San Diego artist Linda Joanou, and have donated it to Lyric at the Birch, where it is currently installed outside the 29th Street entrance. “Slice” was part of Urban Trees 4, a series of 30 sculptural interpretations of trees that graced San Diego’s waterfront in 2007-08. Here’s the official description: “The artist captures the ever-changing environment that surrounds us. Sometimes life is hard, sometimes it’s smooth. There are rounded edges and rough textures. ‘Slice’ represents all of this in a tree of stainless steel and copper.”

Ralyn and Nate Wolfstein have a mission to inspire support for art in public places and for the Arts For Healing programs in hospital and healthcare facilities. To this end they have, over the past 20 years demonstrated their belief by placing significant paintings and sculptures in educational and medical facilities in Southern California, such as the University of California at Irvine, Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, and Scripps Memorial Hospital in Encinitas. This is their first donation to a performing arts institution.

The Wolfsteins say: “We invite others to join us in donating art to healing and educational centers and to help promote Arts for Healing Programs in their own communities.”

The Port of San Diego’s Public Art Program conceived Urban Trees, now in its seventh year, to punctuate and activate the postcard views of San Diego Bay and invite people to stroll along and enjoy the pedestrian promenade. Artists are invited to apply their creative energies to the design of artistic trees to add color, form, interest, and fun to the waterfront.

Thirty artworks are commissioned for each season of Urban Trees, which extends for a half mile along Harbor Drive from the Cruise Ship Terminal to Hawthorn Street.

“Slice” will be dedicated to its new home in a brief ceremony this fall.

Extended “Jazz in North Park” Concerts: Bill Cunliffe with Coral MacFarland Thuet

You like the jazz! Lyric’s “Jazz in North Park” Series, presented in conjunction with Holly Hofmann, has been so warmly received at the Birch North Park Theatre that concerts have been added through November 2010.

The second half of the series begins tonight at 7pm, when pianist Bill Cunliffe brings his Imaginación septet to the Birch with San Diego’s own Coral MacFarland Thuet on vocals.

Grammy-winning pianist Bill Cunliffe has developed into one of the premiere players on the West Coast jazz scene. Awarded a 2010 Grammy for his charts on the Resonance Records’ “Tribute to Oscar Peterson” CD from last year, Cunliffe is known for his adventurous piano playing and his capacity to work in a wide array of musical styles. Joining Cunliffe and his Imaginación septet will be jazz and Latin singer Coral MacFarland Thuet, who sings in Spanish, English, and Portuguese with a repertoire of music from Latin America. This will be a wonderful evening of Afro-Cuban jazz.

“The venue and staff at the Theatre make it a wonderful place to present jazz: great vibe, good acoustics and musician-friendly,” said Music Director Hofmann.

Tickets are $22 for seniors, KSDS 88.3 FM members, and Lyric Opera San Diego members, and $27 for general admission. Student discount tickets for $15 are available on the day of the show. Tickets may be purchased at the Birch Box Office, (619) 239-8836, and online: http://www.birchnorthparktheatre.net.

Jazz in North Park is presented by Lyric at the Birch in collaboration with Music Director Holly Hofmann, in association with KSDS 88.3 FM) radio.