December 30, 1999
by Berenice Cisneros
Balboa Park Expo 2000
Ring in the new millennium with your favorite music at Balboa Park Expo 2000. Touted as the premier millennium party in the City of San Diego. Expo 2000 will transform the 1,200-acre park into a dazzling display of lights, special events and "parties within the party," for the first three days of what will become a year long celebration. The kickoff event begins New Year's Eve, December 31, with an adults-only evening from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the park and along the Prado area.
Where ever partygoers travel throughout the park they will be welcomed by a different type of entertainment, such as: the Montgomery High School Island Steel Drum Band, Balboa Park's own concert organist Robert Plimpton and the San Diego Comic Opera. Radio stations 91X, 93.3 and KPOP will all have stages set up for entertainment and dancing. In addition to the entertainment, there will be food and beverage for every appetite to enjoy while ringing in the new millennium.
The evening will be topped off at midnight with a dazzling fireworks show featuring a dramatic display shot off the top of ten museum rooftops along the Prado. Tickets to the event are priced at $30 through TicketMaster.
Dramatic stories of two great African-Americans
onstage at CAT
Stories of two African-American heroes from the pages of American
history will be onstage at Community Actors Theatre in co-production
with Vantage Theatre, beginning Jan. 7 to Jan 23. The dramatic
stories of "Harriet Tubman, A Woman Called Moses" and
"Frederick Douglass, An American Slave," were written
for Vantage/NewWorks Theatre by Ellie Stein.
Frederick Douglass will be portrayed by McKeiver Jones III. Jones is the recipient of the Marquee Award for his portrayal of Hoke Coleburn in "Driving Miss Daisy." Harriet Tubman will be portrayed by Khetia Semia. She was a resident artist in Washington D.C. Black Repertory Company and is the founder and director of Tabia Children's Theatre. Performances are Fri. & Sat. at 8 p.m. Sunday 3 p.m. Admission is $10 Seniors, Students $8, Children 6-12, $5. For more info: 264-3391.
San Diego Teddy Bear Show
Linda Mullins' renowned Teddy Bear, Doll and Antique Toy Show, will be the first on the West Coast to celebrate the new millennium for the teddy bear world. The theme of our is show is "Y2Teddy" in honor of our incomparable collectible, the teddy bear. All-American hero, Smokey Bear, will be personally welcoming visitors to the show. The show will be held at the Scottish Rite Center, 1895 Camino Del Rio South, San Diego, on Saturday and Sunday, January 8 and 9.
"In commemoration of the new millennium and because children are our hope for the future, we are aiming at collecting 2000 new bears from exhibitors and attendees at our show. In addition, our goal is to raise $2000. Both the bears and the funds will be donated to Children's Hospital," said Linda.
Parking is free. Early buyer admission is $15 Saturday 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Regular admission is $5. For more information on the show, dinner party, competition, and a list of exhibitors call (760) 434-7444.
Classic Performer Debbie Reynolds to appear at East County Performing Arts Center
Motion picture, television and Broadway star —Debbie Reynolds— will be celebrating over fifty years in show business with her performance at the intimate Performing Arts Center on Sunday Jan. 9th at 7:30 p.m. Reynolds the star of such films as Singin' in the Rain, How the West Was Won, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, The Tender Trap. Mrs Reynolds also had two recordings "Abba Dabba Honeymoon" and "Tammy" each sold more than a million copies. Reynolds also starred in the stage play "Annie Get Your Gun."
Off screen and off stage she has been a mother of two, and a lifelong supporter and a fundraiser for the Girl Scouts, and she also is a Founder-President of Thalians, a Charity that has raised millions for emotionally disturbed children. Tickets may purchased at the ECPAC Box Office or by calling (619) 440-2277, or at ETM kiosks in most Vons stores.
Regret To Inform
On Monday Jan. 10th, the San Diego Public Library will present an award winning film that traces Barbara Sonneborn's poignant and brave pilgrimage to the remote Vietnamese countryside where her husband died. She explores the meaning of war and loss on a human level and weaves interviews with Vietnamese and American widows into a vivid testament to the chilling legacy of war.
As we near the 25th anniversary of the war's end, these stories are stirring reminders that the battle scars are life-long, but that shared sorrow can inspire healing and reconciliation. Regret to Inform won the 1999 Sundance Film Festival for Best Director and Best Cinematography for a Documentary. The film showing will be held in the third floor auditorium of the Central Library located at 820 E Street. The film begins a 6:00 p.m. and is free to the public.
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