Also this week, a book on the Sagon Penn case, the Midway Museum’s 20 millionth visitor, a Latin American art festival and more
A scene from the documentary “The Power of Sports for Amputees,” premiering Aug. 6 in San Diego. With the 2024 summer Olympics now under way in Paris, many local sports fans are tuning in to NBC’s Peacock streaming app to cheer on more than 60 San Diego County athletes who are competing this month .
“The Power of Sports for Amputees” will premiere at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Encore Event Center, 8235 Ronson Road in San Diego. Tickets are $60 and include a pre-screening with food, drinks and a silent auction. A Q&A will follow the film. Details atAuthor Peter Houlahan’s new true-crime book, “Reap the Whirlwind: Violence, Race, Justice, and the Story of Sagon Penn,” explores the story of a deadly encounter between a young Black man and two San Diego police officers in the mid ’80s.
Peter Houlahan, author of the bank robbery-themed book “Norco ’80,” has just published a gripping book on the Penn case and the how it changed San Diego policing forever: “Reap the Whirlwind: Violence, Race, Justice, and the Story of Sagon Penn.” Houlahan will discuss the book at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the San Diego Central Library’s Neil Morgan Auditorium at 330 Park Blvd., downtown. A Q&A session with the author will follow. The event is free and open to the public.
Last year, Tripadvisor ranked the Midway museum No. 8 on its annual list of the Top 10 U.S. Museums , and last week, the 20-year-old museum hosted its 20 millionth visitor. To celebrate the milestone, museum staff set up a red carpet ceremony to welcome ticket-buyer Ashley Walters, who visited the museum on July 25 with her three children.
Running from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, the festival will feature Mexican folk art and textiles and clothing from Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Ecuador and more. The play, which co-stars Anglo-Italian actor Jonathan Silvestri as Tsar Nicholas II, will run Wednesday through Aug. 25 at the Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica, followed by a five-day run at the Balboa Theatre in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter.
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