Also this week: the Old Globe’s “Henry VIII,” the San Diego Environmental Film Festival, Patti LaBelle and Lightscape at the S.D. Botanic Garden
A photograph by Edward S. Curtis taken in 1908 shows three Apsaalooke men gazing skyward, two holding rifles, and a bison skull at their feet. Between 19087 and 1930, Curtis published a 20-volume collection of photos of North American Indian tribes and their lives. in the early years of the 20th century, it was celebrated by the New York Herald as “the most ambitious enterprise in publishing since the production of the King James Bible.
In recognition of Native American History Month, the San Diego Public Library is making its archived volumes of Curtis’ photographs available for viewing on Saturday afternoon in the downtown Central Library’s Shiley Special Events Suite. Because space is limited, register in advance. Register at One of the films being presented is Harry Rabin and Joey Scalkiewicz’s ironically titled “Greetings from Summerland,” a documentary chronicling the devastating environmental impact of the more than 1 million coastal oil wells drilled and then abandoned along the Santa Barbara coast in the early 1900s. It should give you something to think about, especially in light of the recent presidential election.They don’t call Patti LaBelle the “Godmother of Soul” for nothing.
The musical comedy was co-written by pianist/performers Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt, who based the script on their own childhood experiences growing up in a highly competitive recital world with dreams of careers as concert pianists, only to end up in piano bars. The score ranges from Bach to Billy Joel. The very funny show runs Dec. 12 through Dec. 29.
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