Walk for Animals returns to Liberty Station on May 4
The San Diego Humane Society will present the 2024 Walk for Animals San Diego on Saturday, May 4, at NTC Park at Liberty Station in Point Loma.
Participants can enter as teams or individuals and are asked to raise donations. Online registration is open until 5 p.m. Friday, May 3, at bit.ly/4cYjIWL. Onsite registration will begin at 7 a.m. the day of the event.
Registration for adults is $40 in advance and $50 the day of the event. For children 17 and younger the cost is $20-$25.
To learn more, visit bit.ly/3VZbl74.
Opera ‘The Falling and the Rising’ coming to Point Loma
Bodhi Tree Concerts will present the San Diego premiere of the opera “The Falling and the Rising” at 7 p.m. Friday through Sunday, May 10-12, at the Point Loma Assembly, 3035 Talbot St.
The story is of a female soldier who is wounded by a roadside bomb and is placed in an induced coma, during which she embarks on an imagined journey home.
The opera, by Zach Redler and Jerre Dye with stage direction by Kym Pappas and music direction by Karen Keltner, will star Christine Taylor-Price, Emily Weinberg, Army Sgt. Benjamin Hilgert, DeAndre Simmons and Bodhi Tree Concerts co-founder Walter DuMelle. A community chorus of veterans will join in the show’s finale.
Tickets are $25-$60. All proceeds will benefit the Veterans Village of San Diego. Learn more at bodhitreeconcerts.org.
Presentation to cover history of OB Woman’s Club
The Ocean Beach Woman’s Club’s next meeting will feature member Susan Winkie presenting a history of the club as it celebrates its 100th anniversary.
The meeting will be from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, at 2160 Bacon St., Ocean Beach. The presentation will begin around 6:30 p.m.
The meeting is open to the public. To learn more, visit oceanbeachwomansclub.org.
Cabrillo National Monument’s new superintendent gets to work
Chris Rodriguez, the new superintendent of the Cabrillo National Monument in Point Loma, officially began in the role April 21.
The National Park Service announced Rodriguez’s appointment March 12.
Rodriguez has been in various park leadership roles for 16 years and comes to Cabrillo after serving as chief of facilities and administration for four Park Service sites in the Bay Area.
“[Rodriguez] is known for his authentic leadership skills and the supportive relationships and teams he builds wherever he goes,” said NPS Pacific West Regional Director David Szymanski. “He’s great at working across the entire organization to find out what’s needed, then bringing everyone together to make it happen.
“He’s also a leader in making park sites and programming as accessible and available as possible to the public, especially underrepresented and underserved segments of the community.”
“I am humbled and incredibly honored to serve as the superintendent at Cabrillo National Monument,” Rodriguez said. “I am eager to engage with the expansive cultural and natural resources and explore outreach opportunities that capitalize on the park’s proximity to a diversely populated area.” — City News Service
‘Cabrillo Under the Stars’ to feature, food, wine, beer and jazz
The Cabrillo National Monument Foundation will present its annual “Cabrillo Under the Stars” fundraising event from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the park’s Visitor Center, 1800 Cabrillo Memorial Drive.
The event, for guests 21 and older, will feature food, wine and craft beers, plus live jazz music by Gilbert Castellanos and the Young Lions Jazz Conservatory.
Tickets are $125-$450. For tickets, visit bit.ly/49PKKNj. For more information, email emily@cnmf.org.
Slightly Stoopid singer buys Ocean Beach’s The Harp pub
Miles Doughty, frontman of rock-reggae band Slightly Stoopid, has bought The Harp Irish pub in his hometown, Ocean Beach.
The previous owner died recently, and Doughty, with a few of his friends, jumped in to take over the establishment at 4395 Newport Ave.
“I mean, it’s awesome, dude,” Doughty told KUSI-TV. “I mean I literally grew up a 150 feet [away] from the bar and my dad still lives there. I went to Ocean Beach Elementary.”
Doughty said he hopes to make the bar and restaurant a place for musical acts, both local and national.
For more information, visit theharpob.com.
New art studio opens at Liberty Station
Artist Melissa Marquardt has a new studio in Barracks 16 at Liberty Station in Point Loma.
Specializing in abstract waterscapes and landscapes, Marquardt is a self-taught artist who started by painting residential murals and faux finishes in the mid-1990s and transitioned to freelance graphic design in 2002.
In 2016, she started painting again, creating contemporary abstract works inspired by the natural, earthy tones around her home in Encinitas.
The Liberty Station studio is at 2730 Historic Decatur Road. For more information, visit melissamarquardtfineart.com.
— Compiled by Point Loma-OB Monthly staff
