From Over-the-Line to Lucid Dreams

Hybrid Subject in Ink by Jayson Ward will be on view at The Fab an dFurious Queer Circus of Dastardly Delights

Special Events

And the kitchen sink: How pickling demos (as in the food) fit into The Fab and Furious Queer Circus of Dastardly Delights, we’re not sure. But they do. And so does storytelling, dance, tarot-card reading and slam poetry—as well as visual and performance art by folks like Dawn Marie Williams, Jericho Brown, Jayson Ward, Dylan Yates, Zac Monday and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. They’re just a few of the talented people participating in the Sunday, July 10, event, which seeks to tell the story of what it means to identify as lesbian, gay, transgender or bisexual. Doors open at 4 p.m., performances start at 5 p.m. and it all wraps up by 8 p.m. at the San Diego Art Institute Museum of the Living Artist in Balboa Park. $5 suggested donation. sosayweallonline.com

Lines in the sand: Over-the-Line is a variation of softball played on sand by threemember teams. There’s no base running; batters attempt to hit the ball over a line 55 feet away without having it caught by the other team. San Diego’s been hosting the Annual World Championship Over-the- Line tournament for 58 years, and it’s become one of the city’s signature events. Organizers expect 55,000 people to come out this year and watch some 1,300 teams compete for top honors in 10 divisions. For spectators, in addition to the action on 50 sand courts, there’s food, drinks and the fun of some awfully colorful team names. It happens from 7:30 a.m. to dusk on Saturday and Sunday, July 9 and 10 (and the following weekend), at Fiesta Island in Mission Bay. Bring sunscreen, and check ombac.org for parking info.

Surfin' safari: With unbeatable weather and idyllic surf spots, it’s no surprise that San Diego is home to so many beach-friendly bands. You’ll be able to see most of them in one place at Summer Fun on the 101: A Festival of Surfy Music, a free event that takes place at various venues in Leucadia on Friday and Saturday, July 8 and 9. More than a dozen bands are set to play, including super-fresh indie-pop outfit Dirty Gold, down-’n’-dirty classic-rockers Space Nature and the inimitable Mattson 2, a duo that crosses surf guitar with jazz. The organizers will accept donations to the Leucadia Main Street Association and Paul Ecke Central’s “School as a Garden,” a volunteer-run program that teaches kids about growing food and conserving energy. See summerfun101.com for a full schedule.

Performance

Gregarious Gregorio: Looking at the front of the brochure promoting Gregorio Luke, you might immediately assume he’s a symphony conductor—such is his impassioned gesture and facial expression. Actually, Luke’s an internationally known lecturer in Mexican and Latin American art and culture. Scratch that—“lecturer” sounds so boring. Luke’s more like an art evangelist whose appearances verge on grand theatrical performances. At 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, at Anthology (1337 India St. in Little Italy), Luke will give a multimedia presentation (in Spanish with a simultaneous English translation) about the lives and works of the three “Los Muralistas” —Diego Rivera, Clemento Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros, all of whom were part of Mexico’s 1920s-through-1950s “mural renaissance.” $30-$45. anthologysd.com

Food & Drink

Beer for betterment: Surf culture, music and beer—three San Diego staples—will all converge this weekend, surely leaving locals feeling fat, happy and proud that they drank to help save the ocean. From 3 to 9 p.m. Saturday, July 9, Kona Brewing Company’s annual Liquid Aloha Festival will take over the NTC Promenade at Liberty Station in Point Loma. Sample Kona brews like Longboard Lager, Pipeline Porter and Wailua Wheat while listening to headliners The Dirty Heads. Part of the proceeds will benefit San Diego Coastkeeper, a nonprofit that helps protect San Diego’s coastal waters. One Drop, Simpkin Project, Sand Section and the Kalama Brothers will also play. $15. liquidaloha.com

Art

Too legit: The cool thing about the new urban-art series at Queen Bee’s Cultural Center (3925 Ohio St. in North Park) is that the artists themselves are doing most of the work. And when graffiti artists choose other graffiti artists’ work to display, the result is an authentic experience you won’t see at other urban-art shows. Xplosive: The Urban Art Experience kicks off from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, July 8, with artists Eyemax 3D, Kuy, MachineCore, Found Pieces, Ailgeen Reys, Jason Gould and others. A b-boy crew will perform, and Queen Bee’s new house band will make their debut. Harry the Hat, Pandemic and Red 5 will do live art, and there’ll be a pop-up show curated by CityBeat arts editor Kinsee Morlan. Your $5 at the door will go toward buying supplies for free art workshops for kids. queenbeessd.com

Murphy’s choice: For the ninth year running, art curator extraordinaire Mark Murphy is back with an epic, cast-of-seemingly-thousands exhibition during San Diego Comic-Con. For the second year in a row, it’s open to the public. On the walls at Lucid Dreams: artists from as far as Denmark to as near as San Diego, including Parisian street-artist-turned-fine-artist AlexOne, Canadian cartoonist Marc Bell, pop surrealist Jeff Soto and 42 others. Get early access to the work from 6 to 11 p.m. Friday, July 8, at Noel- Baza Fine Art (2165 India St. in Little Italy). The show runs until Aug.9, with a series of tie-in events, including a Comic-Con reception on July 22, a film premiere of Tim Hussey: Running by Sight on July 27 and a “Contemporary Narrative” artist panel on Aug. 5. noelbazafineart.com

Spanning spanish art: Juan Antonio Perez Simon is an extraordinarily successful man who, for the last four decades, has spent quite a bit of time (and money) amassing a collection of iconographic Spanish art. From El Greco to Dalí: Great Spanish Masters from the Pérez Simón Collection, a traveling exhibition, will stop at the San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park from Saturday, July 9, through Nov. 8. The collection includes works by El Greco, Picasso, Miro and Dalí, as well as a bunch of folks whose names you might not know but whose work we can almost guarantee you’ll recognize. On the exhibition’s opening day, there’ll be a tour and symposium featuring some of the world’s top scholars in Spanish art, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. $15. sdmart.org