FLYING ELEPHANT PUB AND GRILL
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February
2/3-Beer Hippo
2/4-Repeat Offenders
2/10-THE CREEPY CREEPS! ZOMBIE LOVE PARTY
2/11-The Night Doctors
2/17-Safety Orange
2/18-The Beatles tribute band HELP!
2/24-The Essentials
2/25-Missles of October
March
3/2-NIHILIST
3/3-Groove Kitty
3/9-Social D and the Ramones tribute bands
3/10-Subliminal Trip
3/16-SHAKE BEFORE US
3/17-Barroom Heroes! Irish Punk! Happy St Paddy’s Day!
3/23-Uncle Bill
3/24-Eleven Year Bender
3/30-RED DEVIL SQUADRON and PASS THE AXE cd release
3/31-Live DJ Night
NIGHTLY SPECIALS
Monday - 2/1 burgers
Tuesday - 2/1 pizzas
Wednesday - 2/1 fish ‘n chips
Thursday - Throwback Thursday’s with DJ Rapture. Mixin 80s and 90s with a touch of DUB
Join us for March Madness!
FLYING ELEPHANT PUB & GRILL
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San Diego Symphony Masterworks and Winter Pops
Jacob’s Masterworks
February 18 – Itzhak Perlman Recital
March 2-4 – Beethoven’s Seventh
March 15 & 17 – Mozart’s Turkish Concerto
March 30-April 1 – Faure’s Requium
Winter Pops
February 10-11 – A Valentine Romance with Broadway’s Best
February 14 – Moscow Festival Ballet: Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty
February 15 – Moscow Festival Ballet: Tchaikovsky’s Swan lake
February 17 – Tao: Taiko Drummers of Japan
March 10 – Silent Film Night: The Mark of Zorro (1920)
2012 Mainly Mozart Spotlight Series Brings Classical Music to La Jolla, Rancho Santa Fe, and Carlsbad
In partnership with the Inn at Rancho Santa Fe in Rancho Santa Fe, St. Elizabeth Seton Church in Carlsbad, and The Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla, Mainly Mozart’s five-star classical music Spotlight Series runs through June 23.
Tickets are reasonably priced with dinner options and wine celebrations available certain nights at some of the venues. For reservations, please call (619) 239-0100 or visit www.mainlymozart.org.
February 24 - John Lill (piano)
Beethoven - Piano Sonata in E-flat “Sonata quasi una Fantasia,” Op. 27, No. 1?
Schumann - Carnival Jest from Vienna, Op. 26?
Brahms - Variations and Fugue on a theme by Handel, Op. 24
The Neurosciences Institute
Febrary 26 – John Lill (piano)
Beethoven - Sonata in C Minor “Pathétique,” Op. 13?
Brahms - Two Rhapsodies, Op. 79?
Schumann - Carnaval, Op. 9
St. Elizabeth Seton Church, Carlsbad (afternoon)
The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe (evening)
March 9 – Romie de Guise-Langlois (clarinet), Ronald Thomas (cello), Anton Nel (piano)
Beethoven - Trio in B-flat for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, Op. 11?
Brahms - Trio in A minor, for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, Op. 114
The Neurosciences Institute
March 18 – The Parker Quartet – Daniel Chong (violin), Karen Kim (violin), Jessica Bodner (viola), Kee-Hyun Kim (cello)
Mendelssohn - Quartet in F minor, Op. 80?
Schumann - Quartet in A, Op. 41, No. 3
St. Elizabeth Seton Church, Carlsbad (afternoon)
The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe (evening)
Pacific Symphony Performs at Sergerstrom
Symphony in Space
February 4, Sat, 10am & 11:30am
Blast off as the symphony travels through our solar system! Real footage from NASA will accompany music from Holst’s “The Planets,” as well as selections from “Star Wars.” Featuring the gifted young musicians of Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra in their annual side-by-side. Tickets $19-$29.
Valentine’s Day with Roberta Flack
February 9-11, Thurs-Sat, 8pm
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Grammy Award winner Roberta Flack visits Pacific Symphony with her intoxicating romantic ballads including “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” “Feel Like Making Love” and “Tonight I Celebrate My Love.” Flack won back-to-back Grammy Awards for Record of the Year. Tickets $25-$160.
French Impressions
February 12, Sun, 3pm
Debussy’s mix of modernism and sensuality placed him among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th century. Ravel’s “Chanson” is a cry for liberation, and Fauré, in his piano quartet, strove to bring together the best of traditional and progressive French music. Tickets $57-$73.
Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto
February 23-25, Thurs-Sat, 8pm
Tchaikovsky’s dazzling violin concerto is a test of skill for any violinist, but Vadim Gluzman, who performed Brahms last season in Orange County, is up to the task. In only eight minutes, Barber’s “Adagio for Strings” will take listeners from the depths of sadness to the heights of joy. Tickets $25-$110.
Rachmaninoff’s Mighty Third
March 1-3, Thurs-Sat, 8pm
Korean pianist Joyce Yang offers Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto, one of the repertoire’s most powerful, most demanding and most popular works. Rossini’s “Semiramide” is seldom performed in full, but the overture and arias have received constant acclaim. “The Miraculous Mandarin” is Bartok at his most colorful and dramatic. Tickets $25-$110.
Hansel and Gretel
March 3, Sat, 10am & 11:30am
Join the adventure through a magical forest to find a house made of candy! Based on the enchanting story by The Brothers Grimm, this condensed version of Humperdinck’s opera features talented singers and is designed just for kids.
Pacific Symphony’s Family Musical Mornings are fun and fascinating 45-minute concerts designed especially for children 5-11. Enjoy family fun time together while enhancing your child’s (or grandchild’s) love of music. Tickets $19-$29.
Casablanca
March 15-17, Thurs-Sat, 8pm
A symphonic night at the movies! On the big screen: a cinematic masterpiece that has become part of American popular culture –– “We’ll always have Paris,” “Here’s looking at you, kid.” On the concert hall stage: The gifted musicians of Pacific Symphony provide the soundtrack by performing Max Steiner’s glorious score live! Tickets $25-$160.
Nowruz – Celebrating Spring
March 22-24, Thurs-Sat, 8pm
The traditional Persian New Year — marking the arrival of spring —has been celebrated since ancient times. This year, join your neighbors in a program of festive Persian music. Then, celebrate another world premiere: Richard Danielpour’s Peace Oratorio was commissioned by Pacific Symphony as part of this year’s American Composers Festival. Tickets $25-$110.
A New Day – Celebrating Nowruz
March 25, Sun, 3pm
A special festival celebrating the music of Persian-Americans is the impetus for a new work by Richard Danielpour, whose own Persian ancestry served as inspiration for this piece. Tickets $25-$81.
The Pacific Symphony performs at Segerstrom Center for the Arts at 615 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. For more information about these concerts or to purchase tickets call (714) 755-5799 or visit www.PacificSymphony.org.
2ND ANNUAL THIS IS JAZZ - FREE LECTURE SERIES
February 18 – May 9
Saturday, Feb. 18 - Great Jazz Vocalists – Janis Mann with guitarist Bruce Forman
Saturday, March 24 - West Coast Jazz – trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos Quartet
Saturday, April 21 - Jazz Guitar – guitarist Peter Sprague
Saturday, May 19 - Electric Jazz – pianist Lynn Willard Quartet
The City of Carlsbad’s Cultural Arts Office presents “This Is Jazz!” an Informative, interactive and engaging, free lecture series that traces the development of America’s greatest contribution to the arts. San Diego jazz expert, author and media personality Dirk Sutro presents four lectures which include multimedia overviews of the topic, live demonstrations by musical guests and lively discussions between artists and audience. “This Is Jazz!” explores the primary directions, styles and artists of the music that gave the world Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Billie Holliday, Charlie Parker, Dave Brubeck, Wynton Marsalis and other unforgettable players and voices.
“This Is Jazz!” programs are held on Saturdays at 4 p.m. in the Ruby G. Schulman Auditorium at the Carlsbad City Library complex, 1775 Dove Lane at El Camino Real. Seating is limited. To prevent overflow, admission tickets are distributed beginning at 3:00 p.m.; doors open at 3:45 p.m. For information, visit www.carlsbadca.gov/arts or call the Arts Info Line, 760-434-2904.
An exciting and engaging performer, at once both a striking song stylist and a fearless improviser, Janis Mann is a true jazz singer in the manner of Carmen McRae, Betty Carter, and Shirley Horn. Janis’ rich timbre, flexibility, and range often invite comparisons to Sarah Vaughan.
Southern California trumpet virtuoso Gilbert Castellanos has been recognized as a new American master by Downbeat magazine. Castellanos has established himself as one of the nation’s most inventive improvisers in stirring live performances as a member of the Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Anthony Wilson Nonet, Charles McPherson Quintet, Willie Jones III Quintet, and as leader of his own groups.
San Diego’s premiere electric guitarist, Peter Sprague has performed with everyone from Chick Corea and Diane Reeves to David Benoit and Charlie Hayden, plus every single San Diego jazz player who can keep up with him. The groups Peter has established for making music include Brasilia, Pass The Drum, and The String Consort.
Pianist Lynn Willard, co-founder of ESP, the versatile Miles Davis inspired quintet, is an in-demand keyboardist on the local jazz scene, performing with Big Time Operator, Dave Scott, Gilbert Castellanos, Tokeli Mushovic, Sacha Boutros, Steve Feierabend and Bob Magnussen. |
