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Billy Lee & the Swamp Critters are the headliners at the July 10 Bird Park Concert at Upas and 28th streets. This is the ninth season of the concerts, which are sponsored by the North Park Community Association. Future concerts will feature Cathryn Beeks Ordeal (country-folk-rock) on July 24 and Scott Martin (jazz, Latin) on Aug. 7. The concerts are free and run from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The concerts were launched in 2002 at the instigation of resident Nellie Harris. She met with members of the NPCA and residents living along 28th Street to pull together two concerts that summer. The concerts eventually grew to five.
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Grammy-winning rap and hip-hop artist Eve Jihan Jeffers, known for her unique brand of glamour in music, film and fashion, will be among the headliners at this year’s San Diego Pride festival July 17-18 in Balboa Park. The Philadelphia-bred artist has a couple of successful hits, “What Ya Want” and “Let Me Blow Ya Mind” and is preparing a more mature album titled “Lip Lock,” which she describes as transcending the rap sounds of yesterday while “representing the woman I am today.” The artist recently started her own film and production company and is preparing to launch a fashion line. She’s had recent stints on “Glee” and “Whip It!” and is to appear in a VH1 Behind the Music episode scheduled to air this summer. Her performance at Pride festival is scheduled for 8:15 p.m. on July 17 on the festival’s Cox Communications main stage.
The festival also has booked beatboxer and “American Idol” alumnus Blake Lewis, who will perform at 6:10 p.m. on July 18 on the main stage. For additional information on the Pride weekend, call (619) 297-7683 or visit sandiegopride.org.
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Patricio Healy
Patrick Loehr
Internationally acclaimed scholarships for outstanding academic achievement have been awarded to a recent graduate of Saint Augustine High School and an alumnus of the Catholic school.
Patricio Healy, a member of the Class of 2010, is the recipient of the Gates Millennium Scholarship that provides financial support from undergraduate through doctoral programs. The Gates program was established in 1999 by a $1 billion grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
“Patricio has excelled in scholarship, athletics and citizenship during his four years at Saints,” said Edwin Hearn, school president. “We will now sit back and witness his successes in the future.”
Healy, who graduated with a 4.17 grade point average, will attend the University of Notre Dame in the fall. He is the son of Jose and Florentina Montalvo de Healy of Chula Vista. He is the third Gates scholar graduating from Saints in the past four years.
Patrick Loehr, the Saints Class of 2006 valedictorian, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. Loehr, the son of Joann and the late John Andrew Loehr of La Jolla, is a 2010 graduate of Pomona College. He has chosen to use his Fulbright to teach English to Spanish students in Madrid, Spain beginning in the fall.
“It comes as no surprise that Pat has succeeded academically beyond Saints,” said Saints Principal James Horne.
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Stacey O’Brien
In 1985, Stacey O’Brien, a biologist working at Caltech, took in a 4-day-old barn owl that had no hope of surviving on his own. Over the next two decades, she made important discoveries regarding owl behavior, communication and intelligence. The best-selling author shares that information in her book, “Wesley the Owl,” which she’ll describe during a July 22 appearance at 6:30 p.m. in the Joyce Beers Community Center in the Uptown shopping center in Hillcrest. O’Brien will be the guest of the San Diego Professional Editors Network (SD/PEN), which is meeting at the center.
O’Brien is trained as a biologist specializing in wild animal behavior. She graduated from Occidental College with a bachelor’s degree in biology and continued her education at Caltech. She now works as a wildlife rescuer and rehabilitation expert in Southern California.
SD/PEN is an association of people who earn their living as editors of books, periodicals and other materials. Its main goals are networking among members, providing continuing education to members and other editors and educating clients about editing.
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Middle school youth entering fourth through ninth grades are invited to join MEDIA ARTS Center San Diego for summer media and technology camps at their DIY New Media Lab in Golden Hill. The eight one-week camps are a combination of varied elements including video production, stop-motion animation, Web design and other creative projects using art and technology. Each week of camp will be different from the last, tailored to the individual needs of each student.
“Each of these weeks will be fun, engaging and collaborative for the kids that come through,” said Morgan Sully, lab program manager for MEDIA ARTS. “Our camps also provide the needed academic enrichment during the critical ‘downtime’ of summer to keep kids intellectually engaged and prepared to succeed at the start of the next school year.”
Camps started June 28 and run from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday. The last week of camp ends Aug. 20. Each week is $165 with discounts for multi-week registrations. Scholarships are available. Extended lab hours run from 3 .pm. to 5 p.m. and cost an extra $50 per week. Camps take place at: 921 25th St., San Diego 92102.
More information about the camps can be found at mediaartscenter.org/mediacamp.
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Fashion Careers College and the Timken Museum of Art will host the third annual “Art of Fashion” on Aug. 28 at 6 p.m. at the museum in Balboa Park. Sixteen of the masterpieces in the Timken’s permanent collection will be interpreted as clothing designed by students and graduates of Fashion Careers College. Models wearing the clothing will stand next to the works of art “en tableaux.” Anita Crider is event chair. Patricia O’Connor, CEO and founder of Fashion Careers College, is fashion chair. Zandra Rhodes is honorary chair. Tickets are $125 for “Art of Fashion” only and $150 for the fashion show and an after party. For more information, call the Timken Museum at (619) 239-5548, Ext. 100.
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El Centro model.
Santa Fe station.
Museum model.
The San Diego Model Railroad Museum is inviting the public to its 30th anniversary party on July 31. Guests can view all of the museum’s collection of model trains of North America during the event, scheduled from between 11 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Volunteers also will be available during the day to give visitors behind-the-scenes tours of the museum and its exhibits. The museum, located in the lower level of the Casa de Balboa on the Prado in Balboa Park, has five giant operating exhibits or “layouts” — on the 0 scale (same as your grandfather’s Lionel trains), HO scale (1/87 actual size) and N scale (1/160 actual size).
Throughout the day, visitors are invited to share a slice of the 30th anniversary cake, and children can “mark their tracks” on a special rail car wall mural located in the Library Great Room. The mural will remain on display at the museum throughout August.
The museum houses more than 27,000 square feet of scale models, toy trains, railroad history exhibits and has a comprehensive railroad research library. About 320 museum volunteer club members from four clubs with four different philosophies of model railroading have constructed and operated the layouts for the public for the past 30 years.
Guests can sign up for the behind-the-scenes tour online at sdmrg.org.
