ON POINT - April 2009
| “Behind the Scenes at NTC Promenade” Civic Community Forum – April 14th, 5:00pm – 6:00pm at the NTC Command Center, 2640 Historic Decatur Road, San Diego, CA. |
Recognize your loved one this Mother’s Day
Honor your loved one this Mother’s Day with a gift that recognizes unshakable love, commitment, trust and perseverance.
The NTC Foundation offers you a special opportunity to dedicate a beautiful rose bush in the Sybil Stockdale Rose Garden at NTC Promenade in the heart of the new cultural district at Liberty Station…a new destination that itself is blooming into a San Diego landmark.
A commemorative plaque with your personal message will be implanted adjacent to your designated rosebush. This is a limited opportunity with only 110 tribute rose bushes available. Your donation of $500 to the NTC Foundation will be used to help preserve the historic buildings at the former Naval Training Center and their new mission as a cultural center.
To assure your lasting tribute is placed in this special garden, please click here to purchase your rosebush and inscribe your recognition plaque. Contact Stacy Goodman at 619-573-9307 with any questions or to schedule a tour of NTC Promenade and the Sybil Stockdale Rose Garden.
NTC Promenade Cow on Display in La Jolla
Union Tribune columnist Diane Bell called “Emoo” her “favorite cow” among the 40 cows now on display through June 15 in La Jolla for the Cow Parade. We agree, and we look forward to having Emoo return to a permanent pasture among the green spaces of NTC Promenade later this spring.
Emoo was designed and painted by Inocente Izucar, a 15-year old student, who recently transferred from the Monarch School, a school providing accredited education and basic needs for homeless and at-risk kids, to High Tech High. Through the Monarch School, she was introduced to the Pat D’Arrigo ARTS (A Reason to Survive) Center at NTC Promenade. For the past few months, Inocente – with assistance from artist Dessa Kirk – has made a white plastic life-size cow come alive with her brilliant colors and designs capturing the Emo expression of alternative style of punk rock fashion and music preferred by many of today's teens.
Inocente’s cow was sponsored by Malin and Roberta Burnham, who have donated Emoo to the NTC Foundation to further enliven our growing artistic campus.
You can see Emoo in front of the Parisi Hotel on Prospect Street in La Jolla – along with the other 40 cows scattered throughout La Jolla. A map and details are at www.cowparadelajolla.com.
NTC Promenade is now in CyberSpace!
We would like to invite you to stay connected. For timely updates and the opportunity to share your ideas, please join us on the following social media Web sites: Flickr, Digg, Declicious and Slideshare.
For example, you can find a variety of photos taken of our venues and events on the photo-sharing site Flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/ntcpromenade). This has proven to be a valuable public relations and sales tool in that we don’t have to try to email huge photo files but rather point the query to this site.
Our press clipping archives have taken up home at one of the news aggregator Web sites and therefore are available for reference without fear of computer crashes. If you’d like to review some of the past stories, go over to Digg (www.digg.com/users/ntcpromenade).
What Digg is to news stories, Delicious is to Web sites. We set up a page with some of our favorite bookmarks. Check them out at www.delicious.com/NTCpromenade.
Finally, Slideshare is just what it sounds like, a place to share slide PowerPoint presentations. We decided to post some of our generic presentations that are commonly used in a “loop” format or continuously repeating. Those can be seen at www.slideshare.net/NTCpromenade/slideshows.
And there are more to come.
Each of these Web sites not only gives us a new place to put our information, but also an opportunity to hear from you. If you have any questions regarding NTC Promenade’s social media sites, please contact Cris Canning at [email protected].
NTC Summer Arts Academy is Coming
The NTC Promenade at Liberty Station is delighted to present an exceptional experience for children (grades 3-8) this August featuring the instructional expertise of professional artists in dance, art, music, theatre, martial arts and physical conditioning…..check next month’s edition for more information. Register Early!
To The Point ...
April 3rd – San Diego Quilt Visions “Off the Wall” Exhibition
Quilt Visions, San Diego’s premiere fiber arts organization, continues to present extraordinary work of artists who are dedicated to the creation of quilts as art. In addition to presenting work in the gallery setting, Quilt Visions will be launching “Off the Wall,” a series of lectures, demonstrations and workshops tied to each exhibition that help engage visitors in art making process.
April 3rd – “Hometown San Diego” Exhibition at San Diego Watercolor Society
San Diego Watercolor Society (SDWS) is pleased to present an exhibition of original watercolor paintings entitled “Hometown San Diego.” The exhibition will run April 1-24. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 11am-5pm, and admission is free. The public is welcome to attend the First Friday reception, April 3, from 5-8pm.
April 11th – 1st Annual SPRING FLING, a family event
Liberty Station is delighted to invite San Diego to the city's largest Easter egg hunt on Saturday, April 11. Part of Liberty Station's first annual Spring Fling, the family-oriented event will commence at the South Promenade with family-friendly activities. Next will be San Diego's largest Easter egg hunt at Ingram Plaza. The event will conclude with a free Rockola concert and raffle at Ingram Plaza. NTC Promenade resident San Diego Ballet will present a proformance of their Junior Ballet Company between 12:00 and 2:00.
April 11th – The Point Loma Boardroom Hosts Annual Spring Surf Fest at Liberty Station
The Point Loma Boardroom, a soulful and elegant little surf shop, located in the beautiful courtyard between Panera Bread & Bakery and Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza at Liberty Station Marketplace, will host its annual Spring Surf Festival with a wide variety of exciting activities for surf lovers, teens and other hip So Cal people who live and love anything about the beach. The Surf Fest will be held on Saturday, April 11th from 3 p.m. until 8 p.m.
April 14th – “Behind the Scenes at NTC Promenade” Monthly Forum
NTC Foundation's monthly civic community forum, 5 pm to 6 pm, will be held at the NTC Command Center, 2640 Historic Decatur Road, San Diego, CA. There is no charge for admission. For more information please visit www.ntcpromenade.com.
April 18th – Parkinson's Step by Step 5K Walk & Fun Run
Participate in the fun and festivities of the Step by Step 5K by registering, donating, or becoming a virtual walker. Race to the top and help us raise funds for the vital programs and services that serve the 50,000 San Diegans affected by Parkinson’s. In addition, half of the proceeds are used to fund promising research.
April 25th – Career Transition For Dancers National Outreach Project
Career Transition For Dancers National Outreach Project will be in San Diego giving a free workshop on April 25th from 4-7pm. All dancers, former dancers and choreographers are invited to this workshop, hosted by the San Diego Ballet. If you would like to RSVP, please contact Sonja Haney at 323 549-6660 or [email protected].
May 2nd-3rd – Sleepless in San Diego hosted by the San Diego Rescue Mission
Join hundreds of compassionate San Diegans and leave the comforts of home to spend the night under the stars for the 3rd Annual Sleepless San Diego fundraising event. Your efforts will raise awareness of and support for San Diego's 10,000 homeless men, women, and children.
May 7th – SPIN Think Tank Luncheon
SPIN facilitates networking amongst highly experienced planners across the country. To attend SPIN, meeting planners must have a minimum of 8 years of direct meeting planning experience.
May 16th-17th – Jean Isaacs 35th Anniversary Retrospective Concert
In 1974, San Diego was a very different place than today. Pete Wilson was Mayor, the population was a mere 700,000, there was no Gaslamp District, no trolley and the Padres and Chargers played in place called Jack Murphy Stadium. It was in this climate that Jean Isaacs began producing professional dance for the region and she has continued non-stop for thirty five years. In honor of this artistic milestone, San Diego Dance Theater will present the Jean Isaacs 35th Anniversary Retrospective Concert at San Diego State.
Be sure to check the NTC Promenade online calendar for all the happenings scheduled.
Please consider making a gift to NTC Foundation to help us translate the community’s vision for NTC Promenade into a new Arts and Culture District that will increase the quality of life for all San Diegans. Donate now!