Coronado Times

Schoolhouse Rock
2022-03-04 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Coronado Performing Arts Center, 650 D Avenue, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Schoolhouse Rock Set to shake up the stage as the first musical theater production for CMS APA in more than two years with three performances the weekend of March 4-6.
Learn more here:
Schoolhouse Rock Set to Shake up the Stage, First Musical Theater Production for CMS APA in More than Two Years

Farmers' Market at Ferry Landing Every Tuesday
2019-06-11 14:30 - 18:00 | Coronado Ferry Landing, 1201 First Street, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Fresh produce, locally-grown, right off the farmers’ trucks
Coronado Farmers’ Market is one of the longest running farmers’ markets in San Diego County. Farmers come from all over San Diego County to sell their fresh produce at the Coronado market. Find us at First and B on Tuesday afternoons.
Get regular updates on what’s in season at the Coronado Farmers’ Market Facebook page.
San Diego County has over 6,600 farms, more than any other county in the United States! San Diego County also has the largest community of organic growers in the state and the nation – over 374 farms growing more than 175 organic crops. Farmers Markets are certified by the County Agricultural Commissioner, ensuring that the produce is being sold by the grower, is grown in California and meets all California quality standards. These criteria ensure that you receive the freshest produce for the right price. Farmers are supported by the Farm Bureau of San Diego County.

Walking Tour of Historic Coronado
2022-03-31 11:00 - 12:30, 2022-04-07 13:00 - 14:30 | Coronado Historical Association, 1100 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
One of the best ways to experience the history of Coronado is to go on a historic walking tour. This is the secret that Coronado locals know: it takes time to sense the past. When you slow down, you have a chance to see, hear, and remember this place that Hollywood stars, princes, and presidents have enjoyed. Everywhere you look in this charming beach town, you find history. And, that history is easiest to see on foot – when you have a chance to linger in front of a tiny, shingled house, perhaps, and meet the resident as he comes out into the yard to water his roses and tells you about the multiple generations who have lived in the home. Or, when you seemingly stumble upon the magical house from which the Wizard of Oz was born.
We’re proud to host you on Coronado’s premier walking tour. Every tour purchase supports the Coronado Historical Association and its mission. Thank you for your support.
Every Sunday at 11 am & Thursday at 1 pm
Location: Coronado Historical Association,
1100 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA 92118
Admission: Adults $20 | Children (12 & under) $5
BUY TICKETS HERE
Tours are approximately 90 minutes and two miles at a comfortable pace. They are appropriate for young and old alike. Only certified service animals are allowed. This is an outdoor tour. Masks are optional for fully vaccinated persons with the booster shot, and required for those who are not.
Online tour sales close at 10 am the day of the tour and are nonrefundable. Private Tours are available for groups. Learn more by clicking here.

Friends & Flowers: Celebrating 100 Years of the Coronado Flower Show
2022-04-02 10:30 - 12:00 | Winn Room, Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Join the Coronado Floral Association each month for to learn about a new floral topic! Membership is not required, all anthophiles* are welcome to attend.
*An Anthophile is someone who loves flowers!
This month’s topic is: Celebrating 100 Years of the Coronado Flower Show. Hear about how the show is organized. How will you join the celebration?

Coronado Community READ Kickoff Featuring the Coronado Big Band
2022-04-02 15:00 - 16:00 | Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Get ready to cut a rug with the Coronado Big Band! We are kicking off the 2022 Community READ with 1930’s-style jazz, swing and big-band standards. Bring your own chair or use ours and enjoy a fun outdoor concert and activities for all ages as we celebrate this community-building event.

Coronado Community READ Event: Art with Joel Anderson
2022-04-07 15:30 - 16:30 | Winn Room, Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Join Joel Anderson for an afternoon of painting! Follow along with Joel as you paint a giraffe as part of the Coronado Community Read. This program is geared towards elementary school students, but all are welcome.
“A 31-year-old artist, author, international speaker, ambassador, and philanthropist from Fallbrook, California, Joel Anderson creates in acrylic, mixed media, digital media, animation, glass, and video production. ‘My passion is for my art to make you smile. I enjoy using bright colors. When I hear music, I see color in the notes and sometimes that will show up in my art. When I paint portraits, I paint upside down so I do not get distracted by the emotions of the eyes of my subject. This way I can paint the shapes and shadows. In the end I will flip it over to finish the eyes and hope to capture the soul. I draw for the children at school assemblies. It makes me happy when students say my art has inspired them to be an artist. I hope to continue travel for inspiration and to share my art around the globe.'”
Joel Anderson has been to Peru, China, Japan, Canada, and across the USA where he has spoken on autism, inclusion, and friendship. Anderson’s art has been featured in The California Museum in Sacramento, The National Art Center of Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan, The H.H. Dorjie Chang Buddha II Cultural & Art Museum in Covina, The Soho Gallery for Digital Art in NYC, and more.
Registration is required, visit cplevents.org to register. This program is sponsored by the “Jim and Bette Sherman Fund”.

CHA Exhibit Event: Marsh's Tea Garden Legacy
2022-04-07 17:30 - 19:00 | 1000 Orange Ave, 1000 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
CHA invites you to a special Uprooted exhibit event, to further explore the rich history of Japanese gardens in Southern California around the turn of the 20th century. Coronado’s large Japanese Tea Garden built by George Turner Marsh brings together diverse garden legacies including world’s fairs, tourism, the early film industry, the Japanese-American immigrant experience, and the fascination for Japanese things.

About the Speaker: Kendall Brown is Professor of Asian Art History in the Art Department at California State University Long Beach. His books on Japanese gardens in North America include Japanese-style Gardens of the Pacific West Coast (1998), Quiet Beauty: The Japanese Gardens of North America (2013) and Visionary Landscapes: Japanese Garden Design in North America, The Work of Five Contemporary Masters (2017). After planning the International Conference on Japanese Gardens Outside Japan in 2009, he served as President of the Board of the North American Japanese Garden Association from 2012-14. Dr. Brown is also an art historian and has published and curated a wide range of Japanese art.

Crown City in a Flash - CHS Digital Photo Show Opening Reception
2022-04-07 17:30 - 19:00 | Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
The Coronado High School Digital Photography class will have their opening reception on April 7 in the Coronado Public Library. This student photo show, Crown Town in a Flash, features their unique photographs of Coronado.
The reception is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served. Stop by and see the students’ photographs between 5:30 and 7pm in the teen library area at the Coronado Public Library!
Crown Town in A Flash: Coronado High School Digital Photography Show
Opening Reception: Thursday April 7, 5:30-7pm
Coronado Public Library

Texas Hold 'em Poker Tournament Fundraiser for CHS Girls Lacrosse
2022-04-07 18:00 - 21:00 | VFW Post 2422, 557 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Have fun with a Texas Hold ’em Poker Tournament while supporting the CHS Islander Girls Lacrosse team.
To be held at the VFW Coronado, 557 Orange Ave, on Thursday, April 7 at 6pm with the first hand at 6:30 pm.
The event is limited to 40 seats, so Venmo $125 to @goislanders and your name for registration.

Coronado Community READ Event: An Evening with Lynda Rutledge
2022-04-07 18:30 - 20:00 | Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Don’t miss this capstone event for the 2022 Coronado Community READ featuring West with Giraffes author Lynda Rutledge. Lynda will discuss her inspiration for the book and research about the two giraffes who survived a hurricane at sea and were transported from New York to the San Diego Zoo by truck. The event will conclude with a book signing. Books will be available for purchase courtesy of Bay Books.

Coronado Community READ Event: "It Happened One Night" Movie Showing
2022-04-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Winn Room, Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
As a part of the 2022 Coronado Community Read, we invite you to join us for a showing of the film It Happened One Night.
When her father threatens to annul her marriage to a fortune-hunting playboy, spoiled heiress Ellie Andrews hops a cross-country bus to New York, where she plans to live happily ever after with her handsome new hubby. Romantic complications soon arise, however, when she’s befriended by fellow passenger Peter Warne, a brash and breezy reporter who offers his help in exchange for her exclusive story. Starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert.

Spring Bike Rodeo
2022-04-13 13:45 - 14:45 | Coronado Middle School (CMS), 550 F Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Training to emphasize electric bikes.
The City is co-hosting three bicycle safety clinics, called Bike Rodeos, in April. The rodeos are for all students but there will be a special emphasis on those with e-bikes. Electric bikes have become very popular among Coronado youth who have been using them to get to school in growing numbers. E-bikes are fast due to their motors and there are special rules riders should know to ensure everyone’s safety. The City, Coronado Unified School District, San Diego Bicycle Coalition, and Coronado MainStreet invite students and parents to attend one of three bike rodeos to learn about the rules of the road, register bikes and enter raffle contests. Thanks Garage Buona Forchetta, Holland’s Bicycles, Gepetto’s and Blue Bridge Hospitality for co-sponsoring this important event.
All bikes, e-bikes, scooters, and skateboards are welcome. Learn about the rules of the road and bike safety! All local students and parents are welcome. Win raffle prizes such as helmets, bike locks, and Coronado Currency.
Register your bicycle with online bike registry, bikeindex.org. Bring your vehicle, helmet, and signed photo/video waiver.
Another rodeo on 4/14 at Village Elementary and a final one on 4/19 at Silver Strand Elementary.

Film Screening of "The Dragon Painter"
2022-04-13 17:00 | Village Theatre, 820 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Tickets Now Available!
The Coronado Historical Association, in partnership with the Coronado Island Film Festival, present The Dragon Painter (1919). This much-celebrated film was inducted into the prestigious National Film Registry in 2014 and stars silent-era heartthrob Sessue Hayakawa. In this romance drama, Hayakawa plays an artist desperate to find a sought-after princess muse, played by Hayakawa’s wife Tsuru Aoki. This black-and-white film features the exquisite Coronado Japanese Tea Garden as a lush backdrop for the couple’s happy moments with many scenes also filmed in Yosemite National Park.
Despite being filmed here in Coronado’s Japanese Tea Garden over 103 years ago, this film will be screened for the first time in Coronado at the historic Village Theatre. This silent film is accompanied by a complete score by Japanese-American composer Mark Izu. Run-time is 53 minutes. The screening of this film is in collaboration with the Coronado Historical Association exhibit Uprooted: The Story of Japanese Americans in Coronado.
VIP Ticket $50.00
VIP for Members of CHA | CIFF $40.00
General Admission $15.00
VIP tickets include reception at CHA.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FILM:
Historic Film Screening at Village Theatre April 13

Coronado Community READ Event: The World in 1938
2022-04-14 11:00 - 12:00 | Winn Room, Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Join University of San Diego professor Dr. Ali Gheissari as he discusses the state of the world in 1938 and draws parallels to the world we are living in today. 1938 saw Nazi Germany building up for World War II with their invasion of Czechoslovakia. It saw the dramatization of Orson Wells’ “War of the World” unfold live on the radio- causing a panic as people believed it was a news broadcast, not a play. Seabiscuit beat War Admiral in an upset that captivated the country. The United States was in the middle of a recession that occurred as the Great Depression muddled on. Vast dust storms swept the Midwest leading to migration to the coasts. 1938 was a time of uncertainty across the globe, but also a time where news was able to travel faster and farther than before, bringing people across the globe together quicker than ever. Gheissari will lead a discussion on how the world looked in 1938 and how it reflects across history.

Spring Bike Rodeo
2022-04-14 15:00 - 16:00 | Village Elementary School, 600 6th Street, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Training to emphasize electric bikes.
The City is co-hosting three bicycle safety clinics, called Bike Rodeos, in April. The rodeos are for all students but there will be a special emphasis on those with e-bikes. Electric bikes have become very popular among Coronado youth who have been using them to get to school in growing numbers. E-bikes are fast due to their motors and there are special rules riders should know to ensure everyone’s safety.
Similar to bikes, e-bikes are considered vehicles, and users must obey all traffic rules including stopping at all stop signs and red traffic signals. E-bike riders should be proactive and check their speed, brake earlier, and remember that it’s still a bike. Crashes can happen on any bike, but higher speeds are involved with e-bikes. It’s always best when you’re out riding around town to keep standard bike safety and courtesy in mind.
The City, Coronado Unified School District, San Diego Bicycle Coalition, and Coronado MainStreet invite students and parents to attend one of three bike rodeos to learn about the rules of the road, register bikes and enter raffle contests. Thanks Garage Buona Forchetta, Holland’s Bicycles, Gepetto’s and Blue Bridge Hospitality for co-sponsoring this important event.
All bikes, e-bikes, scooters, and skateboards are welcome. Learn about the rules of the road and bike safety! All local students and parents are welcome. Win raffle prizes such as helmets, bike locks, and Coronado Currency.
Register your bicycle with online bike registry, bikeindex.org. Bring your vehicle, helmet, and signed photo/video waiver.
Another rodeo on 4/19 at Silver Strand Elementary.

"Magnetic" Opening Reception
2022-04-14 18:00 - 19:30 | C3 Gallery, 1845 Strand Way, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Students from Coronado High School and Coronado School of the Arts will open their spring exhibition “Magnetic” on April 14, 2022 at the Coronado Community Center. The Opening Reception will be held from 6-7:30 pm in the Nautilus Room, and the public is welcome to attend and celebrate with the artists.
The exhibition of artwork represents a crossover of CoSA Visual Arts and the CHS Portfolio and AP Art classes. Student artists have developed original ideas for their work under the guidance and instruction of Laura Hill and Karrie Jackson.
In addition to the original works, the exhibition also includes master studies of California Impressionist, Edgar Payne, as well as works of Life Drawing, Portrait, and Figure Studies.
“Magnetic” will run through April 30th in the C3 Gallery in the Coronado Community Center.

Coronado Community READ Event: An Afternoon With Jennifer L. Holm
2022-04-16 14:00 - 15:30 | Winn Room, Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Author and graphic novelist Jennifer L. Holm (Turtle in Paradise; the “Sunny” and Babymouse series) will discuss and sign her books at this Coronado Community READ special event. A book sale and signing will happen after her talk.

Easter Sunrise Service on Coronado Beach
2022-04-17 06:00 - 07:00 | North Beach, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Resurrection Lutheran Church is again presenting the annual Easter Sunrise Service at the beach near the north end of Ocean Boulevard (at Ocean Drive). The service starts at 6am on April 17th. Bishop Dr. Andrew Taylor will preside.
The church is at 1111 Fifth Street and Orange Avenue, and is enthused to be able to offer this service after a two year hiatus due to Covid-19. The annual event has been presented for many years. Wear warm clothing and bring a blanket or a beach chair. Look for the bonfire.
