Walking Tour of Historic Coronado
2022-04-07 13:00 - 14:30, 2022-03-31 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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
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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.

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.

Sharp Coronado Hospital Presentation on Diabetes
2022-04-12 15:00 - 16:00 | John D. Spreckels Center, 1019 Seventh Street, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Did you know that people with diabetes have a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease? It’s true. If this disease touches your life, don’t miss the opportunity to become more educated by attending a Sharp Healthcare specialists’ presentation on diabetes at the John D. Spreckels Center.
Learn how to take care of diabetes, lower chances of heart disease and how to make healthy food choices. A Mindful Café chef will also provide a cooking demonstration and offer a delicious sample.
To be part of this event, head over to 1019 Seventh Street on Tuesday, April 12 from 3-4 pm. There is no cost, but we do ask of you to register by Friday, April 8. Please call 619-522-7343 to reserve your spot.

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.

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.

Spring Bike Rodeo
2022-04-19 15:00 - 16:00 | Silver Strand Elementary School, 1350 Leyte Road, 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.

Spice it Up, Coronado! Featuring Guest Speaker Anita Arambula
2022-04-22 14:00 - 15:00 | Zoom, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Discover a new favorite spice with the Coronado Public Library! Each month, the library has been inviting community members to explore different spices used in dishes around the world. Registrants will pick up the monthly spice selection at the library, cook with it, and join other food enthusiasts to talk about what they made and their thoughts about the spice. The meeting will be held, on Zoom, on Friday, April 22 at 2 pm. Once registered, participants will receive instructions on how to pick up a spice packet for the Spice It Up, Coronado program. The Zoom link will be emailed the day before we meet. Only one registrant per household, please. Please register at cplevents.org.
This month we will have a special guest speaker, features designer and art director at San Diego Union Tribune and food blogger, Anita Arambula. We will be trying two of her favorite ingredients, Mexican oregano and dried chilies.
Anita is a 33-year veteran journalist at the San Diego Union-Tribune where she currently spends her days as a senior designer and art director for the Food and Home + Garden sections. She has been a photographer, workshop leader, food stylist, darkroom technician, freelance writer and has made and sold jewelry at various points along her career. The two constants in her life since she was a child, however, have been her two biggest passions: food and photography. In 2007, Anita started her food blog, Confessions of a Foodie, as a way to share with family and friends some of her family’s recipes and eventually, her own creations as well as interpretations of popular dishes. Check out her blog Confessions of a Foodie.
See photographs and recipes from past Spice It Up, Coronado! HERE, then click on Open Access
Programs are made possible by the Friends of the Coronado Public Library.

Disclaimer(s)
Food Allergies
We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

The 1922 Club
2022-04-23 18:30 - 21:30 | Spreckels Park, 601 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Spring is a time of growth and rebirth, a time to both honor the past and welcome the new. What was formerly known as the Coronado Spring Fling, held every Saturday evening during the annual Flower Show weekend, is now reimagined as The 1922 Club.
Paying homage to its century-old roots, The 1922 Club is an elevated evening of drinks, bites, and all sorts of delights both honoring Coronado’s heritage and opening the door to a fresh vision for the future. It’s a chic and swanky soirée and you’re on the guest list for its inaugural year!
The dress code is casual, costumes are not required, but encouraged.
The attendees will pay a flat fee for tickets, the proceeds of which will help to support programs funded by the Coronado Floral Association.
The event is 21 and up. Ticket price is $100. Tickets can be purchased through PurplePass at www.purplepass.com/the1922club.

"Angst" Screening & Panel Discussion
2022-04-25 18:30 - 20:00 | Coronado Performing Arts Center, 650 D Avenue, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
In partnership with Coronado Island Film Festival, join Safe Harbor Coronado for a screening of Angst, an iNDIEFLIX original documentary designed to raise awareness around anxiety. Following the screening, stay for a multidisciplinary panel discussion with professionals in the field who will answer questions and speak to their experiences in treating those with anxiety.
Angst removes the stigma and opens up the conversation around anxiety, helping people understand and manage their symptoms, and when to reach out for help. Most importantly, it shows people that they are not alone, and that anxiety is 100% treatable.
Go to the Safe Harbor Coronado website to register.

Historic Home Tour 2022
2022-05-08 11:00 - 16:00 | Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Come Home to History with the Coronado Historical Association! The Historic Home Tour returns to the Island on Mother’s Day, May 8, 2022!

Join us in celebrating, and return to explore the historic homes of charming Coronado Island while supporting community history! We invite you to support the community you love, its history, and the Coronado Historical Association with someone special this Mother’s Day. CHA Members receive first access to tickets. General Admission Tickets go on sale on April 11, 2022. If you are not a member, become a member here, or purchase the new member special by clicking the Buy Tickets button below.
Walkthrough the doors to these exclusive private homes open to ticket holders only on Mother’s Day, May 8, 2022, from 11 am to 4 pm.
Tickets Available to Members Only Before April 11 (membership will be verified)

CHA Members $40 Each
New Member Special (New Members Only, no Renewals) $125 ~ 1-Year General/Family Membership + 2 Historic Home Tour Tickets

On April 11, Member Tickets Increase in Price, and General Admission Tickets Go on Sale

General Admission $55 Each
CHA Members $45 Each
New Member Special (New Members Only, no Renewals) $125 ~ 1-Year General/Family Membership + 2 Historic Home Tour Tickets

Buy tickets by clicking the button below, in person at the Coronado Historical Association, or by phone at 619-435-7242. This event always sells out so we recommend you avoid the rush and purchase tickets now.

Please Note:

Once you complete your online Eventbrite ticket purchase, you are registered for the home tour. Your commemorative tour booklet which provides you access to the homes must be picked up the day of the event at Will-Call. Detailed instructions on how and where to pick up your booklet at Will Call are provided in your email purchase confirmation.
A Few Friendly Reminders:

These are community members’ homes, no photography or video of any kind (including cell phones) is allowed.

There is limited accessibility for wheelchairs.

Please wear flats as no high heel shoes are allowed.

Children must be at least 10 years old to attend. Only Registered Service Animals are allowed on the tour.

Thank you for supporting the Coronado Historical Association. This important fundraising event is presented rain or shine. No refunds can be issued. Tickets sell out every year, so be sure to purchase your tickets today. No tickets will be available on the day of the event.
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Wine & Lecture: Along for the Ride
2022-05-10 17:30 - 19:00 | 1000 Orange Ave, 1000 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Join CHA for this special celebration of Historic Preservation Month and National Bike Month. The program will include a history of Coronado’s bike culture from early “wheelmen” to the Bayside Bikeway and information about the City’s latest biking initiatives. The event will also feature a screening of the short film Along for the Ride: A Century of Biking in Coronado in partnership with the City of Coronado followed by a panel discussion with local bicyclists.
This is a FREE event.
Be sure to ride your bike!

2022 Preservation Symposium
2022-05-12 17:30 - 19:00 | Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Join the Historical Association, the City of Coronado, and Coronado MainStreet Ltd. at our annual celebration of historic preservation in Coronado! This year’s Preservation Symposium will be held virtually on Thursday, May 12, 2022. CHA is honored to host the State of California’s Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), Julianne Polanco. The SHPO is responsible for the operation and management of the Office of Historic Preservation, as well as long-range preservation planning. The Governor appoints the SHPO, in consultation with the State Historical Resources Commission and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation. Ms. Polcanco will introduce this year’s presenting speaker, Shannon Lauchner Pries, a Historian from the SHPO’s Local Government & Environmental Compliance Unit. Ms. Pries will share the State’s historic preservation initiatives, with a particular focus on historic districts. The event will also include a presentation from Tricia Olsen, City of Coronado Associate Planner, on the City’s Historic Preservation Program and how to designate a home as a historic resource.
There are two ways to watch this year’s Preservation Symposium:
1. Watch via Zoom. Sign up using the RSVP form at this link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0sc-qorDwiG91x_-BvJWSZOn3TQZUwb822 and you will be sent a link and instructions for how to watch the Zoom directly.
This event caps at 100 participants.
2. Watch via Facebook Live. Tune in on the Coronado Historical Association’s Facebook page to watch the Symposium live.
The page can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/CoronadoHistory

Preservation Tour App Release
2022-05-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
CHA is proud to announce the launch of a new app! The Architectural GEMs: Historic Walking Tour app will be released on Tuesday, May 17. Join us on Facebook Live as we walk through the app’s features which include maps, historic photographs, and fascinating facts about notable landmarks across Coronado. Through the app, the island’s history can be discovered at your own pace. The app will be available through the Android and Apple app stores.
Join us on Facebook Live by clicking HERE!

GEM Award Ceremony
2022-05-19 17:30 - 18:00 | Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Preservation Month is capped by one of Coronado’s most treasured community awards. In 2013, CHA debuted Coronado’s Going the Extra Mile (GEM) Award in honor of local historic preservation. The award was sparked by inspired efforts of homeowners to preserve and restore, rather than replace, existing homes, and turn potential tear-downs into architectural GEMs. Annually, CHA recognizes homeowners and designers who Go the Extra Mile to create GEM homes in Coronado. Watch for articles throughout the month announcing this year’s top three nominees. The GEM Award winner will be announced at a ceremony that will take place on Thursday, May 19. Details about the ceremony will be released soon.
This event is free, but RSVP is required!

Student Classic Film Series: "Roman Holiday"
2022-05-21 10:00 - 13:00 | Village Theatre, 820 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Saturday morning, May 21st at 10 AM, CIFF’s Coronado Student Classic Film Study Program presents William Wyler’s Roman Holiday, the eighth and final film in the 2022 Student Classic Film Series. The series has been widely attended by students on and off island. Take a break from all the end-of-year craziness and watch a great film!
By strange happenstance, Joe Bradley (Gregory Peck), an American reporter in Rome, realizes the intoxicated young woman he has allowed to “sleep it off” in his apartment is a missing princess. He quickly cobbles together a bizarre covert scheme with a photographer friend (Eddie Albert) for both to earn big paydays by clandestinely interviewing and photographing Princess Ann (Audrey Hepburn) touring the eternal city. Bradley’s clever plot runs into an unforeseen difficulty when he and Princess Ann find themselves drawn to one another in one of cinema’s most improbable romances.
The Student Classic Series is open to all public and private High School and Middle School Students, homeschoolers in those age groups, and their parents. To purchase tickets visit: www.coronadofilmfest.com. The morning of the show only, as seating permits, a special “cash only” seating section is made available for others who would enjoy attending as invited guests of the students.
The May 21st Student Classic Film Study Series screening of “Roman Holiday” and post-screening discussion begins at 10 am and ends promptly at 1 pm at Coronado’s Village Theatre, 820 Orange Avenue. Admission includes a small popcorn and drink! Scholarships are available and confidential; email Merridee@coronadofilm.com. We invite you to follow us on Instagram @coronadostudentclassicfilms.

One Hundred Years of U.S. Aircraft Carriers
2022-05-24 11:00 - 12:00 | Winn Room, Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
The United States Navy is celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the aircraft carrier in 2022. America has been, and always will be, a naval power. The legacy of the aircraft carrier over the past century is one of innovation, evolution and dominance. Since the 1940s, the Navy’s ability to project power and deter aggression around the world has been built around the aircraft carrier task force. This presentation by Capt. Ralph “Rafe” Arnott USN (ret) and U.S.S. Midway volunteer will illuminate the development and the continuing evolution of the aircraft carrier since 1922.

Capt. Ralph “Rafe” Arnott USN (ret) received his Navy Wings in March of 1970 and then reported to Naval Air Station Lemoore, CA for training in the A-7 Corsair II aircraft. He made two combat deployments to Vietnam completing over 200 combat missions flying from the USS Oriskany as a member of Attack Squadron 155. He was stationed at NAS Lemoore on and off over the next 20 years in various squadrons, the last as Commanding Officer of VA-146 making an around-the-world deployment on USS Kitty Hawk. While assigned as ship’s company on USS Ranger, he worked in the Combat Information Center, and also qualified as Officer–of-the-Deck underway. During a carrier overhaul in Bremerton, WA he met and married his wife Susan.
Shore assignments included Naval War College in Newport, RI, where he also received a master’s degree in International Relations, Yokosuka, Japan, on the staff of Commander Seventh Fleet embarked in USS Blue Ridge, and The Pentagon Washington D.C. His last assignment was as Chief-of-Staff, Commander Strike Fighter Wing Pacific, NAS Lemoore, where he retired from the Navy in October 1993.
After providing training support for the F/A-18 aircraft for two years he was hired by Fedex and spent the next 15 years flying from Memphis, TN to most every state in the union. Upon reaching the mandatory retirement age, he retired from Fedex in July of 2011 as a B-727 Captain. He then began volunteering at the USS Midway museum as a Docent and is a member of the Midway Speakers Bureau.
