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15 things to do this weekend in San Diego: Veterans Day parade, California Ballet’s ‘Noche Latina,’ ‘Grinch’ Christmas Tree Lighting

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San Diego Veterans Day Parade

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Beginning at North Harbor Drive, one block south of Grape Street, moving south past Broadway and the USS Midway, ending on Harbor Drive, one block east of Pacific Highway. sdvetparade.org

Each year, in recognition of the service provided by the country’s veterans, the San Diego Veterans Day Parade celebrates the men and women who have served in the military. This year, more than 4,000 veterans, active-duty military members, marching bands, floats and civic groups are expected to attend and “Lift Your Voice for Veterans” along North Harbor Drive. Viewing areas, grandstands and parking will be available. LISA DEADERICK

19th San Diego Asian Film Festival

Through Nov. 17. UltraStar Cinemas Mission Valley (headquarters), 7510 Hazard Center Drive No. 100, and five other theaters in San Diego. $12 general admission; $40 opening and closing nights; $15 centerpiece film; $60 festival six-pack; $195 all-festival badge. Student, military, senior and group discounts available. Some programs, including all weekday programs at 4 p.m., are free. (619) 400-5911. sdaff.org

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The San Diego Asian Film Festival, now in its 19th year, will strike an upbeat tone with its opening and closing selections. Each screening will be followed by a party featuring dishes inspired by the food-related films. The centerpiece entry is an affirmative documentary celebrating forward-looking, science-minded teens. It would be hard not to think globally when attending the festival, which runs from Nov. 8-17. With screenings in six theaters across the city, it will feature 160 films from 20 countries in 28 languages or dialects. Just the opening, closing and centerpiece films are vivid examples of the variety. For more about the festival, go here. BETH WOOD

USO San Diego Giving Tree lighting ceremony at Seaport Village

6:30 p.m. today. The Headquarters’ Courtyard, 789 W. Harbor Drive, San Diego. (619) 235-4013. bit.ly/2ABB8Ig

The USO San Diego Giving Tree lighting ceremony includes holiday performances by the All American Boys Chorus, complimentary hot chocolate and cookies and a visit with Santa. Bring a toy donation through Dec. 19 to benefit the more than 1,000 active-duty military families served through USO San Diego. CAROLINA GUSMAN

‘Grinch’ Christmas Tree Lighting

6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Globe’s Copley Plaza, 1363 Old Globe Way, Balboa Park. For information, call the box office at (619) 234-5623. theoldglobe.org

The 13th annual Christmas Tree Lighting will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Globe’s Copley Plaza, 1363 Old Globe Way, Balboa Park. The tree will stand in the center of the Plaza through the run of the production of Dr. Seuss’s “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” which ends Dec. 29. The tree lighting event includes a special live performance by the show’s cast members amid a holiday snowfall on the Globe Plaza. The event is free, but reservations are currently full. A standby line will form on the Prado walkway and efforts will be made to accommodate everyone. The Copley Plaza will open at 4:45 p.m. for ticket holders. (Please note: Free tickets to the Grinch Christmas Tree Lighting are not valid for the regularly scheduled Grinch performances.) CAROLINA GUSMAN

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“Melancholy Play”

Opens Saturday. 7:30 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays; 4 p.m. Sundays; plus 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15 and 19 (industry night). Through Nov. 24. InnerMission Productions at Diversionary’s Black Box, 4545 Park Blvd., University Heights. $25 (discounts available). (619) 324-8970. innermissionproductions.org

Sadness takes on a surprising allure for Tilly, the character at the center of this early Sarah Ruhl play — and when happiness suddenly arrives in her life, watch out. InnerMission co-artistic director Carla Nell directs the piece by the playwright behind such distinctive, often quirkily funny works as “Eurydice,” “The Clean House” and “Dead Man’s Cell Phone.” JAMES HEBERT

2018 Coronado Island Film Festival

Friday through Monday. Various times and locations in Coronado. $235 for festival pass (a limited number of standby tickets may become available for $15-$20). coronadoislandfilmfestival.com

Movie people have long loved Coronado — from the days of old Hollywood to new — and that love remains strong with the annual Coronado Island Film Festival, featuring four days of movie screenings, parties, exhibits, workshops, panel discussions, live performances and more. With a focus on well-written films that inspire, teach, entertain and give audiences plenty of feels, the festival includes categories for narrative features, short films and documentaries. There will also be an early screening of “Green Book” with Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen. The venues for the movies are within walking distance of one another and are all located in Coronado. Plus, film critic Leonard Maltin returns as host of the festival and honorary jury president. LISA DEADERICK

ArtPower presents David Roussève’s “Halfway to Dawn”

8 p.m. tonight. Mandeville Auditorium, UC San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla. $28-$46. artpower.ucsd.edu/event/david-rousseve-reality-halfway-dawn

Award-winning choreographer David Roussève makes his first appearance in San Diego in 25 years with “Halfway to Dawn” in a production presented by ArtPower at the Universiy of California San Diego. The Herb Alpert Award-winning Roussève and his nine-member company, David Roussève/REALITY, will present the new piece, which makes its San Diego premiere. The program “illuminates the story of African American jazz composer Billy Strayhorn through dynamic dance — melding jazz, modern/postmodern and social dance forms.” A chat will be held after the performance. MICHAEL JAMES ROCHA

15th annual San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival

Sunday through Nov. 18. Throughout San Diego. Ticket prices vary depending on event. sandiegowineclassic.com

San Diego’s biggest foodie and oenophile party of the year, the San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival, kicks off Sunday and continues through Nov. 18, offering more than 40 citywide events. Downtown and the waterfront will be awash with wine tastings, hands-on classes, celebrity chefs and culinary personalities. The weeklong festival will be capped on Nov. 17 with the Grand Tasting taking place at the Embarcadero Marina Park North. It will feature bites from 60 fine dining restaurants, scads of domestic and international wine, beer and spirit purveyors, as well as the coveted Chef of the Fest competition. The San Diego Wine + Food Festival raises scholarships for culinary, hospitality, enology and viticulture students. CAROLINA GUSMAN

Dancers from the California Ballet, rehearse for their opening season with artistic director Jared Nelson's world premier of "Bolero," one of three works.
(Nelvin C. Cepeda / San Diego Union-Tribune)

California Ballet presents “Noche Latina”

7:30 p.m. Friday; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Balboa Theatre, 868 Fourth Ave., Gaslamp Quarter. $30-$65. “Havana Nights” following the evening shows: $100. Children must be age 4 or older to attend. (858) 560-6741. californiaballet.org

California Ballet’s artistic director, Jared Nelson, has enjoyed a long relationship with Maurice Ravel’s “Boléro,” a seductive piece of music with a storied past. When he was a principal dancer with Sacramento Ballet and Washington Ballet, he danced many times to Ravel’s most popular composition, and he’ll premiere his original choreography to “Boléro” as one of three Latin-themed works in “Noche Latina,” California Ballet’s 2018-19 season-opener. MARCIA MANNA

The PGK Dance Project presents “Immerse”

7:30 p.m. Saturday. Balboa Park Club, 2150 Pan American Road W., San Diego. $15-$25. ThePGKDanceProject.org

Choreographer Peter G. Kalivas and his PGK Dance Project present the world premiere of “Immerse,” a new work featuring the company’s dancers as well as guest artists. “Immerse” will be presented “in the round,” and audiences can expect, according to Kalivas, “an immersive journey of sight, sound and audience participation.” The program — created and directed by Kalivas — will also feature the San Diego Wheel Chair Dancers, the Westwind Brass Ensemble, singers Alexandra Lee and Andra Caston, and pianist Rayme Sciaroni. MICHAEL JAMES ROCHA

La Jolla Music Society presents “Shadowland” by Pilobolus

2 and 8 p.m. Saturday; a pre-concert interview with local dance professional Molly Puryear begins one hour before each show. Spreckels Theatre, 121 Broadway, downtown. $20–$65. (858) 459-3728. ljms.org

A job description for the Pilobolus performers in “Shadowland” would include a list of unexpected skills: contortionist, shadowcaster, actor, puppeteer, comedian, and someone the ability to morph into an elephant. The position also requires getting along with others at a very, very close range and the ability to think on your feet ... or head, or any and all body parts. After touring to more than 30 countries, the show visits San Diego on Saturday as part of the La Jolla Music Society Dance Series. MARCIA MANNA

San Diego Diplomacy Council presents “Beats Into Bridges: Celebrating Art Diplomacy”

6:30 p.m. Saturday. Museum of Photographic Arts, 1649 El Prado, Balboa Park. $100 members; $125 nonmembers; $150 VIP. (619) 291-8105. sandiegodiplomacy.org/event/2018-signature-event

There’s Dizzy Gillespie charming a snake with his trumpet in Karachi, Pakistan, in 1956. There’s Louis Armstrong surrounded by laughing children in front of a Cairo hospital in 1961. There’s Benny Goodman playing his clarinet in Moscow’s Red Square in 1962. These historic photographs of American jazz giants — who toured the world on behalf of the U.S. State Department between 1955 and 1978 — are part of the “Jam Session: America’s Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World” exhibit. They will be on display Saturday, for one night only, as part of the San Diego Diplomacy Council’s 2018 Signature Event. GEORGE VARGA

Hunt Slonem: “Gatekeeper: World of Folly”

Saturday through Jan. 7. Madison Galleries, 320 S. Cedros Ave., Solana Beach. (858) 523-9155. madisongalleries.com

In his fifth solo exhibition, the acclaimed neo-expressionist and colorist Hunt Slonem presents bold artwork with a focus on his love for animals and compositions that are reminiscent of the work of Andy Warhol. During the opening reception on Nov. 10 — from 6 to 8 p.m. — the artist will be on hand for a book signing of his recent book, “Gatekeeper: World of Folly,” a 300-page book published in May. Slonem has had more than 350 exhibitions around the globe, from Paris and Madrid to Tokyo and Hong Kong. His work can be found in more than 80 museum collections worldwide, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. PACIFIC SAN DIEGO

“Fade”

8 p.m. tonight and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Moxie Theatre, 6663 El Cajon Blvd., Rolando District. $30 (discounts available). (858) 598-7620. moxietheatre.com

The “two-hander” — a play with a cast of just two — can be a major test for actors, particularly in a show that’s full of big ideas. But Sofia Sassone and Javier Guerrero master the task admirably in “Fade,” a play that undeniably takes on some hefty themes: Assimilation, discrimination, the hazards of navigating dual cultural identities. The piece by the rising, Mexican-born playwright and television writer Tanya Saracho centers on the complex, tentative friendship between an ambitious young TV scribe from Mexico and the American-born Latino man who cleans her office. At Moxie Theatre, director Maria Patrice Amon keeps both the energy and ideas popping, making the work’s local premiere a sharp and absorbing foray. JAMES HEBERT

“Tim Shaw: Beyond Reason”

Through Feb. 24. San Diego Museum of Art, 1450 El Prado, Balboa Park. (619) 232-7931. sdmart.org

These days, socially explosive topics such as global terrorism, artificial intelligence and freedom of speech are on the minds of everyone from millennials to baby boomers. In response, artist Tim Shaw is tackling these subjects at the San Diego Museum of Art in a new exhibition. “Tim Shaw: Beyond Reason” — the Irish artist’s first show in the United States — is a set of six multi-sensory installations designed to challenge the viewer and involve them in some of the most divisive issues today. LAURIE DELK

lisa.deaderick@sduniontribune.com

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