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LOCAL
MUSIC
San Rafael Catholic Church presents its annual Christmas concert 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16 at 17252 Bernardo Center Dr. The concert is free and open to the public. For information, call 858-487-4314.
The Poway High School Winter Jazz Concert is being held 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17 at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts, 15498 Espola Road. Tickets are $5 for adults, students free. For information contact Mike Cook at Mcook@powayusd.com.
The Rancho Bernardo High School Choir performs 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18 and Wednesday, Dec. 19 in the school?s Performing Arts Center. The event includes a raffle of gift baskets and refreshments in the lobby. Cost is $5 at the door.
The Poway High School Symphony Orchestra Winter Concert is being held 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19 at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts, 15498 Espola Road. Tickets are $5 for adults, students free. For information contact Mike Cook at Mcook@powayusd.com.
North County Inland Center presents ?Shirim Chayim: An Afternoon of Jewish Music,? featuring the San Diego Jewish Men?s Choir and Yale Strom and Hot P?stromi, 2 ? 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 23 at Temple Adat Shalom, 15905 Pomerado Road. Admission is $18 for the show with light appetizers to follow. Please RSVP by December 19 at 858-674-1123 or reserve online at www.jfssd.org/music.
The Poway Folk Circle, a group of local musicians, host folk song circles and acoustic jams. Folk Song Circles meet at 6:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of every month in Templar?s Hall in Old Poway Park, 14134 Midland Road. Bluegrass Jams meet on the second Monday of every month at Round Table Pizza in Rancho Bernardo, 16761 Bernardo Center Drive. The Craft Fair Jam is 9 a.m. the first Saturday of the month in Old Poway Park, and Slow Jam Sunday is 1 p.m. the last Sunday of the month in Old Poway Park. Free and open to the public. For information, visit www.powayfolkcircle.org.
DANCE
Rancho Bernardo High School presents the Winter Dance concert featuring the Tour De Force advanced team, Junior Varsity Dance, Intermediate Dance, B-Boy dancers, Hip Hop team, & Modern dance, 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13 and Friday, Dec. 14 in the RBHS Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $10.
Southern California Ballet presents ?The Nutcracker,? 1 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15 and 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16 at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts, 15498 Espola Road. Tickets range $15 ? $28 and are available at the box office, by calling 858-748-0505 or online at powayarts.org.
The Wrangler Square Dance Club continues their fall classes 7 ? 9 p.m. Wednesdays at Rolling Hills Elementary School, 15225 Penasquitos Drive, San Diego. The dress is casual and couples and singles are welcome. No previous experience is needed. The first class is free; the cost thereafter is $5 per person per week. For more information or to register for the class, visit www.TheWranglers.org, or contact Joe and Elaine Patrao, 858-672-1700 / elainejohnson@san.rr.com.
The San Diego English Country Dancers hold classes 6 ? 9 p.m. every Sunday night at the Rancho Bernardo Swim and Tennis Club, 16955 Bernardo Oaks Drive, Rancho Bernardo. Beginners welcome, partners unnecessary. Clean shoes that won?t skid or stick on a wood floor required. Admission is $6-8, discounts available for students with I.D. and children under 18. For information, visit www.sdecd.org or call 858-486-9160.
Tap dancing classes for adults, taught by Gigi St. John, are Tuesdays at the RB Swim & Tennis Club. Each class is one hour, intermediate at 11 a.m. and beginners at noon. Just show up or sign up by calling St. John at 951-282-3639.
The Academy of World Dance n Arts offers a free introductory class to swing, salsa and ballroom 7 to 8 p.m. every Friday, year-round for ages teen through adults. No previous experience needed. For information, visit www.worldancenarts.com or call 858-679-8277. The academy is at 12621-A Poway Road, Poway.
THEATER
Mt. Carmel High School presents its fall production ?Up the Down Staircase,? a play based on the popular 1960s novel by Bel Kaufman. Performances are 7 p.m. Dec. 13, 14, and 15, and a 1 p.m. matinee Saturday Dec. 15 at Mt. Carmel High School. Tickets are $12 for adults, and $8 for Seniors, Students and Military, and can be purchased online at www.mchsdrama.com.
PowPAC, Poway?s Community Theatre, presents the holiday show ?Christmas Cactus,? running through Saturday, Dec. 22 at 13250 Poway Road. Done in a film-noir style, this show is fun for the whole family. Shows are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $15. For tickets or information call the box office at 858-679-8085 or e-mail boxoffice@powpac.org.
PowPAC, Poway?s Community Theatre, presents a Readers Theater event, ?Silent Night,? one night only, 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16 at 13250 Poway Road. Tickets are $10, reserve your seat early. For tickets or information call the box office at 858-679-8085 or e-mail boxoffice@powpac.org.
Tickets for the 2012-2013 season at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts are on sale on the center?s website, www.powayarts.org, by calling 858-748-0505 or at the box office, 15498 Espola Road, noon to 5 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays.
PowPAC, Poway?s Community Theatre, is offering a number of varied volunteer opportunities for its award-winning theater. For more information, contact Maxine Brunton at 858-679-0640, or call the theater box office and leave your name and telephone number at 858-679-8085.
ART
The North County Society of Fine Arts is a local nonprofit group devoted to bringing the visual arts to public attention and fostering art education.
In December, Cheryl Boeller is exhibiting her work at Luc?s Bistro at 12642 Poway Road in Poway.
Rancho Bernardo Art Association member Marlene Tague?s artwork is on display at the Bernardo Winery Tasting Room, 13330 Paseo Del Verano. The tasting room is open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. ? 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. ? 6 p.m.
Member Ren Daniels?s artwork will be on display through January at Cafe Merlot, 13330 Paseo Del Verano.
The North County Society of Fine Arts is a local nonprofit group devoted to bringing the visual arts to public attention and fostering art education. For further information, visit www.ncsfa.org for news about meetings, display opportunities, exhibit at Poway Center for the Performing Arts, paint-outs and trips.
Rancho Bernardo Art Association is looking for artists who want to meet others who share the same interest, learn from demonstrations and exhibit their work. The members have critique nights and an award show. For membership, contact Phyllis Hensperger at 858-675-2262. Adult membership is $25, couples $30, students $15. More information at ranchobernardoart.com.
LOCAL MARKETS
The Poway Arts & Crafts Guild presents the Boardwalk Craft Market 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday until Christmas in Old Poway Park. Features locally produced and clothing, jewelry, household furnishings and gift items. For information, call PACG at 858-486-3497.
Poway Farmers Market is 8 to 11:30 a.m. every Saturday next to Old Poway Park, at Midland Road and Temple Street. The market, sponsored by the City of Poway and operated by Outback Farms, features certified organic produce, most of which is grown in San Diego County. For more information, call 858-668-4576.
The Bernardo Winery hosts a farmers market which includes fresh produce, vendors and food stalls every Friday from 9 a.m. to noon at 13330 Paseo Del Verano Norte.
The Mt. Carmel High School PTSA hosts a certified farmers market 11 a.m. ? 3 p.m. every Sunday in the school parking lot, 9550 Carmel Mountain Road.
The Scripps Ranch Farmers Market & Art Festival is from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. every Saturday at 10380 Spring Canyon Road, the site of the old E.B. Scripps Elementary School. For more information, visit www.srfm.org.
MUSEUMS
Walk in the footpath of Poway?s first residents every Saturday morning at Poway?s Kumeyaay-Ipai Interpretive Center. Savor the smell of blooming native plants that Kumeyaay people smelled each spring for more than 2,000 years. Trained guides will share the culture, history and botany of this five-acre archeological jewel for free from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturdays at 13104 Ipai Waaypuk Trail (formerly Silverlake Drive). For information, go to www.poway.org/kiic.
The Rancho Bernardo Historical Society runs a free museum at the Bernardo Winery, 13330 Paseo Del Verano Norte, Rancho Bernardo. Museum hours are 9 a.m. to noon Tuesdays and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fridays and noon to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Call 858-775-5788.
The Poway Historical and Memorial Society operates the free Poway Heritage Museum and the Nelson House in Old Poway Park, 14114 Midland Road in Poway. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays. Call 858-679-8587 or visit www.powayhistoricalsociety.org.
OTHER EVENTS
Poway Winterfest is being held 4 ? 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14 and 1 ? 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15 at the Poway Community Park, 13094 Civic Center Drive. Enjoying skating, sledding, kids activities and more. Cost is $5 for ages 2-17, $7 ages 18+, $20 for a family of four. A waiver form must be signed to skate. Skate rental available. For information call 858-668-4671.
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MUSIC
Bach Collegium San Diego presents ?Hodie! Christus Natus Est,? a sequence of choral music for Advent and Christmas, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14 at St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in La Jolla, and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15 at San Diego History Center in the Casa de Balboa at Balboa Park. Tickets range from $25 ? $40 general admission, $20 for students and seniors. For information visit www.bachcollegiumsd.org.
The Pomerado Community Band presents its annual Holiday Concert of band music including traditional favorites, recent renditions, and a sing-along, 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16 at The Performing Arts Center, Canyon Crest Academy, 5951 Village Center Loop Road. Admission $12, Seniors (over 60), military and students $10, children $5. For tickets or information call 858-391-7309.
The North Coast Symphony, under the direction of Daniel Swem, presents ?Holiday Sparkler,? 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16 and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18 at Seacoast Community Church, 1050 Regal Road, Encinitas. The suggested donation is general $10, students/seniors $8, family $25 maximum. For information call 760-753-3003, or visit www.northcoastsymphony.com.
The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus presents ?Messiah Sing Along,? 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16 at St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church, Carlsbad. Music scores available for rent onsite. Ticket prices: $15 general, $8 student/youth. Call 858-534-4637 or visit www.lajollasymphony.com.
DANCE
The San Diego Ballet presents ?The Nutcracker,? 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16 and 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21 at the UCSD Mandeville Auditorium in La Jolla. Preferred seating $50, general admission $40, students $20. For tickets and information, call the box office at 619-294-7311.
The California Center for the Arts, Escondido presents ?An Irish Christmas!? Enjoy a night celebrating Christmas in Ireland with traditional dance, music, storytellling, and plenty of Irish soul 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21. Tickets are $35-$39, $3 off for Seniors (over 60), $5 off for children 12 and under. Groups of 10 or more also receive? a 15% discount. For tickets or further information call 1-800-988-4253 or visit www.artcenter.org.
THEATER
The Old Globe presents ?Dr. Seuss?s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!? running through Sunday, Dec. 23 on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage. An autism-friendly show will be offered 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 15. Tickets start at $37 for adults and $24 for children (17 years and under). For performance times and more information, call the box office at (619) 234-5623 or visit www.TheOldGlobe.org.
Randall Hickman and Douglas Davis?s two-man Christmas show, ?Christmas with the Carps,? runs through Sunday, Dec. 23 at the Welk Resort Theater, 8860 Lawrence Welk Drive, Escondido. For tickets and showtimes, call 1-888-802-7469 or visit welkresorts.com/san-diego-theatre.
New Village Arts Theatre presents the holiday sequel to the hit show Forever Plaid, ?Plaid Tidings,? running through Sunday, Dec. 30 at 2787 State St., Carlsbad. Tickets range from $27 ? $33. For more information, call the box office at 760-433-3245 or visit www.newvillagearts.org.
San Diego REPertory Theatre presents the Three Wise Guys of the Reduced Shakespeare Company in ?The Ultimate Christmas Show (abridged),? running through Sunday, Dec. 23 on the Lyceum Stage, 79 Horton Plaza. Tickets range from $33 ? $52,
The Welk Resort Theater presents ?Drinkin? Singin? Swingin? : Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!? running through Monday, Dec. 31 at 8860 Lawrence Welk Drive, Escondido. For tickets and showtimes, call 1-888-802-7469 or visit welkresorts.com/san-diego-theatre.
San Diego Musical Theatre presents ?Irving Berlin?s White Christmas,? opening Thursday, Dec. 13 and running through Sunday, Dec. 23 at the Birch North Park Theatre, 2891 University Avenue. Tickets range from $42 ? $72, children 12 and under half-price. Student, senior and military discounts available. For tickets and information call 858-560-5740 or visit www.sdmt.org.
Cygnet Holiday Radio presents ?A Christmas Carol,? running through Sunday Dec. 30 at the Cygnet Theatre at 4040 Twiggs St. In Old Town San Diego State Historic Park. Ticket prices range from $29-$54 with children, senior, student and military discounts available. For tickets and further information call 619-337-1525 or visit www.cygnettheatre.com.
Broadway Theater presents ?A Taffeta Christmas,? running through Sunday, Dec. 23 at the Broadway Theater, 340 East Broadway, Vista. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Thursday ? Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $17.50 and are available by calling 760-806-7905 or visiting www.broadwayvista.com.
ART
Pacific Quilt Artists presents ?Art Quilts at the Adobe 2012,? running through Saturday, Jan. 5 at the Rancho Buena Vista Adobe Gallery, 640 Alta Vista Dr, Vista. There is an artists reception 11 a.m. ? 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2. The gallery is open Thursday-Saturday 10 a.m. ? 3 p.m., except holidays. Admission is free. For information, call Jill Le Croissette at 760-434-7491 or contact artquilts25@gmail.com.
Jill Le Croissette presents ?A Touch of Red: Art Quilts by Jill Le Croissette,? running through Wednesday, Jan. 2 at the Carlsbad City Library, 1775 Dove Lane, Carlsbad. Admission is free. For information, call Jill Le Croissette, at 760-434-7491 or e-mail artquilts25@gmail.com.
REGIONAL MARKETS
The North San Diego Farmers Market is held 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each Sunday, and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Wednesday at the Sikes Adobe Historic Farmstead, 12655 Sunset Drive in Escondido. For more information, visit www.NSDCFM.com.
MUSEUMS
The Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum at MCAS Miramar has its Bell 214ST Iraqi ?Super Huey? helicopter on display. Also on display is the Sikorsky HRS.
Another feature is a single-seat flight simulator, which gives members of the public a 20-minute ?flight? for $15.
The museum is open 9 a.m. ? 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays. Call 858-693-1723 or visit www.flyingleathernecks.org for information.
OTHER EVENTS
The Del Mar Antique Show and Sale returns to the Del Mar Fairground through Sunday, Dec. 18. Show times are 11 a.m. ? 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m. ? 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $8 and good for the entire run of the show. An appraisal booth with be available for $5 per item appraised. For information call 1-800-943-7501.
The Gem Faire returns to San Diego Friday, Dec. 21 ? Sunday, Dec. 23 at the Scottish Rite Event Center, 1895 Camino Del Rio South. Hours are noon ? 6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. ? 6 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. ? 5 p.m. Sunday.? Admission is $7, valid for the entire weekend. For information, visit www.gemfaire.com or contact 503-252-8300 or info@gemfaire.com.
The Palomar College Planetarium presents ?Friday Night Family Planetarium Shows,? every Friday night at the Palomar College San Marcos campus, 1140 West Mission Road, between the Library and Natural Sciences buildings. At 7 p.m. is ?The Sky Tonight,? and at 8:15 p.m. is ?Wonders of the Universe.? Starting at dusk is live patio telescope viewing, weather permitting. Free parking in lot #5. For tickets and information, call 760-744-1150 ext. 2833 or visit www.palomar.edu/planetarium.
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A rendering of the Tiber condos planned for 510 Libbie Ave. (Courtesy of SMSArchitects)
Scott Boyers is taking a gamble that?s rare these days: He?s developing a high-end condo project.
He?ll soon break ground on the Tiber, a 15-condo development near Libbie and Grove avenues that will cost about $8 million to build.
Condos at the property, located at 510 Libbie Ave., will run between $600,000 and $1 million.
?This project bucks the current economic trends by appealing to an affluent buyer, less affected by winds of the economy, who sees the advantages of acting now to secure their place,? said Boyers, a developer and a broker with CBRE.
Construction on the project will begin early next spring. It?s a joint effort between Boyers and local builder John George, who will be the general contractor on the project.
As is required for condo projects, the Tiber last week registered with the state, meaning the units can begin to be sold. Berkeley Fergusson?and Jennifer Fergusson of Long & Foster will be the real estate agents marketing the homes.
New condo projects have been scarce in the Richmond area since the economy tanked, but this year developers have started to dip their toes back in the water.
In April, BizSense reported that Gumenick Properties was restarting its stalled Monument Square project, betting that shortage of condo inventory had created a pent-up demand.
Rick Jarvis, a broker with One South Realty, said One South has sold about 10 condos in the 69-unit Ginter Place project in recent weeks. Jarvis said One South is negotiating closings on two more condos there, which will bring the development to more than half full.
In February, well-known local businessman Jim Ukrop sold almost $5 million of his stake in a local bank in order to pay off a construction loan at Ginter Place to help get things moving again.
Financing for buyers of condos has been hard to come by since the real estate bust because the values of the units have fallen so dramatically. That left banks hesitant to lend on such properties. Jarvis said condo values have fallen by about 30 percent since the downturn.
But Jarvis said Boyers?s latest project is likely to succeed because of the location and the prices.
?For that kind of a project, the buyers will likely have just sold a house and will have some equity,? Jarvis said. ?In fact, some of them will just be buying them in cash, and that eliminates the financing headache all together.?
David Larter is a BizSense reporter and covers commercial real estate, advertising, healthcare and small business. David graduated from the University of Richmond. Please send news tips to David@richmondbizsense.com.
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PARIS (Reuters) - A politically charged deal between the French government and ArcelorMittal to preserve jobs at an ailing steelworks looked at risk of unraveling on Thursday after the global steel giant ditched a bid to run an EU-funded project there.
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ArcelorMittal and Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said the move did not mean the idea of using Florange for the ULCOS project to make steel with fewer greenhouse gas emissions was being permanently abandoned.
Separately, President Francois Hollande said all promises made to save the Florange site would be kept.
"I've seen the distress and anger and I know what's caused it. But my responsibility is to make sure Florange has a future," he told journalists in Paris.
A source close to the president said Lakshmi Mittal had made a promise to run an ULCOS project at the site, and that only a first version of the plan had been ditched.
Unions and local politicians reacted angrily to the news, with metalworkers briefly occupying the furnaces, and other employees staging sympathy action at two other ArcelorMittal sites.
"We urge Francois Hollande: retake control of this issue," CFDT trade union leader Edouard Martin told i>Tele television, warning the president to "stop these lies, this cheating".
ArcelorMittal, which has been under fire for months in France over its plan to permanently shut the Florange furnaces on the grounds they are not economically viable, said it could not currently pursue the ULCOS project for technical reasons.
"(This) is perfectly coherent with what is in the agreement signed with the French government," the company said, adding: "This in no way means the ULCOS project is being abandoned."
Firebrand leftist Minister for Industrial Revival Arnaud Montebourg raised the stakes last week by declaring Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal unwelcome in France and accusing him of lying. He also threatened to nationalize the steelworks, raising workers' hopes that were dashed by last Friday's deal.
Ayrault, whose government was appointed by Hollande after the Socialist was elected president in May, said in a statement that the European Commission had indicated that the project could be pursued in a future tender.
Asked about the deal, Ayrault told the Senate that the government had achieved its goals. "There will be no lay-offs: that was the objective we had set for ourself."
But in the most optimistic case, a potential start date would now be delayed by several years, throwing into question the idea that ArcelorMittal would keep spending money to keep the mothballed furnaces in working order.
A survey by pollster OpinionWay underscored a loss of faith in the government, with 76 percent of respondents saying they did not believe it could keep ArcelorMittal to its promises.
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Metalworkers at ArcelorMittal's Fos-sur-Mer plant in southern France blocked the site's entrances to show solidarity with their peers at Florange. Workers in the plant's finished products section went on strike.
Union leaders at the company's Basse Indre plant in eastern France called for a 24-hour strike next Monday. Florange workers left the furnaces after being told a gas main that keeps it from falling into disuse would be kept on.
"We're angry to see Florange workers and their union representatives treated this way," said Michel Tosi, a CFDT leader at Fos. "They were fooled."
Michel Liegbott, a Socialist lawmaker for the surrounding Moselle region, told BFM television that the government had broken its commitments with regard to Florange.
"We've been conned. They are liars," he said. "They should have said what they are saying today six months or a year ago."
Last week's agreement, under which ArcelorMittal committed to preserve some 630 jobs at the two blast furnaces, was a crucial test of Hollande's pledge to stem a run of industrial lay-offs and revive French competitiveness.
France's unemployment rate hit a new 13-year high of 10.3 percent in the third quarter of the year, data showed on Thursday, piling more pressure on Hollande, who has vowed to halt the rise by the end of 2013.
ArcelorMittal had agreed to invest 180 million euros ($235 million) in Florange and keep the furnaces in working order so they could be used if its application to use the site for the ULCOS project was successful.
ULCOS (Ultra-Low Carbon Dioxide Steelmaking) is a consortium of 48 European companies and other organizations working to develop ways to cut CO2 emissions from steel production in order to curb the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
A European Commission spokesman confirmed on Thursday it had received written notification from ArcelorMittal that it had decided to withdraw its bid "due to technical difficulties".
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(Additional reporting by Chine Labbe, Elizabeth Pineau; Writing by Catherine Bremer; Editing by Paul Taylor and Michael Roddy)
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