Bill Hatch bought his black Corvette convertible for $3,400 at 25. On Wednesday, Carlsbad throws it a birthday party and a shot at Guinness history.

Founding director Krishan Oberoi returns to share the podium for a new holiday orchestration this December in Mission Valley.

The Ice House Museum show now includes rare Lawrence Schiller photos and a self-guided tour of Some Like It Hot filming spots.

A Vietnam vet turned Baja conservationist and his 19-year bond with a 22-foot manta ray headline a red-carpet night downtown.

The Winn Room show is first-come, first-seated — doors open at 12:45 p.m. for the free Friday concert in Coronado.

Ballet Collective San Diego brings free-agent dancers and a Metropolitan Opera Ballet guest choreographer to La Jolla's Baker-Baum Concert Hall in September.

Tiki Oasis returns to Mission Valley with 5,000 expected, dozens of performers and a free weekend marketplace packed with tropical treasures.

Steve Vai’s King Crimson offshoot BEAT is returning to San Diego this fall with a new drummer and a packed North American tour.

The KPBS San Diego Book Festival returns August 22 with more than 145 authors, expanded kids activities and free admission at USD.

The San Diego Air & Space Museum is opening its normally off-limits restoration shop for guided tours, giving visitors a look at volunteers rebuilding aviation history from the ground up.

San Diego’s free Ho‘olaule‘a returns to Liberty Station Aug. 22-23 with hula, Hawaiian music, cultural exhibits, island food and shaved ice.

Mariachi USA returns to San Diego’s Rady Shell on September 26 with a stacked lineup, folklórico ballet and fireworks over the bay.

Sarah McLachlan says she’s “mad as hell” and finds singing “incredibly cathartic” as she brings her Better Broken tour to the Rady Shell this Sunday. Her new record mixes intimate ballads with pointed, political songs.