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ultraviolet sound
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 / 8:00 PM / The Loftwith Teen Hearts, Kill Paradise and Artist vs Poet Ultraviolet Sound is a hot little slice of electro-pop that makes you never want to stop dancing. Every saucy guitar lick and ballsy keyboard r...
pajama dance
Saturday, January 10, 2009 / 9:00 PM / The Loft
Do you have the urge to dance the night away? Have you been looking for the right time to show off those PJs your mom bought you for the holidays? Come to The Loft for a pajama party like you’ve ne...
dimestories live
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 / 7:00 PM / The LoftCompelling 3-minute stories told by great writers. Equal parts seductive and tiny, DimeStories are funny. They're heart-wrenching. They're fictional or factual, but either way, they're all true. An...
rock the loft
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 / 7:00 PM / The LoftThink you're the ultimate Rock Band god? Grab your friends and a hot-to-trot attitude as The Loft turns into a live rock show, featuring you as the star. We hook you up with the game. You try to na...
kamza and bar kamza
Thursday, January 15, 2009 / 7:00 PM / The LoftArtPower! Film and UCSD Music professor Schlomo Dubnov present Kamza and Bar Kamza, a site-specific installation and performance piece created for The Loft, featuring Distinguished Professor of Mus...
hypnotist rich aimes
Saturday, January 17, 2009 / 8:00 PM / The LoftHave you always wanted to be hypnotized? Do you enjoy a good laugh at your friend’s expense? Check out Rich Aimes, comedy Hypnotist, for a night of entertainment that will be hard to forget! Doors...
presidential inauguration 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 / 8:00 AM / The LoftCome join The Loft for our Presidential Inauguration viewing. The Loft will be broadcasting the festivities of the day from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Events shown will include the Presidential Swearin...
curumin
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 / 8:00 PM / The LoftIn both his sound, and in his genes, Curumin epitomizes his Brazilian home city of São Paulo. Born Luciano Nakata Albuquerque, Curumin has a Spanish father and a Japanese mother. If you listen to J...
teen angst
Thursday, January 22, 2009 / 8:00 PM / The LoftRescheduled to Thursday, January 22, 2009 Somewhere in the back of your closet gathering dust is pure comedic gold. Imagine your high school diaries, riddled with secret crushes and embarrassing p...
the submarines & the morning benders
Thursday, January 29, 2009 / 8:00 PM / The LoftBerkeley CA’s Morning Benders are back for another night of sweet rock n’ roll sounds at The Loft. This time, they’re bringing the catchy Los Angeles duo The Submarines for bright pysch-pop kissed ...
nickel eye
Friday, January 30, 2009 / 8:00 PM / The LoftWhen The Strokes’ hiatus began taking longer than expected, the band’s bassist, Nikolai Fraiture, reached into an old shoebox of poems and rants written years ago. With his free time, he began adap...
upright citizens brigade tourco.
Saturday, January 31, 2009 / 8:00 PM / The LoftThe Chicago sketch comedy troupe that birthed improv lords Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz is giving the Loft a hefty dose of hysterics. Whether you want to wet your pants or whet your comedic appetit...
dance salon
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 / 2:00 PM / The LoftYou saw the performance, you stayed for the ArtTalks!. Now join us at The Loft to debate and discuss Random Dance Company's performance of Entity with San Diego dance professors, critics, choreogra...
informances
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 / 7:00 PM / The LoftPresented by the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus featuring Cecil Lytle, Rick Snow, with Steven Schick. Part performance, part lecture, part audience interaction, La Jolla Symphony and Chorus's INFORM...
so percussion
Thursday, February 5, 2009 / 8:00 PM / The LoftCalled “astonishing and entrancing” by Billboard, “brilliant” by the New York Times, So Percussion makes a rare and wonderful breed of music that both compels instantly and offers vast rewards for ...
so percussion
Thursday, February 5, 2009 / 10:00 PM / The LoftCalled “astonishing and entrancing” by Billboard, “brilliant” by the New York Times, So Percussion makes a rare and wonderful breed of music that both compels instantly and offers vast rewards for ...
matt and kim
Saturday, February 7, 2009 / 8:00 PM / The LoftNew wave is hardly a genre asking for today's increasingly chic drum+instrument treatment, but Matt and Kim get the greenlight all the same. The power pop duo is the real retro deal, developing a f...
bitchy bingo
Monday, February 9, 2009 / 8:00 PM / The Loft
What do you get when you take a traditional game of chance and add fabulous drag queens with a fierce attitude? One hell of a night! You’re guaranteed to laugh out loud when you encounter these mis...
dimestories live
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 / 7:00 PM / The LoftCompelling 3-minute stories told by great writers. Equal parts seductive and tiny, DimeStories are funny. They're heart-wrenching. They're fictional or factual, but either way, they're all true. An...
donavon frankenreiter
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 / 8:00 PM / The LoftMellow grooves and accoustic guitar riffs characterize the surf-inspired sounds of Donavon Frankenreiter. A professional surfer, the harmonies of beach culture infuses his music and his first albu...
the cook, the thief, his wife, and her lover
Friday, February 20, 2009 / 7:00 PM / The LoftAs a part of our Architecture + Cinema series, we are screening the work of eccentric filmmaker and architect Peter Greenaway who creates a highly stylized and elegant Jacobean revenge tale about a...
pop levi
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 / 8:00 PM / The LoftYou might recognize some of Pop Levi’s heroes but you won't have heard someone like him before. If we're being specific, there is a line that joins Eddie Cochran to Prince and The White Stripes. Po...
ra ra riot
Sunday, March 1, 2009 / 8:00 PM / The LoftJust two years ago, the band Ra Ra Riot was a group of six friends from Syracuse University with a fondness for melancholy pop and string sections. Today, Ra Ra Riot is something unusual: a young b...
dance salon
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 / 2:00 PM / The LoftYou saw the performance, you stayed for the ArtTalks!. Now join us at The Loft to debate and discuss Batsheva Dance Company's performance of Max with San Diego dance professors, critics, choreograp...
calder quartet
Thursday, April 23, 2009 / 8:00 PM / The LoftOne of our favorite ensembles returns to ArtPower! for two special concerts that display their versatility and commitment to keeping music alive across generations. The Calder plays with splendor a...
calder quartet
Thursday, April 23, 2009 / 10:00 PM / The LoftOne of our favorite ensembles returns to ArtPower! for two special concerts that display their versatility and commitment to keeping music alive across generations. The Calder plays with splendor a...
maya beiser
Thursday, April 30, 2009 / 8:00 PM / The LoftIntense, rich and powerful, cello goddess Maya Beiser throws down the gauntlet in a genre-defying solo performance that is at once haunting and electrifying. Beiser’s relentless quest to redefine h...
maya beiser
Thursday, April 30, 2009 / 10:00 PM / The LoftIntense, rich and powerful, cello goddess Maya Beiser throws down the gauntlet in a genre-defying solo performance that is at once haunting and electrifying. Beiser’s relentless quest to redefine h...
dance salon
Thursday, May 7, 2009 / 2:00 PM / The LoftYou saw the performance, you stayed for the ArtTalks!. Now join us at The Loft to debate and discuss Compañia Nacional de Danza's performance of Without Words, Duende, and Gnawa with San Diego danc...
press rewind ’09
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 / 7:00 PM / The LoftThis fun and inspiring evening starts off with an eclectic mix of instrumental music that bridges traditional folk music, electronic synth, and kazoos, performed by UCSD student Matt Swagler and th...