Support your favorite arts organization by attending the 8th annual Minding the Arts event! Funds raised will be used to allow The Neurosciences Institute to continue providing its auditorium free-of-charge to local arts and educational organizations. Minding the Arts starts with a reception on the Institute's rooftop terrace with food and beverages provided by San Diego's premier purveyors. Guests then proceed to the auditorium for a private concert. For more information about this event or to purchase your tickets, please visit www.MindingTheArts.org.

If you've always been afraid of opera (or worse, hate it!), after this event you'll never run away from it again (or better, even begin to love it). Two internationally renowned personalities in the world of opera and song today, composer Jake Heggie and mezz-soprano Suzanna Guzman, will take the audience inside the art form - from inspiration to exposition (or from the writing to the singing) - in an enjoyable concert format that will both educate and entertain. For more information please visit www.fanfairefoundation.org.