Sidney is the Associate Director of Conservatory Programs with the San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory. Sidney’s programming has been extremely influential in music and arts education across San Diego. With commitment and perseverance, he continues to create a positive impact through his passion for music. How did you first get involved with the San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory? … Read More
San Diego Pride Parade 2018: One Park- One Team!
On July 14th, over 50 Balboa Park team members represented One Park- One Team at the San Diego Pride Parade! Employees and volunteers from approximately 11 of the organizations came out to march in support of our fellow Park team members and friends, defining what the “One Park- One Team” motto of inclusion and equality means to us. Staff members … Read More
Balboa Park Hazardous Waste Disposal Event
On Friday, July 13, 2018, our program hosted an E-waste/Battery/Bulb drop-off event for Balboa Park member organizations. Through our monthly meetings with facility staff in the Park we were informed of their challenge as non-profits to find the funds to dispose of hazardous waste. For this reason, our program coordinated a park-wide drop-off targeted on fluorescent and compact fluorescent (CFL) … Read More
Green Business Practices: Fleet Science Center E-Waste Program
The Fleet Science Center not only strives to be a leader in presenting and adopting innovative science and technology, but they also take the responsibility of properly disposing of hazardous e-waste. Started as an internal measure to properly dispose of hazardous electronic waste, the program quickly expanded to service Balboa Park’s arts and culture organizations. So far this year, 3,060 … Read More
Park Profiles: Meet Pandora Paúl
Pandora is the Curator and Education Director at the San Diego Automotive Museum. Her knowledge and passion, combined with her interest in odd automobiles, have led to some of the most innovative and groundbreaking exhibits in the automobile world. How did you start working with the San Diego Automotive Museum? I was in a graduate program for Educational Technology at SDSU, and had … Read More
San Diego Museum of Man: Every Action Matters
2018 Balboa Park Sustainability Award Finalist As a 2018 Balboa Park Sustainability Award finalist we’ve added the following information on the growth of the San Diego Museum of Man’s holistic Every Action Matters efforts, which were initiated by the Energy Audit Team in the original blog post. The Museum of Man’s Energy Audit Team has quickly grown into a program … Read More
Park Profiles: Meet Alyssa Thompson!
Alyssa is the Museum Operations Manager at the San Diego Model Railroad Museum and a relatively new addition to the Balboa Park team. As a masters student at the University of San Diego, Alyssa is able to apply the concepts she is learning along with a different and fresh perspective to her role at the museum. 1. How did you … Read More
Park Profiles: Meet Manuel Aguilar!
Manny is the Store Manager at the San Diego History Center. As a San Diego native, Manny has a huge passion for all things SD, especially Balboa Park. He has put his knowledge of the Park, love of the city, and comedic timing to good use as he expands the History Center’s store and his Balboa Park-based social media pages, @VidaBalboa. How did … Read More
Balboa Park Pledges to go Strawless in April!
With the arrival of the month of April comes nicer San Diego weather and, of course, Earth Month. April is always full of sustainability initiatives to celebrate Earth Month and Balboa Park is no exception. This year, to celebrate and to avoid single-use plastic straws, staff members of 14 Balboa Park organizations have signed a pledge to go strawless for … Read More
San Diego Civic Youth Ballet: Recycling, Reusing & Redesigning Costumes
San Diego Civic Youth Ballet has been the resident classic ballet school in Balboa Park for over 70 years, providing high-quality, affordable, year-round training in the Casa del Prado studios for students ages 4 to adult. In addition, San Diego Civic Youth Ballet is able to provide a special arts and culture opportunity to over 600 students in San Diego public schools through their … Read More