Spanish Village Art Center at Balboa Park
May 10th
San Diego, CA -
Between the National Museum of History and the San Diego Zoo in Balboa Park is the Spanish Village Art Center, open daily from 11am-4pm. Thirty-seven working artist studios/galleries host over 250 local painters, sculptors, metalsmiths, jewelry designers, clay artists, gourd artists, photographers, printmakers, fiber artists, basket weavers, mixed-media artists, glass artists, and more. All of these artists come from San Diego’s large artist community, and by purchasing a one-of-a-kind piece from one of the studios helps to keep creativity thriving.
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Since there are more artists than studios, many are shared by three or fours artists. All the pieces are tastefully displayed and sectioned off by artist, which makes it enjoyable to see the individual styles. Some artists even give live displays daily, for instance, at Studio 19 you can see the artist blow glass. The walkways are made up of cobble stones but for the most part the surface is even, expect for a few broken stones. A wheelchair traveler in a manual chair or walker should keep an eye out for such barriers to avoid getting a small wheel wedged.
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Street Vibrations in Reno
Jan 25th
Reno, NV –
Every year the Biggest Little City in the World hosts one of the largest music and motorcycles festival there is, Street Vibrations. For this weekend, usually in September, Reno is transformed into a display-case for motorcycles. At Casino parking lots rows upon rows of every kind of motorcycle imaginable can be seen; fast, classic, customized, all of the above, you name it.
Though I did not grow up in a “motorcycle family,” I have a mechanical mind and can deeply appreciate the blood, sweat, and tears that goes into building and maintaining this kind of a machine. So I had a blast wandering around the streets of Reno, intermingling with the bikers a bit. During the whole weekend, I believe, the streets of Downtown Reno are closed off to cars (and motorcycles) so the people can swagger and sway as they please.
Downtown Reno is very wheelchair accessible and exceptionally flat; it’s also walking distance from any of the casino hotels. During the Street Vibrations Festival food and merchandise vendors line the streets, music stages rock almost all day and all night, and of course motorcycles and all accessories can be found even more abundantly. Though the biker community is the honored guest of the weekend, there are plenty of other visitors around enjoying the livelyness of this annual event.
Wheelchair Traveling Guide: Reno, NV
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