The to-do list

Art

Sin deep: We’re pretty sure that when the early Catholic Church came up with the capital vices, it had no idea it’d be the celebratory theme behind Junc Boutique and Gallery’s (2205 Fern St., South Park) newest art show. If you’ve taken a religion class or seen the cool David Fincher flick Se7en, then you’re already familiar with the seven deadly sins, and so are artists like James Ivey, David Russell Talbott, Jasmine Worth and nine others who will be displaying works based on the themes of lust, gluttony, sloth, etc., in 7 Deadly Sins. There will be wine at the opening, from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, but don’t expect anything sacramental about it. www.shopjuncboutique.com.

Cruza la frontera: The annual entijuanarte arts, music and performance festival takes place Friday, Oct. 2, through Sunday, Oct. 4, at the Centro Cultural Tijuana (CECUT), 9350 Paseo de los Heroes, Zona Rio. Shake off cross-border-travel wariness and check out the work being created by more than 70 exciting artists from Baja California and beyond, like Charles Glaubitz, Foi Jimenez, Yvonne Venegas, Shinpei Takeda and Aldo Guerra. The CECUT portion of the festival—which includes a temporary commissioned exhibition space made from scaffolding covered in a skin of “aluminum residue embedded into translucent resin plaques”—wraps up at 8 p.m. Oct. 4, when Nortec Collective’s Bostich + Fussible join the Orquesta de Baja California for a free outdoor concert (actually, the entire event’s free) at the Glorieta Indpendencia across from CECUT. The website www.entijuanarte.com has a section for English speakers, and the festival’s directory (click “Mapa 09”) is bilingual.

Dance

Emergent talent: Reflecting everything from pop culture to the struggle for modern women to define their femininity, the sixth annual Emerge Dance Festival features pieces by the finest up-and-coming choreographers in San Diego. This year’s version features Katie Griffin and Anthony Rodriguez’s “Dream,” which was inspired by the artists’ exploration of their subconscious; Anjanette Maraya-Ramey’s “Intervention”; which focuses on spatial relationships; and Heather Zornes-Almanza’s “Sudden Take,” which evaluates American values. Curious as to how people cavorting across a stage could convey this breadth of subject matter? Find out at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at the David and Dorothy Garfield Theater, part of the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center (4126 Executive Drive in La Jolla). $15. www.rincondance.org.

Photography

Meet the neighbors: People of South Park, the second opening at the 2-month-old Monkey C Media Design Studio and Art Gallery (3011 Beech St. in South Park), will feature 22 black-and-white photographs of the neighborhood’s most beloved residents. Chad Thompson, co-owner and longtime resident, photographed the likes of Roy the UPS Man, Elizabeth the Food Bowl Cashier, Don the Cop, Judy the Beauty and many other familiar faces to pay tribute to the people with whom he interacts on a daily basis. The opening, from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, coincides with the neighborhood’s quarterly walkabout and will feature a live performance by musician Gregory Page. If community-oriented fun isn’t enough to convince you, there will also be complimentary cupcakes. How can you turn down cupcakes. www.monkeycmedia.com.

Books

Literature lives: Since 2006, the big-thinking folks at San Diego City Works Press (stemming from City College’s Creative Writing Department) have really given San Diego an intellectual shot in the arm with the San Diego City College International Book Fair. This year’s fair is already underway and runs through Saturday, Oct. 3, featuring talks by authors such as Cheryl Klein, Ella deCastro Baron, Ana Castillo, Gustavo Arellano, Rudolfo Acuña, Barry Sanders, William Powers, Marilyn Chin, Laurel Corona and Willie Perdomo. We’re particularly intrigued by Sanders, author of The Green Zone: The Environmental Costs of Militarism, and Perdomo, whose book of poetry, Where a Nickel Costs a Dime, is about poverty, drugs and violence in East Harlem. But that’s just us—check www.sdcitybookfair.com to see what excites you and to see the full schedule, which also includes performances and a full day (Saturday) of programming for younger peeps.

Food & Drink

North Park nosh: Since you walk through North Park every weekend vowing to “try that place sometime” but always end up at your old standbys, why not sample all of them at once? Thirty restaurants in the area, including your favorites, invite you to chow down on tasters of their deluxe dishes at the inaugural Taste of North Park from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3. In addition to getting your grub on, 22 galleries and boutiques will host wine and microbrew tasting for one hell of a Saturday happy hour. Proceeds will benefit the nonprofit North Park Main Street business-advocacy organization. Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 at the event. www.tastenorthpark.com.

Who got married now?: The mother of all Oktoberfests, the annual party in Munich, Germany, is spread over 16 days and attracts some 6 million people. But, hey, little La Mesa ain’t no slouch when it comes to celebrating the marriage of Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (and you thought it was honoring the advent of beer). La Mesa’s 36th annual Oktoberfest stretches out over three days—Friday, Oct. 2, through Sunday, Oct. 4—and purportedly attracts 200,000 revelers. Six city blocks are jammed with food courts, beer gardens and all those ubiquitous craft booths, as well as a children’s carnival. On Friday and Saturday, it’s open from 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.; on Sunday, it goes from noon to 6 p.m. Check www.lmvma.com for a site map.

Special Events

Eat some braaaaiiiins!: We give props to anyone who dresses up like a flesh-eating zombie and walks around Downtown freaking people out, but when it’s also for charity, then we, too, want to throw on some tattered clothes and cover ourselves in fake blood. The third annual Food Not Brains Zombiewalk and Food Drive will gather hundreds of walking dead at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, in front of the Gaslamp Theatre (701 Fifth Ave.) to  limp around and make donations to the San Diego Food Bank. All are invited to participate, and, afterward, there’s a screening of Zombieland and an after-party at Stage Saloon (762 Fifth Ave.) featuring, naturally, local band Zombie Surf Camp. www.sdzombiewalk.com.