“Homage — Contemporary Art in Digital Media” is on display through Aug. 21 at the Escondido Arts Partnership Municipal Gallery, 262 E. Grand Ave. From Sept. 11 to Oct. 15 it will also be on display at the Art Institute of California, San Diego.

The exhibition is put on by the Digital Arts Guild, which started locally in 2003 and features members from around the world.

The theme of the exhibit asked the artists to look back and recognize “those whose shoulders we stand on,” said Powegian Joe Nalven, one of the exhibit’s organizers.

Through their statements, the artists had to reference the work of another artist or of a cultural concept, said Nalven.

“Ring of Fire: The Johnny Cash Musical” will be staged four times Aug. 6-8 at the California Center for the Performing Arts in Escondido.

It is presented by the Fullerton Civic Light Opera, which has staged several shows at the venue, most recently a production of “Brigadoon.”

The show, which had a brief Broadway run in 2006, promises a revue featuring many of the songs written for and made popular by Cash, including “Ring of Fire,” “I Walk the Line,” “A Boy Named Sue,” and “Folsom Prison Blues.”

Earlier this month, the Balboa Park museum inaugurated a new “4-D” theater, which combines 3-D movies with moving seats, lasers, wind and splashes of water to give viewers an immersion experience.

“We’re trying to be more interactive, and we saw this as a way to engage kids,” said museum spokeswoman Jessica Packard.

It took about three months to convert a rear gallery into the 36-seat Zable Theater. It is currently showing two movies in a continuous loop throughout the day. Access to the theater is free with regular museum admission.

Instead, the 25-year-old chef and restaurateur points to the “Great Chefs” series.

“They showed you the best chefs in the world, and they would be in a real kitchen and you would see them work,” said Moulios.

In the time when most children dream of becoming astronauts or police officers, Moulios said he knew he wanted to cook for other people and run his own restaurant.

He’s been doing that since 2006, when at the age of 21 he opened Cin Cin Simply Italian, his restaurant and wine bar at 14771 Pomerado Road.

Thinking green earned some young Powegians a big prize: a best of show ribbon from the 2010 San Diego County Fair.

Though the food, the entertainment and the carnival rides may get the bulk of the attention from some fair-goers, the fair also hosts what could be arguably one of the largest juried art exhibitions in the county.

The Exhibition of Fine Art is one of the oldest exhibits at the fair. The show features hundreds of works of art across a multitude of media, including painting, drawing, mixed media, sculptures, ceramics and glass.

The fair runs through July 5. For more information, go to www.SDFair.com.

What follows is a look at some of the Inland Corridor’s blue ribbon winners. A complete list of winners is available at the fair’s website.

This will be the second year that the collective will host a full schedule of its Summer Sundays@The Vine series, which presents performances from different genres.

The series kick off this Sunday (June 27) with “Forward to Breath,” a show featuring three dance numbers from Terri Shipman, the director of Mt. Carmel High School’s dance program and an instructor at San Diego City College.

“She’s a great professional artist who has danced in New York,” said Faith Jensen-Ismay, Mojalet’s artistic director. “She’s been working with this group of dancers for a couple of years and last year she put on a tremendous show at the Vine, so this is a great way to start off the season.”

The performances will take place at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. at The Vine, located at 1330 Paseo Del Verano Norte at the Bernardo Winery. The time was changed this year so that people can enjoy the winery’s live music on Sundays before the shows.

Now in its 17th year, the center’s schedule offers a wide selection of acts, including an appearance by chef, food critic and television host Anthony Bourdain, who will be at the center on Saturday, Sept. 18.

Tickets for the event, dubbed “No Reservations: An Evening with Anthony Bourdain,” have already gone on sale.

Tickets for the rest of the season will go on sale at noon on July 6. Go to www.artcenter.org for more on ticket prices, a complete schedule and other information.

It tells the story of a husband and wife, Gwen and Harry Harris, who are going through a rough financial period.

He’s a Madison Avenue advertiser on the verge of filing for bankruptcy. She’s unemployed and looking for a job in the publishing world. They’re (very) recent empty nesters, as their children are off on vacation, their daughter to Paris and their son to Nairobi.

Their future depends on whether or not he’ll land a big contract from a Midwest yeast company whose founder has a reputation as a man with a “strict moral compass.”

The play tells the story of Harry and Gwen a married couple going to a masquerade ball. When his costume goes missing, she decks him out in an aunt’s old dress, just in time for a prospective business associate, Wilbur Wilberforce, to come knocking and see him in drag.

In a panic, Harry tries to pass himself off as “Hilary.” Things get complicated — and rolling — when Wilbur falls for the deception, and for Hilary.

The productions run, in repertory, through Sept. 24. The following are the reviews for “Shrew” and “George III” (“King Lear” was reviewed last week).

For more information, including showtimes, schedules and ticket information, go to www.TheOldGlobe.org.

The pop-rock band, which had to cancel its tour — including a January stop at UC San Diego’s RIMAC arena — after lead singer Rivers Cuomo was injured when his tour bus crashed in December, is playing a concert at the Del Mar racetrack.

The show, one of 11 planned during the horseracing season at Del Mar, is free with admission to the track, if purchased before the last race.

Tickets begin at $3 for members of the free Diamond Club (and $6 for nonmembers). Those who show up after the races will be charged $20 for admission.

Audiences of The Old Globe’s “King Lear” are afforded no such luxury when the Earl of Gloucester, betrayed by his bastard son, has his eyes gouged out near the end of the first act.

Instead, they are treated to the display in all of its stomach-turning glory. Looking away is not enough; this is a gouging so extreme you can hear it.

The explicitness of the act is one of several bold turns of this production, directed by Adrian Noble, who is the artistic director of the Globe’s 2010 Shakespeare Festival.

Noble is also directing Alan Bennett’s “The Madness of George III,” which along with “The Taming of the Shrew,” will play in repertory through Sept. 26 at the Balboa Park outdoor theater. (The other two productions will be reviewed in next week’s issue.)

A variety of art, music, food and family activities await visitors to the 24th annual La Jolla Festival of the Arts on June 26 and 27 on UCSD’s East Campus.

The festival, produced by the Torrey Pines Kiwanis Foundation, aims to provide a fabulous arts and entertainment experience in support of recreational and educational programs for San Diegans with disabilities.

In addition to the varied art booths, different cuisines can be sampled in the food area, and children can participate in art games and activities. There will also be chef demonstrations and book signings.

“The festival has continued to expand, and this year is no exception,” said Don Ludwig, the 2010 Festival Chair. “With world renowned chalk artists, local popular bands like the Mar Dels and Rockola, a classic car show, and around 190 artists, it is no wonder why it has become one of the top art festivals in the Southwest.”

With its flirty, sexy fun and quick-fire wit, the play is wonderfully executed by a strong cast that doesn’t miss a comedic beat.

The action takes place inside Bodley, Bodley & Crouch, a high-end fur shop where the harried and meek partner, Arnold Crouch, is preparing the most luxurious mink in London’s West End.

Little does he know that Gilbert Bodley, who gives the store one of its names, wants to practically give the coat away to an exotic dancer, Janie, a would-be lover he’s wooing and wants to spend time with as his wife’s away on vacation.

The hitch is that she, too, is married, but Bodley has a plan, one that — as is the case with all farces — is about to go terribly and hilariously wrong.