San Diego LGBT Pride is seeking qualified candidates for its board of directors. Board members should possess the vision, talent and leadership to oversee the governance of the organization that produces San Diego’s annual Pride festivities.

Interested individuals should send a resume and brief statement regarding why they would like to serve on the board of directors to secretary@sdpride.org. For more information visit at www.sandiegopride.org/33/Board_of_Directors.htm.

The mission of San Diego Pride is fostering pride and respect for all gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities, locally and globally.

Aging as Ourselves will sponsor “Taming Your Rebellious Inner Child,” a workshop for LGBT seniors in recovery on Thursday, August 28 from 6:30-8 p.m. The workshop will be held at the S.A.G.E. Center.

Openly-gay San Diego psychotherapist Michael Kimmel will facilitate the workshop and lead participants through a two-part guided visualization that will help people “tame their rebellious inner child.” Participants will be enabled to bring their “inner child’s” loving and destructive impulses to a conscious state. Kimmel promises that the workshop will be “funny, humor-filled, and not at all didactic.”

Kimmel is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice in San Diego. Kimmel has contributed to The Bottom Line, Instinct, The San Diego Union-Tribune and the Gay & Lesbian Times.

Interested participants are asked to RSVP for the workshop by Monday, Aug. 25. The participant list will remain confidential. Light refreshments will be served at the workshop. To RSVP or for more information, contact Tom at 619-298-9900.

The Gay Men’s Chorus of San Diego (GMCSD) will host an information night on Wednesday, Sept. 3 at 7 p.m. All interested singers and volunteers who want to join GMCSD or learn more about the group are welcome to attend.

GMCSD will welcome potential new members to the group, which takes place in its regular rehearsal space, at the University Christian Church. Info night guests have the opportunity to learn about the chorus, meet current members and hear samples of GMCSD’s sound. The evening will also include food, prizes, fun and other surprises.

The group has also announced its family-friendly holiday concert, “Holiday Toons,” a cartoon-inspired concert to be held Dec. 13-14, 2008 at the Birch North Park Theatre. More information about the concert is available on GMCSD’s Web site at www.GMCSD.com.

University Christian Church is located at 3900 Cleveland Ave. in Hillcrest.

The Balboa Park Committee will hold a Balboa Park Study workshop on Thursday, Aug. 21 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The meeting is part of a series of public forums hosted by the Committee to discuss the future of San Diego’s Balboa Park.

These meetings began after the Center for City Park Excellence of the Trust for Public Land released a report titled “The Soul of San Diego: Keeping Balboa Park Magnificent in its Second Century” in January 2008. The report studied a number of challenges that the urban park faces.

The workshop will be held in the Balboa Park Club’s Santa Fe Room, located just west of the intersection of Park Boulevard and Presidents Way in Balboa Park.

For more information contact Vicki Granowitz, chair of the Balboa Park Committee, at 619-584-1203 or David Kinney, member of the Balboa Park Committee, at 619-232-2053, ext. 105.

Registration for the 19th annual AIDS Walk San Diego (AWSD) is now open and participants are encouraged to sign up individually or as part of a team. The walk will be held on Sunday, Sept. 28 in Balboa Park.

AIDS Walk is the largest one-day HIV/AIDS fund-raising event in San Diego. AWSD is also the largest nongovernmental provider of funds for San Diego County HIV/AIDS service organizations.

To register for AIDS Walk San Diego, visit www.aidswalksd.org. The registration page gives participants the options to register as an individual, start a team, or join a team. Individual adult registration is $35.

AWSD is presented by Nordstrom and organized by The San Diego LGBT Community Center.

The third annual Senior Resource Fair, “Life is a Banquet,” will be held on Saturday, Aug. 23 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The Center. The free event has been designed to provide resources and information for GLBT men and women 50 years of age and older.

The fair will include more than 40 exhibitors, workshops, entertainment and a noon luncheon. Workshops will be presented by Michael Kimmel, Jennifer Gunsaullus, Michael Majeski and Dr. Einck of the American Cancer Society. Entertainment will be provided by In-A-Chord, and Chris Schneider, with a special performance by the Sue Palmer Trio.

For more information, contact David VanGilder at 619-692-2077, ext. 205 or e-mail dvangilder@thecentersd.org.

The Center is located at 3909 Centre St. in Hillcrest.

The South Bay Alliance will present South Bay Pride on Sunday, Aug. 24, from 1-5 p.m. in Chula Vista’s Memorial Park. The purpose of the event is to provide visibility to the GLBT community living in San Diego’s South Bay communities and to provide residents an opportunity to spend a day together celebrating their pride.

According to the South Bay Alliance’s Web site, a 2005 American Community Survey conducted for the San Diego metropolitan area found that at least 17,000 GLBT residents reside in the South Bay area.

The day will include vendors, information tables, food, and live aentertainment by Latin Rhythm Creations, Roxy Blue and Rhythm and the Method.

Sponsor, exhibitor and vendor opportunities are still available. More information and applications are available online at www.southbayalliance.net.

For more information about the event, contact Marci Bair at 619-851-3468 or marci@bairfinancial.com.

Memorial Park is located along Park Way at Fourth Avenue in Chula Vista.

The San Diego Women’s Chorus (SDWC) invites women of all ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations and skill levels to come and sing with the group this fall. Those who are not interested in singing can also be a part of the SDWC by joining the group’s production team. SDWC has begun to put together the 2008-2009 season and is looking for new members and volunteers to be a part of the season.

The first rehearsal of the group’s fall season will be held Sunday, Aug. 24 at 4 p.m. at the University Christian Church. Interested singers should visit the group’s Web site to check-out the membership requirements and then e-mail info@sdwc.org to express interest.

For more information, visit www.sdwc.org or call 619-291-FEMM.

The University Christian Church is located at 3900 Cleveland Ave. in Hillcrest.

Tickets are available for The San Diego LGBT Community Center’s 35th Anniversary Gala to be held on Saturday, Oct. 11. The event will celebrate The Center’s three-and-a-half decades of providing programs and services to the community, while serving as the organization’s largest fundraiser of the year. The gala will be held at the Paradise Point Resort & Spa.

More than 800 community members are expected to attend this black-tie affair. The event will include a silent auction, live entertainment and dancing, dinner, and an awards ceremony honoring community leaders who have made positive, lasting impacts in greater San Diego. The cocktail hour and silent auction will run from 6-7 p.m. and the dinner and dancing portion of the evening will begin at 7 p.m. and conclude around 11 p.m.

Individual tickets for the event are $150, and tables of 10 are available for $1,350. The event regularly sells out so early ticket purchases are highly encouraged. Tickets can be purchased online through The Center’s Web site. Funds raised from the gala are used to sustain The Center’s numerous programs, services and activities.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.thecentersd.org or call 619-692-2077, ext. 209.

The Paradise Point Resort & Spa is located at 1440 Vacation Road in Mission Bay.

The Hillcrest History Guild will host a fund-raiser on Sunday, Aug. 31 at Hula’s Beach Bar and Grill. The afternoon party will be held from 2-6 p.m.

A $10 suggested donation includes two coupons for $1 specialty cocktails. The event will also include an auction, raffle, samples from Hula’s menu served by local celebrities, hula dancers and hula dancing lessons, contests, prizes and other surprises.

The auction grand prizes will be a three night stay in Maui, and lunch with District Three City Council candidate Todd Gloria or Stephen Whitburn.

All proceeds from the event will benefit the Hillcrest History Guild, a group working to preserve the history of the neighborhood.

For more information visit www.hillcresthistory.org.

Hula’s is located at 142 University Ave. in Hillcrest.