Heroes, Pioneers and Trailblazers: The San Diego LGBT Community Center will host its third annual Heroes, Pioneers and Trailblazers award ceremony at 6 p.m. State Assembly candidate Toni Atkins, author and teacher Frank Buttino, lesbian political activist Jeri Dilno, The Big Kitchen owner Judy “the Beauty” Forman, HIV/AIDS activist Cheryl Houk, gay rights activist Mel Merrill, bartender and philanthropist Big Mike Phillips, Latina transgender activist Sandra Usi Ramirez, former Lambda Archives board president Sharon Parker and young transgender activist Isaac Gomez and his parents will be honored at the ceremony. Lambda Archives hosts the annual fundraising event to recognize individuals locally and nationally who have made a difference in the lives of GLBT persons through their dedication, commitment, financial resources and political participation. Tickets are $65 and $25 for students. The Center is located at 3909 Centre St. in Hillcrest. For more information, call 619-260-1522 or visit www.lambdaarchives.org.

Soccer game: The San Diego Sockers will compete against the Revolución Tijuana at Del Mar Fairgrounds at 7 p.m. Admission starts at $10.40 for End Grandstand. Del Mar Fairgrounds is located at 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd. in Del Mar. For more information, call 858-755-1161 or visit www.sdfair.com.

Techno night: Ruby Room will host a night of dub, drum & bass and techno featuring artists SPL, Austin Speed and CRMNL at 9 p.m. Admission is $5. The Ruby Room is located at 1271 University Ave. in Hillcrest. For more information, call 619-299-7372 or visit www.myspace.com/therubyroomsd.

Interior design workshop: The American Society of Interior Designers will host an interior design workshop at the Art Institute of California San Diego at 9 a.m. The five-hour workshop includes sessions led by eight local interior designers focusing on green designs, color trends, design secrets and aging in place. Admission starts at $35. The Art Institute of California San Diego is located at 7650 Mission Valley Road in Mission Valley. For more information, visit www.asid.org or call 858-274-3345.

Spike and Mike Festival of Animation: Spike and Mike’s Animation Festival makes its first stop at the Sherwood Auditorium at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego at 7:15 p.m. Festival organizers promise that it will be the “flat-out best and funniest animated shorts the world has to offer.” The 19 featured films include Key Lime Pie, Stillwaters, A Town Called Panic: Cake. Tickets are $15 general admission. For a group of four or more, individual tickets are $12 per person. For more information, call 858-459-8707 or www.spikeandmike.com.

Boys Night Out: Bourbon Street will host Boys Night Out from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Boys Night Out features DJ Dallas spinning house and hip-hop and reverse cover charge (from 8 p.m. to midnight). Bourbon Street knows that times are tough and is reversing the cover charge and giving you $5 to come to Bourbon Street. Just ask the door man for your $5 in Bourbon bucks. Bourbon Street is located at 4612 Park Blvd. in University Heights. For more information, call 619-291-0173 or visit www.bourbonstreetsd.com.

Go fly a kite: Family Matters will meet fly kites at Mission Bay Ski Beach from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Suffering from the winter blues? Join Family Matters and tell the kids to go fly a kite. Bring a picnic lunch for your family, lawn games, blankets, chairs, umbrellas, snacks, sun screen and kites. Directions from Interstate 8 West are the following: Go west to the beaches, exit West Mission Bay Drive, turn right at the end of the exit onto West Mission Bay Drive, which will become Ingraham Street, keep forward and go over the bridge, then turn right on Vacation Road. Look for signs to Ski Beach. Enter the parking lot and turn left at the first turn and drive through until you see the last restroom building, where the event will take place. For more information, call 619-692-2077, ext. 121 or e-mail jschmoll@thecentersd.org.

‘Until the Violence Stops’: The Diversionary Theatre will screen Until the Violence Stops at 7:30 p.m. Until the Violence Stops features playwright and activist Eve Ensler in a powerful film that documents how The Vagina Monologues grew into an international grassroots movement called V-Day to stop violence against women and girls. In 2002, eight hundred cities around the world participated in V-Day by staging benefit performances of The Vagina Monologues. Until the Violence Stops shows women from Harlem to Ukiah, California; from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to the Philippines and Kenya, uniting and courageously revealing their intimate and deeply painful experiences with abuse ranging from rape to female circumcision. More than just testimonies and performances, Until the Violence Stops is a film about empowerment, the importance of dialogue in the healing process and a celebration of women reclaiming their bodies and lives. Tickets are $10. The Diversionary Theatre is located at 4545 Park Blvd. in University Heights. For more information, call 619-220-0097 or visit www.diversionary.org.

Coffee and Conversation with Gloria Johnson: The Women’s Resource Center at The Center hosts “Coffee & Conversation” with Gloria Johnson starting at 7 p.m. in Hillcrest. “Coffee & Conversation” is a monthly event featuring Tryce Czyczynska interviewing notable women from the community in a talk show format. In honor of Women’s History Month, “Coffee & Conversation” is featuring lifelong activist and lesbian feminist Gloria Johnson for the month of March. Johnson was recently named the 2009 Person of the Year by The Gay & Lesbian Times for her four decades of work in the fields of GLBT equality and Democratic-party politics. The event promises coffee, dessert and a dynamic conversation about politics, equality and Johnson’s powerful commitment to activism. This event is free and open to both men and women. The Center is located at 3909 Center St. in Hillcrest. For more information, call Abby Schwartz at 619-692-2077, ext. 212 or e-mail women@thecentersd.org.

Vagina Monologues: The Diversionary Theatre hosts a production of The Vagina Monologues starting at 8 p.m. in University Heights. The Vagina Monologues is made up of a varying number of monologues read by a varying number of women (initially, Eve Ensler performed every monologue herself, with subsequent performances featuring three actresses and more recent versions featuring a different actress for every role). Every monologue somehow relates to the vagina, be it through sex, love, rape, menstruation, mutilation, masturbation, birth, orgasm, the variety of names for the vagina or simply as a physical aspect of the body. A recurring theme throughout the piece is the vagina as a tool of female empowerment, and the ultimate embodiment of individuality. Tickets are $20. The Diversionary Theatre is located at 4545 Park Boulevard in University Heights. For more information, visit www.diversionary.org or call 619-220-0097.

Lesbian ex-lovers: Esther Rothblum will discuss lesbian ex-lovers and long-term relationships at the San Diego LGBT Community Center at 7 p.m. Given the small size of the lesbian community, it is not surprising that there is pressure for women to remain friends with their ex-lovers. In Rothblum’s edited book, Lesbian Ex-Lovers: The Really Long-Term Relationships, the phenomenon is referred to as “FLEX” (friends and family connections among ex-lovers). Rothblum will discuss some issues from this book, including the blurred boundaries between friends and lovers. The lecture is part of the Women’s Lecture Series, a joint project of the Women’s Studies Department at San Diego State University and The Center. The Center is located at 3909 Centre St. in Hillcrest. For more information, call 619-692-2077, ext. 212 or e-mail women@thecentersd.org.