Get Out!: Your Weekly Guide to Family Events and More

If the rain and odd May chill have you down in the dumps this week, you need a pick-me-up more than ever. It's not due to be a warm weekend, but it's going to be a sunny one. Yea!

Let us guide you to what's happening in Rancho Bernardo, San Diego and beyond from May 19 to 25. You can enjoy music by the Poway Community Symphony Orchestra, and take part in a day of service at schools and parks.

On a serious note, you also may join in with local police officers as they hold a rally to support the family of an officer who died in the line of duty.

CLOSE TO HOME

• Where/when: Nokia, 16620 W. Bernardo Dr., San Diego (and other stops countywide), 6 a.m. Friday.

• Why go: Granted, gas prices are beginning to come back to earth, but you can join in Bike to Work Day and save a little dough or make a political statement or just get a workout, while snagging prizes, because local companies will hand out swag to bikers during the morning commute. 

• Price: Free.

• Where/when: Rancho Bernardo Community Park, 18448 W. Bernardo Dr., Rancho Bernardo, 7:30 a.m. Saturday.

• Why go: Contest for locals of all ages, from elementary school to adults, to “Chalk It Up,” creating art by using chalk on the sidewalk. With refreshments and prizes. Judging from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. depending on age group.

• Price: Free.

• Where/when: , 11740 Bernardo Plaza Ct, San Diego, Saturday and Sunday.

• Why go: The church invites the community to join in “Be the Answer,” a day of service meant to fill in the gaps caused by public budget cuts at schools and parks. Work includes beautifying Lake Poway and working with children at Midland and Garden Road elementary schools.

• Price: Free.

• Where/when: Poway Center for the Performing Arts 15498 Espola Rd, Poway, 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

• Why go: The Poway Community Symphony Orchestra performs a program that includes Rossini, Debussy, De Falla and Beethoven.

• Price: Free.

BEST BETS, A LITTLE FARTHER OUT

• Where/when: Morgan Run Club and Resort, 5690 Cancha de Golf, Rancho Santa Fe, Friday through Sunday.

• Why go: You like the New Orleans Saints? See Super Bowl MVP (and former Charger) Drew Brees. You like the Dallas Cowboys? See Tony Romo. You like TV? See Ray Romano. It's all possible at the Cox Celebrity Championship, a charity golf tournament to benefit local causes.

• Price: $10 for three-day pass, but there are several opportunities for free admission.

• Where/when: Palomar Police Academy, 184 Santar Pl, San Marcos, 8 a.m. Saturday.

• Why go: The Officer Down Memorial Motorcycle Rally will support the family of Christopher Wilson, a father and veteran of San Diego's Southeastern Division who was killed on duty last fall.

• Price: $20-$30.

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