Out-of-This-World Music: Cosmos Features Sam Johnson Jazz Duo

It’s Thursday, and you’ve begun to think about the long weekend stretched out before you. Don’t let the rain put a damper on your plans. Let us help. We’ve got the best bets for you whether you want to stay close to home or find something to do a little farther afield. Check our picks for the places to see and things to do.

This week we feature a film festival, a free health forum hosted by some big-time surgeons and a sale in which someone’s loss can be your gain.

Click for all the details.

• Where/when: Cosmos Coffee Cafe, La Mesa, 3 p.m. Feb. 18; 7 p.m. Feb. 19.

• Why Go: If it's going to be hopelessly wet all weekend, why not take heart by listening to the Sam Johnson Jazz Duo on Feb. 18, followed the next day with an acoustic set from a local artist. And hey, the coffee will keep you warm, if not dry.

• Price: Free.

• Where/when: Various theaters, including San Diego and La Jolla, Feb. 17-20.

• Why Go: The San Diego Jewish Film Festival concludes this weekend with screenings at multiple venues, including Clairemont Reading Town Square in Clairemont Mesa and Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center in La Jolla. For full venue/movie listings, see the festival website.

• Price: $11.25-$13.25

• Where/when: San Diego County Annex, San Diego, 8 a.m. Feb. 19.

• Why Go: The county confiscates things. Then they auction them. You benefit, if you're in the market for used cars, electronics and other household goods.

• Price: Free.

• Where/when: San Diego Convention Center, downtown San Diego, 9:30 a.m., Feb. 19

• Why Go: To learn about bone, joint and back health, and injury prevention. Orthopaedic surgeons in town for their annual conference offer free sessions and will participate in a Q-and-A from the audience. 

• Price: Free

• Where/when: In Cahoots, San Diego, 12 p.m., Feb. 19

• Why Go: Young adults have increasingly embraced a game from their childhoods: dodgeball. Now there's tournaments available for them to fight it out for playground supremacy. Case in point: DodgeBrawl, a fundraiser to benefit the Mission Valley YMCA. 

• Price: $100 per team