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Art Pharmacy CEO Chris Appleton speaks at an event hosted by Catalyst of San Diego and Imperial Counties on July 9, 2025. The organizations are collaborating to bring social prescribing to San Diego.
Courtesy of San Ysidro Health
A U.K.-born approach to health care is coming to San Diego, where doctors will prescribe art and culture to help young patients ease anxiety and depression.
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  • The latest issue of "The Strand Magazine" contains rare stories by the iconic midcentury writers Ian Fleming and Graham Greene.
Latest Arts Events

Breast Cancer Support Group (in Spanish)

Monday, August 18, 2025 from 5 PM to 7 PM
Scripps Well Being Center, Chula Vista
Free

Storytelling: 'What We Deserve, What We Forgive.'

Monday, August 18, 2025 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
The Template Coffee House
Free

'Table of Contents': A Community Collectors' Showcase Open Registration

Monday, August 18, 2025 at 7 AM
Ongoing until August 30, 2025
San Diego Central Public Library
Free

Alliance Française August Summer Camps

Monday, August 18, 2025 at 9 AM
Ongoing until August 27, 2025
Alliance Francaise de San Diego
From $299

Summer Camps in French at the Alliance Francaise de San Diego

Monday, August 18, 2025 at 9 AM
Ongoing until August 27, 2025
Alliance Francaise de San Diego
$299 to $310

Birch Aquarium Extended Hours: August - September

Monday, August 18, 2025 at 9 AM
Ongoing until September 1, 2025
Birch Aquarium at Scripps
$24.95 - $29.95
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