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Ages 16 and up Skills: Learn to use the wheel, how to throw, center clay, and alter shapes. Sunday, Feb. 14, 2025 – 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Location ICA North/Encinitas Campus at 1578 S. El Camino Real, Encinitas 92024 Tuition $50 per person, additional $20 for trim plus choice of glaze and firing If you’d like to take home your creations, a $20 additional fee will be due before the end of class for each item. This fee includes the cost of firings, professional trimming, and your choice of glaze, ensuring your piece is beautifully finished and ready to enjoy! Description Whether you’re celebrating Galentine’s or Valentine’s, make this special day unforgettable by learning a new skill at our Give it a Spin! pottery wheel class. Join us for a fun, creative evening where you’ll get hands-on with the pottery wheel, sip champagne, and indulge in delicious chocolate-covered strawberries. Whether you’re a beginner or looking to refine your skills, you’ll love what you create! If you’re hooked, sign up for our 6-week in-depth classes or return for more hands-on experience. It’s the perfect way to add a touch of creativity and fun to your celebration! Learn More & Register *Members receive 10% off. Learn more about membership here. Sign up for our newsletter to stay up-to-date on classes, exhibitions, and more.

Thursday, 9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. March 20 (1 Day, 4.5 total hours of instruction) La Jolla Studio Paint from a beautiful still life inspired by spring flowers! This is a one-day intensive workshop focusing on painting flowers alla prima. Students will learn about composition by designing and setting up a floral still life. We will take a closer look at the structure of flowers and techniques for painting them. A fun, fast study, and an excellent opportunity to develop painting skills and study floral painting in depth. The workshop will conclude with group critique. For oil painters of all levels. Materials: 9” x 12” or 11” x 14” canvas or linen panel; half-dozen brushes, white bristle flat or filbert, size 2, 4, and 6. One medium-size steel palette knife; small, pointed round brush for detail, size 2–4. Paper towels; Gamsol solvent; small jar for turpentine; wooden palette; oil paints: Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red Medium, Cadmium Yellow Medium Cadmium Lemon, Phthalo Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Titanium White, Raw Umber, Cadmium orange. Visit: https://www.ljathenaeum.org/classes/18 Athenaeum Music & Arts Library on Instagram and Facebook

Kevin Inman Thursday, May 22 from 2–5 p.m. (1 day, 3 total hours of instruction) On location in Sherman Heights This plein air painting class is taught on location in beautiful San Diego. Enjoy the golden afternoon light in the vibrant downtown neighborhood of Sherman Heights. The Villa Montezuma is a 19th century Victorian mansion set on a hill overlooking the city skyline and the bay. Join San Diego landscape painter Kevin Inman to learn how to paint spontaneously, simplify a complex subject, and enjoy the moment. Topics include color mixing, design, and how to let go of your inner critic. Materials: Recommended oil or acrylic colors (Gamblin and Rembrandt paints): Limited palette: Alizarin Crimson Permanent, Cadmium Yellow Medium, Ultramarine Blue, Titanium White. This palette saves money but limits your options in advanced painting techniques. Basic palette: Cadmium Yellow Medium (or Hue), Cadmium Yellow Deep (or Hue), Cadmium Red Medium (or Hue), Alizarin Crimson Permanent, Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue Hue, Titanium White, Burnt Umber, or preferred alternatives. Recommended but optional palette: Ivory Black, Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre. Brushes: a range of brushes from #2 on up. I prefer hog bristle flats and filberts. Other: cup or jar for solvent; paper towels; palette or paper palette pad; Gamsol or Turpenoid; linseed oil or Gamblin Solvent-free Gel; sketchbook; pencil; vine charcoal; palette knife; gloves; travel easel or pochade box; hat and sunscreen. Supports: stack of inexpensive materials for quick studies and exercises, such as a five-pack of Blick canvas boards, size 8” x 10” or 11” x 14”, an Arches oil paper pad, or a canvas pad. Two larger canvas boards or stretched canvases, 11” x 14” to 16” x 20”, for longer projects. Athenaeum Music & Arts Library on Instagram and Facebook

Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War, one man embarks on a journey to a remote mountain in Laos where his father was last seen during a secret mission in the war.

Get ready for Groundhog Day by laughing over and over again at Kid Goblin’s improv show! Expect long form improv scenes and some short games based on your suggestions. About Kid Goblin In 2022, six lifelong friends with decades of combined improv experience came together with a shared mission: to spread joy through laughter. And thus, Kid Goblin was born! With boundless creativity and quick thinking, founders Chanel, Joel, Spencer, Mateo, Sara, and Itzel craft a new show every time they hit the stage. From the depths of the underworld and onto the stage, Kid Goblin whisks audiences away to another realm of long-form improv. Based in San Diego, California, this powerhouse team brings infectious energy and comedic prowess to every performance, leaving audiences craving more.

Elon Musk says he'll cut back his work with the federal government to one to two days per week. He said demand for Teslas is still strong, despite protests and plunging sales.

Under the new proposal, the bluffs would be reinforced, and another track would be added to reduce rail congestion in the area.

As the papal conclave nears, people in Italy turn to an online game for some possible outcomes. The goal is to exchange glory, not cash.

The National Association of the Deaf says the White House's failure to provide ASL interpreters during press briefings leaves some deaf and hard of hearing people without information.

More than 30,000 people have already voted in the election for the president of the D.C. Bar Association, more than triple the previous record set in 1990.