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From So Say We All, the local literary and performing arts nonprofit, it's the VAMP storytelling show! This month's theme: YA BLEW IT! Ohhhhh, you *almost* had it! And then you didn’t. Whether it was the perfect job, the new crush, the affordable apartment, or any number of hopes and dreams you felt slip through your fingers like tiny, unobtainable grains of sand, it hurts extra bad when you screw it up and realize how close you were to having it. Whatever *it* is. Do you even know what you did to blow it so bad?! Dang, did you blow it! Featuring stories by: Jay Vu Ryan Horton Jaime Barker Brent Hannify Jason De Los Santos Geoff Allen Jennifer D. Corley For more information visit: sosayweallonline.com Stay Connected on Facebook

Tampa Period Pantry has set up 10 locations to help fight 'period poverty.' It's attracting more attention after Gov. DeSantis vetoed funds for free menstrual products in Florida schools.

Librarians know trivia—Do you? Grab some friends and join us for some nerdy bar trivia with the San Diego Public Library! Put your knowledge of random factoids to the test and compete for prizes that go beyond mere bragging rights while enjoying the food, drinks, and cozy atmosphere of Storyhouse Spirits. The bar is located just across the street from the Central Library, and we will be on the second floor. October's trivia will be especially spooky-themed, so prepare for a ghoulishly good time as we test you on anything and everything Halloween related. No tricks, and we promise you'll be in for a treat - or maybe a trophy! Parking: Some street parking is available downtown, but we recommend utilizing San Diego Central Library's parking garage, located on 11th Ave. Parking at the garage is free for 2 hours, with validation within the library. If you plan to use the garage, please remember to get your parking validated inside the library before walking to Storyhouse Spirits. The library will be closed by the time we finish! We are also just a block down from the Park & Market trolley stop. Please see here for parking fee and transportation information.

The San Diego City Council is reconsidering a key transparency pledge regarding how the city uses surveillance technology. In other news, more SDG&E natural gas customers are getting money back thanks to a utility review that happened after KPBS raised questions about a Fallbrook customer’s oversized bill. Plus, KPBS’ arts reporter has the 411 on Comic-Con.

Sunday features great kids' programming and a focus on women, plus the fantastic Starship Smackdown!

It's Art Month in Nigeria — and a highlight is the celebration of art that is Art X, a wide-ranging fair that highlights "Black portraiture" as well as other creations from the continent.

Encore Wednesday, Jan.10, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Encores Sunday, Jan. 14 at 10 p.m. and Thursday, Jan. 18 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. Not currently available to stream on demand. The moment when Vincent van Gogh looked into a mirror, held up a blade and cut into his own ear defines his turbulent life and art. But what did he really do on the night of Dec. 23, 1888, in the town of Arles? What was his state of mind? No one has been clear on the details … until now.

Join us for the 7th Annual Alley Art Festival Nonprofit curated, inclusive and innovative art festival experience to inspire creative minds to be returning to Historic Downtown Vista, July 22, 2023 The Alley Art Festival is teaming up with Backfence Society and they are bringing Alley Art Back to Downtown Vista and celebrating ELEVATED760's 1 year anniversary! Join us on Saturday, July 22, 2023 from 4:00 p.m – 9:00 p.m. in Historic Downtown Vista in front of 110 S. Citrus Ave., Vista, California. The festival is a family-friendly, free one-day event featuring live entertainment, including music curated by Elevated760, art demonstrations, children’s art activities, an artist market, food trucks, and more! Organized by a collaboration of community arts organizations, The Backfence Society and The Vista Art Foundation, this free-to-attend, nonprofit community festival focuses on art appreciation and diversity among the San Diego and Los Angeles Art Communities, showcasing local, regional, and emerging artists. Enjoy browsing and connecting with artists who create through traditional art forms and contemporary styles. We will be hosting 75 booths of different Artists exhibiting an array of mediums from contemporary to traditional: sculptures, conceptual creations, music, paintings, and many other forms of art. The festival will also host food trucks and an artist market with canvas paintings, jewelry, paper crafts, photography, home decor, ceramics, gift items, and other artistic creations available to purchase. In addition, a children’s arts and craft station will be available to inspire budding artists, where they can create a piece of art to take home with them. Always evolving, and ever-changing, the festival welcomes any artists who push the creative envelope. All are welcome to participate and share in the inspiration and passion that artists bring to this unique experience in the Vista countryside. Seize the chance to experience a myriad of art forms up close and create memories with the one-of-a-kind Alley Art Festival. It is not too late to take part and exhibit, so vendors and artists interested in participating in the event can contact the organizer at: backfencesociety@gmail.com or Elevated760@gmail.com. Follow them on Instagram as well @AlleyArtfestival @BackfenceSociety @Elevated760 For more information visit: downtownvista.org

Coronado Public Library, in partnership with Warwick's bookstore, presents author Michael Connelly in-person discussing his hot-off-the-presses new book, "Resurrection Walk", on Wednesday, November 8 at 7 p.m. at the Coronado Performing Arts Center at Coronado High School. Connelly's book will be published on November 7, the day before the event, and Coronado is only his second book-tour stop after Los Angeles. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Preferred Seating is available with pre-order of Resurrection Walk through this link as well. Event details | • Check-in opens at 6:15 p.m. Please print out your tickets. • Seating is first-come, first served. • Books will be distributed the evening of the event at check-in to "With Book" ticketholders. Additional books will be available for purchase. • The Performing Arts Center is directly behind the Coronado Public Library. You can view a parking map HERE. The two lots marked “school parking lots (for select events only)” will be available. About "Resurrection Walk" | Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long-shot cases, where the chances of winning are one in a million. After getting a wrongfully convicted man out of prison, he is inundated with pleas from incarcerated people claiming innocence. He enlists his half brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, to weed through the letters, knowing most claims will be false. Bosch pulls a needle from the haystack: a woman in prison for killing her husband, a sheriff's deputy, but who still maintains her innocence. Bosch reviews the case and sees elements that don't add up, and a sheriff's department intent on bringing quick justice in the killing of one of its own. Now Haller has an uphill battle in court, a David fighting Goliaths to vindicate his client. The path for both lawyer and investigator is fraught with danger from those who don't want the case reopened and will stop at nothing to keep the Haller-Bosch dream team from finding the truth. Packed with intrigue and courtroom drama, Resurrection Walk shows once again that Michael Connelly is "the most consistently superior living crime fiction author" (South Florida Sun Sentinel). Michael Connelly is the author of 38 previous novels, including #1 New York Times bestsellers Desert Star, The Dark Hours, and The Law of Innocence. His books, which include the Harry Bosch series, the Lincoln Lawyer series, and the Renée Ballard series, have sold more than 85 million copies worldwide. Connelly is a former newspaper reporter who has won numerous awards for his journalism and his novels. He is the executive producer of three television series: Bosch; Bosch: Legacy; and The Lincoln Lawyer. He spends his time in California and Florida.

Yamamoto's postwar childhood in Japan shaped his interest in the interplay of architecture and community. The jury of the prestigious architecture award cited the intergenerational power of his work.