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From San Diego weekend arts events (KPBS feature): Park Social is the City of San Diego's new public art program that pairs artists with public parklands in San Diego. It launched in May, with projects, installations, workshops, "activations" and other participatory events happening on a rolling basis until November — plenty of time for audiences to gradually discover as much of the art as possible. This weekend's "Park Social Exploration Day" is a way to make a day of it, and tour several projects in a row. Nine of the 18 projects will be on view, mostly in their final forms. I recently profiled Margaret Noble's sound-based chalk mural in Point Loma, "Locked Groove" in one of the summer's five works of art. You can also read more here about "Collective Memory," Yvette Roman and Sheena Rae Dowling's San Ysidro installation and community event. Also featured in Saturday's event are the "Toltec Totems" by Mario Torero and Sarah Bella Mondragon, which opens officially on Friday in pop-up form at the Centro Cultural de la Raza, as well as at the Balboa Park fountain and the Plaza de Panama. See more about other artists below. —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS From the organizers: Explore art and parks, during our free roving public Exploration Day. Along the way, you’ll meet many of the Park Social artists and see events and installations across the city. Schedule: Collective Memory - Picnic and Installation Viewing at San Ysidro Community Park, 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Essential San Diego - Temporary Installation at Kate Sessions Park, 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. The Honeycomb Harmonies - Musical Playground at Rolling Hills Park, 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Locked Groove - Installation at Plumosa Park, 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Reading to Strangers - Performance at Mira Mesa Community Park, 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Toltec Totems - Pop-up at Balboa Park (Plaza de Panama), 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Treeline - Community Event at John P. Baca Park, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Tribute to Paleteros - Installation at Standley Park, 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Walking the Wall - Performance at North Park Community Park, 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Find a map of the projects here. Stop by our portable "ranger stations" to pick up your official Park Social guide and collectible patch (while supplies last). Free water and snacks will be provided if available. Related links: Park Social project San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture on Instagram

Each month, join KPBS Kids and San Diego Children's Discovery Museum for a costume character meet-and-greet and hands-on workshops. In September, meet Buddy from Dino Train! Join us at the museum for a visit by the costume character*, a special story time, book giveaway, and special activities throughout the Museum. *Socially-distanced photo opportunity with the costume character is subject to availability and weather permitting. This project is a partnership between KPBS and San Diego Children’s Discovery Museum, made possible by funding from the Linden Root Dickinson Foundation. KPBS is a public service of San Diego State University. Visit: https://www.sdcdm.org/KPBS2022 Socials: San Diego Children's Discovery Museum: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram KPBS: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

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Be a part of history and come join us on June 18 for the International Day of Yoga as declared by the United Nations to help raise awareness worldwide of the many benefits of practicing yoga. "Yoga is not just about exercise; it is a way to discover the sense of oneness with yourself, the world and the nature," Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Chakra Sequence Yoga & Crystal Singing Bowl Music Come explore balancing the seven chakras with a gentle mindful yoga practice facilitated by JoAnn Jaffe, Founder of OG Yoga, and live chakra singing bowl musical accompaniment by Joe Schwab. This 90 minute session is open to everyone. Come prepared for a deeply relaxing experience, created by the meditative sounds of crystal bowls. The instructions for this session are simple: come, lie down, focus on your breath, and allow your body to relax in this peaceful sound immersion as we go through the seven chakras. This event will take place at our state-of-the-art studio in Normal Heights and virtually via Zoom. About OG Yoga - a nonprofit organization: OG Yoga is a San Diego non-profit on a mission to deliver trauma informed mindfulness based yoga to marginalized individuals to support healing, resilience, self-development and positive social change. 100% of donations will go directly to providing yoga, meditation, and mindfulness to students experiencing PTSD, incarceration, poverty, homelessness, domestic violence, at risk youth, and more Your participation in this event will allow someone else to practice yoga who otherwise may not have had access. Changing the world starts with changing within, and you are doing just that through your yoga practice.

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