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This episode was recorded in front of a live audience during Cultural Unity Week at Mesa College. We hear from two giants of the campus on the topic of education and its importance outside of the classroom. Music: • Good Question (rapper Skinny Veny & beatmaker .EDU) - Fricassee Guests: • Veronica Gerace • Dr. Ashanti Hands • Professor Starla Lewis Credits: Parker Edison (host), Kurt Kohnen (co-creator), Chris Reyes (head editor) and Gene Flo (score producer)

WRITE OUT LOUD, an organization founded in 2007 with a commitment to inspire, challenge and entertain by reading literature aloud for a live audience - announces the 13th Annual TwainFest. Twainfest will take place on Saturday, August 20 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Heritage County Park,. There is a limited capacity - so reservations are required for your free entry. TwainFest, now a tradition for many San Diego families, is an all-day FREE festival celebrating Mark Twain and the literature and culture of 19th Century America. There is something for everyone at this festive old-fashioned gathering. Write Out Loud Artistic Director, Veronica Murphy, shared “We are so grateful to be returning to Heritage Park for this year’s celebration. TwainFest provides new interactive experiences with Don Quixote, Meg and Jo of Little Women fame, and other literary favorites. Reading aloud is what we do - we look forward to sharing it with the community.” Returning Festival Favorites: ● Local San Diego performers present 19th Century stories and poems by Mark Twain, Lewis Carroll, Miguel de Cervantes, Robert Louis Stevenson, Louisa May Alcott, Alice Dunbar Nelson and Kenneth Grahame. ● Mad Hatters Tea Party - immerse yourself in an interactive event with The Mad Hatter, Alice, White Rabbit & Door Mouse as you explore the world of Lewis Carroll. ● Tom Sawyer’s Fence Painting - Tom Sawyer, Aunt Polly and Becky Thatcher seek out children at the park. Working together, they find things to trade with Tom for permission to help him whitewash the fence! ● The Authors Salon provides the opportunity to meet beloved writers of the period; Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson and Henry David Thoreau. ● Giant puppets of Mark Twain, Emily Dickinson, Paul Laurence Dunbar and Edgar Allan Poe will wander the park. ● An arcade of unique literary games and activities designed especially for TwainFest will entertain players of all ages. Games & activities include: Calaveras Jumping Frog Launch, Frog Toss, Never-ending Story, Election of 1872, Huck Finn’s Rope Making, Fishing for Words, Wheel of Fiction, Chortle This and Red Queen’s Croquet. ● Free books are provided at the Book Emporium to all who participate. Learn more about this event at www.writeoutloudsd/twainfest/

Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, Jan. 22 at 6:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Watch now with KPBS Passport! Join the master trumpeter and special guests for an evening of jazz, pop and favorite standards. Featuring violinist Caroline Campbell, guitarist Leo Amuedo, saxophonist Chad Lefkowitz-Brown and vocalists Sy Smith and Veronica Swift.

Calls during the public comment of the supervisors’ meeting came after a $2.6 million jury verdict in another case involving allegations of discrimination.

Lola "Gangsta Boo'' Mitchell was found dead Sunday in Memphis, Tenn., her hometown at the age of 43. The cause of death has not been released.

Alley died of cancer that was only recently discovered, her children True and Lillie Parker said in a post on Twitter. The Emmy-winning actress was known for roles including Rebecca Howe on Cheers.

Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez have been drawing and writing their comic book series Love and Rockets since 1982.

About the program: Rafael Payare, conductor Veronika Eberle, violin Repertoire: Esa-Pekka SALONEN: Nyx Serge PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19 Maurice RAVEL: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé Claude DEBUSSY: La mer (The Sea) Description: Rafael Payare leads the Orchestra in a program that begins with Esa-Pekka Salonen’s virtuosic symphonic poem, Nyx. The quiet and intimate lyricism of Serge Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1, written in the middle of the Russian Revolution, is brought to life by German violinist Veronika Eberle. Two contrasted masterpieces by the greatest French composers of the early 20th century, Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, show the San Diego Symphony Orchestra at its most brilliant and virtuosic. Note: on both concert dates gates open at 3:30 p.m.

NPR checks in on a woman in Ukraine, six months after her town was liberated from Russian occupation.

Día de los Muertos, honors loved ones who have passed, the holiday resonated in Uvalde, Texas with a deeper degree of tragedy this year after the community lost 19 children and two teachers last May.