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Create cherished holiday memories and celebrate Christmas at The Del with a holiday feast in the new Southpointe Ballroom, featuring a beautiful display of sparkling holiday lights adorning the vaulted ceiling. Gather around the table with those you love most for an elegant buffet decked with all the trimmings and a few gourmet surprises. The resort’s 2023 season will be "A Twenties Holiday Affair" with the return of Skating by the Sea®, thousands of holiday lights, and dazzling holiday décor in 1920s art-deco style throughout the resort. For more information visit: hoteldel.com Stay Connected on Facebook

The 16-foot-tall sculpture of the civil rights icon will be officially unveiled later this week. It replaces a 30-foot-tall obelisk erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy in 1908.

Over the past 25 years, OMA has presented over 300 diverse and engaging exhibitions that reflect their core interest to explore the stories of Southern California artists. Legacy: 25 Years of Art and Community is a survey of artwork selected from many of OMA’s past exhibitions. Compelling pieces from landmark community-building exhibits such as Worn with Pride (2000), Chouinard: A Living Legacy (2001), Artifacts: Allied Craftsmen of San Diego (2018), Lowbrow Art: Nine San Diego Pop Surrealists (2009), and Masterpieces of San Diego Painting: Fifty Works from Fifty Years, 1900-1950 (2008), will tell the story of how a volunteer-based organization grew from its humble beginnings in 1997 to the cultural destination it is today. Featuring work by James Hubbell, Wendy Murayama, William Glen Crooks, Allison Renshaw, Italo Scanga, and Charles Arnoldi, among others, this exhibition will create new narratives while remembering the seminal role OMA has played in the history of contemporary art in our region. Related events: Exhibition Celebration: Oct. 29, 2022. Follow Oceanside Museum of Art on social media: Facebook + Instagram

Opening Reception sponsored by the Friends of the Central Library - Saturday, October 28, 2023 from 3 - 5 p.m. The San Diego Art Prize is predicated on the idea that the visual arts are a necessary and rewarding ingredient of any world-class city, and was conceived to promote and encourage dialogue, reflection, and social interaction around San Diego’s artistic and cultural life. This annual award honors artistic expression with a cash prize, exhibition opportunities, and spotlights artists in the San Diego to Ensenada, Mexico region whose outstanding achievements in the field of visual arts merit recognition. The San Diego Visual Arts Network is pleased to announce the four recipients of the 2023 San Diego Art Prize: Mely Barragan, Anya Gallaccio, Janelle Iglesias, and Joe Yorty. Recipients were nominated by 17 local arts professionals and selected by an esteemed panel of curators from respected institutions: Pedro Alonzo - Adjunct Curator, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, Texas, Susanna Temkin - Curator at El Museo del Barrio, New York, New York, Kathryn Kraczon - Director of Exhibitions of the Brown Arts Institute (BAI) and Chief Curator of the David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University, Providence Rhode Island. Free 2hr parking The Visual Arts Program (VAP) demonstrates the library’s role as a cultural institution embracing a broad range of disciplines while assisting San Diego’s emerging, mid-career, and established artists achieve visible opportunities and receive wider local, regional, and national attention. Gallery Hours: Monday & Tuesday, 1-7 p.m. Wednesday – Saturday, Noon – 5 p.m. Sunday, 1 – 5 p.m.

Three-time Blues Music Award Winner, Vanessa Collier is electric and sensational! As a master musician and multi-instrumentalist, Collier, weaves funk, soul, rock, and blues into every powerful performance. With soulful vocals, searing saxophone, and witty songwriting, Collier is blazing a trail, racking up an impressive arsenal of honors, and has already singled herself out as an artist of distinction. Come see her perform at Oceanside Theatre Company on Friday, March 24 at 8:00 p.m.

Here are three things you can do to use books and conversation to help kids get weather ready.

The late rapper's 2004 album MM..FOOD may never have the classic status of its sister release, Madvillainy. But 20 years later, it's the one to play if you want to hear the essence of his artistry.

A group of San Diego Unified students raised a Juneteenth flag over the district's headquarters Tuesday in honor of the national holiday celebrating the end of slavery in 1865.

Voters in a record number of states — including the battlegrounds of Arizona and Nevada — are set to decide this fall whether to enact far-reaching changes to how their elections are run.

"Dutch Harbor: Where the Sea Breaks Its Back" - Special Screening and Talkback Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 6 p.m. Warren Auditorium, Mother Rosalie Hill Hall As part of the Humanities Center’s series on The Frozen Realms, the Humanities Center presents a special showing of Braden King and Laura Moya’s remarkable film, "Dutch Harbor: Where the Sea Breaks Its Back" (1998), about the most westerly point in the United States: Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. Accompanied by a memorable score of music by Michael Krassner and the critically-acclaimed Boxhead Ensemble, the film’s stark and haunting images capture the threatened way of life of a landscape described here as “the last place to go.” Following the screening is a talk back with filmmakers, Braden King and Laura Moya and composer, Michael Krassner. The film will also be on exhibit in the Humanities Center Gallery on view Monday, May 6 through Monday, May 13 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Saints Tekakwitha and Serra Hall, room 200. Braden King is a New York-based filmmaker, photographer and visual artist. His first feature film, "Here," starring Ben Foster and Lubna Azabal, premiered at the 2011 Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals and was distributed theatrically by Strand Releasing in 2012. Additional work includes the lyric feature documentary "Dutch Harbor: Where the Sea Breaks Its Back" (co-directed with photographer Laura Moya; also toured with live soundtrack accompaniment), the award-winning shorts "Home Movie" and "National Disintegrations" (released by Laura Poitras' "Field of Vision") and music videos for Cat Power, Glen Hansard, Yo La Tengo, Sparklehorse, Sonic Youth, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Laurie Anderson and Dirty Three. Laura Moya is the former Director of Photolucida, organizing their Portfolio Reviews events and overseeing Critical Mass programming for many years. Laura co-curated an independent project, "The Early Works Project," which was shown at Newspace Center for Photography, Rayko Photo Center, the Center for Fine Art Photography, and the Photographic Resource Center, as well as "The Elevated Selfie: Beyond the Bathroom Mirror," which exhibited at LightBox Photographic Gallery and the Griffin Museum of Photography. She has participated in Reviews events including the National Society for Photographic Education and LensCulture in Paris, and participated in talks and panels at international festivals such as the Pingyao International Photo Festival and GuatePhoto Festival. Most recently she curated and designed the exhibition spaces for these major museum exhibitions: "HUMAN/NATURE" (Lishui Art Museum/2021 Lishui Photography Festival, China) and "PERSEPHONE’S EDGE" (Benaki Museum/2022 Athens Photo Festival, Greece). Michael Krassner is an American musician and composer, known for his work in the Boxhead Ensemble and The Lofty Pillars. He has collaborated with numerous musical artists, including Califone, Dirty Three, Gastr del Sol, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Will Oldham, Scott Tuma and Ken Vandermark. Parking and Campus Map: When visiting USD, please plan ahead and allow yourself ample time to park your vehicle, pay at a pay station, and take the tram to your desired destination or event. Campus map: www.sandiego.edu/maps/ Parking: visitors may park in the West Parking Structure/West Lot. Vehicles must have a valid USD parking permit OR pay at a pay station or on the ParkMobile app between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, including vehicles displaying an ADA placard. After 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and all day on Saturdays and Sundays, payment is not required to park on campus, and guests may park in any non-reserved space. The pay stations on campus accept coins as well as Visa & Mastercard credit/debit cards. They do not accept cash or American Express cards. The rate for parking in metered areas is $2.50 per hour. All paid parking areas at USD operate as pay-by-plate. This means that a license plate number is required when making a payment at the pay station. It may be helpful to take a picture of your license plate after you park your vehicle. Once you have made your payment, there is no need to display your receipt on your dashboard. Payment at all metered space locations above may also be made from your smartphone. Download the Parkmobile App: parkmobile.io/. Tram Service: a Tram service is offered free of charge from West Parking Structure up to the main campus. Take the “West Campus Loop” tram to the top of the hill. Manchester Hall will be straight ahead, third building on your right. The tram runs every 5 to 7 minutes. A complete tram schedule is available on the Tram Services Website. Live Map of the USD Trams: on the PassioGo app https://uofsandtram.passiogo.com/ you can view a live map of each route displaying the vehicle's location. For more information check this page.