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Meriwether Lewis, commander of the famed Lewis and Clark Expedition that explored the newly purchased Louisiana Territory from 1803-06, returned home from this perilous journey with every hope (as well as his country’s expectations) of a bright and productive future. Yet within three years, the 35- year-old Lewis was dead in a lonely inn along the Natchez Trace in rural Tennessee, the victim of two gunshots. This lecture by Drs. Dave and Marti Peck, based on their new book of the same title, will help shed light on the mysterious historical fate of this American icon. This event is free and open to the public, and there is no need to pre-register. Audience: Recommended for adults.

Robert Warren leads this popular qi gong class, a mind-body-spirit practice that improves one's mental and physical health by integrating posture, movement, and breathing technique. NOTE: Class consists of two 1-hour sessions with slightly different contents at 9:30am and 10:30m. Students may attend either or both.

Welcome to Le Salon De Musiques — a concert experience unlike any other. You will feel the essence of chamber music. Up-close seating allows you to enjoy music the way it was meant to be shared. Following the concert, meet the artists and fellow concertgoers while savoring a high tea buffet catered by The French Gourmet. It’s an afternoon you will not soon forget, an experience that will enrich your life unlike any other form of entertainment. After 11 years in Los Angeles, we’re providing this unique experience to San Diegans at our new venue at the La Jolla Woman's Club. Season 2023-2024: Grand Opening with Quartet Integra (Including high tea buffet after the performance) PROGRAM: Introduced by musicologist Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano - H. Purcell: "Chacony" in G minor for String Quartet - L. Beethoven: String Quartet No.4 in C minor Op 18 - F. Schubert: String Quartet No.14 in D minor D 810 "Death & the Maiden" Quartet Integra: Kyoka Misawa, Violin, Rintaro Kikuno, Violin, Itsuki Yamamoto, Viola, Anri Tsukiji, Cello. For more information visit: lesalondemusiques.com

Join Solana Center for this two hour presentation where you will learn the basics of traditional composting and get an introduction to bokashi, a fermentation method that will enable you to compost all your food waste, including meat, dairy, and liquids. This “pre-composting” process uses an inoculant of effective microbes to preserve kitchen scraps until you’re ready to incorporate them into your soil or compost bin. Learn how bokashi can be used to increase your organic waste diversion and enrich your soil microbiome. All pre-registered attendees who are residents of unincorporated San Diego County will receive a free kitchen scraps container, courtesy of the County of San Diego. In this workshop, we will cover: - What is composting and why it is so important - What tools and materials you’ll need - What is bokashi, how does it work, and what are its benefits? - Successfully fermenting your food scraps with bokashi - Methods for composting bokashi-treated materials Please contact us with any questions: Phone: (760) 436-7986 ext. 700 Email: compost@solanacenter.org Made possible through generous funding by the County of San Diego and County of San Diego Recycling. Thanks to our site sponsor, the San Diego County Library. For more information visit: solanacenter.org

Brahms and Mahler face hope and loss in two very different ways—Brahms with his ravishing and intimate horn trio (featuring the principal horn of the Berlin Philharmonic, Stefan Dohr) and Mahler with a grand and epic work, essentially a symphony for two singers and orchestra, heard here in an arrangement for chamber orchestra of virtuoso players and two of the world’s finest singers, all led by maestro Alan Gilbert.

Band leaders Charles McPherson and Gilbert Castellanos bring some of the most beloved charts from Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie to the Rady Shell stage, featuring a band made of up of some of the top jazz players in the U.S. Note: the San Diego Symphony does not appear on this program. Musicians from the Young Lions Jazz Conservatory will perform a pre-concert set. Stay Connected on Social Media! Charles: Facebook & Instagram Gilbert: Facebook & Instagram

*VIRTUAL WEBINAR* On Tuesday, March 8th, from 11am-12pm, Hannah's Family Center presents "Powerful Co-Parenting Relationships: For Parents Who Live Together or Apart," which will nurture an emotionally healthy family atmosphere for your child through powerful co-parenting techniques that support happy and thriving children. Hannah’s Family Center’s mission is to help parents succeed in raising emotionally healthy children through healthy co-parenting relationships. Registration is required and can be completed here: https://bit.ly/35pax3j. Since 1988, Hannah’s Family Center has helped San Diego families navigate unexpected loss, trauma, and significant adverse changes by offering services that stabilize, educate, and treat at-risk youth and their parents, whether parents live together or separately. The Center’s mission has expanded to reach families earlier, before the bonds of family become too frayed to heal.

Come paint the city on canvas at Oceanside Museum of Art’s (OMA) 2023 Oceanside Plein Air Festival from July 15 through July 22. Come together to celebrate creativity and the natural environment with artists of various skills to take over our beautiful city with plein air painting. There will be Artist Workshops, Artist Networking events, Big Easel Sales, Quick Paint Challenges, and Awards during the Festival. Artwork created during the Festival will also be up for selection for our Plein Air Exhibition that will run through January 2024 at OMA. Friends, neighbors, visitors, and art lovers are all invited to share in the wonder as we watch scenes of the ocean and beaches, landscapes, and cityscapes of Oceanside come to life on canvas and paper. Be part of the creation or come support our local artists! View our Festival schedule of events. Middle school to professional artists are invited to participate. For more information visit: oma-online.org Stay Connected on Facebook

Lizzy & The Triggermen make their San Diego debut at Golden Island - Mira Mesa's premier dance hall and music venue. Get ready for an incredible experience and an unforgettable night of live swing music! Opening Band: The Mad Hat Hucksters Schedule of Events: 6:00 p.m. - Doors Open 7:45 p.m. - The Mad Hat Hucksters 9:00 p.m. - Lizzy & The Triggermen About Lizzy & The Triggermen: Dubbed "10-piece jazz sensations" (LA Weekly) and "one of the hottest swing bands in LA" (Good Day LA), Lizzy & the Triggermen is forging a path like no other. Underneath the old school glamour is a captivatingly modern band who is just as at home selling out legendary venues like the Troubadour as topping the jazz charts (#3 iTunes) alongside heavyweights like Miles Davis and Kamasi Washington. Part of Lizzy & the Triggermen’s “time traveling genius” (Music Connection) is their ability to thrillingly marry the old with the new, simultaneously transporting the audience back in time, and forward. Like the great tunes of the 1930s which so inspire them, their music boldly tackles our modern troubles and turns them into killer dance songs that fill the audience with joy the way only a wailing horn section can. As their debut EP succinctly states: they make “Good Songs for Bad Times.” At the helm is Lizzy: a charismatic siren with a searing wit and soaring voice. Her “powerhouse vocals” (Broadway World), forged singing opera, recall the great old divas while still sounding completely unique and new. Her songwriting, which Janis Ian likened to Leonard Cohen, is filled with the same biting humor she used to create TV comedies for HBO, Amazon, Legendary, CBS, and the History Channel, garnering multiple Emmy nominations. But the star power doesn’t stop with Lizzy. It emanates through her entire incredible band, a multi-generational dream team of crushers who have played with everyone from Wynton Marsalis to Benny Goodman. For more information about this event, click here!

The 100% volunteer-based nonprofit behind San Diego Festival of Beer, San Diego Professionals Against Cancer is hosting a fundraiser event at Original 40 Brewing in North Park on Thursday, May 18 at 5:30 p.m. The event, It’s Beer O’Clock, will feature games with prizes and of course food and drinks as well. 15% of all beer and food sales from the night will be donated to San Diego Professionals Against Cancer.