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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!

*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.

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.

And not just toddlers — infants and preschoolers too. A new effort aims to help the 4 million college students raising kids by putting Head Start programs on community college campuses.

Spend 4th of July in Oceanside! Join us at The Rooftop Bar for a historic flyover featuring the San Diego Salute Formation. See a historic flyover by vintage Beechcraft T-34s, propeller-driven, single-engine, military trainer aircrafts, soaring over the Oceanside Pier - a heart pumping reminder and demonstration of freedom, service and independence in SoCal. Looking for the perfect day in Oceanside this 4th of July? Visit The Rooftop Bar at Mission Pacific Hotel for an ice-cold beverage and Mediterranean bites as you secure your prime viewing spot of the San Diego Salute Formation's family friendly flight demonstration at 3:30 p.m. The Rooftop Bar will also be hosting a mini-music festival to celebrate the diverse musical tapestry of America. Guests can enjoy a good old-fashioned BBQ and a blend of live performances and DJ sets showcasing a wide range of distinctly American genres, including Jazz, Country, Blues, Rock & Roll, Soul, and more. For more information visit: missionpacifichotel.com

McAlister Institute will hold its 11th Annual 5K Walk for Sobriety on Saturday, September 30, 2023, at NTC Park at Liberty Station. The Walk is an opportunity to bring help and hope to thousands of individuals and families braving the unforgiving cycle of addiction. The Walk for Sobriety is not only an opportunity to raise funds for life-saving services, but also a positive way to increase awareness, support the power of recovery, and fight the stigma many people with substance use disorders experience. Jeanne McAlister, founder of the McAlister Institute, is celebrating her 91st birthday and 67th year of sobriety. All proceeds from the Walk for Sobriety benefit McAlister Institute, one of San Diego's leading resources for individuals and families impacted by addiction. McAlister Institute helps bring life-saving services in substance abuse treatment, mental health counseling, life skills education and vocational training to individuals. McAlister Institute’s mission is to save lives by ensuring affordable, quality treatment for every individual and family who seeks help, striving not to turn anyone away regardless of financial issues. Check-in and registration will begin on-site at 8 A.M. Registration costs $35 per adult and $5 per child (ages 12 and under). “Since 1977, hundreds of thousands of individuals suffering from addiction have passed through the doors of McAlister Institute, and not one of them – not one – has chosen to become an addict,” said Jeanne McAlister, Founder and CEO of McAlister Institute. “Treatment solutions shouldn’t discriminate who gets help. That’s why we keep our doors open to everyone.” The pet-friendly event welcomes walkers, runners, and online supporters to help spread a powerful message on the day of the Walk by wearing the number of days they—or their loved ones—have been clean and sober, and what it means to them. Connect with McAlister Institute on Social Media! Facebook & X - Twitter

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UC San Diego is pleased to sponsor noted architectural historian Diane Kane, PhD for a presentation on San Diego’s architectural and planning accomplishments during the past 40 years. Where have we excelled and where have we erred? What can be learned from the past to evaluate “Complete Communities,” an ambitious blueprint for housing, transportation, and environmental sustainability to guide growth into the future?

A FREE fashion show, newly engaged game show, speed dating, vendors and more will encompass this first ever bridal expo in San Diego County featuring black brides and models. For more information contact Dawn Hendon producer and chaplain.

Our picks for theater, ballet and comedy to take advantage of ticket discounts during the month of March for San Diego Theatre Month, a program of the San Diego Performing Arts League.