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The former U.S. congresswoman (R-Wyo.) and House leader told graduates of her alma mater that America cannot remain a free nation if the truth is abandoned.

In his book Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution, Rainn Wilson, three-time Emmy nominee for his role in The Office, says the U.S. needs an awakening.

Comic-Con International and San Diego Public Library have teamed up for the Comic Conference for Educators and Librarians. This FREE five-day conference will take place at the San Diego Central Library during Comic-Con® from July 20-24, and will explore the role comics play in promoting education and literacy for all ages. Those in the library and education fields are invited to learn creative and exciting ways to incorporate comics and other popular arts into their work. Through presentations and panel discussions, the Conference hopes to engage the community and promote comics as a medium for learning. The Conference is free to attend, but space is limited and registration is required for each day. Comic-Con badge-holders with valid single same-day or four-day badges are welcome to attend and are not required to register. Register here: Wednesday, July 20 | Teaching with Comics Thursday, July 21 | Library Panels Friday, July 22 | Publisher Panels Saturday, July 23 | Educator Panels Sunday, July 24 | GeekED View the full schedule of panels here. Related links: San Diego Public Library on Instagram Comic-Con International on Instagram

Jed Fielding’s in-your-face street portraiture will take you right into his subjects' vivid lives. Getting in close range, his portraits allows us to feel these intimate interactions, moving beyond traditional photojournalism into personal encounters. His curious subjects reach for each other and for the photographer, too —at times it might feel like they’re reaching for us as well. In this exhibition, the Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA) visitors will see early works by Fielding, in addition to sections focused on his work in Naples, Italy and with blind students in Mexico City. A publication will accompany the exhibition and be available for sale through MOPA’s store. Date | Friday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Location | Museum of Photographic Arts The exhibit is available through September 25. Pay what you wish admission. For more information, please visit mopa.org/exhibitions/encounter-photographs-jed-fielding or call (619) 238-7559.

Mom's, come relax and restore! Local vendors, rejuvenating yoga, a creative art class, DIY nail station, juice bar, and amazing giveaways. Enjoy some time with family, friends, or yourself. Shop, eat, drink, & slow down. Kid friendly event. $5 per family or individual. There will be street parking and the option to park at the Holiday Inn Express next door for $5. Date | Sunday, May 8, 2022 from 12pm-5pm Location | FEMX Quarters Purchase tickets here! $5/Family 2:00-3:00 p.m. : Creative art class led by Aya Art Co. This will be an add on of $30 per person. See the picture below for the final product, a beautiful mug. To sign up please email aya@ayaart.co 4:00-5:00 p.m.: Free yoga flow led by Crystal Richter. To sign up please email theresa@homegirl.space Limited availability. For further information on this event please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mothers-day-market-tickets-303081804837?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Join us for a three-day guided and intentional festival featuring local artists, creatives, healers, and wellness practitioners. Participants are invited to join us at this weekend-long festival to set mindful intentions, tap into our creative expression, and create soulcare rituals that support our holistic well-being as we bring in the summer solstice. Connect. Create. Celebrate with us! What to expect at the festival: • Impactful arts + wellness workshops • Soulcare + Personal development • Networking & community connections • Music, dancing, and live performances • Social mixers with refreshments and lite bites • What's included in the ticket price: • 3 Social Hours / Community Mixers ($75 value) • 3 Mindful Movement Workshops ($75 value) • 3 Creative Expression Workshops ($75 value) • 2 Wellness Workshops ($50 value) • 2 Lunches ($40 value) Vegetarian & Vegan options available • 3 Drink tickets for Social Hours/Mixers ($25 value) About Soultry Sisters: Soultry Sisters believe that arts and wellness are a birthright and should be accessible to all. Our mission is to address the lack of representation of diverse races and socioeconomic statuses in the wellness industry by providing affordable and accessible events for women of color. We collaborate with female entrepreneurs, women-led businesses, and community-based organizations to increase the visibility of our community's diverse women and connect women of color to these necessary wellness resources. We strive to make wellness more equitable and empower women of color to live vibrant and creative lives. We believe holistic health and wellness are the connection of mind, body, soul, and community. Our events help reframe health from an individual perspective to a communal approach. We help support and celebrate our individual and collective healing journeys through building community. Visit Soultry Sisters to learn more about the event • Fri 24 Jun 2022 6:00p.m. - 9:00p.m. • Sat 25 Jun 2022 10:30a.m. - 5:00p.m. • Sun 26 Jun 2022 10:30a.m. - 6:00p.m.

From the gallery: BEST PRACTICE is pleased to announce the opening of We miss, the first U.S. solo presentation of the work of Hyeyeon Kim. The exhibition will consist of two videos and a reinterpretation of a past performance work. About the works: "Room for Breathing Only" is a video piece that depicts what appears to be a ritual performed by three women in a dimly lit room. For this work, the artist gathered her mother and grandmother in a room where they were given simple instructions to - without talking - communicate only through the tearing and crumpling of a single piece of blank paper. "Take Care (2019)" is a performance piece in which willing participants following instructions to board a train in Seoul, South Korea at a particular time and to look in a specific direction as the train leaves the station are greeted in the distance by the artist waving to them. For her show at Best Practice, Hyeyeon has reworked Take Care to happen periodically over the course of the exhibition and to be viewed online through an extensive municipal CCTV system installed throughout the metropolitan region of Seoul. She will appear briefly during the opening reception. For "Backwards to the Future (2021)," the artist stitched together a 14-minute long video narrative using only leftover and extraneous footage from several years of previous video projects. "Without shooting anything new, I decided to create a work with only the footage I already had. Looking at the huge amount of trash that is waiting because there is no more space to dump it, it seems that mankind can now be sustained with what has already been made. Need to invent new ones? The same goes for artworks. Potential trash sleeping in the corners of computers, cell phones, and external hard drives? This time, I will call them potential works." — Hyeyeon Kim About the artist: Hyeyeon Kim is a video and performance artist. She is interested in the interaction of people and social norms that shape personal relationships. She received her MFA from the University of California, San Diego in 2012. She currently lives and works in Seoul. Related links: Best Practice on Instagram

Early findings show hate crimes are on the rise in recent years both in the San Diego region and across the country. In 2021, the trend only worsened. Also, the San Diego Police Department is spending more than it budgeted on overtime. Plus, a preview of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival happening at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park.

The schools were tools of the U.S. government's attempts to erase tribal culture. But the few that remain have become places Native families want their children to attend.

The state’s underwater parks are getting their once-a-decade review, which shows the system is working just as researchers hoped it would.