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Twilight in the Park Free Concerts 2024 season is starting June 18 with a double header. Child Prodigy Kahlil Childs and his jazz ensemble start at 4 p.m. followed by “The Pretenders” tribute band Pretending Chrissie at 6:30 p.m. This season offers a variety of music genres including rock and roll, jazz, country, blues, mariachi and orchestral music. Listen to music in an iconic setting at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park. The free concerts start June 18 through August 29, (no concert on June 20) every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Enjoy these summer concerts with family and friends and don’t forget to bring a picnic. See you there!

President Biden makes his first and only trip to Africa in his presidency, as he travels to Cabo Verde and Angola.

Across Eastern Tennessee, people are connecting on social media to help clear out ruined furniture, scrub off mud, and deliver jugs of water so people can flush toilets.

The first full map of an adult fruit fly's brain shows 50 million connections between neurons. Researchers are using the map to learn how all brains work.

A new report finds more election officials are leaving their jobs now than at any point in the past two decades. But the report also adds new context to the phenomenon.

The San Diego Veterans For Peace will be displaying its Hometown Arlington West Memorial on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27th, 2024 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. The display, made up of approximately 300 headstones, honor the men and women from Southern California who gave their lives during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. During the day, their names will be read multiple times, a bell will toll, and people will be asked to honor them and to consider their sacrifice. Stay Connected on Facebook and Instagram

Canadian and Italian dignitaries marked the successful recovery of a portrait of Winston Churchill known as "The Roaring Lion," stolen in Canada and recovered in Italy after a two-year search.

Enjoy whale watching from land at Cabrillo National Monument! Become a Cabrillo National Monument Foundation member or gift a membership in time for events during whale watching season which runs from late December through March. Become a member or gift a membership just in time for whale watching! Memberships start at $50 and include invitations to exclusive events, store discounts and more. Visit our website for details and special deals in the month of December at CNMF.org. The park is open 365 days a year including holidays from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. The Bayside Trail closes at 4 p.m. and the tidepools close at 4:30 p.m. Cabrillo National Monument Foundation on Facebook / Instagram

In August, film critic and scholar Beth Accomando will return to host Flicks on the Bricks. This year, she has chosen four political comedies. The Athenaeum's outdoor movie series, Flicks on the Bricks makes it possible for you to enjoy classic movies that you love while enjoying the beautiful summer night on the patio of the Athenaeum. Thursday, August 8, 8 p.m. » "The Great McGinty" (1940) Dan McGinty has great success in his chosen field of crooked politics, but he endangers it all in one crazy moment of honesty. Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine to help with vote fraud. His great aptitude for this brings rapid promotion from "the boss," who finally decides he'd be ideal as a new, nominally "reform" mayor; but this candidacy requires marriage. His in-name-only marriage to honest Catherine proves the beginning of the end for dishonest Dan... Thursday, August 15, 8 p.m. » "Dr. Strangelove" (1964) An unhinged American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop. Thursday, August 22, 8 p.m. » "The Candidate" (1972) Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment. Thursday, August 29, 8 p.m. » "Election" (1999) The high school Class President election is approaching and it looks like Tracy Flick is going to win, unopposed. However, teacher Jim McAllister has other plans. He convinces jock Paul Metzler to run, sparking off an interesting chain of events. For more information visit: ljathenaeum.org Stay Connected on Facebook and Instagram

With only weeks to a divisive election it can be hard to talk politics. Polarization can damage our relationships and our health. We have strategies to reduce election stress, starting with ourselves.