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Everyone is invited to this semester’s Hugh C. Hyde Living Writers Series readings. Enjoy readings and conversation with these prominent writers. These events are free and open to the public, so invite your fellow literature lovers. Award-winning Poet Scholar, and Electronic Literature Pioneer, Amaranth Borsuk Amaranth Borsuk will share her most recent work, including “W/\SH”, a work of speculative poetry created with poet and artist Terri Witek, which includes visual poems, fragments, and epistles envisioning a correspondence between women in two disastrous climate futures who reach for one another across their worlds, hoping to course-correct for the sake of their children. Amaranth Borsuk is a poet, scholar, and book artist working at the intersection of print and digital media. Her most recent book, “W/\SH” (Anhinga, 2026), is a work of speculative poetry created with poet and artist Terri Witek. Borsuk is the author of the poetry collections “Pomegranate Eater” (KorePress, 2016) and “Handiwork” (Slope Editions, 2012) as well as three other collaborative books of poems including: “Abra” (1913 Press, 2016), with Kate Durbin and Ian Hatcher; “As We Know” (Subito Press, 2014), with Andy Fitch; and “Between Page and Screen” (Siglio Press 2012, SpringGun Press, 2016) with Brad Bouse. Her contribution to the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, “The Book”, is a concise introduction to the book’s changing technologies that bridges book history, artists’ books, and electronic literature to reconsider an object we think we know intimately. She has collaborated on installations, art bookmarklets, interactive works, and poems, and is Associate Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington Bothell. This event is co-sponsored by the Digital Humanities Initiative, the Department of English and Comparative Literature, and the CAL HŪMTECH Initiative. Visit: https://www.sdsu.edu/events-calendar?utm_source=salesforce&utm_medium=email#event-details/60201319-56b8-48d0-beb5-5cc2b57ab2af Amaranth Borsuk on Instagram

Seven cage fights will be held on the White House grounds in honor of the nation's upcoming 250th anniversary.

When John Cage composed an opera commemorating the American bicentennial audiences walked out. Now, it's being reinterpreted by new artists in a Detroit Opera production, as the nation turns 250.

The ordeal has left fans forced to either miss out on a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity or scramble to find new tickets, often costing more and for worse seats.

CHE'LU's Chamorro Cultural Festivals for over two decades have united Chamorros — the indigeinous people of the Mariana Islands — in California and beyond in a celebration of our Chamorro language, culture, food, art and seafaring traditions. CHELU San Diego on Instagram

The federal government is offering local law enforcement incentives to join a program that gives their officers authority to make immigration arrests. Police leaders say the funds, which include money for salaries, equipment and vehicles, are enticing.

The California Center for the Arts, Escondido, in collaboration with Persian Place, presents Nowruz – Persian New Year, marking the arrival of spring and the beginning of the new year in Persian culture. Observed for more than 3,000 years across diverse regions and communities, Nowruz remains a time of renewal, reflection, and connection. This gathering reflects a shared commitment to honoring cultural traditions that continue to hold deep meaning for our local community. While many Persian organizations across the United States have paused public programs in response to the current situation in Iran, the Center and Persian Place believe it is important to sustain spaces where heritage, artistic expression, and community can be experienced together. The afternoon will feature live performances, a Women’s Artisan Market, arts and crafts, a kids exhibition, food, music, and free admission to the public opening of the new exhibition, "Maryam Bayat: Unrolling Paradise." This event is free and open to all. Event sponsored by Cosmic Solar & Roofing.

This weekend in the arts in San Diego: Kate Douglas' "The Apiary"; desert art; printmaking in Tijuana; local poetry; SDMA's façade reimagined; vibraphone jazz; plus Daddy, The Band Cope, In Mazes and more local indie music.

U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw accused the Justice Department of conducting a vindictive prosecution against the Salvadoran man.

Raised in Brooklyn, New York and now living in Los Angeles, American novelist Ivy Pochoda is the critically acclaimed author of seven novels, including "These Women" (Ecco 2021), a finalist for The Los Angeles Times Book Prize, The Edgar Award, the California Book Award, The Macavity Award, and the International Thriller Writers Award; and "Sing Her Down" (Picador 2024), which won the LA Times Book Prize. Pochoda is also a 2018 winner of Strand Critics Award for Best Novel and the Prix Page America in France. Her work often delves into themes of female violence, societal judgment, and mythology. Her latest novel, "Ecstasy" (G.P. Putnam's Sons 2025), was considered one of the most-anticipated horror books of 2025. A horror reimagining of playwright Euripides’s Greek tragedy, "The Bacchae," "Ecstasy" explores themes of empowerment, desire, and what happens when women reject the roles set out for them. Ivy Pochoda now leads a creative writing workshop in Skid Row, Los Angeles, where she helped found Skid Row Zine. She is currently a professor of creative writing at the University of California Riverside Palm Desert low-residency MFA program. Come attend this author's reading and Q & A event!