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  • This weekend in the arts: Sarina Dahlan's "Preset" book launch (and Filipino desserts) at UCSD; Black Arts Festival at The Old Globe; Singing with the Devil at The Shell; "Head Over Heels" at Diversionary Theatre; Poetry, Contrabass and Wendell Kling at The Athenaeum; Adam Deutsch and Manuel Paul López at The Book Catapult; and the North Park Music Fest.
  • Two years ago, Blackstone bought 66 relatively low-rent apartment buildings in San Diego County from a charitable foundation. Tenants of those 5,800 dwellings say they see rent increases, maintenance issues and evictions in their futures.
  • One week after a parent complained, Gorman's The Hill We Climb was moved. The NAACP chapter in Miami says it wants "to ensure that it takes more than one form to remove our history and heritage."
  • Guam still faces dangerous winds and flash floods as the powerful storm moves away from the island. Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero spoke to Morning Edition about damage so far and federal help on the way.
  • New musical looks to New York in 1986 as the AIDS crisis stirred fear.
  • Martin Scorsese's film Killers of the Flower Moon chronicles a series of murders targeting Osage people in the 1920s. Scorsese shot on location in Oklahoma and consulted closely with Osage citizens.
  • As a member of the Writers Guild of America, Sykes is fully supportive of the current strike; she says the survival of the craft is at stake. Her new Netflix special is I'm an Entertainer.
  • A new report from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography identifies which coastal cliffs are most susceptible to erosion and collapse. Finally, the second annual Afro Con takes place this weekend at the Jackie Robinson Family YMCA. The Afrofuturism convention focuses on literature, music, art, and film which incorporate elements of Black history and culture. The wait for an Omicron specific booster vaccine is almost over. The FDA gave emergency use authorization to the booster today and a CDC panel review is scheduled tomorrow. Then, California lawmakers passed a bill that would declare the state a refuge for transgender youth. Next, the Carlsbad city council voted unanimously on Tuesday to ratify a state of emergency in response to a rise in traffic collisions involving bicycles. And, a look into a San Diego County plan to address a shortage of mental health workers. Then, the problem of cliff erosion isn’t unique to San Diego, California has more than eight hundred miles of coastline.
  • Tens of thousands of Californians with disabilities require special accommodations for dental care, but only 14 centers in the state can treat them.
  • Kate Baer shot into the literary stratosphere with the publication of her debut poetry collection, "What Kind of Woman", which became an instant #1 New York Times bestseller. Kate’s second full-length book of traditional poetry, And Yet, dives deeper into the themes that are the hallmarks of her writing: motherhood, friendship, love, and loss. Taken together, these poems demonstrate the remarkable evolution of a writer and an artist working at the height of her craft, pushing herself and her poetry in a beautiful and impressive way. Intimate, evocative, and bold, Kate’s beguiling poetry firmly positions her in the company of Dorianne Laux, Mary Oliver, Maggie Nelson, and other great female poets of our time. Kate Baer is a poet based on the East Coast. Her first book, "What Kind Of Woman" (2020), was a #1 New York Times Instant Bestseller and featured in publications such as Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue.com & The Chicago Review. Her second collection of poems "I Hope This Finds You Well" (2021) was also a New York Times Bestseller and featured in Entertainment Weekly, Goop, and Cup of Jo. Her work has also been published in Romper, Literary Hub and The New York Times. Her third collection "AND YET" comes out November 2022. Katie Manning is the founding editor of Whale Road Review and a professor of writing at Point Loma Nazarene University. Her most recent collections are "Tasty Other" (Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award), "How to Play" (Louisiana Literature Press), and "28,065 Nights" (River Glass Books). Her poem “What to Expect” was the season three finale on the Poetry Unbound podcast. Kate Baer on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
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