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March 2023 took us places: from scary Spain in Resident Evil 4 to Tchia's colorful archipelago, to the Diablo IV beta's grim Sanctuary.

Join us, Wednesday September 21 at 8 p.m., at the historic La Jolla Comedy Store for an evening of laughs to benefit the Oceanside Cultural Arts Foundation. American Me Comedy and Stefani N. Von Huben are bringing together a very funny line-up of comics including the charismatic, musical headliner Henry Sir: a former All Canadian university basketball player gone musician, innovative writer and witty comedian. Henry has performed in many of America’s best clubs (too many to name)! Joining Henry's musical comedy will be a hilarious lineup including: host Jason Rogers, Ali Malik, Jim Pine, Char, and J-Stir! It's going to be a hilarious night of #comedy connecting community through cultural arts! WHEN| Wednesday, September 3, 2022 at 8 p.m. WHERE| The Comedy Store — La Jolla ADMISSION| Tickets may be purchased here! - Tickets are $20 and there is a 2 drink minimum per person. - 21+ with VALID ID, if you have a foreign ID, you also need a passport! Proceeds from tickets sales will be donated to the Oceanside Cultural Arts Foundation, a local project-oriented non-profit 501c3 that supports, promotes, and encourages the Arts in the community. Through their works, they serve to foster an environment where creativity transforms the community and inspires our future generations. The Oceanside Cultural Arts Foundation creates quality events such as art festivals, music concerts, film festivals, literary writing competitions and provides scholarships to graduating high school seniors throughout San Diego pursuing artistic and performing arts degrees. Through these endeavors the Oceanside Cultural Arts Foundation ensures the opportunity to celebrate art both throughout the community as well as in schools furthering education and promoting all areas of art and beyond!

Rapper Doechii hoped her video "Crazy" would make a statement by presenting her nude body as a vessel of power, not sex. YouTube saw things differently.

San Diego Writers Festival co-founders Marni Freedman and Jeniffer Thompson, in partnership with The Coronado Public Library and Warwick’s, are pleased to announce the fourth annual festival taking place at various locations within the library on Saturday, October 8 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. All events are free and open to the public. This year’s festival features an amazing line-up of literary talent, including keynote speaker and international bestselling writer Shilpi Somaya Gowda, author of Secret Daughter, soon to be a movie produced by Amazon with Priyanka Chopra and Sienna Miller, NYT’s bestselling writer Qian Julie Wang, author of Beautiful Country, Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning actress Renee Taylor, best known for her role in the hit TV sitcom, The Nanny, who will share insider stories about her career as an actor, screenwriter, playwright, producer, and director. WHEN| Saturday, October 8, 2022 - This event runs from 9 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Opening ceremony is at 9:30 a.m. in the Coronado Performing Arts Center's Main Stage Theater. For a full schedule of events, visit here. For a printable map and schedule, visit here (PDF). WHERE| Coronado Public Library - 640 Orange Ave. Coronado, California 92118 ADMISSION| This is a FREE event! SOCIALS| San Diego Writer's Festival on Instagram |Facebook |Twitter

San Diego Public Library presents a special 2022 National Poetry Month celebration of one of Vietnam's cultural treasures, "The Tale of Kiều" (Truyện Kiều) with UCSD Vietnamese Heritage Program professor, Kimloan Hill. At 3,254 verses the "Tale of Kiều" is the epic national poem of Vietnam, recounting the life, trials, and tribulations of Thúy Kiều, a beautiful and talented young woman who sacrifices herself to save her family. "The Tale of Kieu" occupies a place akin to the work of Shakespeare in the English language, with students studying it in school and adults alluding to it in daily conversation. This program is SDPL’s 200th anniversary celebration of "The Tale of Kiều" that was canceled at the start of the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020. Saturday, April 9, 2022 from 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Registration for this event will close on April 9, 2022 @ 4 p.m.

Geometric art with water colors and vanishing lines! This event is part of the One Book, One San Diego program featuring the 2022 selection for adults, "The Vanishing Half," by Brit Bennett. #1 New York Times Bestseller One Book, One San Diego is our region's premier literary program, presented in partnership between KPBS and over 80 public libraries, service organizations and educational institutions. Now in its 16th year, the purpose is to bring our community closer together through the shared experience of reading and discussing the same book. One Book, One San Diego is on Facebook+ @OneBookSD on Twitter

Show your individual style by making your own patch like Tíên has on his jacket in "The Magic Fish!" Use fabric and embellishments like sequins and puffy paint to make your patch totally your own. Learn some basic sewing skills to attach your patch to your clothes or take your patch home to sew on later. One Book, One San Diego is our region's premier literary program, presented in partnership between KPBS and over 80 public libraries, service organizations and educational institutions. Now in its 16th year, the purpose is to bring our community closer together through the shared experience of reading and discussing the same book. One Book, One San Diego is on Facebook+ @OneBookSD on Twitter

This book club will be reading and discussing "The Magic Fish," written and illustrated by Trung Le Nguyen: Tien and his mother may come from different cultures—she’s an immigrant from Vietnam still struggling with English; he’s been raised in America—but through the fairy tales he checks out from the local library, those differences are erased. But as much as Tien’s mother’s English continues to improve as he reads her tales of love, loss, and travel across distant shores, there’s one conversation that still eludes him—how to come out to her and his father. Is there even a way to explain what he’s going through in Vietnamese? And without a way to reveal his hidden self, how will his parents ever accept him? This beautifully illustrated graphic novel speaks to the complexity of family and how stories can bring us together even when we don’t know the words. Participants will get to pick up their own copies at the Library to keep. Nov. 17, 2022 at 4 p.m. at the Civic Center Library One Book, One San Diego is our region's premier literary program, presented in partnership between KPBS and over 80 public libraries, service organizations and educational institutions. Now in its 16th year, the purpose is to bring our community closer together through the shared experience of reading and discussing the same book. One Book, One San Diego is on Facebook+ @OneBookSD on Twitter

We will be reading 2022 One Book, One San Diego selection, "We are Water Protectors" by Carole Lindstrom, learning about the importance of water conservation, and exploring water through sensory and science activities. Oct. 17, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. at the Civic Center Library Early Learning and Community Information Hub One Book, One San Diego is our region's premier literary program, presented in partnership between KPBS and over 80 public libraries, service organizations and educational institutions. Now in its 16th year, the purpose is to bring our community closer together through the shared experience of reading and discussing the same book. One Book, One San Diego is on Facebook+ @OneBookSD on Twitter

This book club will be reading and discussing "The Magic Fish," written and illustrated by Trung Le Nguyen: Tien and his mother may come from different cultures—she’s an immigrant from Vietnam still struggling with English; he’s been raised in America—but through the fairy tales he checks out from the local library, those differences are erased. But as much as Tien’s mother’s English continues to improve as he reads her tales of love, loss, and travel across distant shores, there’s one conversation that still eludes him—how to come out to her and his father. Is there even a way to explain what he’s going through in Vietnamese? And without a way to reveal his hidden self, how will his parents ever accept him? This beautifully illustrated graphic novel speaks to the complexity of family and how stories can bring us together even when we don’t know the words. Participants will get to pick up their own copies at the Library to keep. Nov. 10, 2022 at 4 p.m. at the Mission Valley Library Branch One Book, One San Diego is our region's premier literary program, presented in partnership between KPBS and over 80 public libraries, service organizations and educational institutions. Now in its 16th year, the purpose is to bring our community closer together through the shared experience of reading and discussing the same book. One Book, One San Diego is on Facebook+ @OneBookSD on Twitter