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When Beyond Magenta hit shelves in 2014, little had been written or said publicly about transgender and nonbinary teens. The book received positive reviews. By 2015, it was being challenged.

Joshua White is one of the music scene’s most creative and technically accomplished pianists. Praised by legendary musicians like Herbie Hancock as having “immense talent” and lauded for his “daring and courageous approach to improvisation [...] on the cutting edge of innovation," Joshua has distinguished himself as a formidable leader of distinct voice among his peers. Born and raised in Southern California, Joshua received early training at the piano and developed rapidly through rigorous study of both Western European Classical literature and the Black American Music traditions. Shortly after placing in the top two as a finalist of the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition, Joshua began performing as a soloist and musical collaborator all over the world —and continues to maintain an active touring schedule throughout Europe, Africa, and Asia. Date | Sunday, June 5 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Location | Encinitas Library This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please visit sdcl.bibliocommons.com/events or call (858) 694-2415.

Nurses, postal workers and railway employees are all walking out this month in the U.K.'s largest series of labor actions in more than a decade. It's a major challenge to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Praise be! Writers. This “call to workshop” is our literary version of Sunday Mass in which we’ll share communion with the page. Offered the fourth Sunday of each month, members of the congregation will respond to prompts that invite us to pen our petty penchants, fractious fragments, fabricated fictions, flights of fantasy, baffling or beautiful blasphemies—whatever might come and however it might arrive on the page. Under the gentle guidance of each month’s visiting liturgical leader, we’ll be encouraged to express in writing our poetic avowals, lyrical incantations, laudatory epithets, creative connections, celebratory declarations, grammatical gratitude, and prayers to the page. Saints, sinners, non-believers, and writers of all denominations are invited to participate. May’s liturgical leader is the wonderful Bernie Nofel! Date | Sunday, May 22 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Location | Online via Zoom Register here! Members: $10 Nonmembers: $15 For more information, please visit sandiegowriters.org/online-prompt-church-a-generative-writing-worship-service-with-bernie-nofel or call (619) 696-0363.

Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS Video app. Explore Nobel Prize winner Saul Bellow's impact on American literature and how he navigated through issues of his time, including race, gender and the Jewish immigrant experience. Featuring interviews with Philip Roth, Salman Rushdie and others.

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is expected to drop their report on Dec. 21. It's a public document, but book publishers are poised to get the report into your hands.

The catastrophic rupture sent 1 million liters of salt water — and fish — pouring into the street. Berlin Police say two people were hurt, the result of glass shards from the aquarium's collapse.

Inflation, the curse of our pocketbooks and the Federal Reserve, has hit almost every good in the U.S. But the price of a beloved toy has managed to hover around $1 — for more than 50 years.

Join the Mission Valley Branch Library for a Toddler and Preschool Storytime! Recommended for ages 2-5, this storytime program includes books, songs, games and early literacy fun! Please note: Weather permitting, this program will be held outdoors. For outdoor events, masks are recommended but not required. For indoor events, masks are required for unvaccinated individuals ages 2+. For more information on this event please visit HERE!

Technology-driven immersive art installations are wildly popular. And, there's plenty of money to be made from these shows. But is there any value?