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National City's Pepper Park can soon expand in size by nearly 50% thanks to a ruling this week by the California Coastal Commission to approve the National City Balanced Plan.

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony February 27 at 9 a.m., Oceanside Campus, Chemistry/Biotechnology Building (OC13) RSVP for this state-of-the-art facility features cutting-edge chemistry and biotechnology labs along with two flexible 40-seat classrooms to support student learning. As our Biotechnology program expands, this building will provide much-needed space for growth and serve as a key part of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) quad and plaza.

Imagine a place where the thrill and joy of dance is truly accessible to all — this is the heart of Dynamic Inclusive Dance (DID, an expansion of WDO Wheelchair Dancers Organization). Every year, DID/WDO hosts an annual showcase fundraiser to share their talented dancers with the greater San Diego dance/arts community while raising critical funds to support their mission-driven work. This year’s SHINE + SOAR Showcase features choreographic themes of joy and hope! Join us in fundraising to celebrate 17 YEARS of artistic empowerment through the transformative power of inclusive dance! - Who: Dynamic Inclusive Dance (Wheelchair Dancers Organization) performers - What: SHINE + SOAR 2025 Showcase Fundraiser - When: Sunday October 05, 2025 (12 p.m - 3 p.m., 11 a.m. doors open) - Where: Champion Ballroom Academy (4255 Ruffin Rd #200, San Diego, CA 92123) - Tickets: $15 at the door – but visit our website for discount ticket deals! - Website: https://www.DynamicInclusiveDance.org DID/WDO notable performances include the San Diego County Fair and Jason Mraz Foundation’s Kaleidoscope. DID/WDO offers classes (in-person and online) in styles such as Ballroom, Latin, Bollywood, Hip Hop, Afro-Caribbean Fusion, Ballet, and more – and DID/WDO continues to provide reduced-cost access to our inclusive classes through scholarships and tuition waivers! Visit our website for our class schedule: www.DynamicInclusiveDance.org DID/WDO has been offering inclusive, physically integrated movement opportunities to all ages, abilities, and mobilities since 2008. Our story began with Beverly Weurding, who was 55 when she was diagnosed with Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. In order to continue pursuing her lifelong passion for dance, Beverly founded Wheelchair Dancers Organization to create and share inclusive classes and performance opportunities with the greater disabled community. DID/WDO’s artistic empowerment continues to impact hundreds of lives today. Wheelchair Dancers Organization is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Wheelchair Dancers Organization on Facebook Dynamic Inclusive Dance on Instagram

Bruno Dominguez is one of 110 high school students who competed at the National High School Musical Theatre Awards, known as the Jimmy Awards, in New York last week. Also, we look at what The Old Globe is serving up this summer in terms of Shakespeare. Then, your weekend arts preview.

Independent video game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 swept the Game Awards last night. The L.A. ceremony draws millions of views for its industry honors and exclusive previews of upcoming games.

Join Linda Cassady for a journey into the literary wonderland of Charles Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, through the treasured Cassady Carroll Collection of USC's Special Collections. This engaging lecture explores how a remarkable book collection has inspired students to discover the genius behind Alice's adventures, transforming some into artists in their own right. Discover the extensive works by and about Lewis Carroll housed in the University of Southern California Special Collections, and learn how an innovative Wonderland Award competition sparks the imagination of Southern California students as they pursue and rediscover Dodgson's legacy. Come see how students tumble down their own rabbit holes of creativity, finding Alice in the wonderland of their own imaginations through art, literature, and scholarly exploration. The Carroll Collection The Cassady Lewis Carroll Collection was established in 2000 and has grown to contain more than 6,000 rare books, pamphlets, letters, and other items related to the work of Lewis Carroll including inscribed editions, books from Carroll‘s own library, and many works by major illustrators of the Alice stories. There are signed copies of movie scripts, playbills from stage adaptations, Victorian-era playing cards, and pop-up books. More recently, comic books, graphic novels, manga editions, literary parodies, computer games, movies, and original art work related to Carroll and his Alice books are part of the collection. The Wonderland Award The Annual Wonderland Award is an annual multidisciplinary competition at the University of Southern California that encourages new scholarship and creative work related to Lewis Carroll. A primary goal is to promote use of the G. Edward Cassady, M.D., and Margaret Elizabeth Cassady, R.N., Lewis Carroll Collection, held in Doheny Library at USC. Since 2005, about 600 students have reimagined, reinterpreted, and remixed Carroll’s stories. Submissions include film and screenplays; poetry and readings; short fiction; book art [writing desks, boxes of wonder, missing diaries]; music, lyrics, scores, and performances; art [photography, painting, digital art, art installations]; ballet and dance; golf courses, board and digital games [with music, readings, and polysyllogisms]; illustrated novels; arts and crafts [dolls, ceramic tea sets, and fashion], and scholarly essays. Linda Cassady and her husband, George Cassady, MD, gifted a Lewis Carroll Collection to the University of Southern California in 2000. Her area of "collecting” Carroll is as a sponsor and judge of the Wonderland Award, an annual multidisciplinary competition that encourages new scholarship and creative work related to Lewis Carroll. Linda is a member of the USC Libraries Board of Councilors. She is the past president and current treasurer of the Lewis Carroll Society of North America. Coronado Public Library on Facebook / Instagram

In a once-in-a-generation collaboration, saxophonist and composer Ravi Coltrane and trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard will perform the music of Miles Davis and John Coltrane in a very limited number of live appearances. The tour is as much about the current legacy of jazz and its future over the next 100 years as it is a tribute to the past century of this art form, with reimagined tunes by both Miles Davis and John Coltrane. La Jolla Music Society on Facebook / Instagram

Journalist Elsa Sevilla talks about her journey to the spotlight in her recently released memoir. Plus, how one musical reimagines a classic fairy tale. And finally, a local home cook shares his experience competing on PBS' "The Great American Recipe," in your weekend arts preview.

Join artist Fredric Hope for an in-gallery talk on his work, artistic practice, the roles of creativity and curiosity, and his approach to visual storytelling. See the exhibit before it closes June 28 Growing up by the sea and observing Southern California’s shores and seasonal cycles for decades, regional artist Fredric Hope’s work brilliantly celebrates the beauty of nature’s artistry, refracted through memory, in a unique form of visual and emotional archaeology. Hope’s distinct approach expands Southern California painting traditions that invite us to interpret silent stories, and contemplate the visual whispers of time, place, and the increasing vulnerability of coastal regions.

In a corner of San Diego often overlooked, three childhood friends found purpose in graffiti art. What began as a creative path away from gang life eventually drew attention from law enforcement and changed the course of their lives in unexpected ways.