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You’ve written your story, but something is wrong. You can’t quite put your finger on it, but you believe it’s a serious problem. How do you know what to fix? In this seminar-style course, author/publisher Mark O’Bannon discusses how to analyze and fix a story. One of the main reasons that stories fail is because the writer is using obsolete techniques. Sessions' description: • First Session: You’ll learn some of the advanced writing techniques used by professional writers such as J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter), J.J. Abrams (LOST, Star Trek, Star Wars) and Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad). • Second Session: You’ll learn how to break down a story into its essential elements so that you can create a plan to improve your work. • Third Session: Learn how to use simple techniques to fix a broken story. • Last Session: Discover how you can take an average story and turn it into a great story. This course is for anyone who wants to learn how to see if a story will work (and make money) or if it will fail. Discover how to recognize a broken story and how to fix it before you put time and money into your project. Bring a pen and paper for notes. Date | Tuesday, February 15 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Location | Online via Zoom Register here! For more information, please visit sandiegowriters.org/how-to-fix-a-story-with-mark-obannon or call (619) 696-0363.

Thursday June 9 comedy is back at Amplified Ales East Village with Ryan O'Flanagan from Comedy Central headlining. Featured performers are Logan Guntzelman, Tatiana Cwiklinski, and Steven Ghabbour. Show starts at 8 p.m. Limited Seating. This night is sponsored by Old Harbor Distilling. Riff City Comedy hosts a comedy show bringing the best comedians from San Diego, Los Angeles, New York and around the country. We pride ourselves on creating the best atmosphere and experience for comedians and guests alike in what we think is the best room in the city. The show starts at 8 p.m. and typically has 3-5 comedians on the billing including the headliner. Past performers have been Erik Griffin, Hannah Einbinder, Moses Storm, Brody Stevens, Taylor Tomlinson, Brian Simpson, Eddie Pepitone, Eleanor Kerrigan, Beth Stelling, Jesus Trejo, Jeremiah Watkins, Josh Potter and many more

The singer-songwriter assembled her band at a New Hampshire bookstore for a set of warm folk-pop songs.

How federal elections are run across the U.S. could be upended if the Supreme Court adopts even a limited version of a once-fringe idea known as the "independent state legislature theory."

After months of inescapable marketing, viral memes and crossover merch, two of the year's most anticipated movies hit theaters on Friday. Here's why so many people want to see both — and how to prep.

The trip was Putin's first-ever visit to the Donbas region, which Russia illegally annexed last year. It followed the International Criminal Court's decision to issue a warrant for him on war crimes.

About the program: Rafael Payare, conductor Veronika Eberle, violin Repertoire: Esa-Pekka SALONEN: Nyx Serge PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19 Maurice RAVEL: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé Claude DEBUSSY: La mer (The Sea) Description: Rafael Payare leads the Orchestra in a program that begins with Esa-Pekka Salonen’s virtuosic symphonic poem, Nyx. The quiet and intimate lyricism of Serge Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1, written in the middle of the Russian Revolution, is brought to life by German violinist Veronika Eberle. Two contrasted masterpieces by the greatest French composers of the early 20th century, Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, show the San Diego Symphony Orchestra at its most brilliant and virtuosic. Note: on both concert dates gates open at 3:30 p.m.

The company behind the iconic green and yellow farm equipment says it wants to make it easier for farmers and independent repair shops to fix problems with its tractors and other products.

AI may be the topic du jour, but for now only a human can read attentively and sensitively enough to genuinely recreate literature in a new language, as translators have done with these three works.

Republican wins in state supreme court races could not only shape abortion and voting rights, but also the balance of power in Washington.