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Spend a summer evening at San Diego Botanic Garden during Summer Nights on Thursday, July 16, with San Diego's 2024 Best Jazz Artist, Mercedes Moore. Nine time nominee for SDMA “Best Blues Artist”, Mercedes Moore is known for her unique blend of 50s/60s swingin soul blues music. Her set list is designed to be upbeat and suitable for partner dancing and freestyle solo fun! Admission begins at 4 p.m., with music going from 5:30 p.m.-7:15 p.m. Guests can enjoy the concert while exploring the Garden's 37-acres of lush landscapes and ocean-view pathways during extended evening hours. A bar with craft beer, wine, non-alcoholic drinks, and light snacks will be available each night. Guests are also welcome to bring their own food and non-alcoholic drinks. Pack a picnic, get cozy, and make the most of your evening in the Garden! San Diego Botanic Garden on Facebook / Instagram

Spend a summer evening at San Diego Botanic Garden during Summer Nights on Thursday, August 6. The Yamoakas and Company trio, featuring Korrie Yamaoka, Jason Yamaoka, and Davy Rockett, weave together indie, folk, and jazz influences into a sound that draws listeners in. Inspired by the emotional storytelling of Norah Jones, the artistry of Regina Spektor, the theatrical depth of Rufus Wainwright, and the dynamic edge of Muse, their music blends warmth, nuance, and memorable melody. Admission begins at 4 p.m., with music going from 5:30 p.m.-7:15 p.m. Guests can enjoy the concert while exploring the Garden's 37-acres of lush landscapes and ocean-view pathways during extended evening hours. A bar with craft beer, wine, non-alcoholic drinks, and light snacks will be available each night. Guests are also welcome to bring their own food and non-alcoholic drinks. Pack a picnic, get cozy, and make the most of your evening in the Garden! Instagram / Facebook

In this course, students will address some of San Diego County’s most pressing community problems by developing a competitive grant proposal for a non-profit organization. Students will learn the golden rules of grant writing; common mistakes made by inexperienced grant writers; and key components of grant proposals, including how to write the program description, evaluation, budget and sustainability sections. We will also discuss how to identify and develop a relationship with grant funders. Finally, students will have the opportunity to review and vet a live grant proposal. San Diego Writers, Ink on Facebook / Instagram

Mysteries and Thrillers have a wide variety of subgenres, including cozy mysteries, police procedurals, and action. However, certain elements are requisite for any engaging novel: dynamic characters, placement of clues, enticing villains, police and forensic knowledge, pacing, dazzling dialogue, and other craft elements. San Diego Writers, Ink on Facebook / Instagram

Spend a groovy night here at San Diego Botanic Garden during Summer Nights on Thursday July 30. Cool Rush is a Southern California-based band specializing in high-energy covers of classic rock, pop, R&B, and blues. Led by a powerhouse female vocalist and a dedicated team of seasoned musicians, their curated setlist focuses on diverse hits that span from the 1960s to the 2000s. Admission begins at 4 p.m., with music going from 5:30 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. Guests can enjoy the concert while exploring the Garden's 37-acres of lush landscapes and ocean-view pathways during extended evening hours. A bar with craft beer, wine, non-alcoholic drinks, and light snacks will be available each night. Guests are also welcome to bring their own food and non-alcoholic drinks. Pack a picnic, get cozy, and make the most of your evening in the Garden! Instagram / Facebook

The Theatre School @ North Coast Rep presents a show with heartbreaking tragedy rescued by lovestruck buffoonery in this tragicomedy by William Shakespeare’s "The Winter’s Tale" as its next student production. As the wise-beyond-his-years 7-year-old Mamillius says, “A sad tale’s best for winter.” But fortunately for us, the story doesn’t end there. We begin with a tale of suspicion, jealousy, tyranny, and suffering. And that only gets us half-way through. After a ghost names an abandoned baby, a storm devours a ship full of mariners, and a bear dines on a gentleman’s flesh, we transition into a new season. It is in middle summer that we visit a different kingdom 16 years later to find the baby grown up to be the queen of the harvest festival, in love with the impetuous prince, surrounded by clowns and singing thieves, and on a course to reconcile two kings as a statue comes to life with celebrations of forgiveness. Director Benjamin Cole is moved to share this production of jealousy, strength, sacrifice, and love as our 11th annual outdoor touring summer student Shakespeare production. “We’re thrilled to continue the tradition of offering free Shakespeare performances to the cities of Solana Beach, Del Mar, and Encinitas,” Cole beams. “Some of our top students are featured in Shakespeare shows, and we’re proud to explore more challenging titles they might not have the opportunity to explore anywhere else,” he boasts. The show runs a daring 90 minutes with no intermission and aims to touch audiences’ heartstrings throughout. Additional production staff includes: Stage Manager, Benedict Heaps; Assistant Stage Manager, Liah Leon; Bear Puppetry Design, Bugz Baltzer; Intern Assistant Director, Kaia Podd; and Assistant Director Steve Smith. The Theatre School @ North Coast Rep proudly delivers high-quality theatre instruction and eight student theatre productions throughout the year, offering accessible and fun training for various age groups. Check out all the upcoming options on the Theatre School website: www.northcoastreptheatreschool.org. Featured in the cast are (Gabriel Bergseid, Carlsbad; Bex Balsdon, La Jolla; Kai Bunyak, Cardiff; Landon Friis, Carlsbad; Charlotte Larson, Carlsbad; Ryan Mattes, Torrey Highlands; Alice Price, Carlsbad; Isabella Podesta, Carlsbad; Nicole Sample, Encinitas; Harper Smith, Encinitas; Roman Sooben, Carmel Valley; Phoebe Thomas, San Marcos; and Jackson Young, Carlsbad.) Performances are July 16 through 18 at Olivenhain Meeting House: 423 Rancho Santa Fe Rd., Encinitas, CA 92024; July 23 through 25 at the Birdwing Open Air Classroom: 3201 Via de la Valle, Del Mar, CA 92014 (use entrance off San Adres Dr.); July 30 & 31 at La Colonia Park: 715 Valley Ave., Solana Beach, CA 92075; and August 1 at the Theatre School Studio Space: 985 Lomas Santa Fe Dr., Suite D, with all show times at 5:30 p.m. Admission is free at all venues. No advance reservations are needed for any performances. Audiences are encouraged to bring their own outdoor seating and blankets. The Theatre School @ NCRT on Facebook / Instagram

The Tijuana-san Diego border is the world’s leading hub for skateboard production. This is where the material globalization of skate culture and all it entails originates; from here, its products traverse the seven continents. At the same time, many of its practitioners are denied this very freedom of movement, trapped by borders real and allegorical. Boarder Crossings: Patinetas, Paz, y DIY Democracy, a project of the Fred J. Hansen Peace Chair at San Diego State University, recognizes the humble skateboard, seven layers of glued-together wood, as a window through which to understand community, control, and networks of exchange within and against the border regime. In the shadow of the border fences, is there a grassroots community skating back to power and inspiring new pragmatic approaches to democracy? By learning from the practical and political ethos at the heart of these communities, might we speak of a ‘DIY Democracy’? Multiple artists, artificially separated by the border, provide a tangible response to these questions through numerous works created on boards produced in Tijuana’s maquiladoras, each depicting a border that is at once fixed and fragile – a place of deafening proclamations and silent experiences of counter-power. Positioning itself at the heart of the contradiction between mobile objects and immobilized people, Boarder Crossings imagines mending this artificial rift. The Boarder Crossings project features a total of 52 board-based artworks. The pieces not on display here are currently hanging on the walls of the Sala Central at the Centro Cultural de Tijuana (June 21–September 27). The pieces you see here are additions or works that have come from CECUT, crossing the border. while those artworks you see here are displayed here in San Diego, the "voids" left in Tijuana are symbolic of the absences many artists and people along the border live with daily, marked by family separations, deportations, desires for mobility, and severed friendships and affections. As spectators in Tijuana are doing right now, please gaze at these works, immerse yourself in their creativity, feel the absence they mark across the border, and reflect on how we might collectively build "DIY democracy" from the bottom up. Centro Cultural de la Raza on Facebook / Instagram

How do we navigate the cutting edge of technology without losing our creative soul? In this innovative 4-week online workshop, authors will discover how to transform AI from a sterile content generator into a compassionate collaborative partner. Designed specifically for non-fiction and memoir writers, this course reframes technology as an “empathetic mirror”—a tool to help you gently excavate raw memories, organize historical family artifacts (like diaries and letters), and uncover deep thematic threads. Through real-world examples of human-machine creative collaboration, you will learn how to use AI to expand your narrative structure and pressure-test emotional truth, all while fiercely protecting and celebrating the beautifully imperfect human voice at the heart of your story. Perfect for writers looking to deepen their craft, honor their lived experiences, and explore the future of storytelling. San Diego Writers, Ink on Facebook / Instagram

Most writers default to visual description and forget the other four senses entirely. This class teaches writers how to use sensory detail across all five senses to make their fiction more immersive, more emotionally resonant, and more alive on the page. San Diego Writers, Ink on Facebook / Instagram

Step into Bosforo, a modern chef-driven celebration of Turkish culture and cuisine, for an exclusive Industry Night on Monday, July 13 at 6 p.m. Led by Chef Seckin Sage Anlasbay and Sous Chef Ibrahim Ozdemir, the night will feature three special entrées crafted just for the event including Turkish seafood, street‑food‑inspired specialties and wood-fired pizza. Guests can also enjoy a curated selection of handcrafted cocktails designed just for the evening. This event is open to the public, welcoming industry professionals and curious food lovers alike. For more information, visit @bosforosd on Instagram.