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Christmas Eve promises to be scrumptious at A.R. Valentien at The Lodge. Enjoy a prix fixe three-course meal in the elegant timbered indoor-outdoor dining room overlooking the 18th hole of Torrey Pines Golf Course. Your exceptional dinner includes a welcome drink and a takeaway gift from our pastry chef. Visit: https://www.lodgetorreypines.com/event/event-arv-christmas-eve-dinner The Lodge at Torrey Pines on Instagram and Facebook

A free 20min breakfast lecture series for our creative community. Join us for coffee, donuts, and inspiration every last Friday of the month. Mashonda Tifrere is a trailblazing force in international art and activism, sparking transformation with unparalleled vision. As the Founder of ArtLeadHer and Art Genesis, sustainable platforms empowering women artists and nurturing emerging and established talents, she has curated over 50 exhibitions since 2016. Her visionary programming showcases luminaries like Kennedy Yanko, Swoon, Derrick Adams and Bisa Butler. A notable alumna of Christie’s Education Art Business program, Mashonda skillfully merges her passions for music, art, and entrepreneurship. She has fostered impactful collaborations with initiatives like Beyoncé’s BeyGOOD and Gucci’s Chime for Change, as well as esteemed institutions such as The Whitney Museum and PAMM. Additionally, she has curated exhibitions for galleries and art fairs across the globe. In 2024, she expanded her impact with Inscape, a mindfulness audio tour for the Stuart Collection at UC San Diego, where her spoken-word reflections pair with site-specific sculptures to inspire contemplation and connection for students, visitors, and communities seeking renewal. As the author of the 2018 Penguin Random House book, "Blend: The Secret to Co-Parenting and Creating a Balanced Family", Mashonda champions harmony and growth across disciplines. Celebrated in Forbes, The New York Times, Cultured Mag, Artnet, Whitewall, and Artsy, she continues to shape culture and community as a creative catalyst and advocate for change. Visit: https://creativemornings.com/talks/mashonda-tifrere-on-soft CreativeMornings San Diego on Instagram and Facebook

Under Newsom’s tenure, health care has been expanded, but his housing goals and homelessness pledges remain unfinished. Can he deliver before eyeing the White House?

The San Diego Asian Film Festival showcases 150 films from 30 countries over the next 10 days.

WINTER FAMILY POSADA Come celebrate the season at the CPMCC with art, music, food, and community! Bring your friends and family for a joyful afternoon filled with activities for all ages. - 10 local artist vendors - Mosaic Art Workshop led by David & Janine Coral + Gift Wrapping Paper Making with Por La Mano Press - Archive Photo Booth with the CPMCC Archivists - Music by Carnalismo - Pozole by Reina De La Concina + Atole by Ama Cacao (for purchase) - 11th annual Toy Drive hosted and organized by Brown Beret de Aztlán (on the Kiosko) ••• POSADA FAMILIAR DE INVIERNO ¡Ven a celebrar la temporada en el CPMCC con arte, música, comida y comunidad! Trae a tus amigos y familiares para una tarde llena de alegría y actividades para todas las edades. - 10 vendedores de artistas locales - Taller de mosaicos dirigido por David y Janine Coral + Taller de elaboración de papel de regalo con Por La Mano Press - Cabina de fotos con el archivo del CPMCC - Música a cargo de Carnalismo - Pozole de Reina De La Cocina + Atole de Ama Cacao (a la venta) - 11.ª colecta anual de juguetes organizada por Brown Beret de Aztlán (en el Kiosko) Chicano Park Museum & Cultural Center on Facebook / Instagram

"A Tale of Two Cities" is a collaborative exhibition between Sparks Gallery in San Diego and bG Gallery in Santa Monica: two art galleries connected by the same coastline, and shaped individually by their respective cities’ rhythms, energies, and audiences. Through this collaborative partnership exhibit, Southern California artists and internationally collected artists represented by each gallery will be on view in each other’s gallery for a limited showing. On view from January 7– February 7 in both galleries, the works are curated toward the partner gallery’s audience, and each celebrates the spirit of dialogue, play, and shared imagination that can flourish when two art worlds meet. For this gallery swap, Sparks Gallery brings to bG Gallery a vibrant selection of works by four San Diegan artists whose practices embrace bold color, pop-influenced social commentary, and meditations about the world around them. Their pieces pulse with dynamic linework, layered symbolism, and speak to the collecting style of bG Gallery’s diverse, ambitious, and maverick collectors. Meditative and expressive works by bG Gallery artists coming to Sparks Gallery

Philip Petrie and Jim Richerson have been in dialogue about art and museum installations for over 30 years but this is the first time these two artists have exhibited together. Both are interested in ambiguities of meaning and form and how these ambiguities can yield new meanings. Richerson, a sculptor, has created a whole series of works around the word “if” which play with scale and materials (including mirrors) to express the possibilities implied in that word. The pieces are concrete and formally precise but suggest a slippage in terms of identity and, with that, humor. Petrie’s black and white drawings are part of a series he calls “Epic Fail” which reference our troubled times. He tackles political, religious, and personal elements which are translated into dream images that are dark, surrealistic, and abstracted. Showing together both artists hope to point out similarities and differences between the works which deepen the viewers’ experience and reference the particular hinge moment that we live in. Gallery Hours: Thursdays 2-5 p.m. and Saturdays 2-5 p.m. and by appointment Opening Reception: Sat. Jan. 17 2-5 p.m. Closing Reception: Sat. Feb. 28 2-5 p.m.

Freedom Dogs gives veterans and active military members a lifeline through service animals. But a delay in federal funding could force the organization to cut its program in half.

“Life is Art, Paint your Dreams” This creative workshop will provide all supplies and direction for creating your very own vision board collage. The beginning of a new year is always a great time to get clear on our goals and plans and start the process of manifesting what we want in our lives. In this workshop we will use the medium of collage to create your very own unique vision board, a collection of images and words that will be both a reminder and an inspiration for you to stick to your goals and create your dreams. To create our stunning artworks, I will provide an imaginative and thoughtfully curated selection of national geographic magazines as well as magazines from a variety of genres, including nature, yoga, outdoors, adventure, astrology, home & Gardens and more. Class will begin with a few minutes of meditation and journaling to set the inspiration and thoughts in motion before we enjoy browsing through magazines to collect our imagery. Feel free to bring your own magazines or imagery that inspires you. Visit: https://lajollabythesea.com/vm-event/vision-board-collage-workshop-by-totem-boutique/ Trilogy Sanctuary on Instagram and Facebook