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The Friends of the Malcolm X Library present our Annual Fundraiser, Gift Day. The Friends support the library, in part by having book sales and hosting events. This event is free and will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Our event will feature amazing local talent including a live band and DJ, a choir, a story teller, line dancers and face painting for the kids. Local vendors will be selling a variety of great merchandise. The Friends of the Malcolm X Library will be selling hot dogs, nachos, beverages and books. There will also be an opportunity drawing where you can enter to win great prizes. Come have fun and support the library.Visit: https://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/locations/valencia-park-malcolm-x-library

12th Annual Business Expo attendees enjoy free food samples provided by local restaurants, many local vendors, raffle prizes, and live music from a local group.Get to know your local businesses!Community, Food. Amazing Prizes, Free Event

The anti-malarial drug Artemisinin is highly effective. It's critical for kids, who are especially vulnerable. A new study comes to an alarming conclusion.

Trump has threated new, higher tariffs on two of California's biggest trade partners, China and Mexico.

The Sing Sing maximum security prison in New York held its first-ever film festival recently, with incarcerated men invited to judge the five entries.

The FACE Foundation’s 13th Annual Dog-Friendly Golf Tournament will be held on Monday, Oct. 14, from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the beautiful Fairbanks Country Club in Rancho Santa Fe. (registration opens at 11 a.m.)This unique tournament allows players to enjoy a day of golf with their furry friends followed by dinner, drinks, an exclusive auction, exciting awards ceremony, and more – all to support FACE’s lifesaving programs. Players will enjoy a friendly and competitive round of golf with their foursome, as well as fun on-course games, including a Hole in One contest. Following the tournament, players are invited to a special awards ceremony, “Yappy Hour,” and dinner. Guests will have a chance to win luxury prizes at our live auction, silent auction, and raffle. Our exclusive “Dream Ticket” raffle includes rounds of golf at some of Southern California’s finest country clubs.The event will directly benefit pets facing economic euthanasia – a reality that occurs when families are unable to afford life-saving treatment for their critically injured or ill pet. FACE is proud to be there to provide financial assistance and resources to families in need of a helping hand during these veterinary emergencies. Thanks to the generosity of supporters, FACE has saved more than 4,402 lives to date!To register, visit https://bit.ly/FACE-GolfReg24. To donate to FACE Foundation or to learn more about their mission, please visit www.face4pets.org. FACE Foundation on Instagram and Facebook

The new film Emilia Pérez follows a Mexican cartel leader (Karla Sofía Gascón) who was assigned male at birth but transitions to become her true self as a woman.

The Library's Autumn Concert Series takes place on Fridays from September 6 to October 25. Each concert will begin at 1 p.m. in the Winn Room. Doors will open 15 minutes prior to the performance. On September 13 we welcome Naomi Hobbs on piano for an "American Music" themed performance that includes pieces by Scott Joplin, Frederick Loewe, Leonardo Bernstein, and more. Naomi Hobbs was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. She earned her Music Degree at the Musashino Academia Musicae in Tokyo, where she taught for ten years. In 1998, one year before she moved to San Diego, she performed Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Concerto with the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra. She was the instructor of Music and Piano class at San Diego Community College for Ten years. She has been composing and arranging besides performing at concerts. She was the first prize winner of the 7th International Piano Competition in Mexico in 2012 and the gold medalist of 6th Seattle International Piano Competition in 2015.For more information visit: coronado.librarycalendar.com

You may recognize actress Annabelle Gurwitch as the longtime cohost of the fan favorite “Dinner & a Movie” or from her appearances on television’s “Seinfeld,” “Murphy Brown,” “Boston Legal,” and “Dexter.” But did you know that she is as talented as she is beautiful, earning a 2021 New York Times Favorite Book for Healthy Living, a Good Morning America Must Read and a finalist for The Thurber Prize for American Humor Writing 2022, as well as being a New York Times bestselling author, who has written and developed adaptations of her books for HBO, F/X, NBC, Lifetime networks, including a current film project for the Hallmark Channel based on You’re Leaving When? to star Andi MacDowell.Annabelle has been chronicling living with Stage IV lung cancer and inequities in healthcare in the New York Times and Washington Post since her out-of-the-blue diagnosis during Covid, and she’s given patient advocate talks at scientific conferences around the globe including in Vienna, Rome, Singapore, and Brisbane.Don't miss the chance to meet this remarkable woman on Tuesday, September 10 at this special book discussion of her book You’re Leaving When? Adventures in Downward Mobility.For more information visit: coronado.librarycalendar.com

Jane Addams received a Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 for her dedication to stopping warn and speaking out to create peace. During WWI, she presided at a congress for permanent peace at Peace Palace, The Hague, resulting in peace resolutions to end WWI.At 2:30 p.m. MCC Theatre Production “Much Ado About Nothing” with the MCC Theatre Staff. Learn how the MCC Theatre is presenting Shakespeare’s witty and humorous tale of love, deception, and reconciliation with romantic entanglements which lead to unexpected twists. At 1:00 p.m. "Jane Addams" presented by Anne HoibergParking permit required. For more information visit: miracosta.eduStay Connected on Facebook and Instagram