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Welcome to the 2024 SDPL Short Story Contest, our 7th annual contest, sponsored by the Friends of San Diego Central Library. The Short Story Contest, a part of the Local Author Program, continues the support that the Library provides to local writing, and shines a spotlight on local authors who craft short stories. This year we will be accepting 100 stories! Stories must be a maximum of 3,000 words long, and there will be no more stories accepted after we receive the 100th submission. For more information, including complete rules and guidelines and contact information, please visit our 2024 SDPL Short Story Contest webpage. Discover the writer in you!

Experience an evening of elegance, accompanied by mesmerizing water views, at our second annual Rooted in Resiliency Celebration! Step into a world adorned with captivating music and breathtaking floral arrangements, where exquisite culinary creations await. But it’s more than just a celebration; it’s an opportunity to make a profound impact on the lives of struggling young men throughout San Diego. Join us as a sponsor or guest and be a part of our mission to transform lives and create lasting positive change. All proceeds from this event will directly benefit Boys to Men Mentoring, enabling us to continue our crucial work in the community. Together, let’s make a lasting impact on the lives we touch.

Join Amos Lee + Indigo Girls live at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park for an evening of hits and singalongs. The pairing offers music lovers an exceptional opportunity to spend a night immersed in world-class singing and songwriting. Please note: this is a rental event presented by AEG/Goldenvoice; the San Diego Symphony does not appear on this program; gates will open at 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. After more than two years of grinding, deadly war in Ukraine, is it time to start negotiating with Russia? Journalist Yaroslav Trofimov joins Ian Bremmer to discuss the state of the invasion, its impact on Ukrainians, and potential pathways to peace.

The stats on King Gizzard’s colorful career are stacking up fast: 25 albums, 13 of them charting in the Top 20 in Australia, where they are now arguably the country’s most innovative, important and productive rock band. International critical acclaim. Headline festival appearances. And perhaps most importantly, a fervent worldwide fanbase who share endless memes, mixes, videos, graphics, theories and discussions, all through which they explore and expand what they have termed “The Gizzverse”. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are: Stu Mackenzie (vocals/guitar), Ambrose Kenny-Smith (harmonica/vocals/keyboards), Cook Craig (guitar/vocals), Joey Walker (guitar/vocals), Lucas Harwood (bass) and Michael Cavanagh (drums). This is a rental event of The Rady Shell presented by AEG Goldenvoice. The San Diego Symphony does not appear on this program. Gates open at 5:30 p.m., and concert begins at 6:30 p.m.

Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Sam Green (The Weather Underground), in collaboration with Emmy Award®-winning writer and editor Joe Bini (Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, Grizzly Man), takes the stage with the legendary classical music group Kronos Quartet to create a “live documentary” that chronologically unfolds the quartet’s groundbreaking, continent-spanning, multi-decade career. Wildly creative and experimental in form, A Thousand Thoughts is a meditation on music itself—the act of listening closely to music, the experience of feeling music deeply, and the power that music has to change the world. For more information visit: theconrad.org Stay Connected on Instagram / Facebook

Described as “phenomenally musical,” (Daily Journal), dynamic young violinist Maria Ioudenitch has won multiple awards and is poised on the cusp of a major international career. Born in Russia, Ioudenitch immigrated with her musical family to the US at the age of two and grew up in Kansas City. In 2021, she received first prizes in the Ysaÿe International Music Competition, the Tibor Varga International Violin Competition, and the Joseph Joachim International Competition. She also received numerous special prizes at these competitions, including Joachim’s Chamber Music Award, the prize for Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Work, the Henle Urtext Prize, and a recording deal with Warner Classics. For more information visit: theconrad.org Stay Connected on Instagram / Facebook

A star of the Metropolitan Opera, Lawrence Brownlee is a leading figure in opera, both as a singer on the world’s top stages and as a voice for activism and diversity in the industry. Captivating audiences and critics around the globe, he has been hailed as “an international star in the bel canto operatic repertory” (The New York Times) and “one of the world’s leading bel canto stars” (The Guardian). For more information visit: theconrad.org Stay Connected on Instagram / Facebook

The former president will be traveling the country, focused on the issues that his campaign believe matter most to voters: the economy, crime, national security and immigration.

Parents are struggling to decide when it’s ok to send a child to school while sick.