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ARTIST INFORMATION: The 16-time champion San Diego Sockers will host the Texas Outlaws on Thursday, February 15, 2024 at Pechanga Arena San Diego. Kickoff is at 7:35 p.m. Stay Connected with San Diego Sockers! Facebook | Instagram | X

When the toll collector asked Leahruth Jemilo how she was doing, she burst into tears. The collector's response has stayed with her ever since.

In its sixth year, our contest handed over the mic to fourth graders for the very first time. We received nearly 2,000 entries from all around the country — and we've narrowed it down to 10 middle school and 10 high school finalists.

The San Diego Watercolor Society proudly presents “Imagined Reality”, juried by award-winning artist, Rise Parberry. The water-based media exhibition runs February 25 – March 30, 2024, at our Gallery in The ARTS DISTRICT Liberty Station. The Opening Reception is Friday, March 1, 5-8 p.m. with over 95 ready-to-hang original paintings plus refreshments and the fellowship of other art enthusiasts. The Gallery is open Wednesday - Sunday, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. The paintings can also be viewed and purchased online. Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | X

Kooth Digital Health is hosting a free community bike ride with the San Diego Bike Coalition and adventure cyclist Ed Hack. at 10 a.m. Open to riders of all ages, the event will celebrate community and inclusivity and help raise awareness for youth mental health. Ed Hack, a renowned cyclist and mental health advocate, will host and lead the community event with the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition. He recently completed biking the entire state of California - over 1,000 miles - to help spread awareness about California’s new mental health app, Soluna.

Don’t miss our first Creative Journaling session of the year! Local artist, Stephanie Tourial, will share easy ways to document your life and add art, photos, writings and more to express yourself in your journal and help create a journaling practice that works for you. Be a Friend, Tell a Friend: Bring a guest and you both get a special gift! Please register here to attend.

Bring your friends and family to this intergenerational event (ages 13+) and come play the classic board games you grew up with like the Game of Life, Trivial Pursuit, and Scrabble! Snacks will be provided. Please register here to attend. Stay Connected with Studio ACE! Facebook | Instagram | X

Characters and characterization make or break a novel, and as a writer, you must know not only how to construct a person from the ground up, but also how to skillfully relate that character to your readers through action and thought. This means that complicated backstories are not the be-all-end-all to characters. We need to understand the personalities within our writing. This process can be tricky, but it is a lot of fun. Once you have it down, you’ll never forget it. This course will focus on three main areas of study: - Character Theory - Psychology - Subtext By the time you finish this course, you will not only have fully formed characters that fit your story and style, you’ll know how to use them, too. Stay Connected with San Diego Writers, Ink! Facebook | Instagram | X

In conjunction with the Coronado Historical Association's latest exhibit, An Island Looks Back: Uncovering Coronado's Hidden African American History (read more here). CHA cordially invites you to join us for a special exhibit lecture, The California Innovation No One Talks About: How and Why the Real Estate Industry Segregated America. Author, Gene Slater, will delve into his path-breaking book Freedom to Discriminate: How Realtors Conspired to Segregate Housing and Divide America and the implications of this history today. - Member ($15 each) - Non-Member ($20 each) - Important Registration Information: Capacity is limited and reservations are required. No walk-ins will be admitted. If you have any questions please email us or call (619) 435-7242. About the Speaker: Gene Slater has served as senior advisor on housing for federal, state, and local agencies for over forty years. He co-founded and chairs CSG Advisors, which has been one of the nation’s leading advisors on affordable housing for decades. He has advised on housing issues in thirty states. His projects have received numerous national awards, and in the aftermath of the financial crisis in 2009, he helped design the program by which the United States Treasury financed homes for 110,000 first-time buyers. He received degrees from Columbia, MIT, and Stanford, as well as a mid-career fellowship from Harvard. He has lived and worked in New York, Boston, rural Wisconsin, Chicago, and the San Francisco Bay Area, where he currently resides. Stay Connected with Coronado Historical Association! Facebook & Instagram

It takes skill and practice to navigate the world in a wheelchair. This summer program teaches kids how, one wheelie at a time.