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Delight in a special edition of the Museum’s popular community program. Enjoy live musical and dance performances, family-friendly art-making activities, artist and community hosted booths, and much more, all on the front steps of The San Diego Museum of Art and free to the community. All performances will feature San Diego-based talent, celebrating the vibrant creativity of the city we call home. Performance Lineup 4:45 p.m. – Peach Cooler 5:30 p.m. – Gregory Page 6:45 p.m. – Lady Dottie and the Diamonds Event Master of Ceremony, MC Maru, alongside performances by Flashpoint Skate. The San Diego Museum of Art on Facebook / Instagram

Kids & Teens Saturday Painting Classes! Saturdays: March 14 to May 2 | 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Explore color, materials, & the creative process. Experiment with different tools, paints, and techniques through small projects designed for young artists, building toward a final artwork that’s uniquely your own. The class welcomes students who are new to painting as well as those with prior experience, introducing interesting materials and techniques that invite new discoveries and allow plenty of space for creative freedom. Ages 9+ 8 Classes No experience needed All materials provided Classes are hosted at Blossom & Bloom Creative Arts, and led by Noel Art Studio instructors Location: Blossom & Bloom Creative Arts: 7400 El Cajon Blvd. #101, La Mesa, CA Visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQqGATvgRJmEYSzPj5PBRUD-VmGE1-jtICtYQ2BOzw48HtOA/viewform Noel Art Studio on Instagram and Facebook

First, we discuss the economic outlook for San Diego County in this new year. Then, new enrollments for Covered California are down. And, we bring you details from the All Peoples Celebration that recognized local leaders in the community. Also, we tell you about a new book that explores a late musician’s visual art. Finally, we bring you a preview of the Jewish Film Festival.

OTC at the Brooks presents How the "Grinch Stole Christmas," starring Jim Carrey, on Saturday, December 6, on the Big Screen! Will the Grinch spoil Christmas at the Sunshine Brooks Theater (217 N. Coast Highway, Oceanside, CA)? See his sly tricks at 2 p.m., followed by a Grinchy craft. Best of all, wear a holiday sweater and get a FREE small popcorn to munch on as you root for Whoville! For all ages. Movie Description: In this live-action adaptation of the beloved children’s tale by Dr. Seuss, the reclusive green Grinch (Jim Carrey) decides to ruin Christmas for the cheery citizens of Whoville. Reluctantly joined by his hapless dog, Max, the Grinch comes down from his mountaintop home and sneaks into town to swipe everything holiday-related from the Whos. However, the bitter grump finds a hitch in his plans when he encounters the endearing Cindy Lou Who (Taylor Momsen). Rated PG. Oceanside Theatre Company on Facebook / Instagram

Join us and raise a glass to an art loving community! The Contemporary Thinkers Social Mixer is an intimate evening where new voices and well-seasoned art enthusiasts collide, bringing together creatives, collectors, and curious minds from across the San Diego arts scene into our cultural home. This limited-capacity social mixer celebrates art in its many forms through poetry readings, music, and shared presence. Through spoken word, soulful soundscapes, and thoughtfully curated moments, guests are invited to experience art as something not just simply observed, but lived and felt. The evening features: - A performance by Paola Capó-García, City of San Diego Poet Laureate - One complimentary drink ticket - Live DJ set - Floral bouquet pop-up - Guided tour of Art Auction 2026, MCASD’s newest exhibition The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego on Facebook / Instagram

The so-called No Kings protest in downtown San Diego gets underway at Waterfront Park at 10 a.m. Saturday, next to the County Administration Center, 1600 Pacific Highway. The march will head south along Harbor Drive past Ruocco Park and back north on Pacific Highway.

What better way to celebrate valentine's day than dinner & a show, dancing, live art, and vendors? Quartyard presents: "Everytime We Touch" A Valentine's Day special with Honeycomb, PlexusPlay, Match.a.mor, and Indigo Valet All three of these musical artists bring heavy hitting energy and lovely vibes for the dance floor this holiday. PlexusPlay will pre-release his iconic remix of Cascada’s “Everytime We Touch” via valentine cards. We'll also be inviting two audience members to control the One Touch Moment with just the electricity running between their hands. Discounted tickets for couples!

An evening of improvised, creative, and experimental music & sound featuring: Intangible An a Los Angeles-area quartet exploring overtones, extremes of density and volume, and intersections of multiple improvisational traditions. Formed in June 2023, they have performed across California, including at UCLA, Cal Arts, Open Gate, the Wonder Valley Experimental Music Festival, SF Sound, Luminex, and on KFJC radio. They have collaborated with vocalist Ken Ueno, video artist Carole Kim, and dancers Oguri and Roxanne Steinberg. Each member brings an unique combination of experience in improvised, composed, and traditional musics of multiple cultures: gamin (piri & saenghwang), Robert Reigle (tenor saxophone), Jeff Schwartz (bass), and Tim Feeney (percussion). Anita Chandavarkar, Leanna Keith, Lyra Montoya flute trio: Flutist Anita Chandavarkar is an improviser, interpreter, and composer. She has collaborated with such groups as Ensemble Dal Niente, ALEA III, Callithumpian Consort, and Brooklyn Raga Massive, and has worked with such composers and performers John Adams, Tony Arnold, and Jason Eckardt. Anita also studies bansuri in the Maihar Gharana of the Hindustani North Indian Classical tradition. A freelance flutist, artist, improviser, and composer from Seattle, Leanna Keith (she/they) delights in creating sound experiences that make audiences laugh, cry, and say: “I didn’t know the flute could do that!” Their works focus on timbre-shifting, the mixed-race experience, queer theory, and the breaking of genre boundaries. Leanna is obsessed with conduction, butoh, taiko drumming, circus arts, and the limitless capacity of humanism in sound creation. She is dedicated to playing music by living composers, and advocates for the usage of music as social activism. Lyra Montoya is a woodwinds specialist, composer and performer. Her work explores the intersections of identity and positionality through mixes of Music notation and improvisation, and how performance practice and musical concept reflect the priorities of the performance event.

Wambūi Karanja of Kenya is "one to watch," says the Alzheimer's Association. Coping with her dad's condition inspired her to develop a training program for families on the art of caregiving.

New York Times bestselling author of "The Nest," Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney will appear in conversation with award-winning writer Madhushree Ghosh to discuss her compelling new novel, "Lake Effect." Hailed by Booklist as “a reverberating, intergenerational family saga… artful and fresh,” the novel explores love, longing, and the complicated bonds between mothers and daughters as one family reckons with the consequences of a long-buried scandal. A book signing will follow the discussion. Sweeney’s previous novels, "The Nest and Good Company," have been widely celebrated, with "The Nest" named a best book of the year by People, The Washington Post, and NPR, and currently in development as a limited series with AMC Studios. Joining her in conversation is Madhushree Ghosh, author of the award-winning "Khabaar: An Immigrant Journey of Food, Memory, and Family" and a widely published essayist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and numerous literary outlets. This event is free and open to the public. Seating is available on a first-come, first-seated basis. Limited preferred seating is offered with the purchase of "Lake Effect" through Warwicks Bookstore. About "Lake Effect" It's 1977 and an air of restlessness has settled on the residents of Cambridge Road in Rochester, New York, a place long fueled by the booming fortunes of Kodak and Xerox and, for some, the mores of the Catholic church. When Nina Larkin is given a copy of The Joy of Sex by her newly divorced friend, she can no longer dismiss the nearly nonexistent intimacy of her marriage. Just as her oldest child, Clara, is falling in love for the first time, Nina finds herself longing for the forbidden: a midlife awakening. An intoxicating fling with a prominent neighbor brings Nina a freedom she never thought possible—but also risks the reputations of both families and unravels Clara's world, just as she stands on the threshold of adulthood. Years later, Clara, now a successful food stylist in New York City, has never been able to move past the long-ago scandal. Drawn back home by the pull of a family wedding and wrestling with her own demons, she makes a pivotal decision that turns her life upside down. Written with Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's signature humor and insight, "Lake Effect" is a wise and probing look at love and desire, mothers and daughters, loss and grief, and what we owe the people we love most. Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney on Instagram