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This month-long series is full of hands-on crafts for ages 9 – 12. Projects use safe and natural materials, and range from woodworking to clay, textiles, sewing, and glass. Each project includes exercises that teach skills to young students such as creativity, craftsmanship, hand skills and material exploration, and yes, STEM, although we like to say STEAM because art plays a big part as well. Students will make craft projects to take home over the course of the series. Drop-In attendance is welcome. Please make sure you RSVP 24 hrs in advance so we can prep supplies. SOCIALS: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

From the organizers: Dedicated to the idea that the visual arts are a necessary and rewarding ingredient of any world-class city, the SD Art Prize was conceived to promote and encourage dialogue, reflection and social interaction about San Diego’s artistic and cultural life. This annual award honors artistic expression with a cash prize, exhibition opportunities, and spotlights artists in the San Diego to Ensenada, Mexico region whose outstanding achievements in the field of visual arts merit recognition. The San Diego Visual Arts Network is pleased to announce the four recipients of the 2022 San Diego Art Prize Alida Cervantes, Angélica Escoto, Carlos Castro Arias and Cognate Collective for being selected. Their outstanding creativity, dedication to their work and contributions to our region have made them stand out to the four national and international curators who selected them from the nominations made by 17 local art professionals. This year we are thrilled to introduce the four national and international curators from respected institutions who selected the four recipients. From the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - Jovanna Venegas, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art Whitney Museum, New York - Marcela Guerrero, Assistant Curator Frost Art Museum, Florida - Amy Galpin, Chief Curator Mexico City & Vienna, Austria - José Springer, Independent Curator. Note: Central Library Art Gallery hours differ from the standard library hours. Learn more about the library's arts program here. Related links: San Diego Public Library on Instagram San Diego Art Prize on Instagram

Every Wednesday from 2-3:30 p.m. This month-long series is full of hands-on, engaging crafts using STEAM (STEM + Art!) to teach hand skills to children using safe materials. Each project teaches craftsmanship, dexterity and material exploration, and ranges from woodworking, sewing, ceramics, paper crafts, textiles to fusing glass. Young students will make beautiful pieces to take home over the course of the series. All materials included. Drop-ins welcome. SOCIALS: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

Appropriate for Ages 12-18yrs This is a woodworking class for teens that spans 4 Tuesday afternoons. The class instruction covers the properties of wood, machine safety, and woodworking basics. Students will learn woodworking techniques, and safe practice of machine operations will be taught. The projects in this class rotate so that students may repeat and continue learning and diving deeper into woodworking. Depending on the specific project, joinery techniques, proper sanding, and finishing are part of the curriculum. Each attendee will make a project to take home. This is an indoor class and masks are optional.

An American Airlines plane was ordered to cancel its landing after a Delta plane that had been cleared for take-off was still on the runway. The FAA is investigating how close the planes got.

The Recording Academy, the organization behind the Grammy Awards, rolled out new rules around AI ahead of next year's show — as the technology rapidly advances.

Hundreds of city of San Diego employees are finding out this week that their coronavirus vaccine exemptions were approved, but some employees are still facing termination. Plus, state lawmakers from San Diego are taking the lead on legislation aimed at reducing the number of people who die in San Diego County jails. Meanwhile, many San Diego police officers are leaving for jobs at Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. COVID-19 vaccine mandates influenced those decisions but were not the only reason. Also, meet the three candidates running for Lorena Gonzalez’s vacated seat in the 80th Assembly District. Then, the Hazard Center Drive underpass through state Route 163 looks completed but the road remains closed. What gives? And, UCSD is growing its esports presence with a new state-of-the-art center and $200,000 in scholarships. Finally, to mark the 50th anniversary of “The Godfather,” KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando spoke with San Diego native and actor Robert Duvall, who played Corleone’s consigliere Tom Hagen.

Police in Willowbrook, Ill., responded to gunfire coming from a Juneteenth celebration shortly after midnight on Sunday. Officials said multiple people were rushed to area hospitals.

Too often, debates between candidates for office or two opposing sides of an initiative happen in hotel ballrooms hosted by special interests. Even when a media organization or general interest group hosts a debate, it’s usually just one discussion. Politifest is Voice of San Diego’s annual summit dedicated to the most relevant debates and discussions for local voters and residents. Launched in 2011, we strove to gather the most interesting debates, candidates and issues and make them accessible to anyone who cares about them. During election years, we emphasize candidates and ballot measures. In non-election years, we focus on the most important topics that drive public policy and community conversation. For 2022, we’re hosting a robust schedule of debates and panels at the University of San Diego, including an important discussion on homelessness with Mayor Todd Gloria and Board of Supervisors Chair Nathan Fletcher and a highly anticipated statewide ballot initiative primer with our friends at CalMatters. Politifest South: This year, Chula Vista and National City voters also face big decisions about who should lead their cities. We’re doing a special event to host voters for those races closer to home. It’s a two-part live podcast featuring National City mayoral candidates Alejandra Sotelo Solis and Jose Rodriguez, followed by Chula Vista mayoral candidates Ammar Campa-Najjar and John McCann. Click here to register for this event and!

San Diego Police officers are leaving the department. Thousands of San Diegans will soon be getting electricity from a new government agency. This week’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings have provided history lessons in real-time for San Diego students.