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Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Monday, June 15, 2026 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV. Season 29 treasures include a 1976 Marvel UK Super Spider-Man #175 cover art, a 1926 Rogers Hornsby sterling trophy, and Winslow Homer watercolors, ca. 1879. One is between $180,000 to $320,000!

Friday, September 13, 2024 from 4–6 PM Esteban Saltos (paper arts) PEEC for TEENS (13–18 years old) PEEC is a free program for teens, who are interested in art-making as an enrichment activity that goes beyond making crafts. The aim of the program is to provide a space for youth to create art, share stories, collaborate, explore, and identify new ways to use art in their lives. The Athenaeum offers facilities, resources, guidance, instruction, and support. The open studio program includes a rotation of multidisciplinary art instructors offering workshops in their respective fields, as well as curricular activities that involve the use of the Athenaeum library resources as a starting point for projects. Activities include drawing, painting, research, and introduction to various media. The program is free and teens can register. For additional information, please call (858) 454-5872 or email us at peec@ljathenaeum.org. The main venue for the program is the Athenaeum’s art studio at 1008 Wall Street, entrance on Girard Avenue.

The National Institutes of Health is terminating dozens of studies examining why people are hesitant about vaccines and how to increase uptake. mRNA vaccine research may be on the chopping block, too.

From the organizers: SDPF24 Coda, a poetry festival—the culminating event of San Diego Poetry Futures 2024—showcases diverse, vibrant, ever-growing, and intergenerational poetry communities throughout San Diego. SDPF24 Coda, a poetry festival will host poetry readings, community dialogues, an interactive creative writing and zine-making lab, a poetry reading room, a special awards ceremony hosted by Poets Underground, and a bookfair featuring local literary organizations, collectives, publications, programs, and award-winning poets. The closing plenary features a poetry reading and conversation with Lee Herrick (California Poet Laureate 2023-25), Janice Lobo Sapigao (Santa Clara County Poet Laureate 2020-21), and Jason Magabo Perez (San Diego Poet Laureate 2023-24). All poetry enthusiasts, all readers, all writers, all community members welcome! … Featured Poets: Adrián Arancibia, Alissa Tu, Angélica Maria Yañez, Ant Black, Anthony Azzarito, Bara’ah Oriqat, Brandon Som, Crystophver R, Daniela Paraguya Sow, Ella deCastro Baron, Francesco Levato, Gill Sotu, Iyari Arteaga, Jane Muschenetz, Janice Lobo Sapigao, Jason Magabo Perez, Jennifer Derilo, Karla Cordero, Kassy Lee, Katie Manning, Kelsey O. Daniels, Lee Herrick, Manuel Paul López, Michael Klam, Rema Ghassan Shbaita, Ron Salisbury, Samira Hassan, Sonia Gutiérrez, Sunny Rey Azzarito, Ted Washington … Featured Vendors/Info Tables: Hello Barkada; San Diego Writers, Ink Poetry Certificate; Poets Underground; PLNU M.A. in Writing; Last Syllable; Crisis Carnival; pacificREVIEW; Colibri Writers; The Ancestral Teachings Institute; Urban Haiku; Creative Writing Program at Grossmont College; San Diego Poetry Annual; Glassless Minds; Puna Press; The Poetry Party & Poetic Legacy … Presenters: San Diego Poetry Futures 2024, City of San Diego Department of Cultural Affairs, Academy of American Poets Partners: UCSD Cross-Cultural Center, Pacific Arts Movement Find the festival schedule here.

Improv at the Brooks presents a fun night of improvised comedy featuring San Diego based Indiana Slack performing a form known as the Slacker originally created by legendary Los Angeles improv team Beer, Shark Mice. Also performing will be Oceanside Theatre Company's new short form ensemble NCIS: North County Improv Squad. EVERYTHING is completely made up on the spot based on YOUR suggestions. Visit: oceansidetheatre.org/improv-at-the-brooks/ Oceanside Theatre Company on Facebook / Instagram

As part of the Getty Foundation’s PST ART: Art and Science Collide, the Mandeville Art Gallery at UC San Diego presents "Helen and Newton Harrison: California Work," a retrospective exhibition about the work of husband-and-wife team of Helen Mayer and Newton Harrison, who were among the earliest and most notable ecological artists. Founding members of the Visual Arts Department at UC San Diego, Helen and Newton were local San Diego artists for nearly four decades, where they developed their pioneering concepts of Ecological Art.

Ukraine and European allies had demanded Russia accept a 30-day ceasefire starting Monday before holding talks, but Moscow effectively rejected the proposal and called for direct negotiations instead.

The superbly alert and flexible drummer formed a swirling current in modern jazz for more than 60 years. He was 82.

As Pride Month approaches, a group of drag artists and their allies are releasing guidelines to help performers navigate a landscape of online harassment and physical violence.

Learn to be a Memory Worker with natalia ventura Discover the transformative practice of memory work and join us for an engaging, hands-on workshop that will equip you to become a memory worker! Bring along photos, objects, and other meaningful items that tell the story of your family or community, and learn how to delve into your history to help build the future community you envision. This FREE community workshop is led by San Diego Made resident artist natalia ventura as part of the "My Creative Journey/Mi Viaje Creativo" artist residency and event series, supported by the City of San Diego Arts & Culture Commission. All ages are welcome, and Spanish interpreters will be available. Come be a part of this meaningful experience! ________________________________________________ Aprende Como Tabajar Con Memorias con natalia ventura Aprende sobre la práctica del arte de la memoria y participa en un taller práctico que te preparará para convertirte en un trabajador de la memoria. Participantes estan invitades a traer fotografías, objetos y otros materiales archivísticos que cuenten la historia de su familia y/o comunidad. Aprenderás a profundizar en tu pasado para construir la comunidad que deseas ver en el futuro. Este taller comunitario GRATUITO es dirigido por la artista residente de San Diego Made, natalia ventura, como parte de la serie de eventos y residencia artística "My Creative Journey/Mi Viaje Creativo", apoyada en parte por la Comisión de Arte y Cultura de la Ciudad de San Diego. Todas las edades son bienvenidas, y se proporcionarán intérpretes en español.