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Saturday, July 13 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. El Cajon Fire Station 100 Lexington Ave., El Cajon We’re thrilled to partner with the City of El Cajon to invite residents to Dog Days of Summer, the ultimate summer event for families and their furry friends! This free community event promises an unforgettable day full of activities, entertainment and family fun. You won’t want to miss out on a fire station tour with El Cajon heroes, dog washes from Camp Run a Mutt, free microchips for your dogs and adoptable dogs from our El Cajon Campus! Plus, you’ll have the chance to meet renowned celebrity dog groomer Gabriel Feitosa, who will be providing fabulous makeovers for some of our shelter dogs! View this event on Facebook / Instagram

On Monday, December 2, Grammy-nominated pianist Andrius Žlabys will perform a varied program of works by J.S. Bach and César Franck and his own composition Echoes of Light, an homage to Mozart. Žlabys states, “At the center of the piece, there are two fragments from Mozart’s Requiem. [What follows is] influenced by Carl Sagan’s writings. I imagine fragments of Mozart’s Requiem continuing to echo through space and time, perhaps never again detected, yet always present.” Žlabys has received acclaim for his appearances with many of the world’s leading orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Rotterdam Symphony, and Philharmonic Orchestra of Buenos Aires. All concerts are preceded by a pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m. and are followed by a reception with the artists in the Sharon & Joel Labovitz Entry Hall. Athenaeum Music and Arts Library on Instagram and Facebook

Get a gift for a friend or yourself at the Athenaeum's quarterly book sale on our patio! As usual, we will have a large selection of gently used books, CDs, vinyl LPs, and sheet music. Hundreds of recordings of classical, jazz, and popular music are just $1 per disc, making this a music lover’s paradise. Saturday, September 14, 2024 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Athenaeum Music & Arts Library 1008 Wall Street, La Jolla, CA 92037 Visit: https://www.ljathenaeum.org/events/book-sale-2024-0914 Athenaeum Music and Arts Library on Instagram and Facebook

Our top picks for visual art in San Diego this season: An Indigenous photographer, textiles made from tea bags, a reflection on Caribbean art history, art by women at the border and local Black arts leaders.

The Book Catapult proudly welcomes debut novelist Nora Lange for her new book, Us Fools on Tuesday, October 15 at 7pm. Nora will be in-conversation with local author Mac Crane. About the book: Joanne and Bernadette Fareown are raised on their family farm in rural Illinois, keenly affected by their parents’ volatile relationship and mounting financial debt, haunted by the cursed history of the women in their family. Largely left to their own devices, the sisters educate themselves on Greek mythology, feminism, and Virginia Woolf, realizing they must find unique ways to cope in these antagonistic conditions, questioning the American Dream as the rest of the country abandons their community in crisis. As Jo and Bernie’s imaginative solutions for escape come up short against their parents’ realities, the family leaves their farm for Chicago, where Joanne—free-spirited, reckless, and unable to tame her inner violence—rebels in increasingly desperate ways. After her worst breakdown yet, Jo goes into exile in Deadhorse, Alaska, and it is up to Bernadette to use all she’s learned from her sister to revive a sense of hope against the backdrop of a failing world.With her debut novel, Nora Lange has crafted a rambunctious, ambitious, and heart-rending portrait of two idiosyncratic sisters, determined to persevere despite the worst that capitalism and their circumstances has to throw at them. About the author: Nora Lange's writing has appeared or is forthcoming in BOMB, Hazlitt, Joyland, American Short Fiction, Denver Quarterly, HTMLGiant, LIT, The Fairy Tale Review, and elsewhere. Her project Dailyness was longlisted for the 2014 Leslie Scalapino Award for Innovative Women Performance Writers. She received her MFA from Brown University's Literary Arts Program where she was a Kaplan Fellow. An earlier iteration of her novel Us Fools was shortlisted for The Novel Prize in 2020, a prize to recognize and publish novels that explore and expand the possibilities of the form. She comes from a long line of Midwestern farmers and lives in Los Angeles with her family. Date:10/15/2024 Time:7:00pm - 9:00pm Place:The Book Catapult3010-B Juniper StreetSan Diego, CA 92104-5437

Celebrate the culmination of the second Oceanside Plein Air Festival with fellow artists and art lovers. Mingle over refreshments, view and buy paintings selected for the 2023 Plein Air Festival Juried Exhibition, and purchase your own original work of art at the Plein Air Easel Sale. Join us as we recognize the outstanding paintings in various categories and award the winning prizes, including Best in Show judged by Shuang Li, Michael Obermeyer, and OMA Executive Director Maria Mingalone. As we put a stamp on a week of outstanding creativity, gather with old and new friends alike to raise a glass to art and the natural environment in Oceanside’s second Plein Air Festival. For more information visit: oma-online.org

Join us on Free Second Sunday for our free family series, Play Day! Based on Maren Hassinger's sculpture, "Wallflower" (1975), use pantyhose, polyfill, and tissue paper to create charms that celebrate creativity and personal expression. These materials also connect Hassinger to her collaborator Senga Nengudi, whose work, "Water Composition I" (1969-70, 2020) will be featured in our upcoming exhibition "For Dear Life," opening on September 19. Art Activity: Create plush refrigerator magnets inspired by Maren Hassinger. Schedule: At 11 a.m., explore works from MCASD's permanent with a kid friendly tour. At 12:30 p.m., listen to stories, songs, and rhymes in Storytime with Librarian on the Go, Ms. Katia Graham From 11a.m. - 2 p.m., enjoy music by a DJ RatTrap, a cozy book nook, sketching with water, and book recommendations from the Librarian on the Go *Museum admission is free from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. for all visitors, with Play Day offerings happening between 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. No RSVPs are required for Play Day admission. Únete a nosotros el domingo 15 de septiembre para crear imanes de felpa para la nevera inspirados en Maren Hassinger. Basados en su escultura Alhelí (1975), utiliza pantimedias, polyfill y papel de seda para crear colgantes que celebren la creatividad y la expresión personal. Estos materiales también conectan a Hassinger con su colaboradora Senga Nengudi, cuya obra Composición de Agua I (1969-70, 2020) se presenta en nuestra próxima exposición For Dear Life, que se inaugura el 19 de septiembre. 11 a.m. - Explore el arte a través de un recorrido para niños por las esculturas de la colección permanente del museo. 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Utiliza alambre, pantimedias y polyfill para crear tu propio imán de nevera inspirado en Maren Hassinger. 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Disfruta de la música de DJ RatTrap, ponte cómodo con un libro en el rincón de los libros, dibuja con agua y recibe recomendaciones de libros del bibliotecario itinerante. 12:30 p.m. - Escucha cuentos, canciones y rimas en la Hora del Cuento con la Bibliotecaria itinerante, la Sra. Katia Graham. La entrada al museo es gratuita de 11 a.m. a 5 p.m., con ofertas del Día del Juego entre las 11 a.m. y las 2 p.m.

Spiritual growth is the process of unfolding your soul’s potential. It’s the most exciting adventure there is because to grow spiritually you have to employ all your skills, talents, creativity and character. By living a spiritual life, you are building up power and spiritually evolving. Your auric field plays a key role in your evolution, because it is through the aura that you forge your spiritual mettle. While there are no shortcuts to spiritual unfoldment, working with the aura can greatly accelerate the process and help you navigate through the stages of your soul’s development. Join us as we explore working with spiritual energy to help you realize your highest spiritual aspirations. Based on the bestselling book Change Your Aura, Change Your Life, discover: How the aura reveals where you are in your spiritual development. Keys to meditating with Divine Light to help unfold your soul’s potential. Ways to release negative energies that can discourage and inhibit spiritual growth. Insights to adapting your daily activities to amplify your spiritual power. Visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/accelerate-your-spiritual-growth-webinar-tickets-1025003742787?aff=oddtdtcreator Spiritual Arts Institute on Instagram and Facebook

While today may be pumpkin spice and everything nice, the elves at The Barn Redefined, previously known as Poway Countryside Barn, are getting ready for the holiday season, with their popular Christmas at the Barn shopping event, themed “The 12 Days of Christmas”. A wonderful place for holiday decorating ideas; one of the most anticipated features of the event is their themed Christmas trees. This year, they have twenty-six! Themes include “Under the Stars” (camping/outdoor tree), “To All a Goodnight” (black, white, green, dark blue), “Enchanted Forest” (mossy, feathers, reds), “Classic Christmas” (red velvet, classic Santa, mistletoe), “Chrismukkah” (deep blue, gold, silver), and “Mrs. Clause’s Bake Shop (reds, light blues),” to name a few. The event provides lots of holiday photo opportunities, as the exterior will be a giant gingerbread house, and a large vintage trailer will become a “Candy Shop.” This year, they will be collecting new toys, arts & crafts and hygiene products for kids of all ages for Anvil of Hope, a non-profit focused on helping low-income families, those facing homelessness and temporary hardship. Everyone who donates will receive a paper gingerbread man with their name on it to hang on a dedicated wall. New this year is a gift-wrapping section with supplies available for purchase. Visit: The Barn Redefined Hosts Annual Christmas at the Barn

In Pittsburgh, entire houses have been converted into individual art installations filled with unusual objects. A new house is now open.