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Pop Up Picnic Co. is set to enchant Carlsbad once again with the return of PICNICS + FLOWERS, a unique picnic experience at The Flower Fields from March 23 to May 12, 2024. Every Saturday and Sunday, guests can indulge in an upscale outdoors adventure featuring curated bites, live music, and breathtaking views of The Flower Fields and the San Diego coastline. Building on the success of the previous year, this edition promises more shade structures, semi-private picnic spaces, reserved parking, a private entrance, complimentary wagon rides, an expanded menu, live music, and a family-fun zone with interactive games. Attendees at PICNICS + FLOWERS can anticipate a culinary delight, with tasting menus offering choices like Cucumber Chive sandwiches, Chickpea Smash sandwiches, Ham and Tomato Sandwiches, seasonal side salads, mini charcuterie, and delightful fruit pies on a stick. Refreshing beverages such as hibiscus-lemon aguas frescas and mint-infused water will accompany the delectable bites. Families can enjoy a 50% discount for kids with each adult ticket purchase, and reservations open on Feb. 1, 2024, at https://www.picnicsandflowers.com. Pop Up Picnic on Facebook / Instagram The Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch on Facebook / Instagram

We are pleased to announce two exhibitions by local emerging promising artists from Tijuana and San Ysidro, Mariel Miranda and Jon Villanueva, respectively. The exhibitions will be opening simultaneously with an opening reception on July 1, 2023, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at The FRONT Arte y Cultura (147 W. San Ysidro Blvd, 92173) As told by artist Mariel Miranda, “El viento o el polvo, tal vez is an exhibition where I ex- plore speculative fictions at my neighborhood in Tijuana, taking a science fiction work- shop as a point of departure to investigate notions of community, labor, myths, and fu- ture.” Separately, Jon Villanueva’s exhibition, Missouri loves company, is a collection of oil paintings documenting the artists’ navigation through life, and the transition into adult- hood. The collection takes inspiration from the social patterns of human nature. Related links: The Front Arte & Cultura on Instagram

Members of the "Back Alley Poetry Club" unveil their new public art project, “Memoria Terra,” on Saturday.

President-elect Trump has excelled at creating his own media image, from his earliest days as a real estate baron. His supporters find him entertaining and feisty, and even critics find it difficult not to talk about him.

The Hillcrest Farmers Market is filled with over 175 vendors offering a wide variety of locally grow produce, gifts, arts and crafts, flowers, clothing, and more! Over 10,000 people a week visit our market. Many of our local farmers grow their produce organically or with no pesticides. The market also hosts a large variety of prepared and hot food items with an emphasis on international cuisine. We also host weekly entertainment performed by a variety of local musicians. The market opened on April 13, 1997 with only 27 vendors and has continued to grow with the community. We are proud to and maintain our reputation as “The Best” Farmers Market in San Diego County! There’s a wide variety of vendors at the market that change out every week. The best way to learn about the vendors is to visit us.

A Conversation with San Diego Poet Laureate Jason Magabo Perez DATE/TIME: February 28, 2024, 6 P.M.–8 P.M. VENUE: UC San Diego: Ida & Cecil Green Faculty Club In addition to a moderated conversation with Audrey Geisel University Librarian Erik Mitchell, Perez will read from some of his published works of poetry. A reception will follow the discussion. Registration is open and required. ________________________________________ About Jason Magabo Perez Jason Magabo Perez is a Filipino American poet, performer, essayist, researcher and educator. Perez is the author of “Phenomenology of Superhero” (Red Bird Chapbooks, 2016), “This is for the mostless” (WordTech Editions, 2017), and “I ask about what falls away” (Kaya Press, forthcoming 2024). Blending poetry, prose, performance, film/video, and oral history, Perez’s work explores Filipino American histories, colonialism, state violence, solidarity, migration, memory and intimacy. Perez’s work has appeared in publications such as Interim, Witness, The Feminist Wire, Marías at Sampaguitas, Kalfou, San Diego Union-Tribune and NPR’s Here & Now. Perez has also written and performed three staged multimedia performance works: The Passion of El Hulk Hogancito (Kularts San Francisco, 2009); You Will Gonna Go Crazy (Kularts San Francisco, 2011); and Blue Bin Improvisations (MexiCali Biennial at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, 2018). Recipient of a Challenge America Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Perez has been a Featured Artist at New Americans Museum, Community Scholar-in-Residence at the San Diego Public Library, and Artist-in-Residence at the Center for Art and Thought. Perez has performed at notable venues such as the National Asian American Theater Festival, International Conference of the Philippines, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Asian Art Museum, La Jolla Playhouse and Sunshine Brooks Theater. Alumnus of the VONA Writing Workshops for Writers of Color, Perez holds an M.F.A. in Writing and Consciousness from New College of California and a dual Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies and Communication from U niversity of California San Diego. Perez works as Associate Professor and Director of Ethnic Studies at California State University San Marcos, Community Arts Fellow at Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies, Associate Editor at Ethnic Studies Review, and is a core organizer with The Digital Sala. Current Fellow with the Academy of American Poets, Perez serves as San Diego Poet Laureate 2023-24.

Trump's victory gives a broader platform to critics of federal health programs. Among other moves, he may try to weaken the Affordable Care Act and cut funding for Medicaid coverage.

Actor, teacher and director Andréa Agosto shares her family’s roots in Puerto Rico and their connection in an upcoming play “Notes on Killing Seven Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Board Members” at Diversionary Theatre.

During her years as a military linguist, Bailey Williams pushed her body to extremes. Her new book is Hollow: A Memoir of My Body in the Marines.

The sudden collapse of President Bashar al-Assad has come as welcome news to many, but there are jitters both inside and outside the country about what will follow.