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And let’s take a moment to ‘escape’ to the lush hillsides of Provence and meet bestselling author Aimie K. Runyan, in this extraordinary lavender themed Adventure to celebrate Aimie’s new book, The Memory of Lavender and Sage. Aimie’s contemporary women’s fiction debut is centered around a charming escape into the lavender fields of Southern France and a young woman who discovers her family’s secrets and the hope for her own future.Join us at Lavender Gift Boutique in Del Mar for an exciting lavender experience and a lively book discussion! Learn more about Aimie’s powerful new novel, which has earned her praise as “a standout voice in women’s fiction,” while you enjoy a glass of lavender lemonade, cookies, and then shop around for your own lavender or special items at a special 20% event discount.Your Adventure includes a copy of "The Memory of Lavender and Sage" to be delivered to the event for signing, a bar of fresh lavender soap, a refreshing glass of lavender lemonade, cookies, a 20% discounted store coupon valid for the event date, tax, gratuity, and an opportunity to meet the author up close and personal in an intimate setting!“Lavender is the soul of Provence.” — Jean GionoFor more information visit: adventuresbythebook.comStay Connected on Facebook and Instagram

"Stripper Energy: Fighting Back from the Fringes" is coming May 22 on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Our top picks for dance in San Diego this season: Female choreography; 19th century revenge; Mexican women's history; storytelling, running and dance; and a big, participatory picnic.

CODA International and The Bella Lunas proudly announce "Codas Got Talent", a benefit concert featuring Coda artists! (CODA = Children of Deaf Adults)Your generous contribution goes directly towards conference waivers, allowing more people to attend the life-changing 2024 CODALeague conference in San Diego, California, in June 2024. Together we are making a difference to inspire, create community, and empowerment for CODAs, while also raising funds for those Codas who are under-resourced or from international countries to come to conference and experience this wonderful connected community for themselves. For more information visit: coda-international.orgStay Connected on Facebook and Instagram

The annual Sam Hinton Folk Heritage Festival will include music beginning at 10 am on the Gazebo Stage. There will be storytelling in the Porter House and jam sessions all over the park. Enjoy the Poway Farmers Market from 8 am to 2 pm. The following is the concert schedule:10:00 a.m. Hullabaloo. Start your day with some free-range, organic kid-folk.10:45 a.m. Marilyn McPhie. World renowned storyteller will give you a taste of what will be happening over in the Porter House.11:00 a.m. MohaviSoul. Stellar songwriting and tight bluegrass-flavored musicianship will kick things up a notch.12:00 p.m. Scarborough. Hear Simon and Garfunkel songs done by Ashley Norton and Sharon Katz, two women whose voices blend just as well as Paul and Art’s. 1:00 p.m. Hot Pstromi. The full band will play world-class music based around Yale Strom’s klezmer violin and Elizabeth Schwartz’ powerful vocals.2:00 p.m. Lee Coulter Band. This performer puts more positivity into his work, and connects more closely to his audience. 3:00 p.m. Billy Lee and the Swamp Critters. These folks live up to their name, with so much fun Cajun and Zydeco music, it is hard not to dance.For more information visit: sdfolkheritage.orgStay Connected on Facebook and Instagram

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.

In this festival mainstay, we honor the lives of six San Diego area Jewish women through words, music, and images. Hear their stories and leave uplifted and inspired. Honoring Sara Brown, Debbie Kornberg, Vered Libstein, Rabbi Devorah Marcus, Bev Pamensky, and Dr. Barbara Parker.“A woman of valor, who shall find?” asks the famous psalm. These 6 inspiring women have made unique contributions to our community. JFest celebrates their lives and accomplishments.Directed by Ali ViterbiWritten by Sarah Price Keating, Rebecca Myers, Todd Salovey, and Ali ViterbiDebbie Kornberg is a spice expert and entrepreneur. She owns SPICE + LEAF and teaches weekly Spice It Up with Deb: A Live Cooking Experience workshops.Dr. Barbara Parker is a professor emerita in the Department of Medicine at UCSD and a medical oncologist at UC San Diego Health. She was the medical director of oncology services and senior deputy director of Cancer Medicine at Moores Cancer Center.Rabbi Devorah Marcus has been the senior Rabbi at Temple Emanu-El since 2013.Bev Pamensky is the Executive Director of the Kindness Initiative, an organization dedicated to alleviating poverty in the San Diego Jewish community.Sara Brown is the San Diego regional director of the American Jewish Committee. She was previously the Executive Director of the Center for Holocaust, Human Rights, and Genocide Education, and managed post-secondary education programming for USC Shoah Foundation. She also conducted research and wrote a book on the Rwandan genocide.Vered Libstein is a survivor of the October 7 terrorist attack in Israel. Her husband, Ofir Libstein, was the mayor of San Diego's sister city Sha'ar HaNegev, and he (along with their son, her mother, and her nephew) was murdered on October 7. Vered founded the Darom Adom Festival, one of Israel's largest nature events.Visit: https://www.sdjfest.org/

In this festival mainstay, we honor the lives of six San Diego area Jewish women through words, music, and images. Hear their stories and leave uplifted and inspired. Honoring Sara Brown, Debbie Kornberg, Vered Libstein, Rabbi Devorah Marcus, Bev Pamensky, and Dr. Barbara Parker.“A woman of valor, who shall find?” asks the famous psalm. These 6 inspiring women have made unique contributions to our community. JFest celebrates their lives and accomplishments.Directed by Ali ViterbiWritten by Sarah Price Keating, Rebecca Myers, Todd Salovey, and Ali ViterbiDebbie Kornberg is a spice expert and entrepreneur. She owns SPICE + LEAF and teaches weekly Spice It Up with Deb: A Live Cooking Experience workshops.Dr. Barbara Parker is a professor emerita in the Department of Medicine at UCSD and a medical oncologist at UC San Diego Health. She was the medical director of oncology services and senior deputy director of Cancer Medicine at Moores Cancer Center.Rabbi Devorah Marcus has been the senior Rabbi at Temple Emanu-El since 2013.Bev Pamensky is the Executive Director of the Kindness Initiative, an organization dedicated to alleviating poverty in the San Diego Jewish community.Sara Brown is the San Diego regional director of the American Jewish Committee. She was previously the Executive Director of the Center for Holocaust, Human Rights, and Genocide Education, and managed post-secondary education programming for USC Shoah Foundation. She also conducted research and wrote a book on the Rwandan genocide.Vered Libstein is a survivor of the October 7 terrorist attack in Israel. Her husband, Ofir Libstein, was the mayor of San Diego's sister city Sha'ar HaNegev, and he (along with their son, her mother, and her nephew) was murdered on October 7. Vered founded the Darom Adom Festival, one of Israel's largest nature events.Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook & Instagram

Following the success of The Piano Men: Billy Joe & Elton John Editions and The Piano Men: Beatles Edition, CCAE Theatricals is creating an all-new eight-handed, 88 keys x 2 spectacular! The Piano Women will introduce you to 4 dynamic female performers, singing/playing the songs of Sara Bareilles, Alicia Keys, Norah Jones, Carole King and so many more! If you enjoyed the antics and high-energy performances of The Piano Men, you won’t want to miss these incredible Piano Women when they make their debut in May 2024!CCAE Theatricals on Facebook / Instagram

Join us for Voices on the Inside at the SDPL, a self-portrait photography and poetry exhibit by incarcerated members of Poetic Justice.Voices on the Inside unites our community with a multi-modal art exhibition, free to the public, rooted in the urgent need for a collaborative solution to amending punitive approaches to incarceration and increasing rehabilitation and healing. This exhibition offers an innovative and constructive approach to transforming prisons and jails by acknowledging and listening to those who are surviving incarceration. By bringing together communities for the purpose of dialogue, bridging differences, healing from harm together, and witnessing the humanity behind each individual, Poetic Justice hopes to make real change in the lives of incarcerated women.Poetic Justice is a community within and beyond women's prisons and jails, working alongside one another with a shared belief in the power of self-expression to change lives. Voices on the Inside, funded by the NEA, the World Design Capital and the California Arts Council, is a Poetic Justice photography and poetry program in collaboration with photographer Lisa Loftus that brings together incarcerated members of our community from California, Oklahoma, and Tijuana.On view at the downtown San Diego Central Library's Popular Library Fairway, April 29 through July 31, 2024.Opening reception: 1-4 p.m. Sunday May 5, 2024Feel free to arrive anytime between 1-2pm, as the reception and events will begin at 2pm. We can't wait to see you there!Reception information and RSVP here.Voices on the Inside is a free event, open to the public and if you would like to support the team who made it possible, please consider making a donation at the following link; https://www.poeticjustice.org/donate.If you are not in California or able to attend Voices on the Inside at the San Diego Library from May-July 2024, please also consider a donation that will allow Poetic Justice to bring this exhibit to your area!Related links:San Diego Public Library: website | InstagramPoetic Justice: website | Instagram