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Come see new painting and photography by a dozen members of La Jolla Art Association. Reception Saturday March 8 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (located inside La Jolla Community Center) Featured artists are: Concetta Antico, Nicole Caulfield, Ann Chaitin, Albert Dean, Victoria Gist-Towner, Julia Hiebaum, Peggy Hinaekian, Stephen Housley, Jeannine Romero, Mark Sherman, Dottie Stanley, and Laura Wheeler. La Jolla Art Association is a community of artists based in the San Diego area. Please visit if you are an art lover or join our group if you are an artist. La Jolla Art Association is a non-profit association of artists established in 1918. La Jolla Art Association on Facebook / Instagram

This class will explore the range of techniques possible when using acrylics, with emphasis on saturated color and creativity. Students will be encouraged to paint freely and spontaneously. Materials: Paint: Fast-drying acrylics are recommended, although students may opt for the “open” (slow-drying) type if they prefer. Brand names include Liquitex, Golden, Utrecht, and Winsor & Newton. Colors: Cadmium Yellow Medium, Yellow Oxide or Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Red Light, Naphthol Crimson, Phthalo Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Titanium White. Other useful colors: Brilliant Purple, Dioxazine Purple, Hookers Green Deep Hue Permanent. The first six colors and Titanium White are a must-have. Any other colors the student may have are encouraged. Brushes: Brights, #2, #4, #6. (Winsor & Newton University brand is good.); any bristle brush students may have. Supports: Small canvas panels, 5” x 7”, 6” x 8”, 8” x 8”, 8” x 10.” These can be purchased at Michaels (quite inexpensive and good quality). Other: Support for the panels (thick cardboard, etc.); disposable or covered palette; paper towels; finger sprayer; water container; roll of masking tape; selection of photo references (still life, flowers, landscape, and people in groups). Contact Stan for art store suggestions: stanaws@earthlink.net. Max students: 13 Athenaeum Music & Arts Library on Instagram and Facebook

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Labour MP Clive Lewis about the far-right "free-speech" march in London last weekend.

The Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General found widespread abuse of shackles in federal prisons. One prisoner was held in restraints so tight that he had to have a limb amputated.

Stream now with KPBS Passport on KPBS+ / Watch Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV. Rare access into the final stages of restoration on the most iconic landmark on London’s skyline. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to explore the social and cultural history that the world’s most famous clock tower represents, while charting the extraordinary craftsmanship of the people painstakingly bringing this grand monument back to life for future generations.

As the Trump administration slashes the federal workforce, experts say cuts to the USDA, FDA and CDC have left the food supply vulnerable to outbreaks of foodborne illness.

The State Department's decision to impose sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza, follows an unsuccessful campaign to force her removal.

NPR has learned that dozens of immigrants across the U.S. have received letters notifying them that their asylum cases have been dismissed because they have not yet received a screening interview.

The remnant of Typhoon Halong slammed the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, an area in Western Alaska hundreds of miles from the U.S. road system. More than a thousand people are displaced.

This visually spectacular one-act production of "Carmen," set in southern Spain, follows the downfall of Don José, a naïve soldier who is seduced by the wiles of the fiery Carmen. José abandons his childhood sweetheart and deserts from his military duties yet loses Carmen’s love to the glamorous torero Escamillo. Choreography Elizabeth Wistrich (1989) Music Carmen by Georges Bizet (1875), with arrangement by Rodion Shchedrin (1967) Divertimento No. 15: Pairing perfection. The choreography showcases Balanchine’s brilliant use of space, and the geometric precision of his movement patterns and groupings. The music is one of Mozart’s greatest works, the epitome of 18th-century aristocratic music. Choreography George Balanchine (1956) Music Divertimento No. 15 in B-flat major, K. 287 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777) City Ballet of San Diego on Facebook / Instagram / X