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Computer scientist Joy Buolamwini warns that facial recognition technology is riddled with the biases of its creators. She is the author of Unmasking AI and founder of the Algorithmic Justice League.

Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App. Born into slavery in 1853, Bill Traylor spent most of his life working the land in rural Alabama. He began drawing and painting in his later years, often with found materials. This film, by Jeffrey Wolf and Daphne McWilliams, is a compelling narrative about a man who, despite the hardships of legalized racism, produced a body of work exhibited in today's leading museums and collections worldwide.

Kathleen Balgley will be discussing her book “Letters to My Father”. The book is a fascinating memoir about the journey of discovering her Jewish heritage when she learns that her father has a hidden Polish Jewish identity. She travels to her father’s birthplace and learns about the stories of her ancestors. During the determined trip through her family history, she wrote letters to her father and the amazing outcome was that her father joined her on her travels across the world. Kathleen Balgley completed a PhD in Literature from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and was also a Fulbright Scholar. Balgley has had an extensive academic career, including being a lecturer at the UCLA Writing Program, Associate Director of Writing at UCSD Sixth College, and later tenured Associate Professor of English at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. She is married to John David Ratajkowski, a multidisciplinary artist who has had his work exhibited across Ireland in Dublin, Galway, and Cork. Balgley and Ratajkowski are also the proud parents of successful actress and model Emily Ratajkowski. After authoring her memoir Letters to My Father, Balgley is now planning her next book along with her husband about life in their home in West Cork, Ireland. For more information visit: yiddishlandcalifornia.org Stay Connected on Facebook

Registration for this event will close on Oct. 17, 2023 @ Noon - Sign Up Now Celebrate the spooky season and enjoy daily chapters of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Hound of the Baskervilles" sent straight to your email. Register below to be sent a chapter of the story each day. No strings, no time commitments!* Your email will not be shared with other participants. Late sign-ups will receive a link to previous chapters rather than plain text. This program is part of DogtoberFest! Click HERE for more fun programs! *An entirely optional Zoom discussion will be held on November 6 from 6:30-7:30 p.m., a few days after the final chapter is sent out. A Zoom link will be included in the final email. Please contact Pauline Bronstein (pbronstein@sandiego.gov) directly if you would like a Zoom invitation without subscribing for daily chapters. This program utilizes a digital copy created by Project Gutenberg, an open source library and archival project that transcribes out-of-copyright texts for free, public usage.

Join local author as he discusses the relationship between mind and brain. In his latest book "Controlling Mental Chaos," Dr. Pineda shows that anxiety and incessant thinking reflect uncontrolled creativity, and how, using time-tested techniques, we can begin to recover our innate creative nature. The author will be signing books and answering questions at the end of the talk. Barnes & Noble (Escondido) on Facebook / Instagram

Kintsugi | Embracing Imperfection Saturday, March 11 from 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. In this workshop, students will learn about the origins of Kintsugi, the Japanese ‘art of golden repair,’ and its meaning as it relates to one’s own life. Instructor Luis Santiago explains, “In these uncertain and crazy times, I believe people can find some solace and comfort in realizing that their so called “scars” and imperfections are things that do not need to be hidden or ashamed of.” While the traditional craft of Kintsugi can take multiple months to complete, mastery in application, and involves toxic lacquer, the techniques used in this workshop to repair two ceramic pieces and embellish these pieces in two distinct Kintsugi-inspired ways brings it to a much wider audience and allows for completion in one workshop. All materials are included. Students will learn two distinct ways of highlighting the breaks of their provided ceramic pieces and will take home a unique piece. Ages 17+ are welcome. Stay Social! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

Tijuana shelter operators are protesting a new agreement between the U.S. and Mexico that sends deported Venezuelans to Tijuana. In other news, a new psychiatric health facility is now on the way in Oceanside, four years after the controversial closure of a psychiatric unit at Tri-City Medical Center. Plus, as the cost of living in San Diego increases, many artists are unable to pursue their passion in order to take other jobs to pay bills. But the people behind a new housing development in Vista want to change that by focusing on art and affordability.

In what’s being called a “binational collaboration exercise,” beginning Tuesday Mexican immigration officers will begin screening northbound traffic at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. Then, San Diego could soon be saying farewell to styrofoam. The city council is set to hear a proposal Tuesday that would ban the sale and use of the product within the city. Plus, ever since museums have existed, directors have tried to imagine the best way to arrange and illuminate the objects on display. Now art museums are getting some help from science. Later, a maximum security prison might not be the first place you think of to celebrate a wedding. But it's where Edmond Richardson is marrying the love of his life, Avelina. Also, in Shakespeare’s romantic comedy “As You Like It,” Rosalind and Orlando meet at court but don’t truly find love until they’re banished to the forest. The La Jolla Playhouse offers a re-imagined play where identities can be fully explored through a cast of trans, non-binary and genderqueer performers. Finally, as we head into the season of joy, a new children’s book tries to capture the spiritual quest for joy and contentment.

The Kirkus Prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the U.S. This year's winners are Ariel Aberg-Riger, Héctor Tobar and James McBride.

Project [BLANK], San Diego’s most innovative interdisciplinary music organization, will team up with Nick Lesley of Space Time for a concert of "illuminated music" featuring various methods of real-time image and sound manipulation. Central to the program is a screening of Studies by pioneering video artists Steina and Woody Vasulka. The concert will feature live musical performances and other video works that take inspiration from the Vasulkas’ early experiments in electronic image-making. As the next installment of Project [BLANK]’s Salty Series, "SPACE TIME ART" is curated by local musician and media artist Nick Lesley and features live performances by Helixhand and Kevin Schwenkler. The program will begin with a screening of Steina and Woody Vasulka’s rarely-seen, Studies, a series of evocative short films created in 1970 and 1971 that employ the couple’s early experiments in digital and analog processing. Following the screening, multimedia artist Helixhand (Ash Capachione) will perform a live audio-visual piece using digital film, machine generated imagery, and animation in cobination with improvised sound loops and found audio samples. Musician and composer Kevin Schwenkler will follow with a musical exploration of a series of still images featuring live electronics and audio-modulated processing. In addition to the live performances, TV screens around the space will display electronic media works spanning several decades. Stay Social! Facebook & Instagram