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Kay Rivers Studio & Gallery Kay Rivers Studio & Gallery Presents: HUNT FOR ART TOUR/SCAVENGER HUNT There are many hidden art treasures in Escondido to be found, and we will discover them All. The treasure hunt/scavenger hunt gives you clues to finding them. But just to be fair, we will all leave at the same time. You will be given your first clue Saturday evening at 4:00 PM online. Then the next one is at the next location and so on. Date: November 5, 2022 There are many hidden art treasures in Escondido to be found, and we will discover them All. The treasure hunt/scavenger hunt gives you clues to finding them. But just to be fair, we will all leave at the same time. You will be given your first clue Saturday evening at 4:00 PM online. Then the next one is at the next location and so on. Upon finding and arriving, you will find the next clue, and so on. Each week we will discover hidden treasures about Escondido art and the artist that make it. Each hunt will take somewhere between 1 to 5 hours depending on you and your team. You may choose to find the clue, and then quickly move on to the next clue, or you may want to simply stay awhile and enjoy the art at that clue's location and then move on to the next one. You may opt to stay and enjoy the venue (Your 1st drink is on me and the theater tickets are paid for as well.) Teamwork is encouraged although not mandatory. The object is to have fun discovering Escondido’s hidden art treasures. You will receive the link to the first clue online, and after your spot is reserved. All the other clues will be found in one of the hidden treasures in Escondido. You can take part in as many hunts as you like. They all start Saturday evening at 4:00 PM online, where you will be given your first clue for the night. A donation will be made on the participants' behalf to the Southern Sudanese Community Center of San Diego. Thank you for your participation. Good luck and have fun!

Lindsay Lohan and other celebrities were tricked into calling for the ouster of Moldova's president. It's the latest example of the Cameo app being used for an apparent political propaganda operation.

In Alabama, a debate is happening over whether to invest in technology to guide long-term decisions on how to spend opioid settlement dollars or to focus on immediate needs of people in addiction.

The dictionary publisher's guidance on the practice has people riled up. Grammarians say the made-up rule is one big waste of time. Not everyone is ready to let it go.

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

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week, X-Terminators, The Righteous Gemstones, and the new Gabriels album Angels & Queens.

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.

Sibyl Rubottom presents a visual memoir of her work from the last six decades, blending exploration with inspiration and comprising a variety of mediums: paintings, etchings, prints, artist books, collages, and soft sculpture. Central to her collection are artists books, her primary focus for over 25 years. She describes her work as “connecting folk traditions with a broad gamut of sensibilities, melding the boundaries between poetry and image making.” Sibyl’s books dive into concepts ranging from the celestial to the alphabetical. Her most enduring theme is water and its power to transport us across time and space—whether immersed in it or simply observing it. Sibyl Rubottom holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from Yale University. The exhibition can be viewed in the AAC Gallery at the Athenaeum Art Center (1955 Julian Avenue, San Diego, CA 92113) during open hours, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and every second Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m., during the Barrio Art Crawl, and by appointment. Artist Talk: Saturday, January 14, 5–8 PM (during the Barrio Art Crawl) Related links: Athenaeum Art Center on Instagram

Beginning Friday, March 1 this film will be available to stream on pbs.org and on the PBS App ahead of the broadcast premiere Sunday, March 24, 2024 at Noon on KPBS TV and March 24 at 1 p.m. on KPBS 2. Frederick Wiseman explores the lives and famed culinary artistry of the Troisgros family in the French countryside, taking us from sourcing ingredients and menu planning, to the organized chaos of the kitchen, to the ingenuity and creation of a dish.