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San Diego artists will "activate" the city's park system starting this weekend through November, with a series of installations, workshops and site-specific art — part of a pandemic-era civic arts funding initiative.

Mondays from 4 – 5:30 p.m. Ages 6-12 welcome! Lead instructor, Hayley Winick, collaborates with guest instructors to teach this month-long series full of hands-on, engaging crafts using STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math). The hands-on activities will allow your child to express themselves in a creative way, practice and build fine motor skills, eye-hand coordination and much more. This series is a wonderful introduction to a creative and nurturing learning environment. Projects encourage problem solving in creative and innovative ways, and include wood, textiles, clay, paper, and glass. Young students will make beautiful pieces to take home over the course of the series. All materials included. Students explore a variety of mediums to teach hand skills to children using safe, natural materials. Each project teaches craftsmanship, dexterity and material exploration. Projects range from woodworking, sewing, ceramics, paper crafts, textiles to fusing glass. Young students will make beautiful pieces to take home over the course of the series. All materials included. Projects are switched up monthly, so repeats are welcome! • Scholarships available • Homeschoolers enrollment info • Military and sibling discounts • One-day /Drop-In Ticket available Social Media Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

As the U.S. plans new mines for copper, lithium and other metals to use in green technologies, mining projects in the West could threaten scarce water supplies.

Titled “Sining SAMAHAN – The Art of Coming Together”, the concert showcases the Filipinos’ cultural music and dances from various villages and regions in the Philippines. The two-hour program features a rich repertoire of traditional dances and live music performed by SAMAHAN’s talented performers in vibrant traditional Filipino attire. Showcased in the first half of the concert, are the indigenous cultural dances and rituals of the Kalinga tribe of the Cordilleras in Northern Luzon, the Maranao in Mindanao, the Sama and Tausug of the Sulu Archipelago. Their dances and rituals are traditionally performed with the beats of flat and bossed gongs called Gangsa and Kulintang and bamboo or “gabang”. The Pakaraguian Kulintang Ensemble of SAMAHAN, foremost Kulintang ensemble in Southern CA, provides the Gangsa, Kulintang and bamboo percussion music. The Maranao repertoire features the cultural dances and rituals taught by master artists and cultural bearers to SAMAHAN’s creative committee members during their field research in Mindanao in 2019. The Sama and Tausug indigenous dances were learned by SAMAHAN artists who conducted research in Tawi-Tawi, Philippines and Eastern Sabah, Malaysia. SAMAHAN’s field research was sponsored by the Dr. Lolita Diñoso Carter Endowment through The San Diego Foundation. Featured in the second half of the concert are the European or Western influenced dances, such as the Maria Clara dances, and the rural dances of the folks in the country side in central regions of the Philippines. These dances are performed with live music accompaniment by the SAMAHAN Rondalla String Ensemble. The exhilarating dances and lively music of the SAMAHAN Rondalla and Pakaraguian Kulintang Music Ensembles promise an enjoyable evening! Through the Concert of Philippine Dances and Music, SAMAHAN shares with the audience the exquisiteness of Filipino folk dances and music. The Filipinos’ dances and music performed in rituals, courtship, and festivals, depict the people’s rich culture, customs and traditions. The diversity of their dances and music reflects the interconnectedness with Asian and Western traditions throughout the history of the Filipinos, from the Indian, Chinese, Indochinese, Indonesian, Malay, Spanish, to the Americans. The Concert is made possible in part by the California Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, the Dr. Lolita Diñoso Carter Endowment through the San Diego Foundation and the contributions of individual donors. SAMAHAN Performing Arts is a non-profit organization. Follow on Socials! Facebook & Instagram

Shorter was a tenor saxophonist who made his debut in 1959 and would go on to be a foundational member of two of the most seminal jazz groups: Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and the Miles Davis Quintet.

A discussion of Jazz as an original American craft, it's evolution and roots in San Diego.

On August 12th from 5 - 8 p.m., SIP San Diego, a collective of urban wineries, meaderies and cideries, will be hosting their 5th annual SIP the City festival at Escondido City Hall. For $79 per person, attendees will have the opportunity to sample unlimited sips from all 14 members of the SIP San Diego non-profit in one place, as well as enjoy light bites from the newly opened California Poppy and live music in the dome venue at Escondido City Hall (201 N. Broadway, Escondido CA 92025). Participants include: Carruth Cellars, Charlie & Echo, Gianni Buonomo Vintners, Golden Coast Mead, Grafted Cellars, Koi Zen Cellars, Lost Cause Meadery, Mission Cellars, Negociant, Propaganda Wine Co., Raging Cider & Mead, San Pasqual Winery, Serpentine Cider, Solterra Winery The three hour festival will also have local vendors on-site, as well as a SIP San Diego store where the craft, locally-produced wine, cider or mead will be available for purchase. Proceeds from ticket sales go to further support the mission of SIP San Diego to increase awareness of locally crafted, artisanal wine, mead and cider while creating a collaborative community for our skilled city wine, mead & cider makers. It is our intention to encourage San Diegans to "Sip Small" every opportunity they have! For more information visit: sipsandiego.com

Just in time for the holidays, viral sensation and celebrated dog grooming artist Gabriel Feitosa will team up with Wildlife Expert and Co-Founder of Phantasticus Pictures, Forrest Galante, to give stray dogs fabulous makeovers and loving homes at San Diego Humane Society's El Cajon Campus. Nov. 29, 2022 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Internationally known Feitosa made headlines as he went viral for positioning man’s best friends into incredible walking works of art. As an artist and advocate for safe and effective grooming practices, Feitosa now boasts over 1 million followers on TikTok and over 250,000 on Instagram. He has redefined the world of dog styling, sometimes even transforming pups into images of other animals, such as giraffes, panda bears and zebras. Wildlife Biologist and avid animal lover, Forrest Galante, will help to facilitate the event with a supportive onsite presence, engaging with attendees and addressing all questions. Anyone can attend to watch Feitosa and his team in action, and hopefully, walk away with a lovable new pet.

Vermeer’s Woman in Blue Reading a Letter has many friends at the Timken Museum of Art after the delightful summer she spent here in 2015, thanks to a generous loan from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. As evident in that masterpiece as well as in other of his works, including the recently (and dramatically) restored Woman Reading a Letter before an Open Window from Dresden, this seventeenth-century Delft master had a life-long fascination with the subject of women and letters. This lecture will examine how Vermeer captured, in quiet and subtle ways, the emotional impact for women of receiving a letter from an absent loved one. Agenda: 4:30 - 5:30 - Wine and Charcuterie Reception 5:30 - 6:30 - Lecture Tickets $45 - Members/ $65 - Non-Members Cocktail Attire About the Speaker Dr. Arthur K. Wheelock Jr. is Senior Advisor to The Leiden Collection. He was previously curator of Northern Baroque painting at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and Professor of Art History at the University of Maryland. He organized over forty exhibitions at the National Gallery, including Anthony van Dyck, Johannes Vermeer, Rembrandt’s Late Religious Portraits, Jan Lievens, and Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting. He also helped organize exhibitions at other institutions, among them Vermeer: On Reflection at the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden. Among Wheelock’s many publications are catalogues of the National Gallery’s Dutch and Flemish paintings. He also edited the on-line catalogue of The Leiden Collection. Follow on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter