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In five 4-hour sessions students will experience a comprehensive introduction to woodworking and woodworking machines. Students will build their own cutting board and a stool to take home. During this class students will: Operate a drill press, router table, drum sander, and other stationary sanding machines safely. Learn to use glue and clamps. Learn how to square lumber. Learn how to prepare a project for finishing and apply a finishing product. Level: Beginner Prerequisite: Age >18 Format: 5 sessions, each 4 hours Projects you will make: Cutting board and small stool SDFWA has a limited number of partial scholarships for this course. Email David Weissman for more information. Visit: sdfwa.org/intro-classes/

NPR's A Martinez talks to Kyle Potter of Thrifty Traveler, about what the change says about the future of flying on the cheap.

Dissident filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof talks about how he escaped Iran on foot after making his new political thriller, The Seed of the Sacred Fig.

In five 4-hour sessions students will experience a comprehensive introduction to woodworking and woodworking machines. Students will build their own cutting board and a stool to take home. During this class students will: Operate a drill press, router table, drum sander, and other stationary sanding machines safely. Learn to use glue and clamps. Learn how to square lumber. Learn how to prepare a project for finishing and apply a finishing product. Level: Beginner Prerequisite: Age >18 Format: 5 sessions, each 4 hours Projects you will make: Cutting board and small stool SDFWA has a limited number of partial scholarships for this course. Email David Weissman for more information. Visit: sdfwa.org/intro-classes/

The "Soultry Sisters" will host their third annual Summer Soulstice celebration this weekend in Carlsbad, a health and wellness festival by and for queer people of color.

Born a musical prodigy in former Yugoslavia, Mikan started his professional jazz career as a teenager whose immense talent was quickly recognised by top musicians, the audiences and music critics alike. Throughout the '80s he remained a major feature on the thriving Yugoslav jazz scene. In the early '90s, however, he decided to pursue bigger musical challenges, at first in New York, and ten years later in San Diego, where he regularly shares the stage with the likes of Gilbert Castellanos, Charles McPherson, Allison Adams-Tucker, Chuck McPherson, Bob Magnusson, Rob Thorsen, Jamie Shadowlight, and many other notable performers. On piano or synthesizer, Mikan's fiery performances continue to thrill and excite his audiences. He connects jazz fans in many different settings, from concert halls to small clubs to street corners. His musical chemistry and his remarkable skills captivate and welcome his audience into his music, offering an exciting and memorable jazz experience. No two performances can ever be the same. Mikan's music is always evolving through his never-ending search of new creative possibilities. See More Events here For more information visit: bardicmanagement.com Stay Connected on Facebook and Instagram

Based out of sunny San Diego, Gypsy Sally is a three piece blues rock band that brings the old school feel to the new age from blues, to rock with the occasional Bossa and Latin twist. Front man Kyler Jakubowski has utilized his North Carolina roots and over the years has created a very unique blues sound not heard since the 50’s, Austin Wagner links the rhythm and melody with his smooth motown influenced James Jameson style, and Martin Quezada holds the beat on drums with his Caribbean swing, all of which when brought together creates what is now known as the one and only Gypsy Sally. To date, Gypsy Sally has recorded one album, "How Long," recorded live in the studio with Alan Sanderson. Gypsy Sally is named after a bar in the song "Tecumseh Valley" by Townes Van Zandt. Apart from Van Zandt, the band is influenced by classic blues artists like B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, and Peter Green. However, in addition to the blues, the band also draws influence from the vocals of Sam Cooke, and the rock guitar of Rory Gallagher. For more information visit: bardicmanagement.com Stay Connected on Facebook and Instagram

In the writing world tropes are sometimes dismissed as being cliche or, horror of horrors, as commercial. You bet your booty they are. Tropes are cliches because they work. They are plot themes that readers have proven are favorites. And much as we writers like to think of ourselves as creative and artistic, we also want to make money doing it. Which means using tropes to sell our work, in our plotting, in our titles and in our blurbs. In this workshop we will identify some of the leading plot tropes, outline the reader expectations of those tropes and explore other trope tools that will assist in plugging plot holes. I invite you to strap on your writer’s toolbelt and prepare to sharpen a much used tool. For more information visit: writeyourstorynow.org Stay Connected on Facebook and Instagram

Do you want to see your writing in magazines? Would you like to receive a check for what you write? If your goal is to write personal essays and get paid for them, this is the class for you. We will go through idea generation, how to find publications that are right for your idea, and how to pitch to editors and locate their e-mail addresses. You will finish the class with several ideas for essays, where to pitch them, and with a list of resources to build those bylines! Note: We are offering TWO scholarships for writers who self-identify as having financial need. If you are interested, please contact Kristen at programs@sandiegowriters.org. Thank you! For more information visit: writeyourstorynow.org Stay Connected on Facebook and Instagram

The flower's Latin name translates as "giant, misshapen penis." But it's better known to locals as "Putricia." Royal Botanical Garden Sydney has even set up a livestream in anticipation.