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A free outdoor festival of art, creativity and community in the Museum Park and Museum Saturday, June 25, 2022 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. The New Children’s Museum is hosting its 10th annual Mass Creativity Day, a celebration of art, creativity and community with live performances, family-friendly art-making activities, food and free admission to the Museum all day. Mass Creativity Day will include performances by Teye Sa Thiosanne African Drum and Dance Company, Maraya Performing Arts, Mariachi Victoria, Alyce Smith Cooper, and TranscenDANCE. Other activities include face painting, a music class for toddlers facilitated by the San Diego Youth Symphony, drawing classes and live portrait drawing by Scarlett Baily, a reading of "Karen’s Heart" by author Georgeanne Irvine (read in Spanish by Radio Latina host Gloria Beltran), and appearances by Joyride Bookshop and Fern Street Circus in the Museum Park. Island Avenue in front of the Museum will be closed to traffic for the festivities. Mass Creativity Day is the culminating event of the Museum’s signature Mass Creativity outreach program that held free art-making workshops at seven different community centers throughout San Diego County from April to June. The participating community organizations include Barrio Logan College Institute, Casa Familiar, City Height Weingart Library, Skyline Hills Library, The San Diego LGBT Center, Solutions for Change and SBCS (South Bay Community Services). The New Children's Museum on Facebook + Instagram + @iheartncm on Twitter

Cannupa Hanska Luger will share the work he's created as the Longenecker-Roth Artist in Residence. Luger is a multidisciplinary artist and an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Lakota and European descent). Through monumental installations and social collaboration, Luger activates speculative fiction and communicates stories about 21st Century Indigeneity, combining critical cultural analysis with dedication and respect for the diverse materials, environments, and communities he engages. He lectures and produces large-scale projects around the globe and his works are in many public collections. Luger is a recipient of a 2021 United States Artists Fellowship Award for Craft and was named a 2021 GRIST Fixer, he is a 2020 Creative Capital Fellow, a 2020 Smithsonian Artist Research Fellow, and the recipient of the Museum of Arts and Design’s 2018 inaugural Burke Prize, among others. Follow on social media! Instagram + Twitter

This season’s “Women in Music Festival” focuses on the role women have had on both music composition and performance in our history. The next performers are the talented Piano & Organ Duo Mus-Art, Maria Teresa Sierra and Raúl Prieto Ramirez. Spanish piano virtuoso from Barcelona with several competition prizes, pianist Maria Teresa Sierra will join San Diego Civic Organist Raúl Prieto Ramirez for a concert widely demanded. The piano and organ duo will join forces presenting widely popular pieces like Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Beethoven’s piano Concerto No.5 “The Emperor”. The concert features a display of virtuosity combining the power of the Spreckels Organ and the delicacy of a concert piano, provided by Steinway Piano Gallery of San Diego.

LaMont Dottin was a freshman at Queens College when he vanished one day in 1995. His mother became a "one-woman search party" whose journey would lead her to a mass grave.

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First, a conversation about the impacts of the weekend weather on the county and the effect of all this rain and snow on drought conditions in the state. Then, sewage spills originating in Tijuana have forced the closure of beaches in Imperial beach and south toward the border for most of this winter. What will a recent settlement between the federal International Boundary and Water Commission and the cities of Imperial Beach, Chula Vista and the San Diego Port Authority do to prevent sewage from reaching the Pacific Ocean in the future? Next, a San Diego nonprofit that helps support young people who’ve aged out of the foster care system is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Then, the state is requiring residents and businesses to reduce the amount of organic waste sent to the landfill. We have more details on San Diego’s new organics recycling program. And, a story about how raising the height of the Shasta Dam in Northern California would impact the sacred land of the Indigenous Winnemem Wintu people. Finally, a profile of San Diego artist, Andrea Overturf who has a career as a symphony musician and also creates multi-media sculptures from items from the swap meet that many would dismiss as junk.

Looking for some not-so-scary fun? Come to Mission Valley Library for a hauntingly good time with Halloween STEAM-powered (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) crafts and activities. There will be ghost making, a scavenger hunt, and more. This program is suitable for preschool and elementary ages. Costumes are encouraged, but not required.

Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Monday, Sept. 22, 2025 on KPBS 2. We learn how there is a lot of giving going on in Tijuana, 2000 meals a day to be exact. Meet the loving people behind it all, and see how shelters are helping to house the large amount of immigrants who come to Tijuana. Next, we meet Machinto Ruiz who has brought his salsa music and dancing to Tijuana.

Join us for our Makers & Macrame Workshop with our guest instructor and local macrame artist, Jordan of The Knottery. This is KNOT your average workshop! This is an interactive 3-hour workshop and is $79 per guest. In this specialty event, we will first make an entertaining staple: our versatile 6x16 Mini Wood Tray. Customize your Mini Wood Tray with your choice of (non-toxic!) stain and designer paint colors. Then, we learn techniques of the art of macrame. Registration includes instructions and supplies to complete an on-trend project: your choice of ONE stylish Macrame Wristlet or ONE pair of Macrame Earrings. You will be able to choose your cord colors when you arrive for your workshop. The Knottery offers a wide selection of colors. Take home your DIY project, stylish macrame project, and some crafty knowledge on a new skill! Click here to register for this event!