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Park Social artists Sheena Rae Dowling and Yvette Roman invite community members and park visitors to a drop-in memory collection workshop to share their memories and stories and help make picnic blankets in preparation for their community event and picnic later this summer. Park Social is a citywide initiative introducing social-specific public art into San Diego's vast and varied park system. Held for six months in 2022, Park Social engages with a broad and constantly shifting audience of park-goers through responsive artistic projects. Learn more about artists Sheena Rae Dowling and Yvette Roman's practices and their collaborative Park Social project by visiting sdparksocial.com. Follow us on Instagram @sdartsculture

Subaru’s Great Big Family Play Day presented by Pipette, and hosted in partnership with SoCalMoms, will take place on Sunday, June 26 at Liberty Station – a play date the whole family will enjoy! Taking over Ingram Plaza, local programs, well family brands and entertainers will come together for one day of BIG family fun! The event features arts + crafts, rides, food, specialty exhibits, live entertainment and more! Debuting at this year’s festival are musical favorites – the Story Pirates! Additional live entertainment includes: The Beat Buds, Twinkle Time, a Best of Summer Gear Show, plus local performances.

The ACLU along with lawyers representing several incarcerated people are suing the Sheriff's Department and San Diego County to improve medical care and living conditions inside the county’s seven jail facilities. Plus, San Diego Opera is back to in-person productions at the Civic Theater after experimenting with drive-in performances during the pandemic. And, this weekend in the arts, free concerts from the San Diego Symphony, lots of visual art, a youth theater take on "The Wiz," and some Valentine's Day jazz.

The 2022 Masquerade on-stage costume competition (or Cosplay Competition for those who favor that term), a tradition at Comic-Con from almost its beginning, will be Saturday evening, July 23, starting at 8:30 p.m. The event celebrates not only the contribution of costuming to the popular arts, but also the amazing creations that our attendees make and bring to the convention. The costume presentations, intermission entertainment, and then awards presentation will run a bit over 2 hours and be set in the Convention Center’s 4,000-seat Ballroom 20. Not a dance or party as the name may imply, it is more akin to a talent show set on a large stage before an audience, showcasing amazing costumes crafted by our non-professional but still very creative and talented attendees. Most costumes will be impressive re-creations from movies, television, anime, comic books, fantasy, Broadway shows, video games, and history; others will be completely original designs from the imagination. Some will be solo entries; others will be groups with a shared theme. All genres are welcome, and no purchased costumes are allowed. The event is free to participate in, or to have a seat in the audience, for anyone with a convention badge valid for Saturday. Masquerade tickets assure a seat, but not required: Rather than see attendees line up for hours to be certain they get a seat, free tickets will be given out at 12 noon on Saturday to those lining up near Ballroom 20 and will be available again from 3-5 p.m. at the Masquerade Desk until all are given out. Once you have your ticket you are guaranteed a seat, and you can go enjoy other programming and line up later knowing there’s a chair for you. After the ticket-holders line has gone into the ballroom, it becomes open seating for anyone who shows up until the room is filled. Comic-Con International on Facebook + Instagram + @Comic_Con on Twitter

Exhibition at Spanish Village Explores Different Points of View An exhibition of painting and digital photography, "Points of View" featuring creative works of art is on view at Gallery 21, Spanish Village Art Center, in Balboa Park, 1770 Village Place, San Diego, daily, 11 am - 4 pm, from July 5 through July 18, 2022. A reception will be held on Saturday, July 9 from 1 - 4 pm. The exhibition showcases work by five well known California artists: Marsha Korobkin, Dana Levine, Caroline Morse, Gwen Nobil, and Philip Petrie. Korobkin, a world traveler, brings a simplicity to her images that turn the everyday into exciting abstractions. Levine is displaying images of water and watery reflections in both painting and photography. Morse is an artist who uses color to transform everyday scenes into beautiful paintings. Nobil lets us see landscapes of the southwest with a painter's eye. Philip Petrie's work concerns the journey of the self and society toward real wholeness, both physical and spiritual, and the multitude of elements that impede that progress. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * For more information and images, please contact: Dana Levine, danabet@yahoo.com, 858-490-0470

'Return to Monkey Island' revived a beloved series that began in 1990. Critics have liked the new game, but fans are split on its art style and its controversial ending.