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Palestinian supporters are calling for public officials across the county to condemn the siege on Gaza.

Join us at the library every other Wednesday afternoon for conversation, knitting, crocheting, or whatever your favorite fiber art may be. Bring your own project and join others who wish to learn and grow their yarn craft skills. All skill levels welcome!

October is recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness Month and reminds people to get breast cancer screenings or to donate to breast cancer research and treatment.

The Timken is fortunate to have a collection of Russian icons. This form of sacred art of the Eastern Rite is to a great extent important to the development of Renaissance art. Mostly tempera on panel, these icons are portraits of Jesus and his mother, saints, or Bible episodes depicted in the Byzantine style. In the Timkens's own early Renaissance works, the influence of these icons can be seen. We will discuss some of the salient points about this unique art form in order to understand its meaning and significance in this docent-led talk. Date | Thursday, May 5 from 11 a.m. to noon Location | Online via Zoom Register here for free! For more information, please visit timkenmuseum.org/calendar/event/free-virtual-talk-russian-icons-at-the-timken or contact Alexandra Riley at ariley@timkenmuseum.org or by phone at (619) 550-5955.

Deer Park Monastery, founded by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, announces its upcoming mindful music festival called "Rhythm of the Earth," a musical celebration of the power of community. The event will be held on April 15 from 1 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. PDT at Deer Park Monastery, located at 2499 Melru Lane, Escondido, California, and is designed to raise funds for the construction of a new monks’ residence. The festival will feature live music performed at stunning natural locations throughout the 400-acre monastery by a diverse group of talented artists, including Joe Reilly and the Community Gardeners; Free Cloud Collective, an all-star ensemble featuring Alex Cline; beat boxer Jerry Liang; Makeda and the World Beat Cultural Center Drum and Dance; Santa Cruz Symphony concertmaster Nigel Armstrong; Tim Redbird and the Red Warriors; The Triple Jam Band featuring Brother Peace; A Trio of Strings; and the Deer Park Monastic Choir. Attendees will also participate in various mindful activities throughout the day, such as walking meditation through the valley from one performance to the next, mindful eating with Vietnamese vegan banh mi sandwich, land blessing and consecrating the construction site ceremonies, a presentation about the monastery, and sitting meditation to close the evening in silence. "We're thrilled to host so many talented musicians from our community and welcome the public to the natural refuge of Deer Park," said Brother Phap Luu, a senior Dharma teacher and monk. “This will be a legendary moment.” All proceeds from the festival will benefit construction of the new monks’ residence, which will provide much-needed living space for the burgeoning community of monastics. For those unable to attend in person, a section of the festival will also be live-streamed from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Deer Park Monastery is a mindfulness practice center and monastery founded by the Vietnamese Buddhist monk, author, and peace activist, Thich Nhat Hanh. The monastery offers mindfulness retreats, long-term resident training in meditation, and public Days of Mindfulness on Sundays for people of all backgrounds. For more information, to purchase tickets, or to make a donation, please visit the Deer Park Monastery website at www.deerparkmonastery.org or email press@deerparkmonastery.org or call 760-291-1003. Join us for a day of mindful music and community as we come together to support this important cause. Deer Park Monastery on Facebook / Instagram

Scott Franzke has been calling MLB games in Philadelphia since 2006. He sizes up the teams headed into the World Series and reflects on upcoming changes designed to put more action in the game.

Two-term incumbent Serge Dedina is leaving Imperial Beach’s top political office to return to his environmental activism roots.

Join us for this illuminating lecture “Hello Modern Art, Meet Antique Quilt” given by Visions Art Museum Scholar in Residence, Teresa Duryea Wong. Teresa's lecture will draw on early American quilters influence on Modern Art. Date | Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at 11am Location | Virtual Link Purchase tickets here! $15 For further information on this event please visit website: https://visionsartmuseum.org/classes/

The Bonita Museum & Cultural Center invites you to the exhibition Lumière de California with a public reception on Saturday, May 21 from 4:30p.m. to 7:00p.m.. The exhibition explores the light of California as captured by painters in nature by members of the California Art Club, the oldest plein air club in California. The plein air paintings will be on view from May 21 – June 24, 2022 in the museum. Lumière de California celebrates the unique light of California as expressed through forty-three artworks exploring the essence of morning light, afternoon sun, as well as twilight throughout the state. Sky, water and mountains interact to express the beauty of California. Artists in the exhibition include Brian Belfield, Scottie Brown, Tonya Burdine, Gloria Chadwick, Rick Delanty, Mark Fehlman, Roger Gordon, Laurie Hendricks, Carolyn Hesse-Low (artwork “Skies over Hwys” featured above), Michael Hill, Debra Holliday, Debra Huse, Rose Irelan, Chuck Kovacic, Lester Machado, Rich Magram, Brad Neal, Jon Olson, Kathryn Peterson, Robin Purcell, Daniel Raminfard, Jeff Remmer, Jeannine Savedra, Lisa Skelly, Joyce Trinh, Sharon Weaver and Jeff Yeomans. California Art Club members from around the state will gather for this exhibition including artists from San Diego, La Jolla, Laguna Beach, Long Beach, San Clemente, Newport Beach, Carlsbad, Escondido, Pomona, Poway, Los Angeles, North Hills, Crestline, Agoura Hills, Monrovia and Valley Village. The Bonita Museum & Cultural Center (BMCC) is located in South Bay San Diego along the Sweetwater River. From the mountains to the bay, the Sweetwater valley is an ideal location for plein air painting. Plein air painter Alfred Mitchell started the Chula Vista Art Guild over seventy years ago to document the flora and fauna of South Bay San Diego. The museum organizes a yearly exhibition celebrating plein air painting and through Lumiere de California we celebrate the artist and their ability to capture this spectacular light. The museum is located at 4355 Bonita Road in Bonita, CA. website: bonitahistoricalsociety.org