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From the organizers: The Sukkot holiday is an ancient Jewish harvest festival reflecting themes of hospitality and the welcoming of strangers; like all the farm’s events, the festival will welcome people of all backgrounds. The community is invited to meet under the sukkah (temporary shelter) for a day filled with live music, food, and activities for all ages. Festivities include farm tours, a Kid Zone, hand-crafted goods made by local Jewish artists, live entertainment, as well as food and drink vendor options for purchase. RSVP here. Festival details and schedule: "Gather" and... "Taste" freshly harvested produce from the Farm prepared in this Food Demo led by the talented Chef Tiffani (10:45am and 1:15pm programs). "Listen" to community leaders during a holiday-themed panel exploring the blessing of embracing impermanence. Featuring Rabbi Yael Ridberg from Dor Hadash, Betzy Lynch from the Lawrence Family JCC, and moderated by Nicole Tafoya, West Coast Director of Advancement of the Moishe House (11:30am program). "Ground," awakening your sense of the six directions, led by the Farm's Director of Jewish Life, Cantor Rebecca Joy Fletcher (11:45am program). "Remember" to honor and celebrate the memory of dear ones who have passed, led by the Farm's Director of Jewish Life, Cantor Rebecca Joy Fletcher (12:30pm program, adults only). "Learn" during this Sukkot 101 exploring the holiday's traditions and modern-day relevance, led by Rabbi Yael Ridberg (12:30pm program). "Meditate" to reconnect with the earth and yourself with the Farm's Director of Farm Production, Adam McCurdy (1:00pm program). Kid-friendly: "Gather" and... "Play" in our evolving Nature Play space, equipped with a discovery tree, excavation station, play farm stand, painting, and more! Featuring: Chabad Encinitas, San Diego Jewish Academy, and Shalom Baby. "Build" a sukkah using materials found in nature. Plus, arts and crafts to decorate! "Beautify" your favorite paper fruit to hang in the sukkah. "Explore" the veggies, flowers, and insects living in the Education Garden (10:30am and 11:30am programs). Vendors and performers: Music by: Coral Bells Food by: Sabor Piri-Piri, Bottaro Wood Fired Pizza, Hangry Louis, Populist Pops, Gringas Tacos Libation Station featuring: Helia Brewing Co., Local Roots, Solterra Winery Related links: Coastal Roots Farm on Instagram

Colombia's capital is home to 11 million people — and to some of the worst traffic jams in the world. Now Chinese companies are building its first metro line.

LINGUA FRANCA is a concert of music that asks musical artists from a wide variety of genres, styles, and traditions to consider their relationship to pop music. Batya Macadam-Somer will weave her violin and voice together, presenting an improvised set inspired by songs from some of her favorite pop artists. Dom Cooper will perform recents works for voice, prepared tape, piano, and electronics. Sound artist Joe Cantrell will create soundscapes based on recorded vocal content including a reading of “The Winter of Ending," a poem by his mother, Anita Van Tellingen. These altered vocal sounds will be complimented by live performance on acoustic instruments and obsolete/broken electronics. Julien Cantelm (drums) and Lexi Pulido (voice) will present some of their collaborative explorations of genre-crossing music with influences in Brazilian jazz and popular styles.

Pendry San Diego and Louisiana Purchase are bringing big tastes from The Big Easy with two of San Diego’s culinary talents Executive Sous Chef Brandon Sloan of Provisional Kitchen and Chef Quinnton “Q” Austin of Louisiana Purchase. The two chefs will collaborate to bring the bold flavors of New Orleans to the Gaslamp Quarter and a three-course tasting menu paired with artisanal cocktails from Remy-Cointreau, showcasing a variety of their skilled palates. Menu highlights include garlic chili butter prawns, smoked pork belly, crispy breaded frog legs with soft shell crab and okra and corn cakes. (March 23, $85 per person) Reservations can be made via OpenTable. Pendry San Diego on Facebook / Louisiana Purchase on Facebook

Enjoy an intimate wine experience with Advanced Sommelier Lamar Engel and an entire team of sommeliers called The Wine Militia. The tasting will feature premium wines paired to food bites accompanied by music and stories played by live artists. Watch the sun as it sets on 50 acres of ranunculus flowers varying in a myriad of colors. Enjoy wines from a variation of red wine varietals and dynamic white wine selections; from classic to new and undiscovered. All the wines will be hand-selected by the team of sommeliers and will highlight celebrated Californian wine-growing regions. Food bites will be curated by local chefs and will spotlight the nuances of each wine that has been paired. For additional questions, please email events@thewinemilitia.com

The number of openings in the technology field is still high, and tech jobs continue to be attractive to workers looking for stable, lucrative careers.

Top female surfers from all around the world are in Oceanside this weekend, competing in the Nissan SuperGirl Surf Pro. But the event goes beyond a championship title and is intended to inspire young girls to hit the waves.

Interfaith Community Services presents the Change Your Mind Free Inaugural Mental Health Festival Changing the Mental Health Conversation One mind, One life at a time Mental health is on our mind. Interfaith Community Services is launching a unique initiative designed to change the conversation surrounding mental health – one mind and one life at a time. Interfaith will host the inaugural Change Your Mind festival on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022 from 11 a.m. to - 4 p.m. at the Viasat campus in Carlsbad. Attendees will be able to experience a full day of workshops, panels, and breakout sessions. Event topics include Belonging, Destigmatizing Mental Health; Tools to Survive and Thrive; and Healing through the Arts. Attendees can also take part in traditional and modern wellness experiences and activities such as live music, dance performances, Yoga, guided meditation, sound baths, and much more. This free event is open to the entire community with activities for people of all ages. Event participants will help build awareness throughout San Diego about the importance of mental health and wellness. Please join us and help change the conversation around mental health - one mind and one life at a time! If you are interested in attending, secure your spot today: visit www.interfaithservices.org/change/ Exhibitor and Sponsorship opportunities are Available: Contact Shira Jacobs for more information About Interfaith Community Services: As North County's largest social services agency, Interfaith Community Services (Interfaith) has been "helping people help themselves" since 1979. The organization provides a wide range of programs designed to empower hungry, homeless, and low-income community members to begin a pathway towards self-sufficiency. Each year, Interfaith Community Services impacts more than 20,000 community members by providing basic needs and nutrition support, social services, shelters and housing, employment development, youth programs, senior services, veterans programs and addiction recovery support. For more information, visit interfaithservices.org Interfaith Community Services on Facebook + Instagram + @interfaithcs on Twitter

Jon Hetherington, 34, couldn't fly to Seattle to see Beyoncé on her Renaissance World Tour because his wheelchair was too tall. However, he was invited to see her Dallas show.

The first special exhibition at the newly reopening MCASD La Jolla campus will be a survey of works of Niki de Saint Phalle, who lived in La Jolla in the later years of her life. RELATED: Artist Niki de Saint Phalle's radical decade Niki de Saint Phalle in the 1960s is the first exhibition to survey the experimental work of French American artist Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002) during this pivotal decade, featuring numerous works from European collections that will be displayed in the United States for the first time. The exhibition explores a transformative ten-year period in Saint Phalle’s work when she embarked on two of her most significant series: the Tirs, or “shooting paintings,” and the exuberant sculptures of women she called Nanas. Affirming the artist’s place in postwar art history, this show highlights her prescient works of performance, participatory, and feminist art, as well as her many transatlantic projects and collaborations.Niki de Saint Phalle in the 1960s brings together major paintings, assemblages, and sculptures from this important chapter in the artist’s career, as well as extensive film and photographic documentation from the Niki Charitable Art Foundation and the Menil Collection Archives. Niki de Saint Phalle in the 1960s is co-curated by Jill Dawsey, PhD, Senior Curator, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego Michelle White, Senior Curator, the Menil Collection. Funders Niki de Saint Phalle in the 1960s is co-organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and the Menil Collection, Houston. More information here. Related links: MCASD on Instagram MCASD on Facebook