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From the gallery: Please join BEST PRACTICE on Saturday, Oct. 23 from 6-8:30 p.m. in the Brick Room at Bread & Salt, 1955 Julian Avenue 92113 for our first art auction fundraiser. Funds raised at this event will go towards some exciting future programming. This Fall marks our five year anniversary — thank you to everyone who has supported us along the way. We're in disbelief that opening a small bulletin-board gallery has led us to this point. We are grateful to the following artists (and to Mark Quint too) for the contribution of works to the auction: Brody Albert, Andrew Alcasid, Trevor Amery, Robert Andrade, Farshid Bazmandegan, Jennifer Anne Bennett, Lyndsay Bloom, John Brinton Hogan, Kelsey Brookes, Jessica Buie, Alida Cervantes, Andrea Chung, Kate Clark, Andy Cross, Anna Delgado, Nicole Deline, Thomas Demello, Tom Driscoll, Patrick Dunford, Corey Dunlap, Victoria Fu, Kaori Fukuyama, Anya Gallaccio, Kim Garcia, Sofia V. Gonzalez, Cristobal Gracia, Marina Grize, Matthew Hebert, Gosia Herc, Audrey Hope, Sarah Hotchkiss, Janelle Iglesias, Farrah Karapetian, Yasmine K. Kasem, Richard Keely, Bill Kelly, Alexander Kohnke, Jason Lane, John Oliver Lewis, Thomas Macie, Keaton Macon, Jessica Mccambly, Dominic Miller, Nina Montejano, Michelle Montjoy, Lorena Mostajo, Nikko Mueller, Mike Mulno, Mauricio Muñoz, J Noland, Kathryn O’halloran, Noé Olivas, Tatiana Ortiz-Rubio, Scott Polach, Matt Rich, Andrew Roberts, Barbara Sexton, Mindy Solis, Eva Struble, Walter Sutin, Joshua Tonies, Perry Vasquez, Evelyn Walker, Melissa Walter, Allison Wiese and Joe Yorty. Our current exhibition, Alida Cervantes' "El desastre que dejaste," will also be open the evening of the auction. About Best Practice: BES PRACTICE was founded by Joe Yorty and Allie Mundt in 2016. Situated in the historic Logan Heights neighborhood of San Diego, BEST PRACTICE is a not-for-profit art gallery that promotes artists and curators whose work stimulates discourse. Our programming is rooted in the belief that compelling art poses more questions than answers, and that dignity, diversity, and equity are crucial to this commitment. For its first two years, BEST PRACTICE existed at two locations in San Diego — within an institutional glass-enclosed bulletin board housed within the Department of Art, Architecture + Art History at the University of San Diego, and on a Sony Trinitron video monitor installed at Helmuth Projects which screened video works to the street around the clock. In 2019, BEST PRACTICE opened its first gallery space on Kearney Avenue in Logan Heights where more than a dozen exhibitions and events took place. BEST PRACTICE relocated three city blocks in 2021 to its current space at Bread & Salt at 1955 Julian Avenue.

Decades ago, Taiwan set up propaganda broadcast stations on islands right off the coast of mainland China. One of its key tools: women's voices.

Grandma would not approve of these stitches – you wild thing! Get together with the ladies over a light breakfast and Bellinis as we embroider some sassy saying in this beginners class! Never embroidered before? Us neither! Olivia of LivHandStitches will teach you the basics of stitching such as the split stitch, stem stitch, satin stitch and French knot! We'll apply these techniques on a sassy pattern of your choosing. Once we're done, you'll have the option to frame your new masterpiece or keep it on the hoop! Proudly display it at home or give it to grandma as a gift! Registration includes: • Continental Breakfast with coffee, tea, and Bellinis! • Embroidery Kit: embroidery hoop, material with your choice of pattern printed on it, embroidery floss with a variety of colors to choose from, embroidery needle, and 7x7 inch frame to display your art! • Instruction by LivHandStitches' Olivia Sanchez Date | Sunday, March 27 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Location | 3535 Madison Avenue Get tickets here! General admission is $53. Space is limited. Please note: This location takes place in a residential condo on the 2nd story with no elevator access. For more information, please visit meandweco.com/shop/ols/products/sassystitching or call (858) 630-8782.

NPR's Scott Simon is an unabashed, unreformed, unapologetic lover of pumpkin spice. He knows his ardor is not universal. He does not care.

The FDA and a CDC panel approved a third dose of the Pfizer vaccine for seniors and high-risk groups. Plus, care workers who visit people’s homes are not required by the state to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Then, a private prison in Downtown San Diego remains open despite an executive order by President Joe Biden. Also, the San Diego City Council cleared the way for another attempt to revitalize the city’s Midway district. And, The California Creative Workforce Act is the first of its kind: it aims to grow and diversify the arts workforce and provide a living wage to artists. Lastly, a decades-old San Diego community choir shares the history, trauma, encouragement and rejoicing found in gospel music.

It's the annual high-stakes fashion soiree is a major money-maker for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute and an opportunity for mega-wattage stars and influencers to turn out in style.

The San Diego City Council voted Tuesday to cut its losses on the downtown real estate deal that’s turned into a fiasco. Then, to pay for trash, or not to pay for trash? The question will go before San Diego voters. And, a UC San Diego infectious disease specialist helps track down the source of COVID-19. Next, there is a new home and even more hope for teenagers who find themselves locked up in the County’s juvenile detention system thanks to a new Youth Transition Campus. And, Maya Gabeira is a two-time Guinness World Record holder for big wave surfing, and seven-time World Surf League Big Wave Award winner. Her latest children’s book, ‘Maya and the Beast’ is a beautifully illustrated story of empowerment and conquering fear. Finally, San Diego playwright and hip-hip artist Miki Vale shares music that’s shaped her life as part of our Influential series.

Join The Hive and Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival for an experiential walking tour through the city of Shushan – filled with live dance, music, and merriment as we bring the ancient voices of the Purim story to life. Don’t miss an entertaining afternoon, including original performances from San Diego Ballet and vignettes curated by the San Diego Repertory Theatre! Admission: Pay-What-You-Can, valued at $18/person Tickets must be purchased online prior to event. Special ticket price for the last showing! Ticketing Website: https://leichtag.org/event/stroll-thru-shushan-a-purim-promenade/ Visit thehivesd.org or email info@thehivesd.org for more information.

Adding a fresh twist to one of smooth jazz’s most highly anticipated holiday traditions, #1 Billboard charting artist Mindi Abair is celebrating the 2022 season with three of the hottest, multi-talented genre artists (all #1 Billboard artists themselves) from the younger generation on her highly anticipated Mindi Abair’s “I Can’t Wait For Christmas” Tour featuring Vincent Ingala, Lindsey Webster and Adam Hawley. For the influential saxophonist and singer/songwriter – a multi-genre powerhouse on the smooth jazz and blues charts for over 20 years - the month-long, 22-date cross country tour extends a popular Christmastime on the road tradition that began with her 2003 jaunt with Peter White and led to over 15 years of sold out holiday shows around the U.S. with White and Rick Braun. In 2007, the three collaborated on the Top 20 album A Peter White Christmas, which included her perennially popular vocal song (“I Can’t Wait For Christmas”) that Abair is naming this current tour after. She released the original version as a single in 2003. “Growing up,” Abair adds, “I was a huge fan of those TV holiday specials that featured different guests all bringing their unique talents to create a great variety show. In those days, it was Bob Hope and Barbara Mandrell, and now artists like Kacey Musgraves and Michael Buble continue to make that happen. I feel the lineup for this tour could likewise bring that classic little bit of everything vibe to create a memorable show that gets people into the spirit of fun and connection – which, let’s face it, we all need after two years of the pandemic. I love Lindsey’s voice, the way she sings from the heart and the emotion she brings onstage. Adam is a ridiculously talented guitarist and producer, and has become one of smooth jazz’s coolest artists. And Vincent, who I toured with last year as part of Summer Horns, is the most talented guy you can imagine, playing all these instruments and even singing. So you never know what may happen!” Follow on Socials! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

In this episode we profile a bilingual theater experience called The Frontera Project. It is a company of Mexican and US artists that use theater, music, movement and play to actively engage the audience in conversation about life along the US/Mexico Border. Their mission is to encourage audiences to recognize each other across differences and to spark a dialogue about what divides us and what we share. Port of Entry is back, this time with a series of stories on how the border can change minds.