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The Kids San Diego Poetry Annual is back in person at the Escondido Library! Join us on Saturday, August 27 at 11 a.m. for writing activities that stimulate creativity and self-expression. This workshop is free and open to children and youth (ages 6 - 12). Poems and artwork produced during the workshop will be considered for publication in the upcoming Kids! San Diego Poetry Annual. Please register here! SOCIALS: Twitter Instagram

This year is expected to set a record for the number of book bans by public school libraries, so many people are finding creative ways to make banned books available to young readers outside schools.

Powerful artificial intelligence tools that can create video, audio, text and pictures are raising fears the technology will supercharge disinformation and propaganda by bad actors.

Note: This event date has been changed. The new event is Oct. 7, 2021. Take an unforgettable theatrical journey through moments of everyday magic and extraordinary possibility. In partnership with award-winning poet laureate nominee Gill Sotu, “The History of Joy” is a 4-part series of cinematic performances inspired by real-life stories of struggle, beauty, and triumph. Each segment will be accompanied by creative interpretations of the theme by some of San Diego’s most innovative organizations in dance, theatre, opera, puppetry, visual arts and more. Inspired by the 8 pillars of joy outlined in "The Book of Joy" - written by the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Doug Abrams. Produced in partnership with The Rosin Box Project, "WOMXN" explores what it means to be a woman in today's world through the lens of forgiveness and gratitude. $15 Per Event or Pay What You Can $50 Series Package (all 4 shows) Creative Industry Professionals may use Promo Code CREATIVE20 for 20% OFF. Complimentary access to ART SAN DIEGO CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR with ticket purchase.

Elizabeth Yang-Hellewell brings a rich and diverse art and teaching background to the downtown museum — along with significant development chops. On life for children and families right now in the pandemic: "This is a crisis moment."

At Wednesday's argument, the justices struggled to reconcile their own previous decisions enforcing the nation's trademark laws and what some of them saw as a potential threat to free speech.

Our photographers each explore their own interpretation of "Time and Memory". A great variety of image-making styles and subject matter will grace the walls for this exhibition. The Photographer’s Eye Collective is a group of passionate photographers who are dedicated to the idea that photography is a language we all share and that it can make a difference in our own lives and in the lives of others. Gallery Hours: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Opening Reception: 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. (light food, beer, wine, sodas) SOCIALS: Facebook Instagram

City Attorney Mara Elliott encouraged the city to accept the deal, describing it as an "excellent result and an indisputable victory for the city."

Backyard Productions presents a 35th Anniversary Production of... STEEL MAGNOLIAS by Robert Harling directed by Anthony Methvin STARRING: Dagmar Krause Fields, Annie Hinton, Claire Kaplan, Wendy Maples, Liliana Talwatte & Marci Anne Wuebben Truvy’s salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana is the go-to place for a beauty fix with a heaping helping of gossip. Alongside her eager assistant Annelle, she pampers her clients with hairdos, manicures, and advice. Anybody who is anybody in town is a regular, including the doting M’Lynn and her headstrong daughter Shelby, the moody Ouiser, and the well-to-do widow Clairee. Through witty banter and wisecracks, these women forge friendships as strong as steel which they are forced to lean on when hard times are on the horizon. This 35th anniversary production honors the singular strength of the Southern woman as it celebrates the essential bonds of the families that we’re born into and those that we choose. Gather the folks you love, grab a box of tissues, and get ready to feel the joyfulness of connection as you revisit this American classic now when we need it the most. SOCIALS: Facebook Twitter Instagram

Join us for A Haunted Holiday weekend as Gaslight Steampunk Expo welcomes the creator, Joe Benitez, and artist, Marcia Chen, of Lady Mechanika. From classic holiday ghosts stories like "Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol" to modern holiday ghostly favorites like "Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas", we will have a weekend filled with workshops, live music, dancing, vendors, tea dueling, teapot racing, a Friday night Murder Mystery, and Sunday Steamy swap meet, plus special presentations on "Dia De Los Muertos", "Chinese Ancestor Shrine" tradition, including an ofrenda in our Display Room. Costumes are encouraged, but not required. SOCIALS: Facebook Twitter