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San Diego's only pun contest is back! Pundemonium is a three-part event based on the format used by pun contests in cities nationwide: Part 1, Battle of the PUNdits: Participants who have signed up in advance will deliver two-minute pun-filled speeches, and the audience will determine the winner. Sign up in advance here: https://bit.ly/3stShOP Part 2, PUNslingers: Any punster in attendance can sign up on the spot and get two minutes to write down as many puns on a given topic as they can. May the best and most puns win. Part 3, the PUNger Games: Is a head-to-head pun-off tournament-style, where any punster in attendance can sign up on the spot and go back and forth making puns on a given topic until they just can't anymore. Think of it as a rap battle, but with puns. Date | Thursday, May 19 at 9:30 p.m. Location | Finest City Improv Register here for free! For more information, please visit www.finestcityimprov.com or call (619) 306-6047.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva assumed office as Brazil's new leader Sunday, just three years after being released from prison on corruption charges and 12 years after his first two terms as president.

Join us at the historic La Jolla Comedy Store for an evening of laughs to benefit Humanity Showers- Dignifying Humanity One Shower at a Time! American Me Comedy and Stefani N. Von Huben are bringing together a very funny line-up of comics including Headliner, Cody Woods of Comedy Central's Hart of the City, Live at Gotham, Hulu, HBO, AND featuring Leslie Liao, Jason Rogers and Ali Malik. It's going to be a a fun night of #comedy for humanity you won’t want to miss! Date | Wednesday, May, 18, 2022 at 8pm Location | The Comedy Store Purchase tickets here! Tickets are $20 and there is a 2 drink minimum per person 21+ with VALID ID, if you have a foreign ID, you also need your passport! Part of proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to Humanity Showers, a nonprofit that believes every person deserves access to a shower and dignity, no matter what. Weekly they offer mobile showers throughout North County, San Diego, Ca. For further information on this event please visit: https://www.showclix.com/event/american-me-humanity-showers

A special edition of KPBS Roundtable discusses the impact of COVID-19 on local arts, from the cancellation of big events to the pandemic's influence on artistic expression.

The Studio Door has been pivoting since long before the pandemic. It has had to change locations and rethink ways to both present art exhibits as well as spaces for artists to work. But with COVID-19 restrictions changing as cases rise and fall, arts organizations like the Studio Door have to find creative ways to stay operational.

In this dynamic presentation using poetry and testimonio, Irene Sanchez, Ph.D. will share her experiences as a high school Latinx Studies teacher. Teaching for the empowerment of our communities means training Teachers of Color to know and love the students they teach, while supporting their growth throughout their careers, particularly in those critical first years. Dr. Sanchez will share her experiences on how teaching history is not enough, and that in order to teach for social justice, teachers must connect the past to the present and to students' lived experiences, so that the next generation will realize they have the capacity to make a change for a better tomorrow, today.   Dr. Sanchez is an Ethnic Studies high school teacher in Azusa Unified School District and an instructor in Ethnic Studies Education for the Ethnic Studies Certificate with UC Riverside Extension. She is a writer, and her commentary has been featured on CNN, Huffington Post, and Public Radio International. Dr. Sanchez was selected as a Spring 2021 Teaching Fellow for the Pulitzer Center and a member of the 2019-2020 Teacher Advisory Council for the National Humanities Center. Date | Tuesday, October 19 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Location | Virtual Reserve your spot here! CSUSM Students: Free Community: Optional donation Faculty/Staff/Alumni: Optional donation For more information, please visit the CSUSM Arts & Lectures site or email Gina Jones at gjones@csusm.edu.

A local florist says she's putting aside sunflowers for one of the victims, the daughter of one of her high school classmates. "Their baby's favorite was sunflowers," Kelly Baker said.

“The more I see, the less I know about it.” It’s one of the first, most prominent lyrics on Sidelines, the much-anticipated full-length album from indie trio Wild Rivers. The phrasing is brief but says everything about adjusting to young adulthood — and beyond. The world places infinite pressure on us to have a plan for the future, but, as Wild Rivers eloquently articulate throughout Sidelines, it’s healthier to acknowledge — and even embrace — the not knowing. Come see them perform at Belly Up tavern on Friday, September 23. The doors open at 8:30 p.m. and the show starts at 9:30 p.m.. Ticket Price: $23.50 advanced / $26 day of show / $41 reserved loft seating (available over the phone or in person at out box office) Genre: pop

San Diego Jazz Ventures presents Women In Jazz Mini-Fest, a two-day celebration of some of today’s most acclaimed artists in modern jazz. Day one: Friday, June 3 @ 6 or 8 p.m. Artemis: "A killer line-up of performers... they all converge on this extremely cosmopolitan, sleek, rhythm-forward, modern sound." (NPR Music) Day two: Saturday, June 4 @ 6 p.m. Thana Alexa: “…entirely new, evocative and exhilarating” (Billboard); “…a jazz singer with a global perspective.” (The New York Times) TICKETS: GENERAL ADMISSION - $50 PREMIUM - $100 (front rows/center) GET 2-DAY PASSES FOR BOTH SHOWS* 2-DAY GA - $85 2-DAY PREMIUM - $170

Since the release of her first, career-defining solo album Little Earthquakes in 1992, Tori Amos has been one of the music industry’s most enduring and ingenious artists. Join Tori Amos for her Ocean to Ocean Tour at Balboa Theatre! Date | Saturday, June 11 at 7:30 p.m. Location | Balboa Theatre Get tickets here! Ticket prices start at $68. For more information, please visit sandiegotheatres.org/event/2022/06/tori-amos or call (619) 615-4000.