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Acclaimed African-American photographer Chester Higgins has made dozens of trips to Africa since the 1970's to document the continent's history and culture. Now 75, he has no plans on slowing down.

Rahele Megosha, a senior at Washington High School in Sioux Falls, won the 2021 Poetry Out Loud prize on Thursday. The award is given by the National Endowment for the Arts and The Poetry Foundation.

In Sloviansk, many of those who remain are over 60. Social workers help with food, medicine and cleaning. An 86-year-old calls her social worker "Firefly," saying, "She brings light in a dark time."

The pop singer has superstar ambition and a knack for clever genre collisions. But while her new album sometimes matches intensity with innovation, it more often grinds her nuanced story to a paste.

Ukrainian authorities found a mass burial site near a recaptured northeastern city previously occupied by Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced.

Learn how to make probiotic-rich, gut healthy fermented vegetables! This class will teach you to make sauerkraut and other brined fermented vegetables such as beet kvass deliciously and safely at home. Saturday, February 12, 2022 from 11:00am to 1:00pm @ Future Generation (In Bankers Hill) Includes your own take-home jar of sauerkraut! LEARN: We’ll explain fermentation and have a brief discussion about the benefits of making and eating fermenting foods, and you’ll learn how spice plays a role in fermented foods around the world DEMO: We’ll show you how easy it is to start making fermented foods yourself at home! We’ll demo some simple seasonal fermented recipes which are loaded with healthy “probiotic” bacteria. TASTE: We’ll have a variety of fermented foods to sample, such as sauerkraut, beet kvass, and other fermented veggies DO IT YOURSELF: Roll up your sleeves and make your very own batch of sauerkraut to take home and ferment For more information on this event and ticket purchases please visit HERE!

POSTPONED: 11-week Docent Training Program Begins Tuesday, Feb. 15 - April 26, 2022 The Maritime Museum of San Diego, with an international reputation for excellence in restoring, maintaining, and operating historic landmark vessels opens their next docent volunteer training program to newcomers! Docent volunteers will learn about worldwide maritime history with a special focus on the 16th through 21st centuries represented by the vessels and artifacts in the Maritime Museum of San Diego’s collection. Docents will engage with museum visitors, fielding their questions and sharing knowledge to enrich the guest experience. Training is carried out through a series of lectures, suggested readings and walking tours. Aspiring docents are invited to attend the once-a-year 2022 training series of lectures and ship tours. Training sessions are Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to noon. The training schedule is as follows: 9 a.m. – Informal coffee/social time 9:40 a.m. – Opening announcements and docent business 9:55 a.m. – Break for parking meter payments 10:05 a.m. – First presentation 11 a.m. – Break 11:05 a.m. – Second presentation Noon – Meeting ends Classes are immediately followed with a 45-minute walking tour of one of the ships, and cover a comprehensive variety of topics. For further information, please contact Margaret Clark at MWClark01@gmail.com or call (619) 234-9153 x 129.

Premieres Saturdays, Sept. 17 - Dec. 10, 2022 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS Video App. Set in 1920s Seville, where Teresa, a woman with a mysterious past, flees to a young girls' academy with a secret goal related to the academy itself. This series portrays the journey of brave women finding their own voice. Spanish-language drama

Yes, we know they're technically called "MacArthur fellows." But for this group of artists, scientists and scholars, the term fits well enough as any other.

This 5-week session provides an opportunity to develop that idea in your head into a script, or hone and develop your current play-in-progress. Playwriting format and essentials will be covered in the first class. Both group and individual feedback is offered to writers throughout the workshop. Aleta Barthell is a playwright and teaching artist in the San Diego area and a Dramatists Guild Ambassador for the San Diego region. Aleta received her Bachelor of Science in Theater from Northwestern University and trained at the British American Drama Academy and Shakespeare & Company. Aleta studied playwriting/screenwriting at UCSD. Her stage play, WINDOW OF SHAME, is a finalist with the 2020 National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center and was a finalist for the 2016 HUMANITAS/CTG Playwriting Prize. Aleta is currently developing a television series about the 12th century queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. Note: This hybrid session will be held via Zoom for the first four classes and IN PERSON for the last class on February 13, 2022, at our Liberty Station space (2730 Historic Decatur Rd., Barracks 16, Suite 204). If you cannot attend the final session in person, there will be a Zoom link available. To attend the in-person session, please submit either proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours of the event using this Google Form. Masks are also required for everyone except the instructor/presenter. Thank you for your compliance! For more information on this event and class registration please visit HERE!