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Front Porch Gallery presents "Tiny Creative Habits: Celebrating Life in the Everyday" During 2024 through multiple art making programs, we invited the community to uncover the profound impact of small changes on a path to fulfillment. We asked them to discover how inventing in tiny habits of creativity can enrich lives and lead to significant transformation. Explore the magic that occurred when ordinary moments were ignited with creative sparks and experience a gallery full of the resulting creations of the community. Throughout the year Front Porch Gallery worked with partners to implement meaningful, arts-based workshops to produce this exhibition. This interactive program served as a platform for every participant, regardless of their age or abilities, to create, share and connect through art. The results are spectacular! Gallery Hours: Wednesday – Friday (11 a.m. – 5 p.m.); Sat (11 a.m. – 4 p.m.) Front Porch Gallery on Facebook / Instagram

With a main focus on functional pottery, beginner students will learn how to use the equipment in the studio and how to use the wheel while more advanced students will further use the wheel as a tool to create work made partially or entirely from thrown forms. All students will be encouraged to experiment with surface and altering techniques to transform their work from pots to functional works of art. Students will leave the class with finished work they can use at home that’s dishwasher safe! All students receive one month of FREE MEMBERSHIP at the ICA ceramics studio following the conclusion of the course. Visit: All Levels Wheel Throwing (6 weeks) ICA San Diego on Instagram and Facebook

California sent incarcerated firefighters to battle blazes in Los Angeles this year. It’s moving toward paying them minimum wage for their work in emergencies.

California districts have not received Congressionally appropriated money for after school programs, academic enrichment, English-learner services, teacher professional development and migrant education.

In the latest state enrollment data released, California had 230,443 homeless students — a 9.3% increase from the previous year.

We're heading back to the San Marcos Tasting Room for a dancing, singing, pizza-filled blast. This spot’s full of history and now has a brand-new Pizza Port pizza truck outside—so you won’t miss a tasty bite. At the end of the brewer’s day, we will use their fresh, spent grain and work it into a beautiful artisan bread. Each ticketholder will make one recipe. You may choose from: - Rosemary and Sea Salt Artisan Bread - Dark Chocolate & Cherry Artisan Bread - Italian Tomato & Herb Class includes: - A bread-and-butter sampling - Lecture and hands-on instruction to make artisan spent grain baked goods - Recipe and instruction guide - One finished oven-ready item to bake when you get home - Extra spent grain for your freezer and recipes to make more bread VIP / FAQ: Class is 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. (approximately) You will bake your bread at home. Itinerary: 5:45 p.m. Check-in, sign-up for timeslots, bread & butter sampling. 6 p.m. - 6:40 p.m. Class (All students participate.) 6:45 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. Mixing Group One 7:20 p.m. - 7:50 p.m. Mixing Group Two You are welcome to invite a friend to wait for you while you’re in class. You can have dinner together before class, and then they can doomscroll some social media over a pint while you’re in class. Some of the class will be on your feet, but you will also have plenty of rest time in the taproom. Please wear comfortable, closed-toe shoes. You will need non-slip footwear in the brewery. Sandals and flip-flops are not allowed. This class is: - This class is good for groups - This class is good for a solo outing - This class is good for couples - This class is good for a first date - This class is good for a girls’ night out - This class is great for a Birthday activity - This class is great to give as an eGift Visit: https://www.grainbakers.com/ Grainbakers on Facebook / Instagram

Roman Wolves invites you to celebrate Mother’s Day in San Diego’s Little Italy neighborhood with a lunch and dinner menu that brings together thoughtful ingredients and timeless dishes. A $70 Pre-Fix menu will be offered alongside the full à la carte selection. Highlights include Artichoke Ravioli in pesto cream, Pollo Romana with lemon caper butter, and Filetto di Manzo finished with garlic herb butter and cacao sauce. The signature cheese wheel special—fresh pasta tossed tableside in a Grana Padano wheel—will also be available. For dessert, a classic tiramisu delivers just the right finish. Reservations are strongly recommended. Roman Wolves on Facebook / Instagram

The play’s in your hands! You direct the show! It’s new theater as you’ve never seen it – and will never see it again! It's PseudoRandomNoise’s “The IMPROVed PLAY!” – a fully improvised night of theater where YOU direct a brand new play – every night! (Three nights only!) Come join PRN’s novel twist on theater in their world premier of "The IMPROVed PLAY!" where new characters, scene mechanics, and plots develop organically as YOU direct the action throughout the play! PRN takes its unique world-forming from its hit shows ("ImproVACATIONS!," "VS!," and "Rolling Thunder!") into a complete full one-Act play format where YOU direct and ultimately star with PRN at the theater! Hilarity abounds as the tension rises…where are they going? YOU’LL have to help them get there! Scripts? Who needs them? We’ve got PRN…and YOU to enjoy the next generation of highly audience interactive theater (PRN’s tag line)! Come see the new way to see theater…the PRN way! Only three shows – See them all as they’re different... every time! See them all… once they’re performed, they’re gone! And don’t forget: The play is in your hands! More info on the cast and troupe and sponsorships: www.pseudorandomnoise.com Join our email! info@pseudorandomnoise.com Tickets: $20 Orchestra/Parterre/Balcony *Discounts for Seniors 65+ and Military. Special 2FOR35 for the same day show! PseudoRandomNoise on Facebook / Instagram

Storytelling is the original social media. Come be enthralled with storytelling--up close, live and personal. Members of Storytellers of San Diego will regale all with stories with a twist or will they? Join in the surprises within literary, folkloric and personal tales. Enjoy great java in an artsy atmosphere. Hosted by storyteller, Dave Walsh, along with Fred Laskowski and more. Visit: https://www.storytellersofsandiego.org/events.html Storytellers of San Diego on Facebook / Instagram

Everyone in the community is invited to attend Wings of Hope, hosted by The Elizabeth Hospice, on Sunday, April 27, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. This event will take place at the California Center for the Arts, located at 340 N. Escondido Blvd in Escondido. Attendees will have the opportunity to honor and celebrate the special people who have touched their lives. Admission is free. Registration is required by April 18 online at: https://elizabethhospice.org/wings/ or by calling 760.796.3708. Attendees will receive a butterfly for release, listen to live music, hear uplifting messages from The Elizabeth Hospice’s grief support team, and enjoy sweet treats. The Elizabeth Hospice, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit healthcare leader, has been providing hospice care, palliative care and grief support services to children and adults in San Diego County and Southwest Riverside County since 1978. The organization’s highly trained grief counselors help children and adults understand their feelings and thoughts and guide them through the process of coping with the death of a loved one. Grief support services are available to everyone in the community, including those who do not have a patient affiliation with The Elizabeth Hospice. No one needing these services has ever been turned away for financial reasons. In support of the organization’s nonprofit mission, a donation of $50 is suggested to reserve a Painted Lady Butterfly. Additional giving opportunities are available. For more information, contact Tylie Daniels at Tylie.Daniels@ehospice.org or 760.796.3708. All donations benefit The Elizabeth Hospice’s vital services for children and adults impacted by serious illness, grief and loss.