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Experience a festival of trees and lights at Noah Homes’ Annual Enchanted Village in Spring Valley, December 16-22, 5-8 p.m. The Enchanted Village will welcome thousands of visitors from San Diego and beyond. You will be surrounded by a million dazzling lights, brilliantly lit trees, magical cottages, light tunnels, live entertainers, and more. You can even take a photo with Santa! Proceeds benefit Noah Homes, a nonprofit for people with developmental disabilities such as Down syndrome and autism. Purchase tickets and learn more through here. SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

NPR Music's Tiny Desk series kicks off a celebration of Black History Month with this stunning performance from Lady Wray.

Artists throughout time have used food as a source for inspiration and storytelling. Join Robin Douglas for a presentation of gourmet still lifes and sumptuous paintings featuring artists like Judy Chicago, Audrey Flack, Wayne Thiebaud and Georgia O’Keeffe. Create your own mouth-watering work of art in a variety of styles. All supplies for your original artwork will be provided and artists of all levels are welcome. SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

With an endless amount of variety and flavor, food and art serve as the perfect pairing, bringing people together and providing nourishment for the soul. From Dutch masters to artists such as Frida Kahlo, Clara Peeters, Vincent Van Gogh, and Paul Cezanne, join Robin Douglas for a focus on beautifully presented food as the inspiration for enticingly created works of art. Enjoy appetizers and drinks during a brief presentation before creating an original work of art. All materials provided. SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

Join us in person for Comic-Con Special Edition Nov. 26-28, 2021! With current COVID-19 restrictions and guidelines, Comic-Con Special Edition is not intended to be the large gathering reflective of the summer event. Reduced in attendance, shorter in the number of days, and purposefully smaller in scope, this convention is meant to be a more intimate gathering while still evoking the fun community feeling our conventions are known for, including great exhibits, programs, cosplay, gaming, and other events, but also addressing the desire from fans to have an in-person show. If that weren’t enough, while your friends may be out battling the crowds on Black Friday, you can enjoy your very own Fannish Friday Shopping at Special Edition. Long-time attendees may find some aspects of Special Edition to be reminiscent of our convention from years past. Halls G and H, for example, will be the staging area for Attendee Registration, and with the exception of some events at the Marriott Marquis Hotel, the majority of Special Edition will be held within the walls of the San Diego Convention Center. While open to all and with the hope that we will be able to accommodate fans from all over, we understand that due to potential travel-based restrictions and other challenges, Comic-Con Special Edition may be an event attended mostly by those more easily able to travel to San Diego. However, regardless of where you come from, this will be our first opportunity to gather together to experience the community we have all been missing and we are excited to see you again. Of course, the effects of the pandemic have been challenging in many ways not only for our organization but also for others within the popular arts and culture community, including the delay of our planned construction on and opening of the Comic-Con Museum in 2020. The good news is we are very excited that in conjunction with Special Edition is the limited opening of the Comic-Con Museum on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021, and we look forward to the grand opening scheduled in July of 2022. Special Guests Masquerade Costume Competition Blood Drive Parking Comic-Con International is on Facebook + Instagram + follow @Comic_Con on Twitter

The woman was unresponsive, and nurses were unable to detect her breathing. A state agency report found the facility "failed to ensure residents received dignified treatment and care at end of life."

China permitted the equivalent of two new coal plants a week last year according to a new report. The country is also rapidly expanding its renewable energy.

Praise be! Writers. This “call to workshop” is our literary version of Sunday Mass in which we’ll share communion with the page. Offered the fourth Sunday of each month, members of the congregation will respond to prompts that invite us to pen our petty penchants, fractious fragments, fabricated fictions, flights of fantasy, baffling or beautiful blasphemies—whatever might come and however it might arrive on the page. Under the gentle guidance of each month’s visiting liturgical leader, we’ll be encouraged to express in writing our poetic avowals, lyrical incantations, laudatory epithets, creative connections, celebratory declarations, grammatical gratitude, and prayers to the page. Saints, sinners, non-believers, and writers of all denominations are invited to participate. • Candles will be lit and benevolent spirits summoned • Blessings will bestowed for all literary endeavors • Forgiveness will be given for all grammatical malefactions and syntactical misdeeds • Miracles may occur/offerings accepted April’s liturgical leader is Visiting Rabbi Israela Goodsoul (aka the wonderful Janice Alper), a member of the lost tribe of Israel. Date | The fourth Sunday of every month from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., starting on April 24 Location | Online Register here! Members: $10 Non-members: $15 For more information, please visit sandiegowriters.org/online-prompt-church-a-generative-writing-worship-service-with-janice-alper or call (619) 696-0363.

San Diego writer Michael Klam headlines at Poets Underground with host Sunny Rey. Date | Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 7pm Location | Acid Vault downtown at Amplified Ale Works Open mic to follow. For further information on this event please visit: https://poetryandartsd.com/2022/05/06/spacebar-on-sunday-acid-vault-on-tuesday-katie-manning-on-cwp/

Nearly 5,000 registered Republicans in San Diego County left the party last month. Some re-registered as Democrats, some as members of the American Independent Party and some stated no party preference. But why? Was it a reaction to the Capitol siege or something else?