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FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE! Comedy Improv w/PRN Every 2nd Friday @8 p.m. at The Merc in Temecula! (It’s) FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE! Improv Theater with PseudoRandomNoise! Improvisational Theater at Its Finest! Featuring SoCal’s premier highly audience interactive improvisational theater troupe PseudoRandomNoise and our very special guest - YOU! You write! You direct! You STAR! Maybe even sometimes with other special guests! Unique Shows Each Night from one of our HIT shows (VS! Game Night! IMPROVacations! Sketchy! Rolling Thunder!) which erupt for a hilarious and engaging night that’s always different! Never repeated! Tickets are $20 per show or $35 for 2 through The Merc at: https://tickets.temeculatheater.org/default.asp?category=35 Want to learn more about PRN (shows, sponsorship, merch, auditions, future)? Please join our mailing list at info@pseudorandomnoise.com for future events and discounts! Even more at our website at: www.pseudorandomnoise.com! And please sponsor us so more folks can come see SoCal improv! And look forward to our NEW SHOWS "Melodrama!" and "RadioPlay!" as well as our big productions of The IMPROVed PLAY and The IMPROVed MURDER MYSTERY! Make it EASY to enjoy AND support the uniqueness of improvisational theater...be a PART OF IT with PRN and FNL! Make Some Noise! Courtesy of PRN Productions and Your Local Sponsors!

Modern writings often describe Chinese scholars’ gardens as sites of aesthetic reclusion—spaces filled with architecture, waterways, and rockeries intended to facilitate the garden-owner’s retreat from the mundane world. Plants rarely appear in such accounts, except as culturally sanctioned signifiers of the garden-owner’s character or virtue. A look at paintings and books that depict gardens from the Song to Qing dynasties offers a different view: plants were central to these gardens, for practical purposes and for contemplating humanity’s place within the cosmos. This talk will explore these themes through a discussion of the exhibition Growing and Knowing in the Gardens of China, displayed at The Huntington in fall 2024. Visit: https://sdma.ticketapp.org/portal/product/66?_ga=2.268598897.1875807529.1776286137-548490435.1761927147 The San Diego Museum of Art on Instagram and Facebook

The suit is centered around the alleged attempt on Anssaf Ali Mayo's life. But it raises broader questions, including about the role of the United Arab Emirates in Yemen's civil war.

Four men. One bachelorette. The twist? The men can't speak. Instead, we'll call their moms and search their phones. As seen on NBC's California Live, The Tamron Hall Show, in LA Magazine, Time Out, and more. Apply to be a contestant, nominate friends, or just grab tickets to watch the chaos unfold: loveisntblind.com. Allison Goldberg on Instagram

Artificial intelligence programs have been described in many ways, but perhaps the best way to understand how we can benefit as writers from the use of Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and others is to think of them as our sidekicks. Eager and helpful assistants that can do things faster and better than us as long as we give them the right instructions. This course is about which AI programs are the best for which tasks, what is possible with AI, and how to use it without crossing any ethical lines. You’ll learn how to benefit from AI when it comes to research and writing and how to design and produce amazing covers, websites, and marketing materials. AI can do things for a fraction of the cost and in the blink of an eye, including creating audio books, apps, and other complimentary (and lucrative) ancillary items. As promising as this sounds, we’ll also look at the ways in which we can lose authenticity and credibility if we take it too far. This is a hands-on, interactive, and solution-oriented program presented as a discussion and brainstorming session so we learn how to make the most of these powerful new tools to take our ideas, bring them to life, and get them out to the masses. Come with your questions and suggestions, and leave with a whole new way of working that opens up possibilities that weren’t available just a couple of years ago. San Diego Writers, Ink on Facebook / Instagram

Spend a summer evening at San Diego Botanic Garden during Summer Nights on Thursday, July 16, with San Diego's 2024 Best Jazz Artist, Mercedes Moore. Nine time nominee for SDMA “Best Blues Artist”, Mercedes Moore is known for her unique blend of 50s/60s swingin soul blues music. Her set list is designed to be upbeat and suitable for partner dancing and freestyle solo fun! Admission begins at 4 p.m., with music going from 5:30 p.m.-7:15 p.m. Guests can enjoy the concert while exploring the Garden's 37-acres of lush landscapes and ocean-view pathways during extended evening hours. A bar with craft beer, wine, non-alcoholic drinks, and light snacks will be available each night. Guests are also welcome to bring their own food and non-alcoholic drinks. Pack a picnic, get cozy, and make the most of your evening in the Garden! San Diego Botanic Garden on Facebook / Instagram

Spend a summer evening at San Diego Botanic Garden during Summer Nights on Thursday, August 6. The Yamoakas and Company trio, featuring Korrie Yamaoka, Jason Yamaoka, and Davy Rockett, weave together indie, folk, and jazz influences into a sound that draws listeners in. Inspired by the emotional storytelling of Norah Jones, the artistry of Regina Spektor, the theatrical depth of Rufus Wainwright, and the dynamic edge of Muse, their music blends warmth, nuance, and memorable melody. Admission begins at 4 p.m., with music going from 5:30 p.m.-7:15 p.m. Guests can enjoy the concert while exploring the Garden's 37-acres of lush landscapes and ocean-view pathways during extended evening hours. A bar with craft beer, wine, non-alcoholic drinks, and light snacks will be available each night. Guests are also welcome to bring their own food and non-alcoholic drinks. Pack a picnic, get cozy, and make the most of your evening in the Garden! Instagram / Facebook

The Tijuana-san Diego border is the world’s leading hub for skateboard production. This is where the material globalization of skate culture and all it entails originates; from here, its products traverse the seven continents. At the same time, many of its practitioners are denied this very freedom of movement, trapped by borders real and allegorical. Boarder Crossings: Patinetas, Paz, y DIY Democracy, a project of the Fred J. Hansen Peace Chair at San Diego State University, recognizes the humble skateboard, seven layers of glued-together wood, as a window through which to understand community, control, and networks of exchange within and against the border regime. In the shadow of the border fences, is there a grassroots community skating back to power and inspiring new pragmatic approaches to democracy? By learning from the practical and political ethos at the heart of these communities, might we speak of a ‘DIY Democracy’? Multiple artists, artificially separated by the border, provide a tangible response to these questions through numerous works created on boards produced in Tijuana’s maquiladoras, each depicting a border that is at once fixed and fragile – a place of deafening proclamations and silent experiences of counter-power. Positioning itself at the heart of the contradiction between mobile objects and immobilized people, Boarder Crossings imagines mending this artificial rift. The Boarder Crossings project features a total of 52 board-based artworks. The pieces not on display here are currently hanging on the walls of the Sala Central at the Centro Cultural de Tijuana (June 21–September 27). The pieces you see here are additions or works that have come from CECUT, crossing the border. while those artworks you see here are displayed here in San Diego, the "voids" left in Tijuana are symbolic of the absences many artists and people along the border live with daily, marked by family separations, deportations, desires for mobility, and severed friendships and affections. As spectators in Tijuana are doing right now, please gaze at these works, immerse yourself in their creativity, feel the absence they mark across the border, and reflect on how we might collectively build "DIY democracy" from the bottom up. Centro Cultural de la Raza on Facebook / Instagram

How do we navigate the cutting edge of technology without losing our creative soul? In this innovative 4-week online workshop, authors will discover how to transform AI from a sterile content generator into a compassionate collaborative partner. Designed specifically for non-fiction and memoir writers, this course reframes technology as an “empathetic mirror”—a tool to help you gently excavate raw memories, organize historical family artifacts (like diaries and letters), and uncover deep thematic threads. Through real-world examples of human-machine creative collaboration, you will learn how to use AI to expand your narrative structure and pressure-test emotional truth, all while fiercely protecting and celebrating the beautifully imperfect human voice at the heart of your story. Perfect for writers looking to deepen their craft, honor their lived experiences, and explore the future of storytelling. San Diego Writers, Ink on Facebook / Instagram

India's government launched a Vibrant Villages Programme almost four years ago. But as China steadily builds up its side, Indian residents wonder what's taking so long.