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You’ve written your story, but something is wrong. You can’t quite put your finger on it, but you believe it’s a serious problem. How do you know what to fix? In this seminar-style course, author/publisher Mark O’Bannon discusses how to analyze and fix a story. One of the main reasons that stories fail is because the writer is using obsolete techniques. Sessions' description: • First Session: You’ll learn some of the advanced writing techniques used by professional writers such as J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter), J.J. Abrams (LOST, Star Trek, Star Wars) and Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad). • Second Session: You’ll learn how to break down a story into its essential elements so that you can create a plan to improve your work. • Third Session: Learn how to use simple techniques to fix a broken story. • Last Session: Discover how you can take an average story and turn it into a great story. This course is for anyone who wants to learn how to see if a story will work (and make money) or if it will fail. Discover how to recognize a broken story and how to fix it before you put time and money into your project. Bring a pen and paper for notes. Date | Tuesday, February 15 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Location | Online via Zoom Register here! For more information, please visit sandiegowriters.org/how-to-fix-a-story-with-mark-obannon or call (619) 696-0363.

Below the surface of the sprawling, modern metropolis is a different world. Archaeologists are gaining insights into the city's ancient past by examining the basements of ordinary buildings.

Dreamers’ Circus returns to The Conrad to share their love of folk and traditional Nordic music with you, this February. Contemporary and innovative in their approach, they draw inspiration from the deep traditions of folk music in the region and reshape them into something bright, shiny, and new. Their art embraces music from Denmark and Sweden as well as Iceland, Finland, and the far reaches of the windswept Faroe Islands. A $15 Food & Beverage Voucher is included with each ticket. Date: Feb. 9,2022 Times: 6:30pm & 8:30pm Location: Now at the Wu Tsai QRT.yrd at the La Jolla Music Society's Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center Cost: $63-$83 For more information on this event and ticket purchases please visit HERE!

Griner has been moved from a detention center outside of Moscow and is being sent to a Russian penal colony to begin serving out her nine-year sentence on drug smuggling charges, her lawyers said.

Two customers who bought $6 worth of Barilla pasta say they were duped. They thought they were buying products made in Italy. What they got was made in Iowa and New York.

A drop of blood that was subjected to modern DNA testing enabled Vermont State Police detectives to make an arrest in the 1989 murder of a couple found stabbed to death in their home, police said.

The exciting young members of the Arod Quartet, based in Paris, first came to international attention when they won first prize at the 2015 Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition and the 2016 ARD International Music Competition. They arrive to San Diego this Spring! The program includes Mozart’s famous “Dissonance” String Quartet no. 19 in C Major; Bartok’s String Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, acknowledged as his first masterpiece; and Ravel’s only string quartet, a staple of the chamber music repertoire. Date | Sunday, March 20 at 3 p.m. Location | The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center Get tickets here! Tickets starting at $51. For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/arod-quartet or call (858) 459-3728.

Fleet Week San Diego returns to the Broadway Pier and welcomes the public to meet active service members and tour military vehicles.

The ever-popular Academy of St Martin in the Fields, under the musical direction of renowned violin soloist Joshua Bell, returns to La Jolla Music Society for another spectacular performance. This storied, conductor-less ensemble is one of the world’s finest chamber orchestras, well known for its inspired and inspiring interpretations of great orchestral music. Date | Monday, March 14 at 8 p.m. Location | San Diego Civic Theatre Get tickets here! Ticket prices ranging from $43 to $103. For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/academy-of-st-martin or call (858) 459-3728.

Premieres Sundays, Nov. 6, 2022 - Jan. 22, 2023 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand now with KPBS Passport! DS Ellie Miller (Oliva Colman) and DI Alec Hardy (David Tennant) are called out to attend to a woman who has reported a serious sexual assault. There’s no doubt she’s been raped—but where, and when and by whom?