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Drawing on years of teaching experience and technical mastery, Carlos Castrejon guides students in this fun and engaging live nude model workshop. Designed for all levels, this class explores both quick gesture sketches and longer, sustained poses to help you capture movement, mood, and form. You’ll strengthen your understanding of proportion, anatomy, and composition while experimenting with expressive mark-making and dynamic line work. Expect a relaxed, supportive studio atmosphere where curiosity is encouraged and progress happens naturally. Whether you're building foundational skills or refining your personal style, working from a live model will sharpen your observation skills and boost your confidence. Come ready to draw, explore, and enjoy the creative energy of the figure in motion! Woodward Contemporary on Facebook / Instagram

The National City Host Lions Club's 80th Annual 4th of July Carnival returns to Kimball Park from July 1–5, 2026, bringing five days of family-friendly fun, entertainment, delicious food, thrilling rides, and community celebration. Guests can enjoy a variety of carnival attractions, including rides, games, live entertainment, face painting, and an impressive lineup of food vendors. Featured vendors include Zeze's Cuisine, Pi Food, Kujo's Eats, Mr. Joey's Tacos, Turo Churros & Donuts, The Sweet Spot, along with carnival favorites such as nachos, kettle corn, sweet treats, and more. The carnival will be open: Wednesday, July 1 – Friday, July 3: 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, July 4 & Sunday, July 5: 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. Admission is free, and ride wristbands will be available for purchase onsite. The celebration culminates with a spectacular Fourth of July fireworks show on Saturday, July 4, at 9 p.m., lighting up the sky above Kimball Park. Event Details What: National City Host Lions Club's 80th Annual 4th of July Carnival When: July 1–5, 2026 Where: Kimball Park, National City Admission: Free Fireworks Show: July 4 at 9 p.m. City of National City on Facebook

A Costco tattoo. A viral rotisserie chicken event. A student club with hundreds of members. We follow graduating UC San Diego student Jacob Hoang on his final Costco run as club president and try to understand why Costco inspires such unusual devotion.

With the American Composers Project, Dana Zimbric and the California Chamber Orchestra celebrate 250 years of the American Spirit through music. The series is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. This concert features the music of George Gershwin on his 128th birthday. The program includes: George Gershwin (1898 – 1937): "Rhapsody in Blue" featuring Ines Irawati, piano soloist Jessie Montgomery (b. 1981): "Shift, Change, Turn" Antonin Dvorak (1841 – 1904): Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”)

Premieres Monday, Aug. 3, 2026 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Encore Wednesday, Aug. 26 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 (Not available on KPBS+). Set in a Silicon Valley “hacker house,” this film explores how innovative and disruptive ideas are incubated, nurtured and all too often shattered. The film follows three immigrant entrepreneurs trying to make their high-tech dreams come true.

Thousands of miles from homes, folks in the Filipino diaspora have formed regional associations to maintain cultural and Catholic roots.

MOHAVISOUL is a 5-piece, award-winning, San Diego-based, California-style Contemporary Bluegrass-Americana band (Grassicana) playing original music that combines West Virginia roots with 5th-generation California heritage since 2012 (14 years). MohaviSoul, led by Randy Hanson and Mark Miller, is the new California Bluegrass sound in SoCal writing a new chapter of Contemporary Bluegrass/Americana. They have won awards for their songs Blue Diesel (Akademia, Los Angeles, 2015 Best Bluegrass), Make It Up (18th International Acoustic Music Awards (IAMA), Best Bluegrass/Country Song), and Hurry Up and Wait (43rd SDMA, Best Country/Americana Song). Also, a finalist with “Dog in The Middle” for 21st annual IAMA awards for Best Group in 2025, plus SDMA Nominee for Best Americana/Country album 2025 and featured 2025 awards show performer, and 2026 SDMA Nominee for Encore album and Shine Like Stars song. Multiple songs also have charted nationally from our "Stories and Memories" and self-titled "MohaviSoul" albums. Bluegrass Today labeled MohaviSoul as the “Seldom Scene of the West” in their review of our 2024 self-titled album. MohaviSoul gained national attention at the Bluegrass Ramble in September 2021 in Raleigh, NC as an invited Showcase Artist at the IBMA World of Bluegrass and was the first band since Nickel Creek invited to represent SoCal at IBMA’s World of Bluegrass. MohaviSoul wraps storytelling in music with a blend of original music and great covers. The 6th self-titled album “MohaviSoul” (April 2024) includes our song “Hurry Up and Wait” that won San Diego Music Awards (SDMA) Best Country/Americana song for 2024 and is getting radio play nationally and internationally. The 7th and new album “Encore”, released in January 2025 is another great mix of originals and unique covers that fans have loved at our concert and festival shows. So please join MohaviSoul on our journey & we’ll see you down our musical road less traveled performing our story telling wrapped in music & sharing the fun & joy of our journey with everyone…MohaviSoul style! PRAIRIE SKY is an eclectic bluegrass band from San Diego featuring some of the area’s top instrumentalists and vocalists. Ramona Ault, lead singer, is an accomplished song writer as well as performer, has recorded with a number of bands, as a soloist, and with high profile artists. Her distinctive voice is complimented by the strong lead singing of Jeff Smith the band’s lead guitar player. Jeff played with a number of rock ‘n roll bands before taking up the bluegrass genre. Jeff and Ramona sing lead duets that mark the band’s signature sound. On bass is band leader Dwight Worden, a multi-instrumentalist who plays guitar, mandolin and fiddle and contributes on vocals. Dwight is a member of the SDBS Board He has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of the International Bluegrass Music Association and writes the monthly column for San Diego’ music newspaper, the Troubadour, called The Bluegrass Corner. A key part of the band and its sound is Avery Ellisman playing mandolin and fiddle and also contributing on vocals. Avery is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, song writer, fiddle competition judge, and for many years produced of the highly successful Julian Family Fiddle Camp. Prairie Sky has performed at the Summergrass Festival, The San Diego County Fair, the Ramona Bluegrass Festival, on KSON Radio’s Bluegrass Special Live, as Featured Band for SDBS and NCBFC, on KPBS, and at other venues. Prairie Sky released its first CD project in the summer of 2015 entitled Shades of Blue which was very well received in San Diego and in the bluegrass community.

The Shoreline Pickers band originated from casual jam sessions at the shoreline of Mission Bay. They love acoustic music and enjoy the contributions of the various instruments. The members are Mary Jane Cupp on mandolin, Mark Pullin on guitar, Pete Varhola on bass, John Deckard on harmonica, and Jacob Blythe on banjo. All members contribute vocals as well. The Shoreline Pickers have performed at churches, civic organizations, San Diego County libraries, as well as at the San Diego County Fair. They enjoy playing traditional Bluegrass, some Old Time, and other Americana. The Library's Summer Concerts offer the perfect midday musical escape in the Winn Room. This concert is free to attend thanks to the support of the City of Coronado and the Friends of the Coronado Public Library. Seating is first come, first seated and doors will open at 12:45 p.m.

San Diego native Andy Acosta stars in San Diego Opera's production of "Fellow Travelers," an acclaimed opera exploring love, identity and the Lavender Scare.

They call themselves the "cockroaches" and they're on the march — demanding action against corruption, amid a shortage of opportunities for young people in India.