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Join the San Diego Fixit Clinic in the City of Carlsbad for an Earth Day Edition Fixit Clinic on April 13, 2024! Fixit Coaches are ready to help repair your stuff between 10 A.M. - 1 P.M. RSVP in advance to get help from a Coach! Learn how to: • Mend your favorite outfit • Repair road and mountain bikes • Fix lighting, gadgets, and small appliances Space is limited for this FREE event. RSVP today!

The Mission Hills Garden Walk is presenting its 2024 Garden Walk theme of “Another Day in Paradise” on Saturday, May 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This year’s theme will be illustrated in 12 gardens, including the Grant TK-8 School organic Gecko Garden. Local musicians and artists will be in the gardens to add to the festivities. The Mission Hills Garden Walk was inaugurated by the Mission Hills Garden Club in 1999 and has become a celebrated annual community event. Each year a number of Mission Hills homeowners agree to open their magnificent gardens to the community. Tickets are $40 each, kids under 10 free, and will be sold online in half-hour increments beginning April 1 at MissionHillsGardenClub.org. The funds raised will be used to continue the club’s Community College scholarship program, support Mission Hills Summer Concerts in the Park and help fund neighborhood beautification projects. Ticket purchasers who elect to become members of the Garden Club will receive a $15 discount from their membership fee. The Garden Walk will begin at the Mission Hills Nursery, 1525 Fort Stockton Ave., where attendees will pick up their wrist bands and booklets. Trolleys will be available to transport attendees along the route. Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook & Instagram

Related event: Free Third Thursday, May 16. Taking the 1990s as its cultural backdrop, Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today is the first major group exhibition in the United States to envision a new approach to contemporary art in the Caribbean diaspora, foregrounding forms that reveal new modes of thinking about identity and place. Over 20 artists are featured in this exhibition, many of whom live in the Caribbean or are of Caribbean heritage. Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s - Today was organized by Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Major support for Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today was provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s - Today is curated by Carla Acevedo-Yates, Marilyn and Larry Fields Curator, with Iris Colburn, Curatorial Associate, Isabel Casso, former Susman Curatorial Fellow MCA Chicago now Associate Curator, MCASD, and Nolan Jimbo, Assistant Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. The presentation at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego is organized by Isabel Casso, Associate Curator, MCASD. Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | X

Join us in exploring how art brings us together and in proximity to one another. We will explore the works of Niki de Saint Phalle, Ana Mendieta, and many others as we strengthen our bonds within our neighborhoods! This exciting week will be filled with community-building and learning how art helps us connect. Create portraits of your new friends, tell stories of your community through your art, design flyers and posters, and work together on chalk murals. Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | X

Come join the whirlwind of art in motion at MCASD! We will explore the exciting works of Jeannette Ehlers and Daniel Lind Ramos from MCASD’s exhibition, Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today, as well as the sculptural work of Niki de Saint Phalle and Tom Driscoll from our permanent collection. Explore movement-based art through flip books, claymation, optical toy thaumatropes and more. Make new friends as you collaborate on a hand-crank TV show and become an art star! Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | X

Get funky this summer at MCASD! We will make masks inspired by Gerald Clarke, scarves inspired by Yinka Shonibare, and mixed media art jewelry inspired by artists in our featured exhibition, Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today. Learn how contemporary artists combine materials and ideas to make exciting new art. Play with different styles as you go on an adventure through the Museum. Hands will get messy while mixing and matching mediums and learning about the elements of art. Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | X

Back and better than never! Take a break from the hustle of poetry month and enjoy an evening of low-brow, overly-contrived, and badly constructed poetry! Win unforgettable prizes for your lack of eloquence or surprise your audience with something approaching a cohesive thought! Poets and non-poets of all skill levels are welcome. We will start with some workshopping, then move to an open mic section. Prizes will be given throughout the program. Light refreshments will be provided.

Cal State San Marcos and the University of San Diego are guests for a joint workshop culminating with this shared choral concert. Directed by Dr. Arlie Langager. Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | X

End the season with us on this epic voyage. Separated from his mother, a young refugee called Anon journeys through the United States, ecountering a wide variety of people—some kind, some dangerous and cruel—as he searches for his family. Naomi Iizuka's beautiful and brutal play Anon(ymous), a powerful retelling of Homer's epic Odyssey, explores ancient themes of identity, coming-of-age, and the shifting nature of home in the face of displacement. Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | X

Prints and Pinot is fine art and wine appreciation at its best. We will be pairing delicious wine with USD’s impressive print collection for an evening of interactive art, opinionated gallery tours, and other forms of playful connoisseurship. Pinot Noir and Pinot Grigio wines are on the tasting menu for those twenty-one and older. Light hors d'oeuvres will be served. Space is limited.