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Enjoy live music beginning at 5 p.m. Seating opens at 4:30 p.m. and is limited, so please feel free to bring your own chair. Performances take place outdoors, weather permitting. Cannon Art Gallery and Chapters Cafe will also be open so you can enjoy an early evening full of culture with friends. Yale Strom performs Jewish folk music from Central and Eastern Europe. Strom is a trailblazer in the klezmer revival. Klezmer is characterized by its lively rhythms and melodies. Yale Strom on Instagram

Dine Out. Give Back. Fuel Creativity. Support students and the arts with one simple (and delicious) choice, dine at Upper East on August 3, and 15% of your bill will benefit the California Center for the Arts, Escondido Foundation and its Artful Start: Back-to-School event. So relax, dinner is made for you and your meal helps provide local K–12 students in need with the resources, inspiration, and support they deserve to start the school year strong. Why It Matters Your support helps fund Artful Start, a free back-to-school celebration designed to uplift and empower local students through creativity and community. Hosted by the California Center for the Arts, Escondido Foundation as part of our Arts for All programming, this event provides: - Art-filled backpacks with high-quality supplies, art books, and planners - Complimentary haircuts so students head back feeling fresh and confident - Hands-on art projects and a free annual museum pass for every student - Access to local resources through a family-focused community fair How You Can Help It’s easy: Dine at Upper East anytime on Sunday, August 3, and 15% of your total bill will be donated back to the Foundation. Don’t forget to mention you are there for the fundraiser. Show up hungry and ready to support a great cause. Spread the Word Can’t make it? Share the event with friends, post on social, or make a direct donation to help us reach even more students this school year. California Center for the Arts, Escondido Foundation on Facebook / Instagram

Jingle all the way to Fort Oak this holiday season for "Snowed In," a Christmastime cocktail bar with serious winter wonderland vibes. Through the double doors of the Art Deco bar, festively outfitted tipplers are transported into the magical world of all things holiday cheer, where glittering white snowflakes and iridescent sparkles swirl around you. Santa's good tidings offer a welcome reprieve from the daily grind. Visit: https://www.fortoaksd.com/snowed-in Fort Oak on Instagram

The community is invited to Seaside Center for Spiritual Living’s 24th annual New Year’s Eve Ceremony, a magical event to welcome 2026 in joy and peace. Dissolve what you want to release for 2025 and set powerful intention for 2026 in a supportive community. Available on Zoom for those who cannot attend in person. Registration is appreciated but not required. You can find the Zoom link on the registration site: https://seaside.breezechms.com/form/NewYearWaterCeremony2025. Appropriate for teenagers through senior citizens. Contact Rev. Dr. Christina Tillotson at christina@enhancing.com for more information. Seaside Center for Spiritual Living on Facebook / Instagram

Join us in Encinitas for even more ways to interact with contemporary art! Weekly Wellness Saturdays at ICA San Diego / North expands on our 2025-2026 exhibition season theme, "On Healing." The exhibitions are part of a year-long exploration of the ways artists address the various socio-cultural wounds revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, the associated programs and events seek to explore how art can serve as a vital tool for mental, physical, emotional, and community wellbeing. Weekly Wellness Saturdays will take place most Saturdays throughout the year during ICA San Diego’s open hours (Noon – 5 p.m.), and includes: 1–2 p.m.: A rotating healing session hosted by a local facilitator 2:15–3:15 p.m.: A complimentary tour of the current exhibition in its Lower and Upper Pavilions, the outdoor garden, and Sculpture Trail 3:30–4:30 p.m.: A rotating healing session hosted by a local facilitator 12–5 p.m.: An all ages art-making activity related to this year’s "On Healing" season 12–5 p.m.: Complimentary admission to ICA / North’s exhibitions Admission to Weekly Wellness Saturdays at ICA / North is free, and a donation will be suggested for healing activities, and made directly to the facilitator. (Sep. 20, Oct. 18, Nov. 15, Dec. 20): 1 p.m.: Energy Medicine for Self-Care with Noriko Whitfield — A gentle 1-hour outdoor self-care workshop designed to help you feel calmer, more energized, and balanced. Using simple, body-centered energy techniques like breathwork, meridian tapping, and movement, this class supports hormone health, emotional well-being, and digestion. No experience is needed. Just come ready to learn easy tools you can use daily to reduce stress, boost vitality, and reconnect with your inner calm. 3:30 p.m.: SOULscape Mindful Movement Meditation with Soultry Sisters— Are you looking for a practice to quiet your mind, ground your body, and elevate your spirit? Join us for SOULscape, a movement-based healing and communal practice led by the Soultry Sisters Arts + Wellness Collective. The session will include mindful movement meditation incorporating breathing, visualization, and creative movement, as well as journaling and collective reflection. In doing so, we will participate in a soft space for folks to embody rest, foster creative flourishing, and connect with the community. ICA San Diego / North in Encinitas is open Saturdays & Sundays, Noon – 5 p.m. RSVP to a Weekly Wellness Saturday! Donations made at time of RSVP or upon check-in will go to ICA San Diego, and a QR code and cash box will be available at the healing activity for donations to healing facilitators. ICA San Diego - Website / Facebook / Instagram

Shop Arts & Craft Supply Surplus! Saturday, November 29! RSVP so we have enough for everyone! The more RSVPs we get, the more fun supplies we'll plan on putting out for sale! Help us celebrate our 7th Anniversary of sharing craft with the community at our Craft Supply Sale! And... save on craft supplies this season as you head into handmaking holidays! From 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., join us for Craft Supply shopping! From 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., shop our Lumber Sale! And, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., enjoy our Free Kids Craft! We’ll have lots of supplies and materials--beads, fabric, sewing forms, sewing machines, yarn, buttons, ribbon, craft kits, scrapbooking supplies, jewelry, woodworking magazines, power tools & tools, tool boxes, and more at bargain prices. By shopping our sale, you benefit from great prices on crafting supplies, while lowering your carbon footprint by buying second-hand. We love the motto: reduce, reuse, recycle! And, by shopping with us, you support Craft Collective so we can continue offering you fun crafting opportunities! We'll also share the space with local nonprofit, Lumbercyle. If you're interested in shopping for urban wood and exotic woods for your next woodworking project, stop in between 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. and check out the fun selection! And we'll have a Free Kids Craft--Bubble Making--as well from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.! Stop in, shop supplies & save your space in an upcoming workshop & begin creating art yourself! San Diego Craft Collective on Facebook / Instagram

Researchers have found that athletes experience emotional abuse more than any other form of harm. Some athletes maintain that this kind of abuse by coaches can cause lasting, even irreparable damage.

"Walking In Beauty, Life as Ceremony" is a new exhibition at the Bonita Museum and Cultural Center from November 8 - 30, 2025, displaying information about missing and murdered indigenous women. Organized and curated by Artivists Way of the Sacred Mountain organization, Teyana Viscarra and Norm Sands with Heather Gallana, Indigenous Cultures Educator at the museum. The Honoring Ceremonies with blessings will take place on Saturday, November 8, 2025 from 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. Way of the Sacred Mountain is an Indigenous-led, grassroots partnership that breaks the silence on the brutal truths of the past and the continuing injustices of the present. Through the exhibition, the artivists hope to raise awareness of crucial issues impacting Indian Country, especially the crisis of MMIW, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Warriors. They provide a safe space and a call for healing through prayer, action, and remembrance. This is a free public exhibition and event. During the Opening Ceremony on November 8, visitors will experience Kumeyaay culture as well as crafts and food. The Bonita Museum & Cultural Center is located on traditional Kumeyaay lands along the Sweetwater River. Parking is free. More information can be found on the museum website: www.bonitahistoricalsociety.org Bonita Museum on Facebook / Instagram

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San Diego band Slacker talks about friendship, growing up and the inspiration behind their surprisingly intimate rock songs. Hear their special performance from KPBS and a post-show interview where they share the stories behind their music and upcoming debut album.