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To know the vulnerable and candid songs of honestav is to know Av Freeman: a determined, kindred soul who, in the face of unimaginable odds and loss, found himself a breakout hit with 2024’s “I’d Rather Overdose” and a ticket out of rural Missouri. Growing up the youngest of four brothers and a sister, he caught the music bug early: “They all wanted to be rockstars,” Av says. “I was a little kid going and watching my sixteen-year-old brother play screamo shows in bowling alleys and pizza joints. I was hooked. I wanted it bad.” He split his time between his parents, spending half the month with his mother and half with his dad. “My mom was the worst tweaker ever,” he explains. “She lived in the hood and got arrested multiple times selling meth.” Life with his father was relatively stable, but still not comfortable. “There was no A.C. and no food,” Av says, “but I was going to school and playing sports. Half the month, I was the quarterback, and the other half, I was running around with no socks, smoking cigarettes with the worst kids.” From the start, Av’s music was a response to tragedy; at age fifteen, Av found his brother dead from suicide. Amid this grief, Av adopted a tough-guy rap persona. He recorded music obsessively, releasing a song a week for over a hundred weeks in a row. “Literally for two years,” he says. “Sometimes I’d drop even more. I’d record four songs in a night and post two of them.” These years of experimentation reveal themselves in Av’s blend of folk and hip-hop, which sees scratchy verses layered over sensitive acoustic guitars. With a proven track record of chart success, including “I’d Rather Overdose” reaching multiple Billboard charts and its remix achieving significant radio airplay success, sold-out performances, and a rapidly expanding fanbase, honestav is poised to make a significant impact on the alternative music landscape. His authentic voice and unwavering dedication continue to inspire and connect with listeners around the world. Visit: https://musicboxsd.com/event/13739064/honestav-damien-styles/ Honestav on Instagram and Facebook

The San Diego author’s new novel moves between grief, intimacy and identity, drawn from their own experience as a Division I athlete.

El Paso County District Attorney James Montoya said that his decision in the prosecution of Patrick Crusius was driven by a majority of victims' relatives who wanted the case behind them.

A former USAID worker has a new mission. She's hoping to connect philanthropists with overseas programs that have lost — or are likely to lose — their U.S. funding.

Schools in Maine have been at the center of a political battle with the Trump administration. Now, many fear after-school programs, critical for low-income communities, could be lost.

Wherever you are in the writing process, submitting your work can be a helpful light at the end of the tunnel. But the world of literary magazines and small publishers is so expansive and diverse, it’s hard to know where and how to send your work out for publication. In this workshop with Dennis James Sweeney, author of "How to Submit: Getting Your Writing Published with Literary Magazines and Small Presses", we’ll talk about the landscape of literary magazines and small presses, strategies for achieving your publication goals, and how to navigate the vulnerability of sending out the writing you’ve worked so hard on. You’ll leave the class with next steps for submitting your latest piece of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, or hybrid work. This informational class will also include written reflection, group discussion, and Q&A time. Join us if you’d like company in the exciting but daunting process of sending out your writing. Visit: https://writeyourstorynow.org/classes-workshops/2025-06-14-how-to-submit-with-dennis-james-sweeney/ SD Writers Ink on Instagram and Facebook

Have you recently bought something online, and your receipt showed how much more you're paying as a result of tariffs? If so, please share your receipt with NPR.

Playwright Keiko Green's "Empty Ride" follows the story of a woman who returns home to a small town in Japan, after the 2011 tsunami, to take care of her father — and continue his taxi route. This play was commissioned by The Old Globe is on stage Feb. 13 through March 2.

Irsay started with the Colts as a teenage ball boy and took ownership after his father's death in 1997. The team won a Super Bowl and two AFC championships under his nearly three-decade tenure.

First-ever California Indigi-Con July 25 and 27 in San Diego! Indigenous comic authors and artists will share their rich traditions and storytelling through their comics at California’s first-ever INDIGI-CON, held Friday, July 25 and Sunday, July 27 at UC San Diego Park & Market in downtown San Diego, 1100 Market Street, San Diego, CA 92101. The event and its family-friendly programming are free and open to the public, but registration is required. For a complete list of artists and activities, and to register, please go to 2025 INDIGI-CON.The artists will also be panelists at the San Diego Comic-Con 2025 International (July 24 - 27). Indigi-Con is presented by the Indigenous Futures Institute - UC San Diego, in collaboration with the Eyaay Ahuun Foundation and the University of California Humanities Research Institute. The San Pasqual Band is also a title sponsor. “Comic book art is an important medium for Native people to creatively tell their stories,” said Chag Lowry (Yurok, Maidu and Achumawi), Executive Director of the Indigenous Futures Institute. “Sequential art has always been used by Native people to convey stories, tell histories, and share lessons for future generations. This first-ever California Indigi-Con is bringing together and showcasing the incredible talents of Native artists from a vast range of cultures. Our event honors them as the original storytellers from this region and throughout the country.” “Comics can tell any kind of story and offer Indigenous storytellers an ideal medium for telling their stories as they want them told,” said Mike Towry, co-founder of San Diego Comic-Con and long-time supporter of Indigenous Comics. “An important milestone for Indigenous comics creators is the recent publication in San Diego of the first comic from the Kumeyaay Visual Storytelling Project (KSVP). Another this first-ever California Indigi-Con, which will present the works of multiple native storytellers to comic fans in San Diego. I am proud of comics for providing the medium to tell these stories that their creators need to tell and that we need to see and read – and that our City of San Diego, the birthplace of Comic-Con International, will be the inaugural site for this important – and fun – event.” “The Eyaay Ahuuyn Foundation is deeply honored to support and co-present the first-ever California Indigi-Con, celebrating the rich history of Native American heritage through comics,” said Johnny Bear Contreras (Kumeyaay), Sculptor & Cultural Bearer Johnny Bear Art, founder Eyaay Ahuun Foundation, and tribal member of the San Pasqual Band of the Kumeyaay Nation. “Supporting and uplifting the next generation of artists is what it is all about.” The foundation will also be revealing their upcoming comic and play “Shuuluk Wechuwvi - Where Lightening Was Born.” “It is very important to support these young Native artists who are putting in the work, learning from their elders and helping highlight our stories for generations to come,” said Chairman Stephen W. Cope of The San Pasqual Band. “When Native people are given less than 1% of representation in mainstream published media, gathering so many of these writers and artists to celebrate their contributions is something truly extraordinary,” said Weshoyot Alvitre (Tongva and Scottish), comic book artist, writer and illustrator. “I feel honored to be included in this roster of creatives whose work I support and admire and which inspires me.”