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The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library is thrilled to announce its newest offering for young families: Creative Storytime with Ms. Katia. This new program, held on the first Wednesday of each month at 10:30 a.m., is designed to introduce children to the magic of storytelling while fostering an early love for music, art, and literature. Geared for ages 2–5, Creative Storytime is a free, interactive experience featuring songs and stories that celebrate creativity and imagination. After the program, families are invited to stay and explore the Athenaeum’s extraordinary children’s collection, a treasure trove of books on music and art. This collection highlights the library’s dedication to nurturing the next generation of readers and creators. About Ms. Katia Creative Storytime will be led by Katia Graham, a passionate librarian, storyteller, and advocate for literacy. Based in San Diego, Graham brings a wealth of experience and creativity to the Athenaeum. She is a member of the Freedom to Read Statement Taskforce for the Office for Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association and has served as Youth Services Librarian at La Jolla/Riford Public Library and Children’s Librarian at Coronado Public Library. Graham is the founder of Librarian on the Go, an initiative dedicated to promoting literacy and information access. She has a master’s degree in library and information science from the University of Southern California, a second master’s in broadcast journalism from Columbia University, and a bachelor’s degree in English from Barnard College. A former reporter, Graham honed her storytelling skills in newsrooms, including KYMA, NY1 News, and ABC World News Tonight. In addition to her other programs, she proudly leads a bilingual storytime and developed San Diego Public Library's initiative to combat the Spanish disinformation crisis. Discover the Athenaeum’s Children’s Section The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library’s children’s section is a hidden gem in La Jolla, offering an exceptional selection of books on music and art for young readers. Whether it’s introducing a budding musician to the works of Beethoven or sparking an early appreciation for Picasso, our collection has something for every young mind. This resource complements the library’s mission to inspire a lifelong love of the arts. For more information, call us at (858) 454-5872. Athenaeum Music & Arts Library on Facebook / Instagram

Join us for a special evening of world-class cappella music as The Yale Whiffenpoofs, America’s oldest collegiate a cappella group, come to San Diego on Sunday, January 18, 2026, at 4 p.m.. The concert will take place at All Souls’ Episcopal Church in Point Loma, a beautiful and historic venue that will set the perfect stage for this unforgettable performance. The Whiffenpoofs are celebrated for their signature close-harmony sound and their wide-ranging repertoire spanning vocal jazz, folk, pop, and Broadway favorites. Each year, the group performs for more than two hundred audiences across all six inhabited continents, bringing their distinctive blend of musicianship, humor, and charm to listeners around the world. Over the years, they have performed for U.S. Presidents Obama, Bush (41 and 43), Clinton, and Reagan, and have taken the stage at esteemed venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Kennedy Center. This San Diego performance is a rare opportunity to experience the Whiffenpoofs live—right in your own backyard. This performance will also feature two San Diego natives, Benjamin Jimenez and Joseph Aguilar. Whether you’re a longtime fan or discovering them for the first time, you won’t want to miss this afternoon of music! The Yale Whiffenpoofs on Facebook / Instagram

Original music paired with wormholes from the past -- Tabula Rasa features Devin Daniels on alto saxophone, Joey Curreri on trumpet, Jonathan Paik on piano, Graham Guerin on bass, and Mark Valdes on drums. As individual artists, they all active and emerging voices in both the New York and Los Angeles music scenes. Visit: https://dizzysjazz.com/

jdc Fine Art is proud to present an online show supported by in person programming. Join a studio visit this October or engage online: view the book here. Free & Open to the Public - Space is Limited | RSVP is Required. El Cajon studio address & parking instructions provided upon reservation. About The Exhibition: "Where Wonders Surround You" by Paul Turounet is imagined as limited edition prints and an artist's book. The work travels through the conditions and consequences of climate change and global warming in the Southern California landscape. Turounet uses images, maps, and text adapted from an advertisement for the Ethyl Corporation in Sunset magazine in August 1962. Between the late 1950’s and early 1960’s, the Ethyl Corporation published a series of advertisements themed “The Magic Circles,” to promote their gasoline addictive products. Each advertisement included color photographs and a map. The complete suggested route encouraged families to take adventures in their car. Routes of adventure encircled such destinations as Seattle and the Pacific Northwest, Chicagoland, and New England. The Magic Circle of Southern California’s route connected the Pacific Ocean beaches of Los Angeles and San Diego with the Mohave Desert, Salton Sea, and Joshua Tree Monument. A generation later, Turounet travels to the sites of the “Magic Circle of Southern California” proposed by the Ethyl Corporation’s guide. The landscape has changed. "Where Wonders Surround You" is part of a larger body of work, "Somewhere Out There, Something is Happening." Currently represented by ten titles, "Somewhere"… is a sweeping study of the physical places and psychological spaces of the contemporary American social landscape. Turounet’s practice seeks to honor the history of a place through reflection and remembrance. To journey and pause in space is as much the locus of the artwork as the pilgrimage, or even the memorial created by the photograph. Image becomes artifact, which viewers may use to access and contemplate these same emotions and spaces. The Somewhere . . . oeuvre coalesces around three main themes: natural resources, land use, as well as climate and climate change; moments in history; the relationship of place to identity and gender. About the Artist: Paul Turounet received his MFA in Photography from the Yale University School of Art in 1995. He has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship and two grants from the Trans-Border Institute. He is most celebrated for work along the US-MX border (Tierra Brava, Bajo la Luna Verde, and Estamos Buscando A), which has exhibited predominantly across the southwestern United States and Mexico. Related handmade artist’s books have been recognized by the Humble Arts Foundation, Paris Photo – Aperture Foundation, and the New York Times.

The White House has fired all six members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the independent federal agency that reviews design plans for monuments, memorials, coins and federal buildings.

Join us on October 18 for a spine-chilling experience at the scariest haunted house in Rancho Bernardo! Our martial arts academy transforms into a terrifying haunted maze, making it the ultimate Halloween attraction in 4S Ranch and 92127. Our haunted house in 4S Ranch offers thrills and chills for all ages while maintaining a safe and fun atmosphere. West Coast Martial Arts Academy on Facebook / Instagram

The All Songs Considered host had his mind blown by Rosalía's LUX and his heart broken by Patrick Watson's uh oh, and was taken for a wild ride by Geese.

This may have been a year when Latin music exploded globally, but the Alt.Latino and El Tiny host also sensed a desire among musicians for softness and stillness.

Local hip-hop artist, curator and promoter Ric Scales joins Midday Edition to talk about San Diego's hip-hop scene in 2025, and how history informs his music.

Monday, March 16 7:30 p.m. We eagerly welcome pianist Conor Hanick to the Athenaeum for the first time for an adventurous solo recital featuring Charles Ives’s monumental first sonata and two Schubert Impromptus paired with a new revision of Samuel Carl Adams’s Three Impromptus (a West Coast premiere) inspired by Schubert. Program: Franz Schubert (1797–1828) - Two Impromptus, op. 142 Samuel Carl Adams (b. 1985) - Three Impromptus (2016, rev. 2025) Intermission Charles Ives (1874–1954) - Piano Sonata No. 1 (1902–1910) Pianist Conor Hanick is regarded as one of his generation’s most inquisitive interpreters of music new and old whose “technical refinement, color, crispness and wondrous variety of articulation benefit works by any master” (New York Times). Hanick has recently worked with conductors Esa-Pekka Salonen, Ludovic Morlot, Alan Gilbert, and David Robertson; collaborated with the San Francisco Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Alabama Symphony, Orchestra Iowa, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Juilliard Orchestra; and been presented by the Gilmore Festival, New York Philharmonic, Elbphilharmonie, De Singel, Centre Pompidou, Cal Performances, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Park Avenue Armory, and Ojai Festival, where in 2022 with AMOC* (American Modern Opera Company) he served as the festival’s artistic director. A fierce advocate for the music of today, Hanick has premiered over 200 pieces and collaborated with composers ranging from Pierre Boulez, Kaija Saariaho, and Steve Reich to the leading composers of his generation, including Nico Muhly, Caroline Shaw, Tyshawn Sorey, Anthony Cheung, and Samuel Carl Adams, whose piano concerto "No Such Spring" he premiered in 2023 with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony. This season Hanick presents solo and chamber recitals in the United States and Europe, including concerts at the Wallis, Cal Performances, Segerstrom Center, Stanford Live, Guild Hall, Musikverein, and elsewhere. He appears with the Phoenix and Alabama Symphonies; collaborates with Julia Bullock, Seth Parker Woods, Timo Andres, and the JACK Quartet; and premieres solo and chamber works by Tania León, Nico Muhly, Matthew Aucoin, and others. Hanick is the director of solo piano at the Music Academy of the West and serves on the faculty of The Juilliard School, Mannes College, and the CUNY Graduate Center. He lives with his family in the Hudson Valley. All concerts are preceded by a pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m. and are followed by a reception with the artists in the Sharon & Joel Labovitz Entry Hall. Athenaeum Music & Arts Library on Facebook / Instagram