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There are hundreds of U.S. neighborhoods where the population is declining due to flood risk, a new study suggests. Climate change drives flooding from heavy rain and sea level rise.

Linda Blair, popular local lecturer, is back by popular demand at the Athenaeum in La Jolla. If you like Cezanne, Matisse, and Van Gogh, this is her lecture series for you. This new generation of artists emerged in the 1880s. Like runners in a relay race, the Impressionists handed off the baton of artistic innovation to this these artists today viewed as giants of European art history. Each Post-Impressionist artist pursued his own unique artistic vision, but all were united in adopting the Impressionists’ conviction that art should not be filtered through ideology, intellect or “schools of art.” Thus liberated from constraint, art, they contended, should be independent, the exclusive product of the artist’s imagination and skill. Matisse and Picasso both claimed that Cezanne was “the father of us all,” and he does stand at the cusp between traditional, realistic art and 20th century abstraction. When Cezanne and Van Gogh met in Paris in 1886, they despised each other, a contempt that spilled over in their opinions of each other’s work. Cezanne’s forms are solid and immutable; Vincent’s inanimate objects dance with a kinetic energy. We can’t find Cezanne, the man, in his paintings; in Van Gogh’s canvases we can’t avoid him. Unlike the very conventional Matisse, Van Gogh’s life was one of alienation. Keenly aware of the isolation his odd behavior caused, he poured his longing for relationships, for human communion, into his paintings. Of his friend and archrival, Picasso said, “All things considered, there is only Matisse.” In his own words, Matisse sought to create “an art of balance, of purity and serenity, devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter.” Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

Class Description One sure path to a form rejection letter is prose that resembles road kill. Once lively and original, stale prose lies dead from overuse. In this class we will look at both fresh and overused prose pieces in a variety of genres. You’ll learn how to spot stale prose in your own writing and come up with something fresh. Disclaimers You will be emailed the Zoom link 24 hours before the start of the class. If you sign up less than 24 hours before the start of the class, please either send us a message via this website or send us an email to request your link. Please note that it is best to register at least a week before the start of a class to help our instructors prepare and ensure that a class does not get canceled or rescheduled. Policies on registration, refunds, cancellations, etc. can be found on our policies page. If you would like to provide feedback regarding this class, please feel free to complete an evaluation form. This program can be accessed via Digital Ink, a recording of live Zoom-based class sessions that can be purchased for a discount of $10 off the live session price by selecting the Digital Ink option at checkout. Please note that by attending a live session that includes the Digital Ink component, you are consenting to being recorded. If you do not wish to be recorded but would still like to attend the class, you can keep your microphone and camera off for the duration of the session. Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

Show Your Home Some Love ! 38th Annual Spring Home/Garden Show returns to Del Mar Fairgrounds 
on April 28 & 29, 2023 Del Mar, California—Now in its 38th year, returns for a two-day extravaganza of demonstrations, hundreds of home-improvement products and services exhibitors, plant sales, and face-to-face consultations with top experts—all with the convenience of one-stop shopping for everything pertaining to home and garden, inside and outside. The Show focuses on San Diego-area experts, services, products, and businesses. Visitors find everything they need to save time and money improving, refreshing, or remodeling their home and outdoor surroundings—from the latest in appliances to garden lighting, from BBQ’s to security systems, from baths to sunrooms, even Tiny Homes, A 3D printed ADU and other ADU options. In addition to a huge main hall where hundreds of exhibitors showcase the newest products and hottest trends, all at special low show prices, the show offers several unique home and garden features and admission is FREE! * “The Garden Marketplace”—Shop at a grand nursery of the freshest plants for sale direct from San Diego area garden and non-profit plant societies, specialty growers and wholesalers--at low show prices. Plus, Face-to-Face meetings with some of San Diego’s top garden experts; gain priceless hands-on knowledge for your home projects, from landscaping to vegetable gardening and fruit trees. • Bargains!-- The Spring Home/Garden Show is a home and garden shopper’s paradise. Special pricing is a big attraction for any homeowner looking for deep one-time-only savings. The Exhibitors present offer an ideal opportunity to easily arrange for multiple bids on any home project, be it shutters, doors, windows, skylights, or hundreds of other essentials. Save TIME and MONEY! Show Hours: Saturday, April 29 from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Sunday, April 30 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. For more information, please visit here. About Westward Expos: Founded in 1984 in San Diego, Westward Expos produces the Spring Home/Garden and Fall Home/Garden shows and the San Diego Home Improvement Expo. Westward Expos can be reached at 858.350.3738 x 801. For information on how to participate in the Spring Home/Garden Show, contact James Scannell via phone or email. Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

The Mission Hills Grizzly Theatre, in conjunction with the Mission Hills Music Department, is proud to present our spring musical, "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street"! Our students have been working tirelessly for the past several months, and we think we have a stellar show for you all!

Lai, 76, was arrested in August 2020 during a crackdown on the city's pro-democracy movement under the sweeping national security law enacted following huge protests four years ago.

A car plowed into a parked SUV that was guarding President Biden's motorcade. The president and first lady were not harmed.

From the organizers: Our apologies, but we had to change this concert to Saturday, May 20 from May 11. There aren't two performances, but only one on May 20. Sorry for the inconvenience, and thank you. The Grossmont College Middle East Ensemble is open to all instruments with players from both the college and the community specializing in music from the vast Afro-Asiatic region known these days as the "Middle East". Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

"Well Well Well" features the work of three artists, Glen Wilson, April Banks and June Edmonds. "Well, Well, Well" can be viewed at BFREE Studio from April 22 - June 10, Tues through Sun 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. and anytime by appointment. Upcoming events: Opening reception: Saturday, April 29 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. Join us Saturday, April 29th for the Opening Reception of Well Well Well. This is an amazing opportunity to engage with the new exhibition. Artist Q&A: Saturday, May 13 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. June Edmonds, April Banks, and Glen Wilson will speak about their works, their artistic process, and their latest exhibition. First Friday Artwalk La Jolla: Friday, May 5 and Friday, June 2 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. Bfree is a part of La Jolla’s First Friday Art Walk where over 16 local galleries open their doors for extended evening hours to art lovers. About the Exhibition: (excerpt from a narrative by Art Historian and Educator, Sally Yard, PhD) There are threads that weave through the work of April Banks, June Edmonds and Glen Wilson. Edmonds paints lush, meditative abstractions, Banks has created architectonic works in public spaces; photographs veiled in encaustic; fused glass and metal images. Wilson melds street photography and found objects and materials ranging from salvaged chain link gates embellished with metal arabesques to cymbals and broken records. In some of their works, each of the three takes as a touchstone one neighborhood or another. In works ranging from geometric abstractions to convergences of objects found in alleys to artifacts, all have in one way or another served as chroniclers, archivists or narrators of indomitable, complex lives that are full of intention and success—daunted by obstacles and triumphant nonetheless. Their works variously become a meditation, an invocation, recasting absence as presence, erasure as memory, the past as the platform from which futures will be formed. It is a project of alternative mappings. The exhibition at Bfree entails a return to place, Edmonds completed her undergraduate degree at San Diego State University and Wilson his MFA at the University of California San Diego. The works of Edmonds, Banks and Wilson are generous. Clear-eyed and exacting in uncovering what has been hidden, they propose grace and beauty and reflectiveness. —Sally Yard, PhD About The Artists: Glen Wilson is a multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, California. With roots stretching back to documentary and street photography, his body of work includes sculpture, assemblage, installation, and filmmaking. April Banks is an LA based artist and creative strategist with deep ancestral roots in Virginia. April is also the producer of Tea Afar, a nomadic storytelling experience, launched in 2016. Tea Afar was conceived as a salve—bringing us together across borders. She has produced events in Los Angeles, Montreal, Sri Lanka and San Francisco that center first person stories and hospitality traditions from around the world. June Edmonds uses abstract painting to explore how color, repetition, movement, and balance can serve as conduits to spiritual contemplation and interpersonal connection to her African-American roots. June Edmonds was born in Los Angeles, where she lives and works. BFree Gallery on Facebook | Instagram

Come join us as we celebrate all Fathers as our superdad!