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This year, we’re excited to bring the festival to a vibrant new location—North City—where we’ll host over 250+ amazing vendors, including talented artisans, crafters, local retail, and national businesses. The event runs from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., all along North City Drive. What makes this year’s event truly special? Vibrant New Venue: The Annual San Marcos Spring Festival is moving to the vibrant North City District of San Marcos. As we settle into our new festival home, we invite you to be a part of this unforgettable event. This year’s festival promises to be the best yet, offering an incredible community experience and something for everyone! Shop: Featuring 250 unique vendors. Taste the World: Incredible street food, and inviting family restaurants and specialty cuisines. Live Entertainment: Enjoy live performances from talented local artists and bands. Craft Beer, Wine, and Cider: Unwind with cool drinks from your favorite north county craft breweries and wineries. Kids Fun: fun, fun, and fun! Vendor Information: Apply Here: https://eventhub.net/events/20... Kennedy Fairs info@kennedyfaires.com OR rickbauer4@gamil.com and 760-945-9288 For additional information or sponsorship opportunities contact Melanie Jamil, San Marcos Chamber of Commerce, 760-744-1270 or melanie@sanmarcoschamber.com Visit: https://smspringfestival.com/

Using Air-Dry pottery clay, create decorative clay vessels or small sculptures through the sculptural process of handbuilding! Through processes such as slab and coil construction of clay, participants will learn basic hand-building techniques to create expressive pieces. Visit: https://www.hisawyer.com/artreach/schedules

This weekend in the arts: Tons of PST ART events at visual art spaces around the region; contemporary art meets contemporary composition; Karla Cordero's poetry with folk dance; "Tres Minutos" opera with the San Diego Symphony; plus live music picks and holiday events.

“Art is a mirror held up to the society which birthed it, a whisper from long ago history. It is a code message sent to a timeless future: this is who we were; what we believed; what we valued.” — Linda Blair In his last years, having lost all whom he had loved, along with his large fortune, Rembrandt turns inward; the cockiness of youth yields to a tragic vision of age and loss. Western art has never experienced such magnificent examinations of what it is to be human. Rembrandt’s portraits present compelling, sentient beings, who think … feel … remember. In these lectures, we always speak of the role of art within its given society, but with Rembrandt’s evocations of a human’s inner life and of the tragedy of life, art becomes universal, transcending boundaries and borders, time and place. About Linda Blair: Linda Blair has taught art history for many years, at the La Jolla Athenaeum and UC San Diego Osher; she was a docent at The Cloisters. She holds a BA from Mills College and an MA from USD. She is an active volunteer at UC San Diego, dedicated to raising scholarship funds. Tickets: $16/21 The lecture will be in person at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. There are no physical tickets for this event. Your name will be on an attendee list at the front door. Doors open at 7 p.m. Seating is first-come; first-served. This event will be presented in compliance with State of California and County of San Diego health regulations as applicable at the time of the lecture. Visit: https://www.ljathenaeum.org/events/blair-24-1003 Athenaeum Music & Arts Library on Instagram and Facebook

A year after publishing his Surrealist Manifesto, Breton organized the first group exhibition for La peinture surréaliste in the Gallery Pierre in Paris. It included work by Giorgio de Chirico, Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso, Jean Arp, Max Ernst, Joan Miró, André Masson, Man Ray, Jean Tanguy, and Pierre Roy. New members joined the group in 1929: former Dadaist Tristan Tzara, Salvador Dalí, filmmaker Luis Bunuel, and sculptor Alberto Giacometti. A group of talented women artists have long stood in the shadow of their famous male peers. This lecture also explores the contributions of Leonora Carrington, photographer Dora Mar, Lee Miller, and Meret Oppenheim. The beginning of WWII scattered the surrealist group all over the world. About Cornelia Feye: Cornelia Feye has a MA in art history and anthropology from the University of Tübingen, Germany. She traveled around the world for seven years before landing in New York City, where she was an art educator at the Jacques Marchais Museum for Tibetan Art on Staten Island. After moving to San Diego, she added the Museum of Art and the Mingei International Museum to her education résumé, and for 10 years she was Director of the School of the Arts and Arts Education at the Athenaeum of Music & Arts. Feye has taught Western and non-Western art history at colleges and universities in San Diego and continues to lecture at UCSD with an emphasis on women artists and conceptual art. Feye has blended her knowledge of art history with her love of writing in five art mystery novels, including "Spring of Tears," which, along with her short story anthology "Magic, Mystery & Murder" won San Diego Book Awards. As publisher of Konstellation Press, she gives a voice to independent authors. She currently lives in Ocean Beach, California, where she enjoys writing, rollerblading and looking for the green flash. Tickets: $16/21 The lecture will be in person at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. There are no physical tickets for this event. Your name will be on an attendee list at the front door. Doors open at 7 p.m. Seating is first-come; first-served. This event will be presented in compliance with State of California and County of San Diego health regulations as applicable at the time of the lecture.

( 9 ) Categories, Awards and more, Just in time for the Holiday shopping season. 56 days of joyous art that is a great take away for gifts. All details are online; Prospectus and Applications are located at https://northcoastalartgallery.com/open-shows. No imagery or juried in art necessary, easy! Cash Awards selected by judge Drew Banish, with a reception on Sunday, November 16 from 3-5 p.m. Visit our Event-Open Calls for the Prospectus and deatils on the show at https://northcoastalartgallery.com/open-shows/ Watch the 2023 video: Carlsbad-Oceanside Art League (North Coastal Art Gallery) on Facebook / Instagram

The festival expands to include a film trade expo as well as movies from around the globe.

Plaza Paseo Real invites the community to celebrate the holiday season with a series of exciting events for families and friends. Visitors can enjoy live holiday performances by the award-winning Holiday Carolers, who will bring festive harmonies to the center on Sunday, December 1 and Sunday, December 8 from Noon to 2 p.m. These professional singers, known for their backgrounds in LA Opera, theater and television, will charm guests with traditional, contemporary and jazzy carols near La Costa Coffee Roasting. The festivities continue on Sunday, December 8 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with Plaza Paseo Real’s Holiday Spectacular. Santa Claus himself will be available for photos in the courtyard, where families can also enjoy holiday crafts, face painting, balloon art and more. Guests are encouraged to bring cameras to capture special moments with Santa. Come see the refurbished upper level at the center while celebrating the holiday season! Additionally, from December 5 through December 19, The Search for Santa’s Helpers invites visitors on a scavenger hunt to find Santa’s mischievous elves hidden throughout the center. Each elf will have a QR code that participants can scan for a chance to win prizes. Clues will be shared on Plaza Paseo Real’s social media (@plazapaseoreal) to help guests locate these holiday characters. No RSVP required. Events are free and open to the public. WHEN:Holiday Carolers Performances: Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024 from Noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024 from Noon to 2 p.m. Holiday Spectacular with Santa Claus: Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Search for Santa’s Helpers: December 5 through December 19, 2024

November 23, from 9:30 a.m. - Noon It’s time to get into the Winter spirit by creating Glass Nightlights or Ornaments for yourself or a special someone on your gift list. Join Instructor Suzanne Balestri on the Saturday after Thanksgiving to make holiday ornaments such as snowmen, penguins, Judaica, candles, wreaths, Christmas trees, elves, etc. Keep the season’s inspiration going, and design a nightlight to add a soft seasonal glow to any room. (Nightlight mechanism will be provided.) You’ll have a wide selection of glass colors, textures and patterns to create one-of-a-kind winter treasures. No previous glass experience needed. Suzanne will help you along the way, and will send you instructional glass cutting and grinding videos in advance of the workshop so you can become familiar with several techniques before class. All glass art will be kiln-fired after class and ready for pick up at the Collective a few days later. A $15 (cash only) materials fee is due to the instructor at the start of the class. Adults and Teens of all levels are welcome! Ages 8-12 years must be accompanied by an adult. • Military and sibling discounts • Scholarships available • Homeschool funds accepted • If this class is full, join the Interest List. • If you would like to be notified of future offerings, join the Interest List to be notified when new dates or spaces are available.

The New York City debut from the British soul singer counters the prevailing narrative around her. As she guided fans in spiritual healing, she did it as she has her whole career: on her own terms.