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Drag is an Art Form. Drag is creative community. Drag is inclusion. Please join us in an opportunity to support freedom of expression. Model Marty Mars will be posing for a live figure drawing event, hosted by Chad Berwald on Saturday, April 1. Bring your sketchbook, or show up empty handed, we got you covered. All artistic levels welcome ! Come practice with us. DM to RSVP or register on our website.

The San Diego Padres will honor the team's late chairman and owner Peter Seidler with a patch on all players' jerseys next season and a public celebration of life scheduled for the spring, it was announced Monday.

Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport + Encores Sunday, Dec. 3 at 6:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 and Monday, Dec. 4 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV. Thrill to the electrifying experience of an important moment in music history when Santana took the stage at the US Festival in San Bernardino, California, in 1982. Featuring the hits “Black Magic Woman,” Gypsy Queen,” and “Oye Como Va.”

The Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases challenging race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina Monday. A decision from the conservative-majority court could have far-reaching implications. Then, San Diego’s Measure H would open parks and rec facilities on city land to childcare businesses. But the measure includes a confusing word choice. Next, California recently updated its building code to allow high rises made almost entirely out of wood. But not just any wood: An emerging type of wood product called mass timber. And, even if evidence for any election fraud is scant or nonexistent, worries are especially high in one Northern California County. Then, the school bond measure on the San Diego city ballot this year would use some of the money raised to build housing for teachers on land it already owns. Finally, San Diego Opera's “The Last Dream of Frida and Diego” has three more performances through Sunday. The Spanish-language opera is inspired by the life and art of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.

The Medium Festival of Photography runs April 1-16 in San Diego, with some events in Tijuana. Some highlights: Community Pop-Up at Bread and Salt: Revolving around the Paris Photo / Aperture PhotoBook Awards exhibition, this day-long event will also include exhibitors, photographers, a DJ set from Lola Rey and free coffee. Saturday, Apr. 1 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Bread and Salt in Logan Heights. Keynote at MCASD: At the keynote event, the featured speakers will be Judith Joy Ross and Joshua Chang, in conversation at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla. Friday, April 7: Keynote reception begins at 5:30, presentation begins at 6:30 p.m. at MCASD La Jolla. Second Sight Lecture: Anh-Thuy Nguyen: The 2023 Second Sight Award recipient will speak at the Museum of Contemporary Art La Jolla at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Apr. 6. Size Matters Juried Exhibition: This annual, signature show from Medium Photo features photography-based works smaller than 10 inches. The exhibition runs April 3-16 at Mesa College Art Gallery. Opening reception: 4-7 p.m. on Apr. 6 at Mesa College Art Gallery. Tenam Studio Performances: Multi-disciplinary artist and musician Lexi Pulido will perform photography-inspired sets every morning at 10 a.m. from April 10-14 at her space Tenam Studio in Normal Heights. Pulido's performances are short, theatrical, inspiring and follow the missive "everything is art." Monday through Friday, April 10-14 at 10 a.m. Schedule For more (mostly free) events, workshops, tours, artist talks, check the full schedule here. VIP passes are also available for added perks. Related links: Medium Photo on Instagram Medium Photo on Facebook

Elizabeth Price's son Hisham Awartani was one of three men of Palestinian descent shot on Saturday in Vermont. Speaking to NPR from Ramallah, Price fears her son "is confronting a life of disability."

In 1947, a New Mexico rancher found mysterious debris on his land. UFO author Garrett Graff links the Roswell incident to the "deep state" conspiracy theories and misinformation of today.

Indie rock/contemporary harpist Mary Lattimore, who kickstarted her solo career after collaborating with Kurt Vile, Sharon Van Etten, Thurston Moore (and others) performs at the Whistle Stop on Monday with local musician Drew Andrews (The Album Leaf, Bit Maps, Via Satellite, Spectral Cities). DJ Andrew McGranahan will also do a set. Related links: Mary Lattimore on Instagram Drew Andrews on Instagram The Whistle Stop on Instagram

The San Diego Association of Governments will, on Monday, host an in-person public meeting to gather feedback as the agency's Board of Directors looks to find a new CEO.

Florencia gives star Ailyn Pérez a rare chance to sing in Spanish. As the bilingual daughter of Mexican immigrants, she learned early on that language had the power to shape her experience and voice.