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San Diego-based all female musical improv team Basic Pitches will be creating a musical comedy based entirely on audience suggestions. "Whose Line is it Anyway's" Laura Hall will be the special guest musical director for this fun show. The women of Basic Pitches delight in embracing the funny, the weird, and the fantastical as they take audiences on a journey of story, song, and sass. No two shows are the same. Stay Social! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

Skate Rising, a youth learning service program that teaches girls 4-18 how to skate and give back to the community, is having the first clinic of the year from 9-11 a.m. on February 11 at the Encinitas Community Park. This month we’ll be teaching local youth how to create a healthy mind and body through positive affirmations and how to properly wear and use safety gear. Participants will also have the chance to give back to the community by writing self-love mantras in journals for underserved children of the North County Lifeline. Attendees will also have the opportunity to win raffle prizes from Arbor Skateboards, Etnies Shoes, Hydro Flask and 187 Killer Pads. Stay Social! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

The San Diego Public Library has partnered with the nonprofit Home Start to offer free basic tax return preparation to qualified individuals. Appointments are required! Call Home Start's Appointment Number at 619-952-7684 or email to make an appointment or for more information. Audience: Adults

Join us Tuesday, March 7 at 6:30 p.m. as we welcome Scott McGaugh to the store to discuss and sign "Brotherhood of the Flying Coffin". This event is free to attend and will be held at DIESEL, A Bookstore in Del Mar The first major history of the American glider pilots, the forgotten heroes of World War II, by New York Times bestselling author Scott McGaugh. A story of no guns, no engines and no second chances. This book distills war down to individual young men climbing into defenseless gliders made of plywood, ready to trust the towing aircraft that would pull them into enemy territory by a single cable wrapped with a telephone wire. Based on their after-action reports, journals, oral histories, photos and letters home, "The Brotherhood of the Flying Coffin" reveals every terrifying minute of their missions. They were all volunteers, for a specialized duty that their own government projected would have a 50 percent casualty rate. None faltered. In every major European invasion of the war they led the way. They landed their gliders ahead of the troops who stormed Omaha Beach, and sometimes miles ahead of the paratroopers bound for the far side of the Rhine River in Germany itself. From there, they had to hold their positions. They delivered medical teams, supplies and gasoline to troops surrounded in the Battle of the Bulge, ahead even of Patton's famous supply truck convoy. These all-volunteer glider pilots played a pivotal role in liberating the West from tyranny, from the day the Allies invaded Occupied Europe to the day Germany finally surrendered. Yet the story of these anonymous heroes is virtually unknown. Here their story is told in full – a story which epitomizes courage, dedication and sacrifice. Scott McGaugh is a veteran journalist and published author of "Honor Before Glory", the New York Times bestseller "Surgeon in Blue, Battlefield Angels and Midway Magic". "Midway Magic" became the basis for a History Channel program, "Hero Ship: The USS Midway", featuring the author and "Honor Before Glory" is in development as a feature film. McGaugh served as the founding marketing director of the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, the most visited floating ship museum in the world. Television appearances have included the History Channel, Travel Network and Discovery Channel, among others. Radio appearances have included NPR’s Weekend Edition. More information about the event can be found here. Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

Artist Sofie Ramos encloses everyday objects — laundry, recycling, shoes, furniture — with brightly colored latex paint into assemblages. The works are installations, sculptural against a gallery backdrop also transformed by vivid color in geometric shapes or whimsical patterns. At Bread and Salt, the Los Angeles-based Ramos will show her work in "Life Raft," a solo exhibition in the main gallery, opening Feb. 11. —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS Related links: Sofie Ramos on Instagram Bread and Salt on Instagram

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Professional and personal relationships matter. Learn how to become a better listener, how and why to develop and maintain relationships with friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, landlords, and more. Participants will receive a free A2I tote bag with PPE. Space is limited so please RSVP today. To RSVP, email or call Andrea Christopher, LTSS Coordinator, at achristopher@acesstoindependence.org or 619-704-2442

Everyone deserves to have their voice heard. Participants in the workshop will learn how and why to actively participate in their community including overcoming obstacles. Participants will receive a free A2I tote bag with PPE. Space is limited so please RSVP today. To RSVP email Andrea Christopher, the LTSS coordinator, at achristopher@acesstoindependence.org or call 619-704-2442

Third Sunday Craft is a monthly gathering of creative writers that fosters support, inspiration, and community. More than craft classes, Third Sunday Craft will help you construct and sustain a writing practice. New focus topics for each session will challenge writers to explore and expand their craft. Generative writing prompts will encourage you to grow and learn in exciting new ways. Sharing your work within a safe, supportive community will help you discover and strengthen your voice. Finally, with the goal of fostering supportive accountability, each session will conclude with a writer’s intentions for the month. Come check out Third Sunday Craft! Please note that signing up for two months at a time will allow you to take advantage of the following discount: $62 for two months for members, $74 for two months for nonmembers February’s Focus: February: Sustaining Scenes: The goal of this class is to introduce writers to the importance of using scenes in our narratives. Basic scene architecture will be explored, as well as the criticality of showing and not telling, when we write. You will be emailed the Zoom link 24 hours before the start of class. If you sign up less than 24 hours before the start of the class, please email Kristen for your link. Stay Social! Facebook & Instagram

If you have always wanted to write a novel but didn’t know where to start, this workshop will help you understand the process of writing a novel so you can get started putting pen to paper. In this six-week workshop, we will focus on everything from generating ideas to developing characters to establishing point of view. We will touch on many elements of fiction (dialogue, scene, etc…), but the emphasis will be on discovering the writing process that works best for you. You will be emailed the Zoom link 24 hours before the start of class. If you sign up less than 24 hours before the start of the class, please email Kristen at programs@sandiegowriters.org for your link. Please note: Though this class is offered as part of the Novel Writing Certificate Program, there is no pre-requisite to join this class. All students, members, and nonmembers are encouraged to enroll.