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Join us at the Lightbox Theater on Monday, June 27 at 7 p.m. for our A Year in Ink, Volume 15 anthology reading! Please register at the link above to save your spot! Donation fee is $10. Thank you for your support of Writers, Ink!

Come join us on Saturday, June 18 for our Summer Ink Writing Retreat! We will meet at the San Luis Rey Mission in Oceanside, California from 9a.m. to 4p.m.. Cost is $150 to participate, but equity pricing options are also available for those who need them. Lunch and journals will be provided! Please Note: Equity pricing options are limited to three, so please select this option only if financial hardship exists. Thank you!

Fort Campbell says the two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, part of the 101st Airborne Division, crashed around 10 p.m. Wednesday in Trigg County, Kentucky. The crash is under investigation.

Herb Alpert & Lani Hall will perform live on Thursday, June 2 at 8 p.m. at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay. On sale now at Humphreys Box Office and Ticketmaster.com. Box Office Hours: Wed / Fri / Sat: 11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. & 3:30-6:30 p.m. Humphreys Concerts venue is located at 2241 Shelter Island Drive in San Diego. Restaurant Reservations: (619) 224-3577

It’s that time of year again! FINALLY we will gather, in person, in the beautiful, spacious upstairs section of Lestat’s Hillcrest. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. , you can write your heart out in a community of writers. At ten minutes to each hour, we will have an optional stretch/chat/nosh break. Prompts will be available all day for those who need them, or you may work on your creative project independently. As always it will be BYOL (Bring Your Own Laptop…or notebook!) this year. As no outside food or drink is allowed, we encourage you to order lunch from Lestat’s (check out the menu here)! We will take your order and payment early so as to have lunch ready by noon. We will break 12-12:30 (but, as always, feel free to keep writing). We will have raffle items, including SDWI memberships, classes, merch, books and more, so bring your $! And if you would like to contribute to the raffle, please let us know.

Join the Blue Water Film Festival for their opening night reception, screening and filmmaker Q&A at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park! 6 p.m. - Doors Open, Cocktail Reception 7 p.m. - Screening of "Inside Antarctica: Machine Learning & Microplastics" by Nat Geo Explorer and Filmmaker Mike Libecki 7:15 p.m. - Q&A Discussion with Filmmaker Mike Libecki Moderated by Greg Reitman, BWFF Executive Director The 2022 Blue Water Film Festival (BWFF) presented by the Blue Water Institute, is set for its third year from June 2 - June 5. Held each year in celebration of United Nations World Oceans Day, BWFF will screen eighteen feature films, fifteen short films and two animated films--35 films in all, one world premiere; 12 int’l premiere and the remaining California premieres. BWFF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Learn more at bluewaterfilmfestival.org. Blue Water Film Festival is on Facebook + Instagram

Echoes of Africa celebrates classical and contemporary artistic traditions by African and African American artists. This two-part exhibition features African artifacts from San Diego Mesa College's World Cultures Art collection coupled with artworks produced by local contemporary artists. A dynamic group of artifacts will be exhibited, featuring objects that demonstrate the mastery of African artisans in metal, wood, ceramics, beadwork, and textiles. The Fine Arts gallery will highlight artworks by contemporary local artists in conversation with select African artifacts, echoing and responding to aspects of their materials, symbolism, and creative process. The exhibition pays tribute to the ongoing cultural and artistic influence of African art on African American artists and celebrates our connections to the spirit and history of African and African American culture. Curated by Dr. Denise Rogers and features work by Andrea Chung, Angie Jennings, Christopher Lloyd Tucker, Maxx Moses, and Jermaine Adeshola Williams. Gallery Hours: • Monday and Tuesday, 1 – 7 p.m. • Wednesday – Saturday, Noon – 5 p.m. • Closed on Sunday Opening Reception will take place on Jun. 4, 2022 promptly at 12:00 p.m. on the 1st floor courtyard with a special performance by the World Beat Center African Drum and Dance group. Following the performance, guests will be welcomed into the exhibit areas, both in the Popular library on the 1st floor as well as the Fine Arts Gallery on the 9th floor. Refreshments will be served.

German metal veterans Scorpions are coming to San Diego for their brand new Rock Believer World Tour! German band Scorpions has been electrifying audiences since the early ‘70s with their signature hard-rocking melodic metal and power ballads. With the 2010 release of their 17th studio album Sting in the Tail, the band proved that age had far but mellowed them, kicking off another high-energy tour that has fans eagerly awaiting the chance to see them in 2022. See them live at Viejas Arena on Saturday, October 1 at 7:00p.m.!

Grossmont String Ensemble in collaboration with North Coast Strings directed by Alyze Dreiling, will present a concert featuring works by Boyce, Hubert Parry, Gershwin, Coleridge-Taylor and Marquez on June 2, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will be on the campus of Grossmont College in the new Performing and Visual Arts Center. Grossmont College is on Facebook

Hart, known for her starring role on Sabrina the Teenage Witch, said her children attend school near Nashville's Covenant School.