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Local critics pick overlooked films of 2024 to be grateful for.

Learn to Power Carve! Choose from the following dates/times: Sunday, Nov 17, 1-3:30 p.m. -or- Saturday, Nov 23, 9-11:30 a.m. The Intro to Power Carving workshop is geared for an introduction to Power Carving. In this 2.5-hour workshop, learn the fundamentals of power carving, from safety to the appropriate tools used to create a project. The instructor will introduce the rotary tool and the specific burrs to create sculptural pieces and artistic panels that can be displayed on a wall. The project for this workshop is a freeform method to get comfortable with the tools and learn their capabilities. Students will make either a bud vase or an artistic panel or sculptural piece in this beginner-level workshop. This is an introductory workshop in Power Carving. Other classes offered: Intermediate Power Carving I | Carving a Spoon, Intermediate Power Carving II | Make a Bowl. This workshop is appropriate for ages 18 and older. No experience necessary. All materials included. • Military discount • 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.

Join multi-hyphenate artist Gill Sotu for the launch and celebration of his debut book of performance and page poetry: “Equally Strange, Beautifully Different.” Gill’s first solo collection celebrates our differences while seeking out the things that hold us together. It’s meant to be read out loud, with spirit, and with a goal to touch, challenge, and light up something inside readers. Gill Sotu on Facebook / Instagram

This weekend the annual Pacific Islander Festival returns for the 30th anniversary celebration.

Jack Posobiec, a prominent influencer, has a long history of promoting antisemitic and white supremacist content. He traveled to Ukraine with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent last week.

The former president of Spain's soccer federation was found guilty of sexual assault for kissing player Jenni Hermoso after the 2023 women's World Cup. Here's what to know about the case.

"Jane Austen's Bookshelf" spotlights eight women writers, largely lost to history, who influenced the English novelist.

This week, a new fellowship was announced that granted 20 jazz musicians of retirement age a gift of $100,000 each.

LaJuné is a Multidisciplinary Artist, and Educator creating art that integrates performance, extended reality, and physical computing to question our contemporary forms of communication. They are passionate about discovering, learning, manifesting, and stewarding spaces for liberated Black Realities and the Black Imagination. LaJuné has had the opportunity to show and speak about their work at National Sawdust, Tribeca Film Festival, Times Square, and Art & Code's Weird Reality. LaJuné was previously the Director of Skating at Figure Skating in Harlem, where they integrated STEAM and Figure Skating to teach girls of color about movement and technology. They have continued their research on Blackness, movement, and technology during residencies and fellowships at the Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship, Eyebeam, Pioneer Works, NYU ITP, Barbarian Group, and Barnard College. Cosponsored by UCSD Black Studies Project as part of their Black Visual and Performance Art Series. For more information visit: visarts.ucsd.edu Stay Connected on Instagram

Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) was a Surrealist Mexican painter, known for her vibrant colors, unflinching self-portraits, works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico, and her celebration of its indigenous culture. In this lecture, Professor of Humanities Gwenyth Mapes will look at her life and some of her art. Dr. Mapes is a Professor of Humanities at Grossmont College and taught as an Assistant Professor of Humanities at the University of Montana in Missoula.