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"How We Say It: is a free online poem-making class for veterans. Poet Jim Moreno, a Vietnam Veteran, has used poetry to help him with the effects of Agent Orange and PTSD. Men and Women Veterans have been attending Jim's poetry classes since Veterans Day of 2022. Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84142725900

The tech titan and President Trump say they will avoid any conflicts of interest, but it's difficult for the public to verify that.

Established in 1983, the women's museum will integrate into the history center, which was founded in 1928.

The artist Africanus Okokon was born in the United States. His dad is Nigerian and his mom is Ghanaian. In his new exhibit, Okokon uses recycled and reclaimed objects to explore his American identity and his African roots.

The City of Encinitas, in partnership with the North Coast Symphony Orchestra, presents the inaugural 2024 Youth Piano Concerto Competition Concert on Saturday, June 15, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. at the Encinitas Community Center, 1140 Oakcrest Park Drive, Encinitas. The award-winning performers include Frank Luo, Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, Movement 3; Luna Lee, Beethoven Concerto No 1, Movement 3; and Maxwell Tran, Shostakovich Concerto No. 2, Movement 1. The winners competed for the first-place prize of a $250 contract to perform one movement of a selected concerto with the orchestra on a Steinway D concert grand piano. The orchestra will also perform Beethoven’s Prometheus Overture. Admission: $25 first row, $15 general. For information and tickets, visit https://www.encinitasca.gov/community/cultural-arts/piano-competition View this event on Facebook

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.

Young people today spend nearly 1,000 fewer hours per year hanging out with friends in person than they did 20 years ago. Some solutions for the loneliness epidemic are coming from unlikely places.

Lamar already won the year in a landslide. On his bristly new album, GNX, the rapper aims to change the state of play for everyone else.

Threats of deportation have caused anxiety among immigrants, but schools in the Salinas Valley are helping comfort children and easing parents’ fears.

A diverse collection of ballets by three different choreographers, where each ballet conveys a spirit and emotion in the choreographer’s signature style. Dracula World Premiere Reimagining Bram Stoker’s horror classic, Resident Choreographer and master storyteller Geoffrey Gonzalez weaves a tale around Countess Dracula and the other women she turns into vampires. Various pieces by Franz Liszt (1811-1886) The genius of the great Russian-born choreographer, George Balanchine, has never blazed more brightly than in Emeralds, Act 1 of his famous full evening ballet Jewels. Emeralds is a representation of French elegance, considered “an evocation of France – the France of elegance, comfort, dress, perfume,” recalling the 19th century dances of the French Romantics. Pelléas et Mélisande (1898) and Shylock (1889) by Gabriel Fauré Last performed by City Ballet of San Diego in November 2016 City Ballet of San Diego’s performance of Emeralds is licensed by The George Balanchine Trust Meet the signature versatility of international sensation choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochao as nine dancers move with and manipulate hoops, evoking harmony and continuity. Ecliptic is the ideal introduction to the inventive works of this prolific contemporary choreographer. Visit: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0A006116FAF34E4F City of Ballet San Diego on Instagram and Facebook