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San Diego weekend arts events: Design, street food, free Shakespeare and more

Julia Dixon Evans

This weekend in the arts: EXPO Design Market at MCASD; Fiber Fest at San Diego Craft Collective; Kinfolk Fest; Coronado Playhouse's Free Classics: "As You Like It"; San Diego Dance Theater's "Resilient Skies I"; Juneteenth; City Heights Street Food Fest; Lyrical Groove; "Indian Princesses"; live music picks and more.
Jason Reynolds' favorite thing is being alone

Rachel Martin

Jason Reynolds writes stories that meet kids where they're at, as full, complex people. He talks with Rachel about the value of being a crier, and his restless approach to living life to its fullest.
Thomas Mallon's NYC diaries get to the 'Very Heart' of the AIDS crisis

Maureen Corrigan

Mallon has been keeping diaries for most of his life. The Very Heart of It collects entries from the years 1983 to 1994, when he had recently come out as gay and moved to New York City.
5 dark tales hit shelves this week

Colin Dwyer

Sometimes all it takes to make your day a little brighter is to remind yourself just how dark life can get. Here are four dark novels and a true crime tale.
National

'Day of the Jackal' author Frederick Forsyth dies at 86

The Associated Press

Born in 1938, Forsyth served as a Royal Air Force pilot before becoming a journalist. He covered the attempted assassination of French President Charles de Gaulle, which inspired The Day of the Jackal.
National

Justin Baldoni's $400 million defamation suit against Blake Lively dismissed

Andrew Limbong

Baldoni's $400 million lawsuit was in response to Lively accusing him of sexual harassment on the set of It Ends With Us.
Politics

The U.S. Copyright Office used to be fairly low-drama. Not anymore

Andrew Limbong

President Trump fired the head of the U.S. Copyright Office just after the agency released a major report on AI. Copyright insiders say it's caused a shakeup in their normally drama-free neck of the woods.
Arts & Culture

North Park Music Fest brings live music and art to 10 venues this Saturday

Julia Dixon Evans

The North Park Music Fest returns Saturday, June 7, with 40+ musical acts and a free creator fair spread across 10 venues, bars and restaurants throughout North Park. Performers include John Doe, Julianna Zachariou, The Neighborhood Kids, In Mazes, Topeka Clementine, Tasha Smith Godinez and more.
Arts & Culture

San Diego weekend arts events: Summer Shakespeare, John Singletary, Queer Mvmnt Fest, books and more

Julia Dixon Evans

This weekend in the arts: Avia Rose Ramm; LGBTQ+ dance performances; Cami Árboles; Shakespeare's "All's Well That Ends Well"; "Lottery Day"; Acoustic Evenings; North Park Music Fest; John Singletary; Artivál; Anne Mudge; and the SDPL Summer Reading Program.
After his mother's death, Ocean Vuong wrote his way through grief

Tonya Mosley

Vuong's new novel, The Emperor of Gladness, is the first he's written, from start to finish, since his mother died in 2019. He says writing it was a way to honor her memory.