The Academy of American Poets Awards $1.1 Million to 23 Poets Laureate Across the United States - New York, NY (July 25, 2023) The Academy of American Poets an
This weekend in the arts: Intimate photos of Frida Kahlo at California Center for the Arts, Escondido; the poet laureate and open studios at Space 4 Art; JFest's Jewish New Play Festival at The Old Globe; Young Lions Jazz Conservatory at the Loft; Ed Simon and Magos Herrera at the Athenaeum; Project [BLANK]'s chamber opera adaptation of Sartre at Bread and Salt; Drummers Without Borders at The Front; a livestream of TEDxSan Diego and more.
This weekend in the arts: Poets laureate at the downtown library; Medium Festival of Photography; indie bands Jupiter Flight and Nite Lapse at the Casbah; Mathieu Gregoire at ICE Gallery; Barrio Art Crawl and Fern St. Circus; "Exotic Deadly: Or the MSG Play" at The Old Globe; and Prebys Play Day at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.
The nation’s largest firefighters union is taking legal action to get so-called “forever chemicals” out of firefighting gear. In other news, we have details on museum month in San Diego. Plus, San Diego’s new poet laureate talks about his new role.