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La Jolla Light presents this continuing series of online activities to undertake on your computer or tablet during your quarantine quandary.
Lectures & learning
• The Master Gardener Association of San Diego County presents
“Learn, Plant, Grow!” beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 20, online. The virtual seminar includes 13 presentations from noted landscape designers, garden authors and horticulture experts on ways to grow beautiful gardens with little water while controlling pests and attracting native bees and other pollinators. $35. Available through March 28.
• Miracle Babies presents
“Managing Stress During Difficult Times” at 5 p.m. Sunday, March 21, online. Psychologist and Holocaust survivor Edith Eger will speak, followed by a Q&A session. $40.
A pair of Jen Ellis mittens Jen Ellis has received emails from people in Russia, Israel, Norway, Ireland, France, Australia, Germany and across the U.S. The thousands of notes are mostly from folks who want to buy mittens often numerous pairs like the ones she made for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). He wore them at the chilly inauguration of President Joe Biden in Washington, D.C., on January 20, where other politicians sported sleek leather gloves in shades that matched their formal attire. Seated with his hands folded over crossed legs, Sanders paired his big, woolly mittens swittens, technically, that Ellis fashioned from a repurposed sweater with a disposable face mask and a Burton jacket. Sanders and his mittens instantaneously became a global meme, which thrust Ellis, a second-grade teacher at Westford School, into a state she called weirdly famous.
Lectures & learning
• Bon Vivant cooking school offers online cooking classes with
chef Tori Sellon. Upcoming classes include “Butternut Squash Lasagna” at 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22. $25.
• UC San Diego continues its weeklong series of virtual events focusing on service, dialogue and training through Jan. 23 as part of the
Martin Luther King Jr. Week of Service. Events include a Black-owned business panel Thursday, Jan. 21, a LGBTQIA+ community organization panel Friday, Jan. 22, and more. For more information and to register for the events, visit
• Adventures by the Book presents
“Book Bingo (New Year: New Reads)” at 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, online. The event will feature authors Kristina McMorris, Claire Fullerton, Ellen Meeropol, Marco Rafala, Deborah Goodrich Royce and Isla Morley. Free.
In April, before any of us had an inkling of just what kind of year 2020 was going to be, James Halliday of A Reason to Survive (ARTS) already had a pretty good idea of what San Diego’s arts and culture organizations would have to do to meet the unknown challenges ahead.
“If you think about silver linings, creativity is what we do,” Halliday said. “We have a responsibility to our own community and to the young people we serve and their families to answer the question, ‘What were you doing during these times?,’ and to show that the role we played was a significant one.”