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This beginner 3-hour woodworking workshop will acquaint students with a woodturning lathe, its parts, the tools needed, safety tips, tool sharpening techniques and how to shape wood on a lathe. The class will consist of students learning to round a piece of square stock, learning the four basic cuts and turning a honey dipper as their take home project.This class is appropriate for ages 16 years and older.All materials included.LUMBER SALE!

In February of 2024, California State Senator Catherine Blackspear introduced Senate Bill 1196 to expand access to Medical Aid in Dying. Click here to read the fact sheet. The bill was the direct result of tireless activism by A Better Exit, a grassroots political advocacy group founded by Hemlock Society members.The proposed text of SB 1196 included the following provisions:- Eliminate the requirement that a person must be within six months of death.- Include the option of an intravenous method for self-administering the life-ending drugs.- Make Medical Aid In Dying available to people with early to mid-stage dementia who have decision-making capacity.- Remove the California residency requirement, a requirement that two states have already eliminated.- Remove the 2031 sunset date for the End of Life Option Act.Unfortunately, SB 1196 was pulled from consideration just days before a scheduled hearing before the Health Committee. But the quest for expanding the California End of Life Option Act is far from over. This temporary setback was expected and the objections from powerful voices in the end-of-life area will be addressed in future legislative efforts.Join us on Zoom to hear from the advocates who sponsored the bill about their ongoing endeavor to make Medical Aid in Dying available to more Californians, and what you can do to support their efforts.For more information visit: hemlocksocietysandiego.orgStay Connected on Facebook

A bold, compelling, South Korean virtuoso, at home on both classical and electric guitar, a champion of cutting-edge composers worldwide. Praised by The Washington Post for her “mesmerizing” and “stirring” performances, JIJI is an exciting guitarist known for her virtuosity and command of diverse repertoire. Her concert programs range from traditional and contemporary classical to free improvisation.For more information visit: theconrad.orgStay Connected on Instagram / Facebook

From the organizers:DISCO RIOT is excited to present Choreo & The Big Gay PICNIC on May 19, 2024. Under the direction of Producing Artist Martin Anthony Dorado, this event will include outdoor dance performance + picnic shenanigans in collaboration with The Big Gay Picnic! Between performances, the audience will have the opportunity to enjoy a good ol’ picnic.Choreographers include Melissa De la Torre, Tina Carreras, Juliette Trout, Odessa Uno, and Megan Curet, with a picnic blanket installation with Collective Memory.PICNIC (noun)A picnic is an excursion or outing with shareable foods provided by the participants and eaten in the open. Picnickers like to sit on the ground, on a rug or blanket while dining “alfresco.” Picnics can be informal or fancy, playful or elegant, simple or extravagant. Outdoor games or some other form of entertainment are common at large picnics, and lend to the carefree, pleasant, and wholesome experience..Related links:Disco Riot: website

San Diego Fringe preview: Irish dance

Director: Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross Run Time: 108 min. Release Year: 2024Starring: Makai Garza, Micah Bunch, Nathaly Garcia, Nichole Dukes, Tony AburtoSynopsis: Celebrated directorial duo the Ross Brothers (Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets and Contemporary Color) turn their pioneering hybrid lens to the cinematic road trip with "GASOLINE RAINBOW." Undoubtedly candid yet deeply loving, this is an expansive portrait of the new generation as told in their own words. With high school in the rearview, five teenagers from inland Oregon embark on one last adventure. Piling into a van with a busted tail light, their mission takes them to a place they’ve never been — the Pacific coast, five hundred miles away. The plan, in full: “Fuck it.” Through desert wilderness, industrial backwaters, and city streets, they connect with outsiders on the fringes and discover their lives will be determined by the trails they blaze themselves. These are forgotten kids from a forgotten town, but they have their freedom and they have each other, hurtling toward an unknowable future — and The Party at the End of the World. A SXSW and Venice Film Festival selection, the mesmerizing "GASOLINE RAINBOW" depicts a wild and true coming-of-age. With a beating heart and an exuberant spirit, this rhapsodic look at today’s American West reminds us of the timeless joys of community.Visit: digitalgym.org/movies/gasoline-rainbow/Digital Gym Cinema on Instagram + Facebook

Mind Reader premiered at last year’s Orlando Fringe Festival. After the first performance the Orlando Weekly wrote that it was “consistently astounding” and “a thrilling hour of mystifying mentalism.” The show continued to develop over the course of a seven festival tour, going on to win the “Best Solo Show” award at this year’s Tucson Fringe Festival.If the thought of being part of the show sounds like an intimidating proposition, would-be audience members should know they have nothing to fear. While some interactive and comedic shows invite audience members on stage and make them look foolish, Mind Reader does the complete opposite. One of the defining features of Steven’s work is making the audience the stars of the show and sometimes helping them to discover abilities they never would have imagined they might possess.Every audience member participates in at least some capacity, and those who take a more prominent role are guaranteed to have an unforgettable experience. As the show name would suggest, Steven will read the minds of many audience members in unexpected and surprising ways. Mind Reader will also feature demonstrations of lighting fast mnemonics, a brief but shocking hallucination, and a finale that defies any rational explanation.For more information visit: sdfringe.orgStay Connected on Facebook and Instagram

What do anti-racist movements in the United States have in common with similar struggles in other parts of the world? Join UCSD Professor of History Daniel Widener for a lively discussion of his new book: "Third Worlds Within: Multiethnic Movements and Transnational Solidarity". Audience Q&A will follow. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing.Widener expands conceptions of the struggle for racial justice by reframing antiracist movements in the U.S. in an international context. What connects seemingly disparate groups in their own local and global struggles? How does the fight against racism unfolds both locally and globally and creates new forms of solidarity? What is the strategic role played by US communities of color in efforts to defeat the conjoined forces of international capitalism, racism, and imperialism?For more information visit: sandiego.librarymarket

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren is calling for the U.S. Department of Defense to review a contract between Oceanside-based Frontwave Credit Union and the Marine Corps. In other news, Gov. Gavin Newsom's revised budget plan includes cuts impacting some of the state's youngest and most vulnerable children. Plus, the summer Olympics are just a couple months away and this year there are five athletes from Baja California. That’s a record.