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Actor and producer Desi Arnaz, who lived in Del Mar, attends a reception in the Honeymoon Cottage, which housed the San Dieguito Art Guild, in 1971. (SDAG courtesy photo)

San Dieguito Art Guild marks 60th anniversary this fall

News Release September 12, 2025
Marking its diamond anniversary, the San Dieguito Art Guild is celebrating six decades of North San Diego County art-making defined by resilience, reinvention and community roots. What began on a Del Mar back patio in 1965 has grown into the guild's current identity as the Off Track Gallery in Encinitas.
Palomar College in San Marcos is home to a sculpture designed by late artist James Hubbell, pictured July 20, 2022. The piece was installed in the campus’s arboretum in 1971. (North Coast Current photo)

Designer James Hubbell’s legacy inspires new Palomar College class

News Release July 8, 2025
Starting this fall, Palomar College will offer a new Architecture and Design class inspired by James Hubbell’s organic approach to building, as a part of the college’s newly accredited four-year baccalaureate architecture program.
Oceanside, California. (Steve Marcotte, OsideNews)

OCEANSIDE: Local authors sign books during First Friday Art Walk

OsideNews May 13, 2025
The Friends of the Oceanside Public Library, in partnership with First Friday Art Walk, hosts local author readings and singings on June 6, July 11 and Aug. 1, from 4 to 6 p.m., along with light refreshments on the outdoor patio of Jane & Evie’s Used Books, at 323 North Coast Highway.
Oceanside, California. (Steve Marcotte, OsideNews)

OCEANSIDE: Museum launches ‘Art of Autism’ exhibit April 5

OsideNews March 28, 2025
The Oceanside Museum of Art presents “The Art of Autism: A Different Lens,” an exhibit of pieces by more than a dozen neurodiverse artists opening April 5.
Encinitas, California. (Ian McDonnell, iStock Getty Images)

ENCINITAS: San Dieguito students perform ‘Little Mermaid’ in April

North Coast Current March 28, 2025
San Dieguito High School Academy drama students perform Disney's "The Little Mermaid" April 17-19 and 24-26 at 7 p.m., April 19 at 2 p.m. and April 23 at 4 p.m. in Encinitas. A sneak peek dinner-and-show fundraiser is also set for April 16 at 5:30 p.m.
Downtown Carlsbad. (Photo by Steve Marcotte, OsideNews)

Ruby G. Schulman Auditorium in Carlsbad set for reopening

North Coast Current March 19, 2025
The city of Carlsbad will mark the completion of upgrades to the Ruby G. Schulman Auditorium with a reopening event March 29.
MiraCosta College’s new Media Arts Complex in Oceanside is scheduled for opening this month. (Architectural rendering)

Grand opening set for MiraCosta College’s Media Arts Complex

News Release March 5, 2025
A ribbon-cutting ceremony is planned March 26 to mark the opening of a new state-of-the-art Media Arts Complex at MiraCosta College’s Oceanside campus.
Magic. (Photo by Julius Drost via Unsplash)

Rotary Club of Encinitas magic show fundraiser returns for 39th year

News Release February 24, 2025
The Encinitas Rotary Club Foundation invites the community to the 39th Annual Rotary Creates Magic Fundraiser on March 8 at the Carlsbad Community Cultural Arts Center featuring event founder host, magician Paul Dwork.
Oceanside, California. (Steve Marcotte, OsideNews)

OCEANSIDE: Museum of Art hosts events on Feb. 8 and 14

News Release February 7, 2025
The Oceanside Museum of Art offers events in February highlighting the institution's collected works and the completion of a new work by artist Robert Xavier Burden.
MainStreet Oceanside (OsideNews photo illustration)

MainStreet seeks artists to apply for Oceanside Transit Center project

News Release November 13, 2024
MainStreet Oceanside announces a call for artists for a new public art project at the Oceanside Transit Center. The opportunity is part of MainStreet Oceanside’s Art That Excites Program, which seeks to enhance the cultural and visual landscape of downtown Oceanside.
Election Day. (Photo by Element5 Digital, Unsplash)

Living Creatively: The people shall judge

Barbara Basia Koenig November 4, 2024
We will be tested after the election — no matter how we voted — to keep the faith. We will be called to not only foster life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, but open our hearts to those whose pathways intersect ours, and encourage them to walk with heart, even when others try to appeal to the baser instincts of hatred, lust, anger and cruelty.
Denice Riddle (right) stars as disgruntled school board president Lois Green in the short film “Red Blooded,” which has been nominated for five 2024 San Diego Film Awards. Encinitas actor Mark Allyn (left) plays school board member Michael Lancet. (Mercury Cinema photo)

Encinitas filmmaker’s ‘Red Blooded’ to screen during San Diego Film Week

North Coast Current October 4, 2024
“Red Blooded,” a provocative, award-winning short film about school board intrigue, bullying and self-reflection — ripped right from the climate of recent political and social conflicts — will screen during San Diego Film Week on Nov. 9 after winning three trophies at the 2024 San Diego Film Awards.
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