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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.
The work of Kyle Jackson through his company, Platypi Surf. (Courtesy photo)

Work of Kyle Jackson’s Platypi Surf on display at Encinitas Community Center

News Release August 20, 2024
The work of Kyle Jackson through his company, Platypi Surf, is currently part of an art exhibit at the Encinitas Community Center now through Sept. 4. 
The Pacific View Arts Center in Encinitas has been completed after several years of work. (Encinitas city photo)

Encinitas arts center launches; other events along the coast

North Coast Current August 19, 2024
August saw the opening of the Pacific View Arts Center in downtown Encinitas after nearly a decade of work to rehabilitate the former elementary school site.
The Pacific View Arts Center in Encinitas has been completed after several years of work. (Encinitas city photo)

ENCINITAS: Pacific View Arts Center opens Aug. 6

August 5, 2024
The Pacific View Arts Center, located in the buildings once occupied by an elementary school of the same name, opens Tuesday, Aug. 6, with a ribbon cutting at 9:30 a.m. and open house from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. A second open house is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 10.
(OsideNews file photo)

July marks the Dog Days of Summer, cool dips, evening flicks

North Coast Current July 11, 2024
The fireworks of the Fourth of July might be over, but North San Diego County has plenty of events this month to add some pop to your summer, from Dog Days in Cardiff and music by the sea to evenings at the movies and family pool time.
The San Diego County Fair at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. (Photo by Matthew Stroup, iStock Getty Images)

All is fair, fun and competition for the month of June

North Coast Current June 5, 2024
Even with the “gloom” of the summer marine layer, June offers a vibrant selection of events in coastal North San Diego County, from the San Diego County Fair at the Del Mar Fairgrounds and Switchfoot Bro-Am in Encinitas, to the San Diego Scottish Highland Games in Vista and Para Surf League Open in Oceanside.
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