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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.
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.
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.
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.
The Paseo Santa Fe project in Vista, pictured in November 2021, includes a sign for the city. (Vista city photo)

Vista seeks artists’ designs for kite sculpture project

OsideNews January 3, 2025
Artists have until Jan. 27 to submit design proposals for a temporary kite sculpture exhibit in Vista.
Holiday season. (OsideNews file photo)

Celebrate winter with bright lights, local gifts, fresh food

North Coast Current December 17, 2024
With just a couple of weeks remaining in 2024, there’s a bit of time to wrap up holiday shopping and enjoy the sights and sounds of the season. The North Coast Current and OsideNews hope you enjoy the holiday season in safety and good cheer.
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: 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.
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’ project is San Diego Film Award nominee

North Coast Current May 24, 2024
“Red Blooded,” an award-winning short film by Encinitas filmmaker Roman S. Koenig about school board intrigue, bullying and self-reflection, will screen as a 2024 San Diego Film Awards nominee on June 13 at the Digital Gym Cinema.
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