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The San Diego Museum of Art Presents Art Alive
The San Diego Museum of Arts’ 41st annual Art Alive, an event in which floral designers transform famous works of art from the permanent collection into exquisite floral displays, returns Friday, April 29 through Sunday, May 1, 2022. A highly anticipated San Diego spring tradition,Art Alive is theMuseum’s signature fundraiser that provides support for education, […]
Bradley Court Introduces Much-Needed Behavioral Health Services in San Diego County
Bradley Court, a skilled nursing facility belonging to Generations Healthcare, is now certified to treat clients who have both psychiatric and medical diagnoses. With that certification, half of the beds in the facility are dedicated to those whose chronic mental illness makes it prohibitive for them to be admitted to a standard skilled nursing facility. […]
Soledad House Gains National Attention for Substance Abuse Treatment
For millions of women nationally, it’s another agonizing year with major drug and alcohol abuse, generating absolute desolation on so many personal and professional levels. Families, spouses, friends, and employers are desperately trying to navigate through this frightening environment, with very little real information or supporting expertise, on how to even begin to manage these […]
Over 50 and a Lifelong Learner?
The highly acclaimed Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UC San Diego is a membership program for adults over the age of 50 who want to enrich their lives through continued learning and engagement. Osher features twice-daily lectures and seminars by the outstanding faculty and researchers of UC San Diego and the entire San Diego academic community, […]
Forever Balboa Park Welcomes First CEO and President
Forever Balboa Park, the City of San Diego’s nonprofit partner in sustaining Balboa Park, announces Elizabeth C. Babcock, PhD, current chief public engagement officer and Roberts-Wilson Dean of Education at the California Academy of Sciences, as the new president and CEO of the organization. After months of reviewing candidates with the national search firm Potrero […]
New Possibilities and Being Thankful in Mission Hills
by Dixie Hall, President MHBID and owner of DixiePops As I am writing this month’s column, the sun is peeking from behind clouds and much needed rain is on its way. It’s definitely feeling like springtime and a time for growth and new possibilities. Evidence of this are the new businesses opening and expanding in […]
Tyler Trimble Presents Fruit Trees and Soil as a Living Thing
In January, the Missions Hills Garden Club attended a Zoom presentation about back yard fruit trees given by Tyler Trimble, also known as Mr. Tree. Trimble, a third-generation farmer, and his family live in Bonsall where his “home orchard is a food forest.” Trimble’s talk focused on how to get maximum year-round production from your […]
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Prepares to Open Denny Sanford Wildlife Explorers Basecamp at the San Diego Zoo
The past couple of months, burrowing owls and prairie dogs at the San Diego Zoo moved to their new “digs” in the Denny Sanford Wildlife Explorers Basecamp. Orb weaver spiders began spinning new webs, and other wildlife like Fijian iguanas, axolotls and dragon-headed katydids are now acclimating to their new habitats in preparation for the public opening March 2022. The public […]
Mission Hills Garden Club Seeks Your Help
By Rebecca Long, president The Mission Hills Garden Club was founded in 1998 to bring together friends and neighbors, to share our knowledge and love of gardening; to educating and supporting those interested and to beautifying our community. Over the years, we worked to expand our outreach from putting on the first San Diego garden […]
MADCAPS Presents Its 60th Annual Benefit Show “Back to School Days at MADCAPS”
Mothers and Daughters Club Assisting Philanthropies (MADCAPS) 60th benefit show “Back to School Days at MADCAPS High” will return to Point Loma Nazarene University’s Brown Chapel Theater, Thursday, March 10 at 6 p.m. and Friday, March 11 at 7 p.m. Inviting guests to relive high school memories, the show features the MADCAPS girls taking an […]
