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Sleeping Giant Music is a highly appreciated resource for many musicians. It's postings are timely and community oriented. They posted an announcement for the Roc Race on May 21st. It was a charity  event that indeed rocked the city.  PRESENTED BY CHRIS CUTZ - FRESH ONE Ready for a new kind of race? Let's get Ridiculous! So... What is the ROC Race? Imagine a creative collision between a military style training course and wild and crazy game show inspired obstacles spread throughout a 5K course at the historic Del Mar Fairgrounds located on the Pacific coast! The common theme is ridiculous and challenging fun!

 Looking for an opportunity to interact with a well known published author in an informal setting? Come meet Daniel Widener!!!! Where: Malcolm X Library              Multimedia Area                                                      Address: 5148 Market Street San Diego, CA 92114 Sponsored by: Malcolm X Library Book Club 2011         Reviews: “Black Arts West knocked my socks off. Daniel Widener‟s exciting account of the "Watts Renaissance‟ fundamentally revises our picture of contemporary L.A. art and literary scenes, and adds a crucial new chapter to the history of Black cultural radicalism during the 1960s and 1970s.” —Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles “Daniel Widener‟s study provides a much needed, basic analysis of the complex and turbulent black arts and culture scene in Los Angeles during the 1960s and 1970s, and the dynamic mix of politics that fueled it.” —Amiri Baraka READ MORE

Poets, prose writers, playwrights, musicians, educators, administrators, activists, painters, choreographers, dancers, journalists, photographers and friends gathered together at the City Heights Performance Annex on Saturday March 26 at 7:00pm to celebrate Jihmye's life in community. We, his extended family joined with his immediate family to note that a beautiful bright light will be missed on the too darkly lit terrain of our twenty first century culture sensitive socio-political battlefield. To accommodate the overflow and those who could not attend, our celebration was streamed over the Internet. He had mentored hundreds and shared his creative spark with thousands in various arenas over the years.This recurring common thread spun a colorful tapestry of memories. Jihmye was one of the first established San Diego artists to acknowledge and support my desire not only to teach the arts, but also to teach about the arts through music. He hired me almost twenty years ago as a gue