Join the Charla on Thursday, October 15 at 11am for a conversation with Perry Vásquez. Culling from aspects of Chicanx car and popular culture, Perry Vásquez's installations and prints embrace a working-class sensibility that is defiant, yet humorous. Installations by the San Diego-based Vásquez underscore ongoing tensions related to citizenship and migration.

The San Diego Model Railroad Museum has debuted Modeler Citizens, a series of informative and entertaining presentations from an array of acclaimed railroad modelers and historians! 

The talks take place every other Thursday at 6 p.m. through the end of 2020 (excluding holidays) via Zoom Webinar. Margaret Harris, the museum’s Collections Curator, moderates as the featured speaker showcases their own model layout, shares a bit of San Diego railroading history, or discusses a topic of their expertise. Viewers can learn about the history of cross-border travel from railroad pro Mike Thornhill (Oct. 1), get “behind the scenes” of the mechanics and creation of the museum’s O Gauge layout from modeler Bob Wall (Dec. 10), see a fascinating home layout courtesy of award-winning radio host “Shotgun” Tom Kelly (Oct. 29), and more! 

An online marketplace for functional contemporary art created by regional artists.

A curated online market full of items from selected regional artists, tailored to be reflective of the moment. We are starting small and focusing for now entirely on functional items meant to comfort and inspire. A core part of RAM is supporting artists, and we do this through microgrants to empower artists to make functional items that build their capacity for earned income and economic resilience. RAM artists receive a full 60% of every sale. This means, when you purchase from RAM, you are directly supporting artists and vibrant creative communities.

The Safari Park is home to nine African elephants—three adult females, and six calves and sub-adults ranging from 1 to 13 years old. There’s never a dull moment on Elephant Cam, especially with one-year-old calves Kaia and Zuli learning more each day about their place in this dynamic herd