\u2022 Thursday, Feb. 26, in Crill Performance Hall: Jamaica Kincaid<\/a>,\u00a0Antiguan-American writer for The New Yorker and author of \u201cAnnie John,\u201d \u201cLucy,\u201d \u201cA Small Place\u201d and \u201cThe Autobiography of My Mother.\u201d $20.<\/p>\n \u2022 Friday, Feb. 27, in Brown Chapel:\u00a0George Saunders, contributor to The New Yorker, creative-writing professor at Syracuse University and author of \u201cLincoln in the Bardo,\u201d \u201cCivilWarLand in Bad Decline,\u201d \u201cPastoralia,\u201d \u201cTenth of December\u201d and \u201cVigil.\u201d<\/p>\n For tickets and more information, visit pointloma.edu\/events\/31st-annual-writers-symposium-sea<\/a>.<\/p>\n In addition, the\u00a0Lomaland Student Short Film Festival will return at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23, in the Crill Performance Hall.<\/p>\n The fifth annual festival will feature four short films by PLNU students, followed by a conversation with guest filmmaker John Puckett.<\/p>\n The student films to be screened are \u201cTo Sit With You,\u201d \u201cRooms,\u201d \u201cCalled to the Caribbean\u201d and \u201cIn Good Hands.\u201d<\/p>\n No tickets are required for the film festival, and admission is free.<\/p>\n Tet Festival at NTC Park will mark\u00a0Vietnamese Lunar New Year<\/p>\n The San Diego Tet Festival celebrating Vietnamese Lunar New Year will include a carnival, dance battles, food vendors and performances Friday through Sunday, Feb. 20-22, at NTC Park at Liberty Station, 2640 Cushing Road, Point Loma.<\/p>\n The event also will feature Miss Vietnam San Diego, lion dancing and a trading card show. Activities will run from 5 to 10 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.<\/p>\n Admission is free. For more information, visit sdtet.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Cygnet Theatre opens musical \u2018Somewhere Over the Border\u2019<\/p>\n Cygnet Theatre will present the musical \u201cSomewhere Over the Border\u201d by playwright Brian Quijada from Wednesday, Feb. 18, to Sunday, March 15, in the Joseph Clayes III Theater at the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Performing Arts Center at Liberty Station, 2880 Roosevelt Road, Point Loma.<\/p>\n The production is directed and choreographed by Carlos Mendoza, with musical direction by Lyndon Pugeda.<\/p>\n Tickets start at $44 and are available at the theater box office, by phone at 619-337-1525 or online at cygnettheatre.org\/show\/season25-26\/somewhere-over-the-border<\/a>.<\/p>\n Josh Coyne extends fundraising lead in race for San Diego City Council District 2 seat<\/p>\n Campaign contribution disclosures filed this month show former City Hall staff member Josh Coyne widening his fundraising lead during the second half of 2025 in the race for the San Diego City Council\u2019s District 2 seat, which covers Ocean Beach and Point Loma, less than four months ahead of the June 2 primary election.<\/p>\n The seat currently is held by Councilwoman Jennifer Campbell, who is termed out and unable to run again.<\/p>\n Three candidates have raised $30,000 or more. But\u00a0Coyne, who now works for the Downtown San Diego Partnership, raised nearly $24,000 in the second half of last year, while Deputy City Attorney Nicole Crosby raised nearly $13,000 and Point Loma community leader Mandy Havlik about $8,200. For the year, Coyne raised $93,000, Crosby $35,000 and Havlik $30,000.<\/p>\n No other District 2 candidates reported any fundraising. But former Coronado Mayor Richard Bailey has been widely expected to enter the race by the March 5 deadline.<\/p>\n Bailey, who moved from Coronado to the Fleetridge area of Point Loma, spent roughly $50,000 on two recent mailers criticizing San Diego leaders for what the mailers said is a variety of mismanagement.<\/p>\n The two candidates who get the most votes in the primary will go on to a November runoff election, even if the top candidate gets more than 50% of the vote in June. \u2014 The San Diego Union-Tribune<\/p>\n Dewey Elementary is a finalist for 2026 America\u2019s Best Schools Award<\/p>\n Dewey Elementary School in Point Loma has been named a finalist for the 2026 America\u2019s Best Schools Award, placing it among 17 schools nationwide selected by the San Diego State University-based National Center for Urban School Transformation.<\/p>\n Winners in gold, silver and bronze levels will be announced in May following visits to each campus.<\/p>\n Dewey is one of four elementary campuses in the San Diego Unified School District chosen as a finalist. The others are Garfield Elementary in North Park, Nye Elementary in Valencia Park and Sequoia Elementary in Clairemont.<\/p>\n The schools met the center\u2019s award criteria, including that every racial, ethnic and income group in the school exceeds statewide proficiency averages, attendance rates are above 92%, suspension rates are low across all demographic groups, and outcomes are strong for English-learners and students with disabilities.<\/p>\n OB MainStreet Association awards honor businesses, volunteers and leaders<\/p>\n
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Guests gather at the Ocean Beach MainStreet Association\u2019s annual awards celebration Jan. 22 at St. Peter\u2019s by the Sea Lutheran Church. (Ocean Beach MainStreet Association)<\/p>\n