Lisa Deaderick

2 weeks ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Lisa Deaderick

A couple of ideas were rolling around for Lia Strell when she was a young girl — one was she would become a marine biologist and the other was she would be an artist. She became that artist who’s also intrigued by environmental science and finding ways to improve the health of the planet. “I have always resonated (with) nature, whether it’s walking along the beach as the dolphins swim by, or hiking under the canopy of the giant redwoods toward a waterfall.

2 weeks ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Lisa Deaderick

The title of the exhibition would make you think he’s been working on this project for the past 25 years, but artist Kip Fulbeck says the seed was planted years ago when he was just a young boy, trying to understand where he fit. His mother was widowed in China, and when she came to the United States with his siblings, that’s when she met his father, who’s White. They had Fulbeck, who was the only mixed child in his family.

3 weeks ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Lisa Deaderick

Kahlil Childs remembers the moment he fell in love with jazz. Although he was surrounded by the sounds of jazz, soul, blues, funk, reggae, Afro-Latin music, and old school hip-hop from the ’80s and ’90s, those were recordings. Hearing live jazz had him smitten. “One night, when I was 9 years old, my dad took me to Panama 66 in Balboa Park, and we heard the house band led by Gilbert Castellanos.

3 weeks ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Lisa Deaderick

An annual suicide awareness event is marking its fifth year on Saturday, and the work to provide education and resources to the community have been working. The Mario C. Rivera Suicide Awareness Event, presented by the Solida Car Club, was started in 2020 to honor the memory of Rivera, who died by suicide in 2018. The event features a lowrider car and bike show, live music, food, and with information on mental health, including suicidal ideation.

4 weeks ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Lisa Deaderick

Author Nana Malone figures she was the only 9-year-old with her own, complete collection of Agatha Christie’s books — meaning she was always reading, anything and everything she could get her hands on. “I loved paranormal stories. Memoirs. I was really nosy about people, so I wanted to know about their lives…If someone left something lying around, I would read it,” she says. “Once I discovered romance, there was no stopping me.