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Art created by neighbors at Father Joe’s Villages!

Look at all these great works of art! They were created by neighbors at Father Joe’s Villages.

Father Joe’s Health and Wellness Program includes activities that foster creativity, well-being, and personal growth. That includes making art!

The latest Painting the Town exhibition, now on view at the San Diego Central Library, celebrates this art.

Father Joe’s Villages helps those in San Diego experiencing homelessness. They provide emergency and transitional housing for adults and families with children, provide showers, laundry facilities, a public lunch line, a health center, employment and education services, and more.

Look at this beautiful art and see hope.

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Helen Keller exhibit at San Diego Central Library.

A small exhibit can be viewed in a glass display case in the I CAN! CENTER at San Diego’s downtown Central Library. It concerns the incredible life of Helen Keller.

Photographs and artifacts beautifully document how Hellen Keller overcame huge personal challenges to become the source of inspiration for countless people across the world today.

The I CAN! CENTER provides assistive technology, adaptive equipment, and accessible services for people with disabilities.

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Mystery antique paper cutter at San Diego library!

There’s a mystery at the San Diego Central Library, up on the 9th floor in the Marilyn & Gene Marx Special Collections Center!

Look at this huge old paper cutter sitting near one corner of the room! Talk about heavy duty! I happened to stumble upon this unique antique device during a visit to the San Diego Library.

A note atop the antique states:

With the help of Anita Engles, Executive Director of the American Bookbinders Museum, we have deduced that this unmarked, vintage paper cutter is either an Advance Pony Lever Cutter or a Challenge Lever Cutter with a Finger Gauge. As for the year it was manufactured, that remains a mystery.

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Painting the Town to help San Diego homeless!

I noticed this poster at the San Diego Central Library today. It announces a very special event coming up on the evening of August 18, 2026. Painting the Town: A Night of Art and Community will take place on the Central Library’s main floor exhibit space.

According to the event website, the evening will be the special opening night celebrating artwork created through the Wellness Program at Father Joe’s Villages, which empowers clients experiencing homelessness through creativity and self-expression. Enjoy inspiring artwork accompanied by live music from the San Diego Symphony.

I encourage you to check out the above link!

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Awesome comics fanzine collection displayed at San Diego library!

Awesome examples from a collection of comics fanzines are now on display on the 2nd floor of San Diego’s Central Library, just in time for Comic-Con 2026!

This look back at comics history is courtesy of Larry Thomas, who’s been collecting for many years. You’ll see issues of Rocket’s Blast Comicollector, The Comic Reader, Outlooks, Star-Studded Fanzine, Vacation in Duckburg, The Golden Age, and various others.

Check it out!

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More early signs Comic-Con is nearing!

As I walk around downtown San Diego, I’ve observed more and more signs that Comic-Con is nearing. Less than two weeks to go!

Here’s new stuff I found today…

Chainsaw Man on a board in front of Kettner and G smoke shop.

25 years of Final Fantasy X will be celebrated with music at the San Diego Symphony’s outdoor Rady Shell on July 17, a week before Comic-Con.

The following day at the Rady Shell, audiences can enjoy How to Train Your Dragon 2 in Concert!

The 4th floor IDEA Lab cosplay repair station at San Diego’s Central Library should be super busy during Comic-Con.

Finally, I saw that the New Children’s Museum opened their pre-Comic-Con SpongeBob themed activities! Here’s what you’ll see upon entering the museum.

During the con, the museum will host a fun Nickelodeon offsite!

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Space Samurai films at San Diego library!

Look what I chanced upon today! A new science fiction movie, Space Samurai: Oasis, is being filmed inside the San Diego Central Library!

They were filming inside the library’s huge Reading Room, which I was told will be portrayed as the interior of a space ship!

Here’s a page that describes the movie, now in development.

Cool!

UPDATE!

Three days later, they were filming by the elevators!

Students paint boxes outside Central Library!

Students attending e3 Civic High were painting an electrical box on a sidewalk next to San Diego’s downtown Central Library today!

The charter school is actually located within the Central Library. It serves grades 9-12 with a mission to “Engage, Educate, and Empower” students through a partnership with the library.

After looking at the young artists’ progress painting the San Diego skyline, I walked around the corner and found another box that is nearly finished!

Juneteenth Art Project at San Diego library.

On the Eighth Floor of the Central Library in downtown San Diego, the public can contribute to the Juneteenth Art Project!

A large tabletop covered with paper welcomes creative people. Everyone is encouraged to sketch or draw positive images or messages inspired by Juneteenth, which is coming up later this month.

Here is some of what I observed this afternoon…

Tiny matchbox books at San Diego library!

Matchbox books created by author Alice Lowe are now on display at San Diego’s downtown Central Library. Have you seen anything like this before?

Alice Lowe is a local San Diego writer whose work has appeared in more than 100 literary journals. Her tiny matchbox books include her own words plus various quotes and excerpts from different books and authors.

To read these diminutive works of art, you might have to press your nose right up to the glass display cases on the library’s second floor!

If you’d rather not squint or use a magnifying glass, a nearby monitor allows you to read the author’s work in digital form.