THE ELECTRIC PICNIC with Susan Taylor Sa 7pm,M 8am, W 3pm

Guest Poets Paola Hornbuckle, Phillia, James Coats

POEMS ABOUT PALESTINE

A thoughtful in-depth conversation about poetry, inspirations, observation of life around us, compassion, war and more.

http://www.healpalestine.org

PROGRAM:

Poetry

“Vulnerable”, “Gatekeepers” written and
performed by Arwen Jamison. (Fri,Sat,Sun)
“Joan of Arc”, “Throwing a Ball to My Dog” written
and performed by Susan Allen. (Sat,Sun)

Anti-War Poetry Skit

“We Deserve a Better Death” by Mosab Abu Toha
performed by Andrea Nasset
“Enough for Me” by Fadwa Tuqan, performed by
Andrea Nasset.
“We Suck and Other Thoughts About War” written
and performed by Paola Hornbuckle.
“If I Must Die” by Refaat Alareer, performed by
Andrea Nasset.
“Not Poetic” by Ayling Zulema Dominguez
(@maizymachetepoeta), performed by Kimberly
Sellers.
“The Only Thing That Matters”, “2+2” written and
performed by Phillia Downing.

Moon Child
18 th Century Gypsy Love Story
Written and directed by Paola Hornbuckle
Song “Hijo de La Luna” by Mecano

Adria……………………………………..Kimberly Sellers
Ghost…………………………………….Paola Hornbuckle
Theo………………………………………Angel Mangual

W.C., Tennesee, The Blues, & Me
By Levi Frazier Jr, directed by Rhys Greene

Robert Johnson………………………Rhys Greene
Shugga………………………….Portia Gregory-Burnette
Conductor………………………………Kimberly Sellers
Diva Blues………………………………Paola Hornbuckle

All proceeds go to HEAL Palestine
www.healpalestine.org

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

Contact: Paola Hornbuckle
Producer, Director, Playwright Actor
Paola.hornbuckle7@gmail.com
619 227-4883
www.communityactorstheatre.com
San Diego, CA, Feb, 26, 2026 –
Community Actor’s Theatre presents:
Poetica Theatre Festival
Celebrating Resilience of the Spirit
Blending poetry and theatre, featuring a lineup of local San Diego poets, an anti-war poetry skit including poems by three Palestinian poets, and two staged reading of the short plays: “Moon Child” by Paola Hornbuckle and “W.C., Tennessee, The Blues & Me” a musical by Levi Frazier Jr.
Poetica Theatre Festival runs from Friday, March 20 and Saturday, March 21 at 8 p.m, to Sunday, March 22 at 3 p.m at Community Actors Theatre. “We created this festival to provide a platform for poets and actors to collaborate, come together and inspire.” says Paola Hornbuckle, producer, of Poetica Theatre Festival, “We are focusing on bringing together seasoned professionals, like director Rhys Greene, and emerging artists ensuing a dynamic experience for the audience.” Festival Highlights include: San Diego Poets: Arwen Jamison, Susan Allen, Phillia Downing, Paola Hornbuckle.
“Moon Child” a short play of gypsy folklore about unrequited love. Written and directed by Paola Hornbuckle. “W.C., Tennessee, The Blues & Me” a short musical play, by Levi Frazier Jr and directed by Rhys Greene, that highlights the major experiences that impacted three very different Mississippi Delta bluesmen: W.C. Handy, Robert Johnson, & Tennesee Williams, a blues brother from another mother called “Theatre.” Incorporating a travelling train motif, the musical not only touches on the times and people that affected these geniuses and their music, but it also illuminates the very significant places where these three great bluesmen created, played and lived. Clarksdale, Memphis, and St. Louis. The show is educational and entertaining and incorporates audience participation. There will be an opportunity to talk with poets and playwrights after the show, and buy poetry books from local poets. All proceeds will go to victims of war.
Friday and Saturday, March 20 & 21 at 8 pm, Sunday, March 22 at 3 p.m.
Community Actors Theatre, 2957 54 th Street, San Diego, CA 92105. Tickets: $15

With Don Kimball Wed 7pm, Sat 2pm

Don talks to VFP member Nick Mottern from Stop Killer Drones and Leila Zand PhD an Iranian native and expert on International Affairs. They’ll discuss the pitfalls of US policy towards Iran, and the potential for a wider conflict

THE ELECTRIC PICNIC with Susan Taylor

Author AUDREY STEIDL

Sat 7pm, M 8am, W 3pm

Audrey returns to The Electric Picnic to talk about her latest book To Die For. Audrey reads passages from her book and she and Susan talk about the characters, back stories as well as a conversation about writing, research, inspirations, tips for writers and more.

audreysteidl.com

FRIENDLY FIRE with Don Kimball Wed 7pm, Sat 2pm

A Show For and About Veterans

Join Don to hear five peace activists (one active duty in the CA National Guard) speak out against the war in Iran, and the deployment of US troops against US citizens.

DEMOCRACY NOW with Amy Goodman and Juan González M-F 7-8am and 6-7pm

Democracy Now! produces a daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Our reporting includes breaking daily news headlines and in-depth interviews with people on the front lines of the world’s most pressing issues. On Democracy Now!, you’ll hear a diversity of voices speaking for themselves, providing a unique and sometimes provocative perspective on global events.

With Ramses Ja and Q. Ward Wed 4pm

Non-Citizen Voting Cases Used to Justify Changes to Elections – The NFL is a Socialist Enterprise

Civic Cipher is a weekly radio show/webcast/podcast hosted by Ramses Ja and Q. Ward. This show is dedicated to empowering Black and Brown voices, allowing them to engage directly with their communities as well as the general population. Self-determination is critical to securing a future free of oppressive systems, and Civic Cipher exists to facilitate discussions toward this end. Furthermore, Civic Cipher seeks to inform non-POC allies who may not be privy to these types of discussions and optics. Finally, Civic Cipher seeks to provide long-form conversations in spaces where there is often a lack of significant resources, potent dialogue, or the necessary engagement for facilitating a healthy and productive civil discourse.

FRIENDLY FIRE with Don Kimball Wed 7 pm, Sat 2pm

Ben Karimi and Matthew Hoh

A Show for and About Veterans

Tonight Don is in conversation with peace activist Ben Karimi and Matthew Hoh, Associate Director at the Eisenhower Media Network, past State Department official, former US Marine Captain combat veteran and Veterans For Peace, speak about the gathering storm in the Middle East as another war between Israel and the US against Iran appears imminent.

FRIENDLY FIRE with Don Kimball Wed 7pm, Sat 2pm

A Show for and About Veterans

Tune in to Friendly Fire tonight to hear from two Veterans for Peace members just back from Minneapolis where one of them landed in jail.

What Will the Future Look Like in the ‘New World Order?’

JOHN MEARSHEIMER

Donald Trump believes that U.S. economic and military might are all he needs to become a benign dictator and achieve unilateral control over America’s allies — what will the effects of this policy be?

John Mearsheimer, the renowned scholar, author and R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, joins host Chris Hedges on this episode of The Chris Hedges Report to contextualize what Trump’s political missions mean through the lens of history.

“Things like soft power, things like international institutions, international law, allies, they’re just not important to [Trump],” Mearsheimer says. “[Trump] thinks that U.S. economic might and U.S. military might are all he needs to basically be a benign dictator and act unilaterally and get what he wants around the world.”

With this thinking, there are real threats to the world order, Mearsheimer argues, especially Europe and East Asia. In Europe, Trump’s disregard for international law and alliances, such as NATO, alarms a leadership class that has always relied on American security guarantees. In East Asia, China’s dominance and lack of adherence to the Western imperial status quo may become a flashpoint similar to that in Europe before World War I.

“For the first time in our history, we face a serious problem in East Asia. Imperial Japan was not that big a problem… China is a completely different story. This is a formidable power. Really, we’ve never seen anything like this when you look at the key building blocks of military power, the size of the population, the wealth, the ability to develop sophisticated technologies better than we do.”

TALK OF THE TOWN with Mike Aguirre LIVE Call-In Show Sat 11am

OFF SHORE OIL DRILLING IN SAN DIEGO?

RICHARD CHARTER

Call us with questions or comments at 619-790-KNSJ (5675)

Richard Charter spent much of his early childhood growing up among the tidepools of the Northern California coast. He currently directs the Local Government OCS Coordination Program, a project of the County of Santa Cruz, continuing four decades of professional dedication to protecting fragile marine ecosystems. Richard engaged with four Administrations in Washington and multiple Members of Congress to maintain the bipartisan 27-year annual renewal of the offshore drilling moratorium that long protected the U.S. Atlantic and Pacific coasts as well as Florida’s Gulf Coast and Panhandle from expanded offshore oil and gas leasing.

Richard coordinated the local government support leading to the designation of California’s Greater Farallones, Cordell Bank, Channel Islands, and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries and helped secure a declaration of permanent protection from offshore drilling for Alaska’s fishery-rich Bristol Bay in 2015.

Richard is currently working to coordinate local government and public responses to the current Trump Five-Year Offshore Drilling Plan, to protect California’s Marine Sanctuaries, and to address the emerging global threat posed by seabed mining. He is co-producer of the award-winning documentary film on seabed mining, “Defend the Deep”, which can be viewed online at http://TheDeepMovie.org

For those wishing to participate in the current campaign to protect the California Coast from offshore drilling, his project’s website is http://SaveMyCoast.org