To celebrate the opening of their new Oceanside cancer center this weekend, NorthCountyOncology will host a large exhibition of paintings, drawings and other artwork from the national “Lilly Oncology on Canvas” exhibition.
Sponsored in 2006 by Eli Lilly and Co., the “Lilly Oncology on Canvas” is a biennial art competition that invites people diagnosed with any type of cancer (as well as their family, friends and health-care providers) to express in words and art the life-affirming changes that give their cancer journey meaning.
The public is invited to see the art at the grand opening celebration from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at NorthCountyOncology at 3617 Vista Way in Oceanside. On Sunday, visitors are invited to join in a paint-athon and express their own cancer journeys. Call (760) 758-5770.
Got the 420? The phrase is an inside reference for marijuana smokers, but it’s being used in the opposite way this weekend by the Vista Community Clinic for its “420 Remix: A Celebration of Sober and Drug-Free Life Choices Battle of the Bands.”
To promote anti-drug awareness, the clinic is this year celebrating sobriety with its first-ever Battle of the Bands from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday (4/20 on the calendar) at the Oceanside Bandshell. Besides live music by local teen bands, organizers will offer a climbing rock wall, educational booths and other activities and entertainment for all ages.
The free event is part of a countywide program that included the County Board of Supervisors recently declaring 4/20 the “Sober and Drug Free Life Choices Day.”
The first annual Fallbrook Film Festival is just around the corner —- April 24-26 —- but Fallbrook High students are getting a jump on the action with their own film fest this weekend.
The first annual Student Film Festival will be held on campus at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The program will feature 12 five-minute student-made films. Awards will be presented for best direction, best film, best actor and actress and best editing and sound. The event will be staged like the Academy Awards, with dressed-up students arriving at the Bob Burton Center for Performing Arts via red carpet.

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