The Normal Heights Cultural Council is looking for artists and volunteers to participate in the annual Art Around Adams events, taking place June 18, Aug. 6 and Oct. 22.

The events run along Adams Avenue between Hamilton Street in University Heights and Biona Drive in Kensington. Over 1,500 people last year viewed the work of 70 artists showcasing painting, sculpture, ceramics, metals, drawing, installation and performance.

Volunteers are also needed on the day of the events to help set up, distribute maps and flyers, answer questions and break down the events after they close. Contact Cindy Weems at (619) 283-0302 for more information.

Artists interested in participating in the events should send a short biography or artist’s statement, resume and recent photos, cardboard mounts or digital images of work to: 4649 Hawley Blvd., San Diego, CA 92116. Call Weems at (619) 283-0302 for more information.

The Center’s Positive Action program is hosting an educational course throughout June called “Positive Living,” designed for people living with HIV/AIDS. The course takes place on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at The Center, located at 3909 Centre St. in Hillcrest.

“With our ‘Positive Living’ course, we hope to help participants keep their immune systems healthy and live positively by presenting a series of informative and interactive workshops,” said Carolyn Hunt, The Center’s Positive Action coordinator. “…more than 20 topics will be covered in the workshops including nutrition, medication, health, depression, communication skills and dealing with stress. All people living with HIV/AIDS are invited to participate.”

There is no fee to attend, but advance registration is required. For more information or to register, contact Carolyn Hunt at (619) 692-2077 ext. 133.

City Commissioner Julia Legaspi will be honored at the eighth annual GLBT Community Tribute Banquet, taking place Sunday, June 26, at the Westin Horton Plaza Hotel in downtown San Diego.

“City Commissioner Legaspi will be honored for over two decades of community service as well as for being a long-time advocate for civil rights in San Diego County,” said City Commissioner Nicole Murray-Ramirez.

As a community leader in San Diego, Legaspi has been involved in numerous charitable organizations in San Diego, Tijuana, Mexico, and in Cavite, Philippines. Those organizations include the Asian Pacific Islander Community AIDS Project (APICAP), the Imperial Court de San Diego, The Center, the Scott Carlson Thanksgiving Dinner, ACOSIDA AIDS Clinic and the Cavite Association.

Legaspi serves on the Equal Opportunity and Human Relations commissions with the city, as well as on the GLBT Advisory Board of the San Diego Chief of Police, Congressmember Bob Filner and San Diego Mayor Murphy. She is also a member of the executive board of the Imperial Court de San Diego and chairs the Nicole Murray-Ramirez Scholarship Fund.

Legaspi knows the San Diego community and interacts well with all its members regardless of their social position, ethnicity, marital status, religion, sexual orientation or physical challenge, said Jess San Roque, chair of the GLBT Community Tribute Banquet. She is adept at building coalitions to affect the kind of positive changes that are needed in this city, and is skilled at consensus building; and is inclusive of all, he added.

“This is not going to be your ordinary community banquet; it’s going to be a celebration of culture and a wonderful opportunity for people from diverse cultures to sit down for dinner together,” San Roque said. “The atmosphere is joyful as we all share food and entertainment. One feels that this is the way we want our world to be.”

Tickets for the GLBT Community Tribute Banquet are $75 each. Corporate tables (reserved seating for 10) are $750.

The Imperial Court de San Diego sponsors the event.

Call Jess San Roque at (619) 229-2822 or Nicole Murray-Ramirez at (619) 692-1967 for tickets and further information.

A hair and fashion show at The Electric Chair Salon & Primitive Kool Gallery, featuring daywear and eveningwear shows and a door-prize drawing, takes place Saturday, June 18, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Fashion garments and accessories are supplied by local Ocean Beach boutiques such as Lola Luna, Sunshine Daydreams, The Good Life Boutique and Dream Girls, with hair and make-up done by The Electric Chair Salon. All proceeds benefit Mama’s Kitchen, a non-profit organization that provides meals to people living with AIDS throughout San Diego County.

A $10 donation is requested at the door. The Electric Chair Salon & Primitive Kool Gallery is located at 4944 Newport Ave. in Ocean Beach. Call (619) 222-0836 for more information about the benefit.

The Center’s Community Coalition Lunch will feature San Diego mayoral candidates for a community forum on Friday, June 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in The Center’s auditorium.

The forum will offer candidates the chance to share their vision for the city, and will give the audience a chance to ask questions. Candidates Donna Frye, Jerry Sanders, Pat Shea, Richard Rider, Jim Bell and Shawn McMillan have confirmed their attendance.

The Abbey Café will provide a catered lunch for $10. For more information, contact AJ Davis at (619) 692-2077 ext. 212

The San Diego Human Dignity Foundation (SDHDF) received a bequest of $150,000 from the estate of Marvin Mayeux. The gift is the largest single gift in the foundation’s eight-year history, and the first legacy gift the foundation has received.

“The foundation is honored and very grateful to be the beneficiary of this significant gift,” said David Pierce, the foundation’s executive director. “Mr. Mayeux has left San Diego’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community a wonderful legacy.”

The foundation’s board of directors voted to add Mayeux’s gift to the organization’s general endowment. The foundation’s endowed funds and donor advised funds, which provide philanthropic support for the local GLBT community, now stand at close to $500,000.

Mayeux, a Hillcrest resident who passed away in February at the age of 84, served as a volunteer and board member for a number of San Diego non-profit organizations, including the AIDS Foundation San Diego, San Diego Hospice, Legal Action Advocates, Auntie Helen’s, Disabled Veterans of America, the Alzheimer’s Foundation and the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation.

The San Diego Human Dignity Foundation is the region’s only foundation that focuses its funding efforts exclusively on agencies serving the GLBT community. SDHDF also educates the GLBT community in charitable giving and how to effectively use GLBT dollars to support local causes that have a positive impact. By supporting a network of donors and volunteers, the foundation seeks to create alliances with other foundations to promote shared interests and goals.

Since its inception, the foundation has granted more than $500,000 to San Diego non-profits serving the GLBT comm-unity.Prime Timers annual ‘Out of the Closet’ garage sale