San Diego Weekend Arts Events: Kathryn Schulmeister, Nutcracker Tea Party, Parol Festival and more

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In our weekend arts preview, you can get your holiday events fixed with some festive music and dance, but we also have a few options that have nothing to do with the season from a gifted, double based musician to a radio style, play to some free opera. Joining me with all the details as KPBS arts editor and producer Julia Dixon Evans. Welcome Julia.

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Hi Jade. Thanks for having me. So

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Let's start with Katherine schmeer and her concert of double bass music. Tell us about this performance.

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Sure. Katherine schmeer is a San Diego double bass player, and she'll be performing tonight at the museum of making music in Carlsbad. You can buy tickets for the in-person performance or just watch the free live stream from homes. It's really great that they're keeping that option. It'll be all music that showcases the broad range of the bass. There's experimental, contemporary, and even traditional music. And she'll also bring in soprano Jasper Sussman pianist, Nick Sanders, and Dr. Am Julian, Ken, Tom to play with her. I recently watched and was completely transfix by this video of sch Myster performing a series of short compositions that were written for her by Joanne are now ES who is a composer. And it is baffling that any of the technical wizard that you're hearing could somehow be transcribed on a sheet of music. And schmeer also revealed in a recent discussion with the museum of making music that she'll perform a piece with Susman that's called an old Virginia and that's by contemporary composer, Sean Yeager, which was inspired by Southern Appalachian folk music. And there'll also be some more traditional selections, like some arrangements of WC for bass and piano.

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That's Katherine shell Meister performing tonight at 7:00 PM at the museum of making music, which will also be livestreamed in the visual arts. Now painter N Crito is opening a solo exhibition at thumbprint gallery in LA Jolla. What can we

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Expect? So this exhibition is called Saan layers of corrections and Nani Cristos work in the show is really informed by, by layers. He was born and raised in a rural town in the Philippines and in Tagalog, the word Saan means an underlay or, or beneath. And I love Cara's work. His paintings are full of texture and detail and layers of curiosity. And the exhibition will be on view through January 2nd, but there is an opening reception this Saturday from five to 10:00 PM.

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No Crito opened Saturday at thumbprint gallery. Also Eckles Oregon pavilion will hold some special festive concerts this weekend. Huh? Yeah. So

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The first is a collaboration with the San Diego opera and the San Diego ballet as well as with San Diego civic, organist, Raul PR Ramirez. It's an evening performance at five 30 and it'll be outdoors at the Oregon pavilion in BBO park. The dancers and the opera singers are gonna perform some holiday favorites like handles Messiah some selections from the Nutcracker suite and also box Christmas or a plus they'll do some traditional carols too. And especially since December nights was relegated to a drive through, again, this feels like, like an even artsier way to bundle up and go to Babo park for the holidays that

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Saturday at five 30 at the Eckles Oregon pavilion. And there's even another program the Oregon society is putting together on tell us

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About that, right. That's Sunday at two o'clock and it will be more of a sing along local performer. Lauren Lee Martin will be joining repri Ramirez on the organ and together they'll do some holiday tunes. And both of these shows everything performed at the organ pavilion. In fact, they're free to the public.

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Moving on to the theater Moonlight stage productions is producing a special adaptation of miracle on 34th street. What do you know about

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This? This will be performed at the AVO Playhouse in Vista, and it's an adaptation that was inspired by the old radio show format, but performed with a full set on stage age. And in fact, it was inspired by one specific radio show, the 1947 Lux radio theater production of miracle on 34th street. So this was adapted by playwright, Lance Arthur Smith, who lives in Oceanside and adapted into this fully stage musical with music by John Lawrence. And it debuted in 2016 and has since been performed across the country. It's the, the famous story of hope and believing, and it has familiar carols and even some me songs too Christmas E

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Nickel up. All right, miracle on 34th street, a musical radio play run through December 23rd. And this weekend's performances are tonight at seven Saturday at four and 8:00 PM. And then Sunday at PM. Finally, the Menga is celebrating the traditional parole festival from the Philippines this weekend with a family workshop, an exhibition and an evening of performances. Tell us about

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This. So the parole is a lantern and it's traditionally made out of special paper and bamboo and then lit by a candle or some other light source. And these lanterns signify the star of Bethlehem. And in the Philippines, they've also come to mean unity and pride among families and neighborhoods they're carried during the religious procession and then hung outside the home as to, and you can learn how to make your own parole out of, out of more simple materials in the men. Gay's free family workshop on Sunday, that's every hour from noon to 4:00 PM. And then on Monday, the 25th annual parole festival will take place at the Menga from three to nine and their display, an exhibition of rolls, including a display that's just outside the main entrance. And then they'll even be a huge eight foot tall roll. And this is organized by PACA, which is a San Diego Philippine performing arts group. They'll also hold performances of dance and traditional coral music in the ADEs theater. That's beginning at 6:30 PM. Those performances do require a ticket, but the whole exhibition, the rest of the afternoon is free.

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The parole festival takes place Monday from three to 9:00 PM at the men gay. You can find details on these and more events or sign up for Julius weekly arts newsletter@kpbs.org slash arts. I've been speaking with K PBS R Senator and producer, Julia Dixon Evans. Julia, thank you.

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Thanks so much, Jade. Have a good weekend. You too.