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San Diego Italian Film Festival Presents "Bangla," 2019 A romantic comedy with a huge heart and charm to match, promising director Phaim Bhuiyan’s film is a fresh and spirited portrait of the complications of young love caught between very different beliefs. Phaim, a young Italian Muslim of Bangladeshi origin born in Italy 22 years ago, lives with his family in Rome’s multiethnic Torpignattara neighborhood. He works as a museum steward, and plays in a band. At a concert, he meets Asia, his exact opposite: pure instinct, and no rules. The attraction between them is immediate, and Phaim will have to figure out how to reconcile his love for the young woman with the most inviolable of Islam’s rules: no sex before marriage. Italian with English subtitles. For more information visit: sandiegoitalianfilmfestival.com Stay Connected on Facebook

The government in Lahore has closed schools and public spaces and shut down factories. Environmental lawyer Ahmad Rafay Alam shares his perspective: "frustrated" but still fighting.

This lecture presents an overview of the most important art movements from mid-20th century to the present, recognizing geopolitical events reflected in the artwork. It features artists from Joan Mitchell in the 1950s to Ai Weiwei today. For more information visit: ljathenaeum.org Stay Connected on Facebook

From the gallery: This September, Quint Gallery presents a suite of 40 recent charcoal drawings by Ryan McGinness. The 30 x 22 inch drawings are ink, charcoal, and acrylic on paper, fixed with a spray varnish, and coated in a clear acrylic gel. They are contained by fragments of text, graphics, and symbols that suggest layers of information, isolated but related to one another. Rules, guides, and digital precision: these are the leading tenets of McGinness’ visual practice towards an often exacting final work of art. In an essay about his symbols, McGinness writes that they “have always been the result of reasoned geometry combined with intuitive decisions solved in iterative stages.” This is the language through which McGinness translates the logic of his studio practice. Learn more here. About the artist; Ryan McGinness’ works are in the permanent public collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; New York Public Library, New York, NY; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; The Albright-Knox Art Gallery; The Taguchi Art Collection, Tokyo; The Charles Saatchi Collection, among many others. McGinness lives and works in New York, New York. There are a limited number of paperback editions available of McGinness Drawings, which includes essays on art by Ryan McGinness along with more than 200 of his charcoal works since 2021. Related links: Quint Gallery: website | Instagram

Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers hope to get a peek into the dynamics of the ocean's movement underwater. They spent a week collecting data around an underwater canyon near La Jolla.

Check out what panels are must-see according to our resident Comic-Con geek.

Alberto Fujimori, whose decade-long presidency began with righting Peru’s economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in a disgrace, has died. He was 86.

The initiative would have asked voters whether to replace San Diego Gas and Electric with a nonprofit, municipal electric utility.

Sunday, March 3, 2024 at 2 p.m. on KPBS 2 / No longer available in the PBS App. Charles Perrault's 1698 fairy tale, the classic telling of the Cinderella story, is an excellent source for an opera-providing color, romance, and relatable themes for audiences of all ages. The work includes many moments in which Massenet is at his best and most widely accessible, from the pageantry and glowing musical nostalgia for the French baroque in the court scenes to the otherworldliness of the love music to the wit and humor that permeate the work as a whole.

Whitney Houston’s musical legacy is brought to life in this critically acclaimed tribute show described as “mind-blowingly spot on” This two-hour production will fill you with joy, nostalgia and wonderment as it takes you on a heartfelt journey through Houston’s greatest hits including "I Will Always Love You," "I Wanna Dance With Somebody," "How Will I Know," "One Moment in Time," "I Have Nothing," "Run to You," "Didn’t We Almost Have It All," "Greatest Love of All," "I’m Every Woman," "Queen of the Night," "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)," "Million Dollar Bill" and more. The Greatest Love of All has wowed audiences across the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, and continues to gather glowing reviews worldwide. Be stunned by the breathtaking vocals of Belinda Davids—a RiSA chart-topping artist in her home country of South Africa – who has performed alongside the likes of Keri Hilson, Keyshia Cole and Monica and featured on Fox TV’s ‘Showtime at the Apollo’ and BBC1 TV’s "Even Better Than the Real Thing." With the accompaniment of a live band, backing vocalists and choreographed dancers, plus state-of-the-art sound, lighting, vision and theatrical effects, this is a beautifully crafted tribute to one of the world’s most revered singers. This special once-in-a-lifetime concert event will leave audiences wanting more and talking about it for years to come. Don’t miss the chance to experience it for yourself. *Not associated with the Estate of Whitney Houston.