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After more than two years without a typical Pride Parade and Festival, San Diego's LGBTQ community marched Sunday from Balboa Park to Hillcrest to continue the fight for justice and liberation.

City transportation officials plan to install protected bike lanes on a one-mile stretch of Park Boulevard following a street resurfacing project.

A Carmel Valley couple has volunteered to house a family of Ukrainian refugees. They are a single mother with three children.

This weekend in the arts: Spreckels Organ Society plays a concert tribute to Ukraine; Jonny Alexander at Swish; 50 years of San Diego Dance Theater; Word Up! returns to The Old Globe; Nathan Hubbard pairs Dorothea Grossman poetry with sound; Space 4 Art open studios; and "Retelling/Recontar."

After closing for a transformative construction project, Mingei International Museum will reopen to the public on Sept. 3, 2021, kicking off a month of celebratory activities and programs including the second annual San Diego Design Week, the return of the art-making program Family Sunday, live performances and artist talks. The grand reopening will reveal a new and dynamic Museum with enhancements to its 1915 Spanish Colonial style building in Balboa Park and an additional 10,000 square feet of space for exhibitions and programming, a theater, education center and amenities including a bistro, store and coffee bar. Admission:Visitors will not be charged admission into the Museum Labor Day weekend, Friday, Sept. 3 through Monday, Sept. 6. Learn more at mingei.org/transformation. Starting Sept. 7 admission to the second level galleries will be $14 for adults, $10 for seniors and members of the military, and free at all times for children under age 18. Visit www.mingei.org or call (619) 239-0003

Obon is a Traditional Japanese Festival. The Friendship Garden will celebrate Obon with vendors, food, Bōn ōdori dancing and Lantern floating on Saturday, August 7. Located in Balboa Park. Included with Garden AdmissionVisit https://www.niwa.org/odori or call (619) 232-2721

Harold is a clockmaker working on a book called “The Aging Magician.” He has a bicycle he rides around his shop. He plays the accordion. His sister calls him a lot. He takes the F train home. He hears the voices of children. Aging Magician is a meditation on the gifts we leave behind for those who come after us, and the hope that they pick up where we left off. It is also a celebration of youth, imagination, and the peculiar magic of ordinary life. In its west coast premiere, Aging Magician is a hauntingly beautiful hybrid of opera and theatre that combines opera, choral music, and puppetry, produced by one of todays most influential and innovative taste makers, Beth Morrison Projects. This show will be presenting at Balboa Theatre on the following dates: • Friday, May 13 at 7:30 p.m. • Saturday, May 14 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The approximate run time is 1 hour and 25 minutes with no intermission. Get your tickets here! Subscriptions on sale now — Individual tickets on sale september 2021. For more information, go to info@sdopera.org or call (619) 232-7636.

Opening the 2021-2022 season with a special concert, mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe will draw from her vast repertoire of opera and Broadway to present a concert of arias and art songs, as well as a few surprises. Accompanied on the piano, Ms. Blythe will be sure to give us an evening we will not soon forget. Stephanie Blythe will be accompanied by Ryan MacEvoy McCullough on the piano. Date | Saturday, October 23 at 7:30 p.m. Location | Balboa Theatre at Downtown, San Diego Get tickets here!Stephanie Blythe made her Company debut in 2014’s "A Masked Ball" as Ulrica, sang in the Company’s "Verdi Requiem" that same year, and returned in recital later that fall for "We’ll Meet Again: The Songs of Kate Smith." She was scheduled to sing the title role of Gianni Schicchi last season, the first time the lead role was to be sung by a mezzo-soprano, but that production has now been postponed to the 2022-2023 season.

The House of Ukraine is not the only location in San Diego where donations are being collected.

Cash, bicycle helmets and even body armor are among the donations pouring in to the House of Ukraine in Balboa Park.