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British composer Martin Phipps discusses how he used an 1808 French piano that once belonged to Napoleon in the score for Ridley Scott's biopic of the one-time emperor.

In honor of Veteran’s Day, Helmand Valley Growers Company (the cannabis brand who donates 100% of their profits to help vets) will be hosting a special pop-up at Coastal Wellness on November 11. The event will allow fans of the brand, cannabis enthusiasts, and the canna curious to meet the HVGC team and enjoy top notch cannabis while thoughtfully giving back to the military community. All HVGC products will be BOGO on Veteran’s Day. Attendees can expect to enjoy games, raffles, and tasty snacks from local food trucks. The event will also be hosted along with cannabis brands STIIIZY, Level and Revenant; in addition to local community groups Veterans Walk and Talk and VetArt. San Diego local cannapreneur and Navy Vet JM Balbeuna will also be taking part in the socially conscious festivities.

Enjoy classic holiday tunes from Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Piazzolla and more in this four hands piano concert by Yumiko Oya & Naomi Hobbs with Ephraim Raitman on percussion. Naomi Hobbs was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. She earned her Music Degree at the Musashino Academia Musicae in Tokyo, where she also taught for ten years. In 1998, one year before she moved to San Diego, she performed Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Concerto with the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra. She was the instructor of Music and Piano class at San Diego Community College district for Ten years. She was the first prize winner of the 7th International Piano Competition in Mexico in 2012 and the gold medalist of 6th Seattle International Piano Competition in 2015. Yumiko Oya grew up in Tokyo, Japan. She began playing piano at the age of three. After moving to the US in 1990, she began studying music theory at Orange Coast College. She was invited to play as a soloist, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4 with it’s orchestra at their annual concert. Further study earned Yumiko her Master’s degree in Piano Performance at the California Institute of the Art. Since then Yumiko has been actively performing as a soloist and with various ensembles. Elegancia Doble : As a duo, they won the first prize of the 17th Japanese Musician’s Association of California Piano competition in 2016. Follow on social media! Facebook + Instagram

Twila Kilgore, the first American-born woman to earn U.S. Soccer’s top-level Pro License, was an assistant under Andonovski and will lead the team while a search for a permanent coach is conducted.

Artists and Repertoire: Rafael Payare, conductor Marc-André Hamelin, piano Richard Wagner: Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 About the program: The exquisitely romantic Second Piano Concerto by Liszt is performed by the great Lisztian, Marc-André Hamelin, whom the New York Times hailed as “A performer of near-superhuman technical prowess.” Music Director Rafael Payare leads the Orchestra in Brahms’ Symphony No. 1, featuring one of the most famous openings in Romantic music, with the deep throbbing bass like a heartbeat, and a great arc of melody rising and falling — it seems so inevitable, so strong a way to begin this symphony. Note: gates for the Thursday performance will open at 6pm. An additional performance takes place Friday, Nov. 18 at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido. Related links: San Diego Symphony on Instagram San Diego Symphony on Facebook

From the organizers: November 11th, we are extremely lucky to have @catekennan_ coming through in support of her upcoming album “The Arbitrary Dimension of Dreams,” being released through Los Angeles’ @postpresentmedium records. Joining Cate will be Tijuana-based gentle folk & sound artist, @surcarilita , and San Diego-based electronic performer 288__am , who will also be curating visuals for the evening. A little more on Cate’s sonic exploration: “Kennan’s sonic palette is vast yet harmonized, deftly matching spectral synthesizers to hazy lap steel guitars and watery analog effects. Existing in the sparsely occupied world of early melodic electronic music, her songs call to mind the sonic landscape’s of Malcolm Cecil, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, and Deux Filles.” Beautiful flyer by @lightgreenfellow Related links: The Brown Building on Instagram The Brown Building Arts on Instagram

The time period for the Spanish Baroque begins roughly in the 1580s and ends in the early 1700s. The art from this region is characterized by visual realism which was consistent with the rest of Europe. Spanish painters also frequently used dark colors and incorporated tenebrism, or strong light sources against primarily black backgrounds. Perhaps the more sombre style that evolved in Spain at this time was a result of Spain's war defeats at the hands of the Netherlands and England, which greatly affected their finances. Spanish Baroque painters were often sponsored by the Catholic Church. They were also heavily supported by the devout Hapsburg emperors who responded well to the severe and noble style of Catholic Counter-Reformation art, which brought religious themes to the masses. It was also the Spanish school in combination with the Dutch Baroque artist who importantly guided European painting toward more naturalism in painting. Spanish masters such as Diego Velasquez, Franciso de Zurbaran, and Juan Sanchez Cotan, and others will be highlighted in this docent-led talk. Follow on social media! Facebook + Instagram

But that never stops NPR's Scott Simon, especially on International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Shorter was a tenor saxophonist who made his debut in 1959 and would go on to be a foundational member of two of the most seminal jazz groups: Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and the Miles Davis Quintet.

Things are looking spooky in San Diego! Join us on Saturday Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. for the Mask-O-Raid presented by Funko and the Comic-Con Museum with an exhibit of vintage Halloween masks and costumes from Funmaker Mike's collection, original Funko art and merch for sale, and a costume contest. Proceeds go to support the Museum’s Education Center and School Access Fund. Tickets on sale now! Comic-Con Museum on Facebook / Instagram / @ComicConMuseum on Twitter