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This festival from local contemporary movement arts organization Disco Riot will feature artists whom identify as part of the queer, trans and gender-nonconforming dance community in San Diego and beyond. Queer Mvmnt Fest will empower and showcase LGBTQ+ artists from all backgrounds through performance, workshops, discussions, and classes geared for affinity groups as well as open to the general public. The festival will further highlight the work of BIPOC artists within the LGBTQ+ community, examining and centering the need for addressing inequity through an intersectional lens. This festival is the first of many actions towards representation and celebration of queer and BIPOC dance artists in the San Diego community. For the day-by-day schedule of performances, workshops and more, go here. For location details, scroll to the bottom of this page. Friday, Jun. 24: 4:30 p.m. at City Heights Annex: Film screenings 5:30 p.m.: at City Heights Annex: Panel discussion, facilitated by José Héctor Cadena, about portrayals of dance in film. 6 p.m. at City Heights Annex: Film screenings (repeat of 4:30 p.m.) 7:30 p.m. at Art Produce: Queer partner salsa dance lesson with Michelle Morales 8:30 p.m. at Art Produce: Opening garden party Saturday, Jun. 25: 10 a.m. at BalletCenter Studios: Workshop with Xochii de la Noche 11:30 a.m. at BalletCenter Studios: Workshop with Bernard Brown 6 p.m. at City Heights Annex: Performance, featuring Xochii De La Noche, Avery Polster, Anna Brown Massey, Victor De La Fuente, Jasmyn Hamblin, and Jay Carlon. *note: minors in attendance must be accompanied by an adult. This production contains partial nudity 7 p.m. at City Heights Annex: Panel discussion, facilitated by José Héctor Cadena, on the body as a canvas 8 p.m. at City Heights Annex: Performance (repeat of 6 p.m.) Sunday, Jun. 26: 10 a.m. at BalletCenter Studios: Workshop with Mirrored Fatality 11:30 a.m. at BalletCenter Studios: Workshop with Avery Polster 12 p.m. at BalletCenter Studios: Workshop with Jay Carlon 2 p.m. at BalletCenter Studios: Workshop with Marty Dorado 4 p.m. at Tenth Ave. Arts Center: Performance featuring Guillermo Castro, Lavina Rich, Sebastian Eusebio Arredondo, Tylor Bradshaw, Sara Celaya, Alyssa Rose, Sol Dela Rosa, Bernard Brown, and featuring special guest performance by James Gilmer of Alvin Ailey 5:15 at Tenth Ave. Arts Center: Panel discussion facilitated by José Héctor Cadena on collaborative dance performances 7 p.m. at Tenth Ave. Arts Center: Performance (repeat of 4 p.m.) 9 p.m. at Urban Mo's: Closing Party Monday, Jun. 27 (Youth and Family Night) 4:30 p.m. at the Mingei: Youth and family workshop with Alyssa Rose 6 p.m. at the Mingei: Performances and films that highlight LGBTQ+ youth 7:30 p.m. at the Mingei: Panel discussion and info session Related links: Disco Riot on Instagram Disco Riot on Facebook Festival tickets and details Location information: City Heights Annex: 3795 Fairmount Ave, San Diego, CA 92105 Art Produce: 3139 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92104 Tenth Avenue Arts Center: 930 Tenth Ave, San Diego, CA 92101 BalletCenter Studios: 246 W Washington St, San Diego, CA 92103 Urban MO's: 308 University Ave., San Diego, CA 92103 The Mingei: 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101

The Division of Arts and Humanities at UC San Diego is proud to present the "Improvisation in Rast-Panjgah" concert by Amir Hossein Pourjavadi on setar and Pejman Hadadi on tombak on May 26, 2022 at 7 p.m. at the Qualcomm Institute (Atkinson Hall/UC San Diego). This concert is presented in collaboration with the Persian Cultural Center of San Diego, and has been made possible by the Chehreazad Endowed Funds for the Arts at UC San Diego. The event is open and free for the public, UC San Diego faculty, students and staff, and members of the Persian Cultural Center. Parking in Gilman Parking Structure RSVPs requested to galleryqi@ucsd.edu. An important note: QI adheres to current UC San Diego guidelines regarding COVID-19 and public safety. Complete guidelines are available on the Return to Learn website. Students, staff, faculty, and UC Affiliates must show their daily symptom screener and must have green thumb to attend. Non-affiliate attendees are encouraged to test within 24 hours of the event. Persian Cultural Center is on Facebook + Instagram

Join Gallery QI for "Three Echologies: Scene 2: Planetary Echologies," a performative piece by Unidad de Conciencias Colectivas Terrestres (Terrestrial Collective Consciousness Unit), Electronic Disturbance Theater 2.0 and *particle group* from QI Principal Investigator Ricardo Dominguez. Date | Thursday, May 19 at 5 p.m. Location | UCSD Atkinsons Hall Free Event, RSVPs requested to galleryqi@ucsd.edu. “Scene 2: Planetary Echologies” explores climate borders, environmental degradation and "ecosophy," a philosophy dedicated to studying links between social relations, human subjectivity and the natural world, through the medium of art. The performers find inspiration in the book “The Three Ecologies,” in which the psychoanalyst, philosopher and playwright Félix Guattari defines ecology at three different scales: planet-wide crises like the pandemic and climate change, intermediate-level relations like micro-politics and micro- and molecular scales within the body. All Gallery QI events are free and open to the public. Food and drink will be provided. An important note: The Gallery QI adheres to current UC San Diego guidelines regarding COVID-19 and public safety. Students, staff, faculty, and UC Affiliates must show their daily symptom screener and must have green thumb to attend. Non-affiliate attendees are encouraged to test within 24 hours of the event. For further information on this event please visit: http://www.calit2.net/events/

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"Resilience" is a three-night exploration of queer love through art, music, celebration and community at The Brown Building in City Heights, Feb. 11-13, 2022, 5-10 p.m. each day. Some of the works will be for sale, and a percentage of each sale will be donated to The Brown Building. Featuring work by: Xochi Perez, Tarrah Aroonsakool, Santol Abi, Priscilla LaSalle, Maya Joshi, Marina Grize, Margo Alleman, J Ordaz, Haus of Tea Bois, Gwen Miramontes, Delana Thompson, Arnold Baretto, Anthony Carter, Ally Pizzo. About a few of the artists: Marina Grize is a Southern California-based artist who uses collage, poetry and contemporary media to consider the politics of care. Through collection and interpretation, she explores queer identity, perception and desire. Her works "I Think I Want To Be As Beautiful as the Ocean (Jules) 1 & 2" at The Brown Building. Tarrah Aroonsakool is a queer, first-generation multi-disciplinary artist from San Diego, using watercolor not to paint a pretty picture of humanity, but an honest one, using found material and stylistic choices, while blending unconventional materials and the beauty of conventional realities. She uses common household items like cardboard, rice, tea, salt and coffee in her work. Ally Pizzo is a dark, figurative artist who uses mediums such as graphite, ink and watercolor to express themes of identity, depression and isolation. Many of the subjects in Ally's pieces are references of actors and models from the 1920s or self portraits. See their piece "Sacrifice" in person at The Brown Building. Xochi Perez is a queer, Latina film photographer based in San Diego using 35mm film. The photographs featured in this show were taken during the "dyke march" in New York City. Arnold Barretto is a Middle East-based fine art photographer, designer, book artist and printmaker. Currently he is working on photographing the gay community in the Middle East with an extra emphasis on sensuality which is often seen as obscene. All portraits included are faceless to protect the identity of the models while also commenting on the lack of visible identity that they quee community has here. Related links: The Brown Building Arts on Instagram The Brown Building on Instagram The Brown Building on Facebook

Officials expect the charges to run in the dozens, and — if convicted — suspect Robert "Bobby" Crimo III could face a mandatory life sentence without parole.