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San Diego Botanic Garden hosts its second annual spring orchid showcase, "World of Orchids," from Saturday, May 7 through Sunday, June 12. The Garden will stage the exhibition, which kicks off Mother’s Day weekend, in its state-of-the-art, 8,000 square foot, glass-enclosed facility – the Dickinson Family Education Conservatory. On select days, the show will feature sales of plants, potting materials, reference guides, and other merchandise by vendors, conservation organizations, and local orchid societies. On Sundays and Mondays from 9 - 10 a.m., Garden members can enter the "World of Orchids" exhibition for a private "Member Hour," during which other visitors are permitted to roam the rest of the Garden. “This exhibition invites visitors to enjoy the vibrant colors, elegant shapes and intoxicating scents for which orchids are so well known, but it also surprises visitors with flowers of unexpected sizes, shapes, and scents,” said SDBG President and CEO, Ari Novy, PhD. “Orchids comprise one of the largest and most diverse families of flowering plants in the world. With hundreds of different species and hybrids on display, this show offers even seasoned collectors the opportunity to discover a strange and delightful new orchid.” Open Wednesday – Monday from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Closed on Tuesday Reservations are strongly recommended The Garden does not process cash transactions. Check in with your mobile or printed ticket at the welcome center. Visit San Diego Botanic Garden on Facebook + Instagram + @SDBGarden on Twitter

Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ is Fosse’s full-throated, full-bodied celebration of the art form he loved, practiced, and changed forever. His hit musical masterpiece is reimagined by director Wayne Cilento, who starred in the original Broadway production of Dancin’. Cilento transforms the show’s original vision for 21st-century audiences. Dancin’ brims with Fosse’s warmth, emotion, color, and endlessly influential style rarely seen in modern interpretations of his work. Performances are now extended through June 5. Location | Old Globe Theatre Purchase tickets here! $52-$112 Featuring an eclectic score that spans a multitude of musical genres and an extraordinary cast of Broadway’s most accomplished dancers, Dancin’ delivers the quintessential Broadway experience for Fosse fans and first-timers alike. You’ve never seen Dancin’ like this. Original Broadway production created, directed, and choreographed by Bob Fosse Choreography by Bob Fosse Direction and musical staging by Wayne Cilento Produced in cooperation with Nicole Fosse Running time: Two hours and twenty minutes. There is one intermission. For further information on this event please visit website: https://www.theoldglobe.org/press-room/2022-season/bob-fosses-dancin/

By day, Saint-Louis native Pape Dieye is a boat captain-turned-tour guide for a fancy hotel that caters to Westerners. By night, he turns down requests to smuggle human beings across the ocean.

One in 10 women or people with uteruses experience endometriosis during their reproductive years.

Bring the whole family and celebrate the season with mural-painting in Balboa Park! This activity is once again taking place outside in our museum's front plaza. The Timken Museum of Art will provide two large canvases and a variety of paint supplies for all park visitors to come and paint together on a large collaborative mural. The museum provides all the supplies. Our museum's mission is to celebrate the important role of art as a way of enriching lives and nurturing the creative spirit in us all. Date | Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 of February from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Location | Timken's Front Plaza It's a free event, open to all, with no experience required! For more information, please visit timkenmuseum.org/creation-station-mural-painting-activity or call (619) 232-7931.

Join the California Center for the Arts: Escondido as they have a performance by The All American Boys Chorus ! They sing everything! Americana, patriotic, Broadway, movies, and popular songs. TAABC is world-famous celebrating over 50 years of presenting programs for all occasions plus performances for five Presidents. You will experience "a joy beyond all expectations". Date | Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 2 p.m. Location | California Center for the Arts: Escondido Purchase tickets in person at the CCAE box office to save handling and credit card fees ($6.00-$8.00) Adults $40.00 ---Seniors $20.00 ----Veterans/military $17.00 ---Students $10.00 ----Children $5.00 For further information on this event please visit website: https://artcenter.org/event/all-american-boys-chorus/ TAABC Social Media: Facebook | Instagram | YouTube

From '5 plays to see in San Diego in February' (KPBS feature) New Village Arts (NVA) will open Roy Sekigahama's new play, "Desert Rock Garden" on Feb. 19, which will mark the 80th anniversary of executive order 9066 — the 1942 directive to create what we now know as the Japanese incarceration camps. Sekigahama's play was written for NVA's 2019 Final Draft New Play Festival, and this will be its world premiere. It's set in 1943 and follows an orphan and an older Japanese immigrant who met in the Topaz War Relocation Center in central Utah. Topaz held more than 11,000 people, and the dry, high desert conditions were harsh. Fuzzy (played by Lane Nishikawa) and Penny (played by Chloris Li) build a friendship in the inhospitable-in-many-ways setting. NVA executive artistic director Kristianne Kurner said in an announcement that this play also marked the company's first National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grant. The production is directed by Yari Cervas. —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS From NVA: Note: This production has been postponed until Feb. 19, 2022. (Low-cost previews run Feb. 11-18). New Village Arts, North County's cultural hub, is hosting the world premiere of "Desert Rock Garden", a memory play about belonging, family, and creating something beautiful out of nothing. About the play: This fictionalized historical story about a young orphan and a Japanese immigrant who forge a friendship in the Topaz Relocation Center in 1943 reveals the inherent human ability to transform nothing — loneliness and barren desert — into something long-lasting and precious. February 19, 2022, marks the 80th Anniversary of Executive Order 9066 resulting in the forced removal of 120,000 men, women and children of Japanese ancestry to incarceration camps across America. You can enjoy the play from Feb. 19 through Mar. 13, 2022 at the New Village Arts Theatre. See full schedule. Get tickets here. Admission starting from $16 - $52. For more information, please visit newvillagearts.org/season-pass/desert_rock_garden or call (760) 433-3245.

Project plans have it providing more than 32% of Oceanside's water supply, or 3 to 5 million gallons per day, and being the first operating advanced water purification facility in San Diego County.

"Female Rising" 8 Paintings in a Series by Deena Altman The Exhibition Opening Day will be Feb 12 from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Open Daily except Sundays from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Through March 11 There is an understanding in our culture, that is subtle and yet pervasive, that women succumb to a certain second-class life. This series of eight paintings explores this issue depicting women at stages from toddler to elder. Each age focuses on the challenges to women at that point in their development giving us a sense of what is experienced and how these challenges both impair and energize their paths. The event is free to the public at Ashton Gallery in North Park. Also known as Art On 30th. Where: Art on 30th Gallery in the lively community of North Park, San Diego. Located at 4434 30th Street, San Diego, CA 92116 Visit https://www.arton30th.com/ Contact: arton30th@gmail.com or (619) 894-9009 Hours at the gallery are 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., closed on Sunday

The VAPA Foundation, whose mission is to enhance the quality of access to arts education in the San Diego Unified School District, will hold its third annual Spotlight benefit event, Beyond Brilliance, on April 10, at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla (7600 Fay Ave, La Jolla, CA 92037). The event begins at 4 p.m. with a prelude VIP reception with a cocktail and champagne toast at the JAI, followed by a 5 p.m. welcome reception, complete with cocktails, bountiful fare and pop-up performances in the courtyard. At 6 p.m., a production featuring musical and theatrical performances by highly gifted SDUSD student artists at the Baker-Baum Concert Hall and at 7 p.m., the much-anticipated dolce & divertimenti of lively jazz, sweets and treats galore, prepared by SDUSD culinary arts students mentored by Chef Giuseppe Ciuffa. Creative, colorful attire is encouraged. The first of its kind event, co-chaired by Doreen Schonbrun and Phyllis Epstein, will honor Pradeep Khosla, Chancellor of the University of California San Diego and VAPA’S leading sponsor. Khosla will be honored for his support and partnership on many levels, including providing services to teachers in curriculum and instruction, professional development, and community collaboration. Tickets start at $100 for Friends which comes with an overture reception and spotlight performance, $200 for supporters including Dolci and divertimenti, and $350 for VIP provides a champagne reception and valet parking. For registration visit: https://give.vapafoundation.org/event/beyond-brilliance/e392159 For more information, to purchase tickets or sponsor the event, visit: https://give.vapafoundation.org/event/beyond-brilliance/e392159 Visit VAPA Foundation on Facebook + Instagram