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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

Producers have been saying for years that large Broadway orchestras are not financially feasible. In fact, the issue led to a strike 20 years ago. So why are some shows bringing them back?

President Joe Biden is pledging to give Native Americans a stronger voice in federal affairs.

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.

The internationally-renowned show exploring the percussive possibilities of the human body and everyday objects ends Jan. 8.

"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

A deviously delicious Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi smash musical, "Little Shop Of Horrors" has devoured the hearts of theatre goers for over 30 years. Howard Ashman and Alan Menken (Disney’s "The Little Mermaid," "Beauty And The Beast," and "Aladdin") are the creative geniuses behind what has become one of the most popular shows in the world. The meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn stumbles across a new breed of plant he names “Audrey II” – after his coworker crush. This foul-mouthed, R&B- singing carnivore promises unending fame and fortune to the down and out Krelborn as long as he keeps feeding it, BLOOD. Over time, though, Seymour discovers Audrey II’s out of this world origins and intent towards global domination! Related links: San Diego Musical Theatre website SDMT on Instagram SDMT on TikTok

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

Smart guns have mainly been the stuff of movies. In the real world, technological and political challenges have meant the high-tech devices haven't become a reality. That may be about to change.

Encore Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV (no longer available to stream). Separated by decades and starkly different circumstances two women rebound from incarceration. They each overcome their years of addiction and abuse to pursue the promise of higher education. These aspiring scholars navigate parole, raising young children, and self-healing to find acceptance, sisterhood, and hope for a new life.