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This weekend in the arts: "Echoes of Africa" opens at the Central Library Gallery; three exhibitions open at MCASD downtown, including Carmen Argote; the Broadway touring production of "Hadestown"; Gustavo Romero plays (all the) Beethoven piano sonatas; and a Women in Jazz mini-fest.

This year we launched I'm Really Into, a space to celebrate the unique hobbies and interests that bring us joy. Here are some of your favorites.

Oh, how we missed you last year! We just couldn't let another summer come and go without celebrating San Diego and all of the wonderful food & agriculture, arts & talent, business & innovation, and all-around FUN of our community. San Diego County Fair is back and better than ever. You're not going to want to miss out on the all fun the fair has to offer. View the lineup for the Summer Concert Series on the grandstand stage. These shows include same-day admission to the San Diego County Fair. For the best seats in the house, purchase tickets early online at Ticketmaster. Date: June 8-July 4 (The Fair will be closed Mondays & Tuesdays except in June.) Times: 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. Location: Del Mar Fair Grounds For more information on this event please visit HERE!

Nearly $19 million in federal COVID-19 relief funding will go to 28 local entertainment venues, theaters and museums throughout North County San Diego and South Orange County, it was announced Monday.

In this tale of two Avitals, the trio creates beautiful fusion. Drawing on a diverse and exotic set of sounds from Morocco, Israel, and North Africa, mandolinist Avi and bass/oud player Omer Avital conjure jazzy moods via modal melodies and gripping rhythms that explore new cosmopolitan dimensions. Date | Thursday, March 10 at 6:30 p.m. at 8:30 p.m. Location | The JAI at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center Get tickets here! Ticket prices ranging from $48 to $68. For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/avital-meets-avital or call (858) 459-3728.

Labor organizing surged last year, led by Amazon and Starbucks. A Gallup poll found 71% of Americans approve of unions. Yet only 10% of workers belong to a union, as employers continue to fight back.

The Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. was just 16 years old when his cousin and best friend, Emmett Till, was lynched in 1955. Today, he is the last living witness of the kidnapping.

North Coast Repertory Theatre presents Susan Claassen in the award-winning A CONVERSATION WITH EDITH HEAD, A behind the scenes feast of great movie lore and delicious stories as told by 8 time Academy Award winning costume designer, Edith Head. Susan Claassen stars in her internationally acclaimed portrayal of legendary costume designer, Edith Head. Hollywood’s golden age comes to life in an evening of wit, wisdom, and a whisper of gossip! A CONVERSATION WITH EDITH HEAD based on “Edith Head’s Hollywood” by Edith Head & Paddy Calistro, is a feast of delicious behind-the-scenes stories about Hollywood’s greatest stars that provide an intimate portrait of Hollywood’s legendary costume designer. In addition, Claassen and Calistro collected insights from Hollywood insiders who knew Ms. Head best: costume designer Bob Mackie, who once worked as Ms. Head's sketch artist; her dear friend Edie Wasserman, wife of the late Universal Studio head Lew Wasserman; and Art Linkletter, award-winning host of “House Party”, the daytime television show of the 1950s that brought Edith Head into the homes of America. Dates | Monday, March 21, 2022 and Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 7:30pm Location | North Coast Repertory Theatre Purchase tickets here! $40/ticket Call the Box Office at 858-481-2155 or online at https://northcoastrep.org/variety_night/a-conversation-with-edith-head/

CSUSM's very own music faculty, Dr. Ching-Ming Cheng, will be performing LIVE on campus, for the first time since the pandemic. She will be joined by Dr. Janet Kao, faculty pianist at Chapman University, who is also Dr. Cheng’s longtime friend. They will present a two-piano concert featuring old time favorite tunes like Carmen Fantasy and the Disney Theme Medley. Come join us for a fun and joyful night to celebrate friendship with music. Date: Feb. 18, 2022 at 7p.m. Location: California State University, San Marcos (Arts Building 111) For more information on this event and ticket purchases please visit HERE!

China's leaders effectively acknowledged the struggling economy won't hit its official 5.5% growth target this year and said Thursday they will try to prop up sagging consumer demand.