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The Biden administration is re-opening its embassy in Ukraine and hoping the Senate will approve a new ambassador. The nominee, Bridget Brink, was on Capitol Hill for her confirmation hearing Tuesday.

Backyard Renaissance presents "Abigail's Party," a play by Mike Leigh and directed by Rosina Reynolds. This darkly comic tale on the outskirts of London in the 1970s has been described as the cocktail party from hell and the gathering gone wrong. About the play: "We’re not here to hold conversations, we are here to enjoy ourselves.” So declares the hostess with the mostest Beverly. A working-class girl in 1970s England completely obsessed with appearances, what’s “in”, and having a good time no matter the cost, Beverly only wants what’s best for everyone as long as what’s best is based on Beverly. With an intimate gathering of neighborhood acquaintances, she mixes the cocktails, stirs the scandals, and shakes the sensibilities of their quiet suburban life with unintended consequences. Join us on opening night on Saturday, February 26 at 8 p.m. at Tenth Avenue Arts Center. You can enjoy the play from February 24 through March 19 on the following schedule: • Previews on Thursday 24 and Friday 25 of February at 8 p.m. • Special Industry Performance on Monday, March 14 at 7 p.m. • Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m. • Sundays at 2 p.m. Get tickets here! Previews: $18 General admission: $40 Senior and military admission: $35 Dogtag members: $30 (must have access code) Student admission: $18 Use the Promo Code: EARLYBIRD to receive two (2) Abigail's Party tickets for $48. Applies to performances on February 27 and March 6 only. For more information, please visit backyardrenaissance.com/tickets/abigailsparty or call the venue at (619) 920-8503.

Tuberculosis kills 1.6 million a year — the second deadliest infectious disease after COVID-19. Using immune cells and mRNA technology, scientists in South Africa are working on a new vaccine.

The Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation is bringing back its art program after nearly two years with "Nature's Abundance," a group show featuring five regional artists. Opening reception: Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022 from 2-4 p.m. Artists: Ray Khalife (acrylic and mixed media) Wendy Kwasny (acrylic and oil painting) Ken Roberts (oil painting) Amy Schindler (ceramic with semi-precious stones) Tara Sood (oil painting) The Mission Trails Visitor and Interpretive Center is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Related links: Mission Trails Regional Park on Instagram Mission Trails Regional Park visiting information

The U.S. promised to slash its emissions and send tens of billions of dollars to low-lying and less well-off nations. The war in Ukraine is delaying that even as the toll from climate change rises.

From the museum: Workshop sign-up will begin the day of the event at 10 a.m. by our Education Center. Workshop times: 12 p.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m., and 4 p.m. Space is limited Mingei is thrilled to continue to offer this free, onsite event for all ages. Each month the Museum will partner with local artists and organizations throughout San Diego to provide interactive activities including hands-on art making, musical performances, storytelling prizes and more! This October, honor Day of the Dead and create your own sugar skull piñata with piñata artist Diana Benavidez. You will experiment with cardboard, crepe streamers, tissue and construction paper to craft and decorate your whimsical creation. Alongside the history and folklore of piñatas, Diana will share her own hybrid methods of using this craft for expression and storytelling. Diana Benavidez is a Binational artist from the San Diego/Tijuana border region. Her art practice explores piñata-making as a method of expression and storytelling. Diana builds piñatas that reflect upon her experiences growing up as a woman in a border town. Her work is characterized as introducing materials not commonly found in traditional piñatas such as media, gadgets, and technology. Diana received a BA in Visual Arts from UC San Diego and her art has been exhibited in Mexico, Canada, and the US. Currently, three of Benavidez's piñatas are on display at PIÑATAS: THE HIGH ART OF CELEBRATION group exhibition at Craft in America Center in Los Angeles. Family Sunday is made possible through a generous grant from the ResMed Foundation and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021 AT 7:00 p.m. at The San Diego Natural History Museum About the film: Ravi and Rita dutifully go on an arranged blind date. He’s awkward and sincere, while she’s respectfully present, all to get through the ritual of appeasing their traditional Indian parents. And then COVID strikes! Their phones buzz with news about a stay-at-home order, public transportation is suspended, and they’re stuck together on a date that knows no end—and in quarantine, polite gloves start coming off and it starts getting real. Physician-turned-screenwriter Roshan Sethi proves to be the perfect director of the shelter-in-place rom-com, capturing the hilarity and anxiety of our pandemic hearts and spirits. Admission includes outdoor post-screening reception. Screening tickets available here. Opening film cost: $28 non-member, $21 Pac Arts member About the festival: Ticket info here Film programs and schedules here All festival pass: $295 non-member, $195 Pac Arts member Pacific Arts Movement on Instagram

The Writers Guild of America is on strike — that's the writers of the TV and films you watch. That will disrupt your viewing schedule, but in the long run, there could be benefits.

More than 32 trillion gallons of rain and snow have already fallen on California. But a new study says in a worst-case climate change scenario, that could grow by another one-third.

Shaun Tan's illustrations run the emotional gamut, from oddly whimsical to deeply introspective. Tan is best known for his graphic novel The Arrival and his Oscar-winning short film The Lost Thing.