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The K-pop superstar and BTS member performs a set of solo material in front of a very impressive replica of the Tiny Desk.

NOTE: This event will now be outdoors and feature music and speaker Shane Harris. The event will now be from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Martin Luther King Jr is one of the most respected African-American leaders in history, this celebration is to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Even fifty-one years after his presence, his messages keep being relevant in the United States of America and all around the world. Worldbeat Cultural Center, located in Balboa Park, is celebrating the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr with a family festival. With live music, dancing, vegan food, an outdoor cultural arts & craft vendors marketplace, and more. The celebration will feature multi-cultural performances and special guest speakers. This is a family event for everyone! Those who have grown up with Martin Luther King’s ideas and youth who keep conveying his spirit of unity through the years, join us to keep his dream alive. Date: Jan. 17, 2022 Time: 1 to 4:30 p.m. Location: Worldbeat Cultural Center Cost: Free For more information visit https://events.worldbeatcenter.org/event/33rd-annual-martin-luther-king-day-celebration/

Many of Ricardo Nuila's patients at Houston's Ben Taub Hospital are dealing with serious illnesses as a result of not being able to access basic preventive care. His new book is The People's Hospital.

John Vercher trained in mixed martial arts as a young man. His novel, After the Lights Go Out, centers on a veteran MMA fighter who struggles to remember everyday things.

For the third year, Tiny Desk concerts team up with globalFEST for a thrilling online music festival — Tiny Desk meets globalFEST.

Publisher after publisher rejected the memoir before Doubleday took a chance in 1997. At its core, the book is about the power of relationship and focusing on others.

For more than 40 years, Human Rights Watch has defended people at risk of abuse by investigating abuses scrupulously, exposing the facts widely, and relentlessly pressing those in power for change that respects rights. HRWFF makes effort to celebrate diversity of content and perspective in the films we select and post-screening conversations we host. From filmmakers to film participants to panelists, we strive to prioritize space for identities, viewpoints, forms of expertise and experiences either silenced or marginalized in the film industry, news and media. Discussions following the screenings with filmmakers, film participants, human rights activists & journalists take place after every screening to provide our audience with the opportunity to dig deeper into the issues they have just seen on screen. Get your passes and join us online for a week of dynamic films and live conversations with filmmakers and human rights experts from around the world. Click here to see full movie line-up. Date | From Wednesday, February 2 through Tuesday, February 8. Click here to see full schedule. Location | Online Get tickets here! General public: $9 Film festival pass: $35 HRW/ MOPA Members: Individual tickets $6 + Festival pass $20 High School students + teachers can view the films free: email lane@mopa.org for free ticket codes for your class. This event is brought to you by Human Rights Watch and the Museum of Photographic Arts. For more information, please visit ff.hrw.org/san-diego or contact Arturo Garcia from MOPA at garcia@mopa.org or by phone at (619) 238 7559 x210.

A hefty donation to the Library of Congress will fund new spaces and exhibitions. The first one is scheduled for next year.

Happy Holidays! Many times, viewing art is a contemplative, awe inspiring, scholarly exercise. But we believe it can also be entertaining! Come with us on a docent-guided visit to the Timken Galleries with a light-hearted step and a pair of red and green colored glasses, keeping in mind the ideas of fun, family and the meaning of Christmas! THIS EVENT IS HELD ONLINE VIA ZOOM. When: Dec. 9, 2021 @11:00am Where: Virtual Zoom Link How Much: Free For more information on this event and for zoom link registration please visit HERE!

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced Wednesday his country will export more than a dozen of its Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine. The move follows weeks of pressure from Western allies.