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A New World returns to San Diego! Don’t miss this opportunity to experience the beauty and power of Final Fantasy music in the most intimate setting. The incredible New World Players chamber ensemble, led by acclaimed conductor Eric Roth, will perform classics and surprises, battle medleys and character themes from throughout the entire series. Specially featuring the music of composer Nobuo Uematsu, A New World delivers an amazing communal music event! Date | Saturday, January 15 at 5 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Location | The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center Get tickets here! Please choose preferred showtime. General admission is $55. For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/awr-music-productions-llc or call (858) 459-3728.

Showcase your talents and creativity by submitting an essay, poem, visual artwork, song, rap, or other creative work that represents a Black historical figure or an event in Black American history that has influenced your personal life or shaped the world. Gift for all participants! Contest rules: Contest is open to students in 4th to 12th grade only. 1. One entry per person. 2. All content must be original work. 3. Make it colorful, be creative and have fun! 4. All entries must be submitted by February 28. Digital Work Submissions: Submit entry to the Valencia Park/Malcolm X Library via email at mxstaff@sandiego.gov or their Facebook page (please tag your entry with @malcolmxlibrary) with the following information included: Title of work, medium, student name, parent name phone number, email address, and grade level. Physical Work Submissions: Attach the completed entry form to your work and Submit physical work to Valencia Park/ Malcolm X Library by February 28 to be considered. Date | Submissions are accepted throughout the month February. Location | Valencia Park/ Malcolm X Library The contest is sponsored by Buy Black San Diego, Southeast Art Team, and the Friends of the Malcolm X Library. For more information, please visit sandiego.librarymarket.com/events/black-history-month-contest-2022 or call (619) 527-3431.

Circus performance transcends age, socioeconomic status, even language. You can go anywhere in the world and entertain anyone. And for me, it's my home away from home.

As the Legislature reconvenes today, Californians can expect lawmakers to continue focusing on housing and climate, plus COVID-19, health care and how to spend another budget surplus.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has projected a $22.5 billion budget deficit for the upcoming fiscal year.

Whose life will you save? The Carlsbad Village Association hosts its first Heart of the Village Blood Drive of 2022. Over 130 pints of life-saving blood have been donated during this fantastic event, going strong for five years. We are pleased to have Barrio Glassworks be our host location this year. While here, you can enjoy their live glass blowing demonstrations and beautiful art gallery and retail store. Enjoy convenient Valentine's Day shopping in one location! Artisan vendors will include: • Handmade greeting cards by local artist Monica Martin • Homemade chocolate gift boxes by Susie's Sweet Fudge • Handcrafted shortbread cookies by Carlsbad Cookie Company •Spa gift sets and glass creations by Barrio Glassworks • On site gift wrapping • Live music! Date | Saturday, February 12 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Location | Barrio Glassworks This is a free event, open to the public. For more information, please visit carlsbad-village.com/events/heart-of-the-village-blood-drive or call the Carlsbad Village Association at (760) 453-7076.

Testing has confirmed that this condition on the rise in the shelters is canine pneumovirus.

Often regarded as Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter’s most enduring play, this masterwork of family warfare is set in an all-male household that relies on fantasy and one-upmanship for its very existence. This toxic, but familiar pattern is disrupted when a long-absent son returns with his new wife. Her presence ignites an explosive situation, one that is vicious, funny, and unsettling. Although written more than 50 years ago, "THE HOMECOMING" explores issues about power, sexuality and self-identity that are still debated today. Tony Award winner for Best Play. Suitable for mature audiences only. Dates: Feb. 2, 2022 - March 27, 2022 Times: 2 p.m. - 8 p.m. (Wednesdays-Sundays) (Times vary on days) Location: North Coast Repertory Theatre Cost: $51-$64 Visit https://northcoastrep.org/production/the-homecoming/ or call (858) 481-1055 North Coast Rep is on Facebook + Instagram + follow @NorthCoastRep on Twitter

National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry has spent more than 10,000 hours underwater, often in extreme conditions beneath Arctic ice and in predator-infested waters. Journey with him from the North Atlantic, where harp seals face the threat of declining sea ice, to the temperate waters of New Zealand, home of the fastest shark in the world—the mako. The stunning images he captures while on assignment offer a mesmerizing glimpse of the “soul of the sea.” National Geographic Live is presented by Office Depot. Date | Thursday, March 31 at 7 p.m. Location | The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center. Get tickets here! Ticket prices ranging from $36 to $70. For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/brian-skerry or call (858) 459-3728.

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.