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Note: This production has been canceled. Feb. 17 through Mar. 20, 2022. Opening night: Feb. 26. By Miranda Rose Hall Directed by Kym Pappas From '5 plays to see in San Diego in February' (KPBS Feature) New York-based playwright Miranda Rose Hall's new work, "Best Lesbian Erotica 1995," was part of Diversionary's 2020 Spark New Play Festival, with a radio play-style virtual reading. This month's fully staged, world premiere production is directed by Kym Pappas, who also directed that virtual reading almost two years ago. The cast for this production is brilliant — including San Diego theater world titans like Laura Zee and Katie Haroff, Andrea Agosto and more. Hall's play is a tryptic of three distinct sketches: a comedy looking at lesbian erotic fiction; a study of domestic terrorism against the backdrop of the Oklahoma City bombing; and a reflection of the LGBTQ woman's role in culture in that era. —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS. Read more here. From the theater: About the show In this triptych of love, lust, and domestic terrorism, a joyous romp through lesbian erotic fiction collides with one of the darkest hours in U.S. history. This thrilling new play from the author of The Hour of Great Mercy (Winner: Outstanding New Play, 2019 San Diego Critics Circle Awards) is a wild ride through the heights of fantasy and the depths of horror to confront a country at war with itself, and discover how to heal after tragedy. About the writer Miranda Rose Hall (she/her/hers) is a playwright from Baltimore, MD. Her plays include Plot Points in Our Sexual Development (LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater, finalist for the 2019 Lambda Literary Award in Drama), The Hour of Great Mercy (Diversionary Theatre, 2019 San Diego Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Play), and The Kind Ones (upcoming Magic Theatre). She is currently under commission from LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater, Yale Repertory Theater, Trinity Repertory Company, and Playwrights Horizons SoundStage. She has developed her work with New York Theater Workshop, Baltimore Center Stage, Woolly Mammoth, The Kennedy Center, Center Theater Group / We the Women, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, The Playwright’s Realm, National New Play Network, Orlando Shakespeare Theater, EnGarde Arts, Provincetown Theater, Two River Theater, Cygnet Theater, Single Carrot Theatre, and the Orchard Project. She is a founding member of LubDub Theatre, a New York-based physical theater company. Special events: Low-cost previews: Thursday, Feb. 17 through Friday, Feb. 25, 2022 Youth nights: Thursday, Feb. 17 and Thursday Feb. 25 at 8 p.m. Free student performances, from Diversionary Theatre. This program brings students, schools, and universities to our theater for cutting-edge LGBTQ+ programming. First Fridays for the Military: Friday, Feb. 18 at 8 p.m. Free tickets for those who serve. Contact boxoffice@diversionary.org for more information. Opening night: Saturday, Feb. 25 at 8 p.m. Pre- and post-show festivities Backstage Thursdays: Designer spotlight: Thursday, Mar. 3 at 6 p.m. (pre-show) Industry night: Monday, Mar. 7 at 7 p.m. Theater professionals get pay-what-you-can admission in advance, or $10 at the door. Backstage Thursdays: Director Happy Hour: Thursday, Mar. 10 at 6 p.m. (pre-show) Backstage Thursdays: Next Act! Thursday, Mar. 17 at 6 p.m. (pre-show) Related links: Diversionary Theatre on Instagram Diversionary Theatre on Facebook Box Office: 619-220-0097 boxoffice@diversionary.org

Artist and oil painter, Elena Karavodin is proud to present two solo exhibitions of her artwork featuring figurative oil paintings. Both shows are rooted and inspired by her own personal experiences as an adolescent, woman, and mother. Originally, titled “Now or Never” the exhibition is now divided into two separate bodies of work, “Now” and “Never", simultaneously exhibiting in separate spaces. “Now” is her first hometown solo exhibition, at the Encinitas Community Center. Before opening to the public, the City of Encinitas cited 11 separate artworks for obscenity and removed them from the show indefinitely. On account of the imposed removal of art, Elena has produced a second exhibition titled “Never”, featuring all the original banned paintings that were removed due to censorship, currently on view at ArtHatch in Escondido, Calif. About the Artist: Elena Karavodin’s artwork features figurative studies of women. She draws from inspirations and absurdities observed from human nature, the feminine experience and random situations that we find ourselves in. Elena was born in Los Angeles and raised in Encinitas, Calif. She studied classical art and illustration at Laguna College of Art and Design. Her preferred medium is traditional oil painting focusing on human subjects. Creating art for over 20 years, her work has been shown in various exhibitions throughout the United States. Elena lives in San Diego with her husband and young son, who’s daily discoveries and growth inspire her to push her creative process even further. Please join Elena Karavodin on Saturday, July 10, 2021 from 6-10 p.m. at ArtHatch, Escondido, CA for a free reception of her uncensored art, “Never”. The reception will include a meet and greet with the artist, music, snacks and drinks. Also, make sure to take time to view all the art within the building and front gallery featuring local artists. DON’T FORGET to check out her second show “Now” at the Encinitas Community Center from June 15- Aug. 5, 2021. A free reception for “Now” will be held on Saturday, July 31, 2021 from 6-9 p.m. The reception will include a meet and greet with the artist, music, snacks and drinks.

A new book by native San Diegan Luke Dumas puts us in the mind of a convicted murderer — a young postgrad in Scotland who claims he worked at the behest of the devil.

From "5 works of art to see in San Diego in October" (KPBS feature): Mary Jhun refers to the faces in her work as "the girls." The evocative, wisp-lined silhouettes are adorned with vines, small houses, or markings that seem to emerge from, or become part of, the face. The works feel somewhere between magical realism, hauntings and emotional turmoil. In a new solo exhibition at Thumbprint, "An Obsession," Jhun will show new works, including "Empire Yellow," a vivid, fiery piece. Jhun's works sometimes use delicate watercolor touches against the steady outline of the face, but this one boasts thick brushstrokes and other mark making techniques that lend a degree of power. "Empire Yellow" is intricate and wild at the same time. —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS Details: Oct. 9 through Nov. 6, 2021. Gallery hours: Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. or by appointment. Thumbprint Gallery, 920 Kline St., La Jolla. Free. Reception: "An Obsession" opens at Thumbprint with a reception on Saturday, Oct. 9 from 5-10 p.m. Related links: Thumbprint Gallery on Instagram Mary Jhun on Instagram

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Researchers at UC San Diego estimate that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was likely circulating undetected for at most two months before the first human cases of COVID-19. Plus, distance learning during the pandemic has only worsened students' achievement gap from marginalized communities and those growing up in privilege. But could there be some long-term benefits to this experience? And this weekend in the arts: Cauleen Smith at the San Diego Museum of Art, outdoor Afro-Cuban jazz at Queen Bee’s, a year of virtual civic organ concerts and "There's Something About the Weather of This Place," at Best Practice gallery in Barrio Logan.

The Escondido Arts Partnership is pleased to announce the twelfth presentation of Wood: A Furniture Show XII, hosted by Brian Murphy of Murphy's Fine Woodworking. This exhibition will feature a gathering of some of the very best furniture makers in Southern California showing their work at the Escondido Municipal Gallery. Handcrafted furniture will be exhibited in a variety of wood mediums and techniques, including innovative contemporary, traditional and whimsical art furniture, as well as detailed veneering and marquetry works. This exhibition is presented in association with the San Diego Fine Woodworking Association. This two-month exhibition runs January 7 through February 25, 2022. The opening reception on Saturday, January 8 provides an opportunity for the public to meet the featured woodworking artists from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Awards for outstanding workmanship will be announced at 6 p.m. The Escondido Municipal Gallery's hours | Tuesday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday to Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Exhibitions are always free and open to the public. For more information, please visit escondidoarts.org or call (760) 480-4101.