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Austerity is still likely to be the general theme of San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria's State of the City Address Thursday, as the city grapples with a hastily-plugged budget deficit showing significant gaps.

Community historian and professor T.J. Tallie is wrapping up a year-long research project on the lives of Black LGBTQ+ San Diegans in the '80's and '90's. Plus, a local filmmaker debuts a film about the realities of being an adjunct professor. Then, your weekend preview of San Diego arts events.

Joseph Fulton, a well-regarded fifty-eight-year-old film director of romantic comedies, wants to become assistant groundskeeper at a local cemetery in his Manhattan neighborhood, desiring to work outdoors and be close to nature. Meanwhile, he thinks it’s important to have his last will and testament drawn up. But his highly dramatic actress girlfriend imagines he is dying and that he is just too brave to tell anyone. The rumor spreads and soon friends, family and neighbors crowd into his apartment to say their last farewells. Digital Gym Cinema on Facebook / Instagram

Part memoir and part fiction, Barnes' hybrid novel publishes the day after his 80th birthday. He's been living with a rare form of blood cancer for six years.

Praised for their refined, committed, and technically polished approach by the San Francisco Classical Voice, the New Hollywood String Quartet carries forward the spirit of the famed Hollywood String Quartet of the 1940s and ’50s. In this program, Mozart’s elegance, Wolf’s charm, Turina’s Spanish color, and Ravel’s shimmering sonorities come alive with their distinctive artistry. Mozart – String Quartet No.21 in D major, K.575 Hugo Wolf – Italian Serenade (1887) Turina – La oración del torero, Op.34 Ravel – Quartet in F major Get Tickets Click here to purchase an Intimate Classics Subscription Package (saves 10-25%). New Hollywood String Quartet on Facebook / Instagram

Wax is mostly known as a rapper. He is also a producer, songwriter, singer (kind of), comedian, and all around creative dude. He has been making music for many many years now. Wax's songs have a wide range of styles and cater to many different types of fans and haters. Some are advanced technical displays of rap wordplay, some are heartfelt tales of struggle, some are inspirational numbers containing optimistic advice and/or guidance. Check out his music on Spotify or YouTube. Wax on Facebook / Instagram

Tristan and Connie each agree to volunteer in a clinical drug trial, where they start to fall in love. What they are not sure of is whether their newfound passion is instinctive or a byproduct of dopamine. Thus, the two throw the trial off-course, much to the frustration of the clinicians involved. OnStage Playhouse: Website / Facebook / Instagram

For 24 hours, it was unclear which mental health and addiction programs would survive and who would still have jobs when the dust settled.

Bushra Mahnoor remembers the shame she felt when she had her period as a teen and did not have the supplies she needed. Today she leads a campaign to lower prices for pads in Pakistan.

It's not quite clear what the latest Trek series wants to be: a rollicking adventure, a college coming-of-age story, or a bizarre blend of both?