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A new wave of artists are reimagining the classic bolero, rising above its gendered tropes and sharpening its quietly feminist rebellion for the contemporary moment.

It is said the best medicine for what ails democracy is more democracy. But what does more democracy mean? If it just means more of the kind of politics we have now then it hardly offers a remedy.

From the gallery: On view now at Quint ONE: An installation of lenticulars and glass-blown mixed media sculptures from the oeuvre of brothers and artistic collaborators Einar and Jamex De La Torre. The artists were born in Guadalajara, Mexico but now create on both sides of the border in Baja California, Mexico and San Diego, CA. This multicultural perspective functions literally through their employment of lenticular technology, which uses multiple images meant to be viewed independently from different angles but merge together when viewed head on. This perspective arises in the central work of the exhibition, Vodyanoy, which suffuses its title character (a creature of the swamps from slavic mythology that can care for people or drown them) with metaphors for a nature-deity serving an overdue bill for humanity’s excess. The results are shifting images of both utopian salvation and realistic warning, evidenced through the clean water flow brought on by meditative Sufi Whirling Dervishes. In the alternating image, a murky green swamp serves as the backdrop for Flemish renderings of the wounded and dead from futile wars. The De La Torre Brothers’ endless book of historical, cultural, religious, and artistic references are all compounded on and distilled in the moral storytelling which permeates their practice. Also included in the exhibition are mixed media blown glass sculptures created over the past decade whose motifs elaborate on the multi-layered concerns of the De La Torre Brothers, including financial excess, corruption, and consumerism, which often lead back to the natural disasters looming large on the planet. Vodyanoy will remain on view at ONE through October 30, 2021

Gaidi Finnie, executive director of The San Diego African American Museum of Fine Arts, joined Midday Edition to talk about their new art exhibit honoring Black lives lost to police brutality and systemic racism.

"We can do a lot better," said Laura Edelson, lead author of a new study on Facebook's ad program. "This is not the state of the art of content moderation, or detection of problematic content."

The extra $600 a week unemployment benefit under the federal CARES Act has helped over two million Californians make ends meet. Now that it's ending, nonprofits and the state look to help fill the gap. We hear from two San Diegans on how the end of the extra benefit will impact their livelihoods. Local and statewide moratoriums have kept a wave of possible evictions on hold for months. With those moratoriums expiring in the coming weeks, thousands of San Diegans could end up on the street if legislators don’t act. In San Diego art events this weekend: TwainFest kicks off a virtual festival, stories inspired by art at Lux Art Institute, youth actors present a classic, a poetry workshop with Gill Sotu and the Spreckels Organ Society continues its weekly webcasts.

A global climate summit got underway today in Glasgow, Scotland. It appears unlikely that this conference will produce any dramatic new changes in policy.

The 17-year-old wanted to bring her father home to his village after he was injured in the city where he worked. She was praised as a national hero and given honors and prizes. How is she doing now?

The American Rescue Plan set aside $135 million for arts and culture, nearly doubling the amount that was available in President Trump's CARES Act, and makes more groups eligible for funding.

The storm brought the first measurable rain to the county since October, when the region experienced some mild showers.