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Open Studio: Farshid Bazmandegan Saturday, January 10, 2026 | 5 p.m. — 7 p.m. Location: CH Visual Art Studio (In the Administration building across from the Museum) The California Center for the Arts Museum invites the public to a culminating open studio with Farshid Bazmandegan, marking the conclusion of his 2025—26 artist residency. This open studio offers visitors an opportunity to engage with Bazmandegan’s research, materials, and work in progress, providing insight into an evolving practice shaped by memory and displacement. During the residency, Bazmandegan has been developing a new body of work rooted in a childhood memory of a painting of a black horse that once hung in his family home in Iran. Through sculpture and digital media, he explores fantasy as a method for navigating exile and imagining return. The works on view during the open studio represent an active phase of inquiry rather than a finished presentation. Bazmandegan will continue to develop this project over the coming year, with the completed body of work to be presented as part of the 2025–26 In Studio Artist Residency exhibition, opening June 5, 2026. Farshid Bazmandegan on Instagram

Catch breakout San Diego artist and four-time San Diego Music Award nominee Jesse Ray Smith live at the Brooks Theater (217 N Coast Hwy, Oceanside, CA) with his full five-piece band for a night of powerful original music. The evening opens with a special performance by the Whitney Shay Duo. A soulful night of music you won’t want to miss! Jesse Ray Smith on Facebook / Instagram

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Four states have recently passed legislation to limit teaching and assessments via screens for students. So has the United States' second-largest school district.

Macabre Mysterium Presents: "Love at first SLASH!" Roses Are Red, Violets Are Black, Watch Your Step—There’s a Slasher in the back! This Friday the 13th, love comes with a scream. Step into a night where Valentine’s lace tangles with campy slasher bloodlust—because romance has never been so deadly. Date & Time: February the 13th, 2026 | 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. 20+ vendors with eerie, twisted, and heart-stopping creations. The Body Art Bus returns with killer flash tattoos. Blasting rad tunes all night long. Raffles & frightful fun await. New Location: The Lost Abbey 1347 Keystone Way, Ste C Vista, CA 92081 Come dressed in your blood-stained best—whether you’re a doomed lover, final girl, or masked killer, the night is yours to slay. Because sometimes… love doesn’t just break your heart. It slashes it. Macabre Mysterium on Facebook / Instagram

Curated by artist Bryttney-Mischele, "The Way Roots Grow," is a multidisciplinary exhibition and poetry book release celebrating a decade of creative evolution—blending painting, poetry, and storytelling. Artworks in the exhibition trace the interconnected themes of identity, growth, community, and transformation through the lens of Black surreal expressionism. Artists in the exhibition: Daniela Loizart, Isabel Garcia, Brandon Flowers, Ashley Hawkins, Ami Young, Monét Nyre Performers: Euni and Aaron Gomes Reception, Friday March 13, 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. RSVP https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-way-roots-grow-exhibition-tickets-1979828618694?aff=oddtdtcreator Poetry: Saturday March 14, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. / Artists panel: Saturday March 14, 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. Poet's and Storytellers: Claire Hsu Accomando, Diane Gustsfson, Soul Tree, So Wrote Nicholas RSVP https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-way-roots-grow-poetry-event-live-artist-performances-tickets-1981068319673?aff=oddtdtcreator Through the exhibition, curator Bryttney-Mischele explores artwork and poetry rooted in storytelling, reflection and community. Bryttney-Mischele on Instagram

The carousel was first desegregated when part of Gwynn Oak Amusement Park outside Baltimore in 1963. It was moved to the National Mall after the park closed.

New Village Arts presents THE APIARY Written by Kate Douglas Directed by Kristianne Kurner, Founder & Executive Artistic Director San Diego Regional Premiere! The San Diego premiere of an enthralling and funny new work by Kate Douglas, THE APIARY is a funny and thrilling story set in a synthetic honeybee laboratory twenty years in the future. THE APIARY follows four women tasked with keeping the last surviving colonies alive until a shocking discovery inside the hive turns their work, their loyalties, and their futures upside down. The New York Times named it a Critic’s Pick calling it a “bright, strange and mesmerizing marvel”. Previews: January 23-30, 2026 Opening Night: January 31, 2026 Dea Hurston Industry Night: February 9, 2026 January 23 - February 22, 2026 New Village Arts on Facebook / Instagram

"Perspective: Celebrating 100 Years at San Diego Museum of Art." San Diego Ballet Artistic Director Javier Velasco creates a birthday offering fit for a 100 year celebration. A choreographic bouquet, highlighting some of the museum’s most iconic works including one of its earliest acquisitions, the evocative MARIA AT LA GRANJA. Tickets available at sandiegoballet.org/perspective San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park James S. Copley Auditorium 1450 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101 February 13 @ 7 p.m. February 14 @ 8 p.m. February 15 @ 2 p.m. San Diego Ballet on Facebook / Instagram

None of the 13 focus group participants — who all voted for President Trump in 2024 — said they would describe the military action in Iran as going well so far.