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Giacomo Puccini's final opera Turandot gets a brand new ending premiered in Washington, with music by a composer known for video game tunes and a librettist who produced 'Succession'

Butterflies likely split from nocturnal moths around 100 million years ago in present-day western North America or Central America, a new study of the winged insects finds.

For people with damaged or diminished hearing, hearing aids are helpful devices that shouldn't carry stigma.

The Spring Garden & Butterfly Festival on Saturday, May 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m is BACK as you know it with fun and new exciting happenings, too! This year’s event is FREE to attend, but will host exclusive ticketed experiences throughout the day for guests to purchase. Leading off the exclusive experiences is The Water Conservation Garden’s Ms. Smarty-Plants™! She is excited to be hosting her famous Pollinator Party with all her friends including an animal encounter, talk, and a special surprise giveaway item for each child this year! Butterfly Release purchases include an exclusive storytime interactions with Miss Metamorphosis. Alongside all this excitement are special crafts like creating unique Bee Bath’s for small and mighty pollinators and making your own wearable pollinator wings for young and old alike! Don’t miss our super popular petting zoo companions, too! Included in the FREE Admission to The Garden are access to many specialty vendors, food trucks, and workshops throughout The Garden’s trails. We will be BUZZING all day in enthusiasm to share spring festivities with you and your friends! Cuyamaca College’s Ornamental Horticulture Department is holding their largest Plant Sale of the year in their brand-new Cuyamaca College Nursery on the campus. The Heritage of the America’s Museum will host tours throughout the day. NEW this year, the Cuyamaca College – Coyote Music Festival will present a range of amazing artists in The Garden’s Amphitheater all day. From Rock-n-Roll bands to singer-songwriters’ melodic tunes, there will something extraordinary for everyone to enjoy.

“Listen to everything all the time and remind yourself when you are not listening,” Pauline Oliveros Sound artist and filmmaker XARENI LIZARRAGA manifests a Sonic World transporting audiences to another time, another place, through interdisciplinary art and sound performance. I was all ear invites witnesses to bolster their sonic awareness and deep listening while sharing sound that thickens the sensory stew of our lives. I was all ear celebrates the sense of sound that we depend upon to help us interpret, communicate with, and express the world around us. With Performances By: - “Echoes from a sea cave” written and performed by Dom Cooper - “In the language of the bloom” by Akari Komura erformed by: Camilo Zamudio (percussion), Ilana Wanuik (violin), David Aguila (trumpet), and Natalia Merlano Gómez (voice) - Janet Asuncion improvising on the Kulintang (Filipino String Instrument) - Improvisation by Preston Swirnoff, & Xareni Lizarraga - Sonic meditation by Kerem Brulé For more information visit: projectblanksd.org

This weekend in the San Diego arts scene: Lynn Nottage's hit play, "Clyde's," Ving Simpson at OMA, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," "Kaleidoscope," Daygo Eatz, Baby Bushka and more arts, culture and live music.

Nintendo puts a new coat of paint on an old classic, tweaking its Final Fantasy-style combat just enough to succeed for a modern audience.

Everyone in the community is invited to attend Wings of Hope, hosted by The Elizabeth Hospice, on Sunday, May 7, 2023, from 1 to 3 p.m. This event will take place at the California Center for the Arts, located at 340 N. Escondido Blvd in Escondido. Attendees will have the opportunity to honor and celebrate in a beautiful way the special people who have touched their lives. Admission is free. Registration is required by April 28, online at www.elizabethhospice.org/wings or by calling 760.796.3708. Attendees will receive a butterfly for release, listen to live music, hear uplifting messages from The Elizabeth Hospice’s grief support team and enjoy sweet treats. The Elizabeth Hospice, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit healthcare leader, has been providing hospice care, palliative care and grief support services to children and adults in San Diego County and Southwest Riverside County since 1978. The organization’s highly trained grief counselors help children and adults understand their feelings and thoughts and guide them through the process of coping with the death of a loved one. Grief support services are available to everyone in the community, including those who do not have a patient affiliation with The Elizabeth Hospice. No one needing these services has ever been turned away for financial reasons. In support of the organization’s nonprofit mission, a donation of $50 is suggested to reserve a Painted Lady Butterfly. Additional giving opportunities are available. For more information, contact Tylie Daniels at Tylie.Daniels@ehospice.org or 760.796.3708. All donations benefit The Elizabeth Hospice’s vital services for children and adults impacted by serious illness, grief and loss.

Butterfly Jungle Safari requires an additional ticket for each person age 1 and older. All members and visitors who are planning to enjoy this experience can purchase tickets here. Additionally, all visitors ages 3 and up require a valid Safari Park admission ticket or membership to visit the Safari Park. Members and guests of all ages will love this immersive wildlife experience that allows them entry to the Safari Park’s Hidden Jungle aviary, filled with colorful, fluttering butterflies. This is a great opportunity to capture amazing photos—and experience wonder while discovering the important role butterflies play in nature. This 20-minute experience includes enrichment to offer the butterflies while you explore the habitat. Guides and wildlife care staff will be available inside the Hidden Jungle aviary to enhance guests' experience throughout their visit.For more information about this year's Butterfly Jungle experience, visit our Seasonal Events FAQ page. March 18–May 14, 2023 Don’t let this magical moment flutter by without you! Due to fire safety codes, we are limited to five carried infants (under the age of one) through the Butterfly Jungle experience at the same time. To ensure a spot for everyone in your party, please reserve and purchase a space for everyone, including infants under the age of one. Groups with infants under the age of one, without a purchased ticket may be rescheduled to another time slot upon arrival. San Diego Zoo Safari Park on Facebook / Instagram / Twitter

The population of monarch butterflies that migrated south to Mexico to hibernate fell 26% from a year earlier.