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The landmark plan outlines over 100 steps that federal agencies will take within a year. But the Biden administration says it will only work if other individuals and institutions take action too.

This weekend in the arts: composer Lei Liang's Arctic ocean sounds; Pacific Lyric Association performs "Carmen"; experimental noise art at "Checked Out"; Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival; Lani Emanuel at Oceanside Museum of Art; and the California Ballet's "Awakening."

The variants — BA.2.12 and BA.2.12.1 — have been detected in New York and other states as well as 5 other countries. One has a mutation that seems to give it an edge in evading the immune system.

Audiences will be captivated by a newly conceived, semi-staged celebration of Kurt Weill’s extraordinary body of work. Directed by Zack Winokur, one of the most innovative and exciting talents working today, the program features two of the world’s most in-demand vocalists: Anthony Roth Costanzo, who became an international sensation and won a GRAMMY for his portrayal of the pharaoh in Philip Glass’s opera Akhnaten, and GRAMMY Award-winner Cecile McLorin Salvant, alongside an ensemble of SummerFest musicians for an incomparable evening you will not want to miss. Date | Thursday, August 18 at 7:30 p.m. Location | The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center Get tickets here! Ticket prices ranging from $53 to $113. For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/kurt-weill or call (858) 459-3728.

Please join the Climate Hub in our first quarterly meeting of 2022. We will be hosting a virtual Q and A with local youth activists in San Diego on March 30th from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Moderator: Lucero Sanchez, San Diego Coastkeeper Panelists: Denisse Lopez, Mid-City CAN Olivia Humphrey, SDSU Green Love Natalia Armenta, Youth4Climate Tatiana Butte, Outdoor Outreach Topic: The Next Generation of Change Makers Time: Mar 30, 2022 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88276683242?pwd=Y2xlMDVrQnYvT2NxVldLZkRvNnphUT09 Meeting ID: 882 7668 3242 Passcode: gq5AwZ

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Bono's memoir, the Philly Orchestra playing Dancing On My Own, and Tove Lo's Dirt Femme.

What creative genius’ work has permeated the culture and had more influence than that of the Bard himself? Join us for the intermission-free "Under the Influence: Shakespeare's World" event as we enjoy music from Shakespeare’s time and hear some of his most famous words composed into song. Following Korngold’s popular incidental music for the comedy Much Ado About Nothing, composed in 1920, we conclude with Beethoven’s “Ghost” Piano Trio, which came out of sketches for an opera based on Macbeth that he never completed. Stay after the concert for a special event in the Wu Tsai QRT.yrd to enjoy more music and a feast featuring the best of San Diego’s culinary and craft cocktail scene! Date | Wednesday, August 3 at 7 p.m. Location | The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center Get tickets here! Ticket prices ranging from $43 to $93. For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/shakespeares-world or call (858) 459-3728.

From watching the sun rise — yeah, it's a cliche but it works! — to dancing to techno music to doing good for others to just plain smiling, readers share what gives them optimism in times of trouble.

Heralded by The New York Times as “the hottest artist on the classical music planet,” Lang Lang plays sold-out concerts all over the world with all the world’s top orchestras. The Chinese virtuoso pianist who won international acclaim while a teenager, whose expressiveness and charisma made him one of the most sought-after performers in the early 21st century, comes to San Diego to perform the Goldberg Variations, a milestone he just recorded and released in 2020 to great acclaim. His current tour also takes him to the Berlin Philharmonie, Milan’s La Scala, and London’s Barbican, among other storied halls. Date | Friday, March 18 at 8 p.m. Location | Balboa Theatre Get tickets here! Ticket prices ranging from $55 to $124. For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/lang-lang or call (858) 459-3728.