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From the KPBS/Arts newsletter: Local artist Melissa Walter and the New Mexico-based mixed media artist Manuel Alejandro Rodríguez-Delgado will both open separate exhibitions at Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego-North campus in Encinitas. While Walter's work is always fascinating and science-informed, for this show she is also debuting some experimental animation. Rodríguez-Delgado will show installation work that combines drawing, sculpture and collage. Opens with a reception from 4-8 p.m. on Aug. 17. Free. —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS From the museum: Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego’s Encinitas location presents its fall exhibitions: San Diego-based artist Melissa Walter will create a site-specifc installation of the 100 drawings that comprise Southern Blot Method, as well as an experimental animation that conveys the computational processes of DNA analysis as something more familiar. And in his first solo museum show in the continental United States, Puerto-Rican born, New Mexico-based Manuel Alejandro Rodríguez-Delgado, will present a new installation that combines drawing and collage, alongside new and existing sculpture. These exhibitions are part of ICA San Diego's 2024-2025 Interface season, which explores the parallels between art and science in our daily lives. Visit: icasandiego.org/current-season to confirm museum hours. Closed Monday–Wednesday https://icasandiego.org/plan-your-visit/

A donation from an Encinitas resident could change the fate of an empty city-owned lot at the center of an affordable housing debate.

"It's not just that you're perpetrating a fraud" by spreading bogus images, expert Hany Farid says. The fakes also sow confusion about an ongoing catastrophe.

The Borrego Springs Film Institute is proud to present the Twelfth Annual Borrego Springs Film Festival! Featuring five days of exceptional independent films, community panels at the Borrego Springs Library, not to mention top-notch parties, galas and award ceremonies with attending filmmakers and festival pass-holders. The 12th BSFF opens on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, with a day of free screenings - no tickets necessary - at the Library, and continues Thursday through Sunday, with screening Blocks presented at BSPAC, and concluding with an Awards Ceremony at the theater, on Sunday evening, Jan. 19, 2025. This year we’re screening 93 films, with a wide range of styles and genres, and we’ve got several BSFF alumni filmmakers returning to the festival with brand new shorts to debut to our audience, plus a terrific slate of Filmmaker and Community Panels being presented at the Borrego Springs Library, free and open to the public. Festival Passes and Block Passes (for screenings at BSPAC) can be purchased on our website. Borrego Springs Film Festival on Facebook / Instagram

Interested in writing your own series? You’re in luck. Writers will learn all the basics, including what information to repeat in subsequent books (and why), how to make every volume a stand-alone, and how and when to conclude a series. Join us for this fun, interactive program!

As San Diego County’s second-largest city continues to grow, emergency planning documents show its wildfire management isn’t keeping up.

Gil Shaham is one of the foremost violinists of our time; his flawless technique combined with his inimitable warmth and generosity of spirit has solidified his renown as an American master. The GRAMMY Award-winner, also named Musical America’s “Instrumentalist of the Year,” is sought after throughout the world for concerto appearances with leading orchestras and conductors, and regularly gives recitals and appears with ensembles on the world’s great concert stages and at the most prestigious festivals. A consummate musician recognized for her grace, subtlety and brilliance, Orli Shaham has established an impressive international reputation as one of today’s most gifted pianists, in demand for her prodigious skills and admired for her interpretations of both standard and modern repertoire. The New York Times called her a “brilliant pianist” and The Chicago Tribune referred to her as “a first-rate Mozartean.” She has performed with most of the major orchestras in the United States and with many ensembles across five continents, given recitals on stages from Carnegie Hall to the Sydney Opera House and appeared at music festivals around the world. Visit: https://theconrad.org/events/gil-orli-shaham/ La Jolla Music Society on Instagram and Facebook

Ukraine said it would reciprocate any genuine ceasefire by Moscow, but voiced skepticism after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a temporary Easter truce in Ukraine starting Saturday.

In New York major party candidates automatically appear on the ballot, but minor party candidates must collect 45,000 voter signatures by petition in order to qualify. Kennedy, who has withdrawn from the race and backed Donald Trump, gathered more than 100,000 valid signatures.

Trump has slapped 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico — and an additional 10% tax on Chinese goods. Americans are likely to see higher prices on a wide variety of products as a result.