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This weekend in the arts: Marino Gomez's customized action figure art; City Ballet's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"; Drug Hunt's album release; bomba dance and free admission at MCASD; 32 years of juried exhibitions at the Athenaeum; a new mural meets centuries-old art; plus concert picks and more.

Nicolas Cage plays a satanic murderer, and Maika Monroe is the clairvoyant FBI agent on his trail, in this tense and frightening horror movie.

In a landmark ruling, the court said same-sex couples are eligible to receive the same health insurance benefits as heterosexual couples. South Korea doesn't legally recognize same-sex marriages.

Scientists have created a new tool that can give 5 minutes advance warning of a dangerous rogue wave in the ocean.

Mateo Askaripour's sophomore novel is a sprawling speculative-fiction narrative that delivers a heartwarming story about a young woman learning to navigate the world.

On July 18, 1984, a gunman killed 21 people and wounded 19 others at a McDonald’s in San Ysidro.

The award for lifetime artistic achievements will also recognize jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer Arturo Sandoval. The Apollo Theater will receive a special Honors as "an iconic American institution."

Learn to make a basket made from long leaf pine needles, using waxed Irish linen, an assortment of beads or other embellishments, starting with a stone center. Topics to be covered include the differences between pine needle types, preparing the needles, waxed Irish linen, basket centers, embellishing your basket, and how to start and how to finish your basket. Students have the option to weave a basket, a pendant, or an ornament. Basket Weaving is a wonderful way to recycle from nature and is also a meditative activity. No experience necessary. Ages 18+ welcome. $15 material fee payable to the instructor at the start of class. For more information visit: sandiegocraft.org Stay Connected on Facebook

Culinary Historians of San Diego will present “Columbian Exchange: the Positives,” with Barbara Baxter, at 10:30 a.m. January 20 in the Neil Morgan Auditorium of the San Diego Central Library. How did Christopher Columbus’ voyage to the New World in 1492 change the American cuisine? Barbara will describe and illustrate how important the transfer of animals, grains, spices and more greatly influenced the cuisines of the New and Old Worlds. Barbara Baxter is a popular Culinary Historians of San Diego presenter. Her main interest is in wine, whose history is naturally interlinked with food. After studying wine at Paris’ University of Sorbonne, she continued her study of its history. Barbara has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, and has lectured at many museums and UC universities in California. The event will be followed by a tasting and chat with Barbara B Stay Connected on Facebook

Adorn your walls, windows, and even fences with cheerful, fused glass pocket vases created by your own hands. With Spring around the corner, these water-tight vases are wonderful for flower cuttings, dried flowers, herbs, incense sticks, or just left plain. They also make the perfect gift for Valentine’s! In this class, you will be shown how to use thick fiber paper to create the form for the “pocket” of your vase and how to embed the chain hooks within your design. You will be guided as needed in glass cutting techniques and design considerations. Each student will have approximately 8” x 8” of space in the kiln so 1-2 vases can be made. Bring someone in your family or a friend! Beginners welcome! There is a cash-only $10 special materials fee (for hooks, chain, and fiber paper) due on day of workshop. All tools and materials are provided. This workshop is recommended for 14yrs+ or 12yrs+ if accompanied by an adult. For more information visit: sandiegocraft.org Stay Connected on Facebook