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NYC Mayor Eric Adams has used AI for robocalls in Mandarin, Yiddish, and other languages he doesn't speak IRL. NPR's Scott Simon ponders the downsides of this.

Residents of the Paterson, N.J., community say nearly everyone there knows someone killed in the Israel-Hamas war.

As the environmental crisis deepens, we must take action to heal the planet where we have wounded it. For persons of faith that action is rooted in our faith traditions and practices. So we will gather on Saturday, April 29 at 5-6 p.m. at the Moreton Bay Fig Tree arbor in Balboa Park for an interfaith, interactive and intergenerational service to connect with the Divine presence and build toward a thriving and diverse future (bring a lawn chair if you wish to sit). Following the service, we host a bring-your-own picnic for community and fellowship. All are invited to attend!! For more information, contact Phil Petrie–phil@icejsd.org. This event is sponsored by the Interfaith Coalition for Earth Justice and partner faith communities. Rain date: Sun. May 7. Please register here--https://sandiego350.org/event/civi_event_1491/?instance_id=498

The Great British Baking Show has had a long and bumpy ride, but it's finally righted the ship by focusing on the fundamentals.

National data shows COVID-19 levels are moderate. In most of the U.S., levels of other respiratory viruses are low, although RSV is ticking up in some southeastern states.

From the organizers: Happy Birthday, Mr. Shakespeare! is The Old Globe’s annual AXIS celebration for our longest resident playwright! We invite families to join us on our Copley Plaza for live music, puppetry, Shakespearean performances, craft making, a stage sword fighting workshop, an Elizabethan dance presentation, and more. This event is free to attend and takes place on April 22 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Come party for the Bard! Related links: The Old Globe on Instagram | Facebook The Old Globe Arts Engagement on Instagram | Facebook

The federal agency says it is proposing a ban on the use of formaldehyde in hair straighteners and smoothers, which have been linked to increased cancer risks.

Many more truckloads of aid are waiting in Egypt. Hundreds of trapped Americans had come to the border, hoping the aid delivery could be chance to escape the violence. But none were allowed out.

An evening of operatic performance art, contemporary dance, electronics, and an experimental vocal choir at Intervals, a new gallery and performance space run by artist Preston Swirnoff in Little Italy. Joseph Keckler, NY’s operatic songsmith, trickster performance artist, raconteur poet, and many other things performs his San Diego debut! Keckler was crowned New York’s “best performance artist” by Village Voice and his work has been acclaimed by New York Times, Artforum, Bomb, and Wall Street Journal. Keckler's Tiny Desk on NPR and several other mind blowing performances have been attracting fans and audiences worldwide. For his performance at INTERVALS Joseph will perform a solo set with video, voice, spoken word, and probably other things we haven’t been told about. Mala Forma is a contemporary dance group led by Justin Morrison who will perform with musical accompaniment by improvisers Everything Will Be Okay. Mystery Cave is an electronic musician who creates ethereal dreamworlds of sound and has performed over the last 13 years at venues such as MCASD, The Casbah, and Che Cafe. San Diego New Verbal Workshop is an experimental vocal choir who will perform “The Great Learning, Paragraph 7” by avant garde composer Cornelius Cardew.

It’s a swinging tour of the country through American Songbook! The birthplace of the Songbook was New York but that didn’t stop musicians from creating a catalogue of memorable tunes about other cities. It’s a show of recognizable standards with a dozen stops in places like Chicago, Rhode Island, Alabama, San Francisco, and even down Route 66. Ages allowed: 18+ Visit: artcenter.org/event/get-out-of-town Jazz at the Ballroom on Facebook / Instagram