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Come join the celebration as San Diego Gives hosts birthday parties across the county to fundraise for the “Love Them All” fund, which will be evenly split among all participating San Diego nonprofits. Local Roots Kombucha will be giving proceeds of the sale of one of their featured hard kombucha flavors to the campaign all day! The birthday party celebration will be hosted from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00p.m. San Diego Gives on Facebook + Instagram

From the organizers: Xiuhpoualli: 52 Years of Sueños will close out the Centro’s year-long 50th celebration with a Facebook live stream in person Panel Discussion with one of its founding members, Yermo Aranda, 2021 Santa Cruz Artist of the year. Moderated by Profesora Alessandra Moctezuma @almagratia of the Centro Community Advisory Committee. Featuring guest panelists: Josephine “Josie” Talamantes of the Chicano Park Museum & Cultural Center and David Avalos, Maestro, Artist & previous Centro Artistic Director. Yermo planted the seeds which he continues to nurture into the florecimiento of our cultura, through murals in our communities. Approaching the completion of his 94th mural, we invite you to share in the discussion and celebrate this historic exhibit embodying Aranda’s perspectives of community involvement through art. This event is free and open to the public. The community is invited to meet the artist at the closing reception and enjoy light refreshments with music. The event will also feature the San Diego Premier of the short documentary by Gabriel Medina and Marcus Cisneros, of Calavera Media “Painter of Dreams”. Free to attend, register here to hold your seat!

Tagline: A young NYC born and bred Afro-Latina stares down historical, societal, and generational trauma with unflinching courage. Synopsis: First-time feature filmmaker Rebeca “Beba” Huntt undertakes an unflinching exploration of her own identity in the remarkable coming-of-age documentary/cinematic memoir BEBA. Reflecting on her childhood and adolescence in New York City as the daughter of a Dominican father and Venezuelan mother, Huntt investigates the historical, societal, and generational trauma she’s inherited and ponders how those ancient wounds have shaped her, while simultaneously considering the universal truths that connect us all as humans. Throughout BEBA, Huntt searches for a way to forge her own creative path amid a landscape of intense racial and political unrest. Poetic, powerful and profound, BEBA is a courageous, deeply human self-portrait of an Afro-Latina artist hungry for knowledge and yearning for connection. Get tickets here! Rebeca Huntt: Instagram

Saturday Night Live kicked off its latest episode with an exclusive interview with the downed balloon, played by cast member Bowen Yang.

This season’s “Women in Music Festival” focuses on the role women have had on both music composition and performance in our history. The final performance will showcase The Organ Pavilion Rock Band. Featuring some of the best Rock musicians in San Diego, the Organ Pavilion Rock Band has set itself apart by delivering powerful performances of Rock classics with the unique sound provided by the Spreckels Organ. A mix of Rock and Classically-trained artists bring the Rock Classics to a new level. The concert will feature both awarded local lead singers Chloe Lou and Lauren Leigh-Martin with music by the most famous Classic Soul and Rock female singers/bands. Organ Pavilion Rock Band: Facebook

This season’s “Women in Music Festival” focuses on the role women have had on both music composition and performance in our history. The next performer is talented Organist, Chelsea Chen. Chen is an internationally renowned young American organist and composer, returns to her hometown Spreckels Organ for what might just be a night of “rare musicality” and “lovely lyrical grandeur” (LA Times). Expect a unique mix of traditional organ repertoire along with piano/orchestral transcriptions and contemporary music. Chelsea Chen: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

This season’s “Women in Music Festival” focuses on the role women have had on both music composition and performance in our history. The next performer is talented Organist, Isabelle Demers. Known as the ‘diminutive dynamo,’ dazzling Canadian Organist Demers returns to the Spreckels Organ to showcase her incredible virtuosity and varied interpretations at this can’t miss event! The leading organist of Canada, with an international reputation, Demers holds the Joyce Bowden Chair in Organ at the prestigious McGill University in Montreal. Isabelle Demers' Facebook

“The Garners” is a modern vintage duo/trio that embraces gypsy jazz, 1920’s & 30’s jazz, Americana & folk. (Django and the Hot Club of France, Billie Holiday, Patsy Cline, Louis Armstrong, The Mills Brothers, Doris Day, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Johnny Cash, and Leon Redbone). A hard-working Trio composed of two gypsy jazz guitars and an upright bass. Lorelei Garner enchants with vocals and rhythm guitar. Jon Garner provides the grit with vocals and Django-inspired hot guitar, and Paul Tillery provides the warm and swinging foundation with the acoustic upright bass. They provide a raggedly sophisticated, fun, and cool vibe that's perfect for dancing or just chillin'. The tunes they play will be recognized by guests aged 8-108. File Under: Cowboy Bebop and Gypsy Crawl The Garners: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

Come join the celebration as San Diego Gives hosts birthday parties across the county to fundraise for the “Love Them All” fund, which will be evenly split among all participating San Diego nonprofits. PETCO Park will have a kiosk at the game on the concourse in order to support San Diego Gives. Come cheer on your San Diego Padres as well as support the San Diego Community. San Diego Gives: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

Come join the celebration as San Diego Gives hosts birthday parties across the county to fundraise for the “Love Them All” fund, which will be evenly split among all participating San Diego nonprofits. Sammy’s will be giving 20% of their proceeds to the campaign all day! Come enjoy a delicious meal and support the San Diego community. The birthday party celebrations will be at the La Mesa, La Jolla, and Mission Valley locations from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. San Diego Gives: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter