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From the museum: The Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego (ICA San Diego) invites the community to experience Greg Ito’s Performance as he engages his blooming sculpture at the top of the hill on Saturday, July 23 at 6:00pm. This performance is the conclusion of his exhibition All You Can Carry, which closed on May 15, 2022. His outdoor installation will remain onsite until further notice. Greg Ito will go on a journey of regrowth as he traverses the land with all the water he can carry to the summit. Ito’s performance symbolizes the Japanese-American experience of the internment camps during World War II and the rebuilding afterwards, incorporating personal histories of his own grandparents. *Please be advised that the sculpture walkway has a mild rise to the top of the hill where the performance is taking place. To avoid disrupting the performance, the uphill driveway will be closed. Arrive early to park in the lower lot or on the street. The performance, as part of Art Night Encinitas, begins at 6:00pm in the Education Pavilion Garden at the ICA / North Campus. Support for this program is made possible through Anat Ebgi Gallery, Los Angeles. Related links: ICA San Diego on Instagram ICA San Diego on TikTok ICA San Diego on Twitter RSVP here

July 31 – Sept. 4, 2022 (Opening night: Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022) Lowell Davies Festival Theatre By William Shakespeare Directed by Patricia McGregor Fall under the spell of Shakespeare’s most joyful and popular comedy. Filled with magic, humor, music, and spectacle, the merriment unfolds in an enchanted forest where fairies play tricks on unsuspecting lovers and bumbling actors are transformed beyond their wildest dreams. With a magic potion that grants love at first sight, anything can, and does, happen! Learn about the cast here. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is supported by lead production sponsor Darlene Marcos Shiley, with additional support from Ann Davies, Globe Guilders, Gillian and Tony Thornley, Vicki and Carl Zeiger, and artist sponsors Sue and Edward "Duff" Sanderson (for director Patricia McGregor). This production is supported in part by the Jean and Gary Shekhter Fund for Classic Theatre. Find tickets here. Related links: The Old Globe on Instagram The Old Globe on Facebook

Mya Byrne loved country music since her childhood in New Jersey. But it took years of searching and traveling to lead to the place where she could make her new album, Rhinestone Tomboy.

Zephyr was silenced and barred for chiding her Republican colleagues over legislation to restrict gender-affirming health care and for encouraging protesters.

Black Comic Creators, Artists, Writers, Designers, and Innovators Collide! Educational, entertaining, and informative space for creatives. Our Vision is to provide an educational, entertaining, and informative space for creative and critical thinkers alongside community builders to experience speculative futures and the multiverse as an exploration of art as well as a world of opportunities. Held in collaboration with the San Diego African American Museum of Fine Arts exhibition "The Buses Are Coming" at Quartyard. Thursday, July 21, 2022 2:00 p.m.: Welcome Khemetic Yoga -Mika Marzette of Ascendtials accompanied by Nigel Zuniga on Drums Introduction to Afrofuturism - Dr. LaWana Business Side of Being Creative (with Qamar Bradford and more) Climate Change Through an Afrofuturist Lens (with Sonja Robinson and more) Tema Sister Society - Afrofuturism Dream Tank Khalil Nash 6 p.m. - Cosplay Contest (enter by 4 p.m.) 7 p.m. - In Conversation - James Spooner w/ Ezra Claytan Daniels 9 p.m. - AfroPunk Screening @Digital Gym Cinema 8 p.m. - midnight Cosplay Bowl and Flex @ Tavern Bowl Friday, July 22, 2022 2:00 p.m.: Opening Healing Session - Discussion of Melanin by Llaila Africa Free Thought Revolution - Ramses Curating Currency for the Future Freedom Riders for Food Justice Mookneto Cannabis as a Tool of Abolition Lyza E 7 p.m. - In Conversation with Tim Fielder and Dr. LaWana Register here. Related links: Afrofuturism Lounge website Dr. LaWana Firyali Richmond on Instagram

From San Diego weekend arts events (KPBS feature): Park Social is the City of San Diego's new public art program that pairs artists with public parklands in San Diego. It launched in May, with projects, installations, workshops, "activations" and other participatory events happening on a rolling basis until November — plenty of time for audiences to gradually discover as much of the art as possible. This weekend's "Park Social Exploration Day" is a way to make a day of it, and tour several projects in a row. Nine of the 18 projects will be on view, mostly in their final forms. I recently profiled Margaret Noble's sound-based chalk mural in Point Loma, "Locked Groove" in one of the summer's five works of art. You can also read more here about "Collective Memory," Yvette Roman and Sheena Rae Dowling's San Ysidro installation and community event. Also featured in Saturday's event are the "Toltec Totems" by Mario Torero and Sarah Bella Mondragon, which opens officially on Friday in pop-up form at the Centro Cultural de la Raza, as well as at the Balboa Park fountain and the Plaza de Panama. See more about other artists below. —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS From the organizers: Explore art and parks, during our free roving public Exploration Day. Along the way, you’ll meet many of the Park Social artists and see events and installations across the city. Schedule: Collective Memory - Picnic and Installation Viewing at San Ysidro Community Park, 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Essential San Diego - Temporary Installation at Kate Sessions Park, 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. The Honeycomb Harmonies - Musical Playground at Rolling Hills Park, 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Locked Groove - Installation at Plumosa Park, 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Reading to Strangers - Performance at Mira Mesa Community Park, 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Toltec Totems - Pop-up at Balboa Park (Plaza de Panama), 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Treeline - Community Event at John P. Baca Park, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Tribute to Paleteros - Installation at Standley Park, 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Walking the Wall - Performance at North Park Community Park, 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Find a map of the projects here. Stop by our portable "ranger stations" to pick up your official Park Social guide and collectible patch (while supplies last). Free water and snacks will be provided if available. Related links: Park Social project San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture on Instagram

Comic-Con International and San Diego Public Library have teamed up for the Comic Conference for Educators and Librarians. This FREE five-day conference will take place at the San Diego Central Library during Comic-Con® from July 20-24, and will explore the role comics play in promoting education and literacy for all ages. Those in the library and education fields are invited to learn creative and exciting ways to incorporate comics and other popular arts into their work. Through presentations and panel discussions, the Conference hopes to engage the community and promote comics as a medium for learning. The Conference is free to attend, but space is limited and registration is required for each day. Comic-Con badge-holders with valid single same-day or four-day badges are welcome to attend and are not required to register. Register here: Wednesday, July 20 | Teaching with Comics Thursday, July 21 | Library Panels Friday, July 22 | Publisher Panels Saturday, July 23 | Educator Panels Sunday, July 24 | GeekED View the full schedule of panels here. Related links: San Diego Public Library on Instagram Comic-Con International on Instagram

Forecasters are predicting widespread rain over San Diego County starting Monday.

She was hired to cremate medical cadavers. But first, she harvested organs, skin and genitalia and sold them to a man she met through a Facebook group called Oddities, according to court documents.

Scientists have decoded streams of words in the brain using artificial intelligence and the data from MRI scans.