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From the organizers: CULTIVATE deepens Malashock Dance’s relationships with San Diego Choreographers through new commissions and remounted works that highlight the artistic breadth of our community. PROGRAM You Are Here/Usted Está Aquí The stage premiere You Are Here/Usted Está Aquí, a multi-iteration dance project that integrates a wide range of oral histories from San Diego residents and visitors to bring diverse personal narratives to life. SEED Suite The inaugural SEED Suite, a new initiative that invites choreographers from the prior season’s SEED Concert (formerly known as Everyday Dances) to remount their work. This year’s SEED Suite will include work by Gina Bolles Sorensen and Kyle Sorensen, Khamla Somphanh, and Viviana Alcazar. Companions A remount of the 2024 San Diego Museum of Art commissioned piece Companions, by Artistic Director Christopher K. Morgan and Founding Director John Malashock, who each created a dance responding to the painting A Child’s Companion by Arshile Gorky. The Dulling Effect The world premiere of Artistic Director Christopher K. Morgan’s The Dulling Effect. Inspired by a 1934 Harvard study on how radio has a dulling effect on the higher mental processes of the listener, Christopher’s curiosity on how that dulling effect may have increased over the last 90 years of technology, and his concern that current political and legislative initiatives in the US are attempting to homogenize citizens, rather than celebrating their unique individual beauty. PERFORMANCES November 2 at 7:30 – 9:00 pm November 3 at 2:30 – 4:00 pm* LOCATION Saville Theater at City College (14th and C Street San Diego, CA) Free Parking Available! TICKETS: Preferred Reserved Seating $50 Reserved Seating $45 Student/Artist $30 Children under 12 $10

San Marcos' Harvest Fest Celebration & Street Festival Moves to Exciting New Venue - North City! This year, we’re excited to bring the festival to a vibrant new location—North City—where we’ll host over 250+ amazing vendors, including talented artisans, crafters, local retail, and national businesses. The event runs from 9am-5pm, all along North City Drive. What makes this year’s event truly special? Vibrant New Venue: The Annual San Marcos Harvest Fest is moving to the vibrant North City District of San Marcos. As we settle into our new festival home, we invite you to be a part of this unforgettable event. This year’s Harvest Fest promises to be the best yet, offering an incredible community experience and something for everyone! Kids Fun: Featuring the Little Shepherds Nature Lab, providing fun and educational experiences for families. Taste the World: Incredible street food, award winning ice cream and inviting family restaurants and specialty cuisines. Live Entertainment: Enjoy live performances on two stages from incredible local artists and bands. Craft Beer and Wine: Unwind with cool drinks from your favorite San Marcos craft breweries and wineries. Vendor Information: Contact City Gates Events Apply Here For additional information or sponsorship opportunities contact Melanie Jamil, San Marcos Chamber of Commerce, 760-744-1270 or melanie@sanmarcoschamber.com For more information visit: smharvest.com

During his homily, delivered in Italian, Leo XIV said that Christians must serve a world that is often hostile to their beliefs.

Each year the ARCS Foundation, San Diego Chapter, a non-profit organization led entirely by women, hosts a Scientist of the Year fundraiser to honor a preeminent local scientist. This year’s honoree, Dr. Terry Sejnowski, is one of the world’s foremost computer scientists and computational neuroscientists, whose visionary and ingenious work on neural networks laid the foundation for the machine learning and AI revolution that is taking the world by storm today. Dr. Sejnowski is head of Salk Institute’s Computational Neurobiology Laboratory and holder of the Frances Crick Chair. He is also a distinguished professor at UC San Diego’s School of Biological Sciences, where he is co-director of the Institute for Neural Computation. ARCS San Diego invites you to join them for a celebration of science and scientists that is set for Saturday, April 27 (4 - 8 p.m.) at The Conrad Performing Arts Center in La Jolla. In addition to honoring Dr. Sejnowski, the program will pay tribute to this year’s ARCS Scholars – all 50 of them – along with distinguished ARCS Scholar alumnus, Dr. Randall Kelley, who has served as Director of Data Science and Machine Learning at several major corporations. All funds raised at this event will support future ARCS Scholars. Through their research, these talented Scholars make outstanding contributions to advance science and keep America competitive on the global stage, which is the ARCS mission. ARCS San Diego has put together an exciting program for its signature event. About ARCS: The ARCS Foundation (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists), a national organization with 15 chapters across the country, provides financial awards to promising graduate students who are pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and medical research. Since its inception in 1985, the San Diego Chapter of ARCS has given more than $12.3 million to support graduate students at four local institutions: UCSD, SDSU, USD, and Scripps Research. For program details and to register, go to: san-diego.arcsfoundation.org Stay Connected on Facebook

From the KPBS weekend arts preview: Deena Altman: "Female Rising" opens at OMA, and is a continuation of a series shown last year at Art on 30th in North Park. In a set of eight pieces, Altman considers eight stages in a woman's life, starting in toddlerhood and stretching to elderly adulthood. Her style is considered "surreal realism," basically a mixture of realistic elements (in this case, the subject — the woman) alongside surreal or conceptual elements (here, backdrops and actions). A great example: "The Lioness at Nine (Endangered)." Details: On view Sept. 23, 2023 through Feb. 4, 2024. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, with extended hours until 8 p.m. on Friday. Oceanside Museum of Art, 704 Pier View Way, Oceanside. $0-$10. —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS From the museum: There is an understanding in our culture that is subtle and mostly unspoken, that women succumb to a certain second-class life. Even though there is more consciousness now of this issue it still resonates deeply, and we are all marked by it, both women and men. However, it is the females among us that suffer most from the downside of this cultural blindness that binds our growth and development. This 8-part series depicts the life of women from toddler to elder. Each age focuses on the challenges to women at certain points in their development giving us a sense of what is experienced and how these challenges both impair and energize their paths. About the artist: Deena Altman spent many years as the VP of Marketing for her national horticultural company, Altman Plants. She guided the marketing and graphic development of many plant products including a nationwide plant brand for Home Depot. She is now a full-time artist following her passion to paint. In the 12 years that she has been painting she has achieved signature status at the Watercolor USA Honor Society, the highly regarded San Diego Watercolor Society, and the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies. Her paintings have been juried into numerous museums and international exhibitions including the prestigious American Watercolor Society International Exhibition in New York, the MEAM Museum in Barcelona, The Springfield Art Museum, and the International Signature American Watermedia Exhibition in Fallbrook in which only signature members are invited to submit their work to be juried. Related links: Oceanside Museum of Art: website | Instagram | Facebook

Donald Trump has begun his Inauguration Day alongside much of his incoming Cabinet with a prayer service at St. John’s Episcopal Church, near the White House.

Join the Greater San Diego Music Coterie for its third annual sing-along of the most memorable songs from Sound of Music. Email ayeung@sandiego.edu for directions to free parking. Free will donation at the door. Donation via Venmo, Zelle, or by check can be tax deductible. Concert repeats on Sunday, May 5 at King of Kings Lutheran Church, 2993 MacDonald St, Oceanside, CA 92054. For more information visit: gsdmusicoterie.org Stay Connected on Facebook

Challenging perceptions of the US-Mexico border: A new Texas art project uses music, photos and storytelling to highlight the the rich cultural tapestry beyond headlines of migration and enforcement

The ripple effects of Trump's actions targeting specific law firms already are being felt beyond boardrooms, in declining interest in pro bono work for causes that are unpopular with the president.

Rockalina was an adult eastern box turtle living in the wild when she was taken into a New York home in 1977. When a reptile rehabilitation center got a hold of her this February, they worried for her survival.