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As the Trump administration publicly hammers out its plans on the Ukraine war, it's also pressing Ukraine for deals in exchange for more aid — including giving the U.S. mining rights for rare earths.

Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography descended thousands of meters where they likely discovered dozens of new animal species. Creatures flourish where methane gas seeps into the ocean through cracks in the earth.

J.T. Burke’s highly anticipated exhibition, "Paradise," makes its San Diego debut at the Mandell Weiss Gallery on October 4, 2024, offering viewers an exploration of myth and utopia. Opening as part of the San Diego Ballet’s 35th season launch event, "Overture," the exhibit promises an engaging blend of contemporary art and performance. Exhibit runs through Jan. 17, 2025. Burke draws inspiration from vintage costume jewelry, sourced from swap meets, garage sales, and forgotten drawers, transforming these discarded artifacts into luminous visions of an imagined utopia. Through intricate digital manipulation, he creates surreal compositions that blur the line between the real and the fantastical, inviting viewers to lose themselves in the intricate details where the mundane meets the mythical. The opening coincides with "Overture," the San Diego Ballet's season debut event celebrating its 35th anniversary. This free event brings together contemporary art and dance in the creative space of ARTS DISTRICT Liberty Station, with dance previews at 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Visit: https://libertystation.com/do/jt-burkes-paradise-makes-its-san-diego-debut JT Burke on Instagram and Facebook

In this beginner-friendly course, students will learn slab building techniques to create their own vases using simple tools and techniques; no potter’s wheel required. Students will learn the differences between soft slab construction and stiff/hard slab construction to construct their own forms and patterns. The course will focus on three different vase shapes: simple cylinder, teardrop, or angular. Using the same slab building technique, students may also create small bud vases for singular flowers. Students will complete the course with a fully functional vase(s). While this is a beginner friendly course, more intermediate and advanced students may also join. Students will learn how to: wedge clay roll out slabs using a rolling pin and wooden guides compress slabs using a rubber rib and/or paddles strengthen clay in order to reduce air bubbles, cracks, and warping during the drying process use PVC pipes to create cylinder vases cut out shapes using patterns templates made of cardboard or cardstock attach slabs using the “score and slip” process, where joined seams are either visible or invisible decorate vases with ribbon tool or clay texture rollers soften rims of vases using ribs and chimoy clothes on banding wheel Materials: Please purchase a standard size wooden rolling pin and a beginners pottery tool kit. You do not need to purchase an extensive toolkit for this course, but please buy a kit which includes a metal rib, fettling knife, and scoring tool. Beginner kits are often very minimal but if you choose to continue pottery, the latter tools are incredibly helpful and you will likely need them later. If the metal rib, knife, and scoring tool are difficult to find, you can purchase a basic kit and buy these tools separately at Freeform Ceramics in National City, CA. Please bring a notebook/sketchbook and pen to class to keep track of wonderful ideas. Max students: 12 Visit: https://www.ljathenaeum.org/class/52 Athenaeum Music & Arts Library on Instagram and Facebook

The Friends of the Malcolm X Library present our Annual Fundraiser, Gift Day. The Friends support the library, in part by having book sales and hosting events. This event is free and will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Our event will feature amazing local talent including a live band and DJ, a choir, a story teller, line dancers and face painting for the kids. Local vendors will be selling a variety of great merchandise. The Friends of the Malcolm X Library will be selling hot dogs, nachos, beverages and books. There will also be an opportunity drawing where you can enter to win great prizes. Come have fun and support the library. Visit: https://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/locations/valencia-park-malcolm-x-library

Get ready for a cracking good time in The JAI. The white-hot award-winning Irish quintet, Goitse (pronounced “Go-wit-cha”) brings a vibrant mix of Irish classic jigs and tunes with their own original compositions for an irrepressible Irish musical experience that opens your mind and moves your feet. Visit: https://theconrad.org/events/goitse-4/ Goitse on Instagram and Facebook

President Biden makes his first and only trip to Africa in his presidency, as he travels to Cabo Verde and Angola.

Escape to Havana with the energetic Cuban rhythms of Blue Note Records artist Harold López-Nussa. Music from his Timba a la Americana bursts with vibrancy and joy, and has Latin rhythms guaranteed to make you move. Visit: https://theconrad.org/events/harold-lopez-nussa/ Harold López-Nussa on Instagram and Facebook

Salsa your way into the heart of Puerto Rican rhythm! Experience the colorful world of Puerto Rican music, dance, and culture… where every beat tells a story, and every note ignites the soul. This exciting collaboration features the electrifying Sabrosas Latin Orchestra and sensational Puerto Rican musician Manny Cepeda. Don’t miss this fun and immersive Bilingual (English/Spanish) celebration. Featuring Conductor Dana Zimbric & The Classics Philharmonic Orchestra Designed for Pre-K – 6th Grade Social-Emotional Learning & Diverse Music CA Arts Standards & Lesson Plans Included Classroom Docents (request when you register) Balboa Theatre is located at 868 Fourth Ave, San Diego, 92101 (Downtown) – paid parking at Horton Plaza Garage – $10 Joan B. Kroc Theatre is at 6611 University Ave, San Diego, 92115 – free parking. Please note: students traveling in private cars are encouraged to attend our concerts at the Joan B. Kroc Theatre to avoid parking fees. For inquiries or assistance, please email us at chuber@classics4kids.org or call 619-231-2311. Please do not contact the theatres directly. Classics 4 Kids is a San Diego Unified School District-approved vendor with a Professional Services Agreement (PSA). Visit: Musica y Baile: Rhythms of Puerto Rico Classics 4 Kids on Instagram and Facebook

The INSITE LAB is a roving platform for artists on both sides of the border (San Diego, US-Baja California, MX) designed to instigate conversations and experiences around process and research in art making. The LAB offers an innovative framework outside of academia where artists engage with specialists from a variety of disciplines and reimagine the region as a laboratory for research. The LAB also aims to provide time and space for the exchange of ideas, research, and experimentation intended to expand the boundaries of the participating artists' practices. Visit: https://www.practicebest.org/ https://insiteart.org/insite-lab Artists Jair Arias, Roxana Alvarado, MR Barnadas, Héctor Bázaca, Gosia Herc, Aleya Lanteigne, Adrián Pereda Vidal, Talia Pérez-Gilbert and Josh Tonies. Interlocutors Adam Burgasser, Diego Delgado-Álvarez, Enah Montserrat Fonseca Ibarra, Phil Gregory, Norma Iglesias Prieto, Lux Boreal (Henry Torres y Ángel Arámbula), Paula Pijoan, Robert Pincus, Kerianne Quick, Katalina Silva and Ismene Venegas. INSITE LAB is made possible through a collaboration between haudenschildGarage and INSITE.