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The Adam D. Kamil Guest Lecture was established to inspire undergraduate students and to provide insight into the career of an established artist working in media production. Alex Rivera is an award-winning filmmaker whose work explores themes of globalization, migration, and technology. His first feature, a cyberpunk thriller set in Mexico, ‘Sleep Dealer,’ won multiple awards at Sundance and Berlin. Rivera’s second feature, a documentary/scripted hybrid set in an immigrant detention center, ‘The Infiltrators,’ won the NEXT: Audience Award and the Innovator Award at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, was released theatrically in the U.S., and is currently being developed as a scripted series by Blumhouse. Rivera is a 2021 MacArthur Fellow, a Sundance Fellow, and was The Rothschild Lecturer at Harvard University. He studied at Hampshire College and lives in Los Angeles. Date | Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at 6pm Location | UC San Diego, Price Center Theatre Register here! For further information on this event please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/alex-rivera-adam-d-kamil-guest-lecture-tickets-320316724947 Alex Rivera Social Media: Facebook | Twitter | YouTube

The San Diego Watercolor Society proudly presents “Bring Color”, juried by award-winning artist, Susan Keith. The water-based media exhibition runs June 2-26, 2022 at our Gallery in The ARTS DISTRICT Liberty Station. The Opening Reception is Friday, June 3, 5-8 p.m. with over 95 ready-to-hang original paintings plus refreshments and the fellowship of other art enthusiasts. The Gallery is open Thurs-Sun, 11am – 3pm. The paintings can also be viewed and purchased online. Please visit www.sdws.org for more information.

To win the Golden Globe Race, sailors compete solo using celestial navigation to find their way, and they are forced to battle high winds and rough seas without the use of any electronic equipment.

Advertisers spent up to $7 million for every 30 seconds of airtime during Super Bowl LVII. Here's a sampling of what worked – and didn't – in the most expensive ad showcase on American television.

Press advocates said the move sets a dangerous precedent and worried about future moves against journalists who cover the billionaire.

There’s a complicated history behind what we think of our butts. RadioLab reporter Heather Radke explores that in her new book called, "Butts: A Backstory."

Perspectives Spaces and Campana Studios are pleased to announce the opening of "Femme Vitale," an exhibition including works from Southern California-based artists Ana Andrade, Kirstyn Hom, Dillon Chapman, and Nicole Merton. "Femme Vitale" is also the name of a six-episode short documentary series that will launch Telepathine Studio, a film and video production atelier led by creative director Carolina Montejo. Both the exhibition and the documentary series celebrate women working in art, environmentalism, activism, and music who are shifting the paradigms of identity, gender, and joy in the larger San Diego region. The artist reception will be held on Saturday, June 4 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Perspectives Space, Encinitas. The exhibit will run until Friday, July 8. RSVP for the opening reception here! This event is free and open to the public. About the artists: Telepathine Studio is a niche video and filmmaking production company that focuses on social and environmental narratives, arthouse films, documentaries, as well as music and sound-based clips. Telepathine works with a group of creative professionals in cinematography, design, narrative strategy, animation, as well as recording and editing, to make films, videos, and experimental media that have striking presence, coherence, and care. Ana Andrade is a trans-border artist who lives and works between Tijuana and San Diego. Andrade is a multidisciplinary artist who works with video, sound, sculpture, photography, objects, and text. Nicole Merton is a photographer and activist of Mescalero Apache descent living and working in Orange County. Her most recent work “ Here… Our Voices, Our MMIW Movement”, focuses on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women movement. Dillon Chapman is a Southern California-based artist, educator, and cultural theorist who investigates notions of self as subject/object. Drawing from personal and cultural archives, her practice contemplates intimacy, desire, and relations of power through writing and image-making. Kirstyn Hom is a California-based artist with a BA in Arts from UC Berkeley and an MFA in Visual Arts from UC San Diego, working with sculpture, installation, and performance to explore the intersection of language and textiles. For more information, please visit perspectivesspace.com/allevents/femme-vital or call (760) 634-0273.

The Twitter CEO's selective release of internal communications largely corroborate what is already known about the messy business of policing a large social network.

A look back at the very first quarantine efforts in San Diego at MCAS Miramar, two years later. Meanwhile, a San Diego lawmaker is proposing a new bill to keep schools open and safe as the pandemic continues. The proposal would infuse the California Immunization Registry with COVID-19 data from across the state. Also, neighbors attempted to block construction of an apartment building next to St. Paul's Cathedral. But an unsuccessful lawsuit will likely end up easing the approval of similar projects across California.

Trash Lamb Gallery gounder Melody Jean Moulton will pair up with Annalise Neil for a quick two-person exhibition in the South Park space. I love Neil's pieces that blend cyanotype and watercolor, and Moulton's wood-mounted, mixed media collages are incredible. The two have also created some collaborative works. The gallery will host a reception on Saturday from 7-10 p.m. Details: Opens Saturday, Apr. 30, 2022 with a reception from 7-10 p.m., and is on view through May 29. Normal gallery and shop hours are Saturday from 12-6 p.m. (this weekend they'll close at 5 p.m.) and Sunday from 12-5 p.m., or by appointment. Trash Lamb Gallery, 2365 30th St., South Park. Free. Related links: Gallery information Trash Lamb Gallery on Instagram