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Haiti has been defined in the public imagination by struggle and turmoil. Now in its biggest year and first in Brooklyn, the BAYO festival looks to shift focus back toward the culture.

On View: April 2 through May 3 Humanities Center Gallery, Saints Tekakwitha and Serra Hall Joan Perlman is a multi-disciplinary artist who has exhibited widely and received numerous awards and fellowships for her work inspired by the volcanic landscape of Iceland. Her videos, paintings, and drawings consider the raw, convulsive beauty of this place while drawing attention to the perils of accompanying glacial melt. As the artist herself has noted, “The experience of observing nature over an extended period of time in this subpolar region of the earth reveals the troubling presence of climate change, which includes receding glaciers and warming temperature trends.” Perlman’s work both documents and resists the morphing terrains that compel her. Recent videos such as "Dispersion" (2015), "Break" (2014) and "What Remains" (2011), combine spectacular footage of moving ice and water with original soundtracks made in collaboration with a range of composers. As part of the ongoing Screenings series, the Humanities Center will debut Perlman’s most recent video project, "Sweep" (2024), for San Diego audiences. The gallery is open Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For Information on Parking, visit here.

Honky tonk through the eras of country music! Hear iconic songs played in chronological order, from the 40s and 50s to current day and everything in between. Live music fans love country music in San Diego. Join Cody Carter and Ramblin Fever with ZB Savoy and The Red Headed Strangers as they turn the iconic Belly Up into a Honky Tonk on Sunday, February 25th. Special guests include Trey Hill and Ash Easton. Hear music from Hank, Willie and Waylon to Alan Jackson, George Strait and Chris Stapleton. Get your tickets today to take part in a night of country music you won't forget in San Diego.

From the organizers: Bodhi Tree Concerts' annual, FREE, international music festival in the heart of City Heights. Artists slated to appear include: Irving Flores Latin Jazz, Opera de Tijuana, NaruwanTaiko Drumming, Akayaa Atule & Bolga Zohdoomah, Tracy Lee Nelson & MORE! Free Books, Arts, Crafts and Carnival Games for the whole family! Free Parking in surrounding lots plus great public transport options! It's free day out for the whole family with MUSIC, Dance, Vendors, Food, Art and the best in local artists - join us!

Premieres Monday, Feb. 5, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encore Wednesday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2. Old Sturbridge Village brings in new remarkable finds, including a 1977 Pele-signed soccer ball, a 1933 RKO King Kong Bachrach photo, and Winfred Rembert's Moonshiners painting, CA. 2001. Guess the top $ 100,000 to $125,000 find.

Nineteenth-century artists were enamored with polar regions and viewed these extreme locales as unparalleled sources of visual wonder. Freighted with romantic ideas about the sublime and scientific debates about geological time, frozen places factored into the representational interests of many leading American painters like Frederic Edwin Church, whose classic investigation After Icebergs with a Painter (1856) lends this exhibition a title. As part of the Humanities Center’s multiyear inquiry into landscapes and human meaning, "After Icebergs: Conceptual Photography and Climate Crisis" looks at the persistence of creative fascination with ice during an era when glacial melt and accompanying species extinction are urgent concerns. "After Icebergs" will feature photographic works by Mark Dion and Farrah Karapetian, whose photographs suggest the varied approaches to this subject. Dion is a conceptual and installation-based artist whose ongoing project, Ursus Maritimus (begun 1994), documents the often uncanny framing of polar bears in museum dioramas, even as the species itself disappears from its primary habitat. Karapetian is an artist and writer whose series "Slips and Pushes" (2013–2015) deploys melting ice as both a formal element and as a metaphor for, among other things, forced migration due to climate change. Karapetian’s color photograms, cameraless images, are eerily luminous while Dion’s blunt black-and-white documentation prompts questions about the purposes of museum displays. A rare selection of works from "Ursus Maritimus" and "Slips and Pushes" make up the installation at the Humanities Center Gallery. The gallery is open Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information visit: sandiego.edu

Join us on our patio every Saturday night from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. for Seaside Sounds at Sally’s, featuring Proximo Spirits. Enjoy ocean breezes, live music from local San Diego artists, Amanda Portella and Emmy Jones, and hand-crafted cocktails. For more information visit: sallyssandiego.com Stay Connected on Facebook / Instagram

The VAPA Foundation, whose mission is to enhance the quality of access to arts education in the San Diego Unified School District, will hold its fourth annual Spotlight benefit event, Beyond Brilliance Bash, on Saturday, May 20 at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla (7600 Fay Avenue). The event begins at 5 p.m. for VIP, where guests will be greeted with champagne and a performance at the JAI. It will be followed by a 6 p.m. welcome reception with delectable bites, cocktails, and pop-up performances in the courtyard. At 7 p.m., attendees will enjoy a production featuring musical and theatrical performances by highly gifted SDUSD student artists at the Baker-Baum Concert Hall. The event will close with live music from The Preservation Jazz Band and sweet treats. Guests are encouraged to wear creative and colorful attire. The event will showcase the tremendous talents and creativity of visual and performing arts students enrolled in SDUSD, as the arts are essential for personal expression and the emotional and academic development of all children. Food service will be assisted by SDUSD Culinary Arts students mentored by Chef Giuseppe Ciuffa. The photography will be done by students mentored by Vincent Andrunas and Esteban Villanueva. Lighting and backstage support will be done by students mentored by The Conrad Performing Arts Center professionals. There will also be a silent art auction featuring works created by UCSD Craft Center instructors, acclaimed community artists and art from local galleries. Paintings, lithographs, ceramics, sculpture, jewelry and more will be available during the silent auction. Co-chaired by Doreen Schonbrun and Phyllis Epstein, the event will honor The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation for keeping music alive in schools by providing vital support services and new musical instruments to underfunded music programs nationwide. The evening will also celebrate Dr. Lamont Jackson, Superintendent of SDUSD, for his support and partnership of the VAPA Foundation. For more information, to purchase tickets or sponsor the event, please visit here or contact Michael Camacho, Executive Director, at (858) 256-2700 or email michael@vapafoundation.org

Only seven states have legalized human composting as a burial practice. That's why 29 percent of the bodies brought to Recompose, a composting facility in Seattle, come from out of state.

San Diego's Playwrights Project holds a public premiere on Saturday in the annual Plays by Young Writers Festival.