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Free show alert! This special series from the San Diego brings a one-hour, family-friendly concert to local neighborhoods, for free. This weekend's series involves three shows on Saturday, conducted by the Lyric Opera of Chicago's Stefano Sarzani. The program includes Beethoven's "Overture to Coriolan, Op. 62" which is mighty and dare-I-say quintessentially classical. It was written for Heinrich Joseph von Collin's 1804 play "Coriolan," about the Roman leader Gaius Marcius Coriolanus. (Shakespeare also wrote a play about him.) The Symphony will also perform Louise Farrenc's "Symphony No. 3 in G minor." Farrenc was the only woman to ever teach at the Paris Conservatory in the 19th century, and made a splash as a virtuoso pianist as well as composer and educator. Note: the performances are indoors, and the San Diego Symphony requires all guests to show proof of vaccination, even for children under 12. The program is intended for ages 5 and up. Advance registration is required. RSVP or find future programs here. Details: Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022 at 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. at Foothills United Methodist Church in Casa de Oro, 4031 Avocado Blvd., La Mesa; and at 7:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church of San Diego, 321 Date St., downtown. Free. —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS Related Links: San Diego Symphony on Instagram San Diego Symphony on Facebook

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From the KPBS weekend arts preview: The world premiere of Kimber Lee's play will finally open at the La Jolla Playhouse — after postponing its anticipated spring 2020 opening. "To the yellow house" is set during a two year period in Vincent Van Gogh's life, which Lee became fascinated with after reading Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith's comprehensive biography, "Van Gogh: The Life." She noticed there were some years largely missing in what we know about the great painter's life, and looked to fill in those details. It's set mostly in Paris and the southern city of Arles (the location of the actual yellow house), at a time when Van Gogh was particularly struggling with his work. Keep an eye out for my feature on The Playhouse's production of "to the yellow house" later this week. Details: Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. Performances continue, Tuesdays through Sundays, through Dec. 12. The La Jolla Playhouse Mandell Weiss Theatre, 2910 La Jolla Village Dr., La Jolla. $39-75. Military discounts available. —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS From the Playhouse: November 16 – December 12, 2021 at the La Jolla Playhouse Mandell Weiss Theatre "to the yellow house" by Kimber Lee Directed by Neel Keller February 1886. Vincent van Gogh is broke again. Trailing past-due notices and annoyed innkeepers, he arrives unexpectedly at his brother’s doorstep in Montmartre determined to make another fresh start. Caught in the colorful whirl of the Parisian art scene, he drinks too much, falls in love with the wrong woman, argues with everyone – and paints. Night and day he works to translate what he feels onto the canvas, relentlessly chasing a new form of expression that seems to be always around the next corner. But at what point in an endless cycle of failures do faith and persistence become delusion and foolishness? A meditation on love, art and not being popular. Ticketing opportunities for students, military, etc available at https://lajollaplayhouse.org/ticket-opportunities/.Ticketing opportunities for students, military, etc available at https://lajollaplayhouse.org/ticket-opportunities/. Related links: La Jolla Playhouse on Instagram

The San Diego Early Music Society is proud to present award-winning French keyboard virtuoso Benjamin Alard in a series of two all-Bach recitals. The second one, on the beautiful organ at St Brigid Parish, will be the complete "Six Organ Trio Sonatas", with chorals from the Orgelbüchlein played as preludes before each sonata. Alard is in the midst of recording the complete J. S. Bach keyboard works, projected to run to seventeen volumes. Of his recordings, The Classic Review writes, “Alard creates an…enthralling performance, with subtle variances in timbre and a masterful management of…accumulating power….[T]he series…will undoubtedly be one of the most important recording projects of this century.” Stay Social! Facebook & Instagram

A new exhibit at Victoria and Albert Museum corrects the misperception that high fashion belongs to Western designers. The fierce garments attest to the motto of a Ghanaian: "West is not always best."