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A powerfully gifted musician and a scholar of Black American music, Jake Blount speaks ardently about the African roots of the banjo and the subtle, yet profound ways African Americans have shaped and defined the amorphous categories of roots music and Americana. His 2020 album Spider Tales (named one of the year’s best albums by NPR and the New Yorker, earned a perfect 5-star review from the Guardian) highlighted the Black and Indigenous histories of popular American folk tunes, as well as revived songs unjustly forgotten in the whitewashing of the canon. Blount’s new album, The New Faith, is a towering achievement of dystopian Afrofuturism and his first album for Smithsonian Folkways (released September 23, 2022). The New Faith is spiritual music, filled with hope for salvation and righteous anger in equal measure. The album manifests our worst fears on the shores of an island in Maine, where Blount enacts an imagined religious ceremony performed by Black refugees after the collapse of global civilization due to catastrophic climate change. Blount’s music is rooted in care and confrontation. On stage, each song he and his band play is chosen for a reason—because it highlights important elements about the stories we tell ourselves of our shared history and our endlessly complicated present moment. The more we learn about where we’ve been, the better equipped we are to face the future. This is Jake Blount’s San Diego premiere. For more information visit: artpower.ucsd.edu

The FIRE+WATER double bill will couple Hong Sangsoo's "IN WATER" (61 min) with Pedro Costa's "THE DAUGHTERS OF FIRE" (9 min). Both films, fresh of their North American premieres, show consummate artists taking some of the boldest risks of their careers. For Hong it's shooting a feature film in varying focal lengths, a decision that comes fully into focus in the film's indelible final image. For Costa, it's staging a three-screen mini-opera with three incredible performers filmed independently but somehow performing in unison. "THE DAUGHTERS OF FIRE" by Pedro Costa, 2023, 9 min Official Selection - Cannes, TIFF, NYFF Three young sisters are separated by the eruption of Fogo, but they sing: one day, we will know why we live and why we suffer. "IN WATER" by Hong Sangsoo, 2023, 61 min Official Selection - Berlinale, NYFF A trio of friends venture to the rocky shores of a large island to shoot a film together. The director, Seongmo (Shin Seokho), recently gave up acting and has decided to make a film with his own money. His former classmate, Sangguk (Ha Seongguk), will operate the camera and Namhee (Kim Seungyun) will act in it. The only problem: Seongmo hasn’t decided what to make. As he wanders in the rocks and wind, Seongmo searches for a story. What he finds is a young woman picking up trash. And that is all he needs. His most overtly experimental work to date, "In Water" reveals Hong at the height of his allusory powers. The story is simple: three friends set out to make a film, and then they do it. But with bold formal choices and his signature impulse toward the uncanny, Hong evokes infinite mysteries and hints at whole worlds lurking below the surface of everyday reality. Digital Gym Cinema on Facebook / Instagram

“We all get dressed for Bill,” says Vogue editrix Anna Wintour. The “Bill” in question is 80+ New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham. For decades, this Schwinn-riding cultural anthropologist has been obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high society charity soirées for the Times Style section in his columns “On the Street” and “Evening Hours.” Documenting uptown fixtures (Wintour, Tom Wolfe, Brooke Astor, David Rockefeller—who all appear in the film out of their love for Bill), downtown eccentrics and everyone in between, Cunningham’s enormous body of work is more reliable than any catwalk as an expression of time, place and individual flair. In turn, Bill Cunningham New York is a delicate, funny and often poignant portrait of a dedicated artist whose only wealth is his own humanity and unassuming grace. For more information visit: digitalgym.org Stay Connected on Facebook

From the organizers: Our latest installment of the music of J.S. Bach paired with arrangements of great Rock & Roll, including a new rock tune -"Rain Cried Softly" by Gregg Young. With which other Consort's classic arrangements will these talented musicians surprise you? The Beatles? Led Zeppelin? Jimi Hendrix? Nirvana? Come to our concerts to find out. It will be fun!

The Fallbrook Art Center presents the 14th Annual Signature American Watermedia International Exhibition juried by Robin Erickson, California, AWS, NWS, SDWS, CWS, WHS, WW, TWSA. This one of a kind show, developed by the Fallbrook Art Center, is not presented anywhere else in the world. It is only open to artists who have achieved Signature Membership status in one or more U.S. Watercolor or Watermedia Societies. Truly, ‘The Best of the Best” On view April 1, 2023 – May 28, 2023 Hours: Monday - Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. | Sunday Noon – 3 p.m. $6 Admission Visit: www.fallbrookartcenter.org or call (760) 728-1414 Fallbrook Art Center on Facebook / Instagram

Save the Date! - Event by Traci's Paws, Inc. and Emee the Chi hosted by Queen Bee's Art & Cultural Center - This is one of two fundraising events we will be hosting in 2023! - Join us as we celebrate our sweet little Emee the Chi, as she turns 15! - Please RSVP by July 1st! - Guest Dj, Mark3 Yt05, Marcos Curiel, Lead Guitarist of Band P.O.D! - Food! Cash Bar! Entertainment! - Come get your permanent jewelry to commemorate the day with PurlyNude Jewelry! This party and fundraiser will be the "reception" part of the Quinceanera, with her court, yummy eats, dancing, and a cash bar! This event is indoors. Well-behaved pets are allowed and must be on a short leash; no retractable leashes are allowed. We will have different tickets for pre-order! Ticket prices go up at the door! The ticket fee is a donation that will help support families in need of pet food to keep their pets at home with them and out of shelters! We will have a dj and dance floor (sorry, no pups on the dance floor unless you are holding him/her), a cash bar, and food vendors for food and snacks. Be sure to bring cash for tips and a card for purchases and of course, for our Pet Food Fund! Must be 21+ for any alcoholic beverages, bring your ID as it will be checked at the door! More details coming soon! If you have signs of being ill such as a fever, please stay at home, and we'll see you at the next one! Sorry, no refunds. This is a fundraiser for a 501c3 nonprofit organization, that relies on donations from amazing people like you! #TracisPaws #EmeesQuince

In conjunction with Space 4 Art’s exhibition, “The Possibility of Something Happening,” join us tonight for special musical performances by Amy Cimini, Go By Land (Michelle Lou + Jonathan Piper), and Judith Hamann. Since 2009, Space 4 Art has provided affordable housing and studios to 140 artists in San Diego. As a consequence of proximity, Space 4 Art offers an opportunity for artists to meet, collaborate, exchange ideas, become friends, and sometimes fall in love. The Possibility of Something Happening explores the phenomenological nature of chance across art practices and human encounters. The show runs March 3 - April 15 at the Art Produce Gallery. See our websites for important details about gallery hours and special events. Related events: Related links: Space 4 Art on Instagram Art Produce on Instagram

The United Nations says 7,500 metric tons of unexploded ordnance litter the Gaza Strip. The U.N. says it could take 14 years to dispose of these dangers.

This weekend in the arts: the third annual North Park Book Fair; "Art for the People" at Oceanside Museum of Art; a City Heights music festival; Black Music Month in Logan Heights; women composers at Le Salon de Musiques; "Destiny of Desire" closes at The Old Globe; and Mass Creativity Day (and a new Painted Object) at The New Children's Museum.

Fifteen films in eight days, including a tribute to Hong Kong superstars Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui.