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This week, protesters in LA and New York sat peacefully in front of Chinese embassies to protest the detention of prominent artist Ai Weiwei. Ai's work will be on view at MCASD at the end of April. We'll learn more about his work and the experience of a group of San Diegans who traveled to his Beijing studio last fall.

Juan Melendez, spent nearly 18 years on Florida's death row for a crime he did not commit. In 2002 he became the 99th U.S. inmate to be released from death row. Juan will share his story, experiences, and uniquely familiar views on the death penalty. He will also discuss why his story is not rare, the problems he sees with the death penalty system.

In Oslo, the president says the U.S. must remain a standard-bearer in the conduct of war.

Though Culture Lust contributor Kurt Kohnen has been listening to the music of hip-hop artist Brother Ali for years, the lyrics and music still resonate. Brother Ali has a new album called "Us" and he plays live at Canes in Mission Beach on Wednesday, October 21st.

Vicki Estrada used to be Steve Estrada, who came on These Days in July 2005 to announce that he intended to become a woman. He had gender reassignment surgery a year later, and since then she's lived

People who work to raise awareness about domestic violence are sounding the alarm in San Diego this year. They point out that the old year closed and the new one began with headlines about murders and murder-suicides. The San Diego Domestic Violence Council is holding a meeting this morning to highlight these recent incidents and share the stories of those affected by domestic violence.

Are the SDSU Aztecs bowl-bound despite their loss to the TCU Horned Frogs? What are the chances the 4-5 Chargers will win the AFC West? We speak to Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton about our local football teams, and the outlook for SDSU's men's and women's basketball teams.

San Diego's Cygnet Theatre takes on the theatrical version of a triathlon - the "Norman Conquests." The three comedies by acclaimed British playwright Alan Ayckbourn are rarely staged together, but Cygnet is performing them in repertory and, at times, all on the same day!

Stem cell research offers great promise for people with incurable diseases. But promises won't help those who don't have time to wait for those medical breakthroughs. A man, dying of Lou Gehrig's disease, has gone out of the country in search of treatment.

Suicide clusters, three or more deaths around the same time in a specific location, are rare, but they do occur, largely among teens. Experts say media reaction can play a role in exacerbating or slowing "copycat" behavior by the way they cover the deaths.