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An evening of operatic performance art, contemporary dance, electronics, and an experimental vocal choir at Intervals, a new gallery and performance space run by artist Preston Swirnoff in Little Italy. Joseph Keckler, NY’s operatic songsmith, trickster performance artist, raconteur poet, and many other things performs his San Diego debut! Keckler was crowned New York’s “best performance artist” by Village Voice and his work has been acclaimed by New York Times, Artforum, Bomb, and Wall Street Journal. Keckler's Tiny Desk on NPR and several other mind blowing performances have been attracting fans and audiences worldwide. For his performance at INTERVALS Joseph will perform a solo set with video, voice, spoken word, and probably other things we haven’t been told about. Mala Forma is a contemporary dance group led by Justin Morrison who will perform with musical accompaniment by improvisers Everything Will Be Okay. Mystery Cave is an electronic musician who creates ethereal dreamworlds of sound and has performed over the last 13 years at venues such as MCASD, The Casbah, and Che Cafe. San Diego New Verbal Workshop is an experimental vocal choir who will perform “The Great Learning, Paragraph 7” by avant garde composer Cornelius Cardew.

Confident Lines In A Strange Sky is an inaugural classical music concert featuring four world-class composers and 13 renowned musicians performing nine compositions that spotlight historically overshadowed instruments. Instruments find a new confidence with the bassoon on electric guitar pedals, the English horn in a forceful new role and the viola usurping the place of dominance typically occupied by the violin. The program features the concert debut of three film scores, the first performance in over 20 years of Ribbons of Thought, and the combination of respected classical music tropes that highlight solos by instruments that typically act in a more supporting role. A reception and art exhibition featuring mixed media assemblage sculptures by Andrea Overturf will begin at 6 p.m. with the concert to follow at 7 p.m. Note: this event will also be livestreamed. Details here. Enter a code at checkout to receive the video link.

Congress moved a step closer on Saturday toward finalizing long-delayed military assistance for Ukraine. But relief among Ukrainians has been mixed with uneasiness over future U.S. assistance.

If you have a little one (ages 5+) who loves to draw and loves hedgehogs (and who doesn’t?), check out our “Mommy and Me and Hedgehog Makes 3” activity on Saturday, June 17 at 10 A.M. We’ll begin by introducing you to one of our hedgehogs. While you’re enjoying some great “meet and greet” time, one of our keeper / educators will tell you everything you want to know about these amazing little animals. After that, one of the professional artists from ArtSmarts will help you create your very own portrait of this guy. We’ll provide all the guidance and supplies, so you can focus on your masterpiece. Enjoy a great morning outdoors and bring home a definitely refrigerator-worthy piece of artwork. The cost is $90 for one parent and one child, and pricing is available for additional kids. This event is limited to 20 people, so book today! Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook & Instagram

On the first Friday of every month, the Arts District in Liberty Station is packed with ways to enjoy the best in life! Whether your visit includes a waterfront walk, a bite & drink from one of the great restaurants or market, or a bit of fun shopping, San Diego Craft Collective will always have a free, family-friendly craft for kids that evening from 5-6 p.m. Each month the craft changes, so pop in while you're visiting and get crafty! June's Craft: Crafting with Leather This project is great for children of all ages. Young children may need help from an adult. From 4-7 p.m., we'll also be hosting an Open House with special guest: Lumbercycle. We'll be milling urban trees on site! RSVP for that event from 4-7 p.m. to receive a free raffle ticket for our giveaway! We'll have earplugs available for anyone who would like them. We can't wait to see you there! Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

From UC San Diego: Opening Celebration: Saturday March 4th, 2-6 p.m. Please RSVP here (Coinciding with Graduate Open Studios) The first UC San Diego Visual Arts faculty show organized since 2015, ARE WE NOT DRAWN ONWARD TO NEW ERA presents work by new faculty who have joined the department over the past eight years. The exhibition marks the grand reopening of the Mandeville Art Gallery after a period of closure for extensive renovation. The exhibition highlights recent projects by faculty artists within the context of the defining forces of our moment, such as continued struggles for equity and social justice, accelerating climate change, threats to democracy, and rapid technological developments. The featured photographs, moving images, paintings, sculptures, and performances address both the possibilities and the complexities of this new era, and offer a distinct sense of hope for the future. The title ARE WE NOT DRAWN ONWARD TO NEW ERA is a reference to a poster by Las Hermanas Iglesias, a collaborative project by Assistant Professor Janelle Iglesias and her sister Lisa Iglesias, copies of which are free for visitors to take away during the run of the show. As the palindrome suggests, forward progression is never linear. Participating Artists: Memo Akten, Danielle Dean, dean erdmann, Malik Gaines, Mariah Garnett, Las Hermanas Iglesias (Janelle and Lisa Iglesias), Lorena Mostajo, My Barbarian, Alexandro Segade, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Pinar Yoldas Parking and transit information here. Related links: UC San Diego Visual Arts on Instagram

"The XIXth (The Nineteenth)" at The Old Globe is about the iconic protest of two Black American sprinters at the 1968 Olympic Games. Playwright Kemp Powers also cowrote Pixar's "Soul" and co-directed the forthcoming "Spider-Verse" sequels.

This art class is designed for children ages 5-10 at any level and of all backgrounds. The objective is to engage participants in the culture and heritage of Yiddishland through art. Activities include: – creating art inspired by Yiddish words, music, and stories – exploring art as a form of communication across cultures – finding ways to preserve Yiddish language and culture through art Please note that phones and tablets will not be allowed in the classroom. In this class you will use: Colored pencils, crayons, makers, mixed media, beads. Skills you will learn: Painting, drawing, sketching, basic jewelry making, and book making. Instructor: Annie Macpherson

The nation's historical markers delight, distort and, sometimes, just get the story wrong.

From the gallery: Hyde Art Gallery is excited to reopen our doors on day one of the Spring 2023 semester for Fragile Earth, an exhibition of ceramics and drawings from artist and retired Grossmont professor Jeff Irwin. This monochromatic showcase presents the artist’s continuing efforts to transcend the limitations of material while investigating the tenuous relationships we communally share with the world around us. Through this work, Irwin is responding to the often problematic stewardship humans have assumed over the natural world while underscoring contradictory dualities regarding the objects' material quality and conceptual make-up. This exhibition is intended to force the viewer to adopt a new visual language to examine mankind’s exploitation of the natural world and it’s slow but inevitable triumph over human intervention. Displayed alongside Jeff Irwin’s more emblematic, white-satin glazed animal head trophies are new process-oriented works - Rorschach tree drawings printed on acetate, delicate extruded clay slip “sketches”, and painted enamel on glass recreations of seemingly random shadow composition. Each work alludes to the nature’s fragility, our manipulation of it, and our egotistical need to prioritize that manipulation. “I often use imagery and symbols that speak to the manipulation of nature by human forces and our need to idealize that manipulation through dominance and control. My work explores the struggle in finding balance between our needs and those of the natural environment. When working on ideas for pieces, I look for contradiction, irony, beauty, and humor in the world that surrounds me. I take notice of how we impact the natural world and how we interpret that impact.” About the artist: Born in Long Beach, CA, Irwin obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Humboldt State University and a Master of Fine Arts from San Diego State University. Currently living in San Diego, Irwin is a retired Professor from the Ceramics Department at Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA, having taught there from 1989 to 2017. He has exhibited extensively in the US and Internationally. His work is in the collections of the Oakland Museum of California, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts (TX), Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts (Racine, WI), Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum (Taiwan), and the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, Ireland). Exhibition information and events: Fragile Earth will run from January 30 until March 2 at Grossmont College’s Hyde Art Gallery. A closing reception with the artist will be held on Tuesday February 28 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. All Hyde Art Gallery exhibitions and events are free and open to the public. For more information, please contact: Gallery Director, Alex DeCosta alex.decosta@gcccd.edu (619) 644-7214 or visit www.hydeartgallery.com