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Sunday, June 19, 2022 at 2 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Not available on demand. Experience Grammy-winning composer Terence Blanchard and librettist Kasi Lemmon's adaptation of Charles M. Blow's memoir. James Robinson and Camille A. Brown co-direct with Brown choreographing. Baritone Will Liverman stars with soprano Angel Blue.

In the arts this weekend, you have plenty of options to put a younger, living spin on some traditional art forms. There’s a concert of piano music from living composers, an iconic '90s theatrical prequel to Othello, youth art and a brand new ballet.

NPR spoke to five Ukrainian civilians who were detained, deported and subject to what human rights advocates call enforced disappearance.

The Power of the Dog director was apologizing for remarks made in her Sunday evening acceptance speech for best director at the Critics' Choice Awards.

Sarah Clements was 16 when she began pushing for stricter gun laws after the 2012 school shooting in Newtown, Conn. Since the recent mass shootings, she says the work is more dire and more difficult.

California assemblyman Rob Bonta has been chosen by Governor Gavin Newsom to become the state’s next attorney general. Upon his appointment, Bonta would be the first Asian-American to occupy the position of Attorney general - a notable milestone which comes at a time of increased anti-Asian American hate across the nation.

The city and county of San Diego set aside $40 million in rental assistance last year to help low-income families impacted by the pandemic. But some renters weren’t helped because their landlords didn’t take the money. Now, more than $211 million in state and federal funds have poured into the region to help low-income renters, and this time it comes with built-in incentives designed to persuade landlords to take the money.

Mayor Todd Gloria on Monday announced an empowerment policy plan for San Diego's Black community. Plus, California Department of Public Health investigators knew that certified nursing assistant Matthew Fluckiger had been accused of sex crimes by women at multiple nursing homes in El Cajon and La Mesa. Yet, the agency waited years to revoke his license. And the cost of housing, gas and food have been increasing, bringing San Diego’s inflation rate to one of the highest in the nation. Then, a decades-old policy that places a number of barriers on the region's tribes ability to acquire land will be revisited next month by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. Plus, critics lambast Substack over the “pro” program for big-name writers. Finally, in a new Port of Entry podcast episode, a Chula Vista family shares their battle with COVID-19 in hopes that their story might help others.

Travel to and hotel bookings in San Diego are up, though not quite back to pre-pandemic levels. And… remember how back in the early days of the pandemic, San Diego unveiled a "slow streets" program to give residents safe places to walk and ride bikes? In recent months that program has been quietly scaled back to just one street in Pacific Beach. Plus, a new podcast called “Blood on Gold Mountain” tells the story of the 1871 LA Chinatown massacre.

Younger workers are questioning the benefits of the daily grind as they face worsening prospects. The rise of "Sang culture" embodies the frustration and soul-crushing weariness.