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San Diego Gas and Electric is reacting to an oversized natural gas bill, after KPBS brought the issue to their attention. In other news, the Village Health Center at Father Joe’s is now open after flooding caused major damage this past spring. Plus, a local artistic director talks about why she chose to study the transgender singing voice.

Over the course of 90 fascinating (and often funny!) minutes, the audience will witness the professional & personal trials that crafted Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the icon we know today. Despite obstacles like losing her mother the day before her high school graduation, to studying law at Harvard while raising a daughter and helping her husband battle cancer, to fighting for women’s rights in front of all-male courts in the 1970s, and more, a compassionate face of straight-thinking American justice emerges from it all. This new play, written by Tony Award-winning playwright Rupert Holmes, is a joyful heart-to-heart with a true American original. The creative team is completed by director Laley Lippard and actress Michelle Azar, starring as Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “All Things Equal – The Life and Trials of Ruth Bader Ginsburg” is proudly presented by San Diego Theatres at Balboa Theatre in the Gaslamp District on March 23-24, 2023. Tickets are available via Ticketmaster. We hope you join us for this special pre-Broadway engagement!

For a night with relatively few surprises but some very enjoyable winners, it was a solid show that honored an awful lot of good movies, and movies that drew significant audiences.

From New Village Arts: The sold-out 2021 musical sensation, 1222 Oceanfront: A Black Family Christmas, returns to New Village Arts this holiday season as a concert! Featuring soulful riffs, rousing spirituals, an eclectic and lovable cast of characters, and a heaping helping of seasonal cheer, 1222 Oceanfront is a celebration of Black culture, family, and understanding…with a dash of Christmas drama. It reminds us that the holiday spirit is powerful, bringing us together in love, song, and joy. Written by Dea Hurston Directed by Jacole Kitchen Created and devised by Frankie Alicea-Ford, Kevin "Blax" Burroughs, Milena (Sellers) Phillips, Dea Hurston Music adaptation by John-Mark McGaha For more information, contact the Box Office at info@newvillagearts.org or (760)433-3245. Touring performances (FREE) - Wednesday, Dec. 14 7:30 p.m. City Heights Performance Annex 3795 Fairmount Ave., City Heights, San Diego Thursday, Dec. 15 7 p.m. Pilgrim United Church of Christ 2020 Chestnut Ave., Carlsbad Sunday, Dec. 18 7 p.m. OnStage Playhouse 291 3rd Ave., Chula Vista NVA Home Performances ($25) - Tuesday, Dec. 20 at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 22 at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23 at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 24 at 2 p.m. New Village Arts 2787 State Street, Carlsbad Related links: New Village Arts on Instagram New Village Arts on Facebook

San Diego Watercolor Society’s 43rd Annual International Show runs Friday, Oct. 6 - Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. It's the most competitive show of the year featuring diverse works from over 100 nationally acclaimed artists from 19 different countries. Don't miss San Diego Watercolor Society’s Biggest Show of the Year! During the month of October the Gallery will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit: www.sdws.org or call 619-876-4550 San Diego Watercolor Society on Facebook / Instagram

Premieres Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. See the world through the eyes of Nam June Paik, the father of video art and coiner of the term "electronic superhighway." Experience the acclaimed artist's creative evolution, as Academy Award nominee Steven Yeun reads from Paik's own writings.

Through the Painted Object Design Challenge workshops held in spring 2023, led by artists Marisol Rendón and Ingram Ober, young participants crafted model sculptures and museum guests voted for their favorite. Rendón and Ober then fabricated the sculpture with the most votes. At Mass Creativity 2023 the "Loving Dragon" was finally revealed as the winner! Paint the "Loving Dragon," a larger-than-life sculpture designed by kids! Admission is $20 adults and $18 children Visit: Thinkplaycreate.org or call 619-233-8792 Regular Hours: Monday 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Tuesday Closed Wednesday 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Thursday 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. Friday 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Sunday 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.

On Sunday, February 19, First Lutheran Church of San Diego’s Music & Arts @Third&Ash will present BLACK VOICES/BLACK WRITERS, a staged reading of the work of classic and contemporary black writers including Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, Bil Wright, Audre Lorde, and more. The cast: Rhys Greene ("Emmett Till," ION Theatre, "Father Comes Home from the War," Intrepid Theatre, "Sizwe Banzi is Dead," San Diego Black Ensemble Theatre), Portia Gregory ("The Trip to Bountiful," ACT Award Winner Best Actress, "The Music Sounds Different to Me Now," La Jolla Playhouse Without Walls Festival ) author, playwright Bil Wright (American Library Association Stonewall Award, LAMBDA Literary Award), and Karole Foreman (Lady Day, 2019 Ovation Award, "Blues in the Night" (Northcoast Rep.), "A Little Night Music," San Diego Theatre Critics Nomination). Curtain at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. (doors open at 3:30 & 6:30.) First Lutheran Church of San Diego, 1420 Third Ave. $20 donations suggested. First Lutheran Church San Diego on Facebook

MCASD has partnered with Space Time, an organization that cultivates time-based art works, to produce a series of events that consider works on display while presenting rare artist videos and live performances and lectures. See works by two artists, Jacolby Satterwhite and Super Squirrel (Sarah Hankins), that incorporate found material to critique pop culture and imagine better worlds. This program is presented in partnership with Space Time and in conjunction with "Alexis Smith: The American Way." It takes place during Free Third Thursday in Jacobs Hall on January 19, from 5 p.m. –7 p.m. with performances at 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. Satterwhite’s video "Country Ball 1989-2012" (2012) fuses drawing, live performance and digital technology to translate and document personal mythology. Here the artist's sources are a home video of a family cookout and his mother's drawings. Hand-tracing the drawings and importing them into a 3D animation program, Satterwhite builds a lush, computer-generated landscape. Super Squirrel (Sarah Hankins) is a DJ, producer, ethnomusicologist, and electronic noisemaker. Working with samples, VSTs, and analog synths, she explores themes of psychopathology, the carnivalesque, horror, oddity, intimacy, and haunting. In live performance, she creates quasi-narratives by way of irrational pop/electronic/folk mashups, which are smeared with noise and paired with curious videos. RSVP: https://mcasd.ticketapp.org/portal/product/83/event/989a731a-fb5a-4cf4-abd9-b3716866179f Space Time Art on Facebook / Instagram Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego on Facebook / Instagram

Sew Loka Presents: "Sewing Is Life" A Mixed Media Art Show Dedicated to the Sewing Machine We are inviting over 40 local painters, sewists, textile artists, clothing designers, jewelry creators, chefs, poets, musicians and many more to come create with us for Sew Loka's very first group art show! It will be an amazing and unforgettable night filled with art, food, music, and community. A few words from Claudia Biezunski-Rodriguez, owner of Sew Loka and main organizer for this event: "Everything that we wear on our bodies was created using a sewing machine, but as a modern society, I feel like we are very disconnected from our clothing; we were never taught to think about where our clothing comes from or how it was made. But together, through art, I believe that we can all spark a conversation, and we can use our creativity to inspire real change." Who: Sew Loka What: "Sewing is Life": A Mixed Media Art Show Dedicated to the Sewing Machine Where: 2113 Logan Avenue, San Diego, CA 92113 When: 12/17/22, 1 p.m. - 9 p.m. Why: To create a closer connection to our clothing and to spark a conversation about modern fashion. 40+ Artists Live Performances Holiday Gift Drive y mas! Stay Social! Facebook & Instagram