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"Our Domestic Resurrection Circus: Apocalypse Defiance" is the dramatic and slightly absurd title of this touring show from Vermont-based puppetry troupe Bread and Puppet Theater. It's co-presented locally by three San Diego performing arts organizations, Fern Street Circus, Animal Cracker Conspiracy and San Diego Guild of Puppetry, and it's a free, outdoor show in North Park. Bread and Puppet's productions are known to be spectacular, with giant puppets and masks, stilt walkers, music, dance and singing. Bread and Puppet Theater's philosophy revolves around the idea that art and the theater is as essential as bread, and each show ends with a bread-breaking community exercise. Literal bread: sourdough rye served with aioli, plus a bunch of low-cost books, zines and art available for sale. Details: 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. North Park Community Park, 4044 Idaho St., North Park. Free. —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS Related links: Bread and Puppet Theater on Instagram Animal Cracker Conspiracy on Instagram

San Diego New Music presents a unique program curated by Zane Alexander and generously underwritten by Julia S. Falk, Ph.D. at the Athenaeum Art Center. The Holy Ghost is an improvisation directed by Zane Alexander and interpreted by an ensemble of fourteen outstanding musicians from San Diego. The diverse cast of musicians of all ages and musical backgrounds will come together and be given the tools to make something beautiful and unpredictable. Simplicity, trust, and choices are what The Holy Ghost is invested in. Soprano sax soloist Ryan Ebaugh and curator Zane Alexander will guide the band through this multimovement structured improvisation, spotlighting the unique voices of San Diego's instrumentalists.

The Temptations, often referred to as “American Music Royalty,” are world-renowned superstars of entertainment, revered for their phenomenal catalog of music and prolific career. Named the “#1 R&B/Hip Hop Artists of All Time” and one of the “125 Greatest of All Time Artists” by Billboard magazine, as well as one of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time” by Rolling Stone Magazine, the group is truly a beloved national treasure. Their first Motown hit, “Baby I Need Your Loving” in 1964, made them stars and their sixties track record on the label is indispensable to any retrospective of the decade. In 1990, with 24 Top 40 pop hits to their credit, the Four Tops were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. For Rolling Stone’s 2004 article “The Immortals – The Greatest Artists Of All Time,” Smokey Robinson remembered: “They were the best in my neighborhood in Detroit when I was growing up (and) the Four Tops will always be one of the biggest and the best groups ever. Their music is forever." For more information visit: humphreysconcerts.com

The results — the most thorough look yet at the pandemic’s toll on learning — left education officials and experts neither surprised nor hopeless.

I-C-A San Diego invites you to visit "NextGen 2023" a juried museum exhibition featuring seven graduating artists from across the region, at ICA San Diego / Central in Balboa Park. I-C-A San Diego provides local emerging artists with exhibition opportunities and professional development while highlighting the strength of our creative community. For more information visit: icasandiego.org ICA San Diego on Facebook / Instagram

2023 Year of the Cat or Year of the Rabbit? Find out on January 20-22 in City Heights * free admission If you are looking for something fun and exciting to start the New Year off right while also giving back, look no further! 2023 SD Lunar New Year Festival is back. The festival will include folk and traditional performances, arts and cultural exhibitions, lion dances and firecrackers, and plenty of family fun activities for the kids. More importantly, the festival is inclusive, pet friendly, and free with no admission cost. 2023 will mark an exciting milestone as it also will be the groundbreaking event for the Boat People Garden, a mini park to be built approximately one block from our festival site. If you participated at any of the SD Lunar New Year festivals before, this is your accomplishment. All proceeds from 2020, 2022, and this year 2023 will all be used for the construction of this park. Even if you just attended and purchased goods and services, or if you participated as a vendor, sponsor, entertainer, artist, volunteers, or by any means, you directly contributed, and this park is possible because of you! So don’t forget to stop by the groundbreaking site to pick up a rock or some grain of sands to show to the world because this is your accomplishment and you help paid for those rocks, those sands, and those soon to be installed benches, tables, lanterns, flowers, plants, public art, sculpture, mural, etc. Giving back to the community is the greatest gift of all and we couldn't be more thankful to you for your contribution. Let's make this another festival to remember and let's celebrate this tremendous progress we've made together. Join the fun this January 20-22nd at Jeremy Henwood Park – 4455 Wightman Street, San Diego, CA 92105. If you had trouble finding parking last year, worry no more. Parking spaces are available at Rosa Park Elementary School, and several underground parking structures from several buildings nearby. There will be signs so you cannot miss it. The Lunar New Year Festival will be open Friday, Jan. 20 from 5 p.m. – 10 p.m., Saturday January 21 from 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. and Sunday, January 22 from 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. Admission is free

Historians say that a little more than a century ago, when cars first hit the roads, they caused nervous laughter and raised real concerns, much like driverless vehicles today.

Modern parents are told to TALK with an agitated kid to improve their mood. But in many cultures, mom and dad opt for a soothing caress to induce tranquility. Neurologists explain why it works.

Matteo Messina Denaro died on Monday in a hospital prison ward several months after being captured following decades on the run, Italian state radio said.

Richards speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about the road to Hackney Diamonds, the Stones' first album of new material in 18 years.