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Join us for two uplifting concerts celebrating racial justice! The weekend starts with a breathtaking performance by Tonality, a two-time GRAMMY® Award-winning choral ensemble based in Los Angeles. Their performance is followed by our Sankofa Celebration Concert, featuring FUMCSD’s Masterwork Chorale and Chancel Choir and conducted by Dr. Alexander Lloyd Blake. All proceeds from the concert support FUMCSD’s Racial Justice Ministry, as we pursue repentance, justice, and reconciliation and commit to a new way of being. Proceeds will help commission a special piece of sacred art for our Sanctuary celebrating the Imago Dei—the image of God—in the beautiful diversity of humanity. CONCERT DETAILS: Tonality: Saturday, November 7 at 4 p.m. in FUMCSD Sanctuary Tonality, the two-time GRAMMY® Award-winning choral ensemble from Los Angeles, brings America Will Be to First United Methodist Church of San Diego. Under the direction of founder Dr. Alexander Lloyd Blake, 16 Tonality vocalists, joined by instrumentalists and soloists, present a program that asks what America owes its people and what it can still become. At its center is "Running From, Running To: A Musical Reflection on Ahmaud Arbery," co-written by Blake and Ogi. The work premiered at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in 2025 and appears on Tonality’s album "Songs of Remembering" (Bright Shiny Things, 2026). For ten years, Tonality has used music to tell stories that call people toward each other and toward action. This concert carries that work to San Diego for one night. Sankofa Celebration Concert: Sunday, November 8 at 4 p.m. in FUMCSD Sanctuary This inspiring program features music by Black Composers and is conducted by Dr. Alexander Lloyd Blake, Founding Artistic Director of Tonality. Come listen to the talented Masterwork Chorale and Chancel Choir and then enjoy a special reception in Linder Lounge, celebrating the work of the Sankofa Pilgrims. Visit: https://www.fumcsd.org/ministries/cultural-events-music-series/ First United Methodist Church of San Diego on Facebook / Instagram

The bronze sculpture is on display inside the Philadelphia Museum of Art as part of a new exhibition on the impact and cultural importance of statues.

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Noche de Mole is the Sherman Heights Community Center’s signature annual fundraiser. The event inaugurates our 32nd Día de los Muertos celebration, San Diego longest running Día de los Muertos tradition. Enjoy an unforgettable evening with mole tastings, specialty drinks, live entertainment, and an exclusive preview of over 25 community altars. Join us October 15 from 6:30–9 p.m. and support programs that uplift our community year-round! Tickets: $75 ahead of time/ $125 at the door* To purchase tickets please email us at vero@historicbarriodistrict.org or call/text (619) 408-2740 *We encourage you to purchase tickets head of time, as the event has typically sells-out. Sherman Heights Community Center on Instagram

Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 2 p.m. Matthias Pintscher, conductor Blake Pouliot, violin PINTSCHER: "Assonanza" for Violin and Chamber Orchestra RAVEL: Tzigane, "rapsodie de concert" for Violin and Orchestra COPLAND: Symphony No. 3 German-born conductor and composer Matthias Pintscher returns to the San Diego Symphony with a program of striking contrasts – opening with his own shimmering "Assonanza" and closing with Aaron Copland’s monumental Symphony No. 3, the most iconic American symphony ever written. Pintscher, who has lived in the United States for nearly two decades, is celebrated for music of luminous texture and refined color. Assonanza – the Italian term for assonance – plays with echoes and patterns of sound, much as poets shape rhymes and rhythms that linger on the ear. Originally written for solo violin, the piece evolved into a miniature concerto in which the orchestra serves as an echo chamber, reflecting and transforming the violin’s phrases. Canadian soloist Blake Pouliot brings its intricate brilliance to life. Ravel’s sparkling Tzigane, inspired by the Hungarian Jewish violinist Jelly d’Arányi, follows – a virtuosic homage to the Romani violin tradition that enchanted European audiences in the 1920s. The program concludes with Copland’s Symphony No. 3, written at the close of World War II. Majestic, optimistic, and quintessentially American, it weaves noble lyricism with the triumphant “Fanfare for the Common Man,” affirming a nation’s spirit at peace. San Diego Symphony on Facebook / Instagram

The dam appeared to break in 2024, as South African phenom Tyla made Grammy and chart history. But for a wide field of buzzed-about voices, the path to a crossover has narrowed.

Tras una reñida contienda con varios candidatos demócratas, Xavier Becerra superó a su rival republicano, Steve Hilton, en los resultados electorales publicados el viernes. Aún se desconoce quién será el oponente de Becerra.

A European Union-backed court convicted former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci of war crimes committed during his country's war for independence from Serbia and sentenced him to 25 years in prison.

Sunflower sea stars are critically endangered in the Pacific Ocean. University of Washington researchers are working with the Samish Indian Nation to bring this 24-armed creature back from the brink of extinction.

Singh, the driver, sustained 17 lacerations, including to his neck and chest, according to court documents recently obtained by NPR.