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A free outdoor festival of art, creativity and community in the Museum Park and Museum Saturday, June 25, 2022 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. The New Children’s Museum is hosting its 10th annual Mass Creativity Day, a celebration of art, creativity and community with live performances, family-friendly art-making activities, food and free admission to the Museum all day. Mass Creativity Day will include performances by Teye Sa Thiosanne African Drum and Dance Company, Maraya Performing Arts, Mariachi Victoria, Alyce Smith Cooper, and TranscenDANCE. Other activities include face painting, a music class for toddlers facilitated by the San Diego Youth Symphony, drawing classes and live portrait drawing by Scarlett Baily, a reading of "Karen’s Heart" by author Georgeanne Irvine (read in Spanish by Radio Latina host Gloria Beltran), and appearances by Joyride Bookshop and Fern Street Circus in the Museum Park. Island Avenue in front of the Museum will be closed to traffic for the festivities. Mass Creativity Day is the culminating event of the Museum’s signature Mass Creativity outreach program that held free art-making workshops at seven different community centers throughout San Diego County from April to June. The participating community organizations include Barrio Logan College Institute, Casa Familiar, City Height Weingart Library, Skyline Hills Library, The San Diego LGBT Center, Solutions for Change and SBCS (South Bay Community Services). The New Children's Museum on Facebook + Instagram + @iheartncm on Twitter

This season’s “Women in Music Festival” focuses on the role women have had on both music composition and performance in our history. The next performers are the talented Piano & Organ Duo Mus-Art, Maria Teresa Sierra and Raúl Prieto Ramirez. Spanish piano virtuoso from Barcelona with several competition prizes, pianist Maria Teresa Sierra will join San Diego Civic Organist Raúl Prieto Ramirez for a concert widely demanded. The piano and organ duo will join forces presenting widely popular pieces like Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Beethoven’s piano Concerto No.5 “The Emperor”. The concert features a display of virtuosity combining the power of the Spreckels Organ and the delicacy of a concert piano, provided by Steinway Piano Gallery of San Diego.

Join us for our Makers & Macrame Workshop with our guest instructor and local macrame artist, Jordan of The Knottery. This is KNOT your average workshop! This is an interactive 3-hour workshop and is $79 per guest. In this specialty event, we will first make an entertaining staple: our versatile 6x16 Mini Wood Tray. Customize your Mini Wood Tray with your choice of (non-toxic!) stain and designer paint colors. Then, we learn techniques of the art of macrame. Registration includes instructions and supplies to complete an on-trend project: your choice of ONE stylish Macrame Wristlet or ONE pair of Macrame Earrings. You will be able to choose your cord colors when you arrive for your workshop. The Knottery offers a wide selection of colors. Take home your DIY project, stylish macrame project, and some crafty knowledge on a new skill! Click here to register for this event!

Looking for some not-so-scary fun? Come to Mission Valley Library for a hauntingly good time with Halloween STEAM-powered (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) crafts and activities. There will be ghost making, a scavenger hunt, and more. This program is suitable for preschool and elementary ages. Costumes are encouraged, but not required.

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Join Griselda Rosas on a tour of her special exhibition "Griselda Rosas: Yo te cuido." Space is limited to 30 participants. For more information visit: mcasd.org

Doors open at 7 p.m. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. 21+ only No food is served, nor is outside food permitted. Please plan accordingly. There are no reservations accepted, your ticket ensures you a seat, but does not guarantee groups seating together. We advise that you arrive early. There are tickets for inside and outside seating at separate price points. All tables seat 4, yet seating is all first come first served with no guarantee of sitting together as a group. About Atlantic Crossing: Stewart as Lead singer is touted as the quintessential tribute artist to Sir Rod Stewart. With looks that elicit double takes wherever he goes and to hear him sing you’d think you were listening to a recording. He also has the charm and moves of Rod that delights audiences everywhere. Atlantic Crossing is comprised of top touring musicians and all the instrumentation is performed totally live. Together A/C brings to life a Vegas quality show. Touring now since 2010 A/C has 5 hours of material including all eras of Rod Stewart’s musical journey. From the Jeff Beck Group to the present all the music is performed true to the original recordings . They have presented their act at outdoor concerts, casinos, corporate events and private parties for Hollywood luminaries. A/C is also endorsed by Phil Chen bass player extraordinaire and member of the original Rod Stewart band. Atlantic Crossing's catalog includes all five decades Rod Stewart's of hits. All of them timeless and appealing to all ages. With musical styling of all genres; rock, blues, disco, pop, reggae etc. a show can be fashioned to fit the theme of any event.Fun fact, Rod Stewart holds the record for the largest concert attendance of all time, and the most played artiston MTV's first day of broadcasting. For more information visit: atlanticcrossingtheultimaterodstewarttribute.com

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“Stunning theater” —Broadway World “A triumph” —Los Angeles Times The UC San Diego Epstein Family Amphitheater, in partnership with USC Shoah Foundation, proudly presents the critically acclaimed theatrical show—“The Children of Willesden Lane." The one-woman theatrical performance features concert pianist Mona Golabek and is adapted from her best-selling book of the same name. The Grammy-nominated artist uses music to tell her mother’s inspiring story of survival as a teenage Austrian Jewish refugee who pursued her own dream of becoming a pianist. For more information visit: amphitheater.ucsd.edu