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Scott Franzke has been calling MLB games in Philadelphia since 2006. He sizes up the teams headed into the World Series and reflects on upcoming changes designed to put more action in the game.

A few years ago, a man who called himself Stephen became a fixture in Manhattan's Riverside Park. After his body was discovered, a woman who knew him made it her mission to bring his story to light.

The House can't do legislative business until it elects a new speaker. Their growing to-do list includes keeping the government open, as well as policy issues like Ukraine aid and defense spending.

In a new special exhibition of works by living artist Fernando Casasempere at San Diego Museum of Art, you'll find four distinct installations, each revolving around Casasempere's use of clay, color and the earth's deeply rooted history — specifically the industrial waste from Chilean copper mines. This exhibition opens in conjunction with Art Alive, the museum's annual floral show, and is Casasempere's first solo exhibition in the U.S. On view in the museum's first floor galleries 4 and 5. Related events: Tuesday, May 3, 2022, 10:00 a.m. to noon: Art and the Environment: An Artist Panel Discussion From the museum: Fernando Casasempere (b. 1958) moved to London from Santiago in 1997 with 12 tons of earth from his native Chile. He uses the earth as his medium as well his subject to explore ideas of landscape, architecture, and history with a foreboding sense of environmental collapse. The four installations of the exhibition include: Reframing Our Relationship with the Earth features a mound of earth with thousands of individually hand-pressed clay components resembling bone fragments that speak to humans’ impact on the planet. Earth Book/The Sphere of Things to Come presents a series of clay books and a spherical structure representing the earth, together making up a physical archive of what may be lost if no change is made. Salares features hanging landscape formations made of clay that pay homage to the salt flats of the Chilean Atacama Desert, as well as enlarged mortar bowls that speak of itinerant diasporas, representing civilizations forced to flee from natural disasters caused by the changing climate. Reminiscences presents ceramic constructions representing fragments of archaeological ruins, gesturing to the threat of cultural loss due to humans’ extractive relationship with the Earth. Read more here. Related links: San Diego Museum of Art on Instagram San Diego Museum of Art on Facebook Visiting information

Perspectives Spaces and Campana Studios are pleased to announce the opening of "Femme Vitale," an exhibition including works from Southern California-based artists Ana Andrade, Kirstyn Hom, Dillon Chapman, and Nicole Merton. "Femme Vitale" is also the name of a six-episode short documentary series that will launch Telepathine Studio, a film and video production atelier led by creative director Carolina Montejo. Both the exhibition and the documentary series celebrate women working in art, environmentalism, activism, and music who are shifting the paradigms of identity, gender, and joy in the larger San Diego region. The artist reception will be held on Saturday, June 4 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Perspectives Space, Encinitas. The exhibit will run until Friday, July 8. RSVP for the opening reception here! This event is free and open to the public. About the artists: Telepathine Studio is a niche video and filmmaking production company that focuses on social and environmental narratives, arthouse films, documentaries, as well as music and sound-based clips. Telepathine works with a group of creative professionals in cinematography, design, narrative strategy, animation, as well as recording and editing, to make films, videos, and experimental media that have striking presence, coherence, and care. Ana Andrade is a trans-border artist who lives and works between Tijuana and San Diego. Andrade is a multidisciplinary artist who works with video, sound, sculpture, photography, objects, and text. Nicole Merton is a photographer and activist of Mescalero Apache descent living and working in Orange County. Her most recent work “ Here… Our Voices, Our MMIW Movement”, focuses on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women movement. Dillon Chapman is a Southern California-based artist, educator, and cultural theorist who investigates notions of self as subject/object. Drawing from personal and cultural archives, her practice contemplates intimacy, desire, and relations of power through writing and image-making. Kirstyn Hom is a California-based artist with a BA in Arts from UC Berkeley and an MFA in Visual Arts from UC San Diego, working with sculpture, installation, and performance to explore the intersection of language and textiles. For more information, please visit perspectivesspace.com/allevents/femme-vital or call (760) 634-0273.

The Emilio Nares Foundation (ENF), a nonprofit that helps families navigate their child’s journey through cancer, invites the community to attend their 19th annual Harvest for Hope Fundraiser at Coasterra Restaurant on Sunday, September 18, 2022 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The annual fundraiser features signature dishes from local San Diego chefs paired with fine wine and spirits, a craft beer tasting and live entertainment from art entertainer and cancer survivor, Amy Burkman, and Saxophonist, Brian Pierini. General admission tickets cost $180 per person. Proceeds raised will help the Emilio Nares Foundation continue to provide free services to low-income, underprivileged families whose children are battling cancer. WHEN | Sunday, September 18, 2022 ‣ This event takes place from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE | Coasterra Restaurant ‣ 880 Harbor Island Dr, San Diego, CA 92101 TICKETS | Purchase tickets here!

LGBTQ+ students at San Dieguito Union are calling for change after a district trustee and parents engaged in what they call “transphobic behavior” in a private Facebook group chat.

Join One Paseo on Saturday, August 6 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. , for the 2nd annual Summer Surf Fest to celebrate San Diego surf culture. Located just a few miles from the beach, One Paseo aims to honor the rich surfing tradition in the area, with a fun, family-friendly festival celebrating all things San Diego surf scene. The surf-centric event will feature live music, a classic car show provided by San Diego Woodies, an art installation by local artists and an area for guests to play beach games, and more. Click here to learn more about this event! One Paseo on Instagram + Facebook

“Traffic Jams” free outdoor jazz concert series continues with the Steve Pandis Jazz Trio, outdoors in the Wu Tsai QRT.yrd at The Conrad, 7600 Fay Avenue in La Jolla, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Rather than being stuck in traffic after work on Fridays, plan to meet up with friends at The Conrad and enjoy some jazz together instead—or come solo and make some new friends. It’s absolutely free and no advance registration is required. ABOUT LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY As one of Southern California’s leading presenters of première performing arts, La Jolla Music Society contributes to San Diego’s cultural vitality year-round through a rich variety of presentations, including classical, jazz, global roots, contemporary music, and dance. For more information, visit www.LJMS.org, or call 858.459.3728. La Jolla Music Society’s 2021-22 season is supported by The Conrad Prebys Foundation, The City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, Banc of California, The Lodge at Torrey Pines, ProtoStar Foundation, Vail Memorial Fund, ResMed Foundation, Bright Events Rentals, Ace Parking, Brenda Baker and Steve Baum, Raffaella and John Belanich, Gordon Brodfuehrer, Mary Ellen Clark, Joy Frieman, Joan and Irwin Jacobs, Dorothea Laub, Jeanette Stevens, Debra Turner, and Bebe and Marvin Zigman. La Jolla Music Society on Facebook + Instagram + @ljmusicsociety on Twitter

The second Special VAMP Storytelling Showcase of the year arrives this June in the beautiful Art Produce outdoor performance space, just in time to celebrate our survival of half another year! Featuring eight of the best storytellers in the land delighting you with true tales while you plop your keister down on guaranteed seating. Just what you've been asking for! When: Saturday, June 18th @ 7pm Where: Art Produce 3139 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92104. Price: $20 non-members / $15 members Age: All ages but mature content & language are guaranteed