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Through beautiful images, this talk will introduce the Rajputs and the arts they patronized, with an emphasis on manuscript paintings. We will look at the ways that Rajput rulers used art as a way to promote specific ideas about their power, their traditions, and their position in relation to the ruling Mughal emperors, and later the British. The talk will touch on the ways that the paintings were made and used, and will include some choice examples from The San Diego Museum of Art’s Edwin Binney collection of manuscript illustrations. Date | Saturday, February 26 from 10 a.m. to noon Location | Online Get tickets here! General admission: $10 Free for active South Asian Arts Council (renewed for 2021-2022) and SDMA members. For more information, please visit sdmart.org/event/from-forts-and-palaces-paintings-made-for-the-rajputs or call (619) 232-7931.

Join the Library for the 2022 Summer Festival Jazz Concerts. Sponsored by the Friends of the Coronado Library and Hotel Del Coronado, concerts will take place every other Friday from June 3 - August 26. Doors will open 15 minutes prior to each performance. On Friday, June 15, Daneen Wilburn and Grammy award winning pianist/soprano saxophonist Kamau Kenyatta will bring their soulful jazz vibes to the Winn Room. Wilburn's gospel roots will shine through and be enhanced by Kenyatta's smooth musical stylings. Visit https://coronado.librarycalendar.com/event/summer-festival-jazz-concert-series-featuring-daneen-wilburn-kamau-kenyatta-and-friends Performer Bios: Daneen Wilburn was born and raised in San Diego, CA. She began singing at the age of three and by the time she was seven, she was the lead singer in the family band that included her talented brothers and sisters. At age nineteen, Daneen was performing at the Shrine Auditorium, in Los Angeles, CA. Her performance led to an invitation to sing at the legendary Hollywood Bowl for its Easter Sunrise Service. Soon after, she was sharing the stage with some of gospel music’s biggest names, including Darryl Coley, Edwin Hawkins and The Mighty Clouds of Joy. In 1990, Daneen married and began a family. She decided to leave music to focus on her children, a decision she never regretted. However, in 2013, Daneen returned to the music scene, with a soldout concert, at 98 Bottles in San Diego, where she combined her gospel roots with a soulful jazz vibe. In 2014, on Jackie Robinson Day, she was invited to sing The National Anthem by the San Diego Padres. Padres’ owner, Robert Fowler, was so moved by her performance that he later asked Daneen to sing for the memorial service of Padres legend, Tony Gwynn, at Petco Park. Her rendition of “Amazing Grace” uplifted an audience of thousands that included baseball legends Reggie Jackson, Steve Garvey, Trevor Hoffman, Joe Torre, sports announcer Bob Costas. The next morning’s front page headline in the San Diego Union Tribune simply read, “Amazing Grace.” Since then, Daneen has performed for former First Lady Laura Bush, and at the wedding of soccer superstar, and gold medalist, Alex Morgan. She recorded her debut, self-titled album, produced by Grammy winner, Kamau Kenyatta, which was released in the summer of 2017. Kamau Kenyatta is a Grammy award-winning producer and arranger. Kamau is a Teaching Professor at the University of California San Diego Music Department. He was honored with the prestigious Barbara J. and Paul D. Saltman Distinguished Teaching Award at UCSD in May 2009. Originally from Detroit, his versatility comes from his early exposure to a vast array of musical styles. Kamau has worked with jazz greats such as Hubert Laws, Donald Byrd, Yusef Lateef, Jim Pepper, and Earl Klugh. World tours have taken him to over 20 countries and include stints with The Supremes, Carl Anderson (from Jesus Christ Superstar), Oscar Brown, Jr., SWV, Silk, the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band and New Kids on The Block. Kamau has also collaborated with Hubert Laws in writing the score for Small Steps, Big Strides a documentary concerning the history of African-American film. He wrote and supervised music for The Dawn At My Back, a Sundance Film Festival award-winning interactive DVD-ROM memoir. In 2015, Kamau scored the film, "Spirits Of Rebellion," by Zeinabu Irene Davis. In 2016, he completed the score for the Gregory Porter biopic, Don’t Forget Your Music. The film was released in the UK in the fall of 2016. Kamau served as musical director for Blues Schoolhouse, an educational program for middle-school children, at the International House Of Blues (San Diego). In 2009, Kenyatta joined the Music Department at California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA). He served as Department Co-Chair from 2010-11. Destiny, a recording that showcases Kenyatta as pianist, composer and producer, was released in the spring of 2007. "The Elegant Sadness," his most recent recording in the same roles was released in the fall of 2019. Kamau produced "Water and Be Good" for vocalist Gregory Porter on the Motema label - both were nominated for Grammy awards. In 2013, Kenyatta served as associate producer and arranger for Porter’s Blue Note Records debut disc Liquid Spirit. In February 2014, this project won a Grammy in the “Best Jazz Vocal Album” category. 2016 saw releases of his production projects included Gregory Porter’s "Take Me To The Alley," Ed Motta’s "Perpetual Gateways," and Steph Johnson’s "Music Is Art." In February 2017, Kamau won a Grammy for his co-production and arrangements on "Take Me To The Alley" in the “Best Jazz Vocal Album” category. In 2018, his production of Uncovered Soul by Kathy Kosins was released. Production projects released in 2019 include a self-titled project for vocalist Daneen Wilburn and "Intuition: Songs From The Minds Of Women for Alicia Olatuja." In 2020, Kamau’s production of Paulette McWilliams’ "A Woman’s Story" was released. His production of Allan Harris’ Kate’s Place was released in early 2021. Coronado Public Library on Facebook + Instagram + @CPL92118 on Twitter

Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ is Fosse’s full-throated, full-bodied celebration of the art form he loved, practiced, and changed forever. His hit musical masterpiece is reimagined by director Wayne Cilento, who starred in the original Broadway production of Dancin’. Cilento transforms the show’s original vision for 21st-century audiences. Dancin’ brims with Fosse’s warmth, emotion, color, and endlessly influential style rarely seen in modern interpretations of his work. Performances are now extended through June 5. Location | Old Globe Theatre Purchase tickets here! $52-$112 Featuring an eclectic score that spans a multitude of musical genres and an extraordinary cast of Broadway’s most accomplished dancers, Dancin’ delivers the quintessential Broadway experience for Fosse fans and first-timers alike. You’ve never seen Dancin’ like this. Original Broadway production created, directed, and choreographed by Bob Fosse Choreography by Bob Fosse Direction and musical staging by Wayne Cilento Produced in cooperation with Nicole Fosse Running time: Two hours and twenty minutes. There is one intermission. For further information on this event please visit website: https://www.theoldglobe.org/press-room/2022-season/bob-fosses-dancin/

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The San Diego Watercolor Society proudly presents “Simple Pleasures, an Art Exhibition,” juried by award-winning artist, Thomas Franco. This water media exhibition runs Feb. 3 – 27, 2022 at our Gallery in The ARTS DISTRICT Liberty Station. The Gallery is open Thursday - Sunday from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.. Come and enjoy over 95 ready-to-hang original paintings by our very talented Members. The paintings can also be viewed and purchased online. Visit www.sdws.org for more information.