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Free concerts at noon every other Monday from fall through spring . . . no wonder the Mini-Concerts are the longest-running and one of the most popular classical music series at the library! This series was founded by Glenna Hazleton in 1970 at the Athenaeum, and has been going strong ever since. The concerts feature both local and touring musicians, prize-winning students, university music faculty members, local chamber ensembles. . . and the repertoire also includes jazz, folk and world music. Performers: Ines Irawati-Piano Sophie Webber-Cello Date | Monday, April 25, 2022 at 12pm Location | Athenaeum Music & Arts Library Free Event! There are no reservations, no tickets . . . just line up at the side door of the Athenaeum before noon. (Donations are always welcome!) Mini-Concerts take place every other Monday at noon and last about an hour. The concerts will be in person at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. There are no physical tickets for these events. Doors open at 11:50 a.m. Seating is first-come; first-served. For further information on this event please visit website: https://www.ljathenaeum.org/events/mini-concert-2022-0425

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/

Tuesdays, Aug. 30 - Oct. 4, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand with KPBS Passport! 1900s Vienna is a hotbed of philosophy, science and art. Dr. Max Liebermann’s extraordinary skills of perception and Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt’s determination lead them to some of the city’s most mysterious and deadly cases. This week: Their latest investigation draws Max and Oskar into the sphere of nationalistic groups who despite Vienna's immigrants. Max's fiancee is provoked into taking daring risks before the murderer's shocking rationale is finally revealed.

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

In goggles and flipflops, they dive to harvest seaweed. It's risky work. They'll earn $3 to $6 a day. Now climate change and environmental rules make it harder to pursue the traditional profession.

Statements recognizing Indigenous rights to territories seized by colonial powers may be well-meaning. But some Indigenous leaders fear these acknowledgments may become routine and performative.

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.

The artist quit music in the early '60s, then later disappeared so completely even her family didn't know where she'd gone. Now, an album of her songs — as she wanted them heard — is coming out.

A female Weedy Seadragon has transferred eggs to a male at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, a rare event and a first for the institution.

In art history, the High Renaissance was a brief period of brilliant artistic production in the Italian states. Great artistic achievements were particularly strong in Rome, the capital of the Papal States and in Florence. Most art historians believe the dates of the High Renaissance were roughly 1495-1520. The Timken Musuem of Art will host a discussion about the High Renaissance period, of which some of the most noted artists, architects, and sculptors include Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Bramante. With regard to High Renaissance painting, significant achievements were made during this era including advancements in linear perspective, realistic depictions of both physical and psychological features, along with the use of chiaroscuro and sfumato. Date | Wednesday, February 16 from 11 a.m. to noon Location | Online via Zoom This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please visit timkenmuseum.org/artsreach-tour-the-high-renaissance-in-rome-and-florence or call the museum at (619) 232-7931.