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The documentary returns to theaters this month alongside the release of a new box set. It's a chance to consider what it captures (and doesn't) about music, race and justice in the 1970s and today.

Join the Blue Water Film Festival for their opening night reception, screening and filmmaker Q&A at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park! 6 p.m. - Doors Open, Cocktail Reception 7 p.m. - Screening of "Inside Antarctica: Machine Learning & Microplastics" by Nat Geo Explorer and Filmmaker Mike Libecki 7:15 p.m. - Q&A Discussion with Filmmaker Mike Libecki Moderated by Greg Reitman, BWFF Executive Director The 2022 Blue Water Film Festival (BWFF) presented by the Blue Water Institute, is set for its third year from June 2 - June 5. Held each year in celebration of United Nations World Oceans Day, BWFF will screen eighteen feature films, fifteen short films and two animated films--35 films in all, one world premiere; 12 int’l premiere and the remaining California premieres. BWFF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Learn more at bluewaterfilmfestival.org. Blue Water Film Festival is on Facebook + Instagram

Join the California Center for the Arts: Escondido as they have a performance by The All American Boys Chorus ! They sing everything! Americana, patriotic, Broadway, movies, and popular songs. TAABC is world-famous celebrating over 50 years of presenting programs for all occasions plus performances for five Presidents. You will experience "a joy beyond all expectations". Date | Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 2 p.m. Location | California Center for the Arts: Escondido Purchase tickets in person at the CCAE box office to save handling and credit card fees ($6.00-$8.00) Adults $40.00 ---Seniors $20.00 ----Veterans/military $17.00 ---Students $10.00 ----Children $5.00 For further information on this event please visit website: https://artcenter.org/event/all-american-boys-chorus/ TAABC Social Media: Facebook | Instagram | YouTube

This was the year we lost actors Sidney Poitier, Angela Lansbury and Bob Saget, fashion titan André Leon Talley, artists Sam Gilliam and Claes Oldenburg and authors David McCullough and Hilary Mantel.

Voz Alta 1821 Gallery presents "The Fire Every Time," a research installation by the artist duo Robyko. The opening reception is Wednesday, May 4 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Voz Alta 1821 Gallery. During the opening at 6:30 p.m., Navajo poet Sherwin Bitsui will read a selection of his works. This new work is the third in a series for The Alchemy Project’s Ritual #7: Burn Phoenix to Ancestral. The space will become a darkly lit multi-media environment imagining the fiery end of borders. The exhibit will be open to the public until Thursday, May 26, 2022. About the artists: Sherwin Bitsui (Diné) is originally from White Cone, Arizona, on the Navajo Reservation. He is Diné of the Todich’ii’nii (Bitter Water Clan), born for the Tl’izilani (Many Goats Clan). He is the author of Shapeshift, Flood Song, and Dissolve. His honors include a Lannan Foundation Literary Fellowship and a Native Arts & Culture Foundation Arts Fellowship. He is also the recipient of a 2010 PEN Open Book Award, an American Book Award, and a Whiting Writers Award. He is on faculty at Northern Arizona University. About robyko: Based in San Diego, California, robyko is a collaborative duo: Robert J. Sanchez (rob) and Emiko René Lewis-Sanchez (ko). As “anti-career artists,” they use low-tech aesthetics, misappropriation, and faux marketing as strategies to create cultural critiques. Their artwork is part of one endeavor: The Alchemy Project (TAP). TAP began in 2004 when they developed 19 action statements, which serve as the titles and concepts for rituals. Since then, they have been investigating, analyzing, documenting, and archiving their process of inventing a poetic science of flesh and bone as a means to create “alchemy.” TAP’s Research Archives consist of numerous interdisciplinary artworks: performances, installations, videos, photos, objects, paintings, drawings, and irrational experiments. Previously, they have been a part of the following collaborative groups: BAW/TAF, Los Anthropolocos, La Pocha Nostra, Corner Liquor Store, The Infinity Lab, and Mobile Toy Theater. For more information, please visit the event's Facebook page.

Outside groups have poured in money to try to influence the San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 4 election. Here’s who they’re supporting and opposing.

Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023 at 11 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with the PBS App + Encore Sunday, Aug. 6 at 6 a.m. on KPBS 2. A viral joke video catapults Hayden Pedigo – a 24-year-old artist and musician in Amarillo – into the spotlight and prompts him to make a surprise bid for city council. With his goal of upending the status quo and ousting corrupt incumbent politicians, the film follows Pedigo’s unorthodox campaign while unpacking issues of race, income inequality and gentrification in small-town America.

From San Diego weekend arts preview: Haydn's iconic "The Seven Last Words of Christ" was originally composed for a Good Friday service in the late 1780s in Cádiz, Spain, then later adapted for a string quartet. It contains seven pensive sonatas, each inspired by the seven phrases attributed to Christ during the crucifixion story. An introduction movement and a closing "Earthquake" piece round out the work, and the final movement is as violent, fast and loud as the title suggests. Hausmann Quartet have performed this work during Holy Week in prior years, and this year they're pairing up with a vocal quartet (led by Tasha Koontz) to perform chorales between each movement. Tickets are donation-based, with guests choosing one of three organizations working in Ukraine. —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS From the organizers: In collaboration with St. Peter's Episcopal Church, the Hausmann Quartet presents a performance of Joseph Haydn’s epic masterpiece, The Seven Last Words of Christ. Originally commissioned for a Good Friday service in 1783, it was adapted for string quartet by the composer and has since become a treasured Easter-time tradition around the world. The Hausmann Quartet will be joined by a quartet of vocalists, who will sing the chorales that precede each movement. This concert will feature a name-your-own ticket price, with proceeds going to your choice of three nonprofits with a presence in Ukraine: Doctors Without Borders World Central Kitchen Voices of Children Related links: Hausmann Quartet on Instagram Hausmann Quartet on Facebook

New Village Arts partners with the Oceanside Theatre Company to co-produce Stephen Sondheim’s "Into The Woods," directed by Kristianne Kurner. Interwoven through fairy tales is the story of a baker and his wife, whose longing for a child is thwarted by a mischievous witch. Sondheim’s songs, seamlessly melded to James Lapine’s text, are perfect expressions of the complications of living in modern society and the difficult choices we encounter on the paths of our lives. "Into The Woods" will transform the Oceanside Theatre Company’s stage into a magic land where almost anything can (and does) happen. Previews: March 18 – 25 Opening Night: March 26 Performances: March 27 – May 1 Visit the website for tickets. Full schedule: Friday, March 18 at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 19 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 20 at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 23 at 2 p.m. Friday, March 25 at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 26 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 27 at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 30 at 2 p.m. Friday, April 1 at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 2 at 2 p.m. + 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 3 at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 6 at 2 p.m. Friday, April 8 at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 9 at 2 p.m. Friday, April 15 at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 16 at 2 p.m. + 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 17 at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 20 at 2 p.m. Friday, April 22 at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 23 at 2 p.m. + 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 24 at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 27 at 2 p.m. Friday, April 29 at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 30 at 2 p.m. + 7:30 Sunday, May 1 at 2 p.m. New Village Arts on Facebook + Instagram / Oceanside Theatre Company on Facebook + Instagram

While Schulz stipulated that the strip would end with him, his iconic characters live on. His widow, Jeannie Schulz, says people still get comfort from the comic because "it talks about humanity."