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Listen to six songs included in Bram Dijkstra's "John Coltrane Memorial Black Music Archive."

DC's latest outing overstays its welcome

The San Diego Watercolor Society proudly presents “Simple Pleasures, an Art Exhibition,” juried by award-winning artist, Thomas Franco. This watermedia 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. Please visit www.sdws.org for more information.

Curated by Beth Smith, Oceanside Museum of Art's latest exhibition, "Storyteller," showcases the work of San Diego sculptor James E. Watts. Watts' work is immensely character-driven and inspired by beloved and monstrous characters in literature and pop culture. His figurative sculptures are eye-stopping and abstract, and his panel or flat works — generally constructed from reclaimed wood and tin — are jam packed with intricate details. Opens Apr. 2 and is on view through Jul. 17, 2022. About the artist: James E. Watts thinks of his studio as a sanctuary. He named it The James Watts Institute for Artistic Behavior. Located at street level in the Gaslamp Quarter of San Diego, he welcomes people who walk by and pause to look in the window. Watts’s sculpture is often inspired by classic literature such as The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Don Quixote. Characters from books are transformed as Watts carves, hammers, fastens, and bolts pieces of salvage and scrap metal. He is known for repurposing metal lunch boxes, cookie tins, and assorted metal ephemera. Curated by Beth Smith, this exhibition sees Watts’s personality in every figure, a light-hearted mix of humor and social commentary. Read more at the OMA website here. Related links: OMA visiting information and hours OMA on Instagram OMA on Facebook James E. Watts on Instagram

The new Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center opens in Barrio Logan.

High school theater teachers fear their stages will be the next battleground in the culture war. Plays have been canceled or removed when local officials claim the content is inappropriate.

A new exhibition at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts offers a rare glimpse into the archives of the late songwriter Lou Reed.

Skip the crowds and check out the Eisner award-winning comics at one of San Diego's amazing shops.

The 'anti-city' country song is a well-worn trope, one that pits idyllic country life against the corruption of the city. But Aldean's controversial song reveals the dark heart of the tradition.

Jacolby Satterwhite was born in 1986 in Columbia, South Carolina. He received his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Arts, Baltimore and his MFA from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Jacolby Satterwhite is celebrated for a conceptual practice addressing crucial themes of labor, consumption, carnality and fantasy through immersive installation, virtual reality and digital media. He uses a range of software to produce intricately detailed animations and live action film of real and imagined worlds populated by the avatars of artists and friends. These animations serve as the stage on which the artist synthesizes the multiple disciplines that encompass his practice, namely illustration, performance, painting, sculpture, photography and writing. Satterwhite draws from an extensive set of references, guided by queer theory, modernism and video game language to challenge conventions of Western art through a personal and political lens. Date | Friday March 4, 2022 at 1pm Location | Virtual Link Cost | Free YouTube Stream: https://youtu.be/1ZfK79xlzXg For further information on this event please visit HERE!