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Though defined from the start by outsiders — hip-hop flyover country one day, scrutiny magnet the next — Chicago's poets, brawlers and hustlers remain the last word on what gives the city its soul.

World Bee Day is held in recognition of the role bees play in sustaining a healthy ecosystem, ensuring our food supply and ultimately the future of humanity. The purpose of our event is to raise awareness of the vital importance of bees and all pollinators, the threats they face and actions every individual can take to protect them. The JFG will be partnering with other Balboa Park and community organizations including the Air and Space Museum, Natural History Museum, SD Beekeeping Society, SD Youth Symphony, CA Native Plant Society, Hives for Heroes and other groups to showcase bees through exhibits, music, interactive demonstrations, microscopic observations, lectures, art and educational hands-on activities. Date | Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 10am Location | Japanese Friendship Garden Free with admission to the Japanese Friendship Garden If you're a beekeeper, wear your beekeeping suit and receive $2 off admission! Wear your Bee Suit – It’s World Bee Day! ***SPECIAL GUEST STARS*** The Honey Bees!! This event is a fun, interactive, educational day for people of all ages to learn more about our bees! (May 20th is the official internationally recognized World Bee Day) For further information on this event please visit: https://www.niwa.org/world-bee-day

A blockbuster new study finds that America's elite private colleges are systematically giving huge advantages to rich kids over their equally bright, yet less privileged peers.

The Puerto Rican vocalist brings her distinctive songs of desire and longing to the Tiny Desk.

Mujeres Brew House, Bread & Salt and CAMARADA unite to present a unique blending of the arts, chamber music, beer tasting and community. An artful experience to wake-up the senses bringing you music, atmosphere, beer, excitement, art, intrigue and discovery! Join us at Something's Brewing: Tango & Tacos, dine with us prior to the concert at Mujeres Brew House, and then enjoy the best of tango music at the gallery. Schedule: 5:30 p.m. - Taco Flights 3 for $10 at Mujeres Brew House @mujeres_brew_house 6:30 p.m. - Doors Open/Gallery Viewing with Artist Irma Sofia Poeter @irma_sofia_poeter 7:00 p.m. - Concert During Intermission: beer tasting, meet the brewmaster, tour the galleries, meet the artists RELATED: Artist Irma Sofia Poeter is turning the male gaze around (KPBS feature) Masks required indoors • Proof of vaccination required Performers: Beth Ross Buckley, flute David Buckley, violin Andrés Martín, bass Dana Burnett, piano Matthew Armstrong, percussion Carolina Jaurena and Marcelo Mesa, tango dance Featured Gallery Artist: Irma Sofia Poeter Traditional and Nuevo Tango: Astor Piazzolla, Andrés MartÍn, Raul Jaurena, Eduardo Donato, Carlos Gardel, Cobian Date | Saturday, February 26 at 7 p.m. Location | Bread & Salt Gallery Get tickets here General Admission: $35 plus fees General Admission Plus $20 Donation: $55 plus fees Priority Seating: $45 plus fees Priority Seating Plus $20 Donation: $65 plus fees For more information, please visit camarada.readertickets.com/events/somethings-brewing-tango-tacos or call the venue at (619) 851-4083.

Premieres Friday, Sept. 9, 2022 at 9 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 11 at 2 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS Video App. The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra—comprised of recent Ukrainian refugees and artists—concludes its international tour to express love for Ukraine and lift spirits with music.

In the history of popular music, there have been few singer / songwriters that have been as prolific and impactful as the legendary Carole King & James Taylor. Carole King has been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame respectively. She wrote several Top Ten hits for various groups with her partner and husband Gerry Goffin during the '60's and in 1971, her Tapestry album became the top-selling pop solo album ever and held that position until Michael Jackson's Thriller in 1982. Over the course of her long career, she penned over 400 songs that have been recorded by more than 1,000 artists. James Taylor rose to fame in the 1970s, when he became known for writing and performing sensitive, affecting songs. Over the course of a long-running career, Taylor has won five Grammy Awards and is the first artist to have top 10 albums in each of the last 6 decades. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 and received a National Medal of the Arts in 2011. Taylor continues to be esteemed as a songwriter and performer whose work speaks to people's inner emotional lives. In November of 2007, Carole King and James Taylor came together to perform a concert that celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Troubadour in West Hollywood. The concert was also a reunion of the two artists who performed regularly together in the early ‘70’s. With the intent to pay tribute to this legendary musical collaboration , Stephen Bock of the stellar tribute to James Taylor “Taylor Made” has joined forces with Carla Buffa of the popular Southern California Carole King tribute “Sweet Seasons” to put together a show that honors the legacy of both of these renowned performers. When you attend a Taylor Made Tapestry performance, you will be astounded by this bands immaculate renderings of such classic numbers as “Fire and Rain”, “It’s Too Late”, “Carolina in My Mind”, “So Far Away”, Your Smiling Face”, “I Feel the Earth Move”, “Shower the People”, “Jazzman”, “You’ve Got a Friend”, “Locomotion”……. this excellent group of musicians faithfully pay tribute to these iconic artists with outstanding accuracy and attention to detail. Come and celebrate the music of two of the most renowned pop artists of our generation with Taylor Made Tapestry, a Tribute to Carole King & James Taylor.

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.

RELATED: Andrés Hernández: A love and a border interrupted by COVID (KPBS feature) RELATED: San Diego Weekend Arts Events: 'Crying on the Blue Line Trolley,' soundON Festival, Mission Trails, Preston Swirnoff and more (KPBS weekend arts preview) Upcoming virtual art talk: Andrés Hernandez will be in conversation with poet and professor Karla Cordero, Saturday, Jan. 29 at 1 p.m. Register here. Upcoming closing reception: Saturday, Feb. 26 from 1-4 p.m. From the gallery: The Hill Street Country Club's next solo exhibition is “Crying On The Blue Line Trolley” by Andrés Hernández. Crying on the Blue Line Trolley features @andrs.herndz ‘s first departure from illustration. It consists of analogue photography that takes from and recontextualizes the visual makeup of San Diego and Tijuana into a series of hybrid landscapes. Jan. 8 - Feb. 28, 2022 530 S Coast Hwy, Oceanside, CA Opening reception: Jan. 8 from 1-4 p.m. Masks are required and groups of six guests at a time will be let in to the gallery for 15 minute viewings. Andrés Hernández is a self-taught non-binary Mexican artist living in Tijuana. She quietly writes and makes art about her life. She is a firm believer that soft-spoken art also deserves to be heard. Related links: The Hill Street Country Club on Instagram

Read the KPBS Feature on this exhibition here: Dance and photography converge to 'Dis/Re-member war-torn Laos About the exhibition: Dis/Re-member is a dis-membering of Khamla Somphanh’s dance, Purposely Accidental. Doug McMinimy converts the dance from a sequence of movements in space and time into a series of still photographs. These dance images have been selected and organized in this gallery as a re-membering of the dance in the form of a photographic art installation. Viewable by appointment, Thursday and Friday from 2-6 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 11-5 p.m. by RSVPing here. The exhibition is also viewable from the sidewalk on University Avenue in North Park, and is lit at night. Dance photography allows us toRead the KPBS Feature on this exhibition here. experience the power and beauty of dance in an untraditional way, adding depth and complexity to the artform. Lost is the dimension and quality of movement. Instead, the fleeting gesture is suspended in time, allowing us the opportunity to contemplate the dancer’s fleeting gesture. A wide-angle lens was primarily used for these images, allowing the photographer to work in close proximity to the dancer and the viewer to become immersed in the experience of dance. About the artist: Douglas McMinimy is a San Diego-based photographer who works exclusively with dancers. He began to dance in his late teens and co-founded modern dance group 456 Speed-Up in 1980. By the 2000s, his connections with dance had waned. He began carrying a camera, photographing the New England flora on daily dog walks on Mount Desert Island, Maine. Photography facilitated his prodigal return to dance in 2017. Having relocated to San Diego with its thriving dance community, he became determined to focus his creative efforts on photographing dance, particularly in a studio setting, which enables a relationship of collaboration between McMinimy and the dancers he photographs. Related links: Art Produce Art Produce on Instagram Art Produce on Facebook