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This weekend in the arts: "Echoes of Africa" opens at the Central Library Gallery; three exhibitions open at MCASD downtown, including Carmen Argote; the Broadway touring production of "Hadestown"; Gustavo Romero plays (all the) Beethoven piano sonatas; and a Women in Jazz mini-fest.

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.

A Palm Springs insurance agent who allegedly stole over $75,000 from one of his clients, a late prominent art dealer and philanthropist who lived in Carlsbad, has been arrested, the California Department of Insurance said Wednesday.

San Diego might be running afoul of court orders that dictate how city officials are supposed to clean homeless encampments, discard property and enforce a law about blocking a sidewalk.

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

Swish Projects will open a solo exhibition of new works by Jonny Alexander, "Heavy Levity," from Mar. 18 through Apr. 10, 2022. An opening reception will be held Friday, Mar. 18, 2022 from 6-9 p.m. Viewable by appointment using Calendly or via email. This exhibition is centered around a series of large paintings on canvas, contrasting natural landscape with the human-made impact, and Alexander has linked the paintings to each other. "One painting of a living room scene depicts a ‘painting’ on the wall. Elsewhere in the exhibition that painting can be found at full scale. The works together become connected and self referential, pointing to the overall theme of blurred boundaries and giving a sense of the liminal space that is created when our perceived separations converge," Alexander writes in his artist statement. Alexander's work is surreal, but within each work, what stands out the most is the juxtaposition of something from nature, or something wild (flowers, landscapes, rocks) with a human, domestic element (a living room setup, a table, an architectural detail). —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS. From San Diego Weekend Arts Events Related links: Jonny Alexander's website Jonny Alexander's artist statement on Instagram Swish Projects on Instagram

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.

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.

This piano trio last appeared at The Athenaeum in 2016. The Neave Trio will perform an all-French program. They’ll perform a piece by 19th-century composer Louise Farrenc's Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 33 off their highly praised CD, "Her Voice." A member of the group of composers known as Les Six, Germaine Tailleferre is rarely heard in concert halls today. We’ll end with the beloved Piano Trio by Ravel. Date | Tuesday, March 15 at 7:30 p.m. Location | Athenaeum Music & Arts Library Get tickets here! Members: $50 Nonmembers: $55 Students: $15 This event is presented by the Chamber Music Series at the Athenaeum Music and Arts Library. For more information, please visit ljathenaeum.org/events/chamber-0315-2022 or call (858) 454-5872.

The low inventory of homes for sale in San Diego is driving prices up again. Plus, a Poway man wants his community to call him if they find a rattlesnake on their property, but relocating live rattlesnakes is not quite as simple, or legal, as some might think. Then, this weekend in the arts: opera singer Stephanie Blythe performs the music of Johnny Mercer, artist Katie Ruiz installs a new ofrenda for the San Diego Botanic Garden's fall festival, the Symphony brings a beloved children's story to life at the Shell, and there's an art auction at the Bread and Salt complex.