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  • 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
  • San Diego Unified wants more community schools, but how it will fund them in the long run is still unclear.
  • Oolong Gallery is pleased to present the first solo show since the gallery’s inception last June in San Diego: "Nuevo Amanecer" by Colombian-American artist Carolyn Castaño, an icon of Latinx painting in Southern California. The exhibition is mainly comprised of her new ruana mixed media paintings amongst other new pieces to be presented at Oolong. Her representative gallery Walter Maciel recently featured her work in LA for a fourth solo exhibition there to a resounding success. Opening reception: New Year's Eve, Dec 31 2022 4-8 p.m. featuring cumbia music and cocktails. The exhibition runs through Feb. 11 2023 with a special artist talk scheduled Jan. 14 at the gallery. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Read more: L.A. painter Carolyn Castaño turns the humble poncho into a portal to lush worlds (by Carolina A. Miranda | LA Times Columnist Sept 21, 2022) Related links: Oolong Gallery on Instagram
  • Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Delve into the fate of the Monument at Stone Mountain, Georgia, the Confederate Mount Rushmore, revealing a nation wrestling with its past as Confederate statues are torn down across the country.
  • A decades-long investigation into the murder of the rapper appeared to take another turn this week after Las Vegas police searched a home in Henderson, Nev.
  • Summer feels infinite, but also rushed in its impermanence. Roséwave bottles that infinity with a soundtrack that spans generations and genres of music.
  • The San Diego Symphony’s Winter-Spring 2022 season continues to connect communities throughout San Diego and beyond with music featuring world-class artists. About Mendelssohn's "Italian": Conductor Ankush Kumar Bahl takes us on a musical voyage to the immortal “land where the lemon-trees bloom, and the gold orange glows...” in Felix Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony, inspired by his year-long trip to that country in 1830. Principal bass Jeremy Kurtz-Harris performs music by Tijuana-based composer Andrés Martín, whose concerto draws on the rhythms of tango from his native Argentina. Schedule • Wednesday, April 20 at 7:30 p.m., at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido • Thursday, April 21 at 7:30 p.m., at the Joan B. Kroc Theater • Saturday, April 23 at 2 p.m., at the Patrick Henry High Get tickets here! Tickets staring at $25. For more information, please visit sandiegosymphony.org/performances/mendelssohns-italian or call (619) 235-0804.
  • The current rap capital thrives on a thrilling contradiction: Its best music is at once hyperlocal and globally accessible, true to its roots but built for scale.
  • 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.
  • Family Feud is kitschy, a bit silly, and just challenging enough. I love the drama, but it also forces me to take a step back from my bubble and think about the larger human experience.
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