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Join Camille Bethune-Brown, Mingei Curator for a rich discussion on Beaded African Adornment. Beads are central to the lives of all African people, and an integral part of a multilayered communication system across cultural communities as well as a celebration of cultural heritage. African Adornment is community art where personal touches are infused in each object. You will come away with a deep understanding of the world around us and our shared experience that unites us all. This discussion coincides with the Museum's exhibition, COLORFUL CULTURE: AFRICAN BEADS and will take place in Mingei's new Theater. Art Break is Mingei's new monthly lunchtime lecture series focused on folk art, craft and design. This event is free with museum admission. Admission Pricing: Adults (18 years and older): $14; Seniors, Students with ID and Military: $10; Children: Free Event Date: Nov. 12, 2021 (12:00pm-1:00pm) Event Location: Mingei International Museum Who: All Are Welcome For more information on this event please visit HERE!

New Village Arts (NVA), North County’s cultural hub, launches its 20th Anniversary Season with a world premiere: "1222 Oceanfront: A Black Family Christmas," a new holiday musical written by San Diego playwright Dea Hurston and devised by Frankie Alicea-Ford, Kevin “Blax” Burroughs, Milena (Sellers) Phillips, and Dea Hurston, centering on the family holiday experience in a humorous and touching way. RELATED: San Diego Weekend Arts Events: Photography, art, electroacoustic music, Palestininan poetry and two local-style Christmas plays (KPBS arts segment) About the play: Dorothy Black invites you to join her and her adult children for Christmas Eve dinner at 1222 Oceanfront. The festive evening features all of the Black family traditions including Italian food, dancing, singing and skits. The evening may also include a bit of drama, because, well it’s family. But seriously, how much drama can there be on Christmas Eve? "1222 Oceanfront: A Black Family Christmas" features a joyous mix of original holiday songs with traditional carols re-imagined. PREVIEWS: NOV. 19 – 26 OPENS: NOV. 27 RUNS: NOV. 28 – DEC. 26

Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with the PBS App. In 1986, to awaken America to the AIDS crisis and to honor the friends he lost, Brent Nicholson Earle runs the perimeter of the United States. In The American Run for the End of AIDS, Brent runs almost a marathon a day for 20 months straight. After enduring blisters, exhaustion, ignorance and fear, he returns home to a life of activism. Though the run finishes, Brent’s fight never stops.

In 2020, Gender Queer was given a Stonewall Honor and an Alex Award and was headed for a fourth printing. By spring of 2022 it topped the ALA's list of most challenged books.

An exhibition at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass. shows four centuries of war images, giving powerful witness to how art forms have reflected the brutalities of war.

Now in residence street-side at Art Produce is SDSU MFA candidate Sepideh Shamloufard. Shamloufard's work was included in the video collection "Intervals of Process" that was recently on view in the gallery windows, and her works featured Persian script and poetry written with a calligraphy pen and ink pot, from the point of view of the writer. Shamloufard's hair — or its shadows — also shows in the frame. For this three-week installation, Shamloufard will use interactive video to explore her childhood in Tehran, ideas of migration, time, memory and moments, as well as hair — how fundamental hair is to our human condition. There's also a large sculptural paper work installed in the gallery. Details: On view through Nov. 21, 2021. Contact the gallery for appointments. Art Produce, 3139 University Ave., North Park. Free. —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS

The German Renaissance, which was part of the Northern Renaissance, was an artistic and cultural advancement that spread among German intellectuals during the 15th and 16th centuries. German humanism emerged at this time in various German states and principalities. Importantly, Germany produced two crucial developments that were to dominate the 16th century all over Europe: printing and the Protestant Reformation. Perhaps the most influential artist of the 16th century in Germany was Albrecht Dürer who was known for his printmaking and engraving, as was the artist Lucas Cranach the Elder. Cranach was the court painter to the Electors of Saxony. Their work along with the art of Hans Holbein, the accomplished portrait painter, will be discussed in this presentation, as well as some of the artists of the Danube School. Date: Jan. 19, 2022 Time: 11:00am-12:00pm Location: Timken Museum of Art (Virtual) Cost: Free For more information on this event please visit HERE!

Everything in this Tiny Desk performance is unapologetically New Orleans.

We hear a lot about the big-ticket weapons the West is shipping to Ukraine. But Ukraine is also fighting effectively with a weapon it can buy off-the-shelf and is small enough to hold in one hand.

Inspired by the Eight Pillars of Joy outlined in "The Book of Joy" by the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, this film invites viewers to take an unforgettable theatrical journey through moments of everyday magic and extraordinary possibility. Written by award-winning poet laureate nominee Gill Sotu, “The History of Joy” is inspired by real-life stories of struggle, beauty, and triumph. Produced by Vanguard Culture in partnership with The Rosin Box Project. The "History of Joy" premieres on Thursday, April 28 at the Museum of Photographic Arts. The film will also be screened virtually on our YouTube channel. Event schedule: 5:30 p.m. – Doors open, explore photography exhibitions 6 p.m. – Cocktails and silent auction 7 p.m. – Film screening 9:15 p.m. – Post-show Q&A with director, cinematographer, and cast members (20-min) Get tickets here! VIP Wine + Screening - In Person: $50 General Admission - In Person: $20 General Admission - Virtual: $10 For more information, please visit eventbrite.com/e/the-history-of-joy-world-premiere.