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The 40th Annual San Diego Chinese New Year Fair returns on Saturday, Feb. 4 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.! Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit with old and new friends on the corner of 3rd Avenue and J Street in downtown San Diego! The fair will go on, RAIN OR SHINE! We will have traditional and cultural entertainment all day long on both days, LION DANCES, kung fu, traditional instruments, classical dance troupes, and so much more, so don't miss out!Food, family-friendly entertainment, crafts for kids, a dragon dance, vendors, and so much more fun than you can expect! This event is FREE to the public! The Fair will take place on the corner of J Street and Third Avenue in downtown San Diego, 92101 This fun, family event is hosted and presented by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association - San Diego! The San Diego Chinese New Year Fair tradition was started by the descendants of the San Diego Chinese community that resided in downtown San Diego since the late 1880s. Today, we feast and play in the same historic neighborhood with diverse food, cultural performances, and craft vendors! Thanks for your support! More information is available at www.sdcny.org View this event on Facebook

The leaders met at Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome for a summit that underscores how their interests are aligning in the face of their countries' separate, intensifying confrontations with the U.S.

Of course, leave it to the gigantic nerds at NPR to throw a literary tailgate ... but to thine own self be true, even if it means getting stuffed into your locker later this afternoon.

From the organizers: The San Diego Museum of Art is hosting a free celebration of art, folklórico dance and music inspired by the world-famous Guelaguetza festival from the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The culturally immersive event is presented alongside the Sergio Hernández:Embers of Oaxaca exhibition, which opened last fall and will be on view through February 12 in partnership with the Mexican Consulate General of San Diego and the Baja California Secretary of Culture. The festival will feature six traditional dances from regions throughout the state of Oaxaca, and regional songs performed by Lilly Rincón, directed by Mexicali-based Compañía Esplendor Folklórico. There will also be free, family-friendly art-making activities and artworks for sale by artist vendors from Oaxaca. Sergio Hernández (b. 1957, Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México) is among the leading contemporary Mexican artists today focusing on the wonders of the natural world, including native species of southern Mexico, the Pacific Ocean and constellations of the night sky. Hernández’s printmaking—following in the tradition of fellow Oaxaqueños Rufino Tamayo and Francisco Toledo, and his use of local materials such as cochineal (the beetle-based red pigment developed before the Spanish conquest by Indigenous Zapotec artists and subsequently exported around the world as the “perfect” red), tie his art-making practice to important local and Indigenous traditions. Guests can enjoy free Museum admission from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m., complementary to the event. Related links: Event information at SDMART.org SDMA on Instagram SDMA on Facebook

The maker of the extremely spicy chip said it is working to recall the product as Massachusetts authorities probe the death of a teen whose family said the challenge was a contributing factor.

The Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival JFEST returns even stronger with new partnerships and venues that go from Balboa Park to Downtown, to La Jolla, Encinitas, and Carlsbad, reaching different corners of the county through great artistic programming. The 2023 edition will run from Thursday, June 1 until Sunday, July 16 celebrating three consecutive decades of performances that explore Jewish history, people, and ideas across San Diego with a wonderful schedule that will include virtuoso music, theatre, dance, and fine arts featuring the return of favorites like Grammy-nominated singer and touring band member with the legendary songwriter Leonard Cohen, Perla Batalla in House of Cohen: The Songs of Leonard Cohen and the return of the original theatrical piece Women of Valor, honoring six incredible women and how they have inspired the community. JFEST will also feature a special one-show-only reunion concert of the musical Witnesses, a moving production inspired by the diaries of 5 teenagers who died in the Holocaust. Recognized this year by the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle as “Outstanding New Production” happening at the Lawrence Family JCC in La Jolla. The debut of Eco-Jewish Play Fest, 7 plays. 24 hours to create. 1 night to enjoy! taking place in Coastal Roots Farm located in Encinitas for a full session of short new play creation, as well as The Whole Megillah New Jewish Play Festival celebrating new plays that are “unapologetically” Jewish that will be performed at The Old Globe and Carlsbad’s New Village Arts. Continuing with the theatrical line-up, "Hereville" playing at The Old Globe and New Village Arts involves a time-traveling, monster fighting orthodox Jewish girl. Theatre Dybbuk: "The Merchant of Venice" (Annotated), or "In Sooth I Know Not Why I Am So Sad" is a play from sixteenth century England that touches on how antisemitism and other prejudicial beliefs operate in our world today, to be performed at the Lawrence Family JCC in La Jolla. The Congregation Adat Yeshurun, La Jolla will host the Festival Keynote: Judaism and Art with one of the world’s preeminent Jewish thinker and educator Rabbi Meir Soloveichik. In the musical section of JFEST, Jewish music takes on the flavor of cultures from Spain, Persia, Portugal, Romania, and many more in the 22nd Klezmer Summit: The World of Jewish Music happening at The First Universalist Unitarian Church of San Diego. “Neshama” – Music of the Soul, the community-wide musical concert that celebrates the deep connection of us all and Yale Strom’s "RECORDIALLY YOURS, LOU CURTISS, with a pre-show presentation on Jews and Folk Music at Digital Gym CINEMA, Park & Market, San Diego.

Women who had complicated and tragic pregnancies are suing Texas over its abortion bans. A hearing had emotional testimony in an Austin courtroom Wednesday. The state wants the case dismissed.

The Nordic nation's decision to join the defense alliance is seen as a blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin, but the Stimson Center's Emma Ashford argues it could have downsides for NATO too.

Chula Vista will hold its first ever arts festival on Saturday — the latest in a series of ongoing efforts to strengthen the local arts community.

Opera Wednesdays: Dec. 14, 2022, 7 - 8:30 p.m. Opera singer, tenor Bernardo Bermundez Opera Wednesdays features a different roster of local singers on each program, offering a selection of mostly operatic highlights (arias and art songs) as well as Broadway tunes and American classics for variety. During each concert, four singers consisting of past and present Metropolitan Opera competition winners, active San Diego Opera performers, and singers who have sung all over the world perform with some of the area's most sought-after pianists. Cost: $10-20 suggested donation; $100 percent of donations go directly to the artists. Registration: www.ljcommunitycenter.org/opera-wednesdays La Jolla Community Center on Facebook / Instagram