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We are excited to invite you to YAAANA’s 5th Anniversary, Yiddishland California’s First Anniversary, and our Annual Fundraiser Celebration, featuring musical stars of the Yiddish stage! Yale Strom, Elizabeth Schwartz, and Lisa Fishman will perform a concert titled No End to Yiddishland! Our President, Jana Mazurkiewicz Meisarosh, will briefly report on the highlights of Yiddishland in 5782 and the plans for 5783. Enjoy great music, company, heimish nosh and drinks, all going to a great cause! WHEN | Saturday, October 8, 2022 • 7:30 p.m. Pacific Time (9:30 p.m CT, 10:30 p.m ET) WHERE | A venue in La Jolla (address provided upon registration) and via Zoom TICKETS| Tickets can be purchased HERE! • In-person: sliding scale $60 – $180; student $36 (student ID required). • Early bird tickets for $54 available until September 24 . • Online via Zoom: sliding scale $20-36. Early bird tickets for $18 available until September 24. Donation Information: Donations of $180 and up get you a shout-out at the event, a mention in the program, and a surprise Yiddishland gift at the event. Additional donations to the fundraiser for this 501(c)(3) organization (tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law) are welcome and can be made here. Your donations will help sustain Yiddishland Califonia’s cultural center in 5783. About Our Performers: Yale Strom and Elizabeth Schwartz – internationally renowned recording artists specializing in Klezmer music and Yiddish songs and artistic advisors on YAAANA Board of Directors. Click here to listen to some of their music. Lisa Fishman – a singer, songwriter, and actress, recently performed as Bobe Tsaytl in the Broadway production of Yiddish “Fiddler on the Roof” directed by Joel Gray. Click here to listen to some of her music.

Singer and guitarist Susanna Hoffs rose to fame with the Bangles in the 1980s. With her new book, she proves her immense writing talent isn't just confined to songs.

The drummer, singer and producer gives a virtuosic display of musicianship, lyricism and artistic innovation at the Tiny Desk.

Ben Affleck directs a movie that tries (and fails) to squeeze dramatic tension out of the origins of the Air Jordan. Matt Damon and Viola Davis star in this soulless dramatization.

From "5 works of art to see in San Diego in October" (KPBS feature): Mary Jhun refers to the faces in her work as "the girls." The evocative, wisp-lined silhouettes are adorned with vines, small houses, or markings that seem to emerge from, or become part of, the face. The works feel somewhere between magical realism, hauntings and emotional turmoil. In a new solo exhibition at Thumbprint, "An Obsession," Jhun will show new works, including "Empire Yellow," a vivid, fiery piece. Jhun's works sometimes use delicate watercolor touches against the steady outline of the face, but this one boasts thick brushstrokes and other mark making techniques that lend a degree of power. "Empire Yellow" is intricate and wild at the same time. —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS Details: Oct. 9 through Nov. 6, 2021. Gallery hours: Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. or by appointment. Thumbprint Gallery, 920 Kline St., La Jolla. Free. Reception: "An Obsession" opens at Thumbprint with a reception on Saturday, Oct. 9 from 5-10 p.m. Related links: Thumbprint Gallery on Instagram Mary Jhun on Instagram

The San Diego Police Department released new procedures this week for interactions between police and transgender and nonbinary people. Meanwhile, security cameras are poised to go up all over downtown Oceanside. Plus, a look at the San Diego Arab Film Festival and our KPBS Weekend Arts Preview.

The 47-year old Shapoval volunteered to fight after Russia invaded Ukraine. His unit was recently sent to one of "the hottest zones" in the country, according to The National Opera of Ukraine.

For four decades, the Japanese group Kodo has shown off the extraordinary emotional and artistic range of the traditional Taiko drum on stages around the world. their new program Tsuzmi commemorates this incredible legacy, featuring pieces that trace their music back to the group's origins. SOCIALS: Facebook Twitter Instagram

Practice yoga in the spacious Lander Hall in Kensington. With over 20 years of teaching experience, yoga instructor Sünje O’Clancy encourages students of all levels to improve overall strength, flexibility, and balance. She guides participants through thoughtfully designed hatha yoga sequences that include a variety of poses, breathing techniques, and a final relaxation. "Yoga is the path of self-discovery, and my hope is that our practice time together will help students to find their way home to the place of peaceful stillness, and ultimately happiness, that lays within themselves." SOCIAL: Twitter

Authors Don D. Christensen, Jerry Dickey, and Steven M. Freers, along with their associates, have carefully and thoroughly recorded and documented nearly 500 rock art sites within the Grand Canyon region, stretching south from the Arizona-Utah border to the Mogollon Rim. Over the past 28 years they have worked in cooperation with the Kaibab National Forest, Grand Canyon National Park, Bureau of Land Management/Arizona Strip, and the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument to analyze the hard data and to form a comprehensive overview of the 5,000 years of Native American art painted and engraved on the walls and boulders within the greater Grand Canyon region. Their work to date culminated in the award-winning book, "Rock Art of the Grand Canyon Region", from Sunbelt Publications. It is a visually stunning book with over 425 photographs and 30 drawings, representing the latest classification of this rock art within a chronological framework and associated cultural affiliations. These enigmatic rock images are placed within their environmental and archaeological context, essential in deriving potential clues as to their function and significance. Several interpretation theories exist in the literature and these are carefully examined in light of this current research. Importantly, rock art is an endangered cultural heritage and the question of its protection, preservation, and conservation also receives attention as well as the religious and social importance of these images to contemporary Native American peoples. Presenter Steven M. Freers will provide highlights of the book’s content and share behind-the-scenes glimpses of their research journey within the majestic Grand Canyon region rarely seen by the millions of visitors who visit this area annually. Date | Wednesday, October 6 at 11 a.m. Register here for free!For more information, please visit sunbeltpublications.com.