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After the incident, many have questioned why Smith was allowed to remain seated front row at the Academy Awards.

Love Always gathers a group of creatives in Downtown, San Diego for a night of art, performance, and socializing. At the end of a letter, Love Always shows care and connection across distance. As we approach the end of pandemic life, we write to ask, via art, design, music, and entrepreneurship, What did we lose? What did we learn? What do we bring with us as we return to “normal” ways of living? These creators and innovators from around the country invite you to join us and find out. Event Schedule: 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. | Perception premiere with Q & A panel 2 p.m. - 9 p.m. | Open Gallery 4 p.m. - 9 p.m. | Live Music Date | Saturday, September 25 from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Location | 1835 Studios, San Diego Get tickets here! General admission: $20 For more information, please visit 1835studios.com.

A look at how Hollywood has depicted authoritarians, from Duck Soup to The Last King of Scotland.

DeFrancesco played in Miles Davis's band as a teenager, brought the sound of the Hammond B-3 organ roaring back to the jazz mainstream in the 1990s and remained the instrument's most visible champion.

The ability to hold in-person events is rapidly moving forward but San Diego Opera has a long lead time for planning its events. KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando speaks with the opera's general director David Bennett about what these changes mean for the company and about its events scheduled for the end of this month.

“Louder Than Words”, San Diego Women's Chorus' annual Pride concert, will take place on Thursday, July 14 at 7 p.m. at Metropolitan Community Church of San Diego. Led by Artistic Director Kathleen Hansen, the chorus will perform an eclectic slate of songs that showcases the diversity, strength, and creativity of San Diego’s LGBTQ+ community and its allies—a perfect musical mix to mark the 35th anniversary of SDWC’s founding. Tickets start at $25 for general admission, $20 for youth, senior, disabled patrons, and military. Same day tickets will be available at the door: starting at $30 for general admission and $25 for youth/senior/disabled/military. San Diego Women's Chorus: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

Life for a Latinx immigrant family in the New South can be challenging and sometimes terrifying, but thankfully, there are still fiestas. "¡Fiesta Quinceañera!' weaves the lives of three Latina girls and an LGBTQ activist as they celebrate their quinceañera, a complex and colorful rite of passage.

Taste of the Philippines 2021 (TOTP 2021) is a unique cultural experience presenting a world-class celebration of Philippine and Filipino American arts, culture and history. San Diego is home to the second largest concentration of the Filipino diaspora outside of the Philippines. Our approach is to provide a destination event that reflects the diversity and hospitality of the Philippines, showcasing our contributions from around the world. We will attract and highlight local, regional, national and international artists, performers, and talents to educate the public of our past, present, and future. This free family-friendly event takes place onSaturday, October 16 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.at Waterfront Park in Downtown, San Diego. Presented by the House of the Philippines, located in Balboa Park, TOTP 2021 is our signature event bridging the exchange of commerce and culture between the United States, Philippines, San Diego and beyond! For more information, please visit the House of the Philippines website.

Three Chicanx poets and authors from San Diego and Los Angeles from FlowerSong Press are reading this Saturday, July 9 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Barnes & Noble Carmel Mountain . Collectively, these poets and writers have performed their poetry around the world, sold over a thousand copies of their books, had their work published in dozens of literary journals and newspapers, performed at nearly a hundred colleges and universities, have been taught at a handful of colleges and universities and have engaged in powerful work to uplift and transform their communities. The FlowerSong poets and authors who will be reading: • Sonia Gutiérrez, "Dreaming with Mariposas" • Briana Muñoz, "Everything is Returned to the Soil/Todo vuelve a la tierra" • David A. Romero, "My Name Is Romero"

Multi-Platinum songstress Alicia Keys will perform live at Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU on Friday, September 9 at 8:00 p.m. With global record sales of over 75 million, Alicia Keys is one of the most successful R&B artists of all time. Her distinctive soulful vocal style and tremendous skill as a pianist have brought her monumental accolades not only in her native America, but also the rest of the world. Born in 1981, she began playing piano at the age of seven and by 11 was writing her own songs. Aged just 20, she catapulted on to the international music scene, where she has been a firm fixture ever since. Alicia Keys on Instagram + Twitter