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Although much of his work was as a sideman, Wadud was one of the most important jazz musicians of the 1970s, '80s and '90s.

The White House has announced its nominees for the next Chairs of the National Arts and Humanities Endowments. If confirmed, the NEH pick would become the first Native American to become chair.

On Tuesday, Biden will deliver his State of the Union speech to a divided Congress — and a big audience at home. It's seen as an unofficial kick-off to his expected re-election campaign.

Escondido Arts Partnership Escondido Municipal Gallery has the honor of exhibiting works by internationally acclaimed artist Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002) The May 15, 2021 through April 2022 exhibition "Colorations" features a kaleidoscope of colorful works with a large-scale steel and glass mosaic “skinny” sculpture of a rhinoceros and gouache paintings and drawings. A rhino, frog, and monkey are depicted in bright, wondrous color, characteristic of this celebrated late French-American artist (circa 1995 – 1997). The artworks are on loan from the Niki Charitable Arts Foundation.

Jazz Night hangs with trumpeter Theo Croker in Jacksonville, Fla., where he spent his teenage years, to revisit old mentors and hear a set by his band from the Jacksonville Jazz Festival.

A new Broadway-bound musical at The Old Globe is a Nell Benjamin adaptation of a beloved 1995 Hindi film, known as "DDLJ." Mumbai-based composers and musicians Vishal and Sheykhar wrote new music for the adaptation.

The Armstrong Project provides two $100,000 endowments to Howard University and Hampton University.

Members of the San Diego Symphony and FF Collective are partnering with a Ukrainian refugee flutist to perform a benefit concert to fund relief efforts for 60 members of Ukraine’s premier youth orchestra who are displaced in Poland because of the war in their home region. Admission is free, with all donations going to the Youth Academic Symphony Orchestra of Kharkiv and Doctors Without Borders work in Ukraine. The family-friendly concert features Ukrainian music, and will be an hour long. Participants include the San Diego Symphony, FF Collective, Artonic Quartet, the San Diego Cello Foundation and Uktranian flutist Daria Hudymemko, of the the Lviv National Philharmonic. Hudymemko was an exchange scholar at a university in the U.S. when Russia invaded Ukraine, and has been unable to return to her home and orchestra. Program Details: The program features the following works by Ukrainian composers: Lyudmyla Shukailo: Aquarelle Reinhold Glière: Selections from Duets op. 39 Ukrainian Folk Songs, arranged for piano and voice Skoryk: Melody Lynsento: Scherzo from Trio for two violins and viola Silvestrov: Bagatelle op.1, no.3 Lyatoshyns'ki: Ukranian Quintet Allegro Risoluto Silvestrov: Prayer for Ukraine Related links: More information About the FF Collective

Some community members describe the cruiser as tone deaf and ill-timed, given tensions with police around the country. Miami police said they stand by the decision to unveil the special design.

The famed silkscreen printer, whose work is on display at the Kreeger Museum's exhibition "Lou Stovall: On Inventions and Color," pioneered an artform while building community in Washington, D.C.