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A "social circus" looks to tell stories through free performances that reach across generations and cultures.

Travis Timmerman, a U.S. citizen found wandering barefoot in Damascus after being freed from a Syrian prison following the fall of the Assad regime, was handed over to U.S. forces in Syria on Friday.

Botticelli and Florence, 1434-94: Politics, Patronage, and Paranoia 15th-century Florence was laden with treachery, conspiracy, and paranoia, a striking backdrop to the artistic flourishing facilitated by the family ruling the city from behind the scenes—the Medici. We'll follow the development of political tension and turmoil at the dawn of the Renaissance, examining how art became weaponized as propaganda by the Florentine state. Looking closely at the work of Botticelli and his contemporaries, we'll discuss altarpieces, portraits, and wedding gifts, recognizing the potential for artists' lives and work to serve as a window into their time in history. About Weili Jin: Weili Jin has been passionate about the history of art ever since first seeing Botticelli in the second grade. Ten years later, he continues to specialize in the paintings of Renaissance Florence, particularly the patronage of the Medici. Most recently, he has worked to develop the YouTube channel “Narrative Art History,” a lecture series that contextualizes Renaissance art in a continuous, chronological narrative. For more information about The Close Looking Project initiative, visit closelooking.org For more information visit: sandiego.librarymarket.com

Fallbrook Art Center’s 12th Annual Artists Guild Show exhibition and sale features over 90 works in an exciting variety of mediums and disciplines including painting, printmaking, fine art jewelry, sculpture, textile arts, photography, mixed media, and more. Show Juror, Vicki Walsh, MFA. June 17, 2023 – July 16, 2023 Admission: $6 Visit: www.fallbrookartcenter.org or call (760) 728-1414 HOURS: Monday - Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. | Sunday Noon – 3 p.m. | Closed Major Holiday Fallbrook Art Center on Facebook

The word "charaiveti," from an ancient Sanskrit hymn, means "keep moving," in search of self-realization. The leading Indian economist Pranab Bardhan invokes this in his moving narrative of a personal and professional journey. From his beginnings in a poor neighborhood in Kolkata and being home-schooled by his father, followed by a vigorous student life at Presidency College in Kolkata and in Cambridge, England, Bardhan became one of the foremost development economists in the world. He has served as faculty at MIT, the Indian Statistical Institute and the Delhi School of Economics and is currently at the University of California, Berkeley. He provides a fascinating account of his richly varied and widely-traveled life, interwoven with thoughtful comments on politics and society both in India and abroad. His accounts are enlivened by a profusion of stories, anecdotes and amusing incidents and draw copiously from his interests in literature and film. A limited number of copies of the book "Charaiveti" will be available for purchase and signing. Lunch will be served to registered attendees before the talk. Agenda: 12 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Lunch (for registered attendees) 12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m.: Book talk 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.: 21st Century India Center Spring Mixer at the GLI Patio (optional) Parking: The closest parking to Robinson Building 4 is the Pangea Parking Structure on Pangea Drive & Scholars Drive North. A parking permit is required to park on campus at all times. You can use the ParkMobile app or a pay station once you arrive to purchase a permit (rates). Visitor parking spaces are located on the top level and marked (V). This public lecture series is organized by the 21st Century India Center at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy. For more information on India activities, please visit india.ucsd.edu. For more information visit: gps-ucsd.zohobackstage.com Stay Connected on Facebook and Instagram

Federal employee unions are fervently supporting Kamala Harris for president, in part because they like her pro-labor policies, but just as much because they fear a second Trump term.

From Cardiff to Leucadia, Encinitas is chock-full of color and culture in the form of murals and other public art pieces.

If more than half of eligible property owners submit a written protest, then the city would not be able to roll out a trash fee.

The strikes were the fourth on Beirut in less than a week. The escalation comes after a U.S. envoy traveled to the region this week in an attempt to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah.

Hundreds of thousands of power outages were reported in Louisiana and Mississippi early Thursday as residents in the region braced for possible flooding as tropical storm Francine moved inland.