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From the organizers: Immerse yourself! Every annual Dia de los Muertos celebration in San Diego has its charm and its provenance. The City Heights festival is no exception, and has grown over a span of twenty-seven years from an event that started as a school project to an event which now receives over 1,000 San Diego residents,exhibiting over thirty family and non-profit altars. The City Heights Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a grassroots event where people of all cultures come together to celebrate the lives of their friends and relatives who have passed away. When the door of the Performance Annex rises, the performances begin with music spilling over the stage and swelling throughout the audience on the park lawn. Enjoy Rick and Friends (who carry on the legacy of Chunky Sanchez' music--Chunky was Rick's brother,) Mariachi Victoria, and introducing Hoover High Mariachi. Dance abounds for every taste from San Diego Ballet to Baile Folklorico Sabor a mi Tierra (new this year) to the Azteca Dancers. Theater for all ages is given by The Old Globe, and Fern St. Circus. Come dressed for the Catrin/Catrina contest, a free raffle, street food, and children's/familily activities including a fun zone: Join in creating masks with San Diego Guild of Puppetry, and take a drumming lesson from Drummers Wiithout Borders, and drum in a colorful parade with giant banners for the whole family. Be dazzled by fifteen low riders from Dead End Car Club, and United Family Car Club.

Artist Brian Van de Wetering will present Under Glass – An exhibition of experimental lumen prints, on display as part of the City of Encinitas Visual Art program at the Encinitas Community Center from 28 July, 2023 to 18 October, 2023. A reception and artist lecture will be held at the Community Center on 9 September, 2023 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The artist lecture will start at 6:30 p.m. Under Glass is the culmination of five years of experimentation with the photographic process known as lumen printing. A lumen print is a type of contact print or photogram made by exposing photographic paper to light without the use of a camera. Mr. Van de Wetering creates his images by painstakingly arranging various botanical objects – flowers, leaves, seeds, and vegetables – on photographic paper and exposing them to direct sunlight. Pressed tightly between pieces of glass, the ultraviolet light, heat, moisture, and unique chemistry of the botanicals and photographic paper combine to create an image. He then scans these images at high resolution and adjust settings in Photoshop and Lightroom to enhance and reveal subtle colors. Although small prints of these works have been included in juried group exhibitions in the past, Mr. Van de Wetering became convinced that the only way to show the complexity and singular beauty of these works would be to make large-scale prints. In collaboration with local artist and master printer John R. Mireles, Mr. Van de Wetering has created 18 large-scale works for this exhibition ranging in size from 20” x 25” to 80” x 36”. This is the first time that this work has been printed and exhibited at this scale. For more information visit: brianvandewetering-photo.com

You’re never too old! Create your own fuzzy Monster! Instructor Rene Rubalcava Ages 12+ years or children 6-11 years if accompanied by an adult welcome! Create a professional arm-rod-and-mouth puppet of your very own from Rene Rubalcava, owner and puppeteer of LV Puppet Studio of Las Vegas who learned the art of puppet making from a Jim Henson Muppeteer. There’s no better time to create your own one-of-a-kind fuzzy monster! In this workshop, we guide you from start to finish as you select, cut, hot glue and assemble the pieces and personality of your own customized puppet. No sewing is required in this workshop. Students bring their puppets to life with their own unique interests and imaginations, and by choice and placement of different face details. Each one is unique! Find your puppet’s voice and learn some puppetry basics. All materials included. No experience necessary! • Military and sibling discounts. • Scholarships available. • Homeschool funds accepted. • If this class is full, join our Interest List. Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | X

With rain expected to fall across the area Monday, additional shelter space was opened today by the San Diego Housing Commission and the city of San Diego to help the homeless escape the inclement weather.

On Christmas Eve, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will get closer to the sun than ever before. Astrophysicist Nour Rawafi explains how this mission could help solve the sun's most perplexing mysteries.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law raising wages for the state’s lowest-paid health care workers to gradually increase to $25 an hour.

San Diego County Sheriff Kelly Martinez has proposed a $500 million plan to modernize local jails over the next 10 years, but advocates say it will take more than money to create real change. In other news, some San Diego taxi drivers now have a ride hailing app. Plus, we have details on some weekend arts events happening in San Diego County this weekend.

One youth center is reconnecting Native Americans, both young and old, with their ancestral heritage.

Javier Salazar Rojas is known as the Deported Artist. He paints about immigration, Mexican culture and the borderlands.

Saturday, July 12, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Steam now with the PBS app. The film tells the story of the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi group which in the 1930s had scores of chapters across the country, representing what many believe was a real threat of fascist subversion in the United States.