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  • Hutchins Consort Presents: 'American Masters'
    A celebration of the USA through some of the many genres of music it has spawned. Featuring Barber's immortal "Adagio for Strings" and Gershwin's "Summertime." The United States of America, as its best, is a meeting place of peoples and cultures. We celebrate that greatness with these performances. Date | Friday, February 18 at 7 p.m. Location | St. Andrews Episcopal Church Get tickets here! General admission: $35 Senior and student admission: $20 Family admission (2 adults, 2 children): $60 For more information, please visit hutchinsconsort.org/calendar or call (760) 632-0554.
  • A shopper walks through a grocery store in Washington, D.C, on March 13. Surging inflation poses a particular challenge for working-class families, impacting the cost of basic necessities such as groceries.
    How soaring inflation forces stark choices
    Inflation in March was the highest since December of 1981, with prices up 8.5% from a year ago. Rising prices are especially hard on low-income people, who spend more of their money on necessities.
  • Aerial view of Washington D.C., showing the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument as well as the U.S. Capitol.
    Biden Just Purged The Arts Commission That Advises Congress On Public Architecture
    On Tuesday afternoon, President Biden announced four new appointees to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, replacing four commissioners appointed by former President Donald Trump.
  • An Evening With Alexander Arshansky
    Join us for an evening with Alexander Arshansky as he discusses the inspiration and processes behind his solo show, Silent Witness. Alexander Arshansky is a Russian-born artist and a recent transplant to the West Coast who works in a style he has deemed “Biomorphic Cubism”. This style could be best described as a combination of Biomorphic Abstraction, with Cubist style compositions, along with two-dimensional inner details. This is a free event no RSVP required. Located at Sparks Gallery 530 Sixth ave. San Diego 9201 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
  • San Diego Unified To Offer Limited In-Person Learning, Will ‘Top Gun’s’ Sequel Lead To Another Military Recruiting Boom?, This Weekend In San Diego Art Events
    San Diego Unified School District is preparing to start off the 2020-21 school year with remote learning. However, children with learning challenges may be offered in-person sessions. Plus, 1986’s “Top Gun” inspired a boom in military recruitment. Will its 2021 sequel, “Top Gun: Maverick,” do the same despite the changing perceptions of warfare today? Also, this weekend in San Diego art events includes San Diego Festival of Books, surf rock duo Puerto livestreaming from the Casbah’s stage, The Rosin Box’s August Series and a tapestry by Carlos Castro Arias.
  • Dave Bartholomew's "Carnival Day" was part of a wave of 1950s Mardi Gras recordings that give us a window into the forces that influence the soundtrack of Carnival to this day.
    The soundtrack to Mardi Gras, from its first wave to its golden age
    After Louis Armstrong reigned as King Zulu in 1949, musicians began writing music specifically for and about Mardi Gras. These early songs paved the way for the sounds of Carnival for decades to come.
  • Priti Krishtel, a 2022 MacArthur fellowship winner, says of her work to create fair drug prices for the world: "I just don't think that people's ability to heal should depend on their ability to pay." Her father worked in the pharmaceutical industry and inspired in her a love of science and finding cures.
    This MacArthur 'genius' grantee says she isn't a drug price rebel but she kind of is
    Health justice lawyer Priti Krishtel doesn't believe your ability to heal should depend on your ability to pay. Her mission is to reform the patent system that drug companies use to block competition.
  • Movie stills from C<em>ha Cha Real Smooth, Fire Island, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, The Princess, Thor: Love and Thunder</em>, and <em>NOPE</em>.
    These are the summer movies NPR critics are looking forward to
    The Bob's Burgers Movie, Jordan Peele's Nope, and Fire Island with Bowen Yang and Joel Kim Booster are all on our critics' lists.
  • Senator Liliana Segre, a Holocaust survivor, chairs the opening session of the Italian Senate of the newly elected parliament on Thursday.
    Holocaust-surviving lawmaker opens Italy's Senate, even as the far-right takes office
    Liliana Segre presided over the first seating of Parliament since general elections last month, when Italians voted in their first far-right government since World War II.
  • <em></em><strong>Invertebrates Winner:</strong> <em>The big buzz</em>. South Texas, USA. The world's bees are under threat from habitat loss, pesticides and climate change. With 70% of bee species nesting underground, it is increasingly important that areas of natural soil are left undisturbed.
    See the buzzworthy winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition
    This year's top prizes went to a teen from Thailand and an American who is just the fifth woman to win in 58 years. Karine Aigner spoke with NPR about the significance of the photo and the award.
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