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Best Practice gallery in the Bread and Salt complex will open two new solo exhibitions by Mexican artists Andrew Roberts and Mauricio Muñoz. The works will be on view from Jan. 8 through Feb. 12, 2022. Read the KPBS feature here: Two Mexican artists unveil new work at Best Practice Opening reception: Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022 5-8 p.m. From the gallery: "A house on fire is a ghost, a factory on fire is a specter" is a computer-generated installation by Mexico City-based artist Andrew Roberts. Through exploring his family history and its close connection with the arms industry, the artist focuses on both of his grandfathers - an American fighter pilot and a Mexican assembly line worker, or a soldier and an engineer - as two parallel figures within the military-industrial complex narrative. Through the employment of video game design and development software, Roberts recreates two long-lost sites that belonged to his family, equally lost to fire: a house in California, property of his paternal grandfather, and a maquila in Tijuana, owned by his maternal grandfather. As a way to understand generational trauma, the work featured in this exhibition dismantles and critically analyzes the industrial interdependence between Mexico and the United States reconstructed by a personal story in a web of affective relationships, mental health policies, cross-border labor, and war technologies. "A thirst for misery," is an exhibition of paintings by Mexico City-based artist Mauricio Muñoz. Through this new body of work, the artist finds in the early 2000s media portrayal of celebrity misery the roots of today's pleasure for disaster, an obsession fueling contemporary digital voyeurism and self-righteous social media patrolling. So vain it had to be on a canvas. So superficial, just like the bidimensionality of a painting. So banal, and therefore a sudden urgency to make a lot of them. Stars having a melt down, just like acrylic paint melting into a gooey plaster. A theater of cruelty molded by the tabloids and sensationalist blogs we´ve been reading since our teen days. A thirst for misery: the climax of a series of unfortunate events that we´ve been eager to consume and enjoy. About the artists: Andrew Roberts Mauricio Muñoz Related links: Best Practice on Instagram Best Practice

San Diego County public health officials reported 560 new coronavirus cases and nine new deaths Thursday, raising the county’s totals to 18,402 positive cases and 415 deaths. Plus, single-use plastic bags are banned again after making a brief return to grocery stores across the state due to COVID-19. But many bags are still lingering in the trash. Finally, KPBS Arts Editor Julia Dixon-Evans previews some of this weekend’s top arts events, including a performance by local rapper Ric Scales, an art show to benefit a historically poor neighborhood in Tijuana and a “fun-size” virtual performance of “Matilda” the musical.

Just over a year after police officers shot and killed Taylor in her home, the Speed Art Museum has opened a show in her memory. "To see it all come together is just a blessing," says Taylor's mother.

With Halloween around the corner, here are some spooky film and show recommendations from Cinema Junkie host Beth Accomando and Moviewallas' podcaster Yazdi Pithavala.

Outgoing Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles is being held on a charge of open murder in the stabbing death of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German.

Britain's intricate protocol of handling Queen Elizabeth II's death, Operation London Bridge, is set in motion, and lays out the steps for accession, public viewings, her funeral and more.

Registration is now open for an amazing semester of in-person, online, and outdoor music classes through the City Heights Music School (CHMS). Open to all ages and all levels, CHMS houses multiple performance groups that reflect the cultural diversity present here in San Diego. Led by professional musicians active in the San Diego music scene, each ensemble, lesson, and class presents students with a unique opportunity to hone their musical skills and create connections with their community members. In addition to Mariachi Victoria de San Diego, Mariachi Prep, Percussive Wave, and the Afro-Cuban Ensemble, CHMS offers group and private instruction in violin, piano, ukulele, guitar, and voice. Student scholarships and instruments are available. This is a 10 week winter session that starts Jan.8, 2022 through Mar. 25, 2022! Times and dates vary on the classes you choose, visit website for more details on certain dates For more information on the different classes offered and registration please visit HERE!

In a new episode of the "The Parker Edison Project" podcast, Parker explores the media landscape beyond news and social media and speaks with a photographer who does everything from album covers to popular movies, a professor of history who produces a podcast and a musician who argues that music is the foundation of all art forms.

There's nothing mythic about this series, which acts as a sequel to Paul Schrader's hit 1980 movie. This American Gigolo relies too much on people caring about a film that was made four decades ago.