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In The Roses, Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch play a vicious couple spiraling toward divorce. A Little Prayer tells a more tender story about a relationship on the rocks.

Special Event in honor of Juneteenth on June 19 from 6-9 p.m., more info forthcoming! Oolong Presents “Sun Goin' Down” A Debut Solo Exhibition by 2025 UCSD MFA Graduate John Singletary June 6 to 25, 2025 This powerful body of work, four years in the making, introduces Singletary’s haunting, symbolic, and deeply personal paintings to the public for the first time. Singletary’s painting practice delves into memory and myth. Drawing from Biblical and Classical tales, Southern folklore, his family’s spiritual lineage, and the subconscious, the artist channels a visual language steeped in longing, pain, and transformation. His work explores themes of death, love, and fear, and reanimates the sacred and the subconscious through ritualized technique and iconographic reference. “My aim is to make paintings that create a separation from the self and its fears or desires, creating space for thinking.” In “Sun Goin' Down,” Singletary’s technique and process becomes part of the meaning. Through methods such as sgraffito, sfumato, sanding, and scraping, the surface of each canvas evokes a kind of resurrection—a cycle of death and rebirth in oil and pigment. “In moments where I render carefully, there is longing. In moments where I have sanded the canvas bare, a subconscious death has occurred.” Singletary explores Christianity as both salvation and trauma, magic and evil. His paintings pulse with the ghost-like presence of those who came before, and the spiritual residue of Southern Black life. “Painting is alive—a deity that brings the dead back to life and allows what is absent to appear present.” “Sun Goin’ Down” refuses easy categorization. The works are both confession and apparition, echo and invocation. Rich in symbolism yet elusive in narrative, these paintings ask to be felt more than explained. They speak in the language of dreams—where trauma is transfigured into image, and gesture becomes truth. Join us at Oolong Gallery for this artist whose work is already pulsating with the intensity of a masterful voice. Gallery Hours: Wednesday–Saturday from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. | appointments recommended w/ wider availability Instagram

San Diegans are paying more for food, housing, medical care, and day care while unemployment ticks up. They’re also witnessing immigration raids at workplaces and schools, the deployment of troops to U.S. streets, and rapid advances in artificial intelligence that threaten job stability.

An agreement with the California Department of Transportation gives city crews access to more encampments downtown. But few people are accepting offers of shelter and support services.

Padres FanFest, presented by SeatGeek, returns Saturday, Feb. 1 to Petco Park from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Padres Season Ticket Members will enjoy early entry beginning at 9 a.m. Admission to Padres FanFest is free and you must claim a ticket in-advance. Please use the corresponding buttons below to claim up to four (4) tickets. Members, Partners, and Waitlist Members should use their unique code sent via email and the public should please use code Padres25. There will be two different tickets with unique entry times – either 10 a.m. or 1 p.m. Tickets are SOLD OUT to the 10 a.m. entry; admission will only be permitted beginning with the time listed on the ticket. The deadline to claim tickets to FanFest is Friday, Jan. 31 at 11:59 PM PT.

More school districts are curbing cell phone use in the classroom. Carlsbad Unified School District created its own cell phone restriction this school year.

Esha Tewari (pronounced ee-sha teh-wah-ri) is an 18 year old Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter. Esha writes all her songs in her bedroom, and has a focus on lyricism and melody, she loves improvising and believes in writing songs that are true to her, drawing from her experiences as a teenage girl, as well as creating stories from other peoples perspectives. Esha gained popularity for her independently released song "beautiful boy." Esha’s music is mainly acoustic, however with newer releases such as "bad decision!" she has branched out to more layered sounds. Esha recently released the first single "you were mine" from her upcoming EP. This is an all ages event Presented by Soda. Esha Tewari on Instagram / Youtube

Denmark's foreign minister summoned the top U.S. diplomat in the country for talks after the main national broadcaster reported that at least three people with connections to President Donald Trump have been carrying out covert influence operations in Greenland.

Join us for an evening of powerful art, vibrant storytelling, and community reflection. Celebrate the opening of "XICANA! San Diego," a landmark exhibition centering Chicana/x artists and activism, alongside Louis Verdad’s "TONÁNTZIN," a multimedia installation honoring the enduring strength of the divine feminine. Curated by Dulce Stein and organized by ESMoA in collaboration with The California Center for the Arts, Escondido. Presented by City Heights Community Development ESMoA on Facebook / Instagram The California Center for the Arts, Escondido on Facebook / Instagram

As famine plagues Gaza, NPR exclusive reporting looks at the U.S. role in the humanitarian crisis. Many former officials NPR interviewed share a common refrain: Did we do enough to prevent this?