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France is sending a mini Statue of Liberty to the U.S. It will stand across from the original Lady Liberty through the Independence Day holiday before being transported to the French Embassy in D.C.

The sixth annual Adams Avenue Spirit Stroll, presented by Cutwater Spirits, will take place on Saturday, November 27, from 2 – 5 p.m., as part of the nation-wide Small Business Saturday. Spirit strollers will be able to sip a dozen holiday themed cocktail tastes and six sweet treats from 18 independently owned retail shops along Adams Avenue, from University Heights through Normal Heights and into Kensington. This festive small business celebration is limited to adults 21 & up (ID required). Retail participants include: Artistic Florals, Back from Tomboctou Gallery & Imports, BENCH Home, Blackmarket Bakery, Divine Bubble, Earthwell Refill, Eclipse Naturals, Heights Optometry, Incredible Cheesecake Company, Kiko and Sven, Liquid Eden Holistic Center, Maya Moon, MRH Interiors, Paleo Treats, Rose Reggae, Uptown Bicycles, Wild Island Collective, and Zac’s Attic. Cocktail tastes will be created and served by Adams Avenue’s top mixologists representing the area’s leading bars and restaurants. This year’s spirit participants will represent; AC Lounge, Cantina Mayahuel, El Zarape Restaurant, Et Voila! French Bistro, Kensington Club, the Ould Sod, Ponce’s Mexican Restaurant, the Rabbit Hole, SKA Bar, Sycamore Den, and Wormwood. In addition, there will be a complimentary trolley carrying attendees up and down the avenue during the event. Adams Avenue Spirit Stroll tickets are $25, and are available for purchase online at: http://www.adamsavenuebusiness.com/event-info/adams-avenue-spirit-stroll/ Adams Avenue Spirit Stroll is presented by the Adams Avenue Business Association, a non-profit organization, whose mission is to promote and increase commercial activity within the Adams Avenue Business District.

Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021 at 3 p.m. on KPBS 2

With sets shipped from Europe stuck on a boat that can't dock because of coronavirus disruption, LA Opera went to work building new sets, cramming months of work into ten days.

Standard Fantastic Pictures presents: A film by Omar Lopex: "Ana, Who They Pulled Out of the River" plus short films by Hugo Crosthwaite, Ryan Betschart, Danielle Higgins, Ash Eliza Smith and Paolo Zuñiga. Monday, Nov. 8, 2021 Mingei International Museum 1:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m Free. About the film: Ana, Who They Pulled Out of The River is the debut feature-length film by writer/director Omar Lopex of Standard Fantastic Pictures. Lopex says his film is a marriage of the Telenovela (Mexican Soap Opera) & Arthouse films and calls Ana a “love letter to Tijuana,” the city where he spent his childhood with his grandmother. The film offers a unique portrait of Tijuana by consciously avoiding its 3 most cliched subjects: Drugs, Prostitution, and the U.S./Mexico border wall. In Ana Who They Pulled Out of the River, a mother abandons her infant along the banks of the Tijuana River. She returns 20 years later to find her adult daughter, who being raised collectively by the city of Tijuana has grown up to be a woman stronger than she ever could’ve imagined. Interspersed throughout the film are fantastical adaptations of various world myths, retold as dream sequences by different characters in the film. While Tijuana/Baja California is currently enjoying attention from larger production companies, local TIjuanense actors explain that in most productions lead roles are given to big national/international names while roles for locals are limited to either zombies, prostitutes, narcos, or extras. Ana’s cast is a mix of Tijuana & San Diego locals in all the lead & supporting roles. Its crew is also made up of people from both sides of the border. Boasting an All-Woman cast of local bi-national (SD/TJ) talent, Ana avoids the tourist and recently gentrified hip areas of Tijuana, instead setting it’s melodrama against the backdrop of everyday suburbs. Explaining why the film was shot on 16mm Black & White analog film, Lopex says that “the beauty, expense, and lengthy process of shooting on 16mm instead of digital honors the value of the transborder region & the people who live here.” Lopex collaborated with contemporary artists Hugo Crosthwaite & Toni Larios on elements such as dream sequences, props, animations, & the film’s titles. Inspired by Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye (1973) the entire score for Ana is made up of different versions of the same song -- the standard composed over 100 years ago, The World is Waiting for the Sunrise. Arrangements & recordings by Clinton Ross Davis with Mara Kaye on vocals.

The arts employ nearly five million people in America, but advocates say President Trump's record of support for arts and humanities has been mixed. Will that change under the Biden administration?

Thousands converged at the Wayne County Fairgrounds for the Michigan Elvisfest in Belleville to celebrate the life and work of Elvis Presley.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka's interim president until Parliament elects a successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned after mass protests forced him from office.

Before the pandemic, diversity training programs were all the rage at movie and TV studios. Now, how are they faring?

Ahaana’s mission is to spread awareness of issues that plague our community and culture. To that end, we are bringing a series of virtual presentations in partnership with SD District Attorney’s office. October’s subject was drug abuse specifically the fentanyl epidemic. It was presented by an agent of the DEA and was an eye-opening one. The presentation on November 3 is about Elder Abuse (Please read this article). DA Scott Pirrello is on the Elder Abuse task force and he will be presenting. We sincerely urge you to attend to be aware and be able to recognize the symptoms and possibly help in situations like this. There are many ways elders are abused, least of which is physical, and primarily it is neglect of various kinds. Learn more and be self aware! Please register here and do join us! https://bit.ly/BBAS2021