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In conversation with UC Irvine’s Erika Hayasaki, the Library Shop SD is thrilled to welcome New Yorker Executive Editor Michael Luo for an incisive and gorgeously written history of Chinese American experience. This exciting new book uncovers an epic history of exclusion, belonging, and the complications of America’s multiracial democracy. Join us at the San Diego Central Library @ Joan Λ Irwin Jacobs Common to celebrate the release of Strangers in the Land. This event will be located in the Shiley Suite on the 9th floor. Visit: https://libraryfoundationsd.org/events/luo

Saturday | April 26 | All Day ~ Starts at 9 a.m.! Join us at San Diego Craft Collective as the San Diego County Spinners (last year's worldwide winner!) compete in the annual "International Back to Back Wool Challenge"--shearing a sheep, carding, spinning and knitting a sweater as fast as they can! This is an annual event that challenges teams of wool crafters around the globe to create a jumper directly from a sheep's back to a human's back. Each team consists of a blade shearer, a country-of-origin sheep and seven hand spinners (with spinning wheels) and knitters who follow the identical challenge rules and pattern to knit the adult size jumper. This event includes: live sheep shearing at 9 a.m., vendors, live-timed spinning and knitting of the wool sweater, guided practice with a drop spindle, spinning wheels, knitting machines and weaving demonstrations! Note: The event will conclude when the team finishes the challenge, between 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. Visit: International Back to Back Wool Challenge! San Diego Craft Collective on Instagram and Facebook

South Korean cellist Jaemin Han came to international attention in May 2021 when he was awarded the Grand Prix of the George Enescu International Competition as the youngest prize winner in the history of the competition. Later in the same year, he won the third prize at the Geneva International Music Competition. In November 2022 Han received the first prize at the ISANGYUN Competition. Despite his young age, Han has collaborated with several eminent orchestras and conductors and given concerts around the globe. Visit: https://theconrad.org/events/jaemin-han-cello/ Jaemin Han on Facebook

The announcement to revoke visas is the most drastic move yet to curtail the numbers of international students studying in the U.S.

Hop into Easter with the San Diego Model Railroad Museum at the third annual Easter Eggspress & Storytime! This ticketed before-hours event will immerse children with an egg quest around the museum, special trains running in our Toy Train Gallery, arts & crafts, story time, and a visit from the Easter Bunny. After you’ve finished your search for eggs and eaten some candy, enjoy a day of museum admission. Tickets: Children ages 2 and up - $20.00 Ticket includes: An immersive quest for eggs that involves finding hidden details on the model railroad layouts and answering questions about trains. Storytime from 10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Craft opportunity to make Easter decorations Special early morning hours and all-day museum access Children must be accompanied by an adult Adults - $20.00 (the regular price of all-day museum admission!) Infants under 2 years old - FREE Reservation required, even though the ticket is free. Free Infant ticket does NOT include eggs, crafts, and other giveaways. Please note: There will NOT be a full-size rideable train. This event has limited capacity and is likely to sell out. Advanced ticket purchase is recommended. Visit: https://www.sdmrm.org/easter SD Model Railroad Museum on Instagram and Facebook

Dr. Gideon Rappaport will discuss his book "Shakespeare's Rhetorical Figures: An Outline." When Shakespeare began writing for the stage, he had already mastered over two hundred rhetorical figures inherited from the long tradition of the language arts--grammar, logic, and rhetoric--stretching from Aristotle to his own time. These figures, which to us may appear merely decorative, were for Shakespeare the very medium of speech, and as his art developed, his figures became more and more subtly expressive of meaning. Visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shakespeares-rhetorical-figures-tickets-1263154702719?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

The Department of Health and Human Services is ending a $766 million contract with the vaccine company Moderna to develop an mRNA vaccine for flu strains with pandemic potential, including bird flu.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted the Trump administration's request to temporarily put on hold the New York-based Court of International Trade judgment that struck down President Trump's tariffs.

But in a mixed ruling, federal Judge Michael Farbiarz declined, for now, to order Khalil released from immigration detention.

This weekend in the arts: Works of art from hundreds of artists at Bread and Salt, a Mexican-heritage "Nutcracker," and more.