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A four-day festival featuring four different shows celebrating Black artists in San Diego, from poetry to photography and all that’s in between. THURSDAY, MAY 25 3:00 p.m.: Plaza Art Exhibit Opens 6:00 p.m.: Black Lady Showcase and A Black Man’s Song presentation 8:00 p.m.: Opening Night Soiree FRIDAY, MAY 26 2:00 p.m.: Barbeque reading presentation By Robert O’Hara 8:00 p.m.: Black Voices Black Writers reading presentation Conceived and directed by Bil Wright SATURDAY, MAY 27 2:00 p.m.: Black Lady Showcase and A Black Man’s Song presentation 7:30 p.m.: Barbeque reading presentation By Robert O’Hara SUNDAY, MAY 28 2:00 p.m.: Barbeque reading presentation By Robert O’Hara 7:30 p.m.: Black Lady Showcase and A Black Man’s Song presentation About the productions: We are bringing back the Black Lady Showcase! Last year we had a wonderful time celebrating Black Lady Artists of San Diego. This year we're bringing it back bigger than ever and we're bringing the guys along too. We are welcoming local artists to share their art their way. Black Lady Showcase Directed by Carla Banu Dejesus Stage Manager Jessica "Miss J Hawk" Hawkins Black Man's Song Showcase Directed by Jaeonni Davis Crawford Stage Manager Zane Alexander Organizer Durwood Murray Barbeque centers around the O'Mallerys, a dysfunctional group of siblings who come together for a park barbeque in order to stage an emergency intervention for their sister Barbara, whose drug habit has gotten out of hand. However tehre are in fact two O'Mallery families, one white and one black. Each appear in different, yet similar scenes that juxtapose to create a dialogue about racial and family politics. Directed by Kimberly King Stage Manager Imahni King The San Diego Black Artist Collective presents the Black Arts Festival at The Old Globe. A four-day festival celebrating Black Actors, Playwrights, Musicians, Visual Artists and more. San Diego Black Artist Collective: Our mission is to facilitate a FOUNDATION OF SUPPORT AND RESOURCES that provides a sense of community, a safe haven, and a sanctuary for artist development. WE ARE COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING Black Artists in San Diego in producing work that is unapologetic, authentic, and healing to the Black experience across the diaspora. Related links: The Old Globe Arts Engagement on Instagram | Facebook San Diego Black Artist Collective (BAC) on Instagram | Facebook

When it comes to the health benefits of cold water dips, the hype is ahead of the science. NPR talked to researchers about what's true, what's not, and the latest on how to get the most out of it.

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This illuminating essay uses film scenes to tell of the forced cultural appropriation of a world-famous landscape. Monument Valley is one of the most recognizable landscapes in the world. Its iconographic use in American Westerns has had a lasting influence on stock photography, advertising, and tourism. The valley has been given mythical significance as an image of a “primitive West” firmly in the hands of white people and meant to be protected from intruders. The fact that Monument Valley is traditional Navajo territory has been obscured in the process. A radical examination of Monument Valley’s representation in cinema and advertising since John Ford’s Stagecoach (1939), The Taking scrutinizes how a site located on sovereign Navajo land came to embody the fantasy of the “Old West,” replete with self-perpetuating falsehoods, and why it continues to hold mythic significance in the global psyche.

Our week long theatre workshop is back again this year! Youth 10 and up are invited to take part in a week of acting, singing, dancing...and so much more. Students will learn a wide variety of skills from our accredited teachers and will have the opportunity to work and perform with seasoned theatre professionals from throughout the San Diego area. This year the theme is One To Grow On! Celebrate with us our past 26 years of theatre education and explore not only some great music but monologues and scenes that will sharpen your theatrical skills. You definitely don’t want to miss this one of a kind experience For more information or to register, please email grandfacadetheatre@gmail.com

NPR's Student Podcast Challenge yielded stories about how students around the U.S. are thinking about and responding to climate change. Here are some of their ideas.

As part of covering climate change we've heard from a number of the doers. Here are a few of those innovators and influencers' thoughts and what motivated them to make a change in their communities.

This weekend in the arts: Cecilia Wong Kaiser at BFree; Ana Carrete at Lang Books; Ephrat Asherie Dance at ArtPower; Tasha Smith Godinez album release; 'Into the Woods' at Ovation Theatre; Tom Driscoll at SIP; 'The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci' at The Old Globe and Lunar New Year events across the county.

The Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts, Film Studies Program, and Center for Hellenic Studies are pleased to invite you to the screening of "Lynch/Oz" followed by Q&A with Alexandre O. Philippe on Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 5 p.m. at the Mosaic Building 113 in the North Torrey Pines Living and Learning Neighborhood. About the Film: The films of David Lynch and "The Wizard of Oz" have held a mirror to each other for decades. "Lynch/Oz" explores one of the most fascinating puzzles in the history of motion pictures: the enduring symbiosis between America’s primordial fairytale and David Lynch’s singular brand of popular surrealism. About Alexandre O. Philippe: Swiss-American filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe has written and directed numerous award-winning films and documentaries, many of which take on the role of unpacking the most influential works of master filmmakers. His most recent film, "78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene," is a documentary about Alfred Hitchcock’s iconic shower scene from Psycho. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and screened extensively at festivals before its release by IFC Films. The documentary explores the intangible cinematic space between the shots and delves into Hitchcock’s genius in unprecedented fashion. It is the first feature-length investigation into the art, craft, and influence of a single extraordinary scene. Philippe holds a master’s degree in dramatic writing from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and is creative director at Exhibit A Pictures. Other past works include "Doc of the Dead," "The People vs. George Lucas," and an ongoing series of short films for The Criterion Collection titled "Double Exposure." Over the years, he has conducted numerous film analyses and written seminars at schools, universities, film festivals, and museums around the world, featuring in-depth deconstructions of classic and contemporary films. Philippe has also served on several film-festival juries, including the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Rome Film Festival, and New Zealand Film Awards. Location: The Mosaic 113 Auditorium is located in the Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts at UC San Diego. Parking: The closest visitor parking is located in the Scholars Parking underground parking structure. Weekend parking is $2/hour. Questions: Email surajisranicenter@ucsd.edu.

The National Heritage Responders help figure out how to save important objects and buildings after disasters. With climate change, they're busier than ever.