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From Bad Vibes Good Friends (BVGF): On July 27 and 28, we are bringing a two-day Art and Music showcase to Barrio Logan's Corazon del Barrio, promising a unique sensory experience. The event will feature curated music, art, live visuals, and cocktails, showcasing a diverse blend of internationally and locally acclaimed talents from the cordillera of Colombia to the deserts and coast of California. Thursday, July 27: Collaborating with the renowned Latin American record label ZZK, Bad Vibes Good Friends has secured two monoliths of contemporary Colombian music for their San Diego showcase: Meridian Brothers and Cerrero y La Marea. Eblis Alvarez, the songwriter/multi-instrumentalist and bandleader of Meridian Brothers, has been hailed as an "Eccentric Mastermind" by the New York Times's Ed Moreno, and championed as Bogota's frontiersmen of Neo-Tropicalismo and Cumbia for two decades. Diego Gomez of Cerrero y La Marea is also considered a pioneer in the contemporary music scene of Bogota. His collaborations and record labels, Disco Pacificos and Llorona Records, have introduced the world to folk acts of Colombia roots like Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto while blending his electronic music expertise with other traditional Latin American influences. Cerrero y La Marea, his current project with Grupo Bejuco's William Martinez and Tomaco's Marimba de Chonta master Juan Carlos "Cankita" Mindinero, continues this intriguing fusion. Fresh Veggies Micro Brass, a local emerging psychedelic circus, will also be featured that night. Fresh off festival performances at Lighting In A Bottle and Same Same But Different, this New Orleans marching band gone mad is an eccentric amalgamation of members of Sure Fire Soul Ensemble, and Euphoria Brass Band. DJ Strange Bouquets (Rory Morison), the musician, artist, and founder of Bad Vibes Good Friends, will be spinning vinyl selections from his extensive collection of international music. Rees Withrow, an analog video artist, has been captivating San Diego audiences since 2014 with his unique brand of visuals using circuit-bent hardware to create psychedelic, glitched-out images on old-school CRT TV screens. Encapsulating the flavors of the night with a menu of curated cocktails will be the duo Super Purple. Comprised of Leigh Lacap and Nick Sinutko two prolific minds behind some of the most respected beverage programs in San Diego (Craft and Commerce, Campfire, Frankies, Jeune et Jolie), Super Purple sees the two consolidating their artistic aptitudes and peculiar imaginations into color-drenched, multi-sensory beverage activations. Friday, July 28: WAND, a band formed in late 2013 in Los Angeles, quickly earned great praise for brandishing a genre contrarian path and quickly separating themselves from the emerging southern Californian psych/garage scene. With 10 years, 7 releases, and relentless touring under their belt, Wand is a legendary shapeshifting juggernaut, leaving a collection of post-punk, psychedelic, metal art-rock classics in their wake. Local bizarre-o quintet Drug Hunt, often championed for their seditionist attitude, will also perform. While often categorized as Neo-Psychedelic, the band is more accurately a bastardization of Psychedelia, championing the angular idealism of American Post-Punk and the orphaned swagger of early British Hard Rock. Named one of NBC's "Top 9 Bands To See Live In San Diego," Drug Hunt is a local powerhouse on stage, and they will be debuting and performing two new songs featuring Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Adrian Terraza Gonzalez of The Mars Volta. Hailing from Joshua Tree, This Lonesome Paradise delivers reverb-soaked retribution, lounge lust, and the enigmatic echoes of western noir. Their dark musical cinema evokes the blood thirst of a Cormac McCarthy novel and the poetic surrealism of a David Lynch flick. Recently earning them an acolyte and production stewardship/collaboration with genre heavyweight Taylor Kirk of Timber Timbre, This Lonesome Paradise is a well-kept secret soon to be a headline. New Tongues is a binational sound art and music group based in Baja, Mexico, and San Diego, California, will also grace the stage. Founded in 2023 by artist and musician Preston Swirnoff, along with field recordist/sound designer Xareni Lizarraga and violist/producer Kathia Rudametkin, New Tongues is an adventure in interdisciplinary collaboration. Using sound sculptures, field recordings, visual art installations, and traditional instruments, they craft electroacoustic song forms that celebrate intimacy, relationship ecologies, and deep listening. San Diego projectionist Sebastian Bañuelos, known as Gonzo Liquid Light, blends the realms of analog and digital video effects for concert performances. Mentored by liquid light pioneers from the 1960s, Gonzo adds his own artistic touch by utilizing contemporary VJ software and digital effects. Andrew McGranahan Graphic Artist/Designer is most notably recognized for his art works in the music industry: posters, album art and other merchandise. He’s also the lead designer for the music festival Desert Daze, one half of San Diego Freak Out and a well recognized Dj in San Diego. He’s the artist behind the 3rd annual Bad Vibes Good Friends poster and will no doubt satiate the audience with his extensive collection of deep cuts and odd international assortments. Este Güey, the bar duo of Esteban Kauffman and Josue Gonzalez, will complement the raucous atmosphere of night two. Known for their exemplary roles in bars such as Herb and Wood and Swan Bar, this uncanny team brings an elevated yet no-frills mentality to their cocktail ethos. Formed in a sweaty cumbia punk dance party, they have been known to shake your cocktails in the throws of a mosh pit. And if that's not enough both nights' walls will be graced with the astonishing art work of 16 emerging and established artists of the San Diego, Tijuana, and Los Angeles art scenes. Thao French, Amanda Kazemi, Kolten French,CJ Troxell, Strange Bouquets, Gray Morison, Laura Arango, Jake Fitzgerald, Eyegato, This Girl Hugs Trees, Jorge Guitierrez, Valazo, Rancho Cherenchitov, Jazmine Puentes, Luis Cendejas, and Jesse Sunwolf Tickets: Night 1: July 27 Night 2: July 28

Dive into the Ultimate Shark Experience! Starting Friday, July 21 through July 28, you can enjoy a fin-tastic day complete with: • A private bamboo shark touch experience • Behind the scenes visit to our Shark Encounter • Ray feeding • One-time Quick Queue for Manta • Special shark souvenir • A meal and shark themed-beverage And MOST importantly, for every ticket sold, $25 goes directly to shark conservation! Learn more and book your ultimate shark experience here!

The Horse of the Sun Ranch was donated to the Armed Services YMCA about three years ago.

The musician, who played bass and sang with the influential all-women country music band from 1989-93, was pronounced deceased on the scene.

Since they broke through into the Australian music scene more than a decade ago, Tash Sultana has been nothing less than a musical force. The gender-fluid multi-instrumentalist, producer, singer-songwriter, engineer and entrepreneur has carved out every step in their musical journey over the last 15 years, which has taken them from performing open night mics all over the country, busking the streets of Melbourne to releasing platinum records, accumulating billions of streams, gathering nominations from across the globe, winning awards and selling hundreds of thousands of concert tickets worldwide. Their debut album Flow State landed in 2018 and quickly became Gold certified, and spawned Platinum and Gold records with singles "Mystik" and "Murder to the Mind." Their acclaimed second record Terra Firma landed in 2021, and garnered widespread praise for Tash’s raw and reflective songwriting and ambitious musical arrangements. Like everything before it, the entirety of the record was carved by Tash – every instrument that was played, every bit of musical arrangement, every bit of production. Please note: this is a Rady Shell Rental event presented by AEG Goldenvoice. The San Diego Symphony Orchestra does not appear on this concert event.

Hold onto your butts, because we’ve got some dino-mite news for you (we’ll stop now — maybe). It’s been 30 years since Jurassic Park came roaring onto movie screens, and this year, Universal Products and Experiences have big plans for this summer, in what they’re dubbing “Jurassic June”, but the reveals for which have already started. Jurassic Outpost shared details on the expansive plans, which will include new broadcast, digital, and game content, new exclusives, celebration events, and the original film returning to theatres. Entertainment Weekly revealed additional details about the Jurassic Park presence at San Diego Comic-Con today, which will be called “Step Into Jurassic Park“. Fans will be transported into the world with a free, timed-event that will let you encounter some of your favorite dinosaurs and moments from the original 1993 film. Starting Thursday, June 29 at 9 a.m., you’ll be able to make reservations on the official Jurassic Park website for the activation, which will recreate the Dilophausaurs attack on Wayne Knight’s Dennis Nedry, as well as the infamous toilet scene (you know the one). There will also be giveaways, Jurassic-themed food offerings, and more. The event will only be open for two days, on Friday, July 21-Saturday, July 22 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily at Luce Cielo (315 15th St, San Diego, CA) — about a 20 minute walk from the convention center.

DMICS 2023 will conclude with a night of opera and a celebration of the human voice. One of the unique aspects of DMICS is our opera workshop program, in which composers are invited to work with a collection of some of Southern California's top vocal artists to develop and present new operatic works together. This season we will hear the continuation of Polina Nazaykinskaya's major opera-in-progress, "Tear Down This Wall," a comedic scene from Jordan Kuspa's "The Importance of Being Earnest," and several vocal works by composers with local ties to San Diego: Texu Kim, Michael Remson, and Joseph Sowa. This is a rare opportunity to hear new works in their infancy, as our composer/performer teams work to hone their creative vision together and create new and powerful operas destined for grand stages in the future. For more information visit: delmarcomposers.org

South African naturalist Adam Welz has traveled the world, documenting the profound impact of climate change on wild species. He says his research has convinced him despair isn't the answer.

In Cord Jefferson's directorial debut, Jeffrey Wright plays a frustrated author who echoes earlier Black protagonists in movies like Hollywood Shuffle and Bamboozled.

The Oscar-winning actor is seeking out the next generation of filmmakers because, he says, many established directors have "already made up their minds about me." Cage's new movie is Dream Scenario.