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Set in a modern-day Italy, we meet two young men in search of identity—and Julia, the first Shakespearean female character to disguise herself as a young man. This company of 14 M.F.A. actors, now in training at The Old Globe and University of San Diego, brings a wild cast of characters to life in a bold staging of this timely, classy comedy that highlights themes of betrayal, loyalty, and friendship. Tickets available now at www.TheOldGlobe.org or (619) 234-5623.

The Russell Lecture is presented by UC San Diego's Department of Visual Arts and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. We are happy to announce that next year's Russell Lecture will highlight the work of mixed-media artist Shizu Saldamando. Saldamando's work functions as celebration and homage to peers and loved ones. Her mother’s family is Japanese American, by way of Boyle Heights/Sawtelle areas of L.A., and a survivor of the Japanese American Internment camps. Her father is Chicano (Mexican American) from Nogales, AZ. Her work is primarily concerned with portraiture, craft and drawing. She experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials from wood panels to bed sheets. Her practice also employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The Russell Foundation was established in the will of Betty Russell, one of MCASD's founding docents and a long-time supporter of UC San Diego. She specified that funds from the foundation should help "foster the appreciation and study of the modern visual arts and creativity of young artists" through support for the Museum and the University.

Join us for an Open House on September 30 with refreshments and information booths. Learn about the highly acclaimed UC San Diego Osher Lifelong Learning Institute: a membership program for individuals 50 years of age and older who are interested in pursuing intellectual interests and enriching their lives through lifelong learning. Join us for this Open House experience to learn about the upcoming quarter classes and seminars (which will be offered on campus and streamed live online via Zoom), the benefits of membership, events and field trips, and meet the volunteer leadership team. You can attend on campus in person or join us virtually via Zoom. For more information visit: extendedstudies.ucsd.edu

Long-time San Diego arts advocate Felicia Shaw becomes the first executive director for the San Diego Regional Arts and Culture Coalition.

COVID-19 booster rates remain low, just as new omicron variants of concern emerge. Then, San Diego approves new agreements with the city’s eight private trash haulers, with new state requirements on recycling organic waste looming. Next, why was San Diego listed as only the 8th best American city for tacos in a recent survey? And Rick Steves explores stories of famous works of European art in a new six-hour series called “Art of Europe.” Finally, the San Diego Filipino Film Festival was founded to raise awareness for Filipino cinema as an important art form and tool for representation, education and entertainment. The festival returns to San Diego tonight.

The company is asking the CPUC to relieve it of the burden of keeping and maintaining telephone landlines.

The Poway City Council Tuesday night voted unanimously to advance an ordinance that would allow authorities to abate homeless encampments.

The San Diego Blues Festival will not return to the Embarcadero this year, ending 12 years of the family-friendly event benefiting the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank and its North County Food Bank chapter.

It’s been 50 years since neighbors first took paintbrushes to the highway pillars in Chicano Park, creating the now-famous murals. KPBS takes a look into the park’s legacy, and its future.

Her Grammy win for Cowboy Carter will rightly be seen as historic. But for the artist, it's part of a grander thesis long in the making.