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Ukraine has won the Eurovision Song Contest, perhaps Europe's biggest musical competition. NPR's Joanna Kakissis was watching with Ukrainians in Dnipro.

From the organizers: SDBG's Fall Festival connects visitors with harvest plants and autumn traditions, alike. From pumpkins and scarecrows to Halloween and Day of the Dead, the Garden decorates and celebrates the changing colors of nature and cooler temperatures in the air. Enjoy live music, hands-on crafts, fall-themed classes, and artist Katie Ruiz’s Dia de los Muertos ofrenda (see details below)! Bring items from home to contribute to a community altar to commemorate loved ones. Saturday, October 23 to Monday, November 1 / del 23 de Oct. Al 1ro de Nov. El Festival de Otoño de SDBG conecta a sus visitantes con plantas de temporada y tradiciones de otoño. Desde calabazas y espantapájaros hasta Halloween y el Día de los Muertos, el jardín decora y celebra los colores cambiantes de la naturaleza y las temperaturas más frescas en el aire. Este evento incluyente en el Jardín decora y celebra los colores cambiantes de la naturaleza y las temperaturas más frescas en el aire. Los visitantes podrán disfrutar música en vivo, estaciones temáticas de manualidades, clases sobre temas de otoño, y la ofrenda del Día de los Muertos de la artista Katie Ruiz (vea los detalles abajo). Traiga artículos de su casa para contribuir a un altar comunitario para conmemorar a sus seres queridos. Days with Special Events / Los días de actividades especiales Saturday, October 23 / sábado, 23 de octubre 10 am - 2 pm: face painting / pintura facial para niños 10 am - 4 pm: crafts / manualidades 11 am - 12 pm: Hullabaloo kids band / una presentación de la banda infantil 2 - 4 pm: Mariachi Real de San Diego band / una presentación de la banda Sunday, October 31 / domingo, 31 de octubre 10 am - 3 pm: crafts / manualidades 12 - 2 pm: Billy Lee and the Swamp Critters band / una presentación de la banda To celebrate Día de los Muertos, SDBG has commissioned artist Katie Ruiz to create an ofrenda that will open to the public on October 23. Katie Ruiz is a Xicana artist who resides in San Diego. She was raised in Southern California and Northern Arizona. Ruiz is a figure painter and sculptor best known for her blanket series in which she portrays couples standing or lying under colorful Mexican blankets. She has a strong connection with nature and often uses natural objects like rocks, shells, leaves and sticks in her weavings and sculptures. Ruiz is dedicating the piece to another artist who recently passed away, Yolanda López—one of the most important Chicana/o/x artists working in California over the past five decades. Born in 1942 and raised in San Diego’s Barrio Logan neighborhood, López was based for much of her career in the Bay Area, where she passed at the age of 79. She is best known for her iconic Virgen de Guadalupe series, a seminal oeuvre in Chicanx feminist art she produced during the 1970s, which became some of the most-widely circulated images of a Chicano artist of her generation. López was also an activist and educator celebrated for her role in the Chicano art movement. Para una celebración especial del Día de los Muertos, SDBG ha contratado a la artista Katie Ruiz para crear una ofrenda que abrirá al público a partir del 23 de octubre. Katie Ruiz es una artista, pintora y escultora Xicana que vive en San Diego y es reconocida por su serie de mantas coloridas. Esta ofrenda se dedicará a Yolanda López – una de las artistas Chicana/o/x más importantes que ha trabajado en California durante las últimas cinco décadas, así como una activista y educadora célebre por su papel en el movimiento del arte Chicano. El Jardín también albergará un altar comunitario donde el público podrá traer artículos para conmemorar a sus seres queridos.

A report released Thursday by a Yale University-based research organization found distinct racial disparities in police contacts — including searches, traffic stops and arrests — over a recent five-year period in San Diego. Plus, identities are complicated, messy and often incredibly personal. San Diegans weigh in on how they identify and their thoughts on the term Latinx. And this weekend in the arts: classical music honors the planet, a fictional band comes to life (live!), SDMA gets the floral treatment, a new San Ysidro art crawl and a Black playwright’s world premiere on Juneteenth.

Not everyone who was part of rap's ascent gets included in its story. MC Sha-Rock, of the original Funky 4 and the Funky 4 + 1, reaffirms her role in hip-hop's formative years as the first woman MC.

Five tribes on California's coast are moving forward in their efforts to protect marine ecosystems as part of the Tribal Marine Stewards Network.

Big Night San Diego New Year's Eve is excited to be back again at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront! Ring in 2022 as this will be our biggest and amazing 18th New Year's Eve celebration. Register here to get the latest information on advance sales and event updates so you won't miss out on the greatest New Year's Eve celebration yet. Big Night San Diego is the perfect, ALL-INCLUSIVE night. Leave your wallet at home because your ticket includes everything: all drinks included all night, buffet, and entertainment throughout the EIGHT different party zones. (All you need to remember is your ID, because you must be at least 21 to attend.) NO CORNERS HAVE BEEN CUT to provide you with an unforgettable night of pampering, down to the last detail. Conveniently located on the waterfront in downtown San Diego, right on the trolley line (no shuttles needed) - all inside the massive, magnificent, Hilton Bayfront Hotel. Once inside this massive complex you will be amazed. It is literally transformed into “Countdown City” – the perfect location to celebrate the New Year. Featuring TEN spectacular party areas, Big Night San Diego offers the best of everything. You will be treated with first class service, fully-stocked bars all night and buffet – and you'll enjoy a variety of entertainment that is unparalleled by any event, anywhere in California. You are free to roam, beverage in hand, from party room to party room. Get your groove on in the Retro Zone...or one of the several Club Zones...or check out the silent disco and much more. All the while, about a dozen popular bands and deejays will be playing throughout the gala's many party areas. Big Night San Diego on Facebook + Instagram + @BigNightSD on Twitter

Played on three string instruments, this music was the country's soundtrack from the turn of the 20th century to the 1940s.

Before the pandemic, the sound of mariachi was synonymous with parties, gatherings and celebrations. Now, with restrictions on in-person gatherings, San Diego's mariachi bands have had to adapt and change their business models to survive.

The Colorado River is shrinking at the hands of climate change, and the people who decide its future are caught in a standoff over how to share its water. Putting them all in the same room, then, is bound to breed some tension.

It was a pretty wild year for music. Here are some KPBS staff picks for the best albums of 2022.