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This weekend in the arts: San Diego Opera revisits their first production; contemporary dance; abandoned buildings reimagined as lost souls; symphonic music inspired by a children's book; Adam Belt's light art; Día de Muertos theater, music, dance and more; plus live music picks.

The Adam D. Kamil Media Awards were developed to help UC San Diego undergraduates polish their skills in film production and to help them realize their creative potential in this field. Adam was a UC San Diego, Visual Arts Media major with a passion for the power of media to connect people. To honor the memory of their son, the Kamil family established the Adam D. Kamil Media Awards. The awards consist of a grand prize of $2,000 and two finalist prizes of $1,000 each. All submissions will be viewable in the Kamil Gallery May 16-23, and in the Kamil Gallery Online. Winners will be announced at the ceremony on May 17, and the grand prize winning project will be screened. The event will allow time to view works in the gallery, eat, and socialize. “We hope that through this award, Adam’s creative spirit will inspire others to develop their talents and to grow as sympathetic and sensitive individuals,” stated Elaine Kamil.

The four-page letter addressed to Attorney General Merrick Garland calls on the department to investigate potential crimes committed by Israeli soldiers and civilians and is a rare instance of public disagreement inside the department.

The Israeli military on Monday called on people in southern Lebanon to immediately evacuate homes and other buildings where Hezbollah stores weapons and said it was carrying out "extensive strikes."

Vice President Harris is banking on the support of young voters. But new polling shows potential roadblocks for Harris in replicating the historically high youth support President Biden received in 2020.

Premieres Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Learn the untold story of Maria Anna Mozart, older sister to Wolfgang and a musical prodigy in her own right. Could she have helped write some of her famous brother’s earliest music?

Cameron Yaste, the commander of a Navy destroyer in the Middle East, has been relieved of duty about four months after he was seen in a photo firing a rifle with a scope mounted backward.

Victims of the January 22 floods in San Diego have to find a new place to stay after funding for hotel vouchers expired Friday, and some are already falling into homelessness. In other news, the median rent has decreased slightly in the city of San Diego. Plus, 140 acres in Vista is for sale. Some of the potential buyers want to use the property to help those facing mental health issues and homelessness.

Alabama executed a man Thursday who admitted to killing five people with an ax and gun during a drug-fueled rampage in 2016 and dropped his appeals and asked to be put to death.

San Diego's poet laureate shares his vision for a poetry-filled future, his latest community initiatives and the importance of storytelling in Filipino American culture.