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Please join us for this unique event presented in collaboration between the UC San Diego Stein Institute for Research on Aging and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. This event will feature a thought-provoking panel discussion on the intersection of art, aging, and the museum experience, followed by a guided tour of the Museum and a reception. The panel will showcase the meaningful work being done by both organizations, supported by the Vitality Arts Program, to explore how art can engage, empower, and enrich the lives of older adults. Our Panelists: Kathryn Kanjo is The David C. Copley Director & CEO of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Concurrent with her appointment to Director in 2016, the Museum launched a major expansion that quadrupled the gallery space. Designed by Selldorf Architects, the expanded campus reopened to the public in April 2022. Kanjo served as Executive Director of Artpace San Antonio (2000-2006), and Director of the University Art Museum at the University of California, Santa Barbara (2006-2010). She returned to MCASD in 2010 as Chief Curator and Deputy Director Art and Programs, organizing exhibitions of Isaac Julien, Ed Ruscha, and Jack Whitten, among others. Kanjo serves as the President of the Board at the Linda Pace Foundation in San Antonio, Texas. She received her M.A. in Art History and Museum Studies at the University of Southern California and her B.A. in Art History and English Literature from the University of Redlands. Khai Nguyen, MD, is a board-certified internal medicine doctor and geriatrician who specializes in caring for older adults. He provides primary care to patients, with an emphasis on health maintenance, disease prevention, treatment of acute and chronic illnesses and preservation of function. As a geriatrician, Dr. Nguyen aims to keep seniors healthy and high functioning as they transition through the stages of aging. His expertise includes providing therapeutic and rehabilitative care for conditions or health concerns that are common among the elderly such as frailty, falls, incontinence, memory and cognitive problems, and medication-related side effects. He also has expertise in end of life care and advance care planning. Dr. Nguyen is clinical services chief of senior medicine at UC San Diego Health, where he oversees efforts to help ensure quality patient care and provides leadership management of clinical functions and staff. As a former instructor in the Division of Geriatrics, Dr. Nguyen has taught internal medicine residents and geriatric medicine fellows at UC San Diego School of Medicine. He has coauthored numerous abstracts and was a speaker at the 2015 annual meeting of the National Association of Managed Care Physicians. Prior to joining UC San Diego Health, Dr. Nguyen was the medical director of VITAS Healthcare and Hospice. He was also a geriatric home-based primary care physician at VA Healthcare System San Diego, and a physician in the Department of Continuing Care Services at Kaiser Permanente San Diego. Dr. Nguyen completed a fellowship in geriatric medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine and a residency in internal medicine at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla. He earned his medical degree from University of Vermont College of Medicine in Burlington, Vermont. Dr. Nguyen also holds a master's degree in health policy and certification in health finance and management from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He holds the hospice medical director certification (HMDC) credential. Dr. Nguyen is a member of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Our Moderator: Danielle K. Glorioso is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with extensive experience in aging, community health, and clinical research. Since joining UC San Diego in 2001, she has taken on a leadership role as the Executive Director of the Center for Healthy Aging and the Stein Institute for Research on Aging. In this capacity, Ms. Glorioso oversees a wide range of operations including strategic planning, organizational development, community outreach, training, philanthropy, communications, and marketing. She is also a certified therapist in prolonged grief disorder, specializing in manualized interventions. One of her major accomplishments includes leading the research and development of a licensed, evidence-based six-week program designed to enhance resilience, compassion, and self-compassion among older adults. This intervention, which has undergone nearly a decade of research, has been tested and validated in various community settings, including among older adults in group and individual settings. Through her work, Danielle has made significant contributions to improving the mental health and well-being of older adults. Visit: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/2b3wc5a/lp/10521547-ca62-42c7-8d70-dfffbb172f2c MCASD on Instagram and Facebook

Rooted in Celtic and American folk and inspired by Indian raga and ethnic idioms, Four Shillings Short offers a diverse and inventive traditional music experience. The husband/wife duo of Aodh Og O’Tuama, from Cork, Ireland, and Christy Martin, from California, have been performing together since 1995. They tour in the United States and Ireland, are independent folk-artists with thirteen recordings, perform 100 concerts per year, and live as the troubadours of old, traveling from town to town performing at music festivals, theaters, performing arts centers, folk and historical societies, libraries, museums, and schools. Aodg Og O’Tuama: vocals, tin whistles, doumbek, spoons, gemshorn, bowed psaltery, recorders, crumhorn, Native American Flutes, and many others. Born in Cork, Ireland, Aodh Óg (pronounced, ayog) studied Medieval and Renaissance music in college. He received a music fellowship to study at Stanford University in 1983. He played in a group called Drivelling Druids before forming the group Four Shillings Short. Christy Martin: vocals, hammered dulcimer, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, banjo, North Indian sitar, guitar, charango, bowed psaltery, ukulele, and bodhran. A multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, Christy was born into a musical family. She played the sitar for ten years, starting at the age of sixteen. She took up folk music in the 1980s. She has been playing hammered dulcimer since 1993. She was formerly in a band called Your Mother Should Know. Visit: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/four-shillings-short-pilgrim-united-church-of-christ-tickets/14144193

Join us for Open Studios on Saturday, December 14 from 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.! Come hear live music, stroll through our artists’ studios, enjoy food and drink by the fire pits, and check out a mini pop-up art show highlighting our resident artists in the co-live space. Visit our website for a performance schedule, parking info, and other details: Special thanks to Mission Brewing for the beer! Visit: https://www.sdspace4art.org/upcoming/2024/12/14-open-studios Space 4 Art on Instagram and Facebook

From thrilling dramas to the year’s funniest moments, here’s what made our watchlists.

Relive the Legend: Strange Days Brings The Doors Back to Life! Strange Days is a worldwide touring Doors concert experience. Formed and based in Los Angeles, California, Strange Days captures the magic...the mystery....and the madness of the Doors in their prime. By combining vintage instruments with the latest technology, Strange Days offers both an authentic on-stage look and an unmistakable studio album sound. The result is a show that has thrilled audiences around the world. Strange Days has also had the honor of having Doors guitarist Robby Krieger join them onstage numerous times. Rarely, if ever, do tribute artists get to play with the actual legends to which they pay homage. Come see why audiences everywhere are saying, “The Lizard King Lives!” Strange Days on Facebook / Instagram Visit: https://events.humanitix.com/strange-days

Six String Society Presents: Country Songstresses Kimmi Bitter & Alice Wallace Join us for a night of unforgettable music as two powerhouse voices in Americana and classic country take the stage! San Diego's Kimmi Bitter brings her signature vintage country sound, transporting audiences back to the golden era of honky-tonk, while Nashville's Alice Wallace delivers soaring vocals and heartfelt storytelling, blending folk, blues, and country with effortless grace. Together, these two remarkable artists will create a magical evening of rich harmonies, masterful musicianship, and timeless melodies. Don’t miss this special collaboration at The Bornemann—where the music and memories last long after the final note! Kimmi Bitter on Facebook / Instagram Alice Wallace on Facebook / Instagram

Fairview Canyon Performing Timeless Americana and West Coast Vibes. Fairview Canyon is a group of accomplished multi-instrumentalist musicians with many years of experience playing a variety of genres. Their current focus is playing an Americana style while also touching on the West Coast Sound of the late sixties and seventies. Featuring tight harmony vocals and intricate guitar work, the quartet specializes in putting their own stamp on singer/songwriters. Their repertoire includes artists such as Chris Stapleton, Gillian Welch, CSN, Tom Petty, John Prine, Brandi Carlyle, Joni Mitchell, The Eagles, Old Crow Medicine Show and many others. Visit: https://www.campusoflife.org/live-shows

Movies about musicians love to hit the same melodramatic beats about fame and genius. Important but not quite famous, the '90s indie band Pavement is the exception that unbalances the formula.

James Arthur at Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre on Friday, May 30. James Arthur on Facebook /Instagram

The White House is proposing average cuts of 35% to agencies — except for the Pentagon and Homeland Security. Actual spending cuts though are up to Congress.