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Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App. Born into slavery in 1853, Bill Traylor spent most of his life working the land in rural Alabama. He began drawing and painting in his later years, often with found materials. This film, by Jeffrey Wolf and Daphne McWilliams, is a compelling narrative about a man who, despite the hardships of legalized racism, produced a body of work exhibited in today's leading museums and collections worldwide.

Bodhi Tree Concerts celebrates ten years of intentional kindness through music with a spectacular star-studded Tenth Anniversary Concert featuring dozens of San Diego’s favorite artists. To mark the occasion in style, co-founders and directors Diana and Walter DuMelle have invited a plethora of artists to perform who have appeared with Bodhi Tree Concerts over its ten-year history of shows and concerts. The concert is also a fundraiser for the company, so that it can continue to carry out its mission of programming diverse repertoire featuring San Diego artists, in order to support charitable organizations in the community. Date | September 25 at 7 p.m. Location | St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, La Jolla Scheduled to appear are a veritable who’s who of San Diego talent, including: • Pianist and composer Nicolas Reveles & pianist Ines Irawati • Sharmay Musacchio, contralto • Michael Morgan, bass • Jazz artists Irving Flores & Rob Thorsen • Walter DuMelle, bass • Angelina Réaux, soprano • Michael Sokol, baritone • DeAndre Simmons, bass • Alison Luedecke, concert organist • Enrique Toral, tenor • Jonathan Nussman, baritone • Ken Anderson & Dale Fleming, Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Choir San Diego • Vanessa Dinning • Brendan Nguyen, piano, & Lesley Leytham, mezzo-soprano • Isabella & Blanca Valenzuela, flamenco dance • Leonard Patton & Kim Hendrix-Racine •Mark Danisovszky, accordion Subject to changeGet tickets here! General admission: $25 In keeping with Bodhi Tree Concerts’ mission, there will be a food drive at the Tenth Anniversary Concert with all donations going to Feeding San Diego. A silent auction at the event will raise funds for the completion of a brand-new children’s opera, Pancho Rabbit and The Coyote, commissioned by Bodhi Tree Concerts and composed by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Anthony Davis with libretto by Quincy Troupe. Thanks to major grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Conrad Preys Foundation, this project envisioned by the organization from inception, is becoming a reality. For more information, please contact Bodhi Tree Concerts at bodhitreeconcerts@gmail.com or call (619) 546-7660.

Israeli troops withdrew Sunday from the city after a four-month battle against Hamas. Displaced Palestinians returning there found immense destruction. Most went back to living in tents in Rafah.

Proudly representing brown women everywhere, Zarna Garg is a mom and lawyer turned award-winning screenwriter and stand-up comedian, highlighting the immigrant and American experience with her own signature style. Since the pandemic, she’s brought her comedy shows online, a move which was covered in the New York Times and outdoors to venues including Central Park and the MET. Zarna has taken TikTok by storm, with her comedy videos gaining more than 60 million views and counting! Zarna performs for sold out audiences at top clubs across the country, and you can find her each month at the famous Caroline’s on Broadway with her second hit show “Sari, Not Sorry,” following her headlining debut, “My American Dream.” She is a featured comic on Kevin Hart’s Lyft Comic Series. She won Best Newcomer at Ladies of Laughter. She is also one of the winners of the #TY100 I Love NYC’s SMB’s 100 Small Business Owners. Zarna was the featured performer for the Outstanding Mother Awards in support of the Save the Children foundation with attendees including Halle Berry, Kate Hudson, Kris Jenner and more. Her debut romantic comedy screenplay “Rearranged” won the Best Comedy Screenplay Award at the 2019 Austin Film Festival (placing #1 out of 11,000 scripts), and was also a 2019 Academy Nicholl Fellowships Semi-Finalist. The script has been optioned by Marginal Mediaworks. She is one of a handful of female Indian comedians worldwide, and quite possibly the only one who publicly takes on her mother-in-law. Zarna is a rare voice tackling the type of humor few (if any) other Indian immigrant women have attempted before, and represents a demographic with few comedic influences. NOTE: 18+ Event 2 drinks minimum All sales final Must follow all county guidelines When | August 5 - 6 Time | Time varies Venue| Laugh Factory San Diego Admission | Tickets can be purchased here - General admission is $25 + $1.48 Fee Socials: Zarna Garg: Twitter | Instagram Laugh Factory San Diego: Twitter | Instagram

Our picks for this creepiest of weekends: Edgar Allen Poe readings, Shakespeare at SDMA, Teros Gallery's outdoor event, virtual fashion at OMA, spooky organ music, an Oingo Boingo cover band, a community ofrenda and much more.

Okinawa, which sits closer to China than to Japan's main islands, is the focus of U.S. and Japanese efforts to beef up defenses in Japan's southwest islands.

Hay siete candidatos en contienda por tres puestos judiciales en la Corte Superior de San Diego en la elección primaria del 7 de junio. Estas contiendas no son partidistas y los candidatos judiciales tienen restringido tomar posturas fuertes sobre asuntos que puedan llegar a la corte y no son parte de los debates.

Saturday, December 10 Choose Your Time: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. or 2 p.m. – 6 p.m. Instructor Rene Rubalcava Appropriate for ages 12+ or children 6-11yrs if accompanied by an adult. Create a professional arm rod and mouth puppet of your very own. We guide you from start to finish, as you cut, hot glue, and assemble your own customized puppet. No sewing is required in this workshop. Students bring their puppets to life with the selection and placement of different face details. Each one is unique! Find your puppet’s voice and learn some puppetry basics. All materials included. No experience necessary!

Artists at Work! Come explore Spanish Village Art Center located in Balboa Park. Watch local artists working daily in their historic studios and on their colorful courtyard. Just in time for the Holidays. Free admission Visit: www.spanishvillageart.com or call 619-233-9050 Spanish Village Art Center - Balboa Park on Facebook / Instagram

Four organizations won a FTC contest for their tools that help tell real audio clips from deepfakes. The winners' approaches illuminate challenges AI audio deepfakes pose.