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You are invited to be a part of the Awesomest Pop Culture and Fandom Convention where "Fan worlds collide!" - at Fangaea! For our sensational seventh year, we will be taking place on Saturday, March 21 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Handlery Hotel in Mission Valley, San Diego! This year, our theme is WOMEN IN POP-CULTURE! Fangaea (fan-JEE-uh) is a multi-faceted, action-packed, fandom event that will feature Table Top and Video Games, Anime, Sci-Fi, Cosplay, Fun Panels, and so much more! Fangaea is Where Fandoms Join Forces for Fun! This is an all-inclusive convention that includes many fan-worlds of the nerd, geek, and pop culture community to come together and celebrate our combined interests in one fun and immersive event! Our fun-filled event will be accessible to all and allow the different fandoms to reach out to new fans and create an exciting opportunity to share their interests with each other! Tickets at https://fangaea2026.eventbrite.com

Survivor is a sport, a metaphor for society and yes, entertainment. As its 50th season ends, NPR critic Stephen Thompson ranked every season so far.

The reboot highlights a dire problem for the country's nuclear program. Japan is running out of space to store spent nuclear fuel and lacks plans for radioactive waste disposal.

Superstar cellist Santiago Cañón-Valencia returns to open our season with a dreamy duo program of French sonatas, unique transcriptions, and Stravinsky’s "Suite Italienne" (adapted from his ballet "Pulcinella"). Cañón-Valencia is a BBC Next Generation Artist and Tchaikovsky Competition silver medalist; his skill is hailed by The Strad as “technically flawless … totally under the skin of the composers’ idioms.” Program: Henri Duparc (1848–1933) - Lamento from "Melodies" Claude Debussy (1862–1918) - Cello Sonata Maurice Ravel (1875–1937) - “Posthume” Sonata Francis Poulenc (1899–1963) - "Suite Française" - "Pause" - "Ravel" - "Pavane pour une infante défunte" - "Pièce en forme de Habanera" Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) - "Suite Italienne" Colombian cellist Santiago Cañón-Valencia is a prolific soloist, composer, commissioner, recording artist, painter, and photographer. A 2022 BBC New Generation Artist, he was born in Bogotá in 1995 and made his debut with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá at age six before going on to win the Silver Medal at the 2019 XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition, the 2018 Starker Foundation Award, third prize at the 2017 Queen Elisabeth International Competition, and first prize at the Carlos Prieto International Cello Competition, among many other accolades. During the 2025–2026 season, Cañón-Valencia takes on an international schedule, including solo recitals in Spain and Portugal, a performance with the Macedonian Philharmonic, and a seat on the jury for the Budapest International Cello Competition. In the United States, he performs with the Kansas City Symphony, Montgomery Symphony Orchestra, Grand Rapids Symphony, and Camerata Pacifica. He also appears in recitals with pianist Victor Asuncion at Stanford and in La Jolla. His Latin American schedule takes him to the Puerto Rico Symphony, the Festival de Música de Morelia in Mexico, and the Cartagena Music Festival in Colombia. Cañón-Valencia’s solo career has taken him worldwide, with multiple world and regional premieres. In 2025–2026, he premieres Amparo Angel’s Cello Concerto at the Morelia Festival in Mexico. Previously, he performed World premieres, including Carlos Andrés Mejía’s cello concerto “Aurora” at Colombia’s Pereira Music Fest, Jorge Pinzón’s cello concerto “Rapsodia a los 4 Elementos” at the Cartagena International Music Festival, and Carlos Izcaray's commissioned cello concerto Stringmaster with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. In 2024, Cañón-Valencia released his debut single on Deutsche Grammophon, a recording of Arvo Pärt’s Fratres with pianist Naoko Sonoda. Two additional singles will follow. He has recorded four additional complete albums, the most recent being "Ascenso on Sono Luminus" (2022). Cañón-Valencia has been sponsored by the Mayra & Edmundo Esquenazi Scholarship through the Salvi Foundation since 2011. Learn more at www.santiagocanonvalencia.com. Hailed by the Washington Post for his “poised and imaginative playing,” Filipino American pianist Victor Santiago Asuncion has appeared in concert halls in Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Mexico, the Philippines, Spain, Turkey, and the United States as a recitalist and concerto soloist. He made his orchestral debut at age 18 with the Manila Chamber Orchestra and his New York recital debut in Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall in 1999. In addition, he has worked with conductors including Sergio Esmilla, Enrique Batiz, Mei Ann Chen, Zeev Dorman, Arthur Weisberg, Corrick Brown, David Loebel, Leon Fleisher, Michael Stern, Jordan Tang, and Bobby McFerrin. A chamber music enthusiast, he has performed with artists such as Lynn Harrell, Zuill Bailey, Andres Diaz, James Dunham, Antonio Meneses, Joshua Roman, Cho-Liang Lin, Giora Schmidt, and the Dover, Emerson, Serafin, Sao Paulo, and Vega String Quartets. He was a member of the chamber music faculty of the Aspen Music Festival, and the Garth Newel Summer Music Festival. He was also the pianist for the Garth Newel Piano Quartet for three seasons. Festival appearances include the Amelia Island, Highland-Cashiers, Music in the Vineyards, and Santa Fe. His recordings include the complete Beethoven Sonatas with cellist Tobias Werner, Sonatas by Shostakovich and Rachmaninoff with cellist Joseph Johnson, the Rachmaninoff Sonata with cellist Evan Drachman, and the Chopin and Grieg Sonatas, also with cellist Evan Drachman. He is featured on the award-winning recording "Songs My Father Taught Me" with Lynn Harrell, produced by Louise Frank and WFMT-Chicago. Asuncion is the founder and artistic and board director of FilAm Music Foundation, a nonprofit foundation dedicated to promoting Filipino classical musicians through scholarship and performance. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts in 2007 from the University of Maryland at College Park under the tutelage of Rita Sloan. He is a Steinway artist. All concerts are preceded by a pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m. and are followed by a reception with the artists in the Sharon & Joel Labovitz Entry Hall. Athenaeum Music & Arts Library on Facebook / Instagram

This may have been a year when Latin music exploded globally, but the Alt.Latino and El Tiny host also sensed a desire among musicians for softness and stillness.

FNGRS CRSSD presents CRSSD Fest Spring '26 March 14 + 15 21+ Waterfront Park, San Diego Visit: www.crssdfest.com/ CRSSD fest on Instagram / Facebook

La administración Trump revirtió una regla que permitía a los inmigrantes indocumentados que fueron traídos a los EE. UU. cuando eran niños comprar seguros de salud en los mercados de la Ley de Atención Médica Asequible.

Come spend the evening with Surrealist Artists Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dali, and their Patron Saint, psychiatrist Sigmund Freud. These great minds guide audiences to create their own Surrealist works of art! Written to celebrate Escondido’s Arts & Culture month in April, this brand-new theatrical experience is set in a dream-like classroom where audiences will create personal artworks to help explain and explore their “Unconscious Minds.” Directed by Steve Warrick, the cast includes Ciara Atencio as Dali, Ana dela Torre as Kahlo, and Suchita Jhawar as Sigmund Freud, along with understudy, Phil Amer. Proudly presented by Brilliant Spectrum Art, this fun, engaging night out culminates with you creating and bringing home the Surrealist artwork of your dreams! Come dressed in your pajamas for this incredible experience. Please note: There is not a performance on Sunday, April 5 Brilliant Spectrum Art on Instagram

February 14 through February 21 Journey around East County and visit the Friends of the Library bookstores collecting passport stamps with any purchase. Prizes given for 4 and 8 stamps, while supplies last. Completed passports are entered in a grand prize drawing. Hours vary per location. Only Santee bookstore will be open on Presidents' Day, February 16. Alpine/ El Cajon / Descanso / La Mesa / Lakeside / Ramona / Rancho San Diego / Santee

In the 9th century, Muhammad ibn Musa al-Kharizmi helped solidify the concept of algorithms in mathematics and popularized algebra and the use of the zero.