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On Saturday, October 19, more than 1,000 Vista Unified students will perform and student art projects from each of Vista Unified School District’s 28 schools will be featured as part of the 20th annual Vista Unified Festival of the Arts. The festival will take place across the Vista Village area downtown on Main Street. Student performances will include several schools’ Ballet Folklorico groups, student choirs, bands, theater, and dance ensembles. Visual arts will be on display as well, featuring painting, drawing, ceramics, photography, and more. The festival is an example of the district’s deep commitment to the arts and providing students with opportunities in the visual and performing arts.

The official focus of the parade was the commemoration of the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary. But critics say the president is using the military show of force to push a political agenda.

Eisner award-winning letterer Stan Sakai talks about his art.

Location: Gowland Meeting Room Doors will open 30 minutes before showtime. All films are free to the public and are subject to change. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. "Bicycle Thieves" Drama (1948, NR, 1h 29m) Friday, Dec. 13 Hailed around the world as one of the greatest movies ever made, the Academy Award–winning BICYCLE THIEVES, directed by Vittorio De Sica, defined an era in cinema. In poverty-stricken postwar Rome, a man is on his first day of a new job that offers hope of salvation for his desperate family when his bicycle, which he needs for work, is stolen.

Keith E. Sonderling is the new acting head of The Institute of Museum and Library Services, the main source of federal funding for libraries and museums across the country. President Trump issued an executive order last week saying he aims to close the agency.

The California Legislature has rejected many of the spending cuts Gov. Gavin Newsom is seeking to close a $12 billion budget deficit, relying on internal borrowing to put off difficult decisions.

The Film Noir Foundation's Alan K. Rode talks about noir and film preservation.

Pitbull fans are honoring him the only way they know how: partying till dawn in bald caps and fake goatees.

Founded in 2001, Meta4 is one of Finland’s most celebrated string quartets. Their Polarkr(e)is Drifting North program explores works from the sound worlds of the Arctic Circle, from the Inuit themes of American composer Amy Beach’s String Quartet, to works of their fellow Finns Kaija Saarhiaho and Jean Sibelius, paired with Italo-Indian composer Krishna Nagaraja’s Stringar, a piece that combines old and new through Nordic folk dance tunes. In 2004, the ensemble won first prize and the special prize for the best interpretation of a Shostakovich work at the International Shostakovich String Quartets Competition in Moscow and, in 2007, first prize at the International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition in Vienna. The Finnish Ministry of Culture awarded the ensemble the Finland Prize in recognition of its international cultural influence and Meta4 was chosen for the “BBC New Generation Artist Scheme” (2008, 2010). Program: Kaija Saariaho Fleurs de neige Amy Beach String Quartet in One Movement Krishna Nagarja Stringar Jean Sibelius String Quartet “Voces Intimae” Visit: Meta4 | 'Polarkr(e)is Driftin North'

Nubya Garcia isn’t an artist you can easily classify. Is it jazz? Sure, the London-born saxophonist, composer and bandleader grew up studying the genre under the noted pianist Nikki Yeoh at Camden Music. But it isn’t until you listen to albums like 2020’s Source and 2024’s Odyssey that you hear broader creativity shining through: It’s jazz, classical, dub, R&B and whatever else Garcia wants to convey. It all comes from a place of exploration and self-study, of wanting to do all the things across all disciplines while ignoring arbitrary boxes that don’t fit. Garcia’s sophomore album Odyssey, out in September 2024 via Concord Jazz, is a majestic feat on which she blends orchestral arrangements with R&B, jazz, broken beat and dub, resulting in a grand, nuanced record that feels airy and celestial without sacrificing the groove. It’s a deeply personal offering about her trek to falling back in love with musical composition over the past four years. Visit: Nubya Garcia Nubya Garcia on Instagram and Facebook