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Healthcare proposals in Sacramento would greatly expand if not completely change California's health care system, local blood banks sound the alarm on critically low supply levels, and the city of Chula Vista investigates if the word "gringo" is discriminatory.

Come join the celebration as San Diego Gives hosts birthday parties across the county to fundraise for the “Love Them All” fund, which will be evenly split among all participating San Diego nonprofits. Local Roots Kombucha will be giving proceeds of the sale of one of their featured hard kombucha flavors to the campaign all day! The birthday party celebration will be hosted from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00p.m. San Diego Gives on Facebook + Instagram

From the organizers: Xiuhpoualli: 52 Years of Sueños will close out the Centro’s year-long 50th celebration with a Facebook live stream in person Panel Discussion with one of its founding members, Yermo Aranda, 2021 Santa Cruz Artist of the year. Moderated by Profesora Alessandra Moctezuma @almagratia of the Centro Community Advisory Committee. Featuring guest panelists: Josephine “Josie” Talamantes of the Chicano Park Museum & Cultural Center and David Avalos, Maestro, Artist & previous Centro Artistic Director. Yermo planted the seeds which he continues to nurture into the florecimiento of our cultura, through murals in our communities. Approaching the completion of his 94th mural, we invite you to share in the discussion and celebrate this historic exhibit embodying Aranda’s perspectives of community involvement through art. This event is free and open to the public. The community is invited to meet the artist at the closing reception and enjoy light refreshments with music. The event will also feature the San Diego Premier of the short documentary by Gabriel Medina and Marcus Cisneros, of Calavera Media “Painter of Dreams”. Free to attend, register here to hold your seat!

Tagline: A young NYC born and bred Afro-Latina stares down historical, societal, and generational trauma with unflinching courage. Synopsis: First-time feature filmmaker Rebeca “Beba” Huntt undertakes an unflinching exploration of her own identity in the remarkable coming-of-age documentary/cinematic memoir BEBA. Reflecting on her childhood and adolescence in New York City as the daughter of a Dominican father and Venezuelan mother, Huntt investigates the historical, societal, and generational trauma she’s inherited and ponders how those ancient wounds have shaped her, while simultaneously considering the universal truths that connect us all as humans. Throughout BEBA, Huntt searches for a way to forge her own creative path amid a landscape of intense racial and political unrest. Poetic, powerful and profound, BEBA is a courageous, deeply human self-portrait of an Afro-Latina artist hungry for knowledge and yearning for connection. Get tickets here! Rebeca Huntt: Instagram

This season’s “Women in Music Festival” focuses on the role women have had on both music composition and performance in our history. The final performance will showcase The Organ Pavilion Rock Band. Featuring some of the best Rock musicians in San Diego, the Organ Pavilion Rock Band has set itself apart by delivering powerful performances of Rock classics with the unique sound provided by the Spreckels Organ. A mix of Rock and Classically-trained artists bring the Rock Classics to a new level. The concert will feature both awarded local lead singers Chloe Lou and Lauren Leigh-Martin with music by the most famous Classic Soul and Rock female singers/bands. Organ Pavilion Rock Band: Facebook

This season’s “Women in Music Festival” focuses on the role women have had on both music composition and performance in our history. The next performer is talented Organist, Clara Gerdes. Gerdes will be presenting a Silent Movie Night. Clara Gerdes is quickly building an impressive career as a concert organist in the U.S. with widely successful concerts and energetic personality. This will be Gerdes’s debut concert at the Pavilion in Balboa Park. The program will include several short to mid-length fun movies and some of her virtuoso solo pieces.

This season’s “Women in Music Festival” focuses on the role women have had on both music composition and performance in our history. The next performers are the talented Piano & Organ Duo Mus-Art, Maria Teresa Sierra and Raúl Prieto Ramirez. Spanish piano virtuoso from Barcelona with several competition prizes, pianist Maria Teresa Sierra will join San Diego Civic Organist Raúl Prieto Ramirez for a concert widely demanded. The piano and organ duo will join forces presenting widely popular pieces like Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Beethoven’s piano Concerto No.5 “The Emperor”. The concert features a display of virtuosity combining the power of the Spreckels Organ and the delicacy of a concert piano, provided by Steinway Piano Gallery of San Diego.

This season’s “Women in Music Festival” focuses on the role women have had on both music composition and performance in our history. The next performer is talented Organist, Amanda Mole. Credited as a rising star, Mole is quickly earning a reputation as one of the leading concert organists of her generation. Her performances have been described as “elegant, lucid” (The American Organist), and “having an excellent balance of technical accuracy, rhythm, and structure” (The Diapason).

This season’s “Women in Music Festival” focuses on the role women have had on both music composition and performance in our history. The next performer is talented Organist, Caroline Robinson. Hailing from St. Philip in Atlanta, Robinson has been featured as a solo recitalist in many venues across the United States. Her playing has been broadcast on American Public Media’s “Pipedreams LIVE,” and Philadelphia-based public radio station 90.1 WRTI’s Wanamaker Organ Hour. She is a prize winner at several distinguished organ competitions like Dublin International (2014) and the Albert Schweitzer (2010).

This season’s “Women in Music Festival” focuses on the role women have had on both music composition and performance in our history. The next performer is talented Organist, Chelsea Chen. Chen is an internationally renowned young American organist and composer, returns to her hometown Spreckels Organ for what might just be a night of “rare musicality” and “lovely lyrical grandeur” (LA Times). Expect a unique mix of traditional organ repertoire along with piano/orchestral transcriptions and contemporary music. Chelsea Chen: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram