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SK Kakraba is a renowned virtuoso on the Ghanaian gyil, a xylophone with gourd resonators punctured with holes covered in the silk of spider cocoons. This arrangement produces the distinctive buzzing sound of the instrument, rich in melodic and percussive qualities. Kakraba descends from a long line of gyil masters who have traditionally played sacred music reserved for funerals and religious observances. This will be the first-ever San Diego performance by this artist, who is possibly “the world’s greatest xylophone player” (La Weekly). Concert is presented by the Center for World Music and the Mingei Museum.

Join AMERICAN EXPERIENCE for an exclusive preview and discussion of the new documentary, "The American Diplomat," about the experience of African American diplomats serving during the Cold War. RSVP for the free virtual event on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022 from 3 – 4:30 p.m. PST AMERICAN EXPERIENCE "The American Diplomat" will be available on demand simultaneously with the broadcast on Feb. 15, 2022, and be available on all station-branded PBS platforms, including PBS.org and the PBS Video app, available on iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Samsung Smart TV, Chromecast and VIZIO. All titles will also be available with closed captioning in English and Spanish. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE is on Facebook + Instagram + @AmExperiencePBS on Twitter. #AmericanDiplomatPBS Courtesy of The Kennedy Library and GBH

You're invited to the most exciting show in town! The Murder Mystery Dinner Show is an interactive dinner theater that combines a four-course plated dinner with a murder mystery. We hide actors in the audience and anyone can end up being part of the show, including YOU! You will be kept on your toes as you try to solve this whodunit before it's too late. Our shows are fun for all ages and we have a variety of themes available for private events. For more information, visit: https://www.thedinnerdetective.com/san-diego/event/saturday-march-12th-2022-san-diego-ca/

With the 2022 mid-term elections just around the corner and following Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen's explosive testimony to Congress, there is keen interest in the role of social media in both fostering and undermining democracy. How do we positively tip the balance? At this event, we will explore what tech companies, government, advertisers, and each of us can, and should do. Featured Speakers: Aza Raskin Co-Founder of the Center for Humane Technology Katie Harbath Founder and CEO of Anchor Change and fellow, Bipartisan Policy Center Dr. Mary Anne Franks Professor of Law and Michael R. Klein Distinguished Scholar Chair at the University of Miami School of Law

Set sail with us as we embark on the Seventh Annual Stone Brews Cruise for a unique experience along the San Diego Bay. The cruise features unlimited samples of different Limited Release and Iconic Stone Brewing Co Beers. There will be two floors of entertainment including live bands and DJ’s. Food will be available at the Captains Corner BBQ. Limited capacity. Cruise Pass tickets includes: 3 Hour Cruise of the San Diego Bay Unlimited Tastings of all Beers Brew Toast Send-Off Brews Cruise Taster Cup Access to all entertainment

San Diego is hosting an event to promote awareness and reduce stigma in our beautiful community about substance abuse, harm reduction, recovery, and overdoses. This is a free event to provide information to our community and to let users, friends, family, and community know they are not alone. We had 462 overdoses in 2020 and 534 as of the end of August 2021. Let's get together and put a dent in the overdose epidemic our nation is experiencing! Date | Saturday, February 5 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Location | Centro Cultural de la Raza Register here for free! This event is presented by OTI Recovery. For more information, please visit eventbrite.com/e/overdose-awareness-prevention-event or call (619) 559-6389.

Winter has come with hardships from war, but life in Kyiv goes on. Soldiers attend church. Opera performances continue. People go ice skating and shop at holiday markets, using headlamps in the dark.

Note: This production has been canceled. Feb. 17 through Mar. 20, 2022. Opening night: Feb. 26. By Miranda Rose Hall Directed by Kym Pappas From '5 plays to see in San Diego in February' (KPBS Feature) New York-based playwright Miranda Rose Hall's new work, "Best Lesbian Erotica 1995," was part of Diversionary's 2020 Spark New Play Festival, with a radio play-style virtual reading. This month's fully staged, world premiere production is directed by Kym Pappas, who also directed that virtual reading almost two years ago. The cast for this production is brilliant — including San Diego theater world titans like Laura Zee and Katie Haroff, Andrea Agosto and more. Hall's play is a tryptic of three distinct sketches: a comedy looking at lesbian erotic fiction; a study of domestic terrorism against the backdrop of the Oklahoma City bombing; and a reflection of the LGBTQ woman's role in culture in that era. —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS. Read more here. From the theater: About the show In this triptych of love, lust, and domestic terrorism, a joyous romp through lesbian erotic fiction collides with one of the darkest hours in U.S. history. This thrilling new play from the author of The Hour of Great Mercy (Winner: Outstanding New Play, 2019 San Diego Critics Circle Awards) is a wild ride through the heights of fantasy and the depths of horror to confront a country at war with itself, and discover how to heal after tragedy. About the writer Miranda Rose Hall (she/her/hers) is a playwright from Baltimore, MD. Her plays include Plot Points in Our Sexual Development (LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater, finalist for the 2019 Lambda Literary Award in Drama), The Hour of Great Mercy (Diversionary Theatre, 2019 San Diego Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Play), and The Kind Ones (upcoming Magic Theatre). She is currently under commission from LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater, Yale Repertory Theater, Trinity Repertory Company, and Playwrights Horizons SoundStage. She has developed her work with New York Theater Workshop, Baltimore Center Stage, Woolly Mammoth, The Kennedy Center, Center Theater Group / We the Women, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, The Playwright’s Realm, National New Play Network, Orlando Shakespeare Theater, EnGarde Arts, Provincetown Theater, Two River Theater, Cygnet Theater, Single Carrot Theatre, and the Orchard Project. She is a founding member of LubDub Theatre, a New York-based physical theater company. Special events: Low-cost previews: Thursday, Feb. 17 through Friday, Feb. 25, 2022 Youth nights: Thursday, Feb. 17 and Thursday Feb. 25 at 8 p.m. Free student performances, from Diversionary Theatre. This program brings students, schools, and universities to our theater for cutting-edge LGBTQ+ programming. First Fridays for the Military: Friday, Feb. 18 at 8 p.m. Free tickets for those who serve. Contact boxoffice@diversionary.org for more information. Opening night: Saturday, Feb. 25 at 8 p.m. Pre- and post-show festivities Backstage Thursdays: Designer spotlight: Thursday, Mar. 3 at 6 p.m. (pre-show) Industry night: Monday, Mar. 7 at 7 p.m. Theater professionals get pay-what-you-can admission in advance, or $10 at the door. Backstage Thursdays: Director Happy Hour: Thursday, Mar. 10 at 6 p.m. (pre-show) Backstage Thursdays: Next Act! Thursday, Mar. 17 at 6 p.m. (pre-show) Related links: Diversionary Theatre on Instagram Diversionary Theatre on Facebook Box Office: 619-220-0097 boxoffice@diversionary.org

More than 200 million people — about 60% of the U.S. population — were under a winter weather advisory or warning on Friday, the National Weather Service said. Over 5,000 flights have been canceled.

El Paso has scrambled to move migrants off the streets and into shelters as temperatures plummet below freezing, but federal law dictates which migrants can stay inside city facilities.