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WEDS@7 presents incandescent tongues Susan Narucki, soprano and Donald Berman, piano Soprano Susan Narucki and pianist Donald Berman continue their exploration of the songs of women composers in a concert to be presented on March 8, 2023, at the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall at the UC San Diego Department of Music. The duo's recording of songs by women composers, "This Island," featuring songs by Nadia Boulanger, Marion Bauer, Henriette Bosmans, Elizabeth Claisse and Irene Fuerison, was released by London's AVIE Records in February 2023. The upcoming program features works by two illustrious living composers, Tania Leon and Judith Weir as well as little known works by African American composer Margaret Bonds, French composer Elizabeth Claisse, and more. Although written in a wide array of compositional styles, each composer has an uncommon sensitivity to the fusion of text and music, and exceptional skill in writing for the combination of voice and piano. British composer Judith Weir's "The Voice of Desire," a song cycle written in 2003, is a series of conversations between humans and birds, in which, according to the composer, "the birds seem to have a more sophisticated viewpoint than their human hearers." With texts by John Keats, Thomas Hardy Robert Bridges and a setting of Yoruba Poetry translated by Ulli Beier, Weir's luminous, intricate writing for the piano provides a perfect framework for vocal writing of immense variety and uncommon skill. Cuban-born American Tania Leon was recently awarded the Pulitzer Prize and honored at the Kennedy Center. Her music is characterized by its rhythmic vitality, bold use of instrumental timbre and color and inventive and expressive vocal writing. The Atwood Songs, with poems by the well-known novelist Margaret Atwood, are by turns exuberant, irreverent and wistful. Margaret Bonds is best known for her settings of texts by Langston Hughes; our program will present four little known setting of Edna St. Vincent Millay. In addition, Elena Ruehr's exquisite piano solo, Erinnerung, and selections from "This Island" will complete the program. Ticketing information: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 7 p.m. Conrad Prebys Concert Hall Purchase Tickets: music.ucsd.edu/tickets General Admission: $15 UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10 Students: Free with ID Livestream: Watch Livestream: music.ucsd.edu/live Social media: View this event on Facebook

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Winner of the Best Narrative Feature Award at the 2023 San Diego Latino Film Festival. Set during the early days of Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship,"Chile ‘76" builds from quiet character study to gripping suspense thriller as it explores one woman’s precarious flirtation with political engagement. Carmen (Aline Kuppenheim) leads a sheltered upper middle class existence. She heads to her summer house in the off-season to supervise its renovation, while also performing local charitable works through her church. Her husband, children, and grandchildren come back and forth during the winter vacation, bringing reminders of the world beyond. When the family priest asks her to take care of an injured young man he has been sheltering in secret, Carmen is inadvertently drawn into the world of the Chilean political opposition and must face real-world threats she is unprepared to handle, with potentially disastrous consequences for her and her entire family. For more information about showtimes, click here.

Free admission From the gallery: "Crossing the Line" features the artwork of 29 artists whose work considers the notion of boundaries and borders. The exhibition brings together a range of media and individual artworks articulating a breadth of concepts weaving together narratives that touch on communication, the duality and perception of borders, identity, and migration. Whether interpreting these ideas in relation to material or process, social and cultural expectations, or socio-political factors, the work in this exhibition represents expansive approaches and perspectives. Crossing the Line is organized by the SDSU Art Galleries. The exhibition is juried by Guusje Sanders and Alexandro Segade. Crossing the Line and related events are sponsored by the School of Art and Design and the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts. Featuring work by current faculty and alumni of the School of Art and Design: Juan Cabrera, Claudia Cano, Remi Dalton, Yvette Dibos, David Fobes, Natalie M. Godinez, Christian Garcia-Olivo, Chitra Gopalakrishnan, Meredith Habermann, Matthew Hebert, CJ Heyliger, Zac Keane, Neil Kendricks, Aleya Lanteigne, Rianne Elyse Magbuhat, Chaz Martinsen, Jennifer Moore, Caitlin Petersen, Luciano Pimienta, Kerianne Quick, Michael Rybicki, Sage Serrano, Aren Skalman, Kline Swonger, Kelly Temple, Christiana E. Updegraff, Mary Cale Wilson, Tessie Salcido Whitmore, Tyler Young On view March 7 – May 4, 2023 Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Thursday from 12:00 – 4:00 p.m. and by appointment Related events: All events are free and open to the public Opening Reception with Artists: Thursday, March 2 from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. University Art Gallery For more information about the exhibition, events or parking, please contact the SDSU Art Galleries at artgalleries@sdsu.edu or 619-594-5171. Directions and parking: For SDSU campus interactive map, click here. Once parked, you can use the “wayfinding” tool in this map from your parking spot to the “SDSU Art Gallery” to find your route. Visitors may pay to park in Parking Structure 12 in any Student/Visitor space on levels 3–8. Parking passes can be purchased on level 8 in person. Once on campus, visitors may also purchase passes with the Pay by Phone app or calling 1-800-515-7275 (use the code 28512 for Parking Structure 12). University Art Gallery School of Art + Design Art North Building 4th-Floor Courtyard 5500 Campanile Drive San Diego, CA 92182 619-594-5171

Some San Diegans are packing up and heading out for a change of residence, as the cost of living becomes higher. In other news, California regulators approved the most significant overhaul of the state’s solar rules since first subsidizing rooftop solar in 1996. Plus, a new safe haven will house nearly two dozen homeless San Diegans who need the extra help.

The former White House adviser was found guilty on two counts of criminal contempt for refusing to cooperate with a subpoena from the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.

From José Cruz González, author of American Mariachi, comes a Globe-commissioned story about baseball’s deep roots in the Mexican American community. When troublemaker Teo is put to work cleaning up a vacant lot belonging to his elderly neighbor, this unlikely pair forms a bond forged in history and America’s pastime. Inspired by San Diego’s Logan Heights neighborhood, and directed by Globe Resident Artist James Vásquez, this beguiling world premiere celebrates communities and individuals coming together to find hope, healing, love, and the occasional home run. Follow on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

As the refugee crisis in Chad continues to grow, international attention on the situation remains limited in the face of numerous other global humanitarian challenges.

Are you (or someone you know) interested in joining the Media Makers community? We are now accepting applications for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities interested in taking their media skills to the next level with four exciting courses! Learn more by clicking here! Follow on social media! Facebook + Instagram