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Alternative financing arrangements can be the only option for low-income Americans. But they lack the same protections as a mortgage, and many end up paying for years without ever gaining ownership.

From Bad Vibes Good Friends (BVGF): On July 27 and 28, we are bringing a two-day Art and Music showcase to Barrio Logan's Corazon del Barrio, promising a unique sensory experience. The event will feature curated music, art, live visuals, and cocktails, showcasing a diverse blend of internationally and locally acclaimed talents from the cordillera of Colombia to the deserts and coast of California. Thursday, July 27: Collaborating with the renowned Latin American record label ZZK, Bad Vibes Good Friends has secured two monoliths of contemporary Colombian music for their San Diego showcase: Meridian Brothers and Cerrero y La Marea. Eblis Alvarez, the songwriter/multi-instrumentalist and bandleader of Meridian Brothers, has been hailed as an "Eccentric Mastermind" by the New York Times's Ed Moreno, and championed as Bogota's frontiersmen of Neo-Tropicalismo and Cumbia for two decades. Diego Gomez of Cerrero y La Marea is also considered a pioneer in the contemporary music scene of Bogota. His collaborations and record labels, Disco Pacificos and Llorona Records, have introduced the world to folk acts of Colombia roots like Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto while blending his electronic music expertise with other traditional Latin American influences. Cerrero y La Marea, his current project with Grupo Bejuco's William Martinez and Tomaco's Marimba de Chonta master Juan Carlos "Cankita" Mindinero, continues this intriguing fusion. Fresh Veggies Micro Brass, a local emerging psychedelic circus, will also be featured that night. Fresh off festival performances at Lighting In A Bottle and Same Same But Different, this New Orleans marching band gone mad is an eccentric amalgamation of members of Sure Fire Soul Ensemble, and Euphoria Brass Band. DJ Strange Bouquets (Rory Morison), the musician, artist, and founder of Bad Vibes Good Friends, will be spinning vinyl selections from his extensive collection of international music. Rees Withrow, an analog video artist, has been captivating San Diego audiences since 2014 with his unique brand of visuals using circuit-bent hardware to create psychedelic, glitched-out images on old-school CRT TV screens. Encapsulating the flavors of the night with a menu of curated cocktails will be the duo Super Purple. Comprised of Leigh Lacap and Nick Sinutko two prolific minds behind some of the most respected beverage programs in San Diego (Craft and Commerce, Campfire, Frankies, Jeune et Jolie), Super Purple sees the two consolidating their artistic aptitudes and peculiar imaginations into color-drenched, multi-sensory beverage activations. Friday, July 28: WAND, a band formed in late 2013 in Los Angeles, quickly earned great praise for brandishing a genre contrarian path and quickly separating themselves from the emerging southern Californian psych/garage scene. With 10 years, 7 releases, and relentless touring under their belt, Wand is a legendary shapeshifting juggernaut, leaving a collection of post-punk, psychedelic, metal art-rock classics in their wake. Local bizarre-o quintet Drug Hunt, often championed for their seditionist attitude, will also perform. While often categorized as Neo-Psychedelic, the band is more accurately a bastardization of Psychedelia, championing the angular idealism of American Post-Punk and the orphaned swagger of early British Hard Rock. Named one of NBC's "Top 9 Bands To See Live In San Diego," Drug Hunt is a local powerhouse on stage, and they will be debuting and performing two new songs featuring Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Adrian Terraza Gonzalez of The Mars Volta. Hailing from Joshua Tree, This Lonesome Paradise delivers reverb-soaked retribution, lounge lust, and the enigmatic echoes of western noir. Their dark musical cinema evokes the blood thirst of a Cormac McCarthy novel and the poetic surrealism of a David Lynch flick. Recently earning them an acolyte and production stewardship/collaboration with genre heavyweight Taylor Kirk of Timber Timbre, This Lonesome Paradise is a well-kept secret soon to be a headline. New Tongues is a binational sound art and music group based in Baja, Mexico, and San Diego, California, will also grace the stage. Founded in 2023 by artist and musician Preston Swirnoff, along with field recordist/sound designer Xareni Lizarraga and violist/producer Kathia Rudametkin, New Tongues is an adventure in interdisciplinary collaboration. Using sound sculptures, field recordings, visual art installations, and traditional instruments, they craft electroacoustic song forms that celebrate intimacy, relationship ecologies, and deep listening. San Diego projectionist Sebastian Bañuelos, known as Gonzo Liquid Light, blends the realms of analog and digital video effects for concert performances. Mentored by liquid light pioneers from the 1960s, Gonzo adds his own artistic touch by utilizing contemporary VJ software and digital effects. Andrew McGranahan Graphic Artist/Designer is most notably recognized for his art works in the music industry: posters, album art and other merchandise. He’s also the lead designer for the music festival Desert Daze, one half of San Diego Freak Out and a well recognized Dj in San Diego. He’s the artist behind the 3rd annual Bad Vibes Good Friends poster and will no doubt satiate the audience with his extensive collection of deep cuts and odd international assortments. Este Güey, the bar duo of Esteban Kauffman and Josue Gonzalez, will complement the raucous atmosphere of night two. Known for their exemplary roles in bars such as Herb and Wood and Swan Bar, this uncanny team brings an elevated yet no-frills mentality to their cocktail ethos. Formed in a sweaty cumbia punk dance party, they have been known to shake your cocktails in the throws of a mosh pit. And if that's not enough both nights' walls will be graced with the astonishing art work of 16 emerging and established artists of the San Diego, Tijuana, and Los Angeles art scenes. Thao French, Amanda Kazemi, Kolten French,CJ Troxell, Strange Bouquets, Gray Morison, Laura Arango, Jake Fitzgerald, Eyegato, This Girl Hugs Trees, Jorge Guitierrez, Valazo, Rancho Cherenchitov, Jazmine Puentes, Luis Cendejas, and Jesse Sunwolf Tickets: Night 1: July 27 Night 2: July 28

Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport + Encore Sunday, Sept. 24 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV and 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. Thousands of engineers, technicians and workers race to build Europe's biggest construction project-London's new railroad, the Elizabeth Line.

A federal judge has blocked California’s ban on gun shows at county fairs, ruling that the state is violating the rights of sellers and would-be buyers by prohibiting transactions for firearms that can be bought at any gun shop.

The SAMAHAN Filipino American Performing Arts & Education Center proudly presents its fourth concert of Philippine folk dances and music featuring SAMAHAN’s junior dancers. Aptly entitled, "Pamana 4" (Legacy) - Celebrating Heritage Through Our Children, this ninety-minute concert will be held on June 25, 2023, Sunday at 6:00 p.m. at the Clairemont High School Theater. The public is invited to watch and celebrate in support of the second and third generation Filipino-Americans enriched by Philippine cultural arts. SAMAHAN’s junior dancers will present a heartening performance of their cultural heritage through dancing popular Filipino folk dances and singing nostalgic songs. Live music accompaniment is provided by the acclaimed Samahan Rondalla and the Pakaraguian Kulintang Ensemble. The Pamana concert is partially funded with grants from the Dr. Lolita Diñoso Carter Endowment through The San Diego Foundation, the CA Arts Council and the contributions of generous patrons and donors. Tickets at $18 each for General Admission and at $35 for a VIP reserved seat can be purchased here. Filipino folk dances and music performed in festivals, rituals, celebrations, weddings and even courtships portray the people’s rich culture and traditions. The diversity reflects influences of various races, such as, Chinese, Indian, Indonesian, Malay, Spanish and American, who came to stay in the islands as migrants, traders or colonizers throughout the history of the Philippines. Alike the repertoire of SAMAHAN’s annual concert of Philippine dances and music, the “PAMANA” concert is presented, as well, in “dance suites” based on regional origin and historical influence. Included are “age-appropriate” folk dances and rituals that have been carefully selected and choreographed for the young performers. The repertoire features in two distinct suites the tribal rituals, dances and chants of the indigenous societies of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago in Southern Philippines. Performances are accompanied with the tribes’ traditional percussion music played by the renowed Pakaraguian Kulintang Ensemble of SAMAHAN. The other two suites are comprised of the lively dances of folks in the Philippine’s country side and of the elegant Spanish influenced Maria Clara dances, both performed with live music accompaniment by the SAMAHAN Rondalla String Ensemble. For more information, check SAMAHAN’s website here. Through the concerts of Philippine Dances and Music, SAMAHAN shares with the audience the exquisiteness of Filipino folk dances and music. The Filipinos’ dances and music performed in rituals, courtship, and festivals, depict the people’s rich culture, customs and traditions. The diversity of their dances and music reflects the interconnectedness with Asian and Western traditions throughout the history of the Filipinos, from the Indian, Chinese, Indochinese, Indonesian, Malay, Spanish, to the Americans.

During a House committee hearing Wednesday, parents, activists and law enforcement officials accused social media sites of enabling drug dealers to sell fentanyl to young Americans.

The Biden administration has launched an online appointment system for migrants to be exempt from limits on seeking asylum.

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From the gallery: BEST PRACTICE is pleased to announce the opening of We miss, the first U.S. solo presentation of the work of Hyeyeon Kim. The exhibition will consist of two videos and a reinterpretation of a past performance work. About the works: "Room for Breathing Only" is a video piece that depicts what appears to be a ritual performed by three women in a dimly lit room. For this work, the artist gathered her mother and grandmother in a room where they were given simple instructions to - without talking - communicate only through the tearing and crumpling of a single piece of blank paper. "Take Care (2019)" is a performance piece in which willing participants following instructions to board a train in Seoul, South Korea at a particular time and to look in a specific direction as the train leaves the station are greeted in the distance by the artist waving to them. For her show at Best Practice, Hyeyeon has reworked Take Care to happen periodically over the course of the exhibition and to be viewed online through an extensive municipal CCTV system installed throughout the metropolitan region of Seoul. She will appear briefly during the opening reception. For "Backwards to the Future (2021)," the artist stitched together a 14-minute long video narrative using only leftover and extraneous footage from several years of previous video projects. "Without shooting anything new, I decided to create a work with only the footage I already had. Looking at the huge amount of trash that is waiting because there is no more space to dump it, it seems that mankind can now be sustained with what has already been made. Need to invent new ones? The same goes for artworks. Potential trash sleeping in the corners of computers, cell phones, and external hard drives? This time, I will call them potential works." — Hyeyeon Kim About the artist: Hyeyeon Kim is a video and performance artist. She is interested in the interaction of people and social norms that shape personal relationships. She received her MFA from the University of California, San Diego in 2012. She currently lives and works in Seoul. Related links: Best Practice on Instagram

The white priest earned the name for embracing Chicano culture.