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Opening Reception: Saturday, May 24, 5–7 p.m. May 24–June 14, 2025 AAC ART STUDIO 2025 STUDENT EXHIBITION AT THE AAC ART STUDIO SUBMIT ENTRY HERE: https://zfrmz.com/LZgvXCSg1iMKRWVuae5Y The Student Exhibition will include works by students who have completed a class at the Athenaeum School of the Arts during the last two years. Artwork entries for this exhibition will be accepted between Monday, March 3–Friday, May 9, 2025. Each artist may enter up to one (1) artwork for this exhibition. Artists will be notified via email after May 12. CALL FOR ENTRIES OPEN MARCH 3–MAY 9, 2025 CRITERIA Artists: Must have completed a class at the Athenaeum School of the Arts or PEEC program within the past two years. Media: Maximum one (1) work/image per artist (jpegs, no larger than 2 MB). 2-D and 3-D media. Work must be ready-to-hang and may not exceed 60 inches in width or height. Date: Artwork must have been completed within the past 2 years. Deadline to Enter: Friday, May 9, 2025 by 11:59 p.m. PDT Artwork Drop-off: between 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Sunday, May 18 and Monday, May 19 at the Athenaeum Art Center, 1955 Julian Avenue, San Diego, CA 92113. For inquiries regarding artwork drop-off or installation please feel free to contact: Maura Walters, Director, School of the Arts // mwalters@ljathenaeum.org Jocelyn Saucedo Larson, Exhibitions Liaison // jsaucedo@ljathenaeum.org Chris Padilla, Assistant Director, Athenaeum Art Center // cpadilla@ljathenaeum.org The Athenaeum holds several student and teacher exhibition events each year. The exhibition can be viewed in the AAC Art Studio at the Athenaeum Art Center (1955 Julian Avenue, San Diego, CA 92113) during open gallery hours, Tuesdays through Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and every second Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m., during the Barrio Art Crawl, and by appointment.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world.

The governing body for California high school sports has changed its competition rules for this weekend's state track-and-field championship.

Discover how a 3D modeling project at San Diego State University is bringing a historic collection of Mesoamerican masks into the digital age. This lecture will explore how these digital models are enhancing teaching and public interpretation while tracing the deep history of masks as ritual, funerary, and ceremonial objects in ancient societies like Teotihuacan. The presentation will also examine how these traditions endure today in community practices such as danzas, offering a look at the ongoing cultural significance of masks across centuries of change. Meet your lecturers: Keith Chan is a local anthropology instructor at Grossmont College, MiraCosta College, and San Diego State University. He is especially interested in using immersive technology in his teaching to bring students face-to-face with culture and biology. He created the virtual anthropology museum AnVRopomotron, which won the first Poly Award for Best Educational Experience, and is working on PaleoCalifornia, which turns the Pleistocene into a virtual reality theme park ride. He was also a recent research fellow at SDSU's Virtual Immersive Learning and Teaching center, in which he launched the current project on masks. Irene Gonzalez received her M.A. in Latin American Studies from San Diego State University, where her research focused on cultural preservation. Her work has explored the importance of community museums, specifically in Mexico, where she conducted field research in Oaxaca. She is currently the Collections Coordinator for the Mesoamerican Mask Collection at SDSU’s Center for Latin American Studies. Irene is passionate about bridging technology and cultural heritage in ways that are equitable and grounded in deep respect for Indigenous knowledge systems. Visit: Archaeology Lecture: Modeling Mesoamerican Masks San Diego Archaeological Center on Instagram and Facebook

The 2025 San Diego Fringe Festival runs through May 25, with performances at nine venues, including a new film showcase at SDSU.

Developing countries owe billions to China, which threatens to undermine poverty reduction efforts and fuel instability, according to a new report from Australia's Lowy Institute.

Thihalolipavan most recently worked as the public health medical officer within the county's Medical Care Services Department.

Growing up in a turbulent household in Japan, Kazu dreams of escape. Raised by a distant, irresponsible father and a mother living with schizophrenia, Kazu learned to use humor to heal her wounds and process her trauma. In school she was frequently considered the “class clown,” an identity at odds with Japanese societal norms for women and girls. Despite the odds, she discovers her voice and sense of purpose in comedy. Kazu delivers a one-two punch of wry observation, and raw physicality in this exuberant, rebellious ride. Winner of “Best of Fest” at the Crazy Woke Asians Solo Fest, “Hottest Selling Show” at the Vancouver Fringe”, “Best of the San Francisco Fringe,” and had a sold out run in Toronto Fringe. “Kazu Kusano...is a consummate storyteller,” —San Francisco Chronicle "Hilarious and devastating...'Pretty Beast' signals a bold and important new voice in comedy and theatre." —The Georgia Straight Kusano, now based in Los Angeles, has appeared on AGT’s Celebrity Audition and Channel Hopping on Comedy Central as a Japanese correspondent. "Pretty Beast" takes on family mental illness, stigma, societal sexism, and what it means to discover your own superpowers, while there’s still enough time to use them for good. In today’s political climate, "Pretty Beast" is more than just a performance—it’s a timely reminder of the power of humor and hope through an immigrant voice. - Written & performed by Kazu Kusano - Directed by Jane Morris (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Shameless) Additional Pricing Information: - Fringe Tag $7 - Multi-show Ticket passes available to festival. Details at: https://sdfringe.org/tickets25/ Kazu Kusano on Facebook / Instagram

Self-publishing one’s photographs in an on-demand photobook is more than just a fad. For more than two decades, photographers have embraced the process of creating, designing, and outsourcing their bodies of photographic works into small-edition books using various publishing software. By moving their images from the screen to the page, to an object one can hold in their hand, share with others, and memorialize visual projects into “a thing itself,” the photobook is the new paradigm shift for the photographic medium. This online course will introduce the history of the photobook in the context of early 20th century photography to the 21st century, challenging one to ask, “Why the book?” Within this context, the purpose of one’s book will be explored. Surveying and selecting individual images within a series, then editing images into a cohesive body of photographs, will drive the design, including creating dynamic layouts and prototype mock-ups for review. Using presentation software, such as Keynote or PowerPoint, one’s first look will be to critically examine scale, sequence, the visual space of each page, text, and other construction elements to heighten the experience of one’s photographs within the flow of a book. This is not a course on how to use publishing software. As the course proceeds, various publishing sources will be introduced and scrutinized from simple construction options to complex ones. Students will compare their level of skill with these proprietary software sources, selecting the best in regard to which book format has an acceptable degree and “ease of handling.” Further considerations for a publisher will be the design options needed to communicate the book’s purpose, selection of various papers, binding, and of course what is the final cost and turnaround time to hold the book in one’s hand. Requirements for successful completion of the course: Participants need a body of photographic works to create and design their book. The selection of a book design software is cost-free, but publishing costs for one book usually start at about $25 plus shipping. Turn around times are usually 6–10 business days. The course meets online consecutively for five weeks, taking one week off to outsource to publisher. There will be a final online class meeting (6th week) to review and celebrate one’s completed book! Max students: 12 Visit: https://www.ljathenaeum.org/class/102 Athenaeum Music & Arts Library on Instagram and Facebook

Stanley Nelson, the editor of a small-town weekly newspaper in Louisiana, exposed secrets about unsolved murders by the Ku Klux Klan. Nelson died this week at the age of 69.