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Jazz bassist Rob Thorsen maintains a diverse and busy schedule in Southern California as a performer, educator, clinician and composer. He has found his true voice in the upright bass and performs regularly as a leader with artists including the Mike Wofford/Holly Hofmann Quartet, Gilbert Castellanos, Charles McPherson, Steph Johnson and a host of others. Rob is a devoted and seasoned instrumentalist, equally confident with standards and original compositions, whose bass sings with a warmth and creative spirit while maintaining an engaging interactive dialogue with the ensemble. Rob has released six recordings as a leader, “Bass is the Space - Solos and Duos” featuring an array of jazz talents including Joshua White, Steph Johnson, Gilbert Castellanos and Marshall Hawkins in duo and solo performances. His most recent release is "So In Love" — a 10-track album with his wife/lead vocalist Steph Johnson featuring songs from Cole Porter, Joni Mitchell, and others. Jazz education plays an important role in his career. He teaches at Gilbert Castellanos Young Lions Jazz Conservatory, The La Jolla Athenaeums “The World Of Jazz” as well as teaching privately. In 2010 Thorsen created “Jazz an American Art Form,” a highly successful jazz educational program that features his quartet and is presented to over 8,000 students annually in primarily under-served communities. He is also involved with and performs with the Voices of Our City Choir, a soul-jazz choir created by his wife Steph Johnson for people experiencing homelessness in San Diego. Rob Thorsen Socials Facebook and Instagram For more information visit: bardicmanagement.com

This weekend in local arts and culture: Poetic Justice's self-portraiture and poetry exhibit; free museums; a play about cooking; AAPI fashion; Puerto Rican LGBTQ+ theater; ballet meets the stock market crash and more.

Conducted by Award-winning Authors and Spiritual Teachers, Barbara Y. Martin & Dimitri Moraitis Join us in the celebration of the 25th anniversary edition of the international bestseller. Everything you think, feel, and do radiates a spiritual energy that comes through in various colors and hues: This is your aura. By changing the quality of your aura, you can change the quality of your life. Award-winning authors and spiritual teachers Barbara Y. Martin and Dimitri Moraitis guide you through one of the most effective techniques of meditating with Divine Light to improve and strengthen the aura. Based on Barbara Martin’s fifty years of clairvoyant experience. Whether or not you see auras, discover the intricate anatomy of the auric field and insights into the chakra system how to meditate with the power rays of spiritual enrichment—love, prosperity, healing, and wisdom spiritual rhythms of the aura and the rhythms of your life building your power of spiritual evolution the transcendent consciousness and the aura. As part of the celebration, we will be honoring Barbara’s 50 years of spiritual service, a true pioneer who has helped bring metaphysics to where it is today. Barbara Y. Martin is considered one of the foremost clairvoyants and spiritual teachers in the world. Born with the gift of seeing the aura in all its subtleties, she is a pioneer in the field of metaphysics having taught thousands how to better their lives by working with the aura and spiritual energy. DIMITRI MORAITIS is cofounder and executive director of the renowned Spiritual Arts Institute. An accomplished metaphysical teacher, Dimitri has lectured across the country, appeared on numerous radio shows and leads workshops and training classes offered at the Institute with Barbara. Martin and Moraitis are the award-winning authors of Communing with the Divine, Karma and Reincarnation, the highly acclaimed The Healing Power of Your Aura, Heaven and Your Spiritual Evolution and the new release of 25th anniversary edition of the international bestseller Change Your Aura, Change Your Life. For more information visit: spiritualarts.org Stay Connected on Facebook and Instagram

Film editor Laurent Sénéchal just received an Oscar nomination for his work on 'Anatomy of a Fall' and he discusses the challenges of editing the tense thriller.

Construction workers’ unions made big gains in the South Bay last year. In other news, a new state law aims to increase safety at intersections by using a method called "daylighting." Plus, we learn about the meaning and context of the art on the mushroom-shaped water tower in East County.

The exhibit is part of the inaugural "Telling Our Stories and Preserving Our Histories" series and is a collaboration between the Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center and the City Clerk's office.

Dad Skeleton is a horror comedy collective based in San Diego. With a carousel of incredible local actors and performers, they bring fresh, hilarious theatricality to the Finest City stage. From giant cigarettes to spitting up blood, they use every element of the theater to deliver a memorable performance. Dad Skeleton is sure to hit your funny bone. Finest City Improv on Facebook / Instagram

Units from Escondido Fire Department and County of San Diego Hazmat responded.

Some 106 million people provide unpaid care for an adult in the U.S. Many feel invisible and profoundly lonely. But some are creating new ways to support each other.

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