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An original holiday musical returns to the stage for its third year. Plus, a beloved arts center is celebrating its 15th anniversary. And, the top events to check out this weekend.

"The Imaginary Amazon" is a group exhibition of contemporary and historical art and material culture exploring the topic of representations of the Amazon Rainforest region. Addressing themes including visual culture, history, ecology, extraction, cartography, botany, imperialism, Indigenous metaphysics, and the nature of representation itself, this exhibition includes artworks in different media by trained and self-taught artists, including Indigenous artists from the Amazon region and those who live outside it. Stay Connected on Instagram and Facebook Opening reception information:

The title of storytelling by members of Storytellers of San Diego should bring a grin to our collective face. If you have ever used a machine, flirted wth artificial intelligence, or dreamed of a robot servant--this event is for you. Expect personal, folkloric and literary tales, all told by Arlyn Hackett, David Schmidt, Jim Dieckmann, Mindy Donner and hosted by Emily Stamets. Stories go well with java and other goodies in an eclectic, arts-filled atmostphere. Visit: https://storytellersofsandiego.org/events.html Storytellers of San Diego on Facebook

The public library in Toledo, Ohio, is one of a number across the U.S. that have become entrepreneurial hubs. Business-specialist librarians are helping aspiring small-business owners and nonprofits for free.

At Fivex3 Training, a gym in Baltimore, several mornings a week are reserved for older people to train.

Madame Entropy is a persona who began participating, unannounced, in public lectures about contemporary art in 2011. Appearing intermittently over the past decade, she is intent on transmitting knowledge about art that doesn’t fit into words. Madame Entropy takes “lecture” into unfamiliar territory, using an interplay of image, text, speech, and gesture to unsettle the experiences of “learning” and “knowing.” The format carries her message, embodying the dynamic relationship between theory and practice. She can be identified by her yellow gloves and citrine earrings. Meredith Tromble is an artist and writer whose work mingles drawing, text, and performance. Her talks, installations, and performances exploring art, science, and technology have been presented at venues ranging from the Mills Museum in California to the Tate Britain and the University of Manizales, Colombia. As artist in residence at the Complexity Sciences Center at the University of California, Davis, she worked with geobiologist and Mars Curiosity Scientist Dawn Sumner to develop artwork with interactive, 3-D projection. One iteration of their work became a “dancer” in performances by the Los Angeles-based company Donna Sternberg Dancers. Writing from the viewpoint of an artist, Tromble has also published extensively in books, web, and radio. Her art writing began with regular commentaries on art for KQED-FM in San Francisco. She was active in broadcasting for fifteen years and has authored many print and digital publications. From 2000 to 2010, she was a core member of the artist collective Stretcher, publishing Stretcher.org and organizing performative art events. Her blog "Art and Shadows,” on contemporary art in light of contemporary science, was honored with an Art Writers Grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation. Tromble is Professor Emeritus, San Francisco Art Institute and Affiliate, Feminist Research Institute, University of California, Davis. Visit: visarts.ucsd.edu/news-events/20240129_meredithtromble.html

Rooney's fourth novel is a story about learning to accept loss. And though it has its share of grief and strife, it's happier and less disturbing than Normal People and Beautiful World, Where Are You.

Tourism in the Austrian city of Salzburg generates about a billion euros annually. Many of those tourists visit locations where some scenes of The Sound of Music were filmed, but many residents are less than enthusiastic about the von Trapp family's story.

Loss of social support after a cancer diagnosis is a surprisingly common experience, social workers and cancer patients say. For young cancer survivors, it is a particularly difficult part of the disease.

The man who bribed scores of Navy officers over two decades then escaped from house arrest in San Diego more than a year ago, is back and was in court Wednesday. In other news, some University of California San Diego postdoctoral scholars are facing the threat of deportation later this month. Plus, details on some of the arts events that are in store for San Diego County this year.