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An exploration of the themes of home, love, collective memory, and strong women, Black Rootedness, A Poetry Reading builds community across continents through verse. Inspired by the anthology Black Rootedness: 54 Poets from Africa to America, edited by Karla Brundage of the West Oakland to West Africa project, this poetry reading features writers from California to Kenya. Join Karla Brundage and Oceanside’s Rameses Setekh of Sown in Truth Orations as they host on Saturday, December 10 at the Oceanside Theatre Company at the Brooks, 217 N. Coast Hwy, Oceanside. Gather early for community and coffee at 10 am followed by the poetry reading at 11 am. Tickets: $10 in advance, $15 door. OceansideTheatre.org. Follow on social media! Facebook + Instagram

Dunye's 1996 debut, The Watermelon Woman, is being added to the Criterion Collection. It's a long overdue honor for the filmmaker who shaped how Black LGBTQ+ stories are told.

Enjoy classic holiday tunes from Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Piazzolla and more in this four hands piano concert by Yumiko Oya & Naomi Hobbs with Ephraim Raitman on percussion. Naomi Hobbs was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. She earned her Music Degree at the Musashino Academia Musicae in Tokyo, where she also taught for ten years. In 1998, one year before she moved to San Diego, she performed Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Concerto with the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra. She was the instructor of Music and Piano class at San Diego Community College district for Ten years. She was the first prize winner of the 7th International Piano Competition in Mexico in 2012 and the gold medalist of 6th Seattle International Piano Competition in 2015. Yumiko Oya grew up in Tokyo, Japan. She began playing piano at the age of three. After moving to the US in 1990, she began studying music theory at Orange Coast College. She was invited to play as a soloist, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4 with it’s orchestra at their annual concert. Further study earned Yumiko her Master’s degree in Piano Performance at the California Institute of the Art. Since then Yumiko has been actively performing as a soloist and with various ensembles. Elegancia Doble : As a duo, they won the first prize of the 17th Japanese Musician’s Association of California Piano competition in 2016. Follow on social media! Facebook + Instagram

The Nuggets beat the Miami Heat 94-89 — winning four out of the series' five games. Center Nikola Jokić was named the NBA Finals most valuable player.

The move by the Indianola Board of Aldermen comes nearly a month after 11-year-old Aderrien Murry was left seriously injured after being shot in the chest by the officer after calling 911.

The 3-digit suicide prevention lifeline went live a year ago. More work is needed on the 988 system, but the first year has gone more smoothly than many expected.

The announcement ended speculation about whether Harry would be welcome after leveling charges of racism and media manipulation at the royal family. Meghan and their children will remain in the U.S.

The bill would require tech companies to share advertising revenue drawn from reported content with those news outlets.

Nerd Comedy Night - Clever comedy and a nerdy audience make this sober New Year's Eve one-of-a-kind. Come support comedy that got beat up in high school but ended up getting a great job. Humor + Intelligence = Fun Night Out. Scientist turned comedian Tim Lee hosts the show with several top nerd comics in the state The show concludes with the Nerd Olympics, a game show where audience members compete to answer nerdy questions. Lee, who got his PhD before realizing where his true talents lie, blends science talk (complete with PowerPoint presentations) with comedy. The hilarious result is like what would happen if you crossed your high school chem teacher with George Carlin. Follow on social media! Facebook + Instagram

Saariaho, who battled a male-dominated educational system in her native Finland, forged a strong and singular voice in contemporary music.