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Dr. Pinar Yoldas discusses her award-winning nature-based design, including her creation, “Hollow Ocean,” which was selected for the 2021 Venice Biennale. Moving beyond prototypes, Pinar Yoldas envisions and builds “ecotypes.” Integrating drawing and sculpture with bio-engineering centered around the climate crisis, Dr. Yoldas works in the mixed realm of architecture, design and speculative biology. Pinar Yoldas is an associate professor at UC San Diego as well as the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Creative Capital Grant and is the author of An Ecosystem of Excess. She works in between architecture, design and the biological sciences, creating a mix of architectural installations, kinetic sculptures and media. Her work has been featured in Arte TV, Die Welt, The Creators Project, Art21 Blog, Der Spiegel, Vogue Turkey and Artlink BioArt issue, to name a few.

Local musicians, artists and chefs are taking over one of San Diego’s busiest neighborhood this weekend. The third annual North Park Music Festival is focusing this year’s sound and feel on music beyond borders.

It's time to discuss one of the perennial debates of the holiday season. Are real Christmas trees or their fake counterparts more eco-friendly?

Cinema Junkie speaks with Fil-Am filmmaker H.P. Mendoza about human flight, ghosts on the set, and 'grief release.'

(Tickets Are Sold Out) The ATASC-San Diego Turkish Music Chorus will celebrate its first anniversary with a concert of Turkish classical and folk music. The chorus specializes in performing Turkish traditional music and seeks to preserve and promote the rich heritage of Turkish classical music, ensuring that this traditional art form continues to thrive. The First Anniversary Concert will include Turkish classical repertoire from the 17th–20th centuries as well as folk songs from different regions of Turkiye. The chorus will be accompanied by musicians playing traditional Turkish instruments including the ney (reed flute), oud (lute), darbuka (goblet drum), and kanun (zither). Cocktail hour 6:30 p.m. Concert starts at 7:30 p.m. Visit: https://sandiegoturkishmusic.com/ Turkish Music Chorus San Diego on Instagram

“Am I going to continue banging my head against the wall here for something I don’t think is going to change?” asked the leader of a civilian law enforcement review board in San Diego County.

Towards the end of October, the flower of the dead will take its place on altars to celebrate Day of the Dead. Here's a guide on how to plant, grow, care for and eat the marigolds.

PHES Gallery to Host the David Zapf Collection. Until it closed in 2006, the David Zapf Gallery was a central hub in the San Diego arts community. Occupying the ground floor of 2400 Kettner Blvd. Art complex, he was well known and loved by the artists, and he represented some of the best including: David Baze, DeLoss McGraw, Lynne Schuette, Anne Mudge, Philipp Scholz Rittermann, and many more. Before his recent passing he specifically requested that his personal art collection should be sold to benefit his family. The Phes Gallery in Carlsbad Village is honored to host this show and sale of paintings, prints, photographs, and sculpture. Artists include David Baze, Johnny Coleman, DeLoss McGraw, and Philipp Scholz Rittermann. The full catalog is pending and will be available on our website. All proceeds go to the family. Opening Reception | Sunday, January 21 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Together with the Legacy Ukulele Ensemble, Peter Luongo will present a fun and educational workshop for attendees and a special ukulele performance. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own ukuleles or borrow one from the Museum. All skill levels can be incorporated, and everyone involved will feel the special thrill that comes from making music with others. Peter Luongo Peter Luongo is one of the most experienced and highly regarded ukulele teachers/ directors in the world. He has dedicated over 40 years to enhancing the lives of generations of music students young and old. Peter began teaching the ukulele in 1981 and, over the past 5 decades, has taught thousands of children and adults, served as a professor in the Music Education Department at the University of B.C., and been a featured presenter at conferences throughout Canada, the U.S., and Europe! He is best known for leading the internationally renowned Langley Ukulele Ensemble (1981-2013). Peter continues to present at workshops throughout North America and Europe while also directing adult and children’s groups in Canada and the U.S. Since 2016, he has led The Legacy Ukulele Ensemble, an adult performing ensemble that regularly presents at ukulele festivals and events across the United States. Since 2016, he has been a Kala-sponsored artist and a regular consultant and presenter for the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM Show). He has also organized and led the NAMM ukulele initiatives since 2018. His workshops, retreats, and seminars are always stimulating, invigorating, inspiring, and a lot of fun! The Legacy Ukulele Ensemble The Legacy Ukulele Ensemble is a group of 14 players from across America and Canada who are committed to developing music literacy, musicianship, and ukulele playing skills. Their goal is to perform and share their music with audiences. The group was established in September 2016 and has continued to evolve, meeting both online and in person. Its repertoire includes Hawaiian, classical, folk, rock, pop, and country pieces. Past accomplishments have included appearances on the main stages at the Los Angeles, Hawaiian, Reno, Palm Springs, Ohio, and Michigan-based Ukulele Festivals. The ensemble has also participated in tours to Hawaiian, West Coast American states (Washington, Oregon, and California), Boston, and Pittsburgh. In recent years, they have had several performances at The California Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The Legacy Ensemble’s mandate is to model life-long learning and to inspire adults to embrace life-long learning through music. Visit: https://www.museumofmakingmusic.org/events/peter-luongo-ukulele

Fresh perspectives of the banjo in the hands of a master performing repertoire drawn from the American Songbook, roots music, hot jazz, tango, Western Swing, classical, and more. Ms. Sayer’s trio will include Corey Gemme (trumpet) & Greg Cohen (string bass). Cynthia Sayer (banjo & vocals) Praised for her “drive and virtuosity” by The New York Times, instrumentalist/vocalist/bandleader Cynthia Sayer is renowned for bringing the swinging sounds of banjo to concert and festival audiences worldwide. A 2023 Steve Martin Banjo Prize winner and an American Banjo Hall of Famer, Sayer is a pioneering artist who pays tribute to America’s musical heritage through her virtuoso playing, engaging vocals, and informative, entertaining anecdotes. Sayer is a multi-instrumentalist heard on feature film and TV soundtracks and has appeared on numerous national TV and radio shows, performed at The White House, played with The New York Philharmonic and The New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and is a longtime founding member of Woody Allen’s New Orleans Jazz Band. She is also an avid educator with a long track record of workshops, lecture/demos, and educational programming for all ages, and is the author of a popular early jazz play-along program for all instruments as well as a book of jazz transcriptions for banjo, mandolin & guitar. Corey Gemme (trumpet) Corey Gemme, a native of Los Angeles, studied music at Pasadena City College and California State University Los Angeles, and found his niche playing early jazz of the 1920s -‘40s. Performances include countless Traditional Jazz Festivals and events throughout the USA and abroad as a featured artist, a bandleader, and with a variety of top bands in that circuit, including LA’s own Conrad Janis & The Beverly Hills Unlisted Jazz Band. Corey currently appears with numerous groups at Disneyland throughout the year. Greg Cohen (string bass) Celebrated jazz bassist Greg Cohen has performed and recorded with a long list of noted artists in numerous genres for over four decades, including John Zorn, Ornette Coleman, Tom Waits, Woody Allen, David Byrne, Elvis Costello, Odetta, Ken Peplowski, Dagmar Krause, David Sanborn, Laurie Anderson, Willie Nelson, Norah Jones, Keith Richards, Donovan, Crystal Gayle, Bob Dylan, Richie Havens, Lou Reed, Loudon Wainwright III, and many others. An esteemed educator as well, Greg was the bass professor and head of the string department at the Jazz Institute Berlin for 10 years and is an honorary professor in contemporary rhythmic music at SDMK, the Danish National Academy of Music. Visit: https://www.museumofmakingmusic.org/events/cynthia-sayer-2024 Cynthia Sayer on Instagram and Facebook