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| Monday, Dec 9 |
| All Day |  Ongoing and Extended Events |
| Tuesday, Dec 10 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 7:30 PM | Music: Gamelan and Mariachi Ensembles |
| 7:30 PM | Stage: Cambodian Rock Band |
| Wednesday, Dec 11 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 5:30 PM | SDLFF Poster Unveiling Party |
| 6:00 PM | Movie: The Farewell |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: The Nutcracker in Balboa Park |
| 7:30 PM | Stage: Cambodian Rock Band |
| 7:30 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
| Thursday, Dec 12 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 4:00 PM | Stage: Sila (The Arctic Cycle) |
| 7:00 PM | SDIFF Film: La Befana Vien di Notte (The Legend of the Christmas Witch) |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 7:30 PM | Stage: Around the World in 80 Days |
| 7:30 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Cambodian Rock Band |
| Friday, Dec 13 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Cambodian Rock Band |
| 6:00 PM | VIA Posada Holiday Celebration Fundraiser |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: Sila (The Arctic Cycle) |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: The Nutcracker in Balboa Park |
| 7:30 PM | City Ballet: The Nutcracker |
| 8:00 PM | An Irish Christmas |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Cambodian Rock Band |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Around the World in 80 Days |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
| Saturday, Dec 14 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 11:00 AM | Paris Holiday Celebration |
| 1:00 PM | Southern California Ballet The Nutcracker |
| 1:00 PM | Talk: Dragons, Myth and Reality |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Cambodian Rock Band |
| 2:00 PM | City Ballet: The Nutcracker |
| 3:00 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
| 5:00 PM | Stage: Sila (The Arctic Cycle) |
| 7:00 PM | Southern California Ballet The Nutcracker |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: The Nutcracker in Balboa Park |
| 7:30 PM | City Ballet: The Nutcracker |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Cambodian Rock Band |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Around the World in 80 Days |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
| Sunday, Dec 15 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 10:00 AM | Hanukkah Painted Placemat Class |
| 10:00 AM | Association for Jewish Studies Conference |
| 1:00 PM | Southern California Ballet The Nutcracker |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Cambodian Rock Band |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Around the World in 80 Days |
| 2:00 PM | City Ballet: The Nutcracker |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
| 3:00 PM | World Holiday Traditions Variety Show |
| 7:00 PM | World Holiday Traditions Variety Show |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: Cambodian Rock Band |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: The Nutcracker in Balboa Park |
| Monday, Dec 16 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 10:00 AM | Association for Jewish Studies Conference |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: A People's Cuban Christmas Tale |
| Tuesday, Dec 17 |
| All Day | Free Admission to Japanese Friendship Garden |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 10:00 AM | Association for Jewish Studies Conference |
| 8:00 PM | Reggae Tuesdaze w/ Ocean Natives & Bunny Mystic |
| Wednesday, Dec 18 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| Old School Little Italy Food Tour |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: The Nutcracker in Balboa Park |
| 7:30 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
| Thursday, Dec 19 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 6:00 PM | Talk: Consul General Carlos González Gutiérrez |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: The Nutcracker in Balboa Park |
| 7:30 PM | Film: La Befana Vien di Notte |
| 7:30 PM | SDIFF Film: La Befana Vien di Notte (The Legend of the Christmas Witch) |
| 7:30 PM | Mariachi Sol De Mexico: A Merry-achi Christmas |
| 7:30 PM | SDIFF Film: La Befana Vien di Notte (The Legend of the Christmas Witch) |
| 7:30 PM | Stage: Around the World in 80 Days |
| 7:30 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
| Friday, Dec 20 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: The Nutcracker in Balboa Park |
| 7:30 PM | City Ballet: The Nutcracker |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Around the World in 80 Days |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
| Saturday, Dec 21 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 2:00 PM | City Ballet: The Nutcracker |
| 3:00 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: The Nutcracker in Balboa Park |
| 7:30 PM | City Ballet: The Nutcracker |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Around the World in 80 Days |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
| Sunday, Dec 22 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 2:00 PM | City Ballet: The Nutcracker |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: A Christmas Carol |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: The Nutcracker in Balboa Park |
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The Participant Observer World Music CD of the Month is Wátina by Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective.
Years in the making, Wátina is infused with contemporary influences, yet firmly rooted in the rich musical traditions of the Garifuna culture. Belizean icon, Andy Palacio, leads an all-star, multi-generational lineup to deliver a monumental tribute to the Garifuna of yesterday and tomorrow. Wátina was selected as the "Number One World Music Album of All Time" by Amazon.com
The tale of Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective traces its roots to the early 1980s, when a teenage Palacio traveled from his home in the Central American country of Belize to Nicaragua to serve in a literacy campaign. Palacio is Garifuna, a unique culture based on the Caribbean coast of Central America that blends elements of West African and Native Caribbean heritage. Andy was told that Nicaragua's local Garifuna traditions and language were all but extinct. He was en route via boat to the Nicaraguan village of Orinoco to begin his first literacy assignment, when a storm forced a change of direction, leading to a surprise encounter that had a lasting impact on Palacio's music, career, and life mission. The legacy of this life-changing meeting lives on in the music of Wátina, a stunning new album featuring an all-star, multigenerational lineup of Garifuna musicians from Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras.
The Garifuna people originated when two large ships, filled with a delivery of West african slaves, sunk off the coast of the Caribbean island of St. Vincent in 1635. Half of the Africans survived and intermingled with the indigenous Caribs of the region, creating a new hybrid culture. Fiercely independent, the Garifuna community resisted European colonization, and were forcibly exiled to the Caribbean coast of Central America. Some were segregated and held onto their traditions and language, while others were forced to homogenize with the local predominant culture. |
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