Dear San Diegans, We haven't hit peak season for events yet, but there are some good ones to enjoy right now! The San Diego Jewish Film Festival continues at the JCC (until next Wednesday). Tonight's music and dance shows include the 3rd Villa-Lobos Festival concert at the Coronado Library, the Majesty of the Blues at Point Loma Nazarene, Irish music group Four Shillings Short at the International Cottages, and the dance performance Sol Invictus at the Balboa Theatre. Saturday, Los Fabulocos and the Sleepwalkers will perform at Tio Leo's. Sunday, the Latino jazz artists Alfredo Rodriguez & Pedrito Martinez will play at the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla. Next Tuesday, the Grand Kyiv Ballet will perform Giselle at the Joan Kroc Theatre. Next Thursday, the Indonesian indie/pop duo Galdive will be at Music Box. Next Wednesday, the film A Chicano Love Story will screen at Mission Bay High. Also on Wednesday, Yellow Rose will be shown at the Coronado Library. And next Friday, À l’abordage will screen at the French American School as part of their ongoing series. Talks around town include Loretta Ellsworth discussing her book The Jilted Countess at Coral Tree Tea House, a talk at UCSD on the history of Coinage in Ukraine on Monday, a Zoominar on Advances in Disability Rights and Law in Japan and South Korea on Tuesday, and a UCSD talk on The Struggle for Hong Kong: A Decolonization Lens next Thursday. Also, next Thursday will be a talk at USD on Turkey’s Foreign Policy Across Eurasia: A Geopolitical Perspective. Other local events include the M(other) Tongue exhibit opening at the Central Library on Saturday, the Setsubun festival at the Japanese Friendship Garden on Sunday, a Zodiac Puppet Craft Workshop at the Balboa Library next Thursday, and a workshop on Venetian Cosmetics at Allied Gardens Recreation Center (also next Thursday).
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Cross-Cultural Events in the Next Two Weeks:
Festivals, celebrations, and community events: Setsubun • Ume Matsuri Celebration • Lunar New Year - Lion Dance Performance • San Diego Lunar New Year Festival • San Diego Mardi Gras. Music and/or dance performances: Villa-Lobos Festival Concert • Majesty of the Blues • Four Shillings Short • Sol Invictus • Los Fabulocos and the Sleepwalkers • Mei-lan & Ali Pervez Mehdi • Alfredo Rodriguez & Pedrito Martinez • Ballet: Giselle • Galdive • Lunar New Year Lion Dance • Viennese Nights Grand Victorian Ball • Dom Flemons & Hot Club of Cowtown. Interesting talks around town: Up the Borysthenes • Advances in Disability Rights and Law in Japan and South Korea • The Struggle for Hong Kong: A Decolonization Lens. Film festivals and special movie screenings: San Diego Jewish Film Festival • A Chicano Love Story • Yellow Rose • À l’abordage • Mississippi Masala. Books and literature lovers are sure to enjoy: Spoken Word: Dokhtare Tarsa and Sheikh Sana'an • Author Event: Loretta Ellsworth • Paula McLain. Local theatrical productions: Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler • The Recipe • Opera: The Barber Of Seville. Visual Arts events: Exhibit Opening: M(other) Tongue • Zodiac Puppet Craft Workshop • Politics of Portrayal Exhibition Reception. Comedy performances: Jiaoying Summers. Politics related events: Turkey’s Foreign Policy Across Eurasia: A Geopolitical Perspective. Other notable events: Workshop: Venetian Cosmetics • Workshop: Freedom Quilt Fabric Mosaic.
Everyone here at the
San Diego Participant Observer and the
Worldview Project wish you fulfilling, illuminating, and culturally-rich experiences in the days ahead. See you next week!
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