Hello San Diego!

Hope everyone is enjoying the pleasant weather, next week it will be even warmer, time to get out an explore!

The San Diego Fringe Festival got underway yesterday, lots of events and performances that may be unique and off the mainstream. The House of Norway and the House of Israel both have lawn programs this weekend.  The 18th Annual Dragon Boat Festival at Tecolote Shores on Saturday.  A World Rhythm & Dance Festival will take place at the Oceanside library. And UCSD will hold its annual Pow Wow.

Music events include a Jr. SAMANAN performance, a handful of Indian classical music concerts as well as performances by popular Latino singers. San Diego Ballet will perform Romeo et Juliet at the Balboa Theatre. Unfortunately the CWM's Sounds of the Royal Courts: Gamelan Music & Dance concert at the Mingei is now sold out.

Performances of the House of India began at the Old Globe last Saturday and this Saturday Jaja's African Hair Braiding opens at La Jolla Playhouse. At the First UU Church, there will be performances of the opera Montezuma tonight and on Saturday.

Add to all this talks, special screenings, tours, and readings and your cross-cultural dance card can be full!

Here's a complete listing for the next three weeks:

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!

Friday, May 16
6:00 PM	San Diego Fringe Festival Venues Vary
6:30 PM	Feria de Abril The Turquoise
7:30 PM	Stage: Twelfth Night Grossmont College
"	Opera: Motezuma First UU Church
"	Sounds of the Royal Courts: Gamelan Music & Dance of Java (Sold Out) Mingei
8:00 PM	Stage: House of India Old Globe Theatre
"	Stage: Hamilton (Touring) San Diego Civic Theatre
"	Music: Hermanos Gutiérrez The Sound
Saturday, May 17
8:00 AM	Life After Deportation: Tijuana Bus Tour San Ysidro Port of Entry
9:00 AM	Dragon Boat Festival Tecolote Shores
10:00 AM	World Rhythm & Dance Festival Oceanside
11:00 AM	House of Norway Lawn Program Balboa Park
NOON	Lucha Fest The Soap Factory
"	Creative Cultures Arts Festival Carlsbad City Library
2:00 PM	Ballet: Romeo et Juliet Balboa Theatre
"	Stage: Jaja's African Hair Braiding La Jolla Playhouse
4:00 PM	Jr. SAMAHAN Concert Wangenheim Middle School
"	Panel Discussion: Chicanismo and the Art of Resistance Chicano Park Museum
4:30 PM	Music: Radha Kalyanam Venkateshwara Temple
6:00 PM	Music: Sankari Krishnan Seaside Center for Spiritual Living
7:00 PM	Ballet: Romeo et Juliet Balboa Theatre
7:30 PM	Opera: Motezuma First UU Church
Sunday, May 18
10:00 AM	UCSD Pow Wow UCSD
11:00 AM	House of Israel Lawn Program International Cottages
1:00 PM	The Poets of Palestine & Pakistan Workshop Online Streaming Event
3:00 PM	Book Talk: Shakespeare's Rhetorical Figures Mission Valley Library
7:00 PM	Film: Louis Balboa Theatre
7:30 PM	Music: Luis Coronel Music Box
"	Music: Omar Courtz House of Blues
Monday, May 19
7:30 PM	Stage: Tevye in New York! North Coast Repertory Theatre
8:00 PM	Film: Poland is Not Yet Lost, as Long as We Are Alive Sherman Heights
Tuesday, May 20
10:00 AM	Stories of Us: San Diego’s Polynesian Community San Diego Children’s Discovery Museum
2:00 PM	Stage: Tevye in New York! North Coast Repertory Theatre
6:30 PM	Reading: The Winter's Tale (Part One) Coronado Public Library
7:30 PM	Stage: Tevye in New York! North Coast Repertory Theatre
Wednesday, May 21
3:00 PM	Diplomacy Day Celebration International Cottages
7:30 PM	Music: An Evening of Sephardic Songs TBA
"	Music: David Bisbal The Magnolia Performing Arts Center
Thursday, May 22
7:00 PM	Music: Lily Henley Museum of Making Music
"	Film: Mafioso Digital Gym Cinema
7:30 PM	Stage: Fade San Diego City College
Friday, May 23
7:00 PM	Stage: Wada Chirebandi California Center for the Arts
9:00 PM	Music: Los Cuates De Sinaloa Blue Agave
Saturday, May 24
11:00 AM	Balboa Park Asian Pacific Cultural Festival International Cottages
1:00 PM	African Liberation Day Celebration WorldBeat Center
5:00 PM	Dance: Kūhai Hālau O ʻIlima Pā ʻŌlapa Kahiko Carlsbad City Library
"	Musical: All 'Bout the Blues, Back Down Memory Lane Legacy Pavilion Theater
6:00 PM	Music: Amrutha Venkatesh Seaside Center for Spiritual Living
"	Exhibit Reception: Remembering Humanity Bread & Salt Art Gallery
7:30 PM	Music: Tannahill Weavers Pilgrim United Church of Christ
8:00 PM	Stage: One of the Good Ones Old Globe
Sunday, May 25
10:00 AM	Asian Cultural Festival of San Diego Mira Mesa Community Park
11:00 AM	House of Czech and Slovak Republics Lawn Program Balboa Park
2:00 PM	Book Presentation & Calligraphy Workshop Chinese Historical Museum
7:00 PM	Stage: Bridging Communities Brooks Theater
Tuesday, May 27
6:30 PM	Artist Talk: Jackie Amézquita UCSD
Thursday, May 29
6:00 PM	Book Talk: Zaragoza Tijuana San Diego History Center
"	Music: Son Rompe Pera Quartyard
Friday, May 30
6:00 PM	Kuumba Festival Black Arts & Culture District
7:00 PM	Music: Grupo Bella California Center for the Arts
7:30 PM	Music: A Night of Tasnifkhani Iranian American Center
Saturday, May 31
11:00 AM	Kuumba Festival Black Arts & Culture District
8:00 PM	Music: Miguel Mateos House of Blues
Sunday, June 1
1:00 PM	Calienté Latin Music, Food and Spirits Fest Park & Market
3:00 PM	Stage: L’elisir d’amore Villa Montezuma Museum
5:00 PM	Music: Tres Souls Prebys Performing Arts Center

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