Hello San Diego,

The Day of the Dead is nearly upon us, and as such, there are a number of Día de Muertos–related events happening around town, including in City Heights, Encinitas, Oceanside, Barrio Logan, and Balboa Park, with more on the horizon... USD will hold an Arts and Culture Festival on Saturday. The House of Scotland will hold its annual Lawn Program on Saturday, and the House of Türkiye will hold its Lawn Program on Sunday.

Music and dance events include the Ballet Landscapes at the San Diego Museum of Art throughout the weekend. On Saturday: At the Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park, you can listen to a concert of music from The Phantom of the Opera. Also on Saturday, at Conrad Prebys, there will be a concert of Handel’s music composed while he was living in Rome. Celtic Thunder will perform at Sycuan. The ballet Giselle will be performed at CCA on Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday, the Haneen Choir will perform at the library in Poway. Next Wednesday, Japanese rocker Shintaro Sakamoto will perform at the Observatory. Next Friday: the One Love Festival will take place at "The Venue", Mariachi Rodriguez will perform at the newly opened Airport Terminal 1, Django's Jazz Caravan will perform at CCA, and Yelohill will perform at La Boom.

Film offerings (in addition to the films showing in local theaters) will be the San Diego Hong Kong Film Festival at the Digital Gym on Saturday, and next Tuesday, the silent film em>Cabinet of Dr. Caligari will be screened at the Central Library with live musical accompaniment by the Hausmann Quartet.

Theater options include: Witch, ongoing at Trinity Theatre Company; Copenhagen at Lamplighters; Spooky Shakespeare at MOPA; and Dracula at Innovation Family Community Theatre. Next weekend, the opera Pagliacci will be performed at the Civic Theatre.

A number of Asian comedians will be performing in San Diego with Irene Tu at Mic Drop tonight, Joe Wong at The Yellow Door (also tonight), and on Monday the DEI Comedy: Asian Women Comedians night at Mic Drop.

Crafty arts fans might enjoy the Día de los Muertos Sugar Skull Workshop in Chula Vista or the Shadowbox Shrine Workshop in Liberty Station. Both take place on Sunday.

Other events in San Diego include the Saturday Larry Itliong Community Breakfast honoring the activist, and the Capoeira Batizado celebration at Worldbeat, which will feature song and Brazilian Capoeira. On Tuesday, Thomas Schlesser will talk about his new book Mona's Eyes. Next Thursday, there will be a talk at UCSD on South Korean–U.S. Cooperation and North Korea Strategy. Also next Thursday, the Taste of the IRC dinner will raise funds for the International Rescue Committee humanitarian organization.

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Cross-Cultural Events in the Next Two Weeks:

Festivals, celebrations, and community events: House of Scotland Lawn Program • City Heights El Dia de Muerto • Encinitas Día de Los Muertos Celebration • USD Arts and Culture Festival • 24th Annual Día De Los Muertos Festival • House of Türkiye Lawn Program • Barrio Logan Dia de Muertos • Los Muertos de Oz Dance Party • Aki Matsuri Japanese Festival • Old Town Día de Los Muertos • Día de los Muertos Celebration and Potluck • Celebrating San Diego's Multiculturalism • Bizarre Bazaar Dia De Lo Muertos • Día de los Muertos Celebration • 30th Annual Día de los Muertos Festival • 10th Annual Día de los Muertos Celebration • Liberty Station Día de los Muertos • Undas Day • National City Día De Muertos Celebration.

Music and/or dance performances: Ballet: Landscapes • Ghostly Labor • Shintaro Sakamoto • When in Rome • Celtic Thunder • Ballet: Giselle • Haneen Choir • Phantom of the Opera in Concert • One Love Festival • Mariachi Rodriguez • Django's Jazz Caravan • Yelohill • Dia de los Detones • Perfume De Gardenia • Manny Cepeda Mambo Orchestra • Mora • George Kahumoku Jr. ft. Daniel Ho & Tia Carrere • Mariza • Moai- Tales of the Rapa-Nui.

Interesting talks around town: South Korea-U.S. Cooperation & North Korea Strategy • Art Talk: Louis Verdad • Disrupting the Cycle of Genocide.

Film festivals and special movie screenings: San Diego Hong Kong Film Fest • Silent Film: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (with the Hausmann Quartet) • Coco • 26th Annual The San Diego Asian Film Festival (Opening Night) • 26th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival.

Books and literature lovers are sure to enjoy: Thomas Schlesser.

Food and Drink events: Flavors Of Kapwa.

Fundraisers: Larry Itliong Community Breakfast • Taste of IRC.

Local theatrical productions: Witch • Copenhagen • Spooky Shakespeare • Dracula • Opera: Pagliacci • Something Rotten • Titus Andronicus • A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Visual Arts events: Dia De Los Muertos Sugar Skull Workshop • Shadowbox Shrine Workshop.

Comedy performances: Irene Tu • Joe Wong • DEI Comedy: Asian Women Comedians • Margaret Cho.

Special Exhibitions: Exhibit Opening Reception & Lecture: 'Bitter Sweet with Kitty Morse'.

Sports events: Capoeira Batizado.

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!