Hello San Diego!

Special Announcement: Next Wednesday at the Coronado Library, The Worldview Project, the San Diego Diplomacy Council, and the Coronado Library are excited to host a talk by Dr. Sarah Federman, Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution at the University of San Diego’s Kroc School of Peace Studies, who will discuss her award-winning book: The Last Train to Auschwitz: The French National Railways and the Journey to Accountability. The talk is free and open to the public, but Please register.

On to the local events!

Local author talks include: Sarah Federman (Last Train to Auschwitz See above).

Fairs, festivals, and celebrations in the San Diego area include: Sycuan Pow-Wow • Cardiff Greek Festival • Chuseok, Korean Mid-Autumn Festival • Magic Hour: Film, Music, and Food Fest • Old Town San Diego Fiestas Patrias • ENVZN24 Urban Art Takeover • Brazilian Day Festival • Haitian Refugee Community Center Open House • Irish Wake & Halfway to St. Patrick's Day • Escondido Fiestas Patrias Festival • House of Korea Lawn Program • Anime Kawaii Nerdy Mini Convention • Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration.

Lots of music and dance to enjoy, including: Semisi Ma'u • La Camarada • Música en la Plaza: Los Montaño • Anything for Salinas • Beatles Fair • Music and Dance: Nomsa Burkhardt • Tardeada Traditional Mexican Dance Party • Mohsen Namjoo • Music and Dance: Fiesta Flamenco • Gregory Page • Native American Flute Circle • An Evening of French Music & Art • Lori Bell and Trio de Janeiro • The Marley Brothers • Matute • Irving Flores Latin Jazz Quartet • Música en la Plaza: Los Guevara • Matisse • Dance: We call it Flamenco • El Efante • Mestizaje: Interwoven Identities between Mexico, the Philippines & Spain • Melodies from Mysore • L’Attitude • Rodrigo y Gabriela • Celtic Thunder • Kishi Bashi • Cuco • Chayanne • Marcos Valle.

Local theatrical productions include: Cleopatra • The Revolutionists • Best Laid Plans • Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express • A View from the Bridge.

Talks and lectures include: Scholarly Controversies Over Shakespeare • Panel: Designing our Region’s Global Identity through our Youth Workforce • Lecture: Mexicans: Hispanic, Chicanos, or Natives?

Special screenings (don't forget to check out the films section too!) include: Je Verrai Toujours Vos Visages • 2nd San Diego Hong Kong Film Festival • DGC Video: Burden of Dreams • Unseen • FilmOut LGBT Film Festival.

Food lovers are sure to enjoy the Sabór Del Barrio Food Tour.

Comedy performances include: Oscar Collazos • Mike Eshaq • Leslie Liao.

Visual arts events include: Dutch Art History Lecture Series

Other events include: Travelogue: How to Travel to Every Country in the World.

Our recipe for this month is Mchemsho, a hearty stew that originated in northern Tanzania but is enjoyed throughout the country. Because of the cost and availability of its ingredients in East Africa, it's often enjoyed only on special occasions. However, most of the ingredients can be found in supermarkets here. Mchemsho can be enjoyed at any time of day, even for breakfast!

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Our International Music selection of the month is Zouzou by Grammy-winning international superstar, Dobet Gnahore. Gnahoré takes listeners on powerful musical journey with her highly anticipated new album, Zouzou. This captivating collection of songs is a celebration of Ivoirian rhythms, cultures, and modern sounds that will leave you inspired and uplifted.

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Our International Book of the Month is Flights by Olga Tokarczuk

From the incomparably original Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk, Flights interweaves reflections on travel with an in-depth exploration of the human body, broaching life, death, motion, and migration. Chopin's heart is carried back to Warsaw in secret by his adoring sister. A woman must return to her native Poland in order to poison her terminally ill high school sweetheart, and a young man slowly descends into madness when his wife and child mysteriously vanish during a vacation and just as suddenly reappear.