Special Announcement: Tonight, the Center for World Music will present the Muralikrishnan Carnatic Quartet at the La Jolla Community Center. Once again, the CWM is offering generous discounts to Participant Observer readers. Just use the code WVP10 to get $10 off either general admission or VIP tickets. Hope to see you there!

The San Diego Arab Film Festival will continue throughout the weekend at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park.

Friday (today), The movie Skin Deep will be shown at the Digital Gym as part of the German Currents Kino series. There will be additional screenings Sunday and the following Wednesday. Lo Mejor del Rock en Español will be rockin' out at the House of Blues. There will be an Italian Lounge Concert at Oasis.

Saturday, the House of Spain will hold their annual Lawn Program at the International Cottages. The SDSU Pow Wow will celebrate its 52nd year. At the Central Library, Zoe Ghahremani and Susie Ghahremani will discuss their latest children's book, Memory Garden. There will be an Art, Culture, and Indigenous Resistance Workshop at The FRONT Arte Cultura in San Ysidro. There will be a Pysanka Master Class led by Olenka Kleban at the Hall of Nations in Balboa Park. At the Museum of Making Music, Jesús Florido & Giovanni Piacentini will perform. Mexican stand-up comedian Sofía Niño de Rivera will perform at the Magnolia in El Cajon. Legendary percussionist Pete "Pops" Escovedo will be at the Music Box. There will be a Socrafro Carnival at Corazon Del Barrio on Logan Avenue. At Bread & Salt, filmmaker Isaac Artenstein will discuss his latest film project. At Verbatim Books, there will be a Poetry Reading and Book Talk featuring four different Latina writers.

Sunday, the House of Türkiye Lawn Program will take place at the International Cottages. There will be a Tijuana Music Fest at Rancho La Laguna. Bulls of Sant'Agata Charge Little Italy will be an event featuring Lamborghini cars. At the Buga Korean BBQ Restaurant, there will be a Korean Dinner Adventure where A.H. Kim will discuss her book, Relative Strangers. At the LOT Liberty Station, there will be a Havana Night with lots of Cuban music and cuisine. Abel Selaocoe and Manchester Collective will perform at the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla. At the Balboa Park Club Ballroom, there will be a Mixers from Moldova dance event. The San Diego Early Music Society will present the German vocal quintet Amarcord at St James-by-the-Sea. At the Sound (Del Mar Racetrack), there will be a Super Cumbia concert featuring numerous Cumbia bands.

Monday, at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, Michele Scanlon will sing famous Italian Songs. San Diego Poet Laureate Jason Magabo Perez will explore "the poetics of memory as an act of anticolonial future-making."

Tuesday, at National University, the SD World Affairs Council will host William Slomanson for a Journey Through the Middle East Visual Tour.

Wednesday, at USD, there will be a talk on the Roots of an Afro-Argentine. At UCSD, TM Krishna will talk about Dissent in Music. Faroese folk metal band Týr will perform at Brick by Brick. The North Coast Repertory Theatre will begin performances of their new play, Sense of Decency. The production runs through to May 12.

Next Thursday, at USD, author Le Ly Hayslip will discuss her book Child of War, Woman of Peace. Children of Men will screen at the Digital Gym. There will be an opening for the new Art in the Caribbean Diaspora exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla. At North University Community Library, Dr. Montebruno Saller will discuss Japanese American Citizens as Survivors of the Hiroshima Atomic Bombing. At UCSD, the Holocaust Living History Workshop will hold a talk by Sarah Abrevaya Stein. Comedian Gabriel Iglesias will perform at Pechanga Arena. 4-time Grammy Award winner Antonio Sánchez will perform at UCSD's Epstein Family Amphitheater.

Next Friday, at the JCC, Sarah Abrevaya Stein will give a talk on The Historical Landscape of World War Two Era North Africa. At the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, acclaimed composer-pianist Dayramir Gonzalez will perform. Filipino singer and actor Gigi De Lana will perform at the Sycuan Live and Up Close Theatre in El Cajon. There will be a San Diego Peace Corps Storytelling Showcase at Thorn St. Brewing. Regional Mexican band Los Cuates De Sinaloa will perform at the Blue Agave Nightclub.

Next Saturday, there will be lots going on at the International Cottages! The House of Czech and Slovak Republics will present The Story of Czech Classical Music in the Hall of Nations. The Sister Cities Society will hold their annual Cervantes Festival. The House of Mexico will hold their annual Lawn Program as well. The 53rd Annual Chicano Park Day Celebration will take place in Barrio Logan. The North Park Salsa Festival will be held in the "North Park Mini Park". The Odissi Dance School will present their annual recital at Canyon Crest Academy. Indian vocalist Pattabhirama Pandit will perform at the Seaside Center for Spiritual Living. There will be a Truth Be Told Staged Reading at the City Heights/Weingart Branch Library. Indian classical musicians Seshadri & Subramanyam will perform at the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall. And, renowned Mexican singer Alicia Villarreal will perform at the Magnolia Performing Arts Center in El Cajon.

Next Sunday, the House of Palestine will hold their Annual Lawn Program. A Spring Sake Festival will take place at the Japanese Friendship Garden and Museum. The WorldBeat Cultural Center will hold its 32nd Annual Multi-Cultural Earth Day. At Torrey Pines High School, the Magic Bow event will feature Indian dance, music, and storytelling. At USD's Shiley Theatre, there will be a Gospel Choir Festival. Comedian Stephane Tejada will perform at Mic Drop Comedy. The Turquoise will host a Feria de Abril (April Fair). Rising Mexican-American music star, Xavi will perform at Observatory North Park.

Local theatrical productions include Ride at the Old Globe, Stew at Scripps Ranch Theatre, The 39 Steps at New Village Arts in Carlsbad, and Sense of Decency at the North Coast Rep (starts April 17).

Please note that after two weeks in the main calendar section, ongoing events (such as exhibitions and plays) can be found in Ongoing and Extended Events.