Hello San Diego!

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: We (the Worldview Project) are honored and excited to be a partner for the One Book One San Diego program organized by KPBS and the SD Public Library. On Tuesday, May 3rd at 6:00 PM, we will be partnering with the San Diego Diplomacy Council for an exclusive Online Discussion about this year's OBOS selection Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judith Heumann. Joining us for the discussion will be Alex Montoya, a business owner, triple amputee, author and speaker, and Jessica Rodriguez Montoya a disability rights lawyer in Mexico. Booklist, the American Library Association's review journal, said of the book “Consider this book an inspiring call for inclusiveness, courage, equity, and justice as well as a reminder of people’s power to change the world for the better.” The book is absolutely captivating. Register here to join us for what should be an enlightening discussion about the challenges faced by disabled people worldwide.

On to the other events of the week!

Today (Friday) kicks of the 3-day International Mobile Film Festival at the Marina Village Conference Center. The festival will include six full feature films and 25 short films from around the world all shot with smartphones! Tonight the monthly Música en la Plaza series will begin at the California Center for the Arts in Escondido. Tonight's band will be the Afro-Cuban band, Fercho, who play everything from fusion and salsa to timba, merengue, bachata, reggaeton, hip-hop, and funk! The comedy troupe Crazy Woke Asians will perform at the Laugh Factory.

Saturday and Sunday, Old Town will be celebrating Cinco de Mayo with performances, presentations, special events, and lots of Mexican and Mexican-American food! Coinciding with the festival (or part of it) will be a Bilingual Children's Book Festival at Flor & Seed Coffee Roasters. Also on Saturday and Sunday, the Tequila and Taco Music Festival will take place in Petco Park. Music from the opera Don Giovanni will be performed at St. Peters Episcopal Church in Del Mar.

Saturday, the 17th Annual Student Shakespeare Festival will be held at Heritage Park. The San Diego Archaeological Center will hold its annual BBQ in Escondido with special presentations and archaeology-related activities. The House of Finland will hold its annual lawn program at the International Cottages in Balboa Park. Inspired by Women’s History Month and Jazz Appreciation Month, the wonderful multi-lingual jazz vocalist Allison Adams Tucker will bring together a band of tremendously talented local jazz women for the Women and Jazz Fest at the Quartyard. Yiddishland California presents a Jewish musical cabaret by Lisa Fishman. And rounding out Saturday, celebrating 40 years of their Klezmer group, Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi will be playing at Dizzy's.

Sunday, there will be a Juried Youth Art Show to Benefit UNICEF at the Village at Pacific Highlands Ranch. The event will feature art inspired by the struggles of displaced Ukrainian child refugees. Several San Diego Dutch community groups will celebrate Kongins Dag (King's Day) at the Inn Rancho Santa Fe. The House of Poland will hold its annual lawn program at the International Cottages with Polish music, dance, and food. Father of Mexican Blues Rock, Javiez Bátiz, will perform at Winston's in Ocean Beach. The Mystery of Tanbur concert at UCSD will feature Kurdish music performed by AliAkbar Moradi, Arash Moradi, Kourosh Moradi, and Mehdi Bagheri. Rooftop Cinema Club at the Hyatt will screen the dramedy Crazy Rich Asians. At Rady Shell, the non-profit The House of Music will present Cuba Llego, A Celebration of Cuban Music featuring Los Van Van, Havana D’Primera and DJ Andy. Proceeds from the concert will be used to support their music teaching program and provide musical instruments for underserved and at-risk youth in San Diego.

Monday, the Gout and the Guillotine exhibition will take place at the USD Humanities Center Gallery.

Tuesday, the Worldview Project and San Diego Diplomacy Council are teaming up with an Online Discussion of the book: Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist. Details can be found above, and all are welcome to join us!

Wednesday, at UCSD, there will be a live Panel Discussion on The Rise and Fall of Imperial China. UCSD's Holocaust Living History Workshop will offer an online screening of The Labyrinth: The Testimony of Marian Kolodziej.Warwick's will host an online author talk with Adriana Trigiani as she discusses her new book, The Good Left Undone. The "Hendrix of the Sahara”, Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Touré will perform at UCSD's Art Power. Multiple music award-winning Mexican singer-songwriter Lila Downs will perform her own compositions as well as Latin American folk, jazz fusion, and South American songs at Balboa Theatre.

Next Thursday, The 4-day Gator by the Bay Festival returns to San Diego. Children's Day (こどもの日, Kodomo no Hi) will be celebrated at the Japanese Friendship Garden. The Irish vocal ensemble Celtic Women will perform at the San Diego Civic Theatre. Mariachi El Bronx will perform at Belly Up.

Next Friday, Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán will perform at the SD Civic Theatre.

Next Saturday and Sunday, at the California Center for the Arts, City Ballet will perform Don Quixote.

Next Saturday at the Live Oak Gallery on University Avenue, the Walking in Beauty Indigenous Resilience Benefit Art Opening will feature artwork by indigenous artists Gerald Stone, Seminole and Cherokee, and Joseph Chamberlain, Ihanktonwan. At Front Art Cultura there will be a Closing Reception for the Dia de la Mujer Exhibition Love Is An Action. At the Firehouse Museum, Cinema Little Italy will screen the historical drama My Italian Secret based on the heroic real-life story of cyclist Gino Bartali (he won the Tour de France in 1938 and again in 1948) and other Italians who during WWII risked their lives by defying the Nazis to save thousands of Italy’s Jews.

Next Sunday a Cinco de Mayo Festival will take place at Grape Day Park in Escondido. At the Maritime Museum, the Hausmann Quartet with perform their program Haydn Voyages. ABBA fans might enjoy taking in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again screened for the Rooftop Cinema Club at the Hyatt downtown. At St. James by-the-Sea, the San Diego Early Music Society will present a concert by the French group Ensemble Correspondances.

Everyone here at the San Diego Participant Observer and the Worldview Project wish you many fulfilling, illuminating, and culturally rich experiences in the days ahead. See you next week!

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The Participant Observer Music CD of the Month is Temperamento by Vigüela. Vigüela are a traditional folk quintet with a commitment to the authentic rural musical traditions of central Spain. Vigüela hail from El Carpio de Tajo, a village in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, home of one of the greatest books in Spanish literature, ‘The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha’ by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Vigüela perform with an integrity to their roots, singing the old language and using traditional singing styles and instruments. Note: As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

Buy the Book (Paid Link) Our Book of the Month recommendation is Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez. Olga is a successful wedding planner to the rich and soon-to-be-famous and her brother Pietro is a congressman—both have come a long way from their Brooklyn childhood when they were abandoned by their mother, a radical Puerto Rican activist. But when Hurricane Maria strikes, Olga and Pietro are forced to confront their past and their futures. Note: As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. International Films Around Town Notes: The San Diego International Film Festival is now screening films monthly. Anaïs in Love A spirited young woman falls in love with the live-in partner of the man with whom she's having an affair. Arisaka When Bataan police officer Mariano is assigned as a convoy escort for a narco-list vice mayor who is headed to a press conference that could shake the entire Philippine government, she knows it will be a dangerous mission. Bây Ngot Ngào (Naked Truth) Four friends once determined to escape singledom reunite for the 3-year anniversary of the lone friend to find marital bliss. Events turn shocking when hidden lives and dangerous secrets threaten to push relationships over the edge. Downton Abbey The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the king and queen of England soon unleashes scandal, romance and intrigue -- leaving the future of Downton hanging in the balance. Everything Everywhere All at Once When an interdimensional rupture unravels reality, an unlikely hero must channel her newfound powers to fight bizarre and bewildering dangers from the multiverse as the fate of the world hangs in the balance. Firebird At the height of the Cold War, a troubled soldier forms a forbidden love triangle with a fighter pilot and his female comrade amid the dangerous surroundings of a Soviet air force base. Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko Easygoing mother Nikuko's bold and loud spirit embarrasses her 11-year-old daughter, Kikuko. With nothing in common except living together on a boat at the port, a miracle occurs when their secret is revealed. Heropanti 2 A vigilante is sent on a mission by the government to kill enemy troops. However, things go wrong when he's mistaken for the leader of the troops. Jana Gana Mana Jana Gana Mana Is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language vigilante action film written by Sharis Mohammed and directed by Dijo Jose Antony.. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Yuta Okkotsu gains control of an extremely powerful, cursed spirit and gets enrolled in the Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School by sorcerers to help him control his power and keep an eye on him. Kaathu Vaakula Rendu Kadhal Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal is an 2022 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film./td> K.G.F: Chapter 2 K.G.F: Chapter 2 is an Indian Kannada language period action film. Mississippi Masala After Mina's (Sarita Choudhury) Indian family is ousted from their home in Uganda by dictator Idi Amin, they relocate to Mississippi to start a new life. Mina falls for Demetrius (Denzel Washington), a young carpet cleaner, despite the protestations of their families over their racial difference. T Pompo: The Cinéphile Pompo, a movie producer, has been shooting one B-grade entertainment flick after another that anyone would enjoy. However, when her assistant spots a script and is moved by the story, she tells him to direct it. Runway 34 A pilot's flight takes a stirring and mysterious trajectory after taking off from an international destination. The Northman Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who raids Slavic villages. He soon meets a seeress who reminds him of his vow -- save his mother, kill his uncle, avenge his father. Uncharted Treasure hunter Victor "Sully" Sullivan recruits street-smart Nathan Drake to help him recover a 500-year-old lost fortune amassed by explorer Ferdinand Magellan. Waterman Five-time Olympic medalist Duke Paoa Kahanamoku shatters records and brings surfing to the world while overcoming a lifetime of personal challenges. Y Cómo Es Él? (Backseat Driver) A man must take a long-distance road trip with a taxi driver who's having an affair with his wife.

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