Hello San Diego!

Special Announcement: The Worldview Project, the San Diego Diplomacy Council, and the Coronado Library are excited to host a talk next month 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 at the Coronado Library is free and open to the public.

This month we are excited to offer a new Recipe of the Month, Tanzanian Mchemsho with Ugali. This month our book club read the classic Peter Matheson's book The Tree Where Man Was Born about the people and fragile ecology of Kenya and Tanzania. Our Book of the Month suggestion is for Flights by Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk. And, our International Music suggestion is for the CD Zouzou, the latest release by the Grammy-winning African superstar Dobet Gnahore.

Lots of cultural events to take part in here in San Diego!

Local festivals and celebrations include the Toro Nagashi Festival, the Island Vibe Music Festival, the SummerSplash Reggae Festival, the House of Italy Lawn Program, Summergrass San Diego, the House of Chamorros Hafa Adai Festival, the SoCal Taco Fest, and the House of Panama Lawn Program.

Upcoming concerts and performances include Santa Fe Klan, Ana Bárbara, División Minúscula, Gyedu-Blay Ambolleym, Shastriya Sangeetham, Mohama Saz, a Native American Flute Circle, Caloncho, Gipsy Kings, Tinariwen, Mitchum Yacoub, Charlie Chavez and the Afrotruko Salsa Orquestra, Claudia Villela & Romero Lubambo, and SantaWays.

Authors Jasmin Graham and Marlene Wagman-Geller will talk about their latest books.

Local theater options include Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B and Don't Dress for Dinner.

Comedy shows include Sheng Wang and Teo Gonzalez.

For film buffs, there will be screenings of Dancer in the Dark, A is for Agustin, and the documentary Marcus Garvey.

Other events includ an online talk hosted by the Chinese Historical Museum, Visual Archives, Oral Histories, and Family Memories, a Ukrainian Dinner Fundraiser, and a Varenyky Making workshop.

Scroll down for dates, times, details, and more info!

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.