Dear Readers,
Welcome to a new edition of the San Diego Participant Observer newsletter. Our Recipe of the Month is for French Canadian Poutine, a surprisingly delicious dish to enjoy for a snack or meal. Our book of the Month Selection is Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata. And our International Music recommendation is for Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa by Jeremy Dutcher as collection of musical works that blend classical forms with Canadian Wolastoq First Nation traditional music.
Special Announcement: The Center for World Music is offering Participant Observer readers a $10 discount on either General Admission or VIP tickets to tonight's Drummers Without Borders at the Mingei! Just use the discount code WVP10 when you check out. Should be a great show!
This weekend, the BIG Salsa dance festival will take place at the Marriott in Mission Valley. Junior Theatre's Tomás & the Library Lady will open at the Casa del Prado Theater in Balboa Park. The Borrego Springs Film Festival will continue until next Monday.
Friday (today) at the San Diego Museum of Art, there will be a lecture entitled Korea in Color with a reception to follow. The German Currents Kino will screen the film Afire at the Digital Gym with repeat screenings on Sunday and the following Wednesday. The Center for World Music will present the fabulous group Drummers Without Borders at the Mingei. Bailazo Grupero at La Sinaloense will include performances by five different Mexican bands. Banda Estrella de San Diego will perform at Sierra Madre Cantina in Escondido.
Saturday at the City Heights Performing Annex, the annual Karen New Year Celebration will take place. At the San Diego Museum of Art, there will be a Korean Longevity Shadow Box Workshop. It will be followed by a Korea in Color Composition Workshop. The one-day San Diego Underground Film Festival will take place at the Digital Gym with film screenings from 2:00 PM to 10:30 PM. The Filipino film Ma'am Tere will be shown at Pop Studio. There will be a reception for the Yadollah Kaboli Art Exhibition at the Iranian American Center. The Powers New Voices Festival will feature a reading of Pleasant. Poncho Sanchez, Gaby & La Buena Onda will perform at the Music Box.
Sunday, the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade will take place down at the harbor. The Powers New Voices Festival will continue with the dramatic readings of The Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx/Latine Vote and then Empty Ride. The films Godzilla & Godzilla Raids Again will be shown at the Digital Gym. You can partake in A Culinary Journey with the SDCHM visiting a variety of Chinese restaurants downtown and on Convoy Street. An Art of Iranian Calligraphy Workshop will take place at the Iranian American Center. JC Company's Production of The Tempest will start with additional performances the following weekend. The Flamenco Tablao Series will take place at the Turquoise.
Monday, for the MLK Day holiday, the Worldbeat Center will hold its 35th Annual Multicultural Martin Luther King JR Day Celebration.
Tuesday, at the Coronado Library, there will be "part 1" of a Reading of Hamlet. The Digital Gym will screen Charlie Chaplin's classic silent film, A Woman of Paris.
Next Thursday at UCSD, Professor Solange Ashby (UCLA) will deliver a talk about The Divine Feminine in Nile Valley Societies. Also at USCD, Professor Emeritus David Kertzer (Brown University) will discuss his book, The Pope at War.
Next Friday, Gypsy-jazz artist Tatania Eva-Marie will perform two shows at the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla. The Adama Bilorou Trio will perform at UC San Diego Park & Market. Comedian Giulio Gallarotti will be at Mic Drop Comedy for two shows.
Next Saturday, the Chinese Historical Museum will host an online streaming talk on The Literati Influence on Contemporary Chinese Art. At the Central Library, the Culinary Historians of San Diego will present Columbian Exchange: the Positives, with Barbara Baxter. There will be a German Bilingual Storytime at the Poway Library. At Broken Yolk Cafe Heather Morris will discuss her historical novel Sisters Under the Rising Sun. The San Diego Museum of Art will host a Korea in Color Celebration for their ongoing exhibition of Korean art. At the La Mesa Library the Center for World Music will present a Latin American Music & Beyond performance featuring musicians Luisa Corredor, Ignacio Arango, and Harley Magsino. North the Musical will be performed at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts. The Persian music band Dustless Ocean will perform at the Iranian American Center. Latin bands Ozomatli & SM Familia will perform at Music Box. The Digital Gym will screen the film The Fifth Cord.
Local theatrical productions include Junior Theatre's Tomás & the Library Lady at Balboa Park and The Crucible at Lamplighters Community Theatre in La Mesa.
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.
