Hello San Diego!

There are three film festivals taking place in the San Diego area. The 9th Annual Borrego Springs Film Festival started yesterday and will continue until Monday. The 3-day Justice Film Festival also began yesterday, and they will be screening films today and Saturday. And today and tomorrow, the 11th San Diego Arab Film Festival will screen films at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park.

Today (Friday) and tomorrow, the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain will perform at the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla.

Tonight, Hands of Peace will be presenting an online theatrical performance of Maryam - A Woman of Bethlehem. A panel discussion will follow.

Saturday, at Veteran's Park in Imperial Beach, Alana Quintana Albertson will talk about her new book, Ramón and Julieta. The USD Association of Chicanx Activists and the Women's Commons will celebrate Mujeres de la Revolucíon with free food, entertainment and panelists. Saturday night begins a series of four performances of the Charles Gounod's opera Roméo et Juliette at the Civic Theatre. The remaining performances will take place on Tuesday, next Friday, and next Sunday.

Sunday, there will be a Persian Nowroz Festival at Ruocco Park. The House of Iran will also hold a Nowroz Celebration at the International Cottages in Balboa Park. Also at Balboa Park, the #StandWithUkraine — National Day of Action Rally will take place to show support for the people of Ukraine. Bodhi Tree Concerts with the Vision Center for Spiritual Living will present a Concert for Peace in Solidarity with Ukraine. Mexican-American pop star Ángela Aguilar will perform at SDSU's Open Air Theatre.

Tuesday, the Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice will present an online talk with John Hewko, General Secretary and CEO of Rotary International, on The Role Everyday Individuals Can Play in Addressing the Ukraine Crisis. At the Jolla Methodist Church, the Mission Bay High School Mambo Orchestra will perform Latin American jazz compositions. The Angelika Film Center & Cafe will present a filmed version of Verdi's Rigoletto performed by the Royal Opera.

On Wednesday at the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center renowned Chinese pipa player, Wu Man, will perform traditional Chinese folk songs accompanied by musicians from the San Diego Symphony . Please check our listing later today for a special discount for this performance, courtesy of the SD Symphony!

Next Thursday, Gabriela Aparicio will perform at the Water Bar. Warwick's will host an online talk with Kate Quinn who will discuss her new book, The Diamond Eye. At the Escondido Public Library, author Marco E. López Quezada will discuss his memoir My March With César in celebration of César Chavez Day. The San Diego Italian Film Festival will offer an online screening of the coming-of-age drama Nevia. The North Coast Repertory Theatre will begin performances of An Iliad.

Next Saturday and Sunday the annual International Dance Association Festival will take place in Balboa Park.

Also next Saturday, the San Diego Diplomacy Council will hold its On the Road Again Fundraiser at the Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens in Liberty Station.

Next Sunday, Adventures by the Book will host a Ukrainian Fundraising Luncheon at the Pushkin Restaurant. At the Poway Center for the Performing Arts, the Irish dance troupe Velocity will perform. And at the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, Home Within will be a multi-media presentation produced by the Silkroad Ensemble featuring Syrian clarinetist Kinan Azmeh and Syrian Armenian visual artist Kevork Moura.

Local theatrical offerings include The Great Khan at the Lyceum Theatre and Murder on the Orient Express at the Coronado Playhouse. Be sure to check out Ongoing and Extended Events for art and museum exhibitions as well as regular gigs by local musicians.

Everyone here at the San Diego Participant Observer and the Worldview Project wish you fulfilling, illuminating and culturally rich adventures and engagements. See you next week!

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The Participant Observer Music CD of the Month is Edwin Durant Kovtun By Jon Durant, Colin Edwin & Inna Kovtun. Remarkable unique blend of traditional Ukranian folk with modern progressive rock, ambient atmospheres and distinctive guitar and bass playing. Topped with the remarkable voice and harmonies of Ukraine's premier traditional singer in a modern context. Note: As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

Buy the Book (Paid Link) The Participant Observer Book of the Month selection is The Last Brother by Nathacha Appanah. In The Last Brother by Nathacha Appanah, 1944 is coming to a close and nine-year-old Raj is unaware of the war devastating the rest of the world. He lives in Mauritius, a remote island in the Indian Ocean, where survival is a daily struggle for his family. When a brutal beating lands Raj in the hospital of the prison camp where his father is a guard, he meets a mysterious boy his own age. Note: As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. International Films Around Town Notes: 1. The 9th Annual Borrego Springs Film Festival is happening now! 2. The San Diego International Film Festival is now screening films monthly. 2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts: Live Action Film 2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts: Animation Bachchan Pandey Bachchhan Paandey is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Farhad Samji and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. It stars Akshay Kumar, Kriti Sanon, Jacqueline Fernandez and Arshad Warsi. Belfast A semi-autobiographical film which chronicles the life of a working class family and their young son's childhood during the tumult of the late 1960s in the Northern Ireland capital. Death on the Nile Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short. Gangubai Kathiawadi Gangubai Kathiawadi is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language biographical crime drama film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and produced by Jayantilal Gada and Bhansali 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. Never Forget Tibet The story of the Dalai Lama's journey and escape into exile in 1959. Parallel Mothers Two single women meet in a hospital room where they are both going to give birth. One is middle aged and doesn't regret it, while the other is adolescent and scared. The two women form a strong bond with one another as they both confront motherhood. RRR A tale of two legendary revolutionaries and their journey far away from home. After their journey they return home to start fighting back against British colonialists in the 1920s. The Cherry Bushido Trained by a secret organization, a young woman leaves her astral body and heads to the spirit world to save Japan from a demon. The Kashmir Files The Kashmir Files is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language drama film that depicts the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits during the Kashmir Insurgency. The Outfit The film follows Leonard, an English tailor who used to craft suits on London's world-famous Savile Row. The Worst Person in the World A young woman battles indecisiveness as she traverses the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path. Umma Amanda and her daughter living a quiet life on an American farm, but when the remains of her estranged mother arrive from Korea, Amanda becomes haunted by the fear of turning into her own mother. 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. West Side Story Love at first sight strikes when young Tony spots Maria at a high school dance in 1957 New York City. Their burgeoning romance helps to fuel the fire between the warring Jets and Sharks -- two rival gangs vying for control of the streets.

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