Today (Friday), the awesomely talented Fred Benedetti will play flamenco and classical guitar works at the La Jolla Community Center. There will be a symposium on the subject of The Role of Myth in Anthropogeny at the Salk Institute. As mentioned above, the Center for World Music's Strings and Bamboo: The Essence of Chinese Music concert will feature virtuoso Professor Chi Li on erhu. Don't forget the use the "WVP" discount code!

Saturday, you can start the day off with a Chinese Historical Society Zoom session on the history of Chinese Laundries in San Diego. At the International Cottages, there will be an Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration. At the Central Library, Culinary Historians of San Diego will present a talk on How British Silversmiths Changed America’s Dinner Tables. The Island Vibe Music Festival will take place in Del Mar. The Ocean Beach Library will hold an AAPI Cultural Festival. At the Joan B. Kroc Theatre, the All 'Bout The Blues Back and Forth in Time revue will be performed. At USD, there will be an Ahaana Festival. At the Worldbeat Center, A Night In Africa will celebrate African cultures with lots of music and food. South Asian-American vocalist and sitarist Ami Dang will perform at UCSD's Loft. In Carlsbad, Bing Futch will perform on the Appalachian mountain dulcimer. At Caribbean Pleasure, there will be a Book Signing/Art Exhibition Event for the Haitian Heroes series of books. There will be a Borderlands Discussion and Music Event at The Front Arte Cultura in San Ysidro. Sonora Tropicana y Capri will perform at La Sinaloense Bar & Grill.

Sunday, Fandango Bombazo Y Accion! will employ music and dance to propel the idea of building a park—rather than a wall—at the border. The House of Israel Lawn Program will take place at the International Cottages in Balboa Park. There will be a Carnatic Veena concert by D.Balakrishna at the Seaside Center for Spiritual Living. Irene Tu will perform at Mic Drop Comedy.

Tuesday, at the Logan Heights Library, there will be a Ballet Folklórico class for children between the ages of 5 to 12. At the Lawrence Jewish Community Center, Bertha King will read Poems by Jewish Poets.

Next Wednesday, Los Angeles Azules y Mana will perform at the Juan Tequila Bar & Restaurant on Fourth Ave. At Yiddishland, there will be a Yiddish Art Class for Children. At the Digital Gym, there will be a double-bill screening of The Taking and The Searchers and a discussion on the mythology of the American West. At the First Congregational Church in Escondido, Italian lutenist Simon Vallerotonda will present his Four Seasons of the Lute program. Los Angeles Azules y Mana will be playing at the Juan Tequila Bar & Restaurant.

Next Thursday, the 4-day Kuumba Fest will start, now in its 31st year will celebrate the creation of the new Black Arts and Culture District on Imperial Avenue. Steve Riley and Racines will perform at The Loft at UCSD.

Next Friday and Saturday, the incomparable Rodrigo y Gabriela guitar duo will perform their eclectic mix of classic rock, heavy metal, and Flamenco at Humphreys by the Bay.

Next Friday, at the Elementary Institute of Science, the Parade of the Ancestors event will bring history to life and feature Keynote Speaker Greg Akili who will speak on self-determination in Black art culture, and commerce.