Hello San Diego!

Friday and Saturday, North Park Music Fest will take place featuring a wide variety of music, food, and art. The Border X Pinata Art Fest continues.

Friday, Latin Hip Hop/Freestyle/Pop diva Lisa Lisa will perform at Sycuan. Mariachi Garibaldi de Jaime Cuéllar will perform at the California Center for the Arts. The Iranian film A Long Afternoon will be shown at the Iranian American Center. Colombian band Monsieur Periné performs at the House of Blues. Vishal Vaid and Rahis Khan will perform at Saffrono in Del Mar. Brazilian Nites & Brazilian Institute of Arts and Culture will present Forroçacana, a Forro dance party at Break Point.

Saturday, there will be a Afro-Peruvian Cultural Show at the Hall of Nations in Balboa Park. There will be A Day at the Park celebration at Cesar Chavez Park. The annual Sam Hinton Folk Heritage Festival will take place in Poway. San Diego will host the United States Sumo National Championships at Lincoln Senior High School Gym. At the Mission Hills Library, Professor Natalye Harpin will give a talk on Sundown Towns in the USA. The film Caesar Must Die will be shown at the Firehouse Museum. The dramedy Black Boys Cry will be performed for just one night at Cygnet Theatre.

Sunday, the annual San Diego French Film Festival will have its Opening Night at The Lot in La Jolla, kicking off 4 nights of French films. At Central Cultural de la Raza, the Dreaming Joy Across the Diaspora art exhibit will be on display. At the San Diego Buddhist Temple there will be a Japanese Cultural Bazaar.

Monday and Tuesday, the play Dr. Glas will be performed at the North Coast Rep.

Monday, Billy Lee And The Swamp Critters will perform at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library in La Jolla. At Mission Hills Library, author Suri Chan will discuss her new book, But I Don't Feel Empowered.

Tuesday, Census and Censibility New Plays Reading by Local Asian Writers will take place at the Southeast Live Well Center. It will be performed again at Diversionary Theatre the following Monday and at Malcolm X Library the following Tuesday. The Apichatpong Weerasethakul film Memoria will be screened at the Digital Gym as part of their ongoing DGC Video series.

Wednesday, there will be an International Day Celebration at America's Finest Charter School. The Comedy Showcase at Border X featuring a number of comedians.

Next Thursday, there will be a Native American Landscapes: Wisdom of the Land art exhibition at the California Center for the Arts. Comedian Paul Elia will perform at Charcoal House Restaurant. The all-female San Diego-based Sabrosas Latin Orchestra will perform at Belly Up.

Next Friday, the Digital Gym will screen Veselka, there will be additional screenings the following day (next Saturday). The Clinton Davis Stringband will play Americana music at Templar's Hall at Old Poway Park. Gabito Ballesteros who blends traditional Mexican sounds with more contemporary music will perform at The Magnolia.

Next Saturday and Sunday, the St. Spyridon Greek Festival will take place.

Next Saturday, at the Batiquitos Lagoon Nature Center, there will be a talk on the Cultural Resources of Batiquitos Lagoon. There will be a Thinking Shakespeare Live! presentation at the Old Globe Theatre. At AleSmith Brewing will host a Anime Kawaii Mini Convention. At the FRONT Arte Cultura the play Somos Aire will be performed.

Next Sunday, the House of the Philippines will hold their annual Lawn Program.

Local theatrical productions include Camelot at the North Coast Rep, Pásale Pásale at Bayfront Charter School, and Fat Ham at the Old Globe.

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.