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Lots more happening in San Diego in the next 2 weeks! Cross-cultural films, music from around the world, several cultural festivals, dance performances, talks, theatrical performances, pow-wows, workshops, talks, art exhibits, and more are happening around town!

All weekend long, the 51st Annual Barona Pow-wow will take place in Lakeside. And the 6th Annual Indian Youth Festival of North America will take place at the JCC.

Friday, there will be a Hayao Miyazaki Fan Art Show at Thumbprint Gallery. Tropa Magica will play at Quartyard. Comedian Ali Wong will perform stand-up at the Civic Theatre. Mexican super-star musician, singer & composer Marco Antonio Solis will perform at the Viejas Arena. There will be a Global Changemakers Awards Ceremony at Canyon Crest Academy at which the Consul General of Kenya will be a featured guest. Japanese noise-punk band The Wameki will perform at the Bancroft Bar. At the Vallarta Bar and Grill, Senderos de Mexico will play. The House of Blues will host a KPop Club Night.

Saturday at Liberty Station, there will be a Brazilian Day Festival. The House of Israel will offer an Israeli Dance event at the Hall of Nations in Balboa Park. Cinema Little Italy will screen the film Never Too Late for Love (Italian title: Astolfo). Isabel Marie Sánchez joins the San Diego Symphony for a Music of Selena Show at the Rady Shell. SocAfro Carnival, a fusion of Caribbean music and Afrobeats vibes, will take place at 716 6th Ave.

Sunday, the House of Ukraine will hold its annual Lawn Program at the International Cottages. You can enjoy African food and live performances at the Suya Festival taking place at Over the Border in Chula Vista. Puerto Rican singer/songwriter Kany García will perform at the House of Blues.

Monday, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again will screen at the Manchester Grand Hyatt.

Tuesday, Lori Bell & Trio de Janeiro will perform at Senses Human Bistro. The French film Children of Paradise will screen at the Digital Gym. Famed Jamaican reggae group Black Uhuru will be at the Belly Up.

Wednesday, the International Jewish Film Festival Kickoff will take place at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center.

Next Thursday, a 4-day LGBTQ Film Festival kicks off with several international films featured. The Roustabouts Theatre Co. will begin performances of the comedy, The Savoyard Murders. Performances will continue until the end of September. The psychedelic instrumental funk jazz trio from Tijuana Adeumazel will play at the Diamond Palace.

All next weekend, the Sycuan Pow-wow will take place in El Cajon.

Next Friday, there will be a Mezcal and Tequila Fiesta at the Lot in La Jolla. Fifty Years of Italian Music will be performed by Iris Moné, at the House of Italy in Balboa Park. MiraCosta College will screen the Jee-woon Kim film The Good the Bad the Weird. Nepalese singer Sugam Pokharel will perform at the Dancing Yak. Cumbia sonidera band Los Angeles Azules will perform at the Viejas Arena.

Next Saturday and Sunday the annual Cardiff Greek Festival will take place. At the Jackie Robinson Family YMCA, Afro Future Con will be held. At Dorothea L. Dance Place, there will be two days of Master Class Flamenco Workshops with world-renowned artists from Spain.

Next Saturday, at El Camino Memorial Park, there will be a Vietnamese "wandering souls" Vu Lan Celebration. At Embolden Beer Co, they will hold a Taste of Japan event featuring Japanese street food. At the Chinese Community Church, the House of China will hold a Moon Festival including a BBQ meal, moon cakes, a lion dance and a raffle. A Fiesta Flamenco will take place at The Turquoise - Cafe Bar Europa. Reggaeton artist Arcángel will perform at SDSU's Open Air Theater. Yiddishland will screen the film The Yidishe Gauchos.

Next Sunday, there will be an Indian Teej Celebration at Royal Banquet Halls. The Mexihco; The Journey Continues dance production by the Tierra Caliente Academy of Arts will take place at the California Center for the Arts. The San Diego Shakespeare Society will host an online talk with Dr. Rima Greenhill who will discuss The Role of English-Russian Relations in Love’s Labour’s Lost. A Spanish language Monologos de la Vagina will be performed at the Magnolia in El Cajon.

Local theatrical productions include Evita at the Cygnet Theatre, The Merry Wives of Windsor at the Old Globe, Cabaret, also at the Old Globe, A Weekend with Pablo Picasso at the New Village Arts Theatre (ends Sunday), and The Savoyard Murders at Scripps Ranch Theatre (begins next Thursday).

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.

Everyone here at the San Diego Participant Observer and the Worldview Project wish you fulfilling, illuminating, and culturally-rich experiences in the days ahead. See you next week!

Upcoming Events:
Ongoing and Extended Events
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Friday, September 1
4:00 PMHayao Miyazaki Fan Art Show
5:30 PMMusic: Tropa Magica
6:00 PM51st Annual Barona Powwow
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Global Changemakers Awards Ceremony
7:00 PMIndian Youth Festival
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Comedy: Ali Wong
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Stage: Evita
7:30 PMA Weekend with Pablo Picasso
8:00 PMStage: Cabaret
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Music: Marco Antonio Solis
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Stage: The Merry Wives of Windsor
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Music: The Wameki
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Music: Senderos de Mexico
9:00 PMKPop Club Night
Saturday, September 2
8:00 AM51st Annual Barona Powwow
9:00 AMIndian Youth Festival
10:00 AMBrazilian Day Festival
NOONHouse of Israel Dancing
2:00 PMStage: Evita
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A Weekend with Pablo Picasso
7:00 PMStage: Evita
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Film: Never Too Late for Love
7:30 PMA Weekend with Pablo Picasso
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The Music of Selena
8:00 PMMusic: Eden Munoz (CANCELED)
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Stage: The Merry Wives of Windsor
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Stage: Cabaret
10:00 PMSocAfro Carnival
Sunday, September 3
9:00 AMIndian Youth Festival
11:00 AMHouse of Ukraine Lawn Program
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Afrobeats Workshop
12:30 PM51st Annual Barona Powwow
2:00 PMStage: Cabaret
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A Weekend with Pablo Picasso
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Stage: Evita
3:00 PMSuya Festival
7:30 PMMusic: Kany García
8:00 PMStage: The Merry Wives of Windsor
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Stage: Cabaret
Monday, September 4
4:00 PMMamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Tuesday, September 5
6:00 PMMusic: Trio de Janeiro
7:00 PMStage: Cabaret
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Film: Children of Paradise
8:00 PMStage: The Merry Wives of Windsor
9:00 PMMusic: Black Uhuru
Wednesday, September 6
7:00 PMStage: Cabaret
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Stage: Evita
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International Jewish Film Festival Kickoff
8:00 PMStage: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Thursday, September 7
6:00 PMMusic: Adeumazel
7:00 PMStage: Evita
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Stage: Cabaret
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LGBTQ Film Festival
7:30 PMStage: The Savoyard Murders
8:00 PMStage: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Friday, September 8
All DAYSycuan Pow-Wow
1:00 PMLGBTQ Film Festival
6:00 PMMezcal and Tequila Fiesta
6:30 PMFifty Years of Italian Music
7:00 PMStage: Evita
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Music: Sugam Pokharel
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Film: The Good the Bad the Weird
7:30 PMStage: The Savoyard Murders
8:00 PMMusic: Los Angeles Azules
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Stage: Cabaret
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Stage: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Saturday, September 9
All DAYSycuan Pow-Wow
10:00 AMFlamenco Masterclass Workshops
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Cardiff Greek Festival
11:00 AMLGBTQ Film Festival
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Vu Lan Celebration
NOONAfro Future Con
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Taste of Japan
2:00 PMStage: Evita
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Stage: The Savoyard Murders
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Stage: Cabaret
6:00 PMHouse of China Moon Festival
6:30 PMFiesta Flamenco
7:00 PMStage: Evita
7:30 PMMusic: Arcángel
8:00 PMStage: Cabaret
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Stage: The Merry Wives of Windsor
9:00 PMFilm: The Yidishe Gauchos
Sunday, September 10
10:00 AMCardiff Greek Festival
11:00 AMTeej Celebration
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LGBTQ Film Festival
NOONAfro Future Con
2:00 PMDance: Mexihco - The Journey Continues
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Stage: Evita
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Stage: Cabaret
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Stage: The Savoyard Murders
3:00 PMTalk: The Role of English-Russian Relations in Love’s Labour’s Lost
6:00 PMMonologos de la Vagina
8:00 PMStage: The Merry Wives of Windsor
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Stage: Cabaret


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All of the musicians on this CD are renowned masters of their instruments. Led by the progressive banjo player Bela Fleck, the CD combines banjo, tabla, upright bass and the Indian flute called a bansuri. The instrumental compositions meld Western and Indian Classical motifs with jazz and bluegrass into a seamless organic whole. It is musical genre-bending at its best.

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This month's Book of the Month is The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise by acclaimed travel writer Pico Iyer. The book is a collection of essays which all touch on the ever so alluring idea of "finding paradise". Although some of the essays are focused on places that are often archetypically associated with serenity and calm such as Nepal and Japan, he challenges us to understand that his envisioning of "paradise" can and does exist in more tumultuous societies such as Iran, Kashmir and even in authoritarian North Korea.

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