This weekend in the arts: The Old Globe commemorates Juneteenth by celebrating Black creativity; 'Final Fantasy' video game music gets the chamber orchestra treatment; Alice Walker's powerful story comes to Carlsbad; plus more art, culture and live music picks for the weekend.
| The Old Globe brings back their popular Juneteenth Celebration, which is a free, family-friendly and community-oriented event. Each year they bring together musicians, actors, storytellers, poets and other artists to share an original play and other entertainment that celebrates San Diego's Black creative community.
La Jolla Music Society will host the New World Players chamber ensemble to perform some of the compositions and themes from"Final Fantasy," including work by composers Nobuo Uematsu, Masayoshi Soken and more.| The fourth annual City Heights Street Food Fest returns to University Ave. between 37th and 38th streets in City Heights, with food, performances, live music, art and family-friendly activities.
Ortiz-Rubio's work is atmospheric in many ways, often featuring cloud formations and informed by concepts of time and space and the passing, fleeting moments of clouds moving overhead. I love the idea of her work being in conversation with something so old. She will be at work on the mural Wednesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3:30. The work will be completed by July 17 and then be on view through Sept. 29.In residence through June 28. Artist on-site: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Saturday is also Visions Museum's Pop-Up Market, with booths from Claudia B. Rodriguez , Faith Orcino, Aida Flores, Mely Barragán and Poeter. The market is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Ken Jewish Community presents a Spanish-language production of"La Obra," a play that follows a theater company working against the odds to put on a play themselves . This show is part of JFest 2024 and is performed by Teatro Punto y Coma at the Old Globe.
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