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This weekend in the arts: The Lyrical Groove, Glen Wilson, rock journalism at Small Press Nite, Disco Riot, Jasper Johns, Don Bartletti, "Next to Normal," plus live music picks and more arts events.

Mexicali-based artist has opened his first solo show in San Diego at Bread & Salt in Logan Heights

This weekend in the arts: New exhibitions at Bread and Salt, Best Practice, Athenaeum Art Center, ICA San Diego North, Cannon Art Gallery, and the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library; three stages of music at the San Diego Festival of Arts; and "Come Fall in Love" at The Old Globe.

This weekend in the arts: The San Diego Gay Men's Chorus, two Christmas album release concerts from Matrida and SACRA/PROFANA, small works at Quint Gallery, Golden State Ballet's "Nutcracker," Cognate Collective closes at Best Practice, and a North Park LEGO exhibition.

The return of an audience favorite at Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater comes on the heels of pandemic-era Instagram teatimes with an eccentric, prolific artist — and his friend Henri.