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I’m David L. Coddon, and here’s your guide to all things essential in San Diego’s arts and culture this week. To say that there’s more than meets the eye when observing the artwork of Baseera Khan would be an understatement. Deep within the materials Khan uses in multidisciplinary projects are both inner explorations and experiences with and within a complex world. “I think about material and its production and infrastructure and how it influences economies,” said Khan, who is the current artist-in-residence at Lux Art Institute in Encinitas and whose works are on exhibit ther...

I’m David L. Coddon, and here’s your guide to all things essential in San Diego’s arts and culture this week. After a year’s hiatus because of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pacific Arts Movement’s Spring Showcase of films celebrating Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander identity is back. The festival, which begins tomorrow and runs through May 2, returns at a time when, says Pacific Arts Movement Artistic Director Brian Hu, “More now than in a generation eyes are on the Asian American community in many ways.” Advertisement “Now is an opportunity to show that th...

I’m David L. Coddon, and here’s your guide to all things essential in San Diego’s arts and culture this week. Are we starved for positive messages or what? I found some, appropriately enough, during the just-completed Easter/Passover season in a virtual offering from the free “Live with Carnegie Hall” livestream series. Producers Ray and Vivian Scott Chew hosted an hour of R&B and gospel music titled “Be the Light: A Joyful Celebration” that’s intended to uplift, inspire and bridge the sociopolitical and cultural divides tormenting us as a nation. Reflecting that mission i...

I’m David L. Coddon, and here’s your guide to all things essential in San Diego’s arts and culture this week. Two timeless songs performed by Chester Gregory during his “Higher & Higher: A Rock ‘n’ Soul Shindig” concert stirred me to the core, because when the virtual show was over, I turned to Alexa and asked her to play “A Change is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke, and after that “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye. I just had to hear them again, in their original incarnations. Not that Gregory, a Broadway performer with “Hairspray” and “Sister Act” and “Motown: ...

I’m David L. Coddon, and here’s your guide to all things essential in San Diego’s arts and culture this week. It’s appropriate that Ziggy Marley’s first show of 2021 performing with his entire band behind him will be at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach. “I grew up there,” said Marley. “As a teenager and as an adult, for me it’s a special place.” Advertisement Tickets for this livestreaming concert, which begins tonight at 6:30, are $20. The son of reggae legend Bob Marley has been busy, even with live performances in front of audiences on the shelf for now. He col...