Encanto Block Party Music Festival, AAPI artist exhibit, and weekend arts events
About this episode
The episode discusses various arts and culture events happening in San Diego, including the Encanto Block Party Music Festival and an AAPI artist exhibit.
There is no shortage of arts and culture events to check out in San Diego this weekend, from a block party and music festival in Encanto to a new fellowship-driven art exhibition in National City . Thursday on Midday Edition, we speak with some of the creative forces involved in both events. Then, we highlight what else you can check out in your weekend arts preview. Guests: Kamau Kenyatta , artistic director, Encanto Block Party Music Festival Gaidi Finnie, executive director, San Diego African American Museum of Fine Art Armaan Mumtaz , artist, AAPI Emerging Artists Fellow Julia Dixon Evans , arts reporter and host, "The Finest," KPBS Links: Encanto Block Party Music Festival — San Diego Black Arts and Culture District AAPI Emerging Artist Fellowship website
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