Category: Video
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Mid-City YMCA Triathlon Welcomes All
People in the Mid-City area are busy, but they still made time to participate in the Price-Copely YMCA’s 2018 Halloweeen Triathlon. Now on its third year, the growing triathlon incorporates family-friendly activities for all ages. Staff, board members and community members alike participate in triathlon activities onsite. Alicia Branam, Associate Assistant Director at the Price-Copley…
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Annual Fundraiser RAJA Celebrates Diversity and Hope
“City of Diversity and Hope” is what Said Abiyow, president of the Somail Bantu Association, calls this annual fundraiser. The festival is more widely known as RAJA!, a word which means “hope” in Somali. Their goal for the RAJA! festival is to raise funds for the many services and education programs they provide through their…
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Somali Community Celebrates African Culture
On July 29, Somali Youth United produced San Diego African Culture Fest. People gathered to share culture, music, and arts at City Heights Performance Annex. Aster Keleta of Somali Youth United, a non-profit community organization that promotes the peace within their community. “People feel like they’re at home. That’s the best thing. It’s therapeutic for…
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Tacos and Dance Attract Customers to The Avenue Business District
The third Tuesday of every month from spring to fall a City Heights restaurant throws an outdoor party in their parking lot. On July 17 Super Cocina invited the Karen Organization of San Diego to perform cultural music and dance at the Fiesta on The Avenue Taco Tuesday event. Edwin Lohr of The Avenue, a…
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Matsuri Puppet Lecture Presented at Library’s Performance Annex
Zach Dorn of Pittsburgh, PA presented a lecture about Japan’s traditional Matsuri puppetry on June 28 at the City Heights Library’s Performance Annex. With a degree in Puppet Arts from University of Connecticut, Dorn spent a year in Japan and studying Japanese’s traditional Matsuri Karakuri Ningyo and working with Japanese theater artists. Karakuri Ningyo are…