We have a big holiday weekend at Rich’s coming up.

First up on Friday is the Dirty Pop! Let Have a Kiki Video Premiere party at Rich’s, sponsored by the provocative yet popular local t-shirt company IZZMS.

SAN DIEGO – City, school and civic officials will dedicate upgraded joint-use athletic facilities in North Park on Thursday morning.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony will be from 10 to 11 am Thursday, Dec. 6, at 4041 Oregon St. at the site of the former North Park Elementary School, now ALBA High at North Park.

Speakers will include San Diego City Council president Todd Gloria, who represents the district, and San Diego school board member Richard Barrera.

SAN DIEGO – “In The Family,” the tour-de-force debut film by Patrick Wang, who is the star, screenwriter, director and producer, returns to San Diego on Friday, Dec. 7, for an encore performance. The movie also opens that day in San Francisco and San Jose, Calif.

Wang’s film was a big hit at the 2011 San Diego Asian Film Festival, where it was named Best Narrative Feature. And Wang was selected by festival programmers to receive the George C. Lin Emerging Filmmaker Award for his stirring drama.

KAMPALA, Uganda – Parliament remains up to its ears in debate over a controversial oil bill, meaning that the MPs have not yet turned their attention to the “Kill The Gays” bill that is ranked as the next priority.

Activists and concerned citizens say they are hoping that the session will run out on Dec. 14 without a vote on the draconian “Kill The Gays” bill, formally known as the Anti-Homosexuality Bill.