LATEST IN ARTS & CULTURE
Noa Barankin
/
La Jolla Playhouse
The Without Walls (WOW) Festival features interactive, site-specific performances across campus this weekend.
-
Julianna Zachariou is making music in a world where streams pay pennies, forcing independent artists to get creative just to stay in the game. From crowdfunding to pushing for new legislation, she's fighting for change in the industry. -
KPBS Midday EditionThis Earth Day, we talk about the collective action to protect the environment — from gardens to cultural change.
-
Bigfoot is popping up everywhere — in low-budget horror films, in festivals around the country, and even in a critically acclaimed musical. -
Sophy Romvari's debut feature is a moving, semi-autobiographical account of a family doing everything they can to try to help their teen son.
-
The Dominican singer Tokischa built her career through a series of transgressions. On a new album, she veers in a different direction. -
The stadium-filling singer-songwriter's fourth album is full of finely detailed songs that expand his sound without sacrificing subtlety.
-
The new one-night festival at Queen Bee's showcases five films from queer and femme filmmakers who bite back. -
The hit Netflix series brings in a new cast that includes Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan, and even more beef.
-
This weekend in the arts in San Diego: "Alien Girls" at The Old Globe; Record Store Day; astronomy-inspired experimental music at Bread & Salt; alternative photography at Cannon Art Gallery; "Giants" at MCASD; Freak Slug at Soda Bar and more. -
Swizz Beats and Alicia Keys' exhibit at MCASD includes more than 130 works by Black diaspora artists, alongside an adjacent exhibition of local photography. Admission is free for the public opening Saturday, April 18.
MORE ARTS & CULTURE
-
What does it mean to monetize your offspring? To turn their childhood into content? In Like, Follow, Subscribe Fortesa Latifi explores what drives parents to become family influencers. -
-
In Season 2 of Beef, Isaac plays Josh, a country club manager whose life is unravelling. He got into character by imagining how Victor Frankenstein would feel trapped inside Josh's "small life." -
"Men can't see the mess." "Women are better at chores." These myths position women to take on more emotional thinking, says researcher Leah Ruppanner. She shares what works to reclaim your headspace. -
The Pulitzer-winning composer, whose unconventional music reflects the rugged landscapes he lives in, talks about his relationship to nature and his new piece Horizon.
Latest Arts Events
Earth Day Afternoon Tea
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 from 2 PM to 4 PM
- Add to Google Calendar
- Add to Outlook Calendar
Download ICS file
Rancho Bernardo Inn
$114.00 per person
Earth Day Open Market
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 from 3 PM to 7 PM
- Add to Google Calendar
- Add to Outlook Calendar
Download ICS file
Burtech Family Vineyard
Free
Scripps Research Front Row Lecture
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 from 4 PM to 6 PM
- Add to Google Calendar
- Add to Outlook Calendar
Download ICS file
Scripps Research Auditorium
Free
NU Speaker Series: Productivity Begins at the End
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 from 4 PM to 5 PM
- Add to Google Calendar
- Add to Outlook Calendar
Download ICS file
Virtual
Free
Bobby Cressey
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
- Add to Google Calendar
- Add to Outlook Calendar
Download ICS file
La Jolla Music Society - The Wu Tsai QRT.yrd
Free
Twisted Trivia: Hannah Montana
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 from 6 PM to 9 PM
- Add to Google Calendar
- Add to Outlook Calendar
Download ICS file
Quartyard SD
Free
Common Ground: An Earth Day Writing Gathering
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 from 6:30 PM to 9 PM
- Add to Google Calendar
- Add to Outlook Calendar
Download ICS file
San Diego Writers, Ink
$45-52.50
Stay informed about San Diego's vibrant arts scene with the KPBS Arts & Culture page and newsletter.
Together with the KPBS/Arts Calendar, you'll find news, reviews, events, profiles and other arts and culture stories.
Together with the KPBS/Arts Calendar, you'll find news, reviews, events, profiles and other arts and culture stories.
KPBS/Arts Newsletter
Get the inside scoop on arts and culture in San Diego!
San Diego's creative scene is thriving in unexpected ways. Musicians are crowdfunding their careers. Tea culture is evolving. A painter's lost dreams spark a bold new vision. The city's last alt-weekly falls, but its rebellious spirit fights on. And in a rare conversation, the city's outgoing and incoming poets laureate dig into the power of words. The Finest brings you the artists, advocates and disruptors redefining culture in San Diego.