LATEST IN ARTS & CULTURE
Future Is Color's Listening Room is an extension of the collective's events centering on liberation through music. The event asks people to think deeply about the world and the communities around them.
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A group of friends with no acting experience set out to make a sitcom inspired by life in Ocean Beach. The creators of "End of the 8" share how a passion project became an award-winning series powered by community, creativity and a whole lot of DIY spirit. -
The city is reopening bathrooms in Mission Bay that had been closed due to budget cuts. Plus, some former Major League Baseball players are crying foul over retirement benefits. And, how one local writer is bringing Indigenous horror to the forefront.
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Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson star in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Jane Schoenbrun's satirical film about a young filmmaker who's rebooting a fictional slasher franchise. -
Writer-director David Robert Mitchell knows what he's doing: this movie is silly, scary, and over-the-top all at once.
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TikTok made "Love Me Not" a Top 10 hit, but its rise felt disembodied from the artist behind it. On Blue Island, Lenae responds to a career plot twist by stepping into the past. -
Spotify, one of the largest streaming companies in the world, says it will soon start labeling AI profiles posing as human artists.
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Milo Corvino has been reading tarot cards since he was young, and now they have a business offering readings at markets, coffee shops and other venues across San Diego county. -
CatVideoFest 2026 opens Friday night at downtown’s Digital Gym Cinema, featuring 75 minutes of feline high jinks.
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Margaret Noble's "Drift" at the Timken; Twilight Poetry at Queen Califia's Magical Circle; Salvador González at Por Vida; "Arcadia" closing weekend; "Ni Mi Madre" at Diversionary; weird short films in North Park and more art in San Diego this weekend. -
As local families stock up on back-to-school supplies, the Library Foundation SD urged parents to pick up a free library card.
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The left-handed MLB pitcher was 31 years old when he tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow in 1974, an injury that had been a death knell for pitchers' careers up to that point. -
The viral, no-frills meal prep trend of meat and rice is popular among gym bros. But nutrition experts warn that it lacks essential variety. -
Betting on what people say is becoming an increasingly popular category of prediction market sites. Now, federal officials have opened a probe examining whether those markets are a magnet for manipulators. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe New York Times has compiled a list of the top 50 thriller novels; we talk about what made the cut. Then, hear from two horror filmmakers presenting at FilmOut. And finally, your weekend preview. -
Cinema Junkie talks about queer horror and indie filmmaking with Michael Varrati and Brendan Haley, the filmmakers behind "Scorch Marks," a new apocalyptic, supernatural horror tale. Their film will have its world premiere at FilmOut, San Diego’s LGBTQ Film Festival.
Latest Arts Events
Common Theory Card Show
Sunday, August 16, 2026 from 12 PM to 4 PM
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Common Theory Public House
Free
Shakespearean Dramaturgy in Action
Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 3 PM
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Coronado Public Library
Free
The Complete Brandenburgs: Part II
Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 3 PM
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The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
Cozy Girls Day Party
Sunday, August 16, 2026 from 3 PM to 8 PM
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Good Night John Boy
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Ruth and Emilia - Special Queen Califia's Magical Circle Garden Show
Sunday, August 16, 2026 from 4 PM to 5 PM
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Queen Califia's Magical Circle Garden in Kit Carson Park
Free
seeTrees
Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 4 PM
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Winstons Beach Club
Free
Queer Salsa Sunsets at the Park
Sunday, August 16, 2026 from 5 PM to 7 PM
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Balboa Park
Free
Becoming A Florist Series: Tall Arrangement Workshop
Sunday, August 16, 2026 from 6 PM to 8 PM
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Native Poppy
$175
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