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San Diego weekend arts events: SummerFest, fiber art and dance exploring chronic pain

There's more to culture in San Diego than comics: SummerFest chamber music in La Jolla; performance art and ancestral memory in San Ysidro; textile art in Oceanside; small press writers in South Park; dance about chronic pain in City Heights; Shakespeare in Balboa Park; live music picks and more weekend arts. And OK, Comic-Con, too.

Asia and Robert Estigoy of ToshWerks are shown at the North Park Library on July 14, 2025. The Estigoys have exhibited at Comic-Con for decades — and even as Comic-Con evolves and the work to stock a booth seems a bit untenable, they return each year. Year-round, they bring creative education to San Diego area libraries and communities.

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Can Comic-Con pay the bills? For San Diego's ToshWerks, it's a decades-long, joy-filled gamble

Local art, design and education studio ToshWerks has exhibited at Comic-Con for decades. Even as the convention evolves and the work to stock a booth grows more demanding, they return each year. Year-round, they bring creative education to libraries and communities across San Diego County.

Arts & Culture

San Diego weekend arts events: Mall art, Marvel tunes and drag

This weekend in the arts in San Diego: Art Through the Glass at the Chula Vista Center Mall; the San Diego Symphony performs iconic Marvel music; Particle FM and Intervals bring sound art to Quint Gallery; "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" at North Coast Rep; San Diego International Mariachi Summit; drag performances at The Old Globe's AXIS: Pride; plus live music picks and more.

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'The Art of Tango II'