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San Diego's Top Weekend Arts Events: From Beethoven To Toni Morrison

By Maureen Cavanaugh / KPBS Midday Edition Co-Host,  Nina Garin / Arts Calendar Editor and Producer
Published August 9, 2019 at 10:02 AM PDT
This story was published more than 4 years ago.
A promotional photo of Austin's The Miró Quartet .
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A promotional photo of Austin's The Miró Quartet .
San Diego’s Top Weekend Arts Events: From Beethoven To Toni Morrison
This weekend is all about celebrating the classics. From an exploration of Beethoven’s string quartets, to the history of L.A.’s Gold Star Recording Studios. Plus a popular alternative band returns.
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This weekend is all about honoring the greats, from an exploration of Beethoven’s string quartets, to a documentary about author Toni Morrison. Plus a popular alternative band returns to San Diego.

La Jolla Music Society's Complete Beethoven String Quartets

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Beethoven’s string quartets are considered some of the greatest music ever written, and this weekend La Jolla Music Society SummerFest continues to showcase them.

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As part of a two-season exploration of this music, the prestigious Brentano Quartet will perform. Brentano Quartet is the quartet-in-residence at the Yale School of Music and makes its SummerFest debut on Friday.

On Saturday, SummerFest favorite The Miro Quartet, will perform three more Beethoven pieces, including Quartet in F Major, the last major work the composer completed.

Details: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The Conrad, 7600 Fay Ave., La Jolla. $42 to $86; find tickets here.

A promotional poster for "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am" documentary.
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A promotional poster for "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am" documentary.

"Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am"

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Writer Toni Morrison died Monday night at age 88, and in her honor Digital Gym Cinema brings back a documentary about her called "The Pieces I Am."

Morrison was a private person, never writing a memoir and rejecting the idea of biographies. But this film was made by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, a photographer and close friend of Morrison's.

The movie centers around an extended interview where the Nobel Prize-winning author discusses everything from her writing career to work inequality.

Details: Various times from Friday, Aug. 9, through Thursday, Aug. 15. Digital Gym Cinema, 2921 El Cajon Blvd., North Park. $8.50 to $11; find showtimes and tickets to "The Pieces I Am."

A 2018 promotional photo of the band Death Cab for Cutie.
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A 2018 promotional photo of the band Death Cab for Cutie.

Death Cab for Cutie

Music

Alternative rock favorite Death Cab for Cutie returns to San Diego for two nights at The Observatory.

The band formed back in the mid 1990s and was known for its slow, earnest songs and lyrics that were full of wordplay and double meanings.

Later in its career, Death Cab for Cutie became a more polished band attracting mainstream attention and becoming a major influence for other indie and emo groups popular today.

Details: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The Observatory, 2891 University Ave., North Park. $60; find tickets to Death Cab for Cutie.

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Maureen Cavanaugh
Maureen Cavanaugh has been a familiar voice for KPBS listeners for more than 15 years, serving in a variety of capacities including announcer, host, and producer. As host of KPBS Midday Edition, Maureen has interviewed a wide range of notables, such as comedienne Sandra Bernhardt, actor John Lequizamo, author Chuck Palahniuk, composer Marvin Hamlisch, artist Robert Irwin, and designer Zandra Rhodes. But of all the interviews Maureen has conducted, her most special was with His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. Before joining KPBS in 1997, she worked as a news anchor for KSDO and KOGO News Radio in San Diego. While working for commercial radio stations in San Diego and in Salt Lake City, Utah, Maureen reported on both hard news and lifestyle features. Maureen has received three "Golden Mike" awards from the Radio and TV News Association of Southern California for economic reporting and breaking news. She has also received a "Best of Show" and “Best Radio Newscast” awards from the San Diego Press Club and the "Flo" Award from Public Radio Program Directors Association for Best Public Radio Announcer in a large market. Maureen is a native of Queens, New York, but after more than 20 years in San Diego she feels she qualifies as a real Southern Californian.
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Nina Garin
Nina Garin previously produced and edited the KPBS/Arts calendar. She also wrotes the weekly KPBS/Arts Newsletter and produced arts segments for Midday Edition. Before joining KPBS, Nina worked for nearly 20 years as an arts and entertainment reporter at The San Diego Union-Tribune. Along with covering the local arts community, she created the "Top Weekend Events" online calendar, profiled influential San Diegans for the "One-on-One" series, and reported live from Comic-Con, New York Fashion Week, and the Academy Awards. Nina is a native San Diegan, raised in Chula Vista and Tijuana, who was exposed to local arts at an early age. As a child, she tagged along to her mother's photography classes, taught by the late Michael Schnorr. She went to elementary school blocks away from Balboa Park and visited all the museums at least twice. While earning her English degree at San Diego State University, she participated in poetry readings and covered local music for The Daily Aztec. Nina has two daughters who study ballet, piano, and musical theater. She spends her free time pinning hair buns and perfecting stage makeup. Her husband, Matthew, is also a writer.
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