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Our roundup of arts and culture to discover in San Diego this month: Visual art, music, theater, dance, outdoor festivals, books, film and more. Up next: Art Alive at San Diego Museum of Art; WOW Festival at UC San Diego; San Diego Symphony's "The Mountain That Loved a Bird"; San Diego Book Crawl, Fern Street Circus Neighborhood Tour; Natalie Gonzalez at Oceanside Museum of Art; Sídro Saturdays at The Front; "Harvest & Gather" at the Athenaeum and more.
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It's a slow week on the Billboard charts, but Jack Black breaks a surprising record on the chart. Plus, rapper Doechii lands her first Top 10 album and Alex Warren's 'Ordinary' continues to move up the Hot 100. -
To foster equity and community, people gather several times a year to sing together in Portland, Oregon. The woman behind this effort has twice been nominated for a Grammy in music education.
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KPBS Midday EditionThis hour, we're jamming out for Jazz Appreciation Month with local musicians and jazz enthusiasts. -
KPBS Midday EditionA new exhibit displays Black Americans’ relationship to the Pacific Ocean between the 16th and 20th centuries. Then, we preview of the Without Walls Festival and the San Diego Book Crawl.
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French violinist and social media influencer Esther Abrami releases her new album, Women, featuring music by female composers in a bid to redress historic biases. -
Billy McFarland says he will sell the brand "to an operator that can fully realize its vision." The news comes days after the postponement of Fyre Festival 2, which was scheduled for late May.
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La Jolla Playhouse's four-day festival celebrates theater without walls — interactive, immersive and unexpected. -
The popular North Park eatery launched Mabel's Gone Painting, a rotating art exhibit featuring resident artists and community events. "We live in a world where it's hard to make a living making something with your hands and to be supported by your neighborhood. And I think that's what artists and neighborhood restaurants are trying to do," said owner Chelsea Coleman.
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By examining the value of libraries in the distant and recent past, this PBS film makes a compelling case for the importance of the American public library system today. -
The second volume in Pulitzer-winning historian Rick Atkinson's planned trilogy on the American Revolution publishes Tuesday. Plus a graphic memoir, short fiction, and "the secret life" of a cemetery. -
Matthew Specktor grew up the son of a famous Hollywood agent. In The Golden Hour he serves up family saga, cultural criticism, fictionalized biography, history and lament for a vanishing world.
Latest Arts Events
Blue Bouquet Paint and Sip
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 from 6 PM to 8:30 PM
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Giaola Italian Kitchen
$48.00
The Whiskey House April Tasting with Redbreast Irish Whiskey
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 from 6 PM to 10 PM
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The Whiskey House
$60.95
Pizza Port Brewing Breadmaking Class - April
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 from 7 PM to 8:30 PM
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Pizza Port
$60.00
Malpaso Dance Company
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Epstein Family Amphitheater
$30
April Named ‘Arts, Culture & Creativity’ Month in Escondido
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 8 AM
Ongoing until April 30, 2025
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Escondido's Historic Downtown
Free
The Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 9 AM
Ongoing until May 1, 2025
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The Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch
59 Acres - An Immersive, Speculative Sound Walk
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 9 AM
Ongoing until June 30, 2025
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La Jolla Playhouse
Free
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