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Balboa Park's Museum Of Photographic Arts Reopens Friday With New Exhibits
- April 16
- By City News Service
The museum opened its doors to welcome a new exhibition embracing the creative nature of young talent.

Influential: Joshua White's (Local) Playlist
- April 15
- By Harrison Patiño , Julia Dixon Evans
San Diego jazz pianist Joshua White gives us a playlist of impactful local musicians, and talks to us about working with each. Settle in for some jazz, some stories and a glimpse into the life of a performer during the pandemic.

San Diego Weekend Art Events: Holly Hofmann, Tatiana Ortiz-Rubio, Adrien Couvrat, Julia Alvarez And T.Jay Santa Ana
- April 15
- By Julia Dixon Evans
Our weekend arts picks include ElectricLouieLand's Anthology Series, Quint ONE, Ariel Quartet, BLK Box, Art Produce and a new massive, outdoor mural at Bread and Salt.

Art Exhibition Shares Portraits, Stories Of The Unsheltered In Oceanside
- April 15
- By Julia Dixon Evans, Tania Thorne
'Stories from the Street' exhibition and expo at Hill Street Country Club shares portraits and stories of its most immediate neighbors, with a week of programming and services addressing homelessness.

Port Of Entry Podcast: How One Border Family Is Using Their COVID-19 Tragedy To Reach Others
- April 14
- By Kinsee Morlan
In a new episode of “Port of Entry,” a podcast from KPBS and PRX, the Covarrubiases share their family’s battle with COVID-19 in hopes that their story might help other families like theirs rebuild trust in their families AND in the public health system that’s trying to reach them.

San Diego Opera Brings 'Barber Of Seville' To Drive-In
- April 13
- By Beth Accomando
San Diego Opera is staging two outdoor drive-in shows this month: the first is its annual One Amazing Night concert and the second is the comic opera "The Barber of Seville." Both will be drive-in events at the Pechanga Sports Arena parking lot.

The Cartography Of Poetry At Art Produce
- April 13
- By Julia Dixon Evans
Art Produce poet-in-residence Catherine Kineavy brings Julia Alvarez to local audiences, as well as public workshops and a poetry soapbox video series with local artists and performers.

Female Protagonists Declined Significantly In 2020 Films, SDSU Professor Finds
- April 13
- By City News Service
The percentage of top-grossing films featuring female protagonists dropped from 40% in 2019 to 29% in 2020, according to the latest "It's a Man's (Celluloid) World" report released Tuesday by the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University.

San Diego Symphony Prepares To Open 'The Shell'
- April 13
- By John Carroll
It was supposed to open last year, but then the pandemic hit. Now, the San Diego Symphony is preparing to open its spectacular new waterfront venue, The Shell.

California's ArcLight And Pacific Theaters To Close For Good
- April 13
- Lindsey Bahr / Associated Press
Hollywood’s theatrical business may be slowly rebounding but for some exhibitors the last year has been catastrophic. Pacific Theaters, which operates some 300 screens in California, including the beloved ArcLight theaters and the historic Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, said Monday that it will not be reopening.