LATEST IN ARTS & CULTURE
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The 2025 San Diego Fringe Festival runs through May 25, with performances at nine venues, including a new film showcase at SDSU.
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The 24-year-old survived the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on the Nova festival, and will perform a pop ballad, "New Day Will Rise." Israel's Eurovision participation has sparked protest due to the Gaza war. -
Motown legend Smokey Robinson is being criminally investigated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department following allegations accusing him of a series of sexual assaults.
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KPBS Midday EditionThe exhibit, "Taste San Diego: Filipino Culinary Journeys" explores Filipino American history and identity and its deep connections to San Diego. -
KPBS Midday EditionLocal author Mac Crane's latest book "A Sharp Endless Need" draws from their own experience as a former Division I basketball player.
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The Apple TV+ show takes what might be the oldest sci-fi premise there is — what does it mean to be human? — and mines it for comedy gold. -
The reality star and business mogul appeared in a courtroom Tuesday to testify about the night in 2016 when masked men tied her up at gunpoint and stole more than $6 million in jewelry.
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This weekend in the arts: "Jaja's African Hair Braiding," "The Counter," "Nighttime Julianne" and more theater openings; plein air art meets San Diego farms; Lucha Fest; anti-fascist art; San Diego Ballet; plus Wonderfront Festival and more live music picks -
This weekend in the arts: The "Hamilton" ticket lottery, Mother's Day activities and art, Alisa Weilerstein and Rafael Payare performing together, GI Film Festival San Diego and more.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel has spent years on high school reading lists. How are literature professors teaching it today? And do students still find it relevant? -
The pieces in “The Art of Autism: A Different Lens" are as wide-ranging as the autism spectrum itself. -
"Once you get the funk out there, it's not going back. You can't put it back in the box," says filmmaker Stanley Nelson. His new Independent Lens documentary is out now.
Latest Arts Events
Wonderfront Music & Arts Festival
Friday, May 16, 2025 at 9 AM
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San Diego Embarcadero
$139-$1,399
Nat at Night
Friday, May 16, 2025 from 5 PM to 10 PM
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San Diego Natural History Museum
Half price admission
Vista Vegan Night Market
Friday, May 16, 2025 from 5 PM to 9 PM
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The Boochyard | Local Roots Kombucha
Free
DMSC X Mujeres Brewhouse
Friday, May 16, 2025 from 6 PM to 8 PM
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Mujeres Brew House
The Menzingers
Friday, May 16, 2025 from 6:30 PM to 11 PM
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The Observatory North Park
$48 - $92
A Comedy Show at Thorn Street Brewery (North Park) *Surprise Headliner*
Friday, May 16, 2025 from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM
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Thorn St. Brewery
$15.00
Cameron Carpenter
Friday, May 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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St. James by the Sea Episcopal Church
$57 - $77
Wax, Cindy Lee Berryhill, Gayle Skidmore | Acoustic Evenings | Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
Friday, May 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
$5 Student, $18 Member, $23 General
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