LATEST IN ARTS & CULTURE
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So, you’re in San Diego during Comic-Con weekend, but there’s a problem: no badge. Don’t worry, KPBS has compiled a list of offsite events you can attend without a badge and still be a part of the fun.
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The audacity of Tyler, the Creator's latest release might shoulder-shimmy right past you without an abbreviated crash course on the oh-so-fraught history between rap and dance. -
From cosplay to comics legends, monsters to manga, here are some of the most compelling panels happening Friday at Comic-Con 2025 — grouped by theme to help you plan your day.
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KPBS Midday EditionFour artists will explore themes of diasporic identity and more in an upcoming performance arts festival, as part of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Emerging Artist Fellowship. -
KPBS Midday EditionWe look at the impact anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and legislation is having on youth and their families — and how some young people are using art to navigate the current moment.
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From celebrity sightings to family traditions, here are the moments that make Comic-Con special, according to KPBS audience members. -
Often called the "Oscars of the comics industry," Comic-Con hosts the 37th annual Eisner Awards on Friday, celebrating top comics creators and titles across 32 categories.
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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. -
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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To celebrate, go see the Mexican slasher film "Grave Robbers" screening Sunday at Digital Gym Cinema. -
The characters in the romantic comedy Materialists, Celine Song's follow-up to Past Lives, see the dating pool in terms of the "market" – people are evaluated by how "competitive" they are and marriage is treated like an equation to be solved. -
This weekend in the arts: EXPO Design Market at MCASD; Fiber Fest at San Diego Craft Collective; Kinfolk Fest; Coronado Playhouse's Free Classics: "As You Like It"; San Diego Dance Theater's "Resilient Skies I"; Juneteenth; City Heights Street Food Fest; Lyrical Groove; "Indian Princesses"; live music picks and more.
Latest Arts Events
Mission Valley 'Valley Vibes' Summer Concert Series: Shea Givens
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 5 PM
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Mission Valley
Free
Comic-Con Trivia at OB Playground
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 from 6 PM to 8 PM
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City Tacos OB Playground
INT'L CAFE at Pure Project Brewing
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 from 6 PM to 9 PM
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Pure Project Balboa Park
Free
Father John Misty
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 7 PM
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Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
$35+
Streetlight Manifesto
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 7 PM
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The Observatory North Park
$47.70
'How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days' at Rooftop Cinema Club Embarcadero
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 7 PM
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Rooftop Cinema Club Embarcadero
Up Close: A Conversation with Pixar’s Pete Docter and Michael Giacchino
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Epstein Family Amphitheater
$25–$60
Jake Scott
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 8 PM
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Music Box
$37.80 - $162
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