LATEST IN ARTS & CULTURE
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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The San Diego Public Library will celebrate "Wuthering Heights" with dance this Saturday. -
Alex G jumps to a major. Paramore's Zac Farro goes retro. Jim Legxacy levels up. See our long list of albums out today and listen to the New Music Friday podcast.
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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. -
KPBS Midday EditionSummer vacation can bring with it a loss of learning gains. Two local education programs discuss the issue of literacy gaps and how to combat learning loss.
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Last year, we talked to the CEO and founder of San Diego-based PSYONIC about their Ability Hand — a bionic prosthetic limb. PSYONIC is back at Comic-Con this year, hosting a panel with Ability Hand users. -
Filmmaker Ari Aster, who wrote and directed Midsommar and Hereditary, returns to theaters this weekend with a conspiracy-laden story set in the spring of 2020.
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This weekend in the arts in San Diego: "Infinite Rivers" in San Ysidro; Jean Lowe and Rancholo at Best Practice; Scandinavian artists at Madison Gallery; "Access" in Bonita; "Beethoven by the Bay"; a Rachmaninoff festival; plus film, dance and live music picks. -
Denja Harris opened her first solo museum exhibition this week at the Oceanside Museum of Art. Her soft sculptures explore perceptions of being a Black woman and invite viewers to embrace the unknown.
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Holly Gibney is back in King's thriller, Never Flinch. The Stalker follows a manipulative man. Happily ever after is evasive in Consider Yourself Kissed. Plus, new work from Tash Aw and Etgar Keret. -
This novel stands apart from other tales of mothers stretched too thin. Jessica Stanley weaves family frustrations with British politics and global events because our life and our times are connected. -
What do you get if you add poems that are "Shel Silverstein meets Rumi for kids" with pictures of yetis and primordial slime? Words with Wings and Magic Things, a book of illustrated poems for kids.
Latest Arts Events
Industry Summer Bar Olympics at The Smoking Gun
Monday, July 21, 2025 at 3 PM
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The Smoking Gun
Mission Valley 'Valley Vibes' Summer Concert Series: Freddie Walton
Monday, July 21, 2025 at 5 PM
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Mission Valley
Free
Daniel Silva: New York Times Bestselling Author of 'An Inside Job'
Monday, July 21, 2025 at 7 PM
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David and Dorothea Garfield Theatre, Lawrence Family JCC
$36-$48
'Table of Contents': A Community Collectors' Showcase Open Registration
Monday, July 21, 2025 at 7 AM
Ongoing until August 30, 2025
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San Diego Central Public Library
Free
Witherby, An Elegant Dining Destination
Monday, July 21, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Ongoing until July 31, 2025
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Witherby, The Bar at the Beau
Summer Theater Camps 2025, June 2 - August 8
Monday, July 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Ongoing until August 8, 2025
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Theater for Young Professionals
$250 - $450
Summer Camp: Installation Exploration: Transforming Space Through Art (Ages 7 – 9)
Monday, July 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Ongoing until July 25, 2025
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Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego: La Jolla
$400 - $450
Mini Makers Preschool Summer Craft Camp
Monday, July 21, 2025 at 9 AM
Ongoing until July 22, 2025
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San Diego Craft Collective
$225
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