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WorldBeat Cultural Center's Juneteenth celebration features the unveiling of a community quilt and honors the artistry, history and deeper meaning behind African American quilting traditions.
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Haim leaves it all behind. Hotline TNT turns it up to 11. Yaya Bey threatens fear with a good time. World Cafe host Raina Douris joins Stephen Thompson to discuss their favorite albums out today. -
Presented by the San Diego Black Artist Collective, the festival features dance, poetry, play readings, gospel music and more through Sunday.
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LGBTQ+ leaders are warning of a "profound crisis" at San Diego Pride over concerns about leadership and the organization's vision. Plus, we talk about the personal impact of the Trump administration's transgender military ban. -
KPBS Midday EditionWe sit down with a scholar to discuss the history and significance of Juneteenth. Plus, an upcoming BBQ celebrating Black joy and a preview of the Black Arts Festival.
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This story was first published in 2019, marking the 50th Comic-Con in San Diego. We're bringing it back in 2025 to celebrate the fans who helped shape the convention into what it is today. -
The two-story, 13,000-square-foot arcade offers retro and modern games, pinball, art and more.
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As San Diegans respond to recent government actions through art, we look at how protest signs, zines and installations connect today’s movements to a long history of resistance. -
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.
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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. -
The festival, presented by the nonprofit organization Karama, showcases Arab cinema and cuisine over two weekends at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park,ƒ featuring award-winning films and stories from Gaza, the West Bank and beyond. -
"Fashioning an Icon" explores the use of the Virgin of Guadalupe in fashion, textiles and adornment in Mexico and the San Diego border region. The exhibit includes work by locals Claudia Rodríguez-Biezunski, Diana Benavídez and Arianna Ytselle alongside nearly 70 Mexican artists. It is on view April 5 through Sept. 7.
Latest Arts Events
Call for Art | 33rd Annual Juried Exhibition Deadline | Athenaeum Music & Arts Library | La Jolla
Friday, June 20, 2025 at 8 AM
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Atheneum Music & Arts Library
$15 / $20
Barenaked Ladies
Friday, June 20, 2025 at 7 PM
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Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
$39+
House of Blues: Randy Blythe
Friday, June 20, 2025 from 7 PM to 11 PM
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House of Blues San Diego
$55
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