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. -
1960s pop star Connie Francis has died. The first female singer to chart a number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, she sold over 40 million records before the age of 25.
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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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The second volume in Pulitzer-winning historian Rick Atkinson's planned trilogy on the American Revolution publishes Tuesday. Plus a graphic memoir, short fiction, and "the secret life" of a cemetery. -
Matthew Specktor grew up the son of a famous Hollywood agent. In The Golden Hour he serves up family saga, cultural criticism, fictionalized biography, history and lament for a vanishing world. -
The Secret Life of a Cemetery is a paean to the renowned Parisian cemetery, Père Lachaise. There, 10,000 visitors a day seek the graves of some 4,500 notable figures.
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Mini Mingei - Toddler-Centered Folk Art, Craft, and Design
Friday, July 18, 2025 from 10 AM to 11 AM
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Mingei International Museum: Balboa Park
$12 for One Adult and One Child
Del Mar Opening Day Presented by Caesars Sportsbook
Friday, July 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Del Mar Racetrack
Concerts in the Courtyard - Nightshade Navarro and The Cloudmakers
Friday, July 18, 2025 from 12 PM to 1 PM
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La Jolla Community Center
Free
Pride Artisan Market
Friday, July 18, 2025 from 1 PM to 5 PM
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Alma
Pride Paint & Sip
Friday, July 18, 2025 from 1 PM to 4 PM
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Alma
$45 - $80
Presidio Walking Tour
Friday, July 18, 2025 at 1 PM
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The Junípero Serra Museum in Presidio Park
$15 for SDHC Members | $20 for non members
North City Hosts Free Outdoor Movie Screening of Disney's 'Finding Nemo'
Friday, July 18, 2025 at 5 PM
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North City
Free
Vista Vegan Night Market
Friday, July 18, 2025 from 5 PM to 9 PM
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The Boochyard | Local Roots Kombucha
Free
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