LATEST IN ARTS & CULTURE
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From animation to audiobooks, two performers share how they find their voices, build characters and navigate the challenges of a competitive, unseen profession.
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Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks recorded an album as a duo before joining Fleetwood Mac. It wasn't a hit in 1973. But after much anticipation, it's due to get its first reissue in September. -
black british music (2025), the new project from multi-hyphenate Jim Legxacy, tells the story of a U.K. rap scene overspilling its borders as it rarely has before.
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KPBS Midday EditionHear from longtime attendees who have covered Comic-Con in various ways — reporting on major headlines and spotlighting independent artists and creators — and what they think makes the pop culture juggernaut special. -
KPBS Midday EditionThis year, the Midday Edition team takes you live inside the convention center! Hear about the roots of Comic-Con in America's Finest City, and how creators are representing their culture through art, stories and more.
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Through the Comic-Con Artist Intensive program, students ages 14 to 22 get a three-day crash course in comic-making — and a chance to pitch to professionals. -
The Robert A. Heinlein Blood Drive is the San Diego Blood Bank’s largest and longest-running event. It began in 1977.
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There's more to culture in San Diego than comics: SummerFest chamber music in La Jolla; performance art and ancestral memory in San Ysidro; textile art in Oceanside; small press writers in South Park; dance about chronic pain in City Heights; Shakespeare in Balboa Park; live music picks and more weekend arts. And OK, Comic-Con, too. -
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.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Tina Knowles, the mother of artists Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Solange Knowles, about her new memoir, "Matriarch." -
The 2025 San Diego Book Crawl highlights the region’s thriving independent bookseller community, including its newest addition, Hey Books! in East Village. -
Nat Cassidy's wildly entertaining novel is a superb example of how to work with clichés. When the Wolf Comes Home might sound like a werewolf novel — but it's an entirely different animal.
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Ignite & Align: A Mid-Summer Reset Sound Bath
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
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Fenton Parkway
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Fantastical Fiction Forum - 'Embassytown' by China Mieville
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 from 6:30 PM to 7:45 PM
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San Diego Central Public Library
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Beck with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park
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'Table of Contents': A Community Collectors' Showcase Open Registration
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 7 AM
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San Diego Central Public Library
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Witherby, An Elegant Dining Destination
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Summer Theater Camps 2025, June 2 - August 8
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Theater for Young Professionals
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Summer Camp for Grades 3rd - 5th: Picture Perfect Photography Camp
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 9 AM
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San Diego Writers, Ink
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