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LATEST IN ARTS & CULTURE
Art Pharmacy CEO Chris Appleton speaks at an event hosted by Catalyst of San Diego and Imperial Counties on July 9, 2025. The organizations are collaborating to bring social prescribing to San Diego.
Courtesy of San Ysidro Health
A U.K.-born approach to health care is coming to San Diego, where doctors will prescribe art and culture to help young patients ease anxiety and depression.
MORE ARTS & CULTURE
  • Regarded as the finest work from the first great era of Chinese filmmaking, Fei Mu’s quiet, piercingly poignant study of adulterous desire and guilt-ridden despair is a remarkable film.
  • The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.
  • "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" is a 2011 animated short film directed by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg, and produced by Moonbot Studios in Shreveport, Louisiana. Described as an "allegory about the curative powers of story," the film centers on bibliophile Lessmore and his custodianship of a magical library of flying books. It was created using computer animation, miniatures and traditional hand-drawn techniques.
Latest Arts Events

28th Annual Lemon Festival

Saturday, August 16, 2025 from 11 AM to 6 PM
Downtown Chula Vista
Free

Håfa Adai Festival

Saturday, August 16, 2025 from 11 AM to 5 PM
House of Chamorros
Free

National Rum Day at The Rooftop Bar

Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 11 AM
The Rooftop Bar at Mission Pacific Beach Resort

Tony Gwynn Day with Mr. Padre 2000 & 3000 Beer Release

Saturday, August 16, 2025 from 12 PM to 10 PM
AleSmith Brewing Company
Free

Hillcrest Classic Car Show

Saturday, August 16, 2025 from 1 PM to 3:30 PM
5th & Penn
Free

Saturday Cinema Club - 'High School Musical'

Saturday, August 16, 2025 from 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
El Cajon Branch Library
Free
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