LATEST IN ARTS & CULTURE
Beth Accomando
A decade later, Arabella Benson's elaborate "Days of Future Past, Past" — reimagining the X-Men as 18th-century aristocrats — remains a fan favorite of the Comic-Con Masquerade stage.
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Kneecap, three young men from Northern Ireland who rap in Irish, has risen to prominence in recent years, with controversy surrounding its shows and political statements. -
The hip-hop mogul's legal saga has reached an uneasy outcome. Despite a tainted legacy and severed business ties, does his acquittal on the most serious charges leave room for a return?
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KPBS Midday EditionBruno Dominguez is one of 110 high school students who competed at the National High School Musical Theatre Awards, known as the Jimmy Awards, in New York last week. Also, we look at what The Old Globe is serving up this summer in terms of Shakespeare. Then, your weekend arts preview. -
Told he was wrong about his own history, Kumeyaay educator Ethan Banegas co-wrote a powerful comic book that brings truth, culture and survival into classrooms and pushes back against the silence that has erased Native stories for generations.
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His representatives confirmed that his death followed a cardiac arrest this morning. -
Shakespeare comedies take the stage with tales of unrequited love and mistaken identities.
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This weekend in the arts in San Diego: Outdoor digital art at UC San Diego; ICA NextGen; San Diego Symphony and fireworks; "The Janeiad" at The Old Globe; "Consequential Dances" at Art Produce; Lambda Archives Intergenerational Exhibit at the Central Library; live music and more arts picks. -
Ahead of next month's San Diego Comic-Con, the Comic-Con Museum in Balboa Park unveiled two new exhibits Monday, featuring 20 years of a fashion brand and 40 years of a home-grown comic.
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Brad Pitt is in the driver's seat this week in F1, while M3GAN 2.0 follows up on the surprise 2022 hit about a killer robot. After something referred to as the "bad thing" occurs, an English professor confronts the emotional fallout in Sorry, Baby. -
Mariska Hargitay has only the vaguest memories of her mother, Jayne Mansfield, the sex-symbol movie star who died in the 1967 crash. Now, Hargitay examines her family history in a new documentary. -
After long days focused on the facts, our newsroom reads a lot of fiction at home. We asked our NPR colleagues what they've enjoyed reading so far this year. Here's what they told us.
Latest Arts Events
Coronado Fourth of July
Friday, July 4, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Downtown Coronado
Free
4th of July Extravaganza at Gaslamp Quarter
Friday, July 4, 2025 from 10 AM to 11 PM
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Multiple locations
4th of July Beach BBQ at Bahia Resort Hotel
Friday, July 4, 2025 from 10:30 AM to 3:30 PM
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Bahia Resort Hotel
Old Town Fourth of July
Friday, July 4, 2025 from 11 AM to 3 PM
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Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
Free
Fourth Of July Oceanside Flyover
Friday, July 4, 2025 at 11 AM
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The Rooftop Bar at Mission Pacific Beach Resort
$31 to $50
4th of July at Swing Social
Friday, July 4, 2025 at 12 PM
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Swing Social
Independence Day BBQ & Patio Party
Friday, July 4, 2025 from 2 PM to 8 PM
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Rancho Bernardo Inn
El Cajon 4th of July Fireworks
Friday, July 4, 2025 from 3 PM to 9:30 PM
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Kennedy Park
Free
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