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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.
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It's a slow week on the Billboard charts, but Jack Black breaks a surprising record on the chart. Plus, rapper Doechii lands her first top 10 album and Alex Warren's "Ordinary" continues to move up the Hot 100. -
To foster equity and community, people gather several times a year to sing together in Portland, Oregon. The woman behind this effort has twice been nominated for a Grammy in music education.
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Cinema Junkie celebrates Walpurgisnacht with Joe Bob Briggs, host of Shudder's "The Last Drive-In." -
KPBS Midday EditionIn Nana Malone's new romance book, workplace rivals face the clash between culture and love connection.
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French violinist and social media influencer Esther Abrami releases her new album, Women, featuring music by female composers in a bid to redress historic biases. -
Billy McFarland says he will sell the brand "to an operator that can fully realize its vision." The news comes days after the postponement of Fyre Festival 2, which was scheduled for late May.
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La Jolla Playhouse's four-day festival celebrates theater without walls — interactive, immersive and unexpected. -
The popular North Park eatery launched Mabel's Gone Painting, a rotating art exhibit featuring resident artists and community events. "We live in a world where it's hard to make a living making something with your hands and to be supported by your neighborhood. And I think that's what artists and neighborhood restaurants are trying to do," said owner Chelsea Coleman.
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In an announcement Monday about rules for the next Oscars, the Academy also said that a film's use of generative AI and other digital tools "neither help nor harm the chances of achieving a nomination." -
A true smorgasbord is on offer for readers this week. Care for an inspirational memoir? Reminders of the precarious position of civilization? Early summer read? They're all here. -
Didion's book is an intimate chronicle of the author's struggle to help her daughter, even if it meant digging into her own long-unexamined neuroses.
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Burgeon Beer Breadmaking Class
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 from 7 PM to 8:30 PM
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Burgeon at The Grove
$60.00
Celebrate Mom with Gelson’s Markets: One-Stop Shop for Mother’s Day
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 7 AM
Ongoing until May 11, 2025
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Gelson's Markets
'Octavia Butler: Seeding Futures'
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 9 AM
Ongoing until December 31, 2025
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The New Children's Museum
$0-$24
59 Acres - An Immersive, Speculative Sound Walk
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 9 AM
Ongoing until June 30, 2025
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La Jolla Playhouse
Free
The Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 9 AM
Ongoing until May 1, 2025
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The Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch
'Aloha Vaqueros' Exhibition
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 10 AM
Ongoing until May 11, 2025
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