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Alan Nakkash
Julianna Zachariou is making music in a world where streams pay pennies, forcing independent artists to get creative just to stay in the game. From crowdfunding to pushing for new legislation, she's fighting for change in the industry.
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Nelson's new album, Oh What a Beautiful World, his 77th solo album and 154th overall, doesn't break from convention, but that's exactly why it feels so necessary right now. -
"Weird Al" Yankovic has no trouble tapping into his dorkiness. Perhaps that's the secret to his decades-spanning appeal. On this week's Wild Card with Rachel Martin, he talks about aging into his weirdness.
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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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It’s not a place tsikuri would normally hang. They’re sacred to the indigenous Huichol people, who traditionally make them not for art but as protection and offerings. -
La Jolla Playhouse's four-day festival celebrates theater without walls — interactive, immersive and unexpected.
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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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Artists at Work in Spanish Village Art Center
Thursday, May 1, 2025 from 11 AM to 4 PM
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Spanish Village Art Center in Balboa Park
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Distilled - A Whiskey Tasting Experience For a Cause
Thursday, May 1, 2025 from 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM
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Veloce Motors The Vault - Miramar
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Cardiff-by-the-Sea's Culinary Celebration Returns: The 15th Annual Taste of Cardiff
Thursday, May 1, 2025 from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
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Downtown Cardiff-by-the-Sea
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Lost Abbey Breadmaking Class
Thursday, May 1, 2025 from 7 PM to 8:30 PM
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Lost Abbey Brewing
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John Cruz
Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Belly Up Tavern
$27 - $48
Abbas Wahab @ Mic Drop Comedy San Diego
Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Mic Drop Comedy
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Celebrate Mom with Gelson’s Markets: One-Stop Shop for Mother’s Day
Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 7 AM
Ongoing until May 11, 2025
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Gelson's Markets
59 Acres - An Immersive, Speculative Sound Walk
Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 9 AM
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La Jolla Playhouse
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