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Our top picks for sharing art with your kids in San Diego this season: the imaginative world of a legendary sci-fi writer; Latin music for kids; free interactive theater; a Shakespearean birthday party; and kid-friendly ballet.
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Our top picks for theater and opera in San Diego this season: Electropop and Tolstoy; free, immersive theater; a diverse, comedy spin on "Hamlet"; classic Puccini; and a new LGBTQ+ musical about friendship and happy endings.
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Our top picks for classical music and jazz in San Diego this season: A world-class cellist; music, art and kinetic energy; Japanese drums and dance; a week of jazz piano; and cinematic chamber music.
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Our top picks for dance in San Diego this season: Female choreography; 19th century revenge; Mexican women's history; storytelling, running and dance; and a big, participatory picnic.
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Medieval poetry will be transformed into a dramatic composition for orchestra, chorus, and ballet dancers. City Ballet of San Diego is getting ready to perform "Carmina Burana" and tell a tragic Black Tuesday tale from the beginning of the Great Depression.
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Our top picks for visual art in San Diego this season: An Indigenous photographer, textiles made from tea bags, a reflection on Caribbean art history, art by women at the border and local Black arts leaders.
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Local author Shilpi Somaya Gowda explores immigration, class tensions and generational conflict in her latest book, "A Great Country."
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The iconic theater in downtown San Diego has seen a lot in the last century, and it's come perilously close to being demolished.
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Actor, teacher and director Andréa Agosto shares her family’s roots in Puerto Rico and their connection in an upcoming play “Notes on Killing Seven Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Board Members” at Diversionary Theatre.
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The transcenDANCE youth arts project is preparing for its annual, culminating performance April 5-6 featuring students from under-resourced communities in San Diego.
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