Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
Available On Air Stations
Watch Live

Search results for

  • As the Trump administration continues their efforts at mass deportations, fear and uncertainty is on the rise. Plus, we sit down with KPBS' most recent Gloria Penner news fellow.
  • It's been stored at the San Diego History Center since 2018.
  • Ticket Price: $40 advanced / $45 day of show / $70 reserved loft seating (available over the phone 858-481-8140 or in person at our box office) (seating chart / virtual venue tour)Visit: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/the-jesus-lizard-owl-be-belly-up-tickets/13551244?pl=bellyup&REFID=bupwebsiteThe Jesus Lizard on Instagram and Facebook
  • Create handmade cards to be donated to children in the foster care system. For 4 years, our founder, Wen Song, has contributed to the annual Cards For Cubs fundraiser by creating and donating over 150 handmade cards. This year, we are inviting you to attend our FREE card making event where you get the chance to create your own cards to be donated! Every child deserves the opportunity to be loved and seen. This is your chance to make a difference in their lives. For ages 10+Visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdYBrla3zNRmpSnuPBzo3XHSI_nfeLDEI4nuDLeQ9AZ1B3lkw/viewformCards for Cubs on Instagram and Facebook
  • A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warned against using Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
  • Farrell Family Athenaeum Jazz | Summer 2025 SeriesThe Athenaeum’s jazz program returns with a four-concert mini-festival in June including performances in the library’s Joan & Irwin Jacobs Music Room (at 1008 Wall Street in La Jolla) and at the Scripps Research Auditorium (10620 John Jay Hopkins Drive). The series features internationally acclaimed artists and Athenaeum favorites. Seating is limited so order soon!The series begins on June 5 with the Sasha Berliner Quartet, featuring Berliner on vibraphone, Javier Santiago on piano, Max Gerl on bass, and Myles Martin on drums. Berliner, who made her Athenaeum debut last fall with bassist Ben Williams, returns as the leader of her own band with music from her March 2025 release, Fantôme. Named winner of the 2020 DownBeat Critics Poll Rising Star—Vibraphone category, she was both the first woman, and at 21, the youngest individual in the poll’s history to receive the award. She has been voted one of the top 10 vibraphonists in DownBeat Readers Poll every year since 2021. Sasha has headlined venues like the Newport Jazz Festival, The Blue Note, Montreal Jazz Festival, and Monterey Jazz Festival and has recorded and performed with such renowned musicians as Tyshawn Sorey, Nicholas Payton, Christian McBride, and Cecile McLorin Salvant.The series continues on June 11 with former San Diego residents vocalist Gillian Margot and Geoffrey Keezer (piano), featuring music from their eponymous new duo album. For this Athenaeum date, they are joined by Ben Williams on bass and San Diego jazz hero Peter Sprague on guitar. With an exquisite voice, a disarmingly wide vocal range, and a style that is deeply rooted in the tradition of the great jazz vocalists, Margot possesses a gift of storytelling and stunning lyrical delivery. A native of Toronto, Canada, Margot studied under a generation of jazz legends including Oscar Peterson, Freddy Cole, Carol Welsman, and Norman Simmons. Keezer is a GRAMMY-winning pianist, composer, arranger, and producer based in New York City, where he first moved in 1989 to become the final pianist with the legendary Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Keezer has toured and recorded with a galaxy of stars including Ray Brown, Roy Hargrove, Joshua Redman, Diana Krall, Wayne Shorter, Dianne Reeves, Sting, and Christian McBride.June 16 (at Scripps Research) features the all-star duo of bassist Dave Holland and Lionel Loueke on guitar and voice, playing music from their forthcoming release, United. Holland makes a long-awaited return to the Athenaeum series, having last performed at the Scripps Research Hall in 2007. Holland’s passion for musical expression of all styles has propelled a career of more than 50 years and earned him top honors, including multiple GRAMMY awards and the title of NEA Jazz Master in 2017. His virtuosic technique and rhythmic feel are widely revered and in much demand. To date, his playing can be heard on hundreds of recordings, with more than 30 as a leader under his own name. Loueke last appeared at the library in summer 2023. A native of Benin, he came to the United States on a scholarship to Berklee College of Music and from there gained acceptance to the Thelonious Monk [now Herbie Hancock] Institute of Jazz in Los Angeles. Praised by his mentor Hancock as “a musical painter,” Loueke combines harmonic sophistication, soaring melody, and conventional and extended guitar techniques to create a warm and evocative sound of his own.The series concludes on June 21 with the return of the Melissa Aldana Quartet, with Aldana on tenor sax, Fabian Almazan on piano, Pablo Menares on bass, and Kush Abadey on drums. Aldana’s last Athenaeum performance was in March 2020, when she played music from her album Visions for Frida Kahlo, which earned her a first-ever GRAMMY nomination for Best Improvised Jazz Solo. Her program this June will feature music from her 2024 release on Blue Note Records, Echoes of the Inner Prophet. A native of Chile, Aldana moved to the United States to attend Berklee College of Music. In 2013, at age 24, she became the first female instrumentalist and the first South American musician to win the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition.Visit: https://www.ljathenaeum.org/jazz/#jazz-at-athenaeumAthenaeum Music & Arts Library on Instagram and Facebook
  • Catch Viral Comedian Abbas Wahab on his North American Joyride Tour, May 1 at San Diego's Mic Drop Comedy!Abbas Wahab is a New York-based, Canadian comedian and actor. He's been featured on Just For Laughs and Edinburgh Fringe festivals, and is best known most recently for his role as SWAT officer in M.Night Shyamalan's "Trap". Wahab has also appeared in TV shows, such as "The Boys", "What We Do In The Shadows", and "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds". He has garnered a loyal following of over 350k fans on Instagram and TikTok. Abbas is best known for his viral "job interview" and "automotive marketing" series, which parody the behind-the-scenes hiring and advertising of major brands. His comedic style has been described as electrifying and sharp, with grounded storytelling. Don’t miss him on the road!Check out Abbas Wahab on Instagram and TikTok
  • Mr. Boombastic turns “symphonic” for one night only in San Diego, as Shaggy joins forces with the San Diego Symphony and conductor Steven Reineke at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park! From the beginnings of mento, ska, Rock Steady and Reggae to modern Dance Hall, the multi-GRAMMY® award winning artist presents a survey of Jamaican popular music, including his own culture-changing contributions to the tradition, featuring “It Wasn’t Me,” “Angel,” “Mr. Boombastic” and more. Shaggy performs with his band and the San Diego Symphony Orchestra.ShaggySteven Reineke, conductorSan Diego Symphony OrchestraArrangements by David Serkin LudwigVisit: https://www.theshell.org/performances/shaggy-wsdso/Shaggy on Facebook / Instagram
  • Downtown’s The Whiskey House, which holds the Guinness World Record for Most Variety of Whiskeys Available, is hosting its May Whiskey Club Event on Tuesday, May 27 with Old Pulteney Single Malt Scotch Whisky from the town of Wick on the shores of northeastern Scotland. Tickets are $50 (plus fee), and they can be purchased at link below. The interactive evening begins at 6 p.m. and includes a welcome cocktail, 0.5-oz pours of four selections to sip (12-year, 15-year, 16-year (exclusive bottling), and 18-year), and a food menu of charcuterie, steak sliders, and sausage plate. International Beverage Group National Manager Maurice Chevalier IV will present the whiskeys. Address: 420 3rd Avenue The Whiskey House on Facebook / Instagram
  • Explore "Doctor Who: Worlds of Wonder Where Science Meets Fiction" and step through the TARDIS into an immersive experience.
16 of 20,129