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  • Tchaikovsky's Symphonic Tales
    From the Symphony: Rafael Payare, conductor Jesse Perez and Shana Wride, narrators San Diego Symphony Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY: “Waltz” and “Polonaise” from Eugene Onegin TCHAIKOVSKY: The Tempest Fantasy Overture, Op. 18 TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36 Jesse Perez and Shana Wride are leading San Diego actors who will bring to life excerpts of the classic literature that inspired Tchaikovsky's music. About the program: Note: due to current world events, the San Diego Symphony has made the decision to change its 1812 Tchaikovsky Spectacular concert repertoire from what was previously announced. Now titled TCHAIKOVSKY’S SYMPHONIC TALES, this program will no longer include Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. While this program has been a regular feature of San Diego Symphony summer seasons past, with the ongoing Russian war that threatens the people of Ukraine, who – as we speak – are fighting for their very lives, we feel that it is important to amend this program. Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture was commissioned and written to celebrate a Russian military victory and includes the sounds of battle and violent artillery. The San Diego Symphony highly respects the work of Russian composers and intends to carry that legacy on through our musical performances, as is evidenced by the new program listed above. But, we strongly feel that this summer is not the time in which we should perform the 1812 Overture. We join the many millions across the world who wholeheartedly support Ukraine and its people in one of the darkest hours of their history and carry hope that this war will end soon. Related links: San Diego Symphony on Instagram San Diego Symphony on Twitter San Diego Symphony on Facebook
  • Grammy Award-winning musicians Marcy Marxer and Cathy Fink sing about the unexpected humor they encountered during Marxer's seven-year fight with breast cancer in the concert film, <em>All Wigged Out</em>.
    'All Wigged Out' is about fighting cancer with humor and humanity
    The movie follows partners in music and life as they battle through breast cancer — while holding onto their sense of the comically absurd
  • The Chinese balloon became the subject of a sketch in the most recent episode of <em>Saturday Night Live</em> on Feb. 4.
    Hours after its demise, the Chinese spy balloon was the star of the 'SNL' cold open
    Saturday Night Live kicked off its latest episode with an exclusive interview with the downed balloon, played by cast member Bowen Yang.
  • <em>Name Against the Same </em>is part of Stephanie Mercedes' A Sky of Shattered Glass Reflected by the Sun<em> </em>exhibition at Culture House in Washington, D.C.
    Melting guns and bullet casings, this artist turns weapons into bells
    At a time when mass shootings are regularly rocking the country, Stephanie Mercedes is takes guns and bullet casings and turns them into instruments of mourning. Some look like primitive relics.
  • Runners compete in the Carlsbad 5000 race in this undated photo.
    Carlsbad 5000, 'world's fastest 5K,' returns Sunday
    The running race through downtown Carlsbad is known as the world’s fastest 5K because of the world records set there.
  • Liz Truss will succeed Boris Johnson as the U.K.'s next prime minister
    Britain's Conservative Party has announced that Foreign Minister Liz Truss will serve as the nation's next prime minister, succeeding Boris Johnson.
  • Lake Street Dive
    Multi-genre band Lake Street Dive will perform live at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay on October 4-5 at 7:30 p.m. Follow Lake Street Dive on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
  • Hip-hop's first 50 years have yielded expansion across the globe and domination of digital spaces. As the internet has collapsed physical gaps, major artists from outside the United States, like (clockwise from top left) Little Simz, Drake, Bad Bunny, Blackpink and Rema, have been able to communicate with American rap culture in real time.
    2023 'Til Infinity
    Giving rap the future it deserves means smashing the infrastructure as it is. But with the battle lines drawn, we can still take heart in the artists teasing just how much further the culture can go.
  • Coretta Scott King in white coat during the Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam March in Washington, DC, United States, 15 Nov. 1969.
    AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: The Movement and the "Madman"
    Premieres Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV and the PBS App + Encore Wednesday, March 29 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. Discover the untold story of the 1969 showdown between President Nixon and the antiwar movement. Told through firsthand accounts, the film reveals how movement leaders mobilized disparate groups to create two massive protests that changed history.
  • Burt Bacharach, pictured here in 1970, wrote music that was accessible — it even sounds simple. But there is nothing simple about them.
    Burt Bacharach, visionary pop composer, has died at 94
    The songwriter and singer, who cemented his prominence with hits like "Say A Little Prayer" and "Walk on By," died Wednesday of natural causes.
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