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The North Coast Symphony Orchestra presents “Home for the Holidays,” a concert of seasonal favorites, on Friday, December 13, 2024 at 7 p.m. at the San Dieguito United Methodist Church, 170 Calle Magdelena, Encinitas. The performance includes "Sleigh Ride," "The Polar Express," "A Charlie Brown Christmas," "Wassail Dances," "Festive Sounds of Hanukah," and much more. The orchestra was founded in 1947 and will be conducted by Liesl Hansen. Admission: $18 general, $15 seniors/students/military, free for children 18 and under. Visit: https://www.northcoastsymphony.com/concertstickets.html North Coast Symphony Orchestra on Instagram and Facebook

Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Monday, Dec. 22, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 + Saturday, Jan. 3 at 4 p.m. on KPBS TV. Explore Alonzo Horton's Banker's Hill Mansion and San Diego State University's birthplace. Find out what downtown's Nob Hill looked like during the ten-decade land boom of the 1880s and learn why there was a cluster of Mansions in a six-block radius.

Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Friday, Feb. 20, 2026 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. We have a conversation with Tarell Alvin McCraney, the acclaimed playwright and screenwriter whose work includes the Academy Award-winning film "Moonlight" and the powerful play "Choir Boy." We also sit down with Tiffany Nichole Greene, the Resident Director of "Hamilton: An American Musical."

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