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Spreckels Organ Society will host a Holiday Celebration & Annual Holiday Sing at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in the heart of Balboa Park. Starting at 1:30 p.m. there will be an Educational Workshop, with Raul Prieto Ramírez, San Diego’s Civic Organist and the Society’s Artistic Director, will invite kids and families to join him on-stage to build a little mechanic pipe organ, assisted by docents. While the kits are being built on stage, Ramírez will perform some fun holiday music for the audience. Once the little pipe organs are set and ready to play, Ramírez will have the kids play together with the Spreckels Organ. There will be a Concert & Annual Sing-Along following the educational workshop, at approximately 2:15 p.m. Ramírez will play a few magnificent pieces by great composers, serving as an interlude before the audience is invited on stage (approximately 2:45 p.m.) to participate in the annual sing-along of Christmas carols and popular holiday songs. “Hallelujah” by G.F.Haendel will be sung by the entire audience, while performed on the Spreckels Organ by Ramírez; this serves as the golden closure for the annual Holiday Celebration Event. For more information about the Spreckels Organ Society, visit www.SpreckelsOrgan.org. Spreckels Organ Society on Facebook / Instagram

On September 10 at 4 p.m. PT (7 p.m. ET), author Kwame Alexander and ACOUSTIC ROOSTER producers Julius Harper and Nicole Velez will host a webinar for educators, librarians, and stations that celebrates the power of music, storytelling, and the arts in early childhood education! Attendees will learn how ACOUSTIC ROOSTER went from a beloved children’s book to a top-rated new PBS KIDS special and animated shorts, and why jazz education and performing arts are so critical to young children’s development. Attendees will also get access to FREE multimedia resources from PBS KIDS, and lots of fresh ideas on how to incorporate jazz and performing arts activities into their classroom or library story hours. Books by Kwame Alexander will be raffled to five lucky attendees!

If you have kids in your life who are ready to broaden their book horizons we have recommendations for you! Here you'll find tried-and-true picture books, chapter books, and YA, all published in 2025.

A research scientist is on the run from hitmen in this thrilling film. Set in 1977 Brazil, The Secret Agent captures the daily realities and surreal absurdities of life in an authoritarian state.

Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV. Journey into the heart of America's majestic redwood forests and explore the secrets of the tallest and some of the oldest living beings on Earth.

In a 2005 interview, the actor said that in his twenties, he was carrying the load of "everyone's masterpieces." He worked closely with directors including Akira Kurosawa and Masaki Kobayashi.

Composer and sound artist Sam Dunscombe surrounds audiences in an acousmonium–an immersive “loudspeaker orchestra” of more than two dozen custom-positioned speakers. First developed in the 1970s by the Groupe de Recherches Musicales in Paris, the acousmonium was designed to project electroacoustic music in space—treating each speaker as an individual voice in a vast sonic field. Dunscombe’s hand-built system transforms the room into a living architecture of sound, where tones move, swirl, and morph depending on where you stand. The program features spectral soundscapes and textural explorations that invite audiences to walk, turn, and listen from multiple perspectives, making each seat a unique vantage point. It’s a rare opportunity to experience sound not just as music, but as a three-dimensional environment you can inhabit. Visit: https://www.projectblanksd.org/salty-series-2026 Sam Dunscombe on Instagram

Drag performers say Twitch has become a thriving space for their art since the start of the pandemic. That growth was reflected at TwitchCon in San Diego earlier this month.

Don't miss the fun and the flavor! Check out some of our chili makers and get that mouth watering. Sunday, December 7 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. 32nd Street & Thorn Street North Park, San Diego This is a free-to-attend event with live music, a kids zone, booze garden, food trucks and artisan vendors! Buy tickets to participate in the EPIC chili Cook-Off and get a pass for 5 tastes - then you be the judge of who will get the fame and glory and Best Chili trophy this year. Visit: sonofestchilicookoff.com/ SoNo Fest & Chili Cook-Off on Facebook / Instagram

A contemporary art exhibition of innovative and traditional fiber art techniques by regional artists. This yearly show focuses on the discipline of fiber arts using textiles as functional and non-functional fine artworks such as sculptures, vessel forms, basketry, large-scale installations and more in textiles including paper, felt, fabrics, yarn, and a variety of organic and inorganic materials. Juried by Beth Smith, Managing Editor and Exhibitions Director of "Fiber Arts Now" magazine. An opening reception for the artists will be held on Saturday October 11, from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m., with an awards presentation at 5:30 p.m. Visit: https://escondidoarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/FiberArt-2025-Prospectus.pdf Escondido Arts Partnership on Instagram and Facebook