Music

The 'El Tiny' Questionnaire: Carin León

Fi O'Reilly Sánchez

The Mexican artist answers our "El Tiny" questionnaire, and tells us about why he thinks art is the "blood of everyday life."
Local

San Diego weekend arts events: Alexis Smith, zines, funk and kickball

Julia Dixon Evans

This weekend in the arts: Alexis Smith at MCASD La Jolla; San Diego Zine Fest; Ceelo Green plays James Brown at the Shell; the juried youth exhibition at MOPA; Sidro Saturdays in San Ysidro; and Disco Riot's "Choreo and Kickball."
International

Struggling with its past, Germany's 1,000-year-old choir admits girls for the 1st time

Rob Schmitz

Since its founding over 1,000 years ago, this Catholic music school and song group in Regensburg, Germany, has been boys only. Until now.
Arts & Culture

Allison Russell: Tiny Desk Concert

Ann Powers

Russell and her talented band embody healing community; watch a performance of songs from her astounding, unclassifiable album Outside Child.
Big risks and adventurous friends: How composer Julia Wolfe became a renegade

Tom Huizenga

The Pulitzer-winning, MacArthur "genius" co-founder of Bang on a Can looks for the grit in music, whether she's writing a string quartet or one of her history-based oratorios.
Arts & Culture

A great, big visual arts weekend in San Diego

Julia Dixon Evans

This weekend in the arts: New exhibitions at Bread and Salt, Best Practice, Athenaeum Art Center, ICA San Diego North, Cannon Art Gallery, and the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library; three stages of music at the San Diego Festival of Arts; and "Come Fall in Love" at The Old Globe.
National

Community bands are back after being battered by the pandemic

Jon Kalish

There are more than a thousand community bands in big cities and small towns throughout the country.
Arts & Culture

San Diego weekend arts events: 'Ragtime,' dance, jazz and how-to books

Julia Dixon Evans

This weekend in the arts: New contemporary dance from The Rosin Box Project; "Cradle" from Visionary Dance Theatre; "Ragtime" at Moonlight Amphitheatre; "Fandango for Butterflies (And Coyotes)" at La Jolla Playhouse; May-ling Martinez at Quint ONE; and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis at The Shell.
Arts & Culture

5 songs for September

Julia Dixon Evans

We're listening to new music from San Diego locals Nite Lapse, Thee Sacred Souls and Julianna Zachariou, plus touring artists Silvana Estrada and Sudan Archives.
Sean Shibe, a shape-shifting artist, redefines the idea of a classical guitarist

Tom Huizenga

The Scottish guitarist defies expectations, ditching his traditional nylon-strung instrument for a Fender Stratocaster to play a startling range of music – from Meredith Monk to Chick Corea.