Over 15 Filipino American artists will be presented by The Thoughtful Beast and New Americans Museum in “Motions & Emotions: Filipino American Stories of Healing”. The event includes an art exhibit and three performances addressing Filipino American intergenerational trauma. Attendees of the event will experience an array of artistic mediums including painting, rap, dance and […]
Inspired in part by the current state of communication breakdown in our country, this exhibition examines the many ways we (mis)interpret or (mis)understand each other through a game of telephone with local artists and authors. The fascinating, touching and humorous interpretations that occur as words are rendered into images and back to words highlights how […]
Jeremy McQueen, in collaboration with San Diego Theatres presents The Black Iris Project. Photo by Matthew Murphy Broadway veteran & San Diego native Jeremy McQueen brings his Emmy® award-winning New York […]
Actress Joy Yvonne Jones San Diego Shakespeare Society actors perform romantic pieces from Shakespeare’s works such as Romeo and Juliet and Antony and Cleopatrapaired with works of art from Modern […]
Story Concerts are the signature event of Write Out Loud. They were born from the desire to share literature as a communal, participatory experience. Each Story Concert presents a curated selection of short stories, poetry, and sometimes music, revolving around a central theme, all read by professional actors. We produce a six-show season of Story […]
Lucian Freud: A Self Portrait The 33rd Annual San Diego International Jewish Film Festival is back. As society evolves and adjusts, so does our Festival. In order to provide the most meaningful engagements with the films, we have separated the in-person experience from the virtual. Over 12 days at the Garfield Theatre, we will present 35 […]
A rapturous evening devoted to young love and to those who remember its triumphs and tragedies. Artistic Director Javier Velasco’s re-staging of William Shakespeare’s masterpiece is a lush, yet intimate rumination that focuses on the inner desires of the most famous star-crossed lovers of all time. Truly poetry in motion! February 17-18, 2023 The Conrad […]
Initiated in 2012, Live Arts Fest is a multi-night festival curated by Executive Artistic Director Terry Wilson that expands San Diego Dance Theater’s mission to celebrate and support multi-generational dance artists from around the world and close to home. The festival features dance from around the US and the world and is a celebration of […]
The exhibition Toying with Design explores how play can inspire designers and architects to create toy-like, functional everyday objects. It plays on the theme of the 2022 Design Week, Design=Inspiration / Inspiración, encouraging viewers to consider what influences their work and how their work motivates others, giving rise to new ideas. This exhibition is co-curated […]
Using the theme “Writing That Celebrates,” the 28th annual Writer’s Symposium By The Sea at Point Loma Nazarene University will once again bring some of the world’s great writers to San Diego for in-depth discussion on stories that matter. In a first for the Symposium, all four writers are Pulitzer Prize winners. “Not only are […]
Lucy by Edward Abrams The San Diego Watercolor Society proudly presents “Decisive Moments, an Art Exhibition”, juried by award-winning artist, Richard Glassman. The water-based media exhibition runs Feb 26 – April 1, 2023 at our Gallery in The ARTS DISTRICT Liberty Station. The Opening Reception is Friday, March 3, 5-8pm with over 95 ready-to-hang original […]
Join the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) for the fifth annual Women Filmmakers Festival. Celebrate Women’s History Month this March with free, online screenings and virtual conversations with filmmakers Alison O’Daniel and Vivienne Dick and the museum’s time-based media curator Saisha Grayson. Festival registrants will receive an email providing special access to watch featured films […]
Memory Box film still The San Diego Arab Festival aims to bring a fresh and insightful perspective about the Arab world. The SDAFF is a project of KARAMA, a local non-profit that promotes understanding of the issues of the Arab and Islamic world and of the Palestinian issue in particular. In 2012, its inaugural […]
