by Rebecca Romani April 3, 2026 After a successful opening weekend, the San Diego Arab Film Festival (SDAFF) continues its screenings the weekend of April 17-19. The festival screening committee […]
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THE BUZZ: Before She Was Mindy Kaling, She Was Ben Affleck: The Comedy That Started It All
By Kristen Nevarez Schweizer April 2, 2026 When a press release features a Carlsbad theater showing two Latinas playing Boston-born actors Matt Damon and Ben Affleck in a comedy co-written […]
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ART SHOP TALK: From Gesture to Canvas: The Art of Jon Savage
In this episode of ART SHOP TALK, Vanguard Culture sits down with Jon Savage, a San Diego–based contemporary artist whose work explores the intersection of language, movement, and abstraction. Deeply […]
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THE BUZZ: Noncompliant — Tatiana Ortiz-Rubio Reclaims Time, Space, and Identity
By Cornelia Feye March 30, 2026 Tatiana Ortiz-Rubio is obsessed with time: blue time, subjective time, linear time, lived time, broken time, time-out, lost time, physical time, sick time, shared […]
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ART SEEN: Anne Lamott & Neal Allen on Writing, Love, and the Creative Life
by Kristen Nevarez Schweizer March 30, 2026 Releasing a hardcover without blurbs on the dust jacket is a power move. Instead of celebrity endorsements, the back cover of Good Writing: […]
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THE BUZZ: 4,000 Years in the Making: Why Gilgamesh: The Opera Is Worth the Drive
By Cory-LaNeave Jones March 27, 2026 There are evenings when the past does not feel past at all, when it arrives not as history but as breath—ragged, urgent, and unwilling […]
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ART SEEN: Paloma Young and the Craft of Storytelling Through Costume
by Kristen Nevarez Schweizer March 27, 2026 The highest compliment you can pay Paloma Young’s work in The Notebook: the Musical is that you didn’t think about her at all. […]
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THE BUZZ: Stories That Bridge Worlds: Inside the San Diego Arab Film Festival
by Rebecca Romani March 26, 2026 As one of the youngest film festivals in San Diego, the San Diego Arab Film Festival, which opens this Friday, has grown into a […]
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THE BUZZ: 400 Scripts. One Weekend. Zero Dollars. MOXIE’s New Works Festival Is Back.
Kristen Nevarez Schweizer March 25, 2026 Full disclosure: I have a soft spot for MOXIE Theatre because they truly have moxie. For over twenty years, this brassy company on El […]
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THE BUZZ: From a Surveillance Van to a Tea Party at the End of the World: Your Complete Guide to LJP’s WOW Festival 2026
By Kristen Nevarez Schweizer March 25, 2026 There will be a cargo van parked on the UC San Diego campus this April. Picture being inside. Alone in front of live […]
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OPINION: Borders Are Increasing in the US and Around the World Inhibiting the Flow of Art
by John M. Eger March 25, 2026 According to The Washington Post, the U.S. government has built hundreds of miles of border wall across deserts, public lands, and protected natural areas […]
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THE BUZZ: San Diego Latino Film Festival brings a strong festival of diversity and community stories
by Rebecca Romani March 21, 2026 Now in its 33rd year, the San Diego Latino Film Festival is celebrating community and diversity in the San Diego Chicano community and among […]
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THE BUZZ: More Than Movies: SD Latino Film Festival Confronts the Issues of Our Time
by Rebecca Romani March 17, 2026 As San Diego’s thoughts turn to Spring, the San Diego Media Arts Center turns toward the 33rd annual San Diego Latino Film Festival, opening […]
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OPINION: The Right Brain Initiative: Why Art Infusion Matters for Modern-Day Success
by John M. Eger March 15, 2026 For decades, educators, psychologists, and business leaders have argued that schools must cultivate the left side of the brain in the belief that […]
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THE BUZZ: Unrolling Paradise: The Fabric of Memories and Tradition Woven into a Persian Garden of Tapestry and Sculpture
By Michael Howard March 15, 2026 For artist Maryam Bayat, memory is not just something recalled – it is something woven, painted, and sculpted into physical form. In her latest […]
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