Written by Kristen Schweizer April 30, 2022 San Diego’s military bases make us a magnetic city for brilliant minds and brave souls. With over 100,000 active-duty members and nearly 250,000 […]
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KRISTEN NEVAREZ SCHWEIZER is the daughter of Filipino and Mexican immigrants who met in San Diego. She loves this city, earning her bachelor’s degree in Theatre Arts at San Diego State University while writing for The Daily Aztec before working at local-focused institutions, including the San Diego Business Journal and San Diego REPertory Theatre. In addition to covering San Diego art news, she profiles local artists in her award-winning ART SEEN series.
She currently serves as a pastor at Makers Church in North Park.
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ART SEEN: Salvatore Giametta
Behind-the-scenes arts coverage by Kristen Schweizer March 29, 2022 “If you want to know what matters to someone, watch what they photograph.” I forget who told me that, […]
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ART SEEN: Dr. Gina Simmons Schneider
Written by Kristen Schweizer February 19, 2022 Today I tilt my gaze away from the stage to the audience who makes this city’s art scene possible. San Diego is home […]
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THE BUZZ: San Diego Theatre Week returns to share the magic of live performance
Written by Kristen Schweizer February 19, 2022 San Diego Theatre Week approaches! The San Diego Performing Arts League’s seventh annual event offers a variety of special promotions to see live […]
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ART SEEN with Heather Brose
Heather M. Brose is the woman you want in your foxhole. Calm yet creative under pressure, funny as hell, and able to efficiently organize an army. She’s powerful enough to […]
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THE BUZZ: Teatro Piñata: An Invitation to Wonder
November 28, 2021 By Kristen Schweizer The best and the worst of parenting can be expressed in the same sentiment: every phase is just a phase. While growing pains like […]
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ART SEEN – Claudia Gomez
I was introduced to Claudia Gomez from the audience during San Diego REPertory Theatre’s 2013 production of Federal Jazz Project. Her tap dance role as ‘Tijuana’ brought foot percussion as […]
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ART SEEN: Sunny Rey
October 25, 2021 Article by Kristen Schweizer It would be easy to describe Sunny Rey as a shooting star. She is bright, quick, and luminous. However, I choose to describe […]
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ART ‘SEEN’ with Andrea ‘Angie C’ Chandler
Written by Kristen Schweizer August 31, 2021 Andrea ‘Angie C’ Chandler is a fire-starter; a self-lit woman committed to illuminating historically excluded art and artists. Like a campfire, Chandler’s energy […]
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THE BUZZ: Mainly Mozart’s 2021 Festival of Orchestras – “Bringing the darkness and joy together”
Article by Kristen Schweizer June 12, 2021 “Wonderful. Tremendous. The darkness and joy together.” The above audience member comment was meant to compliment the choice of opening Mainly Mozart’s 2021 […]
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THE BUZZ: The Show Must Go On(line)
A Virtual Cultural Event Roundup by Kristen Schweizer March 18, 2020 San Diego citizens have been called to help flatten the COVID-19 curve by social distancing. As of today, Governor […]
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THE BUZZ: An Intimate Evening with Living Legend David Foster
By Kristen N. SchweizerJanuary 27, 2020 An Intimate Evening with David Foster was exactly that. The legendary hit-maker curated and hosted a gratifying evening of incredible music with breaks for […]
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THE BUZZ: Layered Looks: A Costume Analysis of “Tiny Beautiful Things”
Article by Kristen Schweizer February 25, 2019 Sugar [Opal Alladin] enters The Old Globe stage in joggers. Joggers, if you don’t know, is just a marketing term for sweatpants. Despite […]
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THE BUZZ: 5 1/2 Ways that Theatre Prepared Me for Motherhood
Five (and a Half) Ways that Theatre Prepared Me for Motherhood Article by Kristen Schweizer July 26, 2018 Someone recently told me that the hardest part about being a mom […]
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