By Mimi SellsJanuary 22, 2023 I’m not a big classical music fan so when I saw the program for Camarada on January 21, my curiosity was piqued enough to buy […]
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THE BUZZ: NYC’s Underground Dance Club Scene explored in Underscored at ArtPower
By Mimi SellsJanuary 20, 2023 We’ve all heard about the glitzy, dance-crazed world of Studio 54 and other iconic New York nightclubs of the 80s and 90s. It was a […]
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THE BUZZ: Terence Blanchard’s “Absence” is an ambient, innovative triumph
by Justin DuyaoJanuary 19, 2022 At its best, jazz is a kind of music that picks you up and carries you with it. If there is one thing Terence Blanchard […]
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THE BUZZ: Another World: The Transcendental Painting Group, 1938-1945
Los Angeles County Museum of ArtThrough June 19, 2023 January 19, 2023by Cathy Breslaw As I entered this exhibition, I was transported into its’ atmosphere of paintings on subdued purple […]
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ART SEEN: Regan A. McKay
January 16, 2023 by Kristen Schweizer When I hear “she is a costume designer” I picture a fastidious woman hemming a heavy Shakespearean gown in a room filled with colorful […]
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THE BUZZ: Celebrated Jazz Musician and Composer Terence Blanchard to Speak and Perform at UC San Diego
by Justin Duyao January 12, 2023 For two back-to-back evenings, the celebrated jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard will speak and perform at the University of California (UC) San Diego, […]
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THE BUZZ: San Diego Dance Theater’s Live Arts Festival Returns with a New Focus on Community
By Justin Duyao January 10, 2023 San Diego Dance Theater (SDDT)’s three-day, multidisciplinary art event “Live Arts Fest” returns; featuring performing artists from the San Diego area, including this year’s […]
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THE BUZZ: ‘Spider-Man: Beyond Amazing – The Exhibition’ at the Comic-Con Museum in Balboa Park slings away on Jan. 3
By Mario Sanguinet December 26, 2022 Earlier this summer, and just in time for Comic Con, the Comic-Con Museum in Balboa Park opened “Spider-Man: Beyond Amazing – The Exhibition” to […]
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THE BUZZ: Cross-Border Group Exhibition Explores Bi-nationality at Sparks Gallery
By Justin Duyao December 21, 2022 For the first time, the Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura de Tijuana (IMAC) and Sparks Gallery jointly present Paisanos México, a project led […]
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THE BUZZ: A Conversation with Robert K. Elder, Author of “Hemingway in Comics”
Mario Sanguinet December 15, 2022 On Nov. 26, 2022, San Diego Comic Con Museum celebrated its one year anniversary. Among the exhibitions it currently houses is an exploration on famed […]
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THE BUZZ: Diversionary Theatre Brilliantly Resurrects ‘The Mystery of Irma Vep’
By Kristen Schweizer December 13, 2022 The opening night audience giggled, tittered, chuckled, cackled, and at one point barked. The Mystery of Irma Vep at Diversionary Theatre required every type […]
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THE BUZZ: Newly Renovated and Renamed North County Theatre Celebrates Opening of Tony Award-winning “The Ferryman”
By Justin Duyao December 8, 2022 Located in the heart of Carlsbad Village, the newly-renovated and renamed Dea Hurston New Village Arts Center (NVA) will celebrate its grand reopening with […]
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THE BUZZ: Zoé, banda mexicana de rock ganadora del Grammy, se presenta en San Diego con un lleno total
Mario Sanguinet 9 de diciembre, 2022 En la noche del 6 de diciembre de 2022, Zoé, una de las principales bandas de rock alternativo/psicodélico de México, tuvo un concierto con […]
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THE BUZZ: House of Blues hosts Zoé—one of Mexico’s leading alternative/psychedelic rock bands.
by Mario Sanguinet December 9, 2022 On the night of Dec. 6 2022, Zoé—one of Mexico’s leading alternative/psychedelic rock bands—performed a sold out show at the House of Blues. This […]
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THE BUZZ: Hugo Crosthwaite – Not a Portraitist. A Visual Poet.
Susanna Peredo Swap December 7, 2022 Tijuana-based gallery, La Caja Galería recently partnered with Senses Bistro and UC San Diego Park & Market to host a private talk and reception […]
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