Graciela Iturbide: Photographs from Colecciones Fundasción Mapfre by Cornelia Feye March 4, 2026 Thirty-one years ago in 1995, I first saw Graciela Iturbide’s strikingly intense black and white photographs in […]
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THE BUZZ: March on Stage: How to Experience San Diego Theatre Month
by Kristen Nevárez Schweizer In March, San Diego Theatre Month turns the whole County into a sampler platter: big houses, small stages, musicals, plays, improv, concerts, and dance. The official […]
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THE BUZZ: Taj Mahal’s Climate Change Blues Strike a Powerful Chord
By Cory-LaNeave Jones March 3, 2026 When we stop paying attention to the oceans, will we finally have the real “Fishing Blues”? Henry “Ragtime Texas” Thomas first recorded a version […]
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THE BUZZ: Noir, But Make It Funny: North Coast Rep’s Maltese Falcon
Interview with Mathew Salazar-Thompson By Mimi Sells March 1, 2026 What happens when you cross Dashiel Hammett’s classic noir detective novel The Maltese Falcon with the creative comedy chops of […]
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THE BUZZ: Emerging Voices, Expert Direction: Plays by Young Writers Festival This Weekend
Young people are often told to “find their voice.” The Playwrights Project is one of San Diego’s institutions that actually hands them a microphone, dims the lights, and pays professionals […]
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THE BUZZ: Cygnet’s “Somewhere Over the Border” A West Coast Premiere That Hits Home
By Kristen Nevarez Schweizer February 24, 2026 I walked into The Joan ready to do my job as a theater critic: take notes in the dark, clock the pacing, track […]
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THE BUZZ: Say it three times: Beetlejuice is back in San Diego
By Kristen Nevarez Schweizer February 24, 2026 If you grew up with Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice, you probably remember the feeling before you remember the plot: gothic comedy, grief, and chaos […]
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COMMENTARY: Art and Liberal Arts Graduates Aren’t Getting Hired as Business and Education Executives Don’t See Eye to Eye
by John M. Eger February 21, 2026 A recent report by Deloitte found that “A significant perception gap exists) between business and academic institution leaders when it comes to assessing […]
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THE BUZZ: La Jolla Playhouse’s The Recipe Is a Rom-Com with Sole, in French Sauce
By Kristen Nevarez Schweizer February 21, 2026 When I think of Julia Child, I hear an overly-theatrical voice, yelling joyfully about butter. La Jolla Playhouse’s world-premiere play The Recipe keeps […]
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BOLD BITES: The Smoky, Soulful Magic of Vietnamese Bò Lá Lốt
Stuffed grape leaves (aka “dolma”) were a fixture of late 60s and early 70s American entertaining, adopted from Greek, Balkan, and other Mediterranean, and other Middle Eastern cuisines. When I […]
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THE BUZZ: A Delightful, Delicious ‘Recipe’ at LJP
By Mimi Sells February 20, 2026 I’ve never used the words “scintillating repartee” in a review before but I’m pulling out all the stops this time! The Recipe is an […]
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THE BUZZ: No Intermission, No Mercy: The Old Globe’s Hedda Gabler
Plays by Henrik Ibsen typically feel like a stressful slow burn; a bedside candle lit dangerously close to the curtains. In The Old Globe’s new Hedda Gabler, ruthlessly condensed to […]
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THE BIG CONNECT: An Art Shop Talk with Cat Chiu Phillips, Ana Maria Herrera & Sara Wilczynska
by Anna Guillotte January 25, 2026 Filmed at our MASHUP 2025 Creative Industry Symposium, this special ART SHOP TALK episode — beautifully captured by filmmaker Anna Guillotte — explores the […]
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THE BUZZ: An Immigrant Story, Refracted Through Oz: Cygnet Theatre’s New Musical Arrives When We Need It
By Kristen Nevarez Schweizer February 12, 2026 Cygnet Theatre meets this American moment with their San Diego musical premiere, Somewhere Over the Border from Brian Quijada. Inspired by The Wizard […]
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ART SHOP TALK: Imagining a “White City on a Sundown Sea”: A Conversation with Jill G. Hall
In this episode of ART SHOP Talks, Vanguard Culture sits down with author Jill G. Hall to discuss her historical novel On a Sundown Sea — a sweeping story inspired […]
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