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
By Kristen Nevarez Schweizer February 16, 2026 Plays by Henrik Ibsen typically feel like a stressful slow burn; a bedside candle lit dangerously close to the curtains. In The Old […]
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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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THE BUZZ: Non-Objective Lessons: Exploring Abstraction at Art Produce / Space4Art
by Cornelia Feye February 11, 2026 Space4Art and Art Produce have joined forces. Situated in the Heart of North Park on University Avenue, Art Produce Gallery will be home to […]
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THE BUZZ: New Film Investment Initiative Launches to Boost San Diego Production
By Michael Howard February 7, 2026 Bragabilia Energy, an arts and entertainment focused beverage brand, is launching a new independent film investment initiative designed to address what founder Steph Groce […]
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THE BUZZ: A Century of Art: SDMA Marks Its 100th Anniversary
The San Diego Museum of ArtLocal Visions: Reimagining the FacadeOn view January 24–July 26, 2026 by Cornelia Feye February 7, 2026 To visit the Local Visions exhibition, I drove to […]
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OPINION: Why Cities Must Invest in the Creative Economy
by John M. Eger Before Jeff Bezos butchered The Washington Post, they introduced the slogan “Democracy Dies in Darkness,” meant as a warning that secrecy corrodes democracy, while transparency and accountability keep […]
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THE BUZZ: Your February 2026 Guide to San Diego Theatre
By Kristen Nevarez Schweizer February 2, 2026 After the December holiday shows end, theatres can crack their knuckles and begin anew. February is when art makers shake off tinsel and […]
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THE BUZZ: What San Diego Theater Lost, What We Kept, and the Script That Fills the Gap
By Kristen Nevarez Schweizer February 1, 2026 In a diverse city as theatrically busy as San Diego, the most meaningful artistic choice a company can make is which plays to […]
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THE BUZZ: Donna Orbits the Moon: The Stage Is Yours
by Luis Varela January 28, 2026 It seems like the stage is overpopulated lately, flooded by national pride and overbearing ideologies, leaving no space for those with excessive thoughts, questions, […]
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THE BUZZ: Jodi Cilley: Building A Table For Future Filmmakers Rather Than Scraping The Crumbs That Fall Off Of It.
By Michael Howard January 27, 2026 For more than a decade, San Diego’s independent film scene has grown very slowly after Stu Segal’s studio essentially shut down. That growth did […]
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