The Hyde Art Gallery is thrilled to reopen for our second exhibition of the Spring semester, “Trauma: Artists’ Reflections on Healing and Resilience”. This emotionally impactful collection, co-curated by artists Annie Claflin and Ted Meyer, delves into personal narratives that examine both visible and invisible wounds to communicate, educate and reveal that art is not […]
Artists from performing arts organizations across San Diego will bring their talents to Balboa Theatre’s stage in the finale event of our 100th Anniversary celebration. Our legacy nonprofit community partners, along with an exciting group of newcomers to our stage, will be uplifted in this special celebration. Experience musicians, singers, and dancers from around San […]
Just in time for Women’s History Month, The Rosin Box Project’s performance season begins with an evening featuring new commissions from three influential female choreographers, San Diego-based emerging choreographers, Bethany Green and Carly Topazio, and LA-based Guest Choreographer, Cherice Barton. Empower celebrates the work of some of todays top innovative and emerging female choreographers. Bethany […]
A film about the life, work, influences and impact of California based choreographer Bella Lewitzky. Throughout her 70-year career, Lewitzky pursued artistic freedom and spoke out about government and institutional restrictions in the arts. The film features rare archival footage of Lewitzky’s performances and interviews with her former students and dancers. Wed., March 6 at […]
Caroline BRUN and the blending of the senses of an informed palate. Combining instinct and soul, the painting of Caroline BRUN, professional in wine communication by day, brings a certain depth to tasting and opens the way to a new multi-sensory dimension.Her instinctive synesthete artistic techniques and style are as varied as the wines tasted […]
Leslie McCurdy invokes the “spirit” of Harriet Tubman as she portrays the life of the famous Underground Railroad conductor, recreating stories familiar and some rarely told, using words said to have been Harriet Tubman’s own. Through it all, we learn of the faith and conviction that drove Harriet Tubman to follow her dreams as the […]
Synopsis: “Ars longa, vita brevis” – art is long, life is short. This is one of Japanese music icon Ryuichi Sakamoto’s favorite quotes, and the message that he leaves for viewers at the end of his final concert film, shot before he succumbed to cancer in March 2023. Consisting of only Sakamoto and his piano, […]
In collaboration with So Say We All, the Hausmann Quartet presents Seven Last Words, a performance of Joseph Haydn’s epic masterpiece alongside spoken word presentations of original works by the authors themselves. The texts will be inspired by the same scripture upon which Haydn based each of the movements of his monumental work, The Seven Last […]
Animal Cracker Conspiracy La Jolla Playhouse’s 2024 WOW Festival, running April 4 – 7, features more than 20 immersive and site-inspired theatre, dance, music and family-friendly works by local, national and international artists, all free of charge. This year’s festival is presented in partnership with UC San Diego and will take place at three main hubs […]
The California Center of the Arts, Escondido Foundation and Tierra Caliente Academy of Arts present the first dance production depicting the history of Mexico through HER eyes. Starting with Afro-Mexico, the forgotten women; the arrival of the Charleston in Mexico, the iconic deer dance, the struggle for life and liberty with the Mexican Revolution […]
Film still. A house in Jerusalem. The San Diego Arab Film Festival (SDAFF) is a project of KARAMA, a local non-profit that promotes understanding of the issues of the Arab and Islamic world and of the Palestinian issue in particular. In 2012, its inaugural year, the Festival screened 3 feature films and 5 short films […]
Join SDAF for our inaugural screening at Seaport Village and the San Diego premiere of Modernism, Inc. Ticket includes screening & refreshments. Mid-century architect and designer Eliot Noyes built the design programs for some of America’s most powerful postwar corporations. The film weaves Noyes’ story with the broader context of corporate America’s embrace of Modernism during […]
