DNA offers playwrights and directors the opportunity to develop a script by providing rehearsal time, space and resources, culminating in public readings. This process gives audiences a closer look at the play development process, while allowing the Playhouse to develop work and foster relationships with both established and up-and-coming playwrights. The DNA New Work Series […]
The City of San Diego’s largest free holiday festival in beautiful Balboa Park returns with access to dozens of museums, live music and holiday cheer. From ballet and banjos to parades and puppetry, the holiday entertainment is top-notch and non-stop. The family friendly event brings San Diegans together to enjoy the lights, the sounds, the […]
Kick off your winter holiday festivities at one of San Diego’s most dynamic arts residency programs – Space 4 Art. Resident Artist Sean Francis Conway will lead guests to experience his BOMBSHELL BOOM BOOM (!), a DIY, anti-venue marching sound collective that generates creators by exploding the distinction between artist and audience. Sean has facilitated this experience for […]
Megill & Company’s Not Your Normal Nutcracker flips the script on the classic holiday favorite in this gender fluid, body positive performance set to musical selections from Tchaikovsky. Choreographed and starring Oceanside native Beth Megill as a 40-something Clara, who dreams of being a star, this whimsical modern jazz theater production brings to life an imaginary world […]
San Diego Ballet brings America’s favorite holiday event to dazzling life at the newly renovated Magnolia theater. Our annual production of The Nutcracker features Tchaikovsky’s timeless score and an international cast of more than 100 beautifully costumed dancers. Sugarplum fairies, leaping cossacks and flurries of snowflakes swirl across the stage, in this magical journey through […]
In “Light”, LITVAKdance artistic director Sadie Weinberg and Yale Strom create a new kind of winter dance production that honors the diverse histories and practices of our communities. Music: Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi, Choreography: Rebecca Margolick, Elyssa Dru Rosenberg and Sadie Weinberg. Running time of LIGHT: 35 minutes. *LIGHT is part of two […]
Join Camarada for their highly-anticipated Charlie Brown Jingles & JAZZ, presented in La Jolla’s premier concert hall! We couldn’t imagine a better way to kick off our 2022-2023 Camarada @ The Conrad series than with music from the beloved holiday special, A Charlie Brown Christmas, infused with new musical surprises by guitarist, composer, and arranger Peter Sprague. The Peter Sprague Group […]
From producer-writer-director Todd Field comes TÁR, starring Cate Blanchett as the iconic musician Lydia Tár. TÁR examines the changing nature of power, its impact and durability in our modern world. Now – December 29, 2022 Digital Gym Cinema 1100 Market Street, 2nd Floor San Diego, CA 92101 Now – December 29, 2022 Share this:
San Diego New Music and the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library present the 2023 soundON Festival, exploring cutting-edge contemporary music from around the world, including rising international voices Yu Kuwabara (Japan), Adrian Demoč (Slovakia), Alyssa Aska (Austria), and D. Edward Davis (United States). Entitled Spolia, this year’s festival explores the traces of the past recast into […]
Returning after a pandemic-induced hiatus, WORKING TITLE is Project ’s annual exhibition of experimental art and music. It is a three-day, community-based exhibition of new works by painters, sculptors, sound artists, video artists, performance artists, composers, and musicians from throughout the greater San Diego area and Tijuana. Transforming the public spaces of the historic St. […]
Francisco Eme’s Treatise on Violence: The Invention of Us is a powerful and immersive multimedia experience featuring operatic singing, instrumental and electronic music, sound installations, field recordings, sculptures, and photographs. The performance explores legalized violent practices in our modern society created in the name of civilization, highlighting the violent ways in which capitalist, misogynist, racist, […]
The Blind Boys of Alabama are recognized worldwide as living legends of gospel music. Celebrated by The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Academy of Recording Arts […]
