THINGS TO DO

The Bold, the Beautiful & the Brilliantly Weird

  • FABULOUS FIBER

    Experience FABULOUS FIBER, a dynamic exhibition of contemporary textile art that blends tradition and innovation through quilted, woven, embroidered, and sculptural works.

  • A Body of Work

    A Body of Work is a photographic exhibition exploring the dancer’s body as both instrument and archive. Featuring over 20 San Diego-based dancers of diverse backgrounds and styles, the project invites viewers to rediscover the human form—intimately captured and abstracted through close-range imagery.

  • Silent Movie Mondays at the Balboa Theatre

    Relive the enchantment of the 1920s at Silent Movie Mondays at Balboa Theatre! Celebrate its centennial with classic silent films, brought to life by the rich melodies of the historic Wonder Morton theatre organ for a truly magical experience.

  • Asian American Dance Festival

    Celebrate heritage, resilience, and identity at a dynamic AAPI dance festival. Experience powerful performances that honor the past, embrace the present, and explore what it means to be Asian American today.

  • Clothes Story

    Clothes Story at Mesa College Art Gallery highlights African American women’s stories through 30+ recreated garments, Sept. 6–Oct. 15, 2025.

  • It’s OK, But It Ain’t Right

    Meta description: It’s OK, But It Ain’t Right brings national artists together in a bold, messy exhibition confronting discomfort, humor, and quiet resistance through fearless contemporary art.

  • Soul Science Lab: Make a Joyful Noize

    Make a Joyful Noize (MAJN) is a multimedia experience that blends music, film and movement to capture the visceral and contagious energy of Black joy. Joy gives us a reason […]

  • Palpitations: The Cadence of Heartbeats

    Palpitations unites painter Marianela de la Hoz and sound artist Marc Urselli in an immersive installation where sound and image pulse with themes of life, death, and resilience.

  • Alfredo Castañeda: Beyond Surrealism

    Alfredo Castañeda: Beyond Surrealism brings together thirty-five paintings from outstanding private collections in North America and Spain for the first museum retrospective of the artist’s work in the United States.

  • Homegrown ArtBeat

    Through painting, photography, sculpture, textile arts, interactive performance, and live music, Homegrown ArtBeat reveals how deeply art lives in our everyday surroundings, often unnoticed.

  • Follies

    Cygnet Theatre presents Stephen Sondheim’s Follies, opening September 10. This Tony Award-winning classic blends show-stopping spectacle with haunting nostalgia as former showgirls reunite, reliving past glories and confronting lost dreams.

  • Sinatra

    Experience City Ballet of San Diego’s Summer Wind and The Seasons—two inventive ballets by resident choreographers Geoffrey Gonzalez and Elizabeth Wistrich. A dazzling evening of Sinatra classics and Glazunov’s timeless score brought vividly to life.