Story Concerts are the signature event of Write Out Loud. They were born from the desire to share literature as a communal, participatory experience. Each Story Concert presents a curated selection of short stories, poetry, and sometimes music, revolving around a central theme, all read by professional actors. We produce a six-show season of Story […]
Celia Álvarez Muñoz: Breaking the Binding Spanning forty years, this exhibition is the first career retrospective of Conceptual artist Celia Álvarez Muñoz (b. 1937, El Paso, TX). Featuring over thirty-five artworks – including large-scale immersive installations, photographic series, and book projects – this major exhibition highlights the artist’s playful, witty style, often characterized by her […]
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s contributions to the history of art and his explorations of multifaceted cultural phenomena––including music, the Black experience, pop culture, Black American sports figures, literature, and other sources––will be showcased through immersive environments providing unique insight into the late artist’s creative life and his singular voice that propelled a social and cultural narrative that […]
In Post-Columbian Futurism, one of their largest and most ambitious projects to date and their first individual exhibition in San Diego, brothers Jamex and Einar De La Torre (b. 1960 & 1963, Guadalajara; live and work in San Diego/Baja California) transform the Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego’s Central campus into the site of an epic […]
This comic-book-infused girl-gang thriller chronicles the adventures and mysterious disappearance of Kalki, a young woman who may or may not be the final avatar of Vishnu. Has Kalki come to rid the world of demons and evil or just to make high school a hell of a lot more interesting? Produced in partnership with Mysterious Galaxy […]
Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) is one of the most innovative and influential photographers of all time. She pioneered the close-up and took photographs deliberately out of focus because she found them more beautiful that way. MOPA is pleased to be the first venue in the United States to exhibit this extensive collection from a pioneering portraitist […]
The Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival JFEST returns even stronger with new partnerships and venues that go from Balboa Park to Downtown, to La Jolla, Encinitas, and Carlsbad, reaching different corners of the county through great artistic programming. The 2023 edition will celebrate three consecutive decades of performances that explore Jewish history, people, […]
Based in Los Angeles, BODYTRAFFIC uses the creative spirit of the city it calls home to fulfill its mission of delivering performances that inspire audiences simply to love dance. Since its inception in 2007, the company has held its place at the forefront of the concert dance world with a compelling style that “suggests invention, […]
The 2nd annual East Village Blues Festival is very proud to feature San Diego Music Award (SDMA) Winners Whitney Shay and The Taryn Donath Trio. Also performing is very special guest Brother Yusef and local favorites The Tighten Ups & the SDMA “Best Blues Artist “ Winner Anthony Cullins top off this great day of […]
Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray, an exhibition of photographic portraits of Frida Kahlo, provides an intimate look at Mexico’s most prolific and well-known female artist. In May 1931 photographer Nickolas Muray (1892-1965) traveled to Mexico by the invitation of his friend, artist Miguel Covarrubias, where he met Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), a woman […]
Local artist Carlo Miranda (Filipino-American, b. 1988) showcases ten recent paintings in this intimate exhibition. Miranda’s works were first exhibited in this museum in 2020 as part of a display responding to the pandemic. Working as a registered nurse in San Diego during this time had a profound impact on his use of painting as […]
For 35 years, the Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra has been home to the largest gathering of Concertmasters and Principal Players in the United States. The famed Mainly Mozart Festival boasts top level players from the world’s greatest orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic and dozens more. Del Mar Week: June 15-18, 2023 […]
The documentary marks the 13th collaboration between Ennio Morricone, one of the most celebrated film composer of all times, and his long-time friend Giuseppe Tornatore, for whom he has scored most of his films, including Cinema Paradiso. In addition to interviews with filmmakers and musicians, including Bernardo Bertolucci, Quentin Tarantino, Clint Eastwood and Bruce Springsteen, the […]
The 2023 Taste of Adams Avenue, sponsored by US Bank, returns along Adams Avenue, from University Heights through Normal Heights to Kensington. This year’s taste will feature more than 40 Adams Avenue restaurants, coffee houses, breweries, and one-of-a-kind eateries in San Diego’s most unique neighborhoods. Taste of Adams Avenue tickets are $45 in advance, and […]
For more than 40 years, Twilight’s live music under the stars has been delighting visitors. Experience Twilight in the Park Concerts on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6:30-7:30pm, June 21-August 24. June 21 – Aug. 24, 2023 FREE 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Spreckels Organ Pavilion, Balboa Park 2125 Pan American E Rd San Diego, […]
Yale Strom (“The Last Klezmer”, “American Socialist: The Life & Times of Eugene Victor Debs”) explores the life and work of Lou Curtiss – creator of the San Diego Folk Festival, Adams Ave. Unplugged Festival, audiophile, folklorist, author, raconteur, radio host and proprietor of Folk Arts Rare Records, a mecca for some of the most […]
Duke Windsor’s work will be exhibited in a special cross-border collaborative project facilitated by the city of Tijuana and El Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura (IMAC). Contemporary Culinary Today, in the 21st Century, ordinary objects from the kitchen, like condiment bottles in the sunlight, or even very stylized paintings of desserts, as in the […]
Kaisha Desselines-Wright and Dina Sok in Passengers at American Conservatory Theater. Photo by Kevin Berne. Experience a train trip like never before with Montreal-based contemporary physical theatre troupe The 7 Fingers. This innovative show blends acrobatics, theatre, music, and dance in a truly magical performance about strangers in transit. Rather than sit in silence, the […]
