Rafael Payare brings vigor to San Diego’s oldest orchestra
As the Symphony's 2019-2020 season enters its third month, most notable are the rave reviews it is getting under its new music director, Rafael Payare.
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San Diego’s rich cultural history comes to life at Balboa Park and beyond
San Diego Chinese Historical Museum celebrates illustrator Hanjialin Bao with new exhibit
One such artist is Hanjialin Bao, a remarkable illustrator whose works are currently on display and available for purchase at the San Diego Chinese Historical Museum through January 26. Bao’s exhibit is called Between Black and White, and many of the works are based on characters from Liaozhai Zhiyi, a collection of ancient supernatural tales first compiled by Pu Songling in the 1700s.
The Timken Museum of Art features some of the finest European and American masterworks
Among the many museums in Balboa Park, the Timken Museum of Art is notable not only for its remarkable collection but for the fact that it is free to attend.
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San Diego Museum of Art thrives under the direction of Roxana Velásquez
Velásquez has seen museums transform themselves from staid, temple-like repositories into hubs of activity that attract and actively engage members of the community.s
Revisiting KPBS-TV: An In-Depth Look at its First Quarter Century
A History of KPBS: The First Quarter-Century — For 52 years, San Diego KPBS television, originally named KEBS, has provided programs on topics ranging from science and theatre to children’s education and public affairs to history and cooking, all in one place. Looking back, the first 25 years of the station’s...
Of County Fairs & Horseracing
A brief history of the Del Mar Fairgrounds — an iconic local landmark Horseracing and county fairs go back a long way, and San Diego is no exception. There was once a golf course where the Del Mar Fairgrounds sit today, and the story of how that change came about has everything to do with county…
Dream Weaver
Dream Weaver — One's best work is often made by accident. Such is the case with internationally renowned textile artist Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam, who is debuting her largest-scale U.S. exhibit,“Whammock!,” in San Diego at the New Children’s Museum on June 15. The octogenarian harnesses crocheting and knot-making...
Force of Nature
Coburn Topiary Posted on June 1, 2019 The ride from her home in Elfin Forest to the Del Mar Fairgrounds is but a hop-skip for topiary artist Jennifer Coburn and her Wizard of Oz characters making their debut at the San Diego County Fair this summer for its “Oz-some” theme held through July 4. After…
Innovators of the Arts
Innovators of the Arts Posted on May 1, 2019 Arguably a hub of artistic endeavors musical, theatrical, and visual, La Jolla continues to evolve and grow with programs and facilities that enrich the community far beyond its borders. The appreciation for the arts that resides here is both a springboard as well as a destination…
Gaslamp Ladies
Gaslamp Ladies In honor of Women’s History Month in March, we take a look back at stories of ten women who made their mark in San Diego’s emerging Gaslamp District By Darlene G. Davies with Anne Hoiberg Posted February 27, 2019 In the historical narrative of the Gaslamp Quarter, women played key roles, frequently behind…
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Built for Love
Built for Love Efforts to reconstruct Balboa Park’s “Honeymoon Bridge” Posted February 1, 2019 There are tales of sweethearts who met on Balboa Park’s Palm Canyon Bridge, a wooden footbridge designed by the eminent architect Richard Requa that opened the first year of the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition. Lore has it that from that year…
Culture Spotlight: Exclusive Collections Gallery
Culture Spotlight: Exclusive Collections Gallery Posted on December 12, 2018 Ruth-Ann Thorn got her feet wet in the art collecting world while working in a gallery in Hawaii. When she moved back to the mainland in 1995, she saw a window for opportunity to start her own gallery, though success was not immediate. “I decided…
Culture Spotlight: Art San Diego
Culture Spotlight: Art San Diego Posted on October 1, 2018 This month, Art San Diego celebrates ten years of showcasing contemporary fine art in Southern California with a multi-day event at the Wyland Center at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. Founded by Anne Berchtold in 2009, the annual event was conceived to fill an art scene…
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