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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 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…
Culture Spotlight: Malashock Dance Posted on March 10, 2018 Three decades ago, John Malashock smoothly segued from an impressive professional dance career into creating one of the most renowned teaching studios in San Diego, Malashock Dance. Located in Point Loma at Liberty Station, Malashock’s current classes range from contemporary beginner and ballet to adult hip-hop…
Culture Spotlight: Museum of Photographic Arts Posted on February 10, 2018 In the early 1970s, a group of local photographers looked to bring the camera arts to the public. They spent nine years as an organization without a permanent home. The City of San Diego then donated space in its Balboa Park Cultural Complex. The…
Culture Spotlight: New Village Arts Posted on January 10, 2018 It all started in a converted chicken coop. Kristianne Kurner and Francis Gerke, two graduates of the New York Actors Studio, came to Carlsbad 17 years ago looking for a community to produce theater. Their first productions were as humble and grassroots as they come.…
Culture Spotlight: Warwick’s Posted on December 10, 2017 Running a successful local retail business — particularly in the age of Amazon — is no small feat. But when yours has been a cultural mainstay for nearly 80 years and bears the distinction as the oldest family-owned and operated bookstore in the country, the work is…
Culture Spotlight: Balboa Theater Posted on November 10, 2017 Built in the golden age of movie palaces, the Balboa Theatre opened in 1924 as a vaudeville and film emporium. Named after Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa, it originally boasted six street level stores and offices on the upper floors. A brief remodel rebranded it…
Culture Spotlight: San Diego Surf Polo Club Posted on September 10, 2017 With a storied history dating back to the earliest polo matches held more than 100 years ago and first played on Coronado, the San Diego Polo Club (now the San Diego Surf Polo Club) has remained a favorite of aficionados and newcomers to…
Culture Spotlight: Mingei International Museum Posted on October 10, 2017 There are many terms for art created outside the academy, including folk art, indigenous art, and craft art. The Japanese have a term for it: mingei, or “art of the people.” In 1978, San Diego State University professor of art, Martha Longenecker, grabbed the term…
Culture Spotlight: Bayside Summer Nights Posted on July 10, 2017 For more than a century, the San Diego Symphony has been one of the leading arts organizations in Southern California, and perhaps no facet of the organization is more anticipated every summer than its Bayside Summer Nights program. Taking place outdoors along the Embarcadero, music…
Culture Spotlight: Moonlight Stage Productions Posted on June 10, 2017 It all started on an empty concrete stage in Vista. Nearly 40 years ago, Kathy Brombacher brought her vision of a musical theater program under the stars as a collaboration between the local school district and the city. It became known as the Vista Summer…
Culture Spotlight: La Jolla Playhouse Posted on May 10, 2017 Long a local star, the La Jolla Playhouse has also influenced the world of theater far and wide for decades. Just this year, the group sent two of its fledgling productions, Indecent and Come From Away, to New York’s famous Broadway theater district. That makes…
Culture Spotlight: Fleet Science Center Posted on February 10, 2017 Planted in the middle of Balboa Park, the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center is a leading-edge facility focused on education in the sciences and technology. First funded in 1973 by the Fleet family, the center honors aviation pioneer and science fan, Reuben Hollis Fleet. The…
