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Culture Spotlight: Lux Art Institute Posted on January 10, 2017 Nearly 20 years ago, a group of art patrons paired with local philanthropists to begin work on a museum that would not just showcase works of art, but also expose the creative process that made them. The Lux Art Institute was born. Located in Encinitas,…
Culture Spotlight: California Ballet Company Posted on December 10, 2016 Nearly 50 years ago, Maxine Mahon, inspired by her own ballerina mother (Flora Jennings Small, who performed throughout the San Diego area in the 1920s and 1930s), founded the California Ballet Company. Mahon, who also had her own professional dance career in San Diego and…
Culture Spotlight: Broadway San Diego Posted on November 10, 2016 In 1976, a theater group named the San Diego Playgoers — part of the Nederlander Producing Company of America — staged a performance of Equus at Spreckels Theatre. Productions were later staged at the Copley Symphony Hall (the old Fox Theater), and a decade later,…
Culture Spotlight: San Diego Opera Posted on October 10, 2016 San Diego Opera carries forward its renewal with the opening of the 2016 season in October, presenting world-class productions and music education programs. The company, which starts with Gioachino Rossini’s Cinderella (La Cenerentola) on October 22, has a new spring in its step following its…
Culture Spotlight: Hoehn Family Galleries Posted on September 10, 2016 Over 30 years ago, University of San Diego art professor Therese Truitt Whitcomb and some of her students began organizing art installations on campus in different classrooms throughout Founders Hall. The exhibitions were so popular that the space became known as Founders Gallery. For the…
Culture Spotlight: Timken Museum of Art Posted on March 10, 2016 Affectionately called San Diego’s “jewel box” of fine art, the Timken Museum of Art in Balboa Park was established in 1965, a collaborative effort of the Timken family from Canton, Ohio, and Anne and Amy Putnam, who arrived in San Diego in the early…
Culture Spotlight: Oceanside Museum of Art Posted on February 10, 2016 In the late 1980s, a group of citizens recognized the need and necessity for a museum of art in the seaside city of Oceanside. It took nearly a decade of planning and funding, but eventually the first iteration of the Oceanside Museum of Art…
Culture Spotlight: Cygnet Theatre Posted on January 10, 2016 Established in 2003, Cygnet Theatre now ranks as the fifth largest theatre company in San Diego County. Initially holding performances in a strip mall near La Mesa, the company has produced over 60 plays in the last 12 years, and continues to bring live performances of…
Culture Spotlight: Rancho Santa Fe Community Concerts Back in 2000 Holly and Tony Wilson had a brainchild wherein they would organize some free live music for friends and community members. They funded the event themselves and handwrote postcards as a way to attract viewers. Fifty or so people turned out to the Garden Center for…
Culture Spotlight: San Diego Repertory Theatre Founded in 1976 and set to celebrate its 40th anniversary season next year, the San Diego Repertory Theater is the brainchild of San Woodhouse and D.W. Jacobs, who sought to establish a theatre company that would choose provocative works by diverse authors to inspire audiences and artists to build the…
Culture Spotlight: California Center for the Arts, Escondido Posted on February 1, 2015 What began with a vision for a city’s communal arts location in 1985 became a reality in 1994 when the California Center for the Arts broke ground adjacent to Grape Day Park — the historic site of the city’s Grape Festival that…
Culture Spotlight: Mainly Mozart Posted on December 10, 2014 Established in 1988 by David Atherton and Nancy Laturno, the mission of Mainly Mozart is to provide the people of both Southern California and Baja California an opportunity to hear live classical music performed by top musicians, and appreciate the beauty of the world’s best masterpieces.…
North Coast Repertory Theatre Posted on September 10, 2014 Nestled among the quaint seaside neighborhoods of Solana Beach resides North Coast Repertory Theatre, one of the premier theater companies in San Diego County. Founded by husband and wife team, Tom and Olive Blakistone over 30 years ago, this popular venue has long been a leading…