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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…
La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest August 2-25, 2017 SummerFest Music Director Cho-Liang Lin has curated a diverse program that guides festival audiences on a musical exploration spanning centuries and continents, performed by a roster of 65 internationally acclaimed musicians performing in 15 concerts and participating in 50+ educational and community events. The festival begins with…
Ranch & Coast Best Of 2017: Diversions & Culture Posted on July 25, 2017 Tourist Attraction San Diego Zoo sandiegozoo.org Balboa Park 619.239.0512 balboapark.org Golf Course Torrey Pines Golf Course 858.581.7171 torreypinesgolfcourse.com Annual Gala Jewel Ball laspatronas.org Zoo RITZ sandiegozoo.org/ritz Event Planner Redfearn & Associates 619.550.5852 redfearnassociates.com HauteFetes 858.775.6083 hautefetes.com Party Rentals Raphael’s Party Rentals…
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…
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…