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…