LATEST IN ARTS & CULTURE
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The 2025 Tiny Desk Concert winner has been crowned, and San Diego had its own share of standout entries. We caught up with two of our local favorites — Aleah Discavage and The Neighborhood Kids — to hear the powerful stories behind their unforgettable songs.
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Routinely called a "musician's musician," the pianist had an atypical career that even he called mysterious. He spent it returning to a handful of favorite composers, with acclaimed results. -
"Manchild," the first single from Sabrina Carpenter's forthcoming album Man's Best Friend, enters this week's Hot 100 singles chart at No. 1, making a late-breaking bid for "song of the summer" status in the process.
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KPBS Midday EditionA new NPR limited podcast series "Embedded: The Network" tells the story of how a community of women and activists worked to make abortion access easier and safer in Latin America. -
KPBS Midday EditionBestselling author S.A. Cosby brings his latest crime fiction thriller to the University of San Diego this weekend for a Q&A and book signing. Plus, a dancer explores an Autism diagnosis in a new documentary.
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The two-story, 13,000-square-foot arcade offers retro and modern games, pinball, art and more. -
Comic-Con is for everyone — this guide breaks down what disabled attendees need to know, from service animal policies to wheelchair seating and quiet rooms.
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This weekend in the arts: EXPO Design Market at MCASD; Fiber Fest at San Diego Craft Collective; Kinfolk Fest; Coronado Playhouse's Free Classics: "As You Like It"; San Diego Dance Theater's "Resilient Skies I"; Juneteenth; City Heights Street Food Fest; Lyrical Groove; "Indian Princesses"; live music picks and more. -
An art gallery in El Cajon celebrating adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities is marking a milestone with a special show. The artwork at Sophie’s Gallery has been 25 years in the making.
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The new books publishing this week may get quite heavy, laden as they are with family tragedy, psychopathy and heartbreak — but at least they are fiction. -
Former FDA chief Dr. David Kessler says the new weight-loss drugs are a powerful tool to fight obesity. But they come with pitfalls. Here's his tips for how to use them successfully. -
Reporter Kevin Sack's new book is a history of Charleston's Emanuel AME Church, the oldest Black congregation in the South, where a white supremacist killed nine worshippers a decade ago.
Latest Arts Events
Summer-long pop-up inspired by the Aperol Spritz on Hilton Bayfront’s New Outdoor Lounge
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 4 PM
Ongoing until September 1, 2025
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Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel
Free
Art Class 70. Intro to Bookbinding with Phoenix Tran | AAC inside Bread & Salt Building | Athenaeum Art Center | Logan Heights
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 6 PM
Ongoing until June 24, 2025
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Athenaeum Art Center
$180 / $200 + $25 materials fee paid to instructor
Dive Bar in The Sky at Top of the Hyatt
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 6 PM
Ongoing until August 1, 2025
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Top of the Hyatt
Free
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