Media Arts Center San Diego has a new home
Storefront on El Cajon Boulevard spruced up for the teaching of media skills Story and Photos by Jennifer McEntee What was previously an auto parts store on El Cajon Boulevard near 30th Street is the new home of the Media Arts Center San Diego. The nonprofit — perhaps best known for its San Diego Latino [...]
Native American Art featured in Mingei International Museum
Mingei International Museum in Balboa Park will present a fresh look at Native American Art in an exhibition that opens Feb. 19 and continues through Sept. 5. “Classic and Contemporary Native American Art” presents classic art from North America’s indigenous artisans from the museum’s collection shown alongside paintings by four native-Californian contemporary artists: Robert Freeman, [...]
San Diego Science Festival Returns in March
Events take place in Balboa Park, SDSU< UCSD and many other sites The San Diego Science Festival, the largest celebration of science on the West Coast, is announcing the return of its annual free celebration that offers content-rich, interactive learning experiences for kids of all ages. Bringing together hundreds of innovative local organizations and individuals, [...]
Celebrating Food and Art
University Heights Arts Open combines artistry and the Taste of University Heights Artists and food seem to be a prevailing theme in University Heights. The fifth annual University Heights Arts Open on Sept. 12 will give the public the opportunity to enjoy a variety of artists — painters, sculptors, dancers, poets, musicians and the like [...]
Human Rights Watch Film Festival — Balboa Park
Reels demonstrate that personal commitment can make a difference The Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park will be the setting for the Human Rights Watch Film Festival — coming to San Diego in September for the first time in its 21-year history. The theme is expressed by festival director John Biaggi: “The Human Rights [...]
Scene 7.2010
Billy Lee & the Swamp Critters are the headliners at the July 10 Bird Park Concert at Upas and 28th streets. This is the ninth season of the concerts, which are sponsored by the North Park Community Association. Future concerts will feature Cathryn Beeks Ordeal (country-folk-rock) on July 24 and Scott Martin (jazz, Latin) on [...]
Avanti Italiani!
Museum of Photographic Arts and North Park Theatre are venues for San Diego Italian Film Festival By Manny Cruz Should it come as a surprise that the same country that gave us Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Pavarotti, pizza and Sophia Loren would also usher in some of the world’s top cinematic productions? Italian movies are [...]
