By Beth Accomando August 13, 2025 Since this is my first film review for Vanguard Culture, I just wanted to start with a brief introduction. As far back as I […]
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CULTURE GEEK: Midsummer Scream Delivers Halloween Vibes in the Heat of Summer
By Beth Accomando August 13, 2025 It is only 78 days till Halloween and if you are like me, you can’t wait. So to help feed that desire to keep […]
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OPINION: Our Greatest Hope for Creativity, Innovation, and a Better Future
by John M. Eger August 11, 2025 Young people are inheriting a fractured world. They face the compounding burdens of systemic racism, climate change, pandemics, economic instability, white supremacy, poverty, […]
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CULTURE GEEK: Tiki Oasis Returns to San Diego for 25 Years of Island Escapism
By Culture Geek Beth Accomando August 6, 2025 Everyone needs an escape and Tiki Oasis is all about escape. Through this Sunday you can seek refuge at Town and Country […]
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THE BUZZ: Chicano Heritage Month Lights Up with Cinema at Chicano Park
by Rebecca Romani August 6, 2025 Film nights outside are one of the unsung pleasures of Summer in San Diego. This year, a new summer series makes its debut Saturday, […]
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CULTURE GEEK TOP PICK: The Wulfeater
by Beth Accomando August 6, 2025 Are you ready for “The Wulfeater“? This interactive musical theater experience makes its world premiere at the Tenth Avenue Arts Center San Diego this […]
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THE BUZZ: Hiding in Plain Site: A Rare Retrospective of Joseph Henseler’s Unseen Work
by Rebecca Romani August 2, 2025 One of San Diego’s newest galleries, the Union Hall Gallery in Golden Hill is a surprising hidden treasure and current host to a beautiful […]
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THE BUZZ: La Jolla Music Society’s Summer Fest Blends Classics, Jazz & Innovation
La Jolla Music Society’s Summer Fest is bringing Classical Music to new heights at the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla from now until August 23rd. By Cory-LaNeave […]
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THE BUZZ: Devious Delight: North Coast Rep’s Tuneful Take on Class and Consequence
By Cory-LaNeave Jones July 25, 2025 In the salt-tinged air of North County’s coastal strip, where surfboards are religion and craft coffee a civic right, you might not expect to […]
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COMMENTARY: Tech Executives are Sending Their Kids to Art School.
By John M. Eger July 27, 2025 In a recent piece for The Wall Street Journal, writer Callum Borchers observed that “careers in the humanities, arts, or skilled trades might be […]
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COMMENTARY: “Think Different”—The Call to Be Creative
By John M. Eger July 27, 2025 Steve Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple, once said: “Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, […]
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THE BUZZ: A High-Flying Start: Movies at the Symphony with Top Gun: Maverick
Movies at the symphony are always a good time and a great start of San Diego summer. While the Shell’s summer season began at the start of the month, there […]
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