2025 Staged Reading Festival
Discover nine original new works at the 2025 Staged Reading Festival, celebrating bold storytelling and diverse voices. Presented by Dorris Staples Theatrical Conservatory apprentices.
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THINGS TO DO
The Bold, the Beautiful & the Brilliantly Weird
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San Diego International Children’s Film Festival
Join the 21st San Diego International Children’s Film Festival on July 27 and August 16 at the Central Library—featuring over 70 global short films, panels, and filmmaker talks. Free admission!
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Dance @ The JAI
Award-winning dancer Caleb Teicher returns to The Conrad for a high-energy celebration of Appalachian traditions, joined by acclaimed percussive dancer Nic Gareiss and violinist Tessa Lark. Fusing folk, jazz, swing, and storytelling through movement, this joy-filled performance honors the roots of Irish and English dance with contemporary flair.
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PechaKucha Night: Reverb: Echoes of Influence
PechaKucha Night Vol. 53 returns August 19 with the theme Reverb: Echoes of Influence. Experience a dynamic evening of 20x20 presentations as speakers explore the moments, movements, and mentors that shaped their creative paths.
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25th Annual LGBTQ Film Festival
FilmOut San Diego's 25th Annual LGBTQ Film Festival returns Aug. 21–24, spotlighting diverse LGBTQ+ stories through film, events, and community celebration.
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DEBUTS
This August, The Rosin Box Project presents DEBUTS, a bold evening of world premieres by choreographers Garrett Smith, Ching Ching Wong, and Carly Topazio—celebrating fresh creative collaborations in contemporary ballet.
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Shuuluk Wechuwvi – Where Lightning Was Born
Shuuluk Wechuwvi – Where Lightning Was Born is a powerful new play and comic project by the Eyaay Ahuun Foundation that blends storytelling, cultural memory, and environmental justice to confront the ecological crisis in the Otay River Valley and beyond.
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Asian American Dance Festival
Celebrate heritage, resilience, and identity at a dynamic AAPI dance festival. Experience powerful performances that honor the past, embrace the present, and explore what it means to be Asian American today.
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KPBS San Diego Book Festival
Join KPBS for the first-ever San Diego Book Festival on August 23, featuring award-winning authors, live entertainment, bilingual programming, kids’ activities, and more. Free with registration.
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TCHAIKOVSKY SPECTACULAR
Meta description: Don’t miss the San Diego Symphony’s Tchaikovsky Spectacular at The Rady Shell, featuring Stephanie Childress, Kiron Atom Tellian, and fireworks over the bay.
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Soul Science Lab: Make a Joyful Noize
Make a Joyful Noize (MAJN) is a multimedia experience that blends music, film and movement to capture the visceral and contagious energy of Black joy. Joy gives us a reason to live, even when it seems life has forsaken us. Black joy is entertainment, therapy, self-love, and salvation. It is the thing that allows us […]
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Homegrown ArtBeat
Through painting, photography, sculpture, textile arts, interactive performance, and live music, Homegrown ArtBeat reveals how deeply art lives in our everyday surroundings, often unnoticed.
