The country’s largest urban cultural park, Balboa Park, has been one of my favorite San Diego spots since childhood. I can remember taking class field trips to the many museums, my 8-year-old self awestruck by their enormous grandeur. As an adult, I still love visiting Balboa Park. No matter how many times I wander the […]
Arts Month San Diego: La Jolla
This week, Arts Month San Diego is highlighting the cultural neighborhood of La Jolla. We all know La Jolla for its beautiful beaches, fine dining options, shops, and beautiful scenery – but it also offers significant cultural institutions, including the La Jolla Playhouse and the La Jolla branch of The San Diego Museum of Contemporary […]
5 to Try this Weekend
1. Festival of Sail: The 2011 Festival of Sail, hosted by the Maritime Museum of San Diego, will transform the North Embarcadero into a nautical theme park. More than twenty tall ships and other fascinating vessels from around the world will visit San Diego, September 2-5. The festival kicks off with a majestic parade of […]
5 to Try This Weekend
1. Meet an Astronaut: On Friday, August 26, the San Diego Air & Space Museum is offering a special opportunity to meet Al Worden, command module pilot for the Apollo 15 mission to the moon in 1971. Worden will give a talk relating his fascinating moon-travel experiences, and sign copies of his new book Falling […]
MCASD Opens Unique Pop-Up Store
A unique pop-up shop opened earlier this month at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego’s downtown location. Product Porch is a six-month retail experiment that will serve as a destination for new design and creative retail in San Diego. Product Porch will offer accessories, functional objects, and furniture made by a new generation of […]
Get Your Ticket to Paradise at the Maritime Museum
Sailing to the South Pacific in the 1700s and 1800s must have seemed like riding a bicycle to the moon, but the Maritime Museum of San Diego shows how three adventurers did just that. Three connected narratives thread together the adventures of explorer Captain James Cook, author and merchant seaman Herman Melville, and post-impressionist artist […]
High Fidelity Summer at MCASD, La Jolla
The Museum of Contemporary Art takes a breath this summer with the exhibition High Fidelity: Selections from the 1960s and 1970s and you can, too, through September 5. Presenting mostly formalist selections from the museum’s permanent collection, the survey’s consistency emits minimal distortion, contrasted with the intensity of its predecessors Mexico: Expected/Unexpected and Here Not There: San Diego Art Now. […]
5 Things You May Not Know About San Diego
1. Located in Old Town San Diego, the famous Whaley House, constructed in 1856 on a former gallows site, is one of only two officially-designated haunted houses in California. The Whaley House is often referred to as “the most haunted house in America,” inhabited by no less than seven spirits. The Whaley House is also […]
Fashion Festival Dresses Up La Jolla
This weekend the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego will host the first International Fashion Film Festival founded in North America. The best of the international fashion film art movement brought to you in two completely different screening programs 7:30 – 9:30pm July 29 & 30 in the world class theater at the Museum of […]
5 to Try: Summer Events in Coronado
Discover San Diego’s Neighborhoods with our Summer Sweepstakes. Join us every week as we showcase the best in what to do, where to eat, and where to stay in some of San Diego’s unique neighborhoods. Be sure to check back for exciting insider tips, giveaways, and more! This week’s spotlight is on Coronado. Things are […]
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