Arts and Theater

Now it’s your chance to choose the grand prize winner and runner up. On Thursday, May 16, MCASD Downtown will host the 25 and Under Art Contest showcase event from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Here, the 25 under 25 will be on display, and the public can cast their votes for their favorite piece. Four winner...

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The pièce de résistance at Art Alive is always the rotunda display. Over the years, the San Diego Museum of Art event in which designers use flowers to interpret various museum pieces has displayed everything from simple hydrangeas along the stairwell to elaborate floral installations complete w...

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What do an albino midget, a stack of plane tickets, an ex-stripper named Bunny and a briefcase filled with snakes have in common? The answer is you, if you’re one of the lucky few to snag tickets to “Accomplice: San Diego.”

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The new way to catch flicks in San Diego feels a lot like the old way. Full Moon Drive-In takes on the vintage appeal of the 1950s, but encourages guests to tweet and text the night away. Now almost a year old, Full Moon shows digitally formatted classic movies on the big screen. You’ll see a va...

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The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego revives Thursday Night Thing (TNT) with a spring soiree on March 14. Art, music, cocktails and food truck eats will collide for three culture-packed hours on Kettner Blvd...

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One of the biggest (and most controversial) Broadway musicals of the past decade, headed for San Diego? Broadway/San Diego, which presents touring musicals in downtown’s Civic Theatre, has landed “The Book of Mormon” for a two-week run in late spring 2014...

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It can be argued that if it weren’t for Spike & Mike’s Festival of Animation, there wouldn’t be a “Beavis and Butt-Head” or even a “South Park.” That’s because, for the last 30 years, the La Jolla-based festival has provided a place for young, creative animators to showcase their films...

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The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego will offer the West Coast premiere of Andy Warhol’s 1968 film “San Diego Surf” on March 16. The 90-minute film premiered last year in a private showing at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It had a subsequent public screening at MOMA Jan. 23-28...

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For a taste of San Diego craft brews, pop into a local pub. But for “Taste of San Diego Craft Brews,” pop into your local history museum on Feb. 16. Sound strange? Then you haven’t been paying attention to recent liquid developments in Balboa Park...

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Sound City was a grungy recording studio in the middle of L.A.'s San Fernando Valley that had shag carpets on the walls and no fancy technical equipment. Musicians recorded on to tape, not Pro Tools. And it's the subject of a new documentary...

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