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The annual Halloween procession invites costumed cyclists to ride from North Park to Mount Hope Cemetery on Saturday.
Courtesy of Visions Museum
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A phone call sends Taylor Guitars founder Bob Taylor to Cameroon, where he encounters a problem that changes how he thinks about the instruments he builds. His search for answers takes him deep into the forests and into an unexpected connection with elephants. -
KPBS Midday EditionIn this riff on "Romeo and Juliet," two neurodivergent tweens befriend each other against the backdrop of their feuding families. Then, hear about a local group hosting a cemetery bike ride. And finally, your weekend preview.
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Lee Chang-dong's novelistic drama tells the story of two very different couples who meet during the filming of a documentary. -
Like its protagonist, the film shoots out its goopy, mud-brown, protoplasmic feelers into the undiscovered territory of horror, but it does so too tentatively.
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We take y'all to church on this episode. We present three artists backed by choirs behind the Desk. Look for Tiny Desk Radio on your local NPR station. -
Dessner, best known as a member of the rock band The National, has become a sought-after producer for pop stars and singer-songwriters, including Taylor Swift, Gracie Abrams and Noah Kahan.
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San Diego's Dianna Cowern, also known as Physics Girl, was one of the internet's most popular science communicators. Long COVID left her bedbound and facing a medical mystery with life-and-death stakes. -
Cinema Junkie Beth Accomando curates 10 classic horror films to stream on KPBS+ this October.
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San Diego poet laureate Paola Capó-García has co-curated a unique exhibition of "video poems" by local poets and artists, opening Oct. 24 at the Athenaeum Art Center in Logan Heights. -
It is hard not to fall in love with Katherine Browne, the eager to please, mini-skirted narrator in Barbara Trapido's 40-plus-year-old debut novel, reissued this month.
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Trump's most recent rendering of East Potomac Park overtakes the D.C. peninsula with a sprawling golf course, without the grassy areas and road beloved by locals. That's prompted grassroots pushback. -
Skerritt was Captain Dallas in Alien, Viper in Top Gun, and a small town sheriff in the TV series Picket Fences. -
Women’s sports are gaining momentum across the U.S., with athletes and fans celebrating historic TV ratings and wins for equal opportunities and pay. -
"There's an understandable pull in my industry to make things ... super safe, super familiar," Gilpin says. She wants to go the other way. Gilpin currently stars in the noir drama The Lowdown. -
In '72, filmmaker William Greaves hosted a cocktail party for the surviving members of the Harlem Renaissance. Our critic says the footage is "like watching a 50th college reunion set on Mt. Olympus."
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Snakehips
Friday, October 23, 2026 at 10 PM
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Nova SD
$24.95
'Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde': A Spooky E-mail Book Club
Friday, October 23, 2026 at 6 AM
Ongoing until October 31, 2026
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Lost Temple Tavern Pop-Up at Margaritaville Hotel San Diego
Friday, October 23, 2026 at 7 AM
Ongoing until October 31, 2026
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Landshark Bar and Grill
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