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Fast cars? Superheroes? Laugh-out-loud comedies? Here's what to watch at the cinemas this summer.
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British punk-rap duo Bob Vylan led chants against the Israeli military in a live BBC broadcast on Saturday. Irish-language rappers Kneecap also are being investigated.
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Irish-language rap group Kneecap gave an impassioned performance for tens of thousands of fans on Saturday at the Glastonbury Festival despite criticism by British politicians and a terror charge for one of the trio.
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This week on Roundtable, we bring together a few journalists covering one of the things we love most about San Diego: food.
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KPBS Midday EditionWe talk to AMBOS Project, a binational artist collective, about how they're using crafts to support migrant communities along the U.S.-Mexico border. Also, it's summer blockbuster season! Our Midday Movies critics preview what's to come.
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This story originally ran in 2019. We're resurfacing it as a time capsule of standout cosplay and fan creativity (and because Dragpool still lives rent-free in our brains).
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These three local artists, first highlighted in a 2024 feature, are making waves in the comics world with their bold, genre-bending stories.
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Originally published as part of a 2024 feature, this piece revisits three local creators whose work draws on toys, '90s pop culture and cultural identity ahead of Comic-Con 2025.
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Presented by the San Diego Black Artist Collective, the festival features dance, poetry, play readings, gospel music and more through Sunday.
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Seller has been a key behind-the-scenes figure for some of Broadway's biggest hits including, Hamilton and Rent, but he got his start on a much smaller scale. He looks back in a new memoir.
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The open letter and accompanying petition asking publishers "to make a pledge that they will never release books that were created by machines" garnered more than 600 signatures within a few hours.
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Filmmakers stuff the killer-robot sequel with extraneous plot threads, but preserve the B-movie appeal of the original.
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