LATEST IN ARTS & CULTURE
Student artists are showcasing their upbringing and future plans in a new exhibition at the Japanese Friendship Garden.
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San Diego is filled with colorful, climbable sculptures by French artist Niki de Saint Phalle, from the Sun God at UC San Diego to Queen Califia’s Magical Circle. But behind these joyful giants is a quieter story: the refugee craftsman who became her right hand and still repairs her art decades after her death. It’s a story about friendship, legacy and the power of public art to change a life. -
KPBS Midday EditionFor our Black History Month profile series, we sit down with local leader Kyra Greene to talk about her fight for working class San Diegans. Then, skateboarding photographer Atiba Jefferson looks back at his career.
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Chris Hemsworth stars as a virtuoso jewel thief, and Mark Ruffalo plays the detective tracking him down in Crime 101. This thriller is a deliberate throwback — and also a lot of fun. -
The prolific, pioneering filmmaker made dozens of documentaries and chronicled the inner workings of institutions. His 1967 film, Titicut Follies, revealed appalling conditions at a prison facility.
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This weekend in the arts: "Doomgaze" at the Casbah, "Farm to Craft" at the Mingei, Barrio Art Crawl, "Neon Afterlife" in Oceanside, "The Recipe" at La Jolla Playhouse and an East County library book crawl. -
Celebrate Black History Month in Balboa Park with a free comics convention spotlighting Black creators and artists.
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Little Women (2019), Blade Runner (1982) and more favorites from NPR staff. -
U.S. snowboarders psych themselves up before competition with heavy metal and pop music, cat photos, and apparently many on the men's halfpipe team now do Qigong.
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Ebo Taylor has died at 90. He was a world-renowned musician and composer of African highlife music, but it took decades for him to come to the U.S. -
This week, country star Ella Langley and rapper Don Toliver hit career milestones on the pop charts.
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The two top speedskating sprinters in the world are a cut above the competition. They battle fiercely on the ice, but refuse to trash talk -
Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu and Isabeau Levito are the U.S.' best shot at winning women's figure skating gold since 2002 — and of closing out these Games on a high note. -
American sliders Elana Meyers Taylor, 41, and Kaillie Humphreys, 40, secure gold and bronze medals. Meyers-Taylor built on her record as the Black athlete with the most Winter Olympics medals. -
The Americans, whose captain Hilary Knight is leading a generation of thrilling young talent, are undefeated through six games at the Olympics — and they're outscoring their opponents 31 to 1.
Latest Arts Events
APIDA Center's Lunar New Year Celebration
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 from 12 PM to 2 PM
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Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union
Picture This: 'Sinners' (2025)
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 4 PM
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Pacific Beach/Taylor Branch Library
Free
'Human-Centric Leadership: Leading Responsibly in an AI-Enabled World'
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 from 4 PM to 5 PM
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Lunar New Year Lion Dancers
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 from 4 PM to 5 PM
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North Park Library
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City Cruises An Intimate Evening with Ken Block and Drew Copeland of Sister Hazel
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 from 6 PM to 9 PM
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Pier 1 Hornblower Landing
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Picture This: 'The Harder They Come'
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 from 6 PM to 8 PM
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San Diego Central Public Library
Free
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