Three San Diego festivals, Diavolo Dance Theater, and 25 and Under Art Contest

Our top three picks of San Diego events this week

pringtime is here and with the season comes the requisite blooming flowers, bunnies frolicking through meadows and street festivals offering good grub and fun.

Wednesday, May 8,2013
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La Femme Tragique: The Mystery of Elle, TikiBeat, and My Best Girl

Our top three picks of San Diego events this week

The Mystery of Elle has the right makings of a great pulp novel: The story follows Angela, an orphan who finds refuge with a community of strippers, and Elle, the highest-ranking female San Diego Police Department officer who protects Angela’s group from the corrupt male cops in her squad.

Wednesday, May 1,2013
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Fiesta del A-list, Cuatro Corridos, and One Hundred Feet

Our top three picks of San Diego events this week

Ask people what’s celebrated on Cinco de Mayo and many will say it’s Mexican Independence Day, which, as anyone who’s able to google “Cinco de Mayo” can tell you, is false.

Wednesday, April 24,2013
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The Unknown, Adams Avenue Unplugged, and Billy Elliot the Musical

Our top three picks of San Diego events this week

The Unknown, an art exhibition opening from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at Space 4 Art (325 15th St. in East Village), will draw attention to these phenomena, as well as other aspects of the occult.

Wednesday, April 17,2013
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Chicano Park Day, We Are Not Robots: Richard Louv on Connecting with Our Humanity, and 33

Our top three picks of San Diego events this week

Chicano Park is celebrating two major milestones this year. Not only is the park celebrating its 43rd anniversary; it was also recently added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Wednesday, April 10,2013
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Righteous Exploits, The Prodigy Show: Hipstamatic Addict Insane, and Rocket Man: The Music of Elton John

Our top three picks of San Diego events this week

For the show Righteous Exploits, writer Justin Hudnall will weave a single narrative of three generations from his and Noble’s families, with Noble’s grandmother, Helen Hosmer—an activist with a thick FBI file—playing a leading role.

Wednesday, April 3,2013
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Live Arts Festival, East Village Opening Day Block Party, and CannaBazaar: A Tribute to Cannabis Culture

Our top three picks of San Diego events this week

Jean Isaacs’ San Diego Dance Theater and the newly formed White Box Collective is giving local artists and performers a new empty canvas on which to create performance and visual art at White Box Theater in Liberty Station.

Wednesday, March 27,2013
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Accomplice San Diego, Murder in the Cathedral, and Graffiti: A Journey from Misunderstood to Museums

Our top three picks of San Diego events this week

“The audience gets dropped into the middle of a crime story that’s going to unfold throughout all these locations,” says Accomplice San Diego creator Tom Salamon.

Wednesday, March 20,2013
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First Annual Authentic Street Food Market, San Diego Experimental Guitar Show, and Beatniks

Our top three picks of San Diego events this week

Foodies often say that when it comes to tasting the best culinary offerings a culture has to offer, there’s no better place to look than on the streets.

Wednesday, March 13,2013
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Carl Stone, Gift, and San Diego Dances

Our top three picks of San Diego events this week

Stone has been a leader and innovator in computer music since the days of Mac Plus (circa ’85 for you MacBook babies). He’s a grant recipient from the National Endowment for the Arts, he’s been commissioned by the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, and he’s been deemed “the king of sampling” by The Village Voice.