http://www.sdcitybeat.com/sandiego/articles.sec-56-1-fall-arts.html When we started planning this year’s edition of our annual Fall Arts issue, we began with a straightforward arts-and-education theme. Where our public schools are lacking, local arts organizations are filling in, so why not feature the excellent educational programming they do? Some of our writers took the task to heart and focused on nonprofits with good youth-outreach programs, but others begged to be freed from the constraints and allowed to simply write about the coolest stuff coming up this season. ]]> If there’s any lesson to learn from Art of Élan, the local chamber-music organization, it’s that classical concerts don’t have to be boring. ]]> Curator Robin Clark holds her hand out and traces the wall as she makes her way through the pitch-black hallway leading to artist James Turrell’s “Wedgework V” installation, on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego’s Downtown gallery. ]]> Typically, when you go looking for the cutting edge of an art movement, it takes a little searching. This fall, the avant-garde is coming to San Diego. ]]> Contemporary architecture tends to get a bad rap in San Diego. The city lost another piece of contemporary architecture just last month when one of San Diego State University’s most iconic buildings—the historic Aztec Center designed in 1964 by Mosher & Drew Architects—was leveled.]]> At Young Actors’ Theatre, parental involvement isn’t meddling; it’s volunteering.]]> San Diego is a town of film festivals. Five different festivals will grace our theaters this fall alone. One of them is a newbie, while another is hitting a milestone.]]> The distance between San Diego and India’s capital city, New Delhi, is about 8,109 miles. Gloria Lanuza is doing her best to close that gap—at least culturally.]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> Our annual look at the finer things in San Diego]]> Could an old Barrio Logan factory be the city’s next art destination?]]> Culture Shock and the ABCs of break-dancing]]> Bonnie Wright brings sounds innovators to Sushi]]>