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Progress: Hausmann Quartet Returns to Perform Indoors With an Audience

By Ken Herman | September 15, 2021 |

With its concert on Sunday, September 12, 2021, the Hausmann Quartet’s Haydn Voyages series has returned to its customary indoor performance venue at the Maritime Museum of San Diego.

North Coast Rep Adds Audience with ‘Dancing Lessons’

By Bill Eadie | September 14, 2021 |

North Coast Repertory is welcoming audiences back to indoor theatre, with a Mark St. Germain’s two-hander, ‘Dancing Lessons’. It’s a good choice for a new start.

Guest Conductor Yaniv Dinur Leads Impressive ‘1812 Tchaikovsky Spectacular’ at the Rady Shell

By Ken Herman | September 12, 2021 |

Friday’s “1812 Tchaikovsky Spectacular” concert at the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park on San Diego Bay featured guest conductor Yaniv Dinus and, yes, fireworks!

Art of Élan Adds Musical Grace to the Mingei International Museum Renovation

By Ken Herman | September 8, 2021 |

At the Mingei International Museum’s open house Sunday afternoon, visitors streamed through architect Jennifer Luce’s spare but elegantly redesigned museum interior while members of Art of Élan enlivened the viewing with their music.