• What’s Next for Arts and Culture in San Diego?,Nicolle Monico

    What’s Next for Arts and Culture in San Diego?

    This is part of a three-part series. This is Act III. See Act I and Act II here. The Future We’ve been here before. In 2012, city funding for the arts and culture in San Diego had eroded. As a corrective, the city council unanimously approved “Penny for the Arts”—a promise to dedicate roughly one pe

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  • How San Diego Became a City of Art and Culture,Nicolle Monico

    How San Diego Became a City of Art and Culture

    This is part of a three-part series. This is Act II. See Act I and Act III here. Without concrete, wildflowers are just weeds. Any honest history of San Diego art and culture is tension and its reckonings. It begins before the name existed, with the Kumeyaay. It must pass through the Panama-Californ

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  • San Diego Restored Arts Funding—But the Crisis Isn’t Over,Nicolle Monico

    San Diego Restored Arts Funding—But the Crisis Isn’t Over

    This is part of a three-part series. This is Act I. See Act II and Act III here. Every spring, Christine Martinez reaches out to the arts community to explain what’s on the line, hoping they’ll engage with the city’s budget process. Cultural funding, she constantly reminds, is almost always strapped

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