Category: Arts/Culture
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Karen culture brings people together
The Mingei International Museum celebrates the final Creative City Heights event in collaboration with PANA, Media Arts Center, KAREN Organization of San Diego and The AjA Project, at the City Heights Library Performance Annex. Working together, these organizations have developed creative and cross-cultural activities for the City Heights neighborhood connecting the Museum’s philosophy with the…
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Old Globe Helps Underserved Communities Tap Into Their Inner Playwrights
Plays written by residents in communities that don’t frequent the theater will appear on stage as part of a storytelling workshop that can lead to professional opportunities.
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Community members celebrate placemaking
The gathering space on the corner of 50th and University has been in development for some time. Local efforts to slow down traffic and increase pedestrian safety are showing results in this new “Place-Keeping” effort. The City of San Diego has now officially permitted the benches and tables, a place for the Somali community to…
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The Battle Over Art And Safety On San Diego’s Streets
The discussion in City Heights is the latest decorative crosswalk debate that comes amid a years-long struggle in Hillcrest, where a separate but similar project may finally come to fruition.
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Healthcare issues explored by Fern Street Circus
Fern Street Circus: Community Collaboration Fern Street Circus performed their latest production at Colina Park on October 28 as part of their Neighborhood Tour 2018. For this date they partnered with United Taxi Workers of San Diego and Somali Bantu Association of America who were hosting a community health fair focusing on the area’s East…