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  • December 2026

  • Tue 1
    A vibrant and dynamic promotional image featuring a celestial-themed digital artwork with vivid colors and intricate patterns, conveying a sense of depth and exploration in the night sky. The image is created for DeepSky, a marketing campaign, and includes the DeepSky logo in the bottom right corner.

    Deep Sky

    December 22, 2025 - December 31, 2026
    Fleet Science Center 1875 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    Deep Sky brings the awe-inspiring images captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JSWT) to IMAX®—a journey to the beginning of time and space, to never-before-seen cosmic landscapes, recently discovered exoplanets ...

    $19.95 – $24.95
  • Tue 1
    Cecil Beaton's Fashionable world

    Cecil Beaton’s Fashionable World

    July 11, 2026 @ 10:00 am - January 10, 2027 @ 5:00 pm
    San Diego Museum of Art 1450 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    Photographer, fashion illustrator, Oscar-winning costume designer, social caricaturist, and writer Cecil Beaton (1904–1980) was an extraordinary force in the twentieth-century British and American creative scenes. This is the first exhibition dedicated to ...

    Free – $25.00
  • Tue 1
    Unidentified Maker, Votive Plaque (Ema) – Horse, c. 1840 – 1870, Japan. Cryptomeria wood (Sugi), paint. 11 3/16 x 16 15/16in. Gift of Keisuke Serizawa, 1980-03-055.

    Painted Prayers: The Japanese Folk Art Tradition of Ema

    October 10, 2026 @ 10:00 am - March 19, 2027 @ 5:00 pm
    Mingei International Museum 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    Painted Prayers: The Japanese Folk Art Tradition of Ema exhibition highlights one of Japan’s most fascinating folk painting traditions, ema – house-shaped wooden votive plaques offered as prayers in Japan’s Shinto shrines and ...

    Free – $15.00
  • Tue 1
    Art Deco

    Art Deco

    October 26 @ 10:00 am - December 31 @ 5:00 pm
    San Diego Automotive Museum

    From sweeping curves and polished chrome to elegant details and advanced engineering, these cars capture a time when automotive design became an expression of modern luxury and progress.

    $15.50 – $20.00
  • Tue 1
    Icons of Imperial Russia

    Icons of Imperial Russia

    October 26, 2026 @ 10:00 am - August 15, 2027 @ 5:00 pm
    San Diego Museum of Art 1450 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    Icons are religious images in the Greek or Russian tradition. They differ from devotional pictures in Western Christianity in several important ways. Icon painters worked in two dimensions, focusing on ...

    $15.00 – $25.00
  • Tue 1
    dolls sleeping in hammocks

    My Bed: Enchanting Ways to Fall Asleep Around the World

    October 31, 2026 @ 10:00 am - April 4, 2027 @ 5:00 pm
    Mingei International Museum 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    Presenting the original artwork featured in the beloved children’s book, My Bed: Enchanting Ways to Fall Asleep Around the World, illustrated by artist Salley Mavor, this exhibition consists of eighteen hand-embroidered, ...

    Free – $15.00
  • Tue 1
    Old Globe

    Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

    November 4 - December 31
    The Old Globe 363 Old Globe Way, San Diego, CA, United States

    Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a wonderful, whimsical musical based upon the classic Dr. Seuss book. Back for its 29th incredible year, the family favorite features the ...

  • Tue 1
    skateboarder

    Skate Craft: Do-It-Yourself Design in Skateboarding

    November 21, 2026 @ 10:00 am - May 9, 2027 @ 5:00 pm
    Mingei International Museum 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    Celebrate skateboarding's true "Do It Yourself" ethos, from the boards, gear, and ramps, to the machines and the repurposed boards as objects of use. To land a trick, to make ...

    Free – $15.00
  • Wed 2
    The Sky Tonight

    The Sky Tonight

    December 2 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    Fleet Science Center 1875 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    Tour the solar system with the Fleet’s resident astronomer and connect with other skywatchers. Journey through the cosmos with us as we explore a new topic each month. The Sky ...

    $19.95 – $24.95
  • Thu 3

    Camarada Mingle at Mingei

    December 3 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

    Step away for a moment—into the night of light, stillness, and sound. As the holiday celebrations begin, A Starry Night invites you into an evening of music illuminated by wonder ...

    $45.00
  • Fri 4
    Balboa Park December Nights

    December Nights

    December 4 @ 4:00 pm - 10:00 pm December Nights
    Balboa Park San Diego, CA, United States

    Join us on December 4 and 5 for the City of San Diego's largest free holiday festival in beautiful Balboa Park. The family friendly event brings San Diegans together to enjoy the lights, the ...

    Free
  • Sat 5
    Chanoyu Tea Demonstrations

    Chanoyu Tea Ceremony Demonstrations

    December 5 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Chanoyu Tea Ceremony Demonstrations
    Japanese Friendship Garden and Museum 2215 Pan American Road East, San Diego, CA, United States

    Join us Monthly to experience Chanoyu through our monthly demonstrations: Location: Exhibit Hall Date : 9/5, 10/3, 11/7 Time: 11:00 AM | 12:00 PM (Each demonstration lasts about 30mins) Ticket: ...

    $10.00 – $15.00
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