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  • July 2026

  • Sat 11
    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 Beaton’s fashion and portrait photography, which he elevated into an art form.   This exhibition showcases Beaton at his most triumphant – from shaping the public ...

    Free – $25.00
  • September 2026

  • Thu 10
    Basketball with a picture of Kobe Bryant

    Community Spotlight: Sherman Heights Community Center

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

    To honor Día de los Muertos we collaborated with Sherman Heights Community Center and local artists Lidia Martinez and Francisco Soto to create an altar.   Día de los Muertos Ofrenda: Honoring Athletes Presented by Sherman Heights Community Center, this year’s Día de los Muertos ofrenda draws inspiration from the vibrant floral structures found in cemeteries throughout ...

    $5.00 – $8.00
  • Fri 25
    Old Globe

    Topdog/Underdog

    September 25 - October 18
    The Old Globe 363 Old Globe Way, San Diego, CA, United States

    Broadway director Steve H. Broadnax III returns to the Globe after last season’s thrilling Appropriate to direct an intimate new staging of Suzan-Lori Parks’s Pulitzer Prize–winning modern classic, which The New York Times hailed as the greatest American play of the past 25 years. Brothers Lincoln and Booth hustle for survival through the street con game of three-card monte. ...

  • Fri 25
    Haunted Trails balboa park with a skull image

    Haunted Trails

    September 25 - November 1
    Balboa Park San Diego, CA, United States

    San Diego’s favorite haunted tradition, The Haunted Trail of Balboa Park, is back with two horrifying haunted houses in one: The unpredictable 3,500 square foot Experiment Maze and the mile-long Haunted Trail winding through the gnarled oaks of historic Marston Point.

    $35.00 – $50.00
  • October 2026

  • Thu 8
    Wings over Water

    Wings Over Water

    October 8 - November 29
    Fleet Science Center 1875 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    Across the heartland of North America, a wetland kingdom of connected rivers, lakes, and waterways has provided an oasis for wildlife since the retreat of the last ice age over 10,000 years ago. Today, these water highways are home to countless species. Alongside herds of bison in the Great Plains and salamanders in the smallest ...

  • Thu 8
    Family doing art work

    Community Art Workshop

    October 8 @ 11:00 am - October 15 @ 1:00 pm Community Art Workshop

    Great for artists of all ages. Community Art Workshops invite artists to enjoy hands-on art making experiences inspired by the thinking and creating processes of artists on view at the Museum. Artists under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult for the duration of the workshop.   Please join us! No reservation is ...

    Free
  • Wed 14
    SDNHM entrance

    National Fossil Day

    October 14 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
    San Diego Natural History Museum (The Nat) 1788 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, United States

    Celebrate National Fossil Day at The Nat. From 10 AM to 2 PM, our staff and volunteers will facilitate activities and displays on several levels of the Museum. Click to learn more. Head to Amazement in the Basement on the lower level to observe and maybe even take part in fossil preparation with our paleontology ...

  • Thu 15

    Coffee and Conversations

    October 15 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am
    Mingei International Museum 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    Join co-editors Océane Boulais and Theodora Mautz for a conversation about the community-led zine in situ, born at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Discover how graduate students, postdocs, and staff transform scientific experiences—from coral reef surveys and whale encounters to ice cores and lab life—into visual art, photography, poetry, and multimedia storytelling for the zine. Proceeds from the zine ...

    $12.00 – $20.00
  • Thu 15
    volcano

    Volcanoes: The Fires of Creation

    October 15 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Volcanoes: The Fires of Creation
    Fleet Science Center 1875 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    Volcanoes have helped create our world. The continents, the air we breathe and even life itself have their origins in fire. These processes have created extraordinary ecosystems and wildlife habitats. The story of volcanoes is the story of the planet’s creation and the story of us. Volcanoes: The Fires of Creation, lets you witness the 2018 ...

  • Thu 15
    volcano

    Volcanoes: The Fires of Creation

    October 15 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Volcanoes: The Fires of Creation
    Fleet Science Center 1875 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    Volcanoes have helped create our world. The continents, the air we breathe and even life itself have their origins in fire. These processes have created extraordinary ecosystems and wildlife habitats. The story of volcanoes is the story of the planet’s creation and the story of us. Volcanoes: The Fires of Creation, lets you witness the 2018 ...

  • Thu 15
    Artifact at Mingei

    Artifact at Night

    October 15 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    ARTIFACT at Mingei 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    Join Chefs Tim Kolanko, Wesley Remington, and Tony Coito for a multi-course meal inspired by the flavors of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, for our October ARTIFACT at Night. Not seeing a reservation time? Email ARTIFACT at Mingei at contact@urbankitchengroup.com.

    $89.00
  • Thu 15
    Artifact at Night

    Artifact at Night

    October 15 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    ARTIFACT at Mingei 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    Join Chefs Tim Kolanko, Wesley Remington, and Tony Coito for a multi-course meal inspired by the flavors of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, for our October ARTIFACT at Night.

    $89.00
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