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This week’s theater roundup also includes news from San Diego Musical Theatre and Common Ground Theatre
Business Spotlight: The San Diego Opera is looking forward to continuing adaptive programming to allow its ticket holders and donors to enjoy the arts as the “communal experience” they’re missing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A graduate of La Jolla Country Day School, Harvard and Julliard, he gave up playing soccer here as a teen in order to focus on his music. Now the Del Mar-bred violinist/conductor returns for Mainly Mozart’s ambitious Festival of Orchestras
The just-announced lineup, with few dates attached, includes three world premieres, two musicals and three Shakespeare plays
This week’s theater column includes news from Moxie Theatre, San Diego Repertory Theatre and North Coast Rep
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The Grammy Award-winning San Diego rock band returns to the baseball stadium, where it performed sold-out June drive-in concert last year
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The orchestra, led by music director Rafael Payare, continues to pivot online as the coronavirus pandemic extends the shuttering of live concert events
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The eighth annual Powers New Voices Festival will feature a dozen works by both local and national playwrights
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The concerts, which will showcase top national orchestra musicians, will be held in February, April and June at the Del Mar Fairgrounds and could be expanded to Orange County if the coronavirus pandemic eases
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The conference will be held Feb. 20-21 and March 6-7.
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Some of the postponed 2020 productions will be part of some companies’ 2021 seasons
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The San Dieguito Union High School District believes they are prepared to safely bring students back when the county is out of the purple tier.
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Encinitas’s Max Root and El Cajon’s Jimmie Johnson will race in the Rolex 24 at Daytona Jan. 30-31.
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The action by state officials means restaurants could soon reopen outdoor dining and hair and nail salons could reopen with restrictions. Counties will make the final call, however.
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Local organizations have been supporting the Safe Parking program in Encinitas, which launched last year to help local people experiencing homelessness and living in their cars, with meals and other items throughout the holiday season.
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Special, mail-in election would have cost $200,000 to $300,000, city clerk estimates
Ovation Theatre is presenting a virtual stream of the innovative, live production of “All Shook Up” Jan. 29-30, 2021 and Feb. 5-6, 2021.
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Gary Chapman, PhD will share strategies to connect in meaningful ways with teenagers
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In a year of onstage, livestreaming and filmed show, local theaters found new and diverse ways to reach audiences
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Former Encinitas City Councilwoman Lisa Shaffer, a self-described “lifelong political junkie,” tackled some of the most pressing environmental issues during her time at NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Leucadia-based muralist Pepa Ivanoff began painting from the far right-hand corner of a wall on Vulcan Avenue, just south of Leucadia Boulevard.
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This week’s cancellation follows a Sept. 1 announcement that saw the symphony, the oldest in California, scrap its entire fall season, which was to have featured 12 concerts at Jacobs Music Center’s Copley Symphony Hall
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San Diego Repertory Theatre is one of several theaters co-presenting the livestreamed play on Sunday
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The world premiere streamed production takes a fresh look at Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”
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Encinitas-based veterinarian Vera Heidolph recently released her debut book “If You’ve Ever Loved a Dog,” featuring vignettes about her dogs and other stories from her career.
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Artwork will bring hope and love to the residents of Seacrest Village
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James Newcomb stars in Dickens tale told from a fresh perspective
