August 2022

BEST OF

ARTS + CULTURE

Stage as Feminist Expression MOXIE THEATRE

Formal Display, Informal Culture CALIFORNIA CENTER OF THE ARTS Subcultures don’t ask for recognition from art institutions, but it always warms the fringe heart when they get it. “Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters,” includes the work of nearly 100 artists from the world of lowrider, surf, skate, tattoo, and graffiti. It’s curated by two local culture heavyweights: Bobby Ruiz (CEO of local clothing line, Tribal) and Dr. G Jim Daichendt, an art history professor at Point Loma Nazarene. artcenter.org

New Cultural Hub PARK & MARKET

The Rolando-area theater company embarks on its 17th season of bringing women+ stories to life with radically inclusive casting and all the determination of its namesake. Having survived the pandemic’s performance embargo with “ZoomFest,” they’re back on stage with world premieres alongside works by Pulitzer Prize-

The cultural renewal of Downtown got a jolt from this massive, inclusive project. It includes a 225-seat Guggenheim theater for plays, concerts, and lectures; a 58-seat movie house screening indie and foreign films; a 25-foot dual-sided video wall for video installations; gallery space; a “civic collaboratory” for research and public policy; a state of the art computer lab; a dance and wellness room. And that’s just the tip of its culture iceberg.

winning playwrights. moxietheatre.com

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