
Review: Rafael Payare conducts Shostakovich’s massive ‘Leningrad’ with thrilling force
Rafael Payare conducts the symphony. Photo courtesy San Diego SymphonySan Diego Symphony music director Rafael Payare long ago established his credentials as a Mahlerian. He’s conducted no composer more often, has recorded Mahler’s Fifth Symphony and Rückert Lieder, and featured Mahler’s Second and

CityScape: Schmidt Design Group’s ‘sustainable and artful’ landscapes
Civita Park in Mission Valley. (Photo courtesy Schmidt Design Group)In 1983, Glen Schmidt launched a landscape architecture practice with the motto “sustainable and artful.” Today, Schmidt Design Group, with forty-one employees and a mission of “Positive Change By Design,” has helped create whole ne

New Children’s Museum unveils first major renovation since its construction in 2008
DOWNTOWN – The New Children’s Museum recently unveiled an 8,600-square-foot expansion, adding more art studio space on the third story, an education commons for classroom visits and additional gallery space. It was the first major renovation at the downtown museum since it was built in 2008. Archite
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