Best Bets

Broadway/San Diego’s Tony-winning triple threat; Wild Animal Park’s night crawlers; and San Diego Dance Theater’s “Mad Hot Ballroom.”

Best Bets

Shakespeare parks it; favorite felines return; and mummies dearest are unearthed.

Best Bets

In Plein View

The San Diego Museum of Art spotlights a defining work of the 19th-century Hudson River School movement.

Dreamweavers

Artist Grant Pecoff sees things differently. Dream-like landscapes are painted in popsicle shades; the horizon can curve up in a smile, as if viewed through a fisheye lens.

A Clear Contrast

Notable husband-and-wife watercolorists Frederic Whitaker and Eileen Monaghan Whitaker expressed themselves differently in their works.

From Italy with Love

From Wedekind to Woodard

Theatrical time travel, from Wedekind to Woodard.

Intellect and Ivories

Robert Dubac’s play title says it all.

The Many Faces of SummerFest

The many faces of La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest.

Mainly Marathon

Get ready for a Beethoven marathon at the Balboa Theatre.

Culture at the Multiplex

Thanks to advances in technology, San Diego plays host to New York’s Metropolitan Opera, with outlets in Horton Plaza, Mission Valley Center and Mira Mesa.

Science and Sensibility

Judge Woody Clarke draws on his DNA expertise for a new book.

Where Form Meets Function

An exhibit at Balboa Park’s Mingei International Museum showcases functional fine art infused with attitude.

Classic Chance

California Ballet Company performs the bittersweet Giselle.

Back in Black

Lewis Black brings his comedic vitriol to Copley Symphony Hall.