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Celebrate Día de los Muertos with Mariachi Los Camperos at San Diego's beautiful waterfront venue, The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park. Mariachi Los Camperos, led by Jesus “Chuy” Guzman, is considered by many to be among the finest mariachi ensembles in the world. Mariachi Los Camperos invites you for an evening honoring Día de los Muertos and the Golden Era of […]
About this Performance In this haunting horror staple, Jack Torrance, an aspiring author and recovering alcoholic, drags his wife Wendy and gifted son Danny to snow-covered Colorado's secluded Overlook Hotel after landing a job as an off-season caretaker at the establishment. Things seem to be slow enough for the family to enjoy their stay at […]
Oct 23 - Oct 31 1 HR 15 MIN Celebrate SCREAM-TACULAR season at the El Capitan Theatre! Get ready to watch The Nightmare Before Christmas in 4D! See props from all of your favorite Halloween Movies! See Skeleton Dance short before the movie!
Release date: 22 Oct 1993 Running time: 76 mins THIS IS HALLOWEEN, EVERYBODY MAKE A SCENE! Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas […]
Release date: 16 Jul 1993 Running time: 95 mins IT’S JUST A BUNCH OF HOCUS POCUS. After 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night, and it is up to three kids and their newfound feline friend to put an end to the witches’ reign of terror once […]
Get ready for the ultimate fright fest at the San Diego Halloween Film Festival on Oct. 31, 2024! Gather your fellow ghouls, ghosts, and indie film fanatics as we conjure up a spine-chilling night of cinematic delights! This is the Halloween event you don't want to miss. Dress to impress in your most frightfully fabulous […]
School of Theater, Television, and Film Aztec Student Union Theatre Thursday, Oct 31, 2024 at 7:30 PM (PT) Creepy, crawly, scary fun! A spook-tacular selection of short horror films by student filmmakers from the San Diego State University Television, Film, and New Media Production program.
In this hilarious cult classic, Mel Brooks gives us a surreal parody of the horror staple, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, by telling the story of the infamous scientist’s grandson who is on a mission to prove that his grandfather wasn’t as crazy as people say he was. After being invited to Transylvania, the American scientist sets out […]
About this Performance Gustavo Dudamel leads a festive exploration of Latin American music for Día de los Muertos with Villa-Lobos’ progressive tour de force and Gabriela Ortiz’s 2019 Yanga. Her work for orchestra, chorus, and percussion ensemble is characterized by its use of African instruments and colorful, multilayered rhythms. Ortiz says, “ speaks to the greatness […]
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR SNEHAL DESAI’S DIRECTORIAL DEBUT AT THE MARK TAPER FORUM Slinging razor guitars, thundering drums, and an anti-hero named Johnny. Not the prelude of typical entries in the canon of musical theatre. But these elements herald a groundbreaking American musical all the same: with the burning passion of characters who yearn for something more, […]
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR SNEHAL DESAI’S DIRECTORIAL DEBUT AT THE MARK TAPER FORUM Slinging razor guitars, thundering drums, and an anti-hero named Johnny. Not the prelude of typical entries in the canon of musical theatre. But these elements herald a groundbreaking American musical all the same: with the burning passion of characters who yearn for something more, […]
...with Special Guest FRANKIE ROSE! About The Psychedelic Furs and The Jesus and Mary Chain bring their distinctive British rock to The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park. The Psychedelic Furs may not have invented rock & roll per se, but their influence since arriving on the post-punk scorched-earth landscape four decades ago has reverberated and resonated […]