The Oak Cliff Cultural Center in Dallas is hosting diverse artistic events in 2026, ranging from the Zora Neale Hurston Festival to art shows by local students and engages the community with programs like salsa classes and open mic poetry nights.

The Norman Rockwell Museum presents "Jazz Age Illustration," displaying over 150 pieces reflecting American culture from 1919-1942, including works by Aaron Douglas and John Held Jr.

The San Diego Symphony will play John Williams’ Star Wars: A New Hope score live at The Rady Shell on May 1 and 3, 2026. Tickets are on sale and expected to move quickly.

A Midtown Sacramento institution, Celebration Arts says a state funding cutoff and leadership shake-up have left it racing to raise roughly $40K to stay open through March. Organizers have launched a grassroots campaign while trimming next year’s season.

Phoenix's Madison Center for the Arts announces a diverse 2025-26 season, while State Farm Stadium and Chase Field gear up for major tours, including Ed Sheeran and My Chemical Romance.

Junkyard is converting retired city buses into free, bookable "junkpods" for HAAM-registered Austin musicians. Organizers have one bus, are fundraising, and plan app-based bookings.

The Dallas Opera will stage Rachel Portman's The Little Prince Feb. 6–14, 2026 at the Winspear Opera House, a new-to-Dallas mainstage premiere with family programming.

Monks from Gaden Shartse Monastery ended a weeklong North County tour at PHES Gallery, ceremonially sweeping away a four‑day sand mandala as a blessing and lesson in impermanence.

Nearly 60 Flathead Valley students joined San Diego Ballet and Glacier Symphony for a weekend Nutcracker at FVCC's Wachholz College Center.

A retired UC Davis painter's seven-year mural sits unfinished after a fall left him with expressive aphasia. His daughter’s viral TikTok has made their home a focal point for a national conversation about language loss and care.

The San Francisco Giants have acquired the historic Curran Theatre, uniting sports with arts and pledging to maintain its cultural legacy in the city.

Jimmy Smits and Wanda De Jesús will headline Berkeley Rep’s reimagined All My Sons, running Feb. 20–Mar. 29, 2026.

SFMOMA and MoAD named Cornelia Stokes their first Assistant Curator of the Art of the African Diaspora; the three‑year post begins Jan. 5, 2026 and will sit across both museums.