As part of the City Heights Initiative, a public/private partnership between the City and Price Charities, the City Heights Performance Annex opened in November 1998. It serves one of the most culturally diverse neighborhoods in San Diego. Its next door neighbor is the City Heights/Weingart library, which is the busiest city library for public computer usage. One of the library system’s many IDEA Labs is here; it is purposed as a multimedia studio for community training and production. The Performance Annex has the only black box venue and theater that the city owns and operates. The front door and external stage opens directly to Jeremy Henwood Memorial Park, which doubles as an outdoor amphitheater space.
Upcoming Events
3:45pm - 5:30pm
Middle School Age, Teens, Emerging Adults
6:30pm - 9pm
SD Poet Laureate: A Litany for Survival Film Screening & Poetry Reading
Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Free Ballet Folklorico Classes - Alma del Barrio
Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults
10am - 12pm
San Diego Ballet Free Saturday Morning Dance Classes
Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults
3pm - 4pm
Dancing With Dignity Performance
Elementary School Age, Middle School Age, Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults
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IDEA Lab
The City Heights Library IDEA Lab features a partnership with Media Arts Center San Diego and focuses on creating various types of media, everything from podcasting to filmmaking. Our makerspace includes video and audio recording equipment as well as the necessary computer programs to help you create something great!
Community Production Hours from 12-6pm BY APPOINTMENT ONLY where members of Media Arts Center San Diego can work with you one-on-one to help make your media project a reality.
To schedule an appointment, please call: 619-641-6103 or email Mizar Martin at mizar@mediaartscenter.org.
The Workforce Development Initiative with the San Diego Public Library is a workforce readiness training program in collaboration with Media Arts Center San Diego. Participants 16-29 years old spend six weeks at the City Heights Library IDEA Lab training in multimedia production. They are then placed in internships throughout the San Diego Public Library system where they create content.
For more information about the Workforce Development Initiative at the San Diego Public Library, visit: https://mediaartscenter.org/wdi/.
Please enjoy the final video projects by our latest cohort of trainees