Coronado residents are arts enthusiasts. The two local theater groups enjoy strong support. Visual art dots the town, with even an established walking art tour. The Coronado High School is home to Coronado School of the Arts (CoSA). We have Art in the Park and each summer Sunday at 5 or 6 p.m. a music concert drifts through town.

In July 2021, residents attended an inaugural concert of the Coronado Philharmonia sponsored by the library at the high school’s Black Box Theatre. The string chamber orchestra, organized and led by Osvaldo Mendoza, had 18 professional musicians from the San Diego area who volunteered to help draw attention to the goal of establishing a Coronado orchestra. Publicist Stacy Eaton expressed the hope to grow the group to a high-level symphony of 30 to 40 musicians with wind, brass, and percussion instruments. Eaton said, “Our whole vision is to have a full symphony.” more >>

Coronado Unified School District (CUSD) president Lee Pontes opened the CUSD School Board meeting of Sept. 9 with a call for a moment of silence to commemorate the tragic events of 9/11. Following that obseravance, the Governing Board stepped until a full slate of items for their first meeting of the new school year.

Director of Special Programs Shane Schmeichel updated the board on a model more >>