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Category Archives: Arts and Culture

36th Annual VSA Festival set for April 21, at the Westfield MainPlace Mall

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The 36th Annual VSA Festival will be held at the Westfield MainPlace Mall on April 21, from 11 am to 4 pm.  VSA California of Orange County provides arts, education, and cultural opportunities by, with, and for people with disabilities, making the arts accessible to people of all abilities.  Click here to download the event flier.

The annual VSA Festival is held each spring to culminate year-round, school and community based arts program efforts, including hands-on workshops, demonstrations, performances, and a visual art exhibit, serving all ages and all disabilities. Opening ceremonies showcase outstanding performers and provide an overview of the day’s activities. Individuals and organizations that have sponsored and supported the VSA programs are acknowledged. Continue reading→

Cambodian New Year Celebration set for April 15, at Jerome Park

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Join the Cambodian Family in celebrating the Year of the Dragon at this year’s Cambodian New Year Celebration, on Sunday, April 15, 2012, from 9:00am until 1:00pm, Jerome Park, located at 726 South Center Street, in Santa Ana, featuring:

  • Religious Buddhist Ceremony
  • Cambodian Traditional Dances
  • Free resources and screenings

Any and everyone is welcomed. This event is FREE. Parking is available on a first come first serve basis. We suggest you carpool and arrive early. Continue reading→

Santa Ana Cinco de Mayo sponsorships and vendor booths available now

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Connect with 150,000 Latinos at this years Santa Ana Cinco de Mayo Celebration in Historic Downtown! Sponsorships and Vendor Booths Available. Get yours now!  Call the MX Live Office at 714-966-1788 or visit CalleCuatro.Com.

MX LIVE is the company that now produces CINCO DE MAYO & FIESTAS PATRIAS on Fourth St. in Downtown Santa Ana.  MX LIVE ENTERTAINMENT is looking for a creative and reliable Web Design Intern for the spring semester. Must know Adobe Dreamweaver, HTML, Adobe Flash and WordPress. Spanish skills are a plus. The internship is unpaid, but you will gain valuable skills, earn school credit, and attend fun events. We will work with student schedules, but must be available 15/hours per week. Please send resume to mxliveintern@gmail.com.

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Don’t miss tonight’s April Art Walk in Downtown Santa Ana

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Check out Downtown Santa Ana this Saturday night, March 3, for this month’s First Saturday Downtown Santa Ana Art Walk. Arts, crafts and live entertainment centrally located at: Second Street Promenade (2nd & Broadway) & the East End (3rd & Spurgeon).

There is always something new to see, including:

Free songwriter workshops, with Quetzal, at El Centro Cultural de Mexico

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You are invited to a free songwriter workshop / Un taller de composición de canciones gratis with award-winning musicians / con los músicos premiados – Queztal Flores & Marta Gonzalez of the band, Queztal, Presented by Arts Orange County & El Centro Cultural de Mexico. Continue reading→

Santa Ana Arts update from the CSUF Grand Central Art Center

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ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Meet our current Artist in Residence working in Social Practice, Jules Rochielle. She will open the AIR store front studio space as a platform for recording individual thoughts on democracy through personal stories and local histories.  Artist Silvia Mantilla  Ortiz will be collaborating with Rochielle throughout the evening. http://grandcentralartcenter.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/jules-rochielle-portable-city-projects-artist-in-residence-gcac/
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS Continue reading→

Free admission to the Bowers today, including a cherry blossom festival

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Sunday, April 1, 2012, 10 AM – 4 PM

The Bowers Museum offers free admission to the museum on the first Sunday of every month. Be one of the first people to see our newest visiting exhibit: Sacred Gold: Pre-Hispanic Art of Columbia.

Free to attend.

Limited to 250 tickets per hour and 1500 tickets per day for specially ticketed exhibits. Continue reading→

Spring Awakening musical to open at Santa Ana’s Theatre Out on April 6

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THEATRE OUT TO OPEN AWARD-WINNING HIT MUSICAL “SPRING AWAKENING”

Santa Ana, CA (3/29/2012) – Theatre Out, Orange County’s gay and lesbian theatre company, who brought you recent hits Avenue Q and The Wild Party is pleased to present the Tony Award-Winning musical SPRING AWAKENING beginning April 6, 2012. Running through May 5, this moving musical relives the trials and tribulations of becoming an adult. Continue reading→

Yost Theater to host screening of Addiction Inc., about youth smoking, on 3/24

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TOBACCO CONTROL ADVOCATES JOIN FORCES TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT YOUTH SMOKING THROUGH FREE SCREENING OF DOCUMENTARY FILM “ADDICTION INCORPORATED” AT YOST THEATER IN SANTA ANA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Adrian Althoff, Communications Manager, National Latino Tobacco Control Network 408‐449‐6491 / aalthoff@indianalatino.com / adrian.althoff@gmail.com Bethzabe Martinez, President, LULAC‐Bolivia 714‐855‐8262 / bethzabemartinez@yahoo.com

WHAT: In an effort to raise awareness about smoking among youth and young adults, LULAC‐Bolivia (Council #3188 of the League of United Latin American Citizens, known as LULAC), the City of Santa Ana, the University of Southern California (USC/IPR), and the National Latino Tobacco Control Network (NLTCN) are joining forces to host a free public screening of the critically acclaimed documentary film ADDICTION INCORPORATED at Yost Theater. Continue reading→

Barbara Brewer’s quiltscapes featured at John Wayne Airport

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 22, 2012

Contact: Jenny Wedge, (949) 252-5182 (office), jwedge@ocair.com

“QUILTSCAPES” BY ARTIST BARBARA BREWER FEATURED IN COMMUNITY FOCUS SPACE PROGRAM AT JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A selection of “quiltscapes” (landscape inspired quilts), by Orange County artist Barbara Brewer will be on display now through May 7, 2012 in the Thomas F. Riley Terminal as part of John Wayne Airport’s Community Focus Space Program. Brewer’s art work can be seen on the departure (upper) level near the security screening areas and on the arrival (lower) level near baggage carousels 1 and 4. Continue reading→

Ride Metrolink free to the Swallows’ Day Parade and Mercado on 3/24

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Ride Metrolink Free* to the Swallows’ Day Parade and Mercado

Every year, cliff swallows return to San Juan Capistrano after migrating from their winter home in Argentina. Join the city as it celebrates with a parade and street market this Saturday.

Meet us in Orange for a FREE Metrolink ticket and more! Continue reading→

Fundraiser to support local Santa Ana artists, on April. 7 at Gallery 207

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For Immediate Release
Contact: Jaydee Dizon, 310.962.4520

Support Our Local Artists at Gallery 207

Let’s give the “Artistes” at Santora Arts Buidling a round of applause in keeping the arts active for the past 17 years! This year, Gallery 207, a non–profit Artist Cooperative launches a fundraiser to promote their creative endeavors by showing a number of small works for purchase. Join us during April’s Artwalk on Saturday, April 7th from 6-10 PM at 207 N. Broadway St., Suite E in downtown Santa Ana. Continue reading→

Santa Ana Independence Day planning committee to meet on April 3

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Community: PLANNING FOR 2012 INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION BEGINS

The Planning Committee is asking for Residents’ Input during the Upcoming Planning Meetings

SANTA ANA, CA (March 8, 2012) – On Tuesday, March 6, 2012, Councilmembers Bustamante and Benavides, City Staff, and community members attended the first planning meeting for this year’s Independence Day Celebration, to be held Sunday, July 1, 2012 at Centennial Park.  Continue reading→

Don’t miss the first Saturday Downtown Santa Ana Art Walk tonight

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Check out Downtown Santa Ana this Saturday night, March 3, for this month’s First Saturday Downtown Santa Ana Art Walk. Arts, crafts and live entertainment centrally located at: Second Street Promenade (2nd & Broadway) & the East End (3rd & Spurgeon).

There is always something new to see, including:

  • The Grand Central Art Center, featuring: Imaginary Realism: Works on Paper.  An exhibition highlighting eight international artists working within the Imaginary Realism movement. This exhibition focuses primarily on contemporary surrealism and artists working within the Visionary, Fantastical, and Magical Realism genres. Imaginary Realism has become a worldwide movement and continues to claim increasing attention in Europe, Asia and America. Continue reading→