Cecilia “Ceci” Iglesias, a Republican candidate for the Santa Ana Unified School District’s Board of Education, is having a BBQ fundraiser this Sunday, Sep. 9, from 4:00pm until 6:00pm, at 2721 N Larchmont Ave, Santa Ana, at the home of Dawn and OC Board of Education Trustee Robert Hammond.
The BBQ will include: Continue reading
Miguel Angel Briseño for Mayor
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Contact: Jackeline Reyes, Campaign Manager, (714) 584-8972
MAYORAL CANDIDATE MIGUEL ANGEL BRISENO TO HOLD COMMUNITY EVENT
On Friday, September 7, 2012, Mayoral Candidate Miguel Angel Briseño will hold his first community event for his campaign. This will be Briseño’s public announcement of his candidacy for mayor of the city of Santa Ana. Continue reading
Newsong Church Pastor Dave Gibbons is going to be present at the Santa Ana First Baptist Bible Study & Potluck set for this Wednesday evening, at 6 pm.
Gibbons will be participating in a Q & A, right after the potluck, at 6:45 pm. Gibbons is also prepared to lead a Bible Study as well. Continue reading
GOT MILK? BREAKFAST CHALLENGE
Santa Ana High Schools Battle It Out For $3,000
THE EVENT: GOT MILK? KICKS OFF BREAKFAST COMPETITION AMONG FOUR SANTA ANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS
Just in time for the new school year, the California Milk Processor Board (CMPB) – the creator of GOT MILK? – is partnering with the Santa Ana Unified School District to challenge high school students to start the day off right with a nutritious breakfast with dairy milk for better academic performance and overall health. Continue reading
Next Tuesday, Sept. 11, the Mexican American Opportunity Foundation is inviting the community to come to their preschool’s open house, from 5 to 7 pm at 2033 West Edinger St., in Santa Ana.
Norma Ortiz, of La Mirada, is the preschool director at the Mexican American Opportunity Foundation (MAOF) in Santa Ana. MAOF is the nation’s largest Latino-serving social service organization that helps children and families in need.
Ortiez was taking a course at the University of Phoenix and she had the option of making up a project or applying for an actual grant. She saw an opportunity to bring a playground to her preschool and she ran with it. Continue reading
Proof Bar, in Downtown Santa Ana, is hosting a Labor Day Open Potluck Karaoke tonight, Monday, Sep. 3, from 9 pm until 2 am.
All dishes have a chance to win a $40 bar tab for the night or future night at Proof. Theo Hirsch & Jessica DJ Noodles will buy the best dish a $40 drink tab. They will also buy shots for all Kamikaze singers. And they will buy PBR or wells drink for all potluck participants. Continue reading
From: The Santa Ana Boys & Girls Club
Looking for volunteer hours, community service, or just the opportunity to give back to your community? The Boys & Girls Club of Santa Ana have teamed up with KaBOOM! and Disney to build a brand-new playground for our Club.
In order to make this possible, we need help from the community! We are currently looking for volunteers to participate in our Build Day on Monday, September 10th. The Build Day will start at 8 a.m. and will conclude with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 3 p.m. Please come join us in celebrating!
For more information or to sign-up, please call our club at (714) 543-7212. Continue reading
Labor Day weekend is here and if you are having a “staycation” how about heading to Downtown Santa Ana, this Saturday night, Sep. 1, for the Downtown Santa Ana Art Walk?
Come to the Art Walk to enjoy arts, crafts and live entertainment centrally located at: Artists Village – Second Street Promenade (2nd & Broadway) & the Santiago Arts Colony (Santa Ana Blvd. & Poinsettia). There is always something new to see ! Downtown Inc. encourages artists of all medias to participate in this event. For more information or to list your event, contact: claudia@downtown-inc.com, (714) 547 – 6100 ext. 205. WWW.DOWNTOWN-SANTAANA.COM.
Highlights of this Saturday’s Labor Day Weekend Art Walk: Continue reading
Watch the hit Disney/Pixar movie “Up” this Fridaynight, August 31, from 7:30pm to 9:30pm, at the Movie Night and Campfire at Santa Ana’s Santiago Park Nature Center., located at 600 E. Memory Lane, just east of Santiago Park.
Also, mark your calendars, Saturday September 15th is the Inner-Coastal Watershed Cleanup, from 9am to noon. The Santiago Park Nature Center will host a Creek Cleanup for the 16th Annual Inner-Coastal and Watershed Cleanup. The event will begin at 9am and end at noon. Continue reading
Santa Ana City Council candidate Eric Alderete, who was endorsed yesterday by the Democratic Party of Orange County, is hosting a fundraiser this Wednesday, August 29, from 6 to 8 pm, in Santa Ana, at the Benton House, located at 2311 N. Benton Way. Continue reading
City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County
Community: OC Film Fiesta Features Three Weekends of Films and Music Free Fest Celebrating Orange County’s Cinema Heritage Runs Sept. 1-16
returns to Santa Ana September 1-16 for a three-week cinematic celebration of Orange County’s multicultural heritage. Presented by the City of Santa Ana, the 2012 OC Film Fiesta takes place in Santa Ana’s vibrant downtown Artists Village.
The OC Film Fiesta presents an award-winning selection of feature films, documentaries, short films and activities for a diverse audience of families, students, artists, professionals and lovers of cinema from throughout the county. Continue reading
CALLE CUATRO FIESTAS PATRIAS 2012 COMMERCIAL BOOTHS AND SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE
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SANTA ANA, CA (Aug 22, 2012)- The 34th annual Calle Cuatro Festival, a two day celebration commemorating Mexico’s independence, will take place at the famous Calle Cuatro, 4th street, in Santa Ana on Sept 15th and 16th from 11am-10pm. MX LIVE Entertainment along with the City of Santa Ana along and Exitos 93.9 are producing the festival which is considered the biggest Mexican independence day celebration in the world outside of Mexico. It will include live music and presentations by Latin Grammy and Billboard Performing Artists. In previous years the crowd has enjoyed performances by Fobia, Gustavo Galindo, Ozomatli, Ceci Bastida, and more. Fiestas Patrias also features a free 2 hour parade, festival food, beer garden, carnival rides and games, and community entertainment. Continue reading
Mexican and Chicano Art at the Muck – Gallery Opening Reception: Open Your Eyes/ Abre Los Ojos – August 30-November 4
Opening Reception Thursday . August 30 . 6:30 PM. Special Performance by Ballet Folklorico Monte Alban at 7 PM. Curator’s Walk Through November 1 . 6 PM.
To celebrate Fullerton’s Sister City of Morelia, Mexico, guest curator and celebrated artist José Lozano selects revered Mexican and Mexican–American art centered on the state of Michoacan from private collections in Southern California. Continue reading
Don’t miss today’s 2012 Summer Sensation Concert at the Yost Theater, in Downtown Santa Ana, from noon to 5 pm. Learn about local resources available to the youth of Santa ana as you enjoy a day of live entertainment! Support local youth talent!
Learn about the resources some of your local organizations provide to youth including Latino Health Access, The Center OC, KidWorks and Building Healthy Communities.
Organized by youth from: YEN, YETA, CORE and Teen Space. For more info: Barbara 714-878-1658, Barbara@kidworksonline.org.
FREE FOOD FREE MUSIC FREE RESOURCES! Continue reading
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WHEN: September 1 – November 14, 2012
HOURS: Tu-Th, Sun, 11 am – 4 pm, Fri – Sat, 11 – 4 pm
RECEPTION: Saturday, September 1, 7 – 10 pm
Tony de los Reyes: Border Theory
September 2012, Santa Ana – Grand Central Art Center presents Tony de los Reyes: Border Theory, the debut of the artist’s new series of rigorous, visually tactile paintings that contemplate abstraction as the foundation of both color field painting and the establishment of the US-Mexico border. In works that are both optically vivid as well as quietly provocative, Border Theory posits that the inclinations behind border-making and the aesthetic principles of abstraction are powered by the same habitual pursuit of spatial order. Continue reading