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Make Music Downey Saturday June 8th

This Saturday June 8th, downtown Downey will come alive to participate in an international music celebration, “Make Music Downey,” follows in the footsteps of annual events in hundreds of cities around the world with an open opportunity for musicians to perform at businesses or performance venues that sign up to participate. In Downey, this is… Continue reading Make Music Downey Saturday June 8th

DCLO presents “Paint Your Wagon”

The Downey Civic Light Opera presents “Paint Your Wagon” at the Downey Civic Theatre.  8435 E. Firestone Blvd., Downey, CA  90241. Box office: 562-923-1714     e-mail:  downeyclo@hotmail.com May 30 – June 16, 2013 A Musical Play. Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. Music by Frederick Loewe. Original Dances Created by Agnes De Mille. In musicals… Continue reading DCLO presents “Paint Your Wagon”

Greek Night @ Stay Gallery – June 1, 2013

Greek Night @ Stay Gallery In celebration of the Downey Greek Food Festival in Downey, we will be hosting a ‘Greek Night’ beginning at 10pm (when the festival ends) on Saturday, June 1st. Artwork by Greek artist Zafiris Gour will be on display, and tons more. Stay Gallery    11140 Downey Ave.,     Downey, CA    90241 info@stay-gallery.com

Santa Fe Springs Art Fest – May 30, 2013

Art Showcase Night at the Clarke Estate       5 p.m. – 8 p.m. 10211 Pioneer Blvd., Santa Fe Springs, CA  90670 Experience an evening at the Clarke Estate as the City hosts its first Art Fest.                         Opening night will feature “Art Showcase Night “at the Clarke Estate.  This event will be held on Thursday, May… Continue reading Santa Fe Springs Art Fest – May 30, 2013

Sue Ann Robinson of Long Beach MOA Lectures May 23

View From The Edge is a lecture series bringing life to modern art with important voices of the local arts community.  Thursday May 23, we present Sue Ann Robinson, Director of Collections and Exhibitions for the Long Beach Museum of Art, as she brings a talk entitled, “Modern Art Nurtured in California: Historical Contributions of Our… Continue reading Sue Ann Robinson of Long Beach MOA Lectures May 23

Review: Brecht on Brecht at Atwater Village Playhouse

Bertolt Brecht is known to have said about great art that, “nothing is self-evident. I am made to laugh about those who cry, and cry about those who laugh.” We experience a little bit of both in The Other Theatre’s production of George Tabori’s Brecht on Brecht at the Atwater Village Playhouse, directed by Downey… Continue reading Review: Brecht on Brecht at Atwater Village Playhouse

Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 with Downey High Theatre

Downey High School Theatre Department presents “Musical Comedy Murders of 1940” beginning June 7th in their Morris Theatre. New York, 1940. In the glamorous world of Broadway where dreams come true, things turn into a nightmare for a certain group of showbiz types. Taking place in a mansion in the country, a group of theatrical… Continue reading Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 with Downey High Theatre

Elsa Van Leuven Artist Workshop May 11

Elsa Van Leuven is the demonstrator for the next meeting of the Downey Art League and Paramount Traditional Artists Guild, May 11th, 2PM at Progress Park Plaza.   15530 Downey Ave., Paramount, CA, between Somerset and Alondra Blvds. Elsa was born in Oklahoma, moving to California in her mid-teens. Her artistic talents first developed along… Continue reading Elsa Van Leuven Artist Workshop May 11

State of the Art Photos

The Big M

On Sunday, the Downey Arts Coalition put on an intimate art fair featuring local artists and local arts organizations gathering together to talk about what they do and meet each other.   With participation from the Downey Museum of Art, Third Thursday Poetry, Nuvein Foundation, Zzyzx Writers, Friends of the Library, Make Music Downey, OLPH,… Continue reading State of the Art Photos