“The Americans” perform at the Epic Lounge in Downey on Saturday June 22, 2013 at 9:00 PM with special guest, “L.A. Blues Project.”
The Epic Lounge, 8239 2nd. St., Downey, CA 90241
Catch 22 Productions www.fb.com/catch22pro
$10 ticket price. www.brownpapertickets.com/profile/309031
RIVES MANSION 10933 Paramount Boulevard at ThIrd Street. Enter by driveway on Paramount. Ample parking. Free admission.
Optional hot meal with soda for $11 donation.
Third Thursday Poetry Series curated by Lorine Parks lorineparks@verizon.net
Doors open at 7, open mike starts at 7:30.
Bring printed copy for poem to be eligible to be chosen to be printed in The Downey Patriot
Conney D. Williams is a Los Angeles based poet, actor and performance artist originally from Shreveport, Louisiana where he worked a radio personality. He has published two poetry collections “Leaves of Spilled Spirit from an Untamed Poet (2002/2008)” and his latest, “Blues Red Soul Falsetto (2012).” His poetry has also been published in various publications and anthologies including Voices from Leimert Park; America: At the End of the Day; and The Drumming Between Us.
He has performed his poetry on television, radio, galleries, universities, grade schools, coffee houses, and stages around Southern California, including the Black Arts Festival.
Deke Dickerson and the Ecco-Fonics performs at the Epic Lounge.
8239 2nd. Street, Downey, CA 90241
Show starts at 9:00 PM.
www.brownpapertickets.com/profile/309031
tickets $10
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 an all-volunteer effort put on by members of the Downey Arts Coalition, put together for the first time ever. An open invitation was extended to local musicians, and the response was great, over 50 separate music acts are participating, from rock bands, singer-songwriters, solo musicians, electronic music, choirs, and more across all genres of music, even dub-step.
A total of six venues will be hosting the musicians simultaneously from 11AM to 6PM near Downtown Downey, including two main stages at the First Presbyterian Church Front Lawn on 7th Street and Downey Avenue, Mambo Gril and Sports Bar on Downey Avenue just south of 3rd Street, Stay Gallery on Downey Avenue just north of Firestone, Epic Lounge on 2nd Street just a block west of Downey Avenue, Downey Music Center on Firestone near Downey Avenue, and Super Stack Burgers on New St and 3rd St next to the Krikorian Theaters.
With so many options, you’ll never be able to catch everything, but also doesn’t lock you in if a certain performance isn’t your style. The venues are within walking distance. Parking is available at Our Lady of Perpetual Hope (Downey Ave and 7th St), St. George’s Greek Orthodox Church (Downey and 4th), the Krikorian Parking Structure (New St and 2nd St) as well as all public parking on Downey Avenue. The Farmer’s Market will also be going on from 9AM to 2PM, so plan accordingly.
This event is free to everyone to attend, the musicians, organizers and venues are all donating their time. The event does have many expenses, however, and is sponsored by the Downey Arts Coalition non-profit community group. Consider donating to the cause to make this event happen again in the future: Click here or scroll down to the bottom of this post.
A full schedule of performers is available at www.makemusicdowney.org.
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 such as “Gigi” and “My Fair Lady,” lyricist Arthur Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe established themselves as incomparable sophisticates of the theater. In 1951’s “Paint Your Wagon” however, they showed an equally matchless ear for the haunting music of the California wilderness. Set in the Gold Rush era, Lerner’s book is amazingly contemporary in its depiction of wealth-obsession, the Hispanic-American cultural divide, the dream of a western El Dorado, the ache for love, and the unrelenting restlessness that characterizes western life, as dramatized in songs like “I Talk to the Trees” and “They Call the Wind Mariah.” Agnes DeMille was choreographer for the original production of this often overlooked musical, and Clint Eastwood seemed uncannily right for the 1969 Josh Logan film.
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
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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 30 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Select art will be available for purchase. Complimentary music, food, and refreshments will be provided. Bring your family, colleagues, and friends. Celebrate and enjoy an evening of the arts as our local artists and several distinguished artists showcase their talent. |
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There will also be an area showcasing the City’s Art in Public Places Program. All of the pieces that comprise the City’s collection will be featured in a digital presentation for all to enjoy. Business residents are encouraged to share in this evening of art as many of you host these wonderful pieces that brings beauty, sophistication, as well as a mystical ambience, to our business district. You will also have an opportunity to view selected art pieces which will be on display in the City’s Library beginning June 3 and closing June 28. Registered artists looking for information regarding this event please contact: Yolanda Garcia casitadelpueblo@msn.com (562) 693-2844
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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 Local Artists.”
The lecture begins at 6:30PM at the Downey City Library, and is free to the public. The Downey Museu of Art, Downey Arts Coalition and curator Roy Anthony Shabla have collaborated to bring you this series. The DMOA has had a historically significant place in the modern art movement in California, as have artists local to the area. Come to learn about some of the significant names of the local history of modern art.
Sue Ann Robinson’s bio, courtesy of Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art.
Sue Ann Robinson is a visual artist, educator, author and museum professional. Robinson co-founded the first graduate program in museum education at George Washington University, Washington, DC. She worked with art museum director Walter Hopps at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and has developed innovative educational programs at the Long Beach Museum of Art, where she is currently the Director of Collections. She authored essays for the Art Museum as Educator, published by the University of California, Berkeley.
Robinson exhibited her assemblage on the east coast in the 70’s and produced artist’s books at the Writer’s Center, Glen Echo Park, MD. She was employed by the Women’s Graphic Center at the Women’s Building in Los Angeles in the 80’s. She received two three-year artist-in-residence grants from the California Art Council at the Long Beach Public Library and the Long Beach Museum of Art, where she subsequently continued as Director of Education.
Robinson has received numerous fellowships, awards and grants for her artist’s books—including the Library Fellows Grant from the National Museum of Women in the Arts, two artist’s fellowships from the Arts Council of Long Beach, a C.O.L.A. grant from the City of Los Angeles and residencies at Centrum, Port Townsend, WA; Dorland Mountain Artist Colony, Temecula, CA; The Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY; and the Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY. She has completed numerous commissions for the Long Beach Public Library, the Long Beach Symphony and the California Art Education Association.
Her artist’s books are in the collections of The National Gallery of Art, the Long Beach Museum of Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, The Getty Research Institute, Yale University, University of Washington and the Environmental Library at the University of California, Berkeley, among others. Robinson maintains her studio in Long Beach, CA.
As a bonus, Roy Anthony Shabla is hosting a TV Night on Tuesday 21st to watch arts documentaries, held at his home Casa La Reina. Contact the website for directions, begins at 6:30PM.
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 resident Alistair Hunter. The evening was one-of-a-kind, from the text, to the actors, to the space, to the very words and ideas of Brecht– this is a production not to be missed.
The performance was an assemblage of the playwright’s poems, songs, prose, and scenes, put together loosely by Tabori, but arranged specifically for this production by the director. A narrative of Brecht’s life it was not, nor did it follow the fictional lives of any of the poet’s most famous characters–yet at the same time, none of this went unnoticed or unlearned throughout the performance. Without being explicitly taught, an audience member completely unaware of the great Bertolt Brecht could easily leave the theatre with a thorough understanding of Brecht’s most passionate beliefs, and the intentions of his now infamous alienation effect and epic theatre.
The cast of five (Gil Hagen-Hill, Daniel Houston-Davila, BeLinda Howell, Susan Kussman, and Gregg Lawrence) brought much more than just talent to the performance. They brought intelligence, sophistication, and a deep understanding of Brecht’s values and way of thinking that is very rare to find in Los Angeles theatre. The space is small but beautiful, comfortable enough to relax, but intimate enough to feel that the actors are talking right to you (and sometimes they are).
Indeed they are speaking to us, here in Downey, in more ways than one. Aside from being a compelling and moving theatrical experience, Brecht was the champion of the type of people we are here in Downey. Brecht spent his life campaigning for the worth of the common man– the workers, the oppressed, the middle- and lower-class. Downey represents all of this and more. Even the wealthy among us are down-to-earth, hard-working, salt-of-the-earth folks. The people who Brecht desired to inspire and empower were those just like us. His words ring just as true today as they did when they were first penned, and have sustained the power to inspire us all.
Brecht on Brecht is presented by The Other Theatre Company, at the Atwater Playhouse, 3191 Casitas Ave. #100, Los Angeles, CA 90039. FREE parking lot. Runs through Sunday, June 9 on Fri/Sat at 8pm, Sunday at 2pm. Dark on May 12, 24, 25, 26. ADMISSION: $25. Students and seniors, $18. RESERVATIONS: (323) 960-1054. ONLINE TICKETING: www.Plays411.com/brecht
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 people gather for what seems like a backer’s audition lead by the mansion’s owner, Elsa. Soon, they find themselves caught in a serial killer’s game- The Stage Door Slasher. To make matters worse, they must try to stay alive while trapped in a terrible winter storm. With the culprit amongst them, they will have to find out who the murderer is before they’re next. With secret passages, undercover disguises, Nazi saboteurs, love, confusion, and tension surrounding them, this task will be very difficult indeed. Come follow the group as they try to survive in this comedic murder mystery with a twist that will shock you! Be there to solve the mystery.
Downey High School, D. Mark Morris Hall
11040 Brookshire Ave. Downey, Ca.
Show dates 6/7, 6/8, 6/14, 6/15 at 7pm
All tickets $6 at the door.