One of the sadly under-utilized features of the Downey Theatre is the gallery space that was designed with the lobby. In it’s forty year history it may have been used less than 5 times, with two of those in the past year. One of those just a couple weeks ago coordinated with the Downey Symphony… Continue reading Coordinating Art with Downey Symphony Concert
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Next meeting, Saturday April 30th 2PM
Pencil in our next meeting for April 30th, 2PM, back at the Downey Theatre green room. We have special guest, Jay Lopez, formerly of the Downtown LA Art Walk, and currently of Art Weekend LA, Off Broadway LA, and has is own outfit called Contemporary Cultural Consultants. He helps cities find their footing with arts… Continue reading Next meeting, Saturday April 30th 2PM
Next Meeting Saturday March 26th
The second meeting of the Downey Arts Coalition will be this Saturday, March 26th, 12 Noon at the Downey Civic Theatre. Meeting will take place in the green room, so please enter from the back door on Brookshire Ave. The theatre’s address is 8435 Firestone Blvd, Downey. We’ll discuss ideas for a Downey Art Walk event,… Continue reading Next Meeting Saturday March 26th
Visiting band students from Kobe, Japan at the Downey Theatre
Warren High Band director David Niemeyer has organized an exciting event at the Downey Theatre next Wednesday March 23rd. You may have heard about the recent Japanese earthquake. I’ll let his words explain. “Over a year ago I was contaced by a company in Tokyo that helps groups have joint concert experiences/ trips. I’m guessing… Continue reading Visiting band students from Kobe, Japan at the Downey Theatre
First gathering of the Downey Arts Coalition
With apologies to the regulars of Xela Cafe, we jammed about 25 people in their small coffee shop on Paramount Blvd nearby Warren High. A good crowd for a Saturday morning, and a lot of people who haven’t yet entered the conversation of building an arts community in Downey. The enthusiasm was clear– we don’t… Continue reading First gathering of the Downey Arts Coalition
Inaugural Downey Arts Meeting – Feb 26
Come join us at Xela Coffee House for the first “exploratory” meeting of the Downey Arts Coalition. We don’t fully know what shape it will all take, but we can start the conversation. Saturday, February 26th at 11AM Xela Coffee House 12012 Paramount Blvd. Downey, CA For more information you can email us on the… Continue reading Inaugural Downey Arts Meeting – Feb 26
‘Rough Start’ at Civic Theatre Premature, Underrated
Last week an article came out in the Downey Patriot titled thus: ‘New Era’ Off to a Rough Start. It was referring to a comedy night recently held by H&E Entertainment at the Downey Civic Theatre. The show undersold, and the producers were disappointed. They canceled all future bookings for the year, and their disappointment… Continue reading ‘Rough Start’ at Civic Theatre Premature, Underrated
A New Era for the Downey Theatre
On Tuesday the Downey City Council voted to contract with the company, VenueTech Management Group LLC to take over management operations at the Downey Theatre, and to bring a presenting series of concerts with headline acts to the theatre. The official new story is up at the Downey Patriot: Downey Patriot – Downey Theater under… Continue reading A New Era for the Downey Theatre
VenueTech Proposal to Manage Downey Theatre
This Tuesday, November 23, the Downey City Council will take up the question of whether or not to contract with VenueTech (http://www.venuetech.com) to manage the Downey Civic Theatre. VenueTech would take over all day to day operations of the theatre, including hiring a full time theatre manager and other theatre staff to handle all the… Continue reading VenueTech Proposal to Manage Downey Theatre
Greek Trilogy Oresteia at the Downey Theatre
The vision of director and producer Leonidas Loizides is to “hand over the torch of ancient Greek culture” to the rest of us, a task that bears more significance today than ever before.