Category: Events

  • Bumblebee Documentary this Sunday @ Epic Lounge

    Bumblebee Documentary this Sunday @ Epic Lounge

    In our first official Downey Arts Coalition film event, we are bringing a short documentary by Downey filmmakers, about a Downey artist, presenting to the Downey public.  There is wide-spread affection for our local street artist Bumblebeelovesyou, as he’s brought images of bees and children to illuminate contemporary themes.

    The screening is Sunday August 19 at The Epic Lounge in Downey on 2nd Street east of New.  6PM Reception, screening at 7PM.  The evening will also feature new work by Bumblebee, including a 20 foot figure on the east wall in the parking lot.

    Come out, support, and take in some local culture.

  • I Am Awake in the Garden of Dreams, Saturday August 18

    I Am Awake in the Garden of Dreams, Saturday August 18

    DAC member and curator Roy Anthony Shabla has been invited to curate a show during the La Puente Art Walk this Saturday, August 18th.  The show features artists that have shown here in Downey in previous DAC events and is sure to be an experience not to be missed.  If you have plans to venture out of Downey this weekend, this should be your destination.  All the details are spelled out below:

    when asked if he were a god or a man, the buddha replied: i am awake!

    galleRoy @ R i T Gallery

    is proud to present

    i am awake in the garden of dreams

    featuring artwork by

    Gennie Prochazka

    Sylvia Lopez

    Roy Anthony Shabla

    and live music by

    Blac Jesus and the Experimentalists

    Mike San Juan  ~  Adapt  ~  Rainman  ~  Take Pictures

    Dirty Harriet and the Swamis  ~  Radios

    VVIHT FVZZ  ~  Din Gle  ~  Mothers of Gut

    Nicholas Chacón  ~  Pan, dithyramb, and things

    White Owl Brown  ~  N O W  ~  Death Lens

    plus

    50 gift bags  ~  hourly raffles  ~  other giveaways

    in conjunction with the

    La Puente Artwalk

    saturday  .  august 18th  .  2pm to 10pm (plus after party)

    R i T Gallery

    15866 main street  .  la puente 91744

    dress as your favorite god or goddess!

    art and art event curated by roy anthony shabla  .  music curated by gabriel armenta

    sponsors:  nuvein foundation for literature and the arts .  r i t gallery .  trunk trends  .  galleroy @

  • Free Downey Symphony Concert in the Park Wednesday

    Free Downey Symphony Concert in the Park Wednesday

    Don’t miss a special free concert this Wednesday night, August 8th, of the Downey Symphony Orchestra. The concert is at Furman Park on Rives south of Florence Ave, and begins at 7PM.

    Courtesy Downey Symphony Orchestra
    Courtesy Downey Symphony Orchestra

    Music director Sharon Lavery has a fun evening planned with popular classics, movie scores, patriotic hymns and more. From the Olympic fanfare heard every night during the Olympic broadcasts, to the music of “Pirates of the Caribbean,” there is sure to be something for everyone.

    Stay until the end for the tradition of Lavery bringing up the children of the audience to get a minute to guest-conduct the orchestra themselves. Also, Lana Wahlquist, co-founder of the Downey Arts Coalition will add some narration during “God Bless America.”

    Bring chairs, a blanket, plenty of food and drink, and be prepared to enjoy an evening of quality music with your friends and neighbors. Like what you hear? Consider becoming a subscriber, visit www.downeysymphony.org.

    Program:

    Olympic Fanfare
    Seventy Six Trombones
    Selections from Fiddler on the Roof
    Selections from “Pirates of the Caribbean”
    Raiders March
    Main Title from Prince of Thieves
    America the Beautiful
    American Salute
    God Bless America
    Armed Forces Salute

    Stay tuned for the Downey Symphony’s 2012-2013 season, beginning with “Relishing Rachmaninoff” on October 20th. This summer the DAC is proud to sponsor the design of a new season-introducing postcard that we’ll be passing out at the concert. Special thanks to Andres Cabrera for the design work.

     

  • Art on the Vine One Year Anniversary Party August 4th

    Art on the Vine One Year Anniversary Party August 4th

    Next Saturday we’ll celebrate a whole year of monthly “Art on the Vine” shows produced by the Downey Arts Coalition. Our thirteenth show will feature a group show in which we invited every artist from the year to show a couple works. It will be an eclectic gathering, with several items up to be won with the raffle.

    Congratulations to the team Don Lamkin, Pat Gil, Carolina Del Toro and now joined by Eloisa “EJ” Ball for their hard work and dedication to local artists in Downey. The event represents a practical application of the philosophy and goals of the Downey Arts Coalition: Creating opportunity for local artists to show their work to a audiences right in their hometown, and providing an opportunity for local residents to experience the arts in their own neighborhood.

    Live music by Saxophonist Sergio De La Trinidad and others.

    Saturday, August 4th, 7:00 PM to 12AM at Mari’s Wine Bar, 8222 Firestone Blvd, Downey, CA 90241.

    The artists taking part are: Rocio Alejandra Garcia, Carlos Durazo, Eduardo Aguilar, Gennie Prochazka, Hector Silva, Alina Wilson, Steve Clay, Don Lamkin, Jorge Del Toro, Carolina Del Toro, Maritza Molina, Laura Sanchez, Isabel Looper, Mike Ferguson, Roberto Munguia, Jamie Rowland, Claudia Hernandez, Michael Temple, Robert Thome, Monica Pucciarelli, Ricki Ostendi, Manuel Barillas, Asha Kamali.

  • Downey Arts Coalition Meeting Saturday July 28

    The monthly Downey Arts Coalition meeting will happen this Saturday July 28th, Noon, at the Wahlquist home.

    Join us as we’ll be discussing how joining the Downey Art League affects the group going forward and the decisions that need to be made. There are also lots of new things going on, including the opening of the downtown gallery, the Bumblebee short film screening, Art on the Vine anniversary show, and more.

    12 Noon, Saturday July 28th.

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  • Lorine Parks featured at Wine+Words Poetry

    Lorine Parks featured at Wine+Words Poetry

    This Thursday night features DAC member and curator of the Wine+Words poetry series Lorine Parks reading from her new book of poetry Catalina Eddy.  The open mic begins at 8PM at Mari’s Wine Bar, 8222 Firestone Blvd in Downey.

    “Lorine Parks’s Catalina Eddy is one of the most surprising and hilarious poetic romps I have ever read. Weather is “the Family business” of these meteorological guys and dolls, molls and mobsters, of whom Eddy is only one of a charming and somewhat disreputable array of nourish figures…Yet the elegant music of these poems and their shifting emotional “eddies’ remind us that there is as often as not a dark and somber (not silver lining) to these particular clouds.”

    —David St. John

     

  • Downey Arts Coalition Meeting June 23

    Join the Downey Arts movement by coming to our monthly meetings, on the 4th Saturday of the month at Noon.  On June 23, the meeting will be held at the home of Andrew & Lana Wahlquist.  Contact us on the email contact@www.downeyarts.org if you need directions.  The meeting will be followed by a summer potluck barbecue celebrating the recent success of the staged reading series and other exciting things going on.

  • The Pajama Game by Downey Civic Light Opera

    The Pajama Game by Downey Civic Light Opera

    When you hear the Pajama Game, you’re probably more familiar with the movie.  However, it was born out of the successful broadway musical, which is being revived this month by the Downey Civic Light Opera.

    Running now through June 17, the performances run at the Downey Civic Theratre at 8:00 p.m. on June 1, 2, 8, 9, 15 & 16, then matinee 2:30 p.m. performances on June 3, 10 & 17.

    The Downey Civic Light Opera was born out of the Downey Children’s Theatre, having produced its first musical in 1973, and has run consistently since then, even in a time when other CLO’s have struggled and closed.  They always put on a lavish production with old-school fun.

    Tickets can be purchased at (562) 923-1714 or more information at http://www.downeyciviclightopera.org.

  • Final Urban Act: Alexander the Greatest by Forrest Hartl June 3rd

    Final Urban Act: Alexander the Greatest by Forrest Hartl June 3rd

    Join us this Sunday night for the final staged reading in our series “Urban Acts: New Plays from the Street.”  DAC member Forrest Hartl has written a hilarious mash-up of one man’s life as a theatre actor, social media addict, and the violent pursuer of success.

    Sunday night, June 3, 7PM at the Downey Moravian Church, Hove Hall — 10337 Old River School Road.

    RSVP by emailing rsvp@www.downeyarts.org or join the facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/212803295507172/

  • Art on the Vine presents Michael Temple, Robert Thome, blues legend James Harman

    Art on the Vine presents Michael Temple, Robert Thome, blues legend James Harman

    Art on the Vine this Saturday features two artists that dare to be different:  Michael Temple, who is as deft with a paintbrush as he is with a brushes on a drum set.  Robert Thome, who paints with a brush in his mouth, because of his disability.  Also a special performance of the James Harman band– Harman has been a fixture on the Blues scene for decades, and its a rare opportunity to have him here in Downey with us.

    7PM this Saturday, June 2nd at Mari’s Wine Bar, 8222 Firestone Blvd, Downey.  Food, music, wine, community and inspiring artwork.

    Join the RSVP list: https://www.facebook.com/events/212367185550182/