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Laguna Art Museum’s 40th Annual California Cool Art Auction

By Greer Wylder

February 02, 2022

Laguna Art Museum’s 40th Annual California Cool Art Auction takes place from February 5 to March 5 with both online and in-person auction events. Registration for the online auction will begin via Artsy with bidding starting on February 5. The in-person event will be held at the museum on March 5 from 6 - 9 p.m. The silent online auction will close on March 5, during the event, at 7:50 p.m. PST. The live auction will begin at 8 p.m. “This is Laguna Art Museum’s most anticipated and lively event of the year. From contemporary artworks to plein air painting, the 40th Annual California Cool…

Segerstrom Center for the Arts Announces 2022 Spring Dance Programming

By Greer Wylder

January 31, 2022

Exploring the breadth and depth of dance, Segerstrom Center for the Arts is pleased to announce its exciting Spring dance programming. American Ballet Theatre will present a mixed repertory program performed March 16–1. Dancing with the Stars Live Tour 2022, the longest-running tour to date will be dancing on March 17. Highlighting Mexico’s diverse folkloric dance styles and rich, colorful culture, Ballet Folklórico de México de Amália Hernandez performs on March 30, 2022. Wrapping up the Spring dance season, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo performing Coppél.I.A. on April 15-17, 2022. American Ballet Theatre and Les Ballets de Monte Carlo are performed in Segerstrom Hall;…

Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens Celebrates Lunar New Year

By Greer Wylder

January 27, 2022

Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens celebrates Lunar New Year with upcoming events beginning Saturday, Jan. 29 in traditional and contemporary Chinese arts and culture featuring a concert for children, a free community day, site-specific Chinese dance and drumming, and headliner Bei Bei playing Chinese Zither. All concerts and performances take place in Casa Romantica’s beautiful Main Salon. Casa Kids Concert: Pacific Trio Music of ChinaJanuary 29, at 12 PM | General $5; children under 13, Casa Romantica members, and active duty military freePacific Trio presents a lively, touching, and exciting performance of traditional music from China using the zither, pipa,…

Rodeo 39 Public Market Celebrates the Year of the Tiger

By Greer Wylder

January 24, 2022

Rodeo 39 Public Market will celebrate the Year of the Tiger with a community event from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan.30. The Lunar New Year festivities will include entertainment such as a contortionist and roaming stilt walker, along with a lion dance performance beginning at 6:30 p.m. The first 500 guests will receive a Rodeo 39 Lunar New Year fortune cookie and the first 100 guests will also receive a lucky red envelope filled with $2 each, while supplies last. Rodeo 39 is at 12885 Beach Blvd., in Stanton.

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JoAnne Artman Gallery Presents: ART + NATURE

By Greer Wylder

January 19, 2022

JoAnne Artman Gallery proudly presents Art and Nature, an online exclusive introducing Jane Booth and Carla Talopp. Celebrating organic forms, colors, and textures, Booth and Talopp create works that illustrate the inextricably entangled relationship between art & nature.Jane Booth lives and works on a ranch overlooking broad, open vistas of native prairie, water, and sky, and uses this environment as a foundation for her work. Schooled in ceramics, Booth pursued her love of sculpture and working with her hands by becoming a steel cutter and welder before she turned to fine art. This background continues to inform her paintings, which create…