Posts Tagged ‘art’
Theatre Thursdays with CVRep – Solo Composers – Featuring Glenn Rosenblum
Fan favorite Glenn Rosenblum returns with “Solo Composers”. Enjoy hearing songs of the talented few composers who did it all – from music to lyrics – by themselves. Listen to the work of Cole Porter (Anything Goes), Frank Loesser (The Most Happy Fella), Stephen Sondheim (Company), Irving Berlin (Annie Get Your Gun), and Jerry Herman…
Read MoreTheatre Thursdays with CVRep – Monologue Mania
Back by popular demand! Actors throughout the World will bring key monologues from though-provoking plays to life. Not only will you enjoy award winning performances, but will hear their contemporaries’ input, inspiration and information. It’s the next best thing to being there live, when actors from coast to coast and around the World come together.
Read MoreTheatre Thursdays with CVRep – Celebrate Latinx Heritage Month
Celebrate Latinx Heritage Month with the variety show. Produced by Ron Celona and Liana Arauz, this show will uncover the culture and heritage of the Latinx community through the arts. See performances by guitarist Nick Sosa, actors Debra Cardona and Emanuel Loarca and dancer Beatriz Eugenia.
Read MoreJohn Cuevas Makes Art to Help Restaurants, Wins CDAC Grant
During the COVID-19 shutdown, muralist John Cuevas set out to help local restaurants adapting their operations to continue feeding their communities — and his efforts earned him a $500 grant to “Keep Art Alive” from the California Desert Arts Council (CDAC). CDAC and affiliate La Quinta Arts Foundation established a $50,000 Keep Art Alive fund…
Read MoreWith Coachella Fest Postponed, Cristopher Cichocki Created ‘Liquid Constellation’ to ‘Keep Art Alive’
Right now, Cristopher Cichocki (pronounced cha-ha-skee) should be basking in the success of his massive, multimedia art installation at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival — a career-making show for audience of tens of thousands of revelers at the Empire Polo Club in Indio and hundreds of thousands more on social media. Instead, the…
Read MoreSofia Enriquez Paints New Series to ‘Keep Art Alive’
Rancho Mirage–based artist Sofia Enriquez has begun a new series of paintings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “In this time of crisis,” says Sofia Enriquez, “there are a lot of harsh realities I have had to face head-on.” The Rancho Mirage–based artist known for her distinctive figurative paintings, fashions, and large-scale installations (she…
Read MoreNew Fund Encourages Artists, Musicians, and Others to ‘Keep Art Alive’ Amid Crisis
Arts and culture in the Coachella Valley are taking a hard hit from the COVID-19 crisis. Music and theater performances, museum and gallery exhibitions, film screenings, and other events have been canceled or postponed, arts institutions shuttered, and jobs lost. Like everyone else, California Desert Arts Council (CDAC) is grappling with how best to serve…
Read MoreCoachella Valley Arts News – December 2019
Installation view of Reach for the Sky: Tradition + Inspiration, at Sunnylands Center and Gardens through June 7, 2020. Photo courtesy of Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands. ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN Museum exhibition surveys influential designs of Alexander Girard (Palm Springs Life) Alexander Girard: A Designer’s Universe at Palm Springs Art Museum includes the legendary designer’s textile…
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