Greer's Blog
Final Movie Monday
08.05.11
For those that don't want the weekend to end, it's the final free Movie Monday at Segerstrom Center for the Arts on August 8.
Presented in the arts plaza, the series featured classic films including Beach Blanket Bingo (starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello), Harold and Maude and the latest revamp of the show Chicago.
This Monday, don't miss out on a screening of the original Rodgers and Hammerstein The King and I, which was chosen as the Audience Favorite in an on-line poll by last year’s attendees.
Once the sun sets (approximately 8p.m.), the film will be projected on the side of Segerstrom Hall and guests can begin picking out their spots around 5:30 p.m. You are also encouraged to bring your own snacks or pinic dinners, but barbecues and the like are not allowed.
As a special treat, a selection of the best short animated films from this year’s Newport Beach Film Festival will be shown prior to the main feature.
Segerstrom Center for the Arts is located at 600 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa.
Big Draw in OC!
08.02.11
You can be a part of Guinness World Record history Sunday at 2 p.m. by helping create the largest art class held in a single venue! The Chuck Jones Big Draw will be going on from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m at SOCO in Costa Mesa. and the Chuck Jones Center will host a 45-minute drawing class on how to draw Bugs Bunny. It costs $25 to participate, or $40 for a family (or group) of four. Tickets for the event are available through EventComplete.com.
There must be more than 817 people at the art class to break the recent record at an art class held in Copenhagen, Denmark in June. Craig Kausen, of the Chuck Jones Center in Orange and the grandson of Chuck Jones, spearheaded the idea, and thinks that his grandfather would have loved idea of this huge gathering of people all learning how to draw Bugs Bunny.
The Chuck Jones Big Draw is a fun-filled event for all ages and artistic levels designed to inspire creativity at school, business, sciences, sports and fine arts. Artists who will be on hand to offer their expertise during event include, Stephen Reis, storyboard artist for “The Simpsons”, California surf artist, Bob Elias and Christopher Scardino, the Center’s teaching artist.
Volcom Giveaways at Surfside Sports
08.01.11
Surfside Sports in Costa Mesa is the place to be Sunday from noon to 2 p.m. during its Volcom’s California tour of free custom hats and screened tees. Volcom board shorts will be given away every 15 minutes.
Also, someone will win a surfboard, and free pizza for all.
233 East 17th St. in Costa Mesa. 949.645.4624.
Energy in the Spotlight!
08.01.11
The Orange County Center for Contemporary Art puts energy in the spotlight as it welcomes an exhibit solely dedicated to artists’ interpretation of energy. Join artists for an opening reception Saturday from 6 to 10 p.m., Brats Berlin and Crepes Bonaparte food truck will be serving delicious foods.
The pieces were chosen by Howard Fox, emeritus curator of contemporary art, at Los AngelesCounty Museum of Art and will be shown through Sept.17. Fox selected 73 works, from a pool of 1,500 diverse works in all media that he felt needed to be shown together.
Orange County Center Center for Contemporary At is at 117 North Sycamore St. in Santa Ana. 714.667.1517.
