ECLECTIC MUSIC CONCERT NO.28
Amusings, Hauntings, Wantings
Multi media installation / Brain Mapping
by stephen anderson
Exhibit runs November 1st to 29th, 2008
The Plan For Your Body, 2008 stephen anderson
The Eclectic company and occca presents:
Sat, Nov 15, 8pm, FREE
EMC concert: no. 28, eclectic electric eccentric
Panic Movement
Guppies
sleepr wave
Steven H. Antonio
DWL (from Portland Oregon)
music all around the area, from sound downtown
but OURS IS FREE!
+
Sat, Nov 22: 8pm, FREE
EMC Concert no.29: alternative, techno, operatic
Dancing Lethargic
The Lynx Technique
Joy Shannon & the Beauty Marks
orange county center for contemporary art
117 N. Sycamore, Santa Ana, CA. 92701
714.667.1517 www.occca.org
SOUND DOWNTOWN
November 11, 2008 by admin
Filed under Concerts, Dance, Eclectic, Events, Featured, Music, Performance, Restaurants, Special Events
SoundDowntown 2008 is a one-day music festival on Saturday, November 15, featuring a lineup of over 50 locally and nationally recognized bands, DJ’s and performing artists at various venues throughout the Artist’s Village of downtown Santa Ana.
Preferred advance tickets are $10 and general admission is $15 day-of. Event tickets will allow patrons to enter all local venues (some 21+) curated with entertainment. Venue capacity will range from 50 to 800, so suggested arrival times will vary. Advance tickets are now on sale.
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New Artists TBA!
Note: Some Performances are 21+
Please Check Schedule
Sponsored in part by the Downtown Santa Ana Business Council, OC Weekly, Karl Strauss Brewing Company, KUCI, Yelp and Splitends.
Participating Venues:
The Crosby, The Yost Theater, Bistro 400, Festival Hall, Gypsy Den, Jason’s Downtown, Memphis Santora, Proof, CSF Grand Central Art Center
Billing (More TBA):
Austin Hartley-Leonard - Bearded Baby - Blank Blue - Bobby Soul – Busdriver - Cheap Date - DJ Dan Oh - DJ Dan Sena – DJ J Hall - DJ Nobody - DJ Pubes - Faded Tequila Wormz - Flying Saucers - Free Moral Agents - Free the Robots - From Elsewhere – Inkblots - Living Suns - Look Daggers - Majic Bullet Theory - Mexican Institute of Sound – MODE - My Hollow Drum – Nalepa – Narodniks - No MSG - Nortec Collective Presents Bostich + Fussible - Nosaj Thing - One Way – Peanut - Protect Me – Satisfaction - Shepard Fairey - Sparrow Love Crew - Strange Fruit - Tea Long - Teton Songwriters - The Entrance Band - The Growlers - The Hattrix Project - The (International) Noise Conspiracy - Two Guns - Venus Infers - Zechs Marquise - Zutra
The historic—and historically progressive—Artists’ Village district in the city of Santa Ana gets into the groove this November 15, with the much-anticipated soundDowntown 2008. This day-into-night music and spoken word festival happens on Saturday, November 15, from 2pm-2am, featuring a lineup of 60+ locally and nationally recognized bands, DJs and performing artists hosted by more than a dozen of Santa Ana’s most famously intriguing landmark venues, all within a walkable radius of just a few square blocks in the downtown arts district. The streets of the area won’t be blocked off, instead audiences will be issued all-access passes that allow for a freeform, self-guided experience akin to a gallery walk, complete with printed programs containing maps and full schedules, and integrating the simultaneous performances to unfold within the vibrant nightlife of the neighborhood.
One of the Southland’s best kept cultural secrets, Santa Ana is a dynamic, evolving, and engaged arts community. The Bowers Museum, Orange County High School of the Arts, OC Weekly HQ, the revitalized Santora Building, the renovated Festival Hall and Yost Theater, dozens of independent galleries, and Rude Guerrilla Theater Company are just a few of the pillars of this naturally occurring culturati hub. The noted Grand Central Art Center with its small but salient regional museum vibe in the European kunsthalle tradition, and its edgy, ambitious programming, offers the quintessential example of the kind of cultural interplay soundDowntown 2008 is engendering, as it invites radio station KUCI to program a full night of local indie buzz bands inside its galleries, including some explosive special guests to be announced soon.
In fact, each of the dozen plus venues participating share not only the organizers’ love of progressive culture, but also their passion for the breathtaking architectural preservation and innovation that gives the community its compelling, eccentric, and almost literary flavor.
soundDowntown 2008 signals the return of Koos Art Center, whose presence laid the groundwork for Santa Ana’s cultural vibrancy, as founder and soundDowntown producer Dennis Lluy reopens Koos at the Yost, once a Mexican movie house and Vaudeville theatre, and who for soundDowntown host a bill featuring; the politically-charged, anthemic rock from Rick Rubin-produced buzz band International Noise Conspiracy; Nortec Collective Presents Bostich + Fussible, a collaborative effort in furhterance of dirty TJ techno; the Entrance Band’s psychedelic avant-freedom rock; and Free the Robots blend old-school/avant-garde hip-hop.
Meanwhile, down the block, Mexican Institute of Sound’s boundary and border-blurring indie electronica and rough-riding feel-good beach Goth from the Growlers take the stageFestival Hall; The Living Suns infiltrate the Gypsy Den with their psychedelic prog rock;Bistro 400 opens their patio to host DJ Bobby Soul and Secret Affair and Jason’s throw their antes in with eclectic indie fare. Shepard Fairey aka DJ Diabetic, and DJ Pubes hold it down at the Crosby, an archetype of the lively college town coffee house offering books, art, music, food, drinks, and the kind of genre-blurring cultural fusion that defines Santa Ana society.
Among the most lively mash-ups of old and new is are the all-star spoken word jam by Hattrix Project, dancers, and music from the Magik Bullet Theory taking place at the Grand Central Art Center; DJ Nobody and Free Moral Agents at Memphis in the instantly classicSantora Building, kicking out the louder beats amid impressive surroundings that include three floors of art galleries; and Sparrow Love Crew’s soulful hip-hop and self-described “Ghettotech” draw dance-hungry crowds at Proof.
Summer Salsa Celebration
This Friday-Jason’s Summer Salsa Celebration!
Jason’s Downtown Restaurant will be hosting their annual Summer Salsa Celebration on Friday, August 22, 2008 starting at 6:00PM.
If you think you’re “hot stuff” with a killer salsa concoction, then bring a batch of it to the celebration and your dish can be entered into the tasting.
A bottle of “El Don” Tequila will be presented to the creator of the favorite salsa of the evening!
Jason’s Downtown Entertainment Line Up
THURSDAY - 08/21 (6:30-9:30PM)
Tammy Vigiletti
Tammy Vigiletti has been entertaining audiences for more than 20 years. She manages her family owned dinner theatre Tibbies which is located in Long Beach aboard the historic Queen Mary. Tammy is currently working on recording a cd featuring her top 10 favorite songs. Please join us for a engaging night filled with first-rate service, sumptuous dining, relaxing intimate and enchanting atmosphere, and stellar entertainment!
FRIDAY - 08/22 (7:00-11:00PM)
Ritmo, Sabor Y Estilo
Changing it up a bit this weekend, local percussionist Jesse Moreira adds a twist of Salsa to his latin jazz stylings in support of the salsa celebration-staying true to the cha chas, boleros, and bossas through dinner, and then kicking up the spicy flavor with some energetic Salsa rhythms. Come out and join the party!!!
Come Explore Historic Downtown Santa Ana!
Jason’s Downtown Restaurant and Wine Cellar sits in the heart of historic downtown Santa Ana. Fourth Street is home to some of the oldest and most fascinating buildings the city has to offer. The wonderful sites are just another reason to enjoy your dinner outside under the stars on our spacious patio.
Jason’s Downtown Entertainment Line Up
THURSDAY - 08/14 (6:00-10:00PM)
Next Generation Jazz Jam
Come out and hear some great live jazz from the next generation of accomplished jazz artists. Led by trumpet artist Bijon Watson, don’t miss this opportunity to hear him and many of his former students perform. Several of Bijon’s students have gone on to some of the country’s top collegiate music programs: Berklee College of Music, University of Southern California, and Manhattan School of Music to name a few.
FRIDAY - 08/15 (6:30-9:30PM)
Anne Walsh
Slip into the cool summer sounds of Brazil with the lyrical Anne Walsh, complimented by tom Zink on keys and Allen Deremo on bass-from beautiful bossa novas of Jobim and Ivan Lins to new arrangements of contemporary jazz luminaries such as Keith Jarrett, Don Grolnick and Pat Metheney. Not a stranger to Santa Ana, Anne has performed numerous concerts at the Cribb Di Pietro Theatre, as well as inspired voice students at The Orange County High School of the Arts, Jason’s welcomes Anne Walsh.
SATURDAY - 08/16 (7:00-11:00PM)
Dustin White and the Jeff Jones Trio
Dustin White and the Jeff Jones Trio have been performing enticing music for several years. The ensemble recalls classic american jazz and has been influenced by such greats as Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, and songwriters such as George Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Jerome Kern. With Whites sultry voice and Jones lyrical song writing and musical direction, the group has definitely created a fresh and new original sound.
Eclectic Music Concerts
Doors 7pm, Show 8pm
FREE admission, all ages
EMC Concert no.25: August 9: 8pm
Apeyga
Bank Holiday
Fuji Minx
Apeyga
ALBUM REVIEW [by Jim Corcoran] Oct.’07– “‘Forward’ is a vibrant incorporation of light, lush melodic numbers like Liberatus and harder tracks like Rise And Shine. Effects pedals are kicked into fifth gear across the disc, flavouring five of the seven tracks. And these jams are tight, with each song under four minutes. Apeyga seem to be shooting here for quality, not quantity. There are a few evident comparisons to other bands here, most obviously King Crimson. Pinstripe and Liberatus evoke Discipline-era Crimson and would not be out of place during the 1983 Champaign-Urbana record sessions for that band’s Three Of A Perfect Pair release. The End Of Reason, with its monstrous wall of noise, would sit well aside The Construkction Of Light. Other influences abounding here and there, whether deliberate or otherwise, include Rush, Television, Providence, R.I. experimental noise-core duo Lightning Bolt, The Cocteau Twins, and indie instrumental band Tortoise. The self produced disc shines with excellent sound quality and deft musicianship. And judging by the amount of fan testimonials on the band’s website, they are apparently a phenomenal band to see live. According to the date and cities listed on their site they have not toured outside of California. It would be great to see them do that someday. This is a band with a great future ahead of them, no doubt.” -THE DUTCH PROGRESSIVE ROCK PAGE REVIEW
“FUJI MINX, A ‘Glam Bam, Thank you Ma’am’ experience!”
-Erin DeWitt, OCWEEKLY
“I imagine they’d put on a great live show and have really cool videos. They’re obviously a very creative bunch. I can’t help picturing something like Sgt. Pepper’s when I listen to this. It’s sort of a fantasy story record.”
-Amy Lotsberg, CollectedSounds
Bank Holiday Manifesto:
All of our day jobs are spent educating the youth, and because of this we weep. we enjoy playing together. we want our songs heard by as many people as possible, however, don’t mistake our zeal for desperation; we want this on our own terms. our aim is to play/create new and exciting sounds that keep our collective interests; when that ends so do we. each of us can list favorite bands and influences a mile long, but instead of boring you with details we can only offer you our songs, which have been critiqued extensively, far beyond you could ever imagine. So please listen and send us your thoughts, we’ll just ignore them and continue to play until we feel like it should end. your friends, bank holiday
Orange County Center For Contemporary Art
117 N Sycamore. Santa Ana, CA 92701 www.occca.org
714 667 1517 · Th-Sun 12-5pm, Fri-Sat 12-5, & 5-9 *call for evening availability
1st Saturday Receptions: 6-10pm · First Friday Films: 8pm
OCCCA is located at the corner of 2nd and Sycamore in the Santa Ana Artists Village.
There is no entrance fee. Please see the web site for more
information, www.occca.org , or call the gallery during regular operating hours.
Summer Concert Events
August 8, 2008 by admin
Filed under Entertainment, Events, Featured, Music, News, Special Events
EVENTS NOT TO MISS!
Amazing Local young guitarist
Evan Haymond and the Drunk Monkeys
Friday August 8, 2008 730 pm to 1130 pm
These guys are only 16 and 17 years old and are amazing! You’ve got to check these guys out. Great Blues and Rock!
Santa Ana Pub Crawl
www.santaanapubcrawl.com
Saturday August 9, 2008 5pm to ???
Whether you’re a long-time Santa Ana resident or someone who’s never stepped foot in our downtown, now is a great time to explore the historic downtown and its few, but fantastic bars and restaurants. Each restaurant or bar will be featuring specialty drinks and one night only “Pub Crawl” prices. Pick up a “Crawler Card ” at one of the participating locations for a chance to win prizes. Just be sure to stop by each location that night and get your card stamped, then turn your card in after you’ve hit all of the stops to be entered to win. That’s it! BISTRO 400, MEMPHIS, GYPSY DEN, PROOF, THE CROSBY, JASON’S DOWNTOWN
FREE Summer Concert on the Green
Santa Ana Winds Concert Band
Sunday, August 10, 2008 1:30 to 3:00
FREE TO THE PUBLIC - COMMUNITY EVENT -
Summer Concert on the Grounds of the Ronald Reagan Federal Courts Building
4th and Birch Pops and Americana Concert on the Green - Sunday August 10, 2008
We are hosting the historic Downtown, FREE to the General public, an old fashioned Concert in the Park and a showing of Antique Automobiles along the historic 4th street. We’ll have visitors from the Santa Ana Zoo, and artists from Santora Arts and Santiago Lofts.
Visitors can bring their own lawn chairs, blankets and picnic on the grassy area at the Ronald Reagan Federal Courts building.
This is designed to be a wholesome entertaining afternoon for all ages.
Featuring The Santa Ana Winds Concert Band
The Santa Ana Winds Youth Band has been promoting the City of Santa Ana for 35 years and has won accolades while performing in
the many community parades across the United States and Europe. Local events included the Tournament of Roses Parade and the Hollywood Lane Parade.
Tierrita Flamenca Live
April 2, 2008 by admin
Filed under Dance, Events, Fundraiser, Music, Special Events, performing arts
Claudia de la Cruz children dance company “Tierrita Flamenca” will be performing Saturday April 5th, 2008 at 7pm at the CSUF Grand Central Art Center.
Tierrita Flamenca is another Claudia de la Cruz’ project on an effort to preserve the passion of flamenco dance through children and teenagers. Tierrita Flamenca is the petite version of her formal Adult Tierra Flamenca Dance Company founded in 2004 with 4 of her most talented students. Currently formed with 11 members the company continues to grow with more choreographies and challenges every day!
FUNDRAISING EVENT
Sat Apr 5th, 2008
Tickets $20
7:00 pm
Limited Seating
CSUF Grand Central
125 N Broadway
Santa Ana, CA 92701
RSVP 714.543.1370
info@culturalstageofart.org
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS
October 31, 2007 by admin
Filed under Art, Entertainment, Events, Music, News, Performance, Special Events
5th Annual Noche de Altares
Join Calacas and El Centro Cultural de Mexico as we host the 5th Annual Noche de Altares in downtown Santa Ana on Saturday, November 3rd, 2007, from 2 pm to 10 pm. This Dia de los Muertos celebration is centered around altars that pay homage to loved ones that have passed away or to bring awareness to a social issue. This is a FREE! FUN! family event that includes crafts, entertainment, vendors and food.
Entertainment Line-up for Noche de Altares
2:00 pm Ballet Folklorico del Centro
2:30 pm Danzon Salsa & Cumbia
2:45 pm Guajiro Lopez (Trova Musician)
3:00 pm Relampago del Cielo
4:00 pm Rumba Buena Salsa Band
4:30 pm Xela
4:45 pm Olmeca
5:15 pm Niños de Son del Centro
5:30 pm Procession Begins - Blessing of Ceremonies
by Danza Azteca Group: Chichimeca Xiuhcoatl
7:00 pm Son del Centro
8:00 pm Very Be Careful
Halloween Bash with ETEREUM
October 16, 2007 by admin
Filed under , Art, Entertainment, Music, Performance, Special Events, performing arts
ETEREUM is the brainchild project of Choreographer & Flamenco Dancer Claudia de la Cruz and Mixed Media Artist & Graphic Designer Josue Meneses aka XOSU3. CORROSION Art Show was their first formal live appearance together with this experimental music project introducing an extreme fusion of flamenco performance and junk percussions.
INKSURGENT a multimedia event that includes an array of different themes, poetry reading, installations and ground-breaking performances such as “Beautifully Rebellious” and “Circusmtance” it’s an ongoing project that back in 2003 started this odyssey of unknown fate that in one way or another had shaped ETEREUM as is today: a continuous metamorphosis act.
Claudia de la Cruz established her own FLAMENCO INSTITUTE at the heart of the Artist Village in the City of Santa Ana, California where she teaches since 2000. Around the same year Josue Meneses, (Graphic Designer) along with his brother, Israel Meneses (Web Master), started APARATVS web medics + graphic surgeons and CIRUJANOS GRAFICOS, their own Graphic Design and Web Development Lab in Orange California and have created dozens of sites for artists, businesses and so forth.
XOSU3 graduated as professional graphic designer in 1995 from Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City with a Visual Arts Master Degree in 2002 from Coastline Community College is also founder, publisher, editor, writer and designer of ESPACIOALTERNATIVO an underground bilingual magazine since 1997.
The Eclectic Company and OCCCA present
Experimental Music Concerts #15
Special Halloween Bash!!
An Evening of Art, Crafts, Music & Dance:
Sat OCT 27: doors 8pm
*e t e r e u m Gothic Flamenco Dance Performance with Claudia de la Cruz
*Shiloe
*Joy Shannon & the Beauty Marks
*Mystery Hangup
FREE admission
Call for spooky Art & Crafts:
Halloween show Oct 27th
Bring your creations on a first come first hung evening!
Limited Space.
*Drop off 5-7pm
*Take down same night 11-midnght
*Max size 11″x14″ inches
*No entry Fee.
*20% sales commission
dowload entry form at, www.theeclecticcompany.com
Great Art on the walls: last day of.
Dana Lovell - Legacy A Retrospective
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art
117 N. Sycamore
Santa Ana, Ca 92701
Telephone: 714-667-1517
www.theeclecticcompany.com
www.myspace.com/theeclecticcompany
www.occca.org
Al Sur del Corazon
July 16, 2007 by admin
Filed under , Entertainment, Events, Music, Openings, Performance, Shopping, Special Events, performing arts
Claudia de la Cruz presents:
Al sur del Corazón
(To the South of the Heart)
A Passionate Flamenco Journey
Thursday July 26th, 2007
6:00 Reception (Appetizers & Sangria will be available)
7:30 Performance
$25 General Admission
$35 Preferred Seating
Also Introducing CDLX Flamenco Boutique
with original Claudia de la Cruz Clothing Designs,
exclusive flamenco garnments, accesories, music and much more.
Al Sur de Corazón explores the inner journey of the flamenco dance
as one of the most passionate performing arts.
Claudia de la Cruz is your guide through the various rythyms
where all gypsy souls will follow. Space is limited,
Reservations are strongly suggested.
Dancers: Claudia de la Cruz, Elena Vilchis, Laura Michiels, Eiko Barnhill
Guitarist: Bobby Solakov
Singer: Ana Quintero
Percussion: Carlos de Rosas
Guest artists TBA
Cal State University Fullerton
Grand Central Art Center Theatre
125 N. Broadway Ave
Santa Ana, CA 92701
RSVP 714.543.1370
info@culturalstageofart.org
CLAUDIA DE LA CRUZ FLAMENCO INSTITUTE
Cultural Stage of Art | Foro Cultural de las Artes
http://www.culturalstageofart.org
http://www.tierra-flamenca.com
