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carlsbad arts: The 27th Season of the TGIF Jazz in the Parks Concert Series Starts June 29, 2012 in Carlsbad CA - 05/31/12 07:38 AM
The 27th Season of the TGIF Jazz in the Parks Concert Series Starts June 29, 2012 in Carlsbad CA  
A very popular annual event series, and one of the best entertainment options of the summer, is coming your way in Carlsbad in just about 4 weeks.
 
Carlsbad’s popular TGIF Jazz in the Parks series starts June 29 and will continue on 9 consecutive Fridays in 3 beautiful Carlsbad parks, with 3 consecutive concerts per park.
 

 
The FREE TGIF Jazz in the Parks concert series - the 27th - is always well attended, with several thousand enjoying the … (8 comments)

carlsbad arts: Cannon Art Gallery Spring 2012 Exhibit – The Exquisite Garden with Joe Brubaker in Carlsbad CA - 05/04/12 08:12 PM
Cannon Art Gallery Spring 2012 Exhibit – The Exquisite Garden with Joe Brubaker in Carlsbad CA  

 
What an aptly named exhibit this spring at the Cannon Art Gallery in Carlsbad!
 
The Exquisite Garden, featuring Joe Brubaker and 18 colleagues who hail from the greater San Francisco area, is a stunning installation collection of found and discarded objects and materials with wood sculptures by Brubaker.
 
The interior walls of the gallery are gone. Instead, a step in the door leads to a magical visual and audio creation that first takes one by surprise, but almost immediately draws … (4 comments)

carlsbad arts: Carlsbad Arts – Mosaic Glass Surf Board Exhibit Featuring Cherrie LaPorte - Opening Night was February 29, 2012 - 03/01/12 02:33 PM
Carlsbad Arts – Mosaic Glass Surf Board Exhibit Featuring Cherrie LaPorte Opening Night was February 29, 2012  
February 29, 2012 was a special day, the Opening Night Reception for a wonderful mosaic glass surfboard collection by the well-known glass artist and owner of the Glass Ranch in Escondido, CHERRIE LA PORTE at CATCH Restaurant in Carlsbad Village.
 
MOSAIC GLASS SURFBOARDS
 
 
The exhibit is up from the 29th until March 6 and the surfboards are available for purchase (read and see more about Cherrie’s surfboard collection, her love of this project, and her inspiration for using used surfboards, her … (13 comments)

carlsbad arts: Carlsbad Arts – Catch a Wave at Catch in Carlsbad Village on February 29, 2012 Featuring Glass Artist Cherrie La Porte - 02/16/12 09:35 PM
Carlsbad Arts – Catch a Wave at Catch in Carlsbad Village on February 29, 2012 Featuring Glass Artist Cherrie La Porte  
February 29, 2012 is a special day.
 
Yes, it is a leap day, the once-every-4-years calendar switcheroo where our shortest month gains a day.
 
But MORE importantly, it is a special art exhibit opening taking place at CATCH, a newish sushi restaurant on Carlsbad Village Drive featuring a wonderful mosaic glass surfboard collection by the well-known glass artist and co-owner of the Glass Ranch in Escondido, CHERRIE LA PORTE.
 
MOSAIC GLASS SURFBOARDS
 
This wonderful exhibit … (3 comments)

carlsbad arts: Carlsbad Arts – A Winter Visit to the Carlsbad Sculpture Garden 2012 - 02/10/12 04:31 PM
Carlsbad Arts – A Winter Visit to the Carlsbad Sculpture Garden 2012  
The Carlsbad Sculpture Garden is a wonderful place to visit at any time of the year. I took a brief walk through the other day when dropping off some books at the library.
The Sculpture Garden features a changing collection of large scale sculpture by local and regional artists in an intimate setting next to the Carlsbad's Cole Library near Carlsbad Village.
The Carlsbad Sculpture Garden is a program funded by the Carlsbad Cultural Arts Office. 
An exhibit at the Carlsbad Sculpture Garden may feature one artist, as … (6 comments)

carlsbad arts: Carlsbad Arts – The Cannon Art Gallery 2012 Invitational Art Exhibit in Carlsbad CA - 02/04/12 09:03 AM
Carlsbad Arts – The Cannon Art Gallery 2012 Invitational Art Exhibit in Carlsbad CA  
The Cannon Art Gallery continues its reputation for exhibiting outstanding works of art at the newest exhibition, the winter 2012 Invitational show running from January 22 until March 11, 2012.
 
Carlsbad has garnered quite a reputation as an arts community and the Cannon Gallery, a City-owned gallery, is certainly a vital part of that tradition, with multiple shows and events related to those exhibits (e.g., family open studios, live performances) throughout the year.
 
The Cannon Art Gallery 2012 Invitational showcases a wide range of … (1 comments)

carlsbad arts: Carlsbad Arts - International Guitar Night in Carlsbad CA January 23, 2012 - 01/11/12 12:14 PM
Carlsbad Arts - International Guitar Night in Carlsbad CA January 23, 2012  
The 12th Annual International Guitar Night, sponsored by the Museum of Making Music, will be held in Carlsbad CA on Monday January 23 at the Ruby Schulman Auditorium at the Carlsbad Public Library.
 
The founder of International Guitar Night, Brian Gore, will be featured along with 3 other internationally-known acoustic guitarists for solos, duets, and quartets.
 
Lulo Reinhardt (son of famed guitarist Django Reinhardt), Adrian Legg and Marco Pereira along with Gore will showcase their talents in a variety of musical styles – Latin jazz, fingerstyle, … (3 comments)

carlsbad arts: “The World on a String,” at the Cannon Art Gallery Fall 2011 in Carlsbad CA - 12/04/11 12:10 PM
 
“The World on a String” at the Cannon Art Gallery Fall 2011 in Carlsbad CA  
 
 
 
Don’t miss “The World on a String,” the current art exhibit at the Cannon Art Gallery in Carlsbad CA, running through December 30, 2011.
 
The World on a String is a stunning, whimsical collection of puppets from around the world, a glimpse in the Alan Cook Collection of the International Puppetry Museum in Southern California in Pasadena. The World on a String exhibit showcases over 200 puppets spanning multiple decades, countries, and styles, a wonderful history of puppetry - shadow … (7 comments)

carlsbad arts: Carlsbad Village Faire 2011 is Coming to Town on November 6, 2011 - 10/16/11 09:02 PM
Carlsbad Village Faire 2011 is Coming to Town on November 6, 2011  
It’s time again for the famous Carlsbad Village Faire 2011, the 38th anniversary, to be held in downtown Carlsbad Village on November 6, 2011 on the north side of Carlsbad Village Drive along State Street and Grand Avenue, as well as some adjacent side streets.
 
The Carlsbad Village Faire, held twice a year, in the Spring and Fall, is reportedly the largest outdoor one-day fair in the US – pretty impressive for a smallish seaside town. Typically the weather is pretty pleasant this time of year, and … (8 comments)

carlsbad arts: Carlsbad ArtSplash 2011 is Coming September 24 & 25 - 09/11/11 01:14 PM
Carlsbad ArtSplash 2011 is Coming September 24 & 25  
It’s almost time for one of the best art events in Carlsbad – ArtSplash!
 
Carlsbad ArtSplash happens in just 2 weeks, the weekend of September 254th and 24th.
 
ArtSplash is a very popular 2-day art event, a highlight of Carlsbad arts IMO, taking place when the weather is usually stellar and the views from the hill above the Flower Fields to the ocean are spectacular.
 
This is not to detract from the great art works for sale.
 
And the highlight is the famous Chalk Art Competition. … (15 comments)

carlsbad arts: Movies under the Stars in Rancho Carrillo in Carlsbad - The Leo Carrillo Film Festival - 08/26/11 11:37 AM
Movies under the Stars in Rancho Carrillo in Carlsbad - The Leo Carrillo Film Festival  
Summer is NOT over yet, and with warm weather and pleasant evenings, you can still enjoy time outdoors.
 

 
Movies under the Stars are always popular, and the City of Carlsbad is hosting the Leo Carrillo Film Festival at the famous Leo Carrillo Historic Ranch Park in Rancho Carrillo in Carlsbad off Melrose.
 
The Leo Carrillo Historic Ranch Park is a wonderful preservation of the land, hacienda and other buildings assembled by popular Hollywood film and TV star Leo Carrillo (perhaps best … (3 comments)

carlsbad arts: Carlsbad Art in the Village Faire – Sunday August 14th in Carlsbad Village - 08/02/11 09:02 PM
Carlsbad Art in the Village Faire will be Sunday August 14th in Carlsbad Village  
One of the premier art events is coming to Carlsbad soon!
 
The 13th Annual Carlsbad Art in the Village Faire will be held on Sunday August 14th in downtown Carlsbad Village along State Street and Grand Avenue.
 
This very popular art event offers works of art from over 100 local and regional arts and crafts vendors from around the area. The array of things you will see is staggering, from my own past visits to the Carlsbad Art in the Village Faire – fine … (10 comments)

carlsbad arts: Award-Winning Theatre in Carlsbad Village, Carlsbad CA - 07/30/11 08:38 PM
Award-Winning Theatre in Carlsbad Village, Carlsbad CA  
Yes, it’s true. As part of the growing arts offerings in Carlsbad, there is an award-winning theatre in Carlsbad Village.
 
No, New Village Arts in Carlsbad is not new, but their reputation is growing as a theatre production group in the San Diego area, and they have a reputation as one of the best Ensemble theatres in Southern California.
 
The Ensemble Project is a group of 19 artists who will be responsible for the entire New Village Arts Season 11 (2011-2012) of 6 productions with a final 7th World Premier production … (9 comments)

carlsbad arts: Cannon Art Gallery in Carlsbad CA | July - September 2011 Exhibit "Almost Alice" - 07/22/11 11:06 AM
"Almost Alice - New Illustrations of Wonderland by Maggie Taylor" at the Cannon Art Gallery in Carlsbad The newest exhibit at the William D. Cannon Art Gallery iin Carlsbad, the city-owned gallery, is wonderful.
"Almost Alice - New Illustrations of Wonderland by Maggie Taylor" is a whimsical, yet surreal pictorial of Lewis Carroll's classic Victorian tale of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and will surely delight adults and children alike. There are probably not too many who have not, at some point, read about Alice's adventures - probably multiple times - and this exhibit will take you on a fanciful journey back … (10 comments)

carlsbad arts: Cannon Art Gallery June - July 2011 Exhibit - "On Your Own Time" - 06/29/11 09:47 PM
Cannon Art Gallery June - July 2011 Exhibit - On Your Own Time  The latest William D. Cannon art gallery exhibit, "On Your Own Time," opened June 9 and runs through July 1 in Carlsbad.
"On Your Own Time" is an exhibition of art works by employees of the City of Carlsbad and their families, some of whom are professional artists. This is always a popular show, with a wonderful diversity and caliber of work from children to seniors in a broad range of mediums.
Prizes are awarded in several categories, which take the exhibit to a different level. And of … (17 comments)

carlsbad arts: Things to Love About Carlsbad California - The Photos Tell the Story - 06/11/11 01:50 PM
There are many things to love about Carlsbad, California...
Beaches
          Shopping
                    Dining
                              Neighborhoods
                                         Art
                                                    Fairs and Festivals
                                                               A Great Outdoor Lifestyle
There are many different reasons WHY people choose to live here, but they all seem to agree - Carlsbad is a terrific Southern California coastal community with something for everyone.
Not convinced? Why not explore the Carlsbad lifestyle in photos - they tell the real story.
Search for Carlsbad Homes for Sale
Search for Homes with Views in Carlsbad
Search for Waterfront Homes for Sale in Carlsbad
Need more information? Visit my websites and start … (17 comments)

carlsbad arts: The Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad CA - 03/26/11 12:03 PM
The Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad CA  The Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad is a real treat for music lovers.
Or even if you are not a huge fan but have a passing interest.
The Carlsbad Museum of Making Music is an amazing walk through the history of music, with a huge collection of musical instruments, musical scores, photos, recordings, and so much more in multiple rooms.
The Museum of Making Music sponsors numerous musical events throughout the year, which included live performances as well as films and special exhibitions. There is also a special music camp during the … (9 comments)

carlsbad arts: Carlsbad's Cannon Art Gallery Juried Biennial Art Exhibit 2011 Opened in Carlsbad California January 31, 2011 - 02/03/11 09:22 PM
Carlsbad's Cannon Art Gallery Juried Biennial Art Exhibit 2011 Opened in Carlsbad California January 31, 2011 Carlsbad continues to shine as a community with a burgeoning arts program, and the newest exhibit at the Cannon Art Gallery is one more reason to be proud of Carlsbad arts. 
The Cannon Art Gallery Juried Biennial Art Exhibit occurs every other year. Artist from around the region submit works to be considered by a panel who selects the artists and works to be displayed. 
The Cannon Art Gallery Juried Biennial for 2011 features 61 artists, 24 of who are North San Diego County residents … (9 comments)

carlsbad arts: Cannon Art Gallery in Carlsbad, CA | Last Art Exhibit of 2010 at the William D. Cannon Gallery - 01/16/11 10:57 PM
Cannon Art Gallery in Carlsbad, CA - Last Art Exhibit of 2010 at the William D. Cannon Gallery  "DeLoss McGraw: Recent Paintings in Response to Günter Grass's The Tin Drum" 
The Cannon Art Gallery is a gem in Carlsbad, indeed in North San Diego County, and one of the reasons Carlsbad has such a great reputation for embracing the arts.
Featuring emerging and well-established artists of regional, national and international acclaim is just one reason Carlsbad is so fortunate to have the city-owned William D. Cannon Art Gallery. 
The second, of course, is curator/director Karen McGuire, who puts it all together … (4 comments)

carlsbad arts: Front Porch Gallery in Carlsbad | November - January 2011 Exhibition - 11/14/10 12:14 PM
Front Porch Gallery in Carlsbad and their November - January 2011 Exhibition 
The Front Porch Gallery in Carlsbad opened their new exhibition "I AM HERE - Art Gives Voice to Many," a vibrant display or works by artists from TERI, Inc. in Oceanside. 
TERI, Inc., the Training, Education and Research Institute, is a private organization that focuses on the adults and children with autism and other developmental and learning disabilities.
This wonderful exhibit of creations by members of TERI in painting, collage, mixed media and encaustic was a vivid reminder of the depth and breath of human visual creativity. 
As … (10 comments)

 
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