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 Collaboration
X: On the
Contrary
Riverside Arts Project
The Riverside Arts Council introduces Collaboration X, a
new
collaborative
art group
originating through
RAC's
Riverside
Arts Project
gallery at
Riverside
Plaza. Through
inspiring
and
cultivating
creative
thought and
action, the
group hopes
to involve
and touch
the entire
community.
On the
Contrary
is the
group's
introductory
show. Its
theme plays
with
contradictions,
from life
and death to
water and
fire. Pairings
of artists
each take
one half
of a
contradictory
theme and
are
challenged
with
creating a
juxtaposition
that also
exists as
separate
work. The 10
members of
the group
are: Raymond
Argumedo,
Sydney
Atherton,
Nick Bahula,
Amanda
Millar,
Nathaniel
Osollo, Jeff
Ribaudo, Jon
Roach
Brosius,
Rick
Rodriguez,
Arnold
Romero and
Rachael
Dzikonski,
Program
Manager of
the
Riverside
Arts Council
and Curator
of the
Riverside
Arts
Project.
When:
April 13 - May 29, 2012 | Opening Reception: April 13, 2012
| 6:00 p.m.
- 8:00 p.m.
Where:
Riverside Arts Project, 3639 Riverside Plaza Dr. Ste 508,
Riverside,
CA 92506
For more information please visit
www.theriversideartsproject.com
 2012
MFA Thesis
Exhibition
Sweeney Art Gallery
UCR's
Department
of Art
Master of
Fine Arts
program
graduates
exhibit work
in this
annual
exhibition.
They will
join a
select
company of
graduates
from art
departments
and private
art schools
in Southern
California,
a region
that has
become known
for
transforming
its artists
into major
players on
the
international
art scene.
Among the
Art
Department's
distinguished
faculty are
John Divola,
Jill
Giegerich,
Jim
Isermann,
Brandon
Lattu,
Charles
Long, Erika
Suderburg
and Amir
Zaki.
When:
April 14,
2012 - May
5, 2012 |
Opening
Reception:
April 14,
2012 | 6:00
p.m. - 9:00
p.m.
Where:
UCR Sweeney
Art Gallery,
3834 Main
St.,
Riverside,
CA 92501
For more
information
please visit
sweeney.ucr.edu
 Indigenous
Choreographers
Inland
Empire
Filmmakers
Barbara & Art Culver Center for the Arts
An evening
of video
screenings
of recent
dance work
by
indigenous
choreographers
from North
America and
Aotearoa
(New
Zealand).
Following
the
screenings,
choreographers
Rulan
Tangen, Jack
Gray (in
person) and
Tanya Lukin
Linklater
(via Skype)
will discuss
their work
and the
field of
contemporary
indigenous
choreography
in a Q&A
moderated by
UC Riverside
dance
professorJacqueline
Shea Murphy.
Films will
include
Site Sight,
In Memoriam,
Gwi
Cuumillatstun,
Glimpses of
Dancing
Earth
and
Whare Tapere.
Murphy
teaches
courses
in dance
history and
theory at
UCR. Her
areas of
specialization
include
U.S. dance
history,
dance theory
and and
Native
American
dance
studies.
Director:
Jacqueline
Shea Murphy
& Friends,
2012
When: April
12, 2012 |
7:00 p.m. -
9:00 p.m.
Where:
Barbara &
Art Culver
Center for
the Arts,
3834 Main
St.,
Riverside,
CA 92501
For more
information
please visit
culvercenter.ucr.edu
 Kenny
Wayne
Shepherd |
The Robert
Cray Band
Special Guest: Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers
Fox Performing Arts Center
Kenny Wayne
Shepherd
rocked the
house when
he appeared
at the Fox
with blues
legend B.B.
King. One of
the new
generation
of blues
guitarists,
Shepherd's
albums
consistently
top the
charts as he
continues to
prove his
stature as
one of the
great blues
guitarists
of our time.
The Robert
Cray Band
are four of
today's most
brilliant
musicians,
headed by
the
incomparable
Robert Cray.
They deliver
their own
eclectic mix
of blues,
rock and
genre
defying
music. As
ever with
Cray's
undefinable
sound, their
music
remains
stubbornly
beyond
category.
Cray is
widely
admired as a
stylist
whose
innovations
have brought
new life to
the blues.
Fresh,
swinging,
tasteful,
exciting and
creative,
Rod Piazza
and The
Mighty
Flyers form
one of the
most
distinctive
bands in
blues today.
When:
April 12,
2012
Where:
Fox
Performing
Arts Center,
3801 Mission
Inn Ave.,
Riverside,
CA 92501
For more
information
please visit
foxriversidelive.com
 Annie
Performance Riverside
Leapin'
Lizards! The
popular
comic strip
heroine
takes center
stage in one
of the
world's
best-loved
musicals.
Annie
is a spunky
Depression-era
orphan
determined
to find her
parents, who
abandoned
her years
ago on the
doorstep of
a New York
City
orphanage
run by
cruel,
embittered
Miss
Hannigan. In
adventure
after
fun-filled
adventure,
Annie foils
Miss
Hannigan's
evil
machinations,
befriends
President
Franklin
Delano
Roosevelt
and finds a
new family
and home in
billionaire
Oliver
Warbucks,
his personal
secretary
Grace
Farrell and
a lovable
mutt named
Sandy.
When:
April 13 -
22, 2012
Where:
Landis
Performing
Arts Center,
4800
Magnolia
Ave.,
Riverside,
CA 92506
For more
information
please visit
www.performanceriverside.org
 An
Evening with
Raejin Lee
|| Faculty
Recital
Series
La Sierra University
In this La
Sierra
University
Faculty
Recital
Series event
soprano Dr.
Raejin Lee,
La Sierra's
director of
vocal
studies,
will perform
works by
George
Frideric
Handel, Jean
Ahn, Claude
Debussy and
Leo Delibes.
Dr. Kimo
Smith will
accompany
Lee on
piano.
When:
April 14,
2012 | 8:00
p.m.
Where:
La Sierra
University,
Hole
Memorial
Auditorium,
4500
Riverwalk
Pkwy.,
Riverside,
CA 92515
For more
information
please call
951.785.2036
 Caffeinated
Cabaret! ||
Disney
Edition
Caffeinated Cabaret!
This popular
music series
returns with
a very
special
"Disney
Edition."
Featuring a
combination
of both
local and
Broadway
talent, the
show will
include
performances
by Juliana
Hansen
(NBC's hit
reality
series
Grease,
You're the
One that I
Want),
Kathy
Risinger,
Noah Rivera
(Broadway's
Wicked,
Shrek,
In the
Heights),
Steven Van
Dorn (Disney
Symphony
Soloist) and
more.
When:
April 15,
2012
Where:
Back to the
Grind, 3575
University
Ave.,
Riverside,
CA 92501
For more
information
please visit
www.brownpapertickets.com/event/241257
 Riverside
International
Film
Festival
Th Riverside
International
Film
Festival is
coming soon
to Regal
Cinemas in
the
Riverside
Plaza!
Showcasing
more than
100
international
films from
around the
globe as
well as the
best of
independent
films from
Hollywood,
presenting
feature
films as
well as
shorts. An
Opening
Night
Champagne
Reception
will be held
prior to
the premier
film,
"Queens of
Country."
Special
guests of
this west
coast
premier will
include
producer/writer/director
Ryan Page,
as well
as lead
actors Ron
Livingston,
Lizzy Kaplan
and Joe Lo
Trillo.
Several
theme nights
will
feature animation,
horror,
college
night and
others. A
large number
of
directors,
producers
and actors
are also
expected throughout
the duration
of the
festival.
Filmmakers
forums and
panel
discussions
will allow
for
interactions
and learning
opportunities.
When:
April 20 -
29, 2012 |
Opening
Night
Reception:
April 20,
2012 from
6:00 p.m. to
7:30 p.m.
Where:
Fox
Performing
Arts Center,
3801 Mission
Inn Ave.,
Riverside,
CA 92501 |
Opening
Night
Reception,
Barbara &
Art Culver
Center for
the Arts,
3834 Main
St.,
Riverside,
CA 92501
For more
information
please visit
www.riversidefilmfest.org
 54th
Annual
Concerto
Concert
La Sierra University
La Sierra
University
is holding
its annual
Concerto
Concert
during
Alumni
Homecoming
weekend. The
concert will
feature this
year's
concerto
competition
winners
Casey Hoehn,
trumpet, and
Allison
Cheng,
Soprano.
They will
perform
works by
Tomaso
Albinoni and
Georges
Bizet.
Featured
performer
Ben Tecson,
winner of
the Inland
Empire Piano
Festival,
will play a
work by
Ludwig Van
Beethoven.
The
performers
will be
accompanied
by the La
Sierra
University
Orchestra,
John Carter,
conductor.
When:
April 21,
2012 | 8:15
p.m.
Where:
La Sierra
University,
Hole
Memorial
Auditorium,
4500
Riverwalk
Pkwy.,
Riverside,
CA 92515
For more
information
please call
951.785.2036
 Benise:
En Fuego!
Fox Performing Arts Center
International
guitar
sensation,
Benise and
his Emmy
Award
winning
cast, return
with a new
Fiery World
of Music and
Dance
Spectacular,
En Fuego!
Hailed by
the LA Times
as "The
Latin
Riverdance,"
Benise's
En Fuengo!
takes us on
an
unprecedented
and epic
adventure
through
Spanish
Flamenco,
Cuban Salsa,
Brazilian
Samba,
Argentinean
Tango,
Indian
Bollywood,
Parisian
Waltz,
African
Drumming and
more. While
taking on an
ever-changing
stage, the
show
features
world class
musicians
and dancers
handpicked
from a
global pool
of some of
the most
brilliantly
diverse
talent to be
found.
Traditional
Flamenco
Dancers,
Broadway
performers
and renowned
soloists
previously
featured
with the
likes of
Madonna,
Gloria
Estefan and
Ricky
Martin, have
all joined
forces to
make up
Benise's
female
dancers -
The Gitanas.
Benise will
also be
joined with
a host of
musical
guest stars
including
violin
sensation,
Karen
Briggs.
When:
April 27,
2012
Where:
Fox
Performing
Arts Center,
3801 Mission
Inn Ave.,
Riverside,
CA 92501
For more
information
please visit
www.foxriversidelive.com
 Zoe
Keating ||
Cello
Barbara & Art Culver Center for the Arts
Armed with
just her
cello and a
small box of
electronics,
Zoe Keating
is a
one-woman
orchestra.
In live
time, she
records
layer upon
layer of
cello using
a computer
and an array
of pedals to
transform
her solo
performances
into lush
and
beautiful
multipart
works. A
whiz at
combining
tech,
musical
virtuosity
and
self-promotion,
she has over
1.3 million
twitter
followers
and her
self-released
albums have
sold over
35,000
copies. Her
enterprising
instincts
for merging
technology
and
composition
have helped
her achieve
stardom in
the world of
independent
artists
while
landing her
an arts
grant from
The Creative
Capital
Foundtion
(2009) and a
place at the
World
Economic
Forum as one
of their
young global
leaders
(2011).
When:
April 27,
2012
Where:
Barbara &
Art Culver
Center for
the Arts,
3834 Main
St.,
Riverside,
CA 92501
For more
information
please visit
culvercenter.ucr.edu
 Six
Stitches |
Aprons
Division 9 Gallery
The exhibit Six Stitches represents a common thread that
unifies all
seven
artists in
the show
through the
medium of
fabric. Work
in the
exhibit
includes art
quilts, dyed
fabric, a
fabric and
mixed media
purse that
stands
almost 4
feet tall
and a four
panel fabric
print. The
artists in
the show
have taken
materials
which we see
everyday and
transformed
them into
objects that
are not just
material or
crafts, but
actually
fine art.
When: April 5 - April 27, 2012
Where: Division 9 Gallery, 3850 Lemon St., Riverside, CA 92501
For more information please call 951.965.4392 or email
cosmeart@hotmail.com
 Miss Saigon
Fox
Performing
Arts Center
A classic
love story
is brought
up to date
in one of
the most
stunning
theatrical
specials of
all time.
Brought by
the creators
of Les
Miserables,
this
moving
testament to
the human
spirit
reflects on
the turmoil
of the
Vietnam War
when an
American
Soldier and
a Vietnamese
girl fall in
love, only
to be
separated
during the
fall of
Saigon.
When:
May 11 - 12,
2012
Where:
Fox
Performing
Arts Center,
3801 Mission
Inn Ave.,
Riverside,
CA 92501
For more
information
please visit
foxriversidelive.com
 PAAR
7th Annual
Paint-Out
Plein Air Artists of Riverside
The Plein
Air Artists
of Riverside
(PAAR), an
artist group
of the
Riverside
Art Museum
(RAM), will
have it's
7th Annual
Paint-Out
week where
artists will
paint in
Plein Air by
recreating
various
scenes along
the
beautiful
historic
Mission Inn
Avenue in
Riverside
and its
surrounding
areas
throughout
the week.
They will
follow in
the
tradition of
the French
impressionists
and capture
the light
and air of
the scenes
in front of
them. This
year's theme
is "Gems of
Riverside."
Each artist
will exhibit
one piece
created
during the
nine day
event, as
well as a
"quick draw"
painting of
the
Riverside
Art Museum
in the
Permanent
Collection
Galleries at
RAM.
When:
March 31 -
May 18, 2012
Where:
Riverside
Art Museum,
3425 Mission
Inn Ave.,
Riverside,
CA 92501
For more
information
please visit
www.riversideartmuseum.org
 Riverside
Reads
Farewell to
Manzanar
Riverside Public Library
The
Riverside
Public
Library will
engage the
community in
reading and
discussing
Farewell to
Manzanar
by Jeanne
Wakatsuki
Houston as
part of the
Cal
Humanities'
California
Reads
project
subtitled
Searching
for
Democracy. A
touching,
funny and
tragic
memoir of
the
internment
of Japanese
Americans
during WWII,
Farewell to
Manzanar
reminds us
of a
shameful
chapter in
the history
of our state
and our
country. The
book is a
riveting
first person
telling of a
cataclysmic
time for
Japanese
Americans,
who were
imprisoned
in their own
land while
being urged
to send
their sons
to fight
overseas. It
honors the
great
dignity and
tremendous
resourcefulness
of a people
forced to
live under
the most
oppressive
of
circumstances.
The story is
a poignant
reminder
that in
moments of
national
crisis our
civil rights
can be at
most risk.
Farewell to
Manzanar
is a brisk
read that
lends itself
well to
lively
discussions
to examine
the meaning
of American
democracy.
When:
April - May
12, 2012 |
The Author
Event: May
12, 2012 |
2:30 p.m.
Where:
Riverside
Public
Library,
3581 Mission
Inn Ave.,
Riverside,
CA 92501
For more
information
please visit
www.riversideca.gov/library
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