Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By richards on January 29, 2013

Raina LeGarreta compiles these listings. If you would like an event or show included, send details via email to Raina.egcitizen@gmail.com Please put Arts Calendar in the subject line; include as much information as possible, including dates, times, ticket prices, address and details on purchasing tickets.

The Elk Grove Sports Bar presents their new Comedy Night every other Wednesday. The open mic, stand-up comedy event will be held next on Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. The Sporty is located at 9661 Elk Grove Florin Road. For more information, call (916) 685-6103.

The Elk Grove Fine Arts Center will hold their monthly First Saturday Art Reception on Feb. 2, 4-7 p.m. at 9080 Elk Grove Blvd. in Old Town Elk Grove. The featured artist this month is Jolene Matson who will be showing her oil paintings and sculpture artwork. Community artists will continue with their show. The shows will run through Feb. 23. This event is free to the public. Also featured that evening will be the centers ongoing tile glazing fundraiser. Support the arts for $15 per tile and donate your hand-glazed tile to be installed on the centers front entry wall.The Art Center/Gift Gallery is open Wednesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., or by appointment. For more information, call (916) 685-5992, email egfinearts@frontiernet.net or visit http://www.ElkGroveFineArtsCenter.org .

The Elk Grove Community Concert Band will perform on Feb. 4 at the Laguna Town Hall in Elk Grove, sponsored by the Cosumnes Community Services District (CSD). The concert begins at 7 p.m. Included in Monday evenings performance will be music with a high flying theme, such as Alfred Reeds, 7th Suite for Band - A Century of Flight, Samuel Hazos, In Flight, and Space and Beyond, a medley of popular music from space-themed movies. In addition, the band will perform a medley of songs by composer and silent film star Charlie Chaplin, and will premier their own arrangement of Frank Zappas Strictly Genteel, a version of the piece once performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. The Laguna Town Hall is located at 3020 Renwick Ave. There is no admission charge but a donation benefiting the Elk Grove Community Band and the CSD, would be gladly accepted. For additional information please contact the Cosumnes Community Services District at (916) 405-5600 or search the CSDs website at http://www.yourcsd.com. Special Events, Calendar of Events.

The Elk Grove Fine Arts Center will be presenting the following workshops in February at the Arts Center, 9080 Elk Grove Blvd. in Old Town Elk Grove Pastels with Russell Frank, Feb. 9, 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. The fee is $40 with no materials fee; Reflections in Oils with Mark Johnson, Feb. 13-14, 1-4 p.m. The fee is $40 with no materials fee. For more information or to sign up, please call (916) 685-5992 or email, egfinearts@frontiernet.net. For complete details, visit http://www.ElkGroveFineArtsCenter.org. Pre-registration and payment is required.

The Elk Grove Western Festival Organization (EGWFO) calls for student artists to participate in the 2013 Elk Grove Western Festival Poster Contest. The contest is now open to all high school junior and senior students in the Elk Grove Unified School District. The 56th annual festival will be held May 3-5 and the theme will be The American West. The winning entry will receive a cash prize of $200 and become the official poster for the 2013 event. There will be a second prize of $100, and a third prize of $50. The winning entry will be used in the Western Festivals marketing and advertising, and on the Elk Grove Artists High School Art Contest art booklet cover. The winning entries will be displayed in the art show in the Elk Grove Regional Park Pavilion during the festival. They will then be displayed at the Elk Grove Fine Arts Center, 9080 Elk Grove Blvd. in Old Town Elk Grove through the end of May and returned to the artists. All entries become the property of the EGWF organization. The poster entry must be submitted by the deadline of March 1. For more information, students should contact their high school art department chair or teacher, or reach Jennifer Flores - Western Festival Poster Contest Chairperson - at (916) 761-4499 or phatcatmakeup@hotmail.com.

Elk Grove Artists (EGA)Art2Hang program features artwork from local artists at Elk Grove businesses. Artists displaying for the month of January through March are: Dawn Star Wood, at Circle of Life Medicine, 2382 Maritime Drive Ste. 100; Jan Rau at Frank Zaccari Insurance, 9153 Elk Grove Blvd; Dee Tschida at Edward Jones, 9075 Elk Grove Blvd., Ste. 140; Joanna Batherson and Virginia Johnston at Elk Grove Urgent Care, 9045 Bruceville Rd., Ste. 100; TBA at Franklin Ranch Pet Hospital and Hotel, 10207 Franklin Blvd.; Kanika and Mary Marshall at Friends of Franklin Library, 10055 Franklin High Road; Judy Knott at Mark Lai, DDS, 7171 Bowling Drive, Ste. 110 in Sacramento; Dick Beymer at Running Zone, 8470 Elk Grove Blvd., Ste. G135; Esther Cheng at Sutter Heart and Vascular Institute, 5151 F. St., Bldg. B. in Sacramento. For more information about the Art2Hang program contact Dee at (916) 684-4802.

Elk Grove Fine Arts Center presents the following Weekly Drop-In Art Classes: Watercolor for beginners, with Terry Garcia, instructor $20, Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m.11:30 p.m. (916) 687-8908; Open Watercolor Studio, with Terry Garcia, instructor $10, Tuesdays, 12:302:30 p.m. (916) 687-8908; Watercolor for beginners and intermediate with Ron and Sandy Ridley, instructors - $20, first and second Wednesdays, 11 a.m.1 p.m. (916) 685-1980; Open Studio All Media -Painting with Friends, no instructor $5, Fridays, 12-3 p.m. (916) 685-5992. Classes are held at the Art Center located at 9080 Elk Grove Blvd. in Old Town Elk Grove, (916) 685-5992, egfinearts@frontiernet.net, http://www.ElkGroveFineArtsCenter.org.

View artwork from Elk Grove on http://www.elkgrovecity.org/arts/art-in-elk-grove.asp The Committee for the Arts has created a virtual Citywide Art Guide for the benefit of the residents and visitors that includes a comprehensive inventory of art pieces and art events in Elk Grove. There is also an interactive map that displays the art and events in Elk Grove. Only Citywide annual art events are included. If you know of a piece or event missing from the guide that should be included, contact Kara Reddig at kreddig@elkgrovecity.org or (916) 478-2249.

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