Carnevale, First Sundays coming up

SUZIE HARRISON

The Fabulous Miss Thing was the perfect capper for Music in the Park,

which conducted its final concert Sunday. But I’m looking forward to

the wild sights and sounds of the Carnevale Film Festival, the fun of

First Sundays and the continuing pleasure of Art Walk.

TAKE A MAGIC CARPET RIDE

Elvis Schoenberg’s Orchestre Surreal lived up to its surrealistic

part of the name at Sunday’s final episode of Music in the Park for

this season. The Fabulous Miss Thing with her groovy garb, wig and

antennae along with the sounds of the multi-layered orchestra made

for a lively scene.

The songs they cooked up in their creative kitchen were tasty and

the crowd was definitely biting. Music such as an excerpt from the

“1812 Overture,” a bit from the “Star Wars Soundtrack” and songs such

as “Live and Let Die,” “Purple Haze,” “We Are the Champions,” and a

fine collection of others were performed in a format like no other --

a mixology of classic rock, classical, some soulful lyrics

accompanied by a bit of the inane. Needless to say the crowd easily

joined the band on their turf of existence and will happily extend

the welcome mat to them to perform in Laguna Beach anytime.

COLORFUL CARNEVALE

FILM FESTIVAL

Come one, come all to Laguna’s inaugural Carnevale, starting with

the Carnevale Film Festival Saturday and its three films playing at

the Forum Theater.

“Two Masks of the Italian Carnevale” will be playing at 11 a.m.

and is a film about the February 2003 Carnevale in Venice and

Viareggio Italy. “Adored in Languages I Don’t Understand” is playing

at 1 p.m. and is the story of Laguna’s own Tim Dey and Jim Nussbaum

and their exciting adventure in winning the International Costume

Competition in Venice. They were the first Americans ever to achieve

such a feat. “One Upon a Mime” will be playing at 3 p.m. and is the

story of Jon Beau Lee’s adventures in and out of mask, in front and

behind the camera at Carnevale 2003 in Venice and Viareggio.

Tickets are $8 per film or $20 for all three films. The Forum

Theater is located at the Festival of Arts Grounds at 650 Laguna

Canyon Road.

SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS

The Laguna College of Art and Design loves to roll out the invites

to the community to engage in a plethora of art offerings throughout

the year -- Thursday was the opening for the exclusive “Society of

Illustrators 45th annual Traveling Exhibition.”

This exhibit spans the 20th Century and offers examples of the

changing role of the illustrator and contains original works selected

from the society’s annual exhibition.

The exhibit has 40 different pieces by 40 different artists and is

a representative sample of six categories such as editorial, book,

advertising, sequential, institutional and work that is not

commissioned.

“We have works of the country’s top illustrators right here in our

gallery,” Laguna College president Alan Barkley said. “This is a

great opportunity for students in our Illustration Program -- it is a

model for our students’ own work.”

The exhibit will run through Oct. 20 with a reception from 6 to 8

p.m. Oct. 2. Laguna College of Art and Design is located at 2222

Laguna Canyon Road. For information, call 376-6000.

CHILDREN’S CERAMICS WORKSHOP

Local artist and master ceramicist Sherry Bullard will be offering

a hands-on children’s ceramics class for children 6 to 12 years old.

The class will teach the basics of working with clay, including coil,

slab and free-form techniques for each student to create their own

kiln-fired works of art

The workshop will be taught every Saturday from Saturday through

Nov. 1.

Bullard is a well-known artist who is also a Sawdust exhibitor and

a trustee for the Sawdust Benevolence Fund and is a key constituent

for Laguna Outreach Community Arts. The cost for the 6-week class is

$60 and will be held at Laguna College of Art and Design at 2222

Laguna Canyon road. To register, call (949) 376-600 ext. 233.

SIXTH ANNUAL ART EXHIBIT

Senior services coordinator Sharon Olney has put the word out that

the sixth annual Senior Art Exhibit will be featured Tuesday through

Oct. 29 at Wells Fargo Bank at 260 Ocean Ave. There will be a

reception and awards given from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 4.

The Senior Art Exhibit is a project of the city of Laguna Beach

Senior Center and Arts Commission in tandem with Banking on Art.

Categories include photography, oils, acrylics, watercolors and mixed

media two-dimensional. For information, call (949) 464-9535.

FIRST THURSDAYS ART WALK

Yep, yep, yeppers -- it’s that time of the month -- a time that

Laguna’s art enthusiasts cherish -- First Thursdays Art Walk from 6

to 9 p.m. Oct. 2. Visit the 40 galleries all around Laguna that have

their doors open to the public including Laguna art Museum. New

artists, exhibits and excitement are on tap every month. Following

the walk at 9 p.m. there will be a post-event at [seven-degrees] at

891 Laguna Canyon Road. For information call (949) 497-0716 or go to

www.firstthursdaysartwalk.com.

LAGUNA BEACH LIVE!

With the fall season brings Laguna Beach Live! and their popular

concert series “First Sundays.” To open this season Laguna Beach

Live! is presenting the Tom Hynes Trio performing jazz versions of

classic American popular songs, including selections from George

Gershwin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern and Duke Ellington. It’s a free

concert from 3 to 4:30 p.m. held outdoors on the Laguna College of

Art and Design’s pastoral campus at 2222 Laguna Canyon Road.

The community is invited to enjoy the “Society of Illustrators

45th annual Traveling Exhibition” prior to the event. “First Sundays”

offers a free afternoon of art and music held on the first Sunday of

every month from Oct. through May. For information go to

www.lagunabeachlive.org.

*In the coming weeks, the Coastline Pilot will be compiling

information for a 2004 calendar that will be made available to our

readers in December. With this calendar we hope to include all of the

major social, civic, business, entertainment or sporting events that

take place in Laguna Beach.

If you have any events that you believe should be added to our

calendar, please e-mail the date and time and nature of the event to

our new calendar e-mail address which is: [email protected].

Unfortunately, it will be impossible to include every event in the

calendar, so submissions will be subject to editing. Deadline for

submissions is Friday Oct. 31. We appreciate your help and support.