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FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Art Center's Artist Guild Show opens May 19. This seventh annual juried exhibition and sale features over 90 works by guild members, including paintings, pastels, printmaking, fine art jewelry, mixed media, photography, sculpture, gourds, and more. More than 50 local artists are participating. Awards totaling $2,500 for Best of Show, first, second, and third will be announced by show juror Janice Cipriani-Willis at the opening reception Saturday, May 1...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Brandon Gallery announced the winners of its "Art of the Portrait 2018" show, a juried and judged fine art show celebrating the portrait or a likeness of a person in which the face and its expression is dominant. The show runs May 1 through 31. Judge Alla Bartoshchuk, an accomplished painter and award-winning artist and teacher juried and judged the show. Here are the names of the artists selected to receive awards. The Best of Show winner is "Flower G...
"Some Enchanted Evening"..."Bloody Mary is the girl for me"..."I'm Gonna Wash that Man Right Outa My Hair"..."There is Nothing Like a Dame"..."I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy"..."Happy Talk"..."Honey Bun" are just of few of the memorable tunes from the best show of this season "South Pacific" thanks to San Diego Musical Theatre. James Michener won the Pulitzer Prize in 1948 for his fictional story "Tales of the South Pacific." A short time later the famous musical team of Ric...
FALLBROOK – The Friends of the Fallbrook Library will host "Voices: Speaking of Art" by San Diego's Twenty Women Artists and a sculpture installation "Red Lines" by Dean Ramos, May 20 to July 7. In the community room, "Voices, Speaking of Art" is brought to the Fallbrook Library by the artist collective TWA. Photography, painting, wall sculpture, fabric art and more, their diverse media reflects the personal stories each artist tells in their work. Each story has many l...
PALA – British pop icon Billy Ocean will perform 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 6, at Pala Casino Spa & Resort's Starlight Theater. Ocean has scored gold and platinum records worldwide and has had No. 1 pop chart hits in the United States, Australia, Germany, Holland and the United Kingdom while achieving extraordinary success as both a singer and songwriter. Ocean got his initial break when he signed with GTO Records for whom his second single, the Motown-inspired "Love Really H...
Unlike most art shows, the annual Reflections of Nature art show at Fallbrook Art Center is held for only one weekend – it was presented May 4-6 this year – and the artists themselves are a big part of the show. The opening reception was Friday night, May 4, but that was not the only time visitors could meet the artists as they were present for the whole weekend. The show is limited to 20 artists, for good reason. Each one had their own mini-gallery with as many pieces of art...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Senior Center hosted the 17th annual Fallbrook Avocado Cribbage Tournament, April 14, and Roy Cook of Oceanside emerged as the winner in the 52-player field. Cook battled Deb Beddoe of Carlsbad down to the last hole in the fifth game of the best three out of five final. Donny Koran of Fallbrook, playing in his first American Cribbage Congress tournament, had the best score in the qualifying round. The 28-player consolation tournament was won by C...
PALA – Legendary pop star Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds will perform 8 p.m., Friday, Sept. 7, on the Starlight Theater stage at Pala Casino Spa & Resort. Edmonds' award-winning, multi-faceted career includes the consecutive multi-platinum landmark albums, "Tender Lover;" "For the Cool in You," including signature hits, "Never Keeping Secrets" and "When Can I See You" and "The Day," including "Every Time I Close My Eyes." Edmonds, as co-founder with L.A. Reid of LaFace Records in 1...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Art Association's annual Plein Air Competition and Show attracted 37 artists this year, from all over San Diego County and as far away as Idyllwild. Artists painted all day and all around the 30-acre grounds of Grand Tradition Estate & Gardens, with seven waterfalls and endless gardens, making it very hard to decide where to paint with so many beautiful choices, according to the artists. The painters turned in their paintings, 3 p.m., to be judged by l...
Lux soap company sponsored a weekly radio show from 1937 to 1955. Each week, in front of a live audience of 1,000 people, actors performed inside a glass booth, reading from their scripts as the story was transmitted into every household across America. Radio theatre was one of the most sought after acting jobs of the time. With shows like "Kukla, Fran and Ollie", "The Lone Ranger and Tonto", "The Green Hornet", "George Burns and Gracie Allen" becoming national favorites,...
Other winners: K – fourth grades: Second place: Gabriel P. – "Avo-shadow" Third place: Charliez A. – "King & Queen of Fallbrook" Fifth – eighth grades: Second place: Bridget B. – "Avocado Dreams" Third place: Jolietta K. – "Avocado Climbing Rabbits" Fallbrook Chamber's Pick: K – fourth grades: Stanley B. – "3-D Avocado" Fifth – eighth grades: Zarick M. – "Mixed Up Love" For information on the next upcoming junior art competition, "Honoring Our American Heroes" contact: An...
FALLBROOK – The public is invited to the Fallbrook Art Association meeting 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 19, at the Fallbrook Women's Club, 238 W. Mission Road, in Fallbrook. The meeting will include a critique by the guest artist for members' paintings, one work each, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m., followed by artist Lyndelle Stonick demonstrating a painting in pastels. Stonick has excelled as an artist in drawing, painting and printmaking and as a fine jeweler. She has been gifted...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Newcomers enjoyed a "Ladies Night Out" on April 25 at the home of Susan Stratton. Plenty of fun, food and dancing was had by all. The club will have guest speaker Michael Perdue, an attorney here in Fallbrook who specializes in Estate Planning and Living Trusts, May 10. He will speak about "How to Protect our Assets". Those who are new to the community are invited to attend the May coffee or any other upcoming coffee meeting which are held at the F...
TEMECULA – Fans of wine and music are invited to join world-class entertainers as they grace the stage at the Temecula Wine and Music Festival, May 27, at the Hawk Ranch in Murrieta. Coupled with a wine tasting experience, the Temecula Wine & Music Festival will feature Grammy-nominated and award-winning artists as they set the rhythm for a great day of pop, jazz and R&B tunes in an atmosphere of relaxation and good times at Hawk Ranch – all to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs o...
FALLBROOK – The music and arts community of Fallbrook will get together, 1-9 p.m., Saturday, May 19, at the Rasta Paw Reggae and Arts Festival at Casa Estrella Cocina De Mexico, 3757 South Mission Road, in Fallbrook. Rob Eldon of Fluid Foundation has put together a dynamite roster of talent with reggae bands and special guests. According to Eldon, the event is a great way to kick off the summer and give back to the animal programs. The event features music, live art, local a...
FALLBROOK – Returning to the Fallbrook Art Center May 5 and 6 for the 25th year is "Reflections of Nature", an annual show showcasing wildlife art and landscapes. Nature's diversity is evident in the art presented by professional artists working in oil, acrylic, watercolor, charcoal, pastels, scratchboard, photography, wood, glass, stone and bronze in a wide variety of styles. Because "Reflections" is condensed into a single weekend, all of the artists will be at the g...
FALLBROOK – The following lists represent the top 10 checked out items at San Diego County libraries in each category for March. Books and videos may be requested at www.sdcl.org/ or at any San Diego Library Branch location. Adult Fiction 1) Y is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton 2) The Late Show by Michael Connelly 3) Camino Island by John Grisham 4) The Whistler by John Grisham 5) End Game by David Baldacci 6) Into the Water by Paula Hawkins 7) Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly 8) The Rooster Bar by John Grisham 9) The S...
PALA – Huey Lewis and The News, widely recognized as one of America’s great rock and roll bands, has been forced to cancel the remainder of its 2018 tour, including its Saturday, May 26, performance at Pala Casino Spa & Resort’s Starlight Theater. Ticketholders may obtain refunds at the point of purchase. Huey Lewis recently released the following statement: “Two and a half months ago, just before a show in Dallas, I lost most of my hearing. Although I can still hear a little, one-on-one, and on the phone, I can’t hear musi...
When the British playwright Michael Frayn wrote about a touring troupe of actors performing a standard bill of fare in the U.K., known as “British Bedroom Farce,” his intention was to mock the intensity of these endeavors by poking fun of everyone from the director to the backstage crew. Also known as lowbrow (as opposed to highbrow e.g. Shakespeare, as fulfilled by the other summer touring players) this silly whimsical form of tongue-in-cheek comedy is based on imp...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Woman's Club presents the Carriage Players in "Café Murder", its annual mystery luncheon fundraiser on Saturday, May 5, at 11 a.m. at the clubhouse, 238 W. Mission Road. In the play, Rosemary Saint-John is a loud, annoying hypochondriac convinced she is allergic to water. Celebrating her birthday at a French restaurant with her four kooky sisters, she makes enemies with everyone around her. (One guess who the victim will be!) The play is produced by...
SAN MARCOS – The Palomar College Theater Department is presenting Kaufman and Hart's screwball comedy "You Can't Take It With You," featuring three Fallbrook actors. "You Can't Take it with You" is directed by San Diego director and theater educator Annie Hinton and plays in the 95-seat Palomar Studio Theater, April 26, 27, and 28 and May 3, 4, 5 and 6. Jennifer Hornsveld-Craw, a graduate of the University of California Los Angeles Department of Theater, Film and T...
PALA – Pala Casino Spa & Resort will continue its free events series in May featuring the 60+ Club at 1 p.m. on Tuesdays and the underground wine CAVE on weekends. Two additional free events also will be offered from 8 p.m. to midnight, Friday, May 18, and 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Saturday, May 19, when the Killer Dueling Pianos will perform live in the Bar Meets Grill restaurant. Due to construction of Pala’s $170 million expansion and renovation, no tribute concerts or performances in Luis Rey’s lounge are scheduled. The 60+ C... Full story
FALLBROOK - Judging for the Art of the Avocado competition was held April 8 at Brandon Gallery. Awards were presented to the the winning artists who attended the private reception that day. There is still time to vote for the "People's Choice Award" by visiting the Brandon Gallery, 105 North Main Ave., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. through the Avocado Festival, April 15. The winner will be notified that evening and posted on www.fallbrookchamberofcommerce.org/ where photos of all the...
The 33 county library branches currently have internet service with a broadband speed of 40 megabytes per second, but an upgrade to high-speed internet will improve the download speed to one gigabyte per second. A 5-0 San Diego County Board of Supervisors vote, March 27, authorized a sole-source contract with Califa Group to provide high-speed internet services at county library branches. The five-year contract has a value of $1.5 million. "I have been a huge supporter of libraries and I know their value in our...
FALLBROOK – The San Diego County Library presented the lists of the top 10 checked out items in each category for the month of February. For Adult Fiction, the top 10 most checked out books are “The Late Show” by Michael Connelly, “Camino Island” by John Grisham, “Y is for Yesterday” by Sue Grafton, “The Whistler” by John Grisham, “The Fix” by David Baldacci, “Into the Water” by Paula Hawkins, “Murder Games” by James Patterson, “The Rooster Bar” by John Grisham, “The Woman in Cabin 10” by Ruth Ware and “No Middle Name” by...