Friday, May 01, 2009

Visual Arts, Sc-Fi and Circus Time

May 1, 2009

Lots of visual art events are happening this weekend in the Inland Empire. This evening, Friday May 1, for a $15 ticket, you can attend the Redlands Community Hospital's "Evening With the Artists". Five artist will be exhibiting their works which will be available for purchase. The artists are Janet Edwards, Brad Faegre, Fred Gowland, Sheila Hansberger and Donal Jolley. From5:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. enjoy the art.

Sunday, May 3 Grand Terrace will be holding the 25th annual Grand Terrace Art Show. The hours are from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the community Room of City Hall, 22795 Barton Road.

A different art genre will be seen at the Free Comic Book Day. 15 comic book artists and writers will participate in the day-long, festival-type event. 4 Color Fantasies at 7172 Archibald Avenue in Rancho Cucamonga closes their parking lot and sponsors this fun event. Throughout the Inland Empire there will be other locations as this is a nationwide program. For information, 4 Color Fantasies phone # is 909-543-8751 or http://www.4colorfantasies.com/

For Sci-fi fans, the 2009 Eaton Science Fiction Conference will begin today, Friday May 1 and continue through Sunday, May 3 at the UCR Extension center, 1200 University Avenue in Riverside. Cost is $125 for all 3 days or $55 per day. 952-827-3238 or http://eatonconference.ucr.edu/ for more information.

When it is May, it is also circus time; that is the All American Youth Circus of the East Valley YMCA; a tradition since 1929. The circus will open tonight, May 1 at 7 p.m. in the YMCA gym. There will be a 5 p.m. performance Saturday and a 3 p.m. performance on Sunday. There will be these 3 performance times for the next 3 weekends.

The first Sunday free day at the San Bernardina County Museum will be Sunday, May 3 which is also International Museum Day. Cobalt Blue (Folk Rock, easy listening) will be performing in the newly completed outdoor amphitheater.

With Cinco de Mayo approaching, you can attend the big Mexican Fiesta in La Verne. Dancing and story telling start at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 2 at the La Verne Library, 3640 D St., La Verne 909-596-1934.

There are many other events happening. So many choices! Are not we fortunate to live in the Inland Empire?

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