Around Town: Art and action sports will blend at Costa Mesa event
The city of Costa Mesa plans to fuse art and action sports at Action Arts in the Park from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday at TeWinkle Park.
The free event will include skateboarding demonstrations, artist exhibits, a rock wall, a mechanical surfboard and interactive art stations. There also will be food trucks, a kids zone and live music from local bands and a DJ.
The city’s Cultural Arts Committee came up with the idea.
“We are excited to transform the traditional Arts in the Park event into something newer and fresher,” committee member Tracy Taber said in a statement. “We want it to be exciting, interactive and full of energy. That’s why we chose TeWinkle Park and the Costa Mesa Skate Park as the backdrop of the event. We hope that families enjoy a day in the park while appreciating plenty of arts, culture, entertainment and skating.”
The event also will include demonstrations by Costa Mesa-based Operation Clean Slate, which aims to dissuade youths from graffiti vandalism through hands-on activities that channel their talents.
“Costa Mesa really is a melting pot for all types of art and culture,” Justin Martin, the city’s recreation manager, said in a statement. “There is something for everyone here, and that is what makes the scene here so unique. The goal of the Action Arts in the Park is to build on the uniqueness that is Costa Mesa art and really highlight why we are the City of the Arts in a whole new way.”
*
Costa Mesa Mayor’s Celebration dinner set at Segerstrom
Costa Mesa’s fourth annual Mayor’s Celebration: The Art of Leadership dinner will be held Thursday at the Samueli Theater at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts.
The event, from 5:30 to 9 p.m., will include live music by Costa Mesa students, a cocktail reception and an awards presentation.
Receiving awards this year are Julia and George Argyros, the latter of whom is a former U.S. ambassador to Spain and founder of Arnel and Affiliates, a Costa Mesa-based real estate investment company.
Also receiving an award is Hank Panian, a former Orange Coast College history professor and Mesa Water District director.
The event’s proceeds will benefit arts programs at Costa Mesa and Estancia high schools as well as the Segerstrom Center and South Coast Repertory.
For more information, visit artofleadershipcelebration.com.
*
Mothers raise funds in Costa Mesa for family’s home in Mexico
A mothers group raised about $700 at an event in Costa Mesa to help build a house for a family in Mexico.
The April 27 event at Skosh Monahan’s will aid the group in reaching its goal of raising $6,500 for the building effort, which it hopes to begin in June.
The group, which meets at Mariners Church in Irvine, is part of MOPS, or Mothers of Preschoolers.
*
Student musicians to pack their bags for China
The Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra, which rehearses at UC Irvine and performs at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, will depart June 24 for a 10-day tour of China.
About 75 students, music director Roger Kalia, about 20 family members and some symphony staff members will be on the trip.
The students are set to perform at the National Centre for the Performing Arts and the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing and at Shanghai’s Oriental Arts Centre.