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Monthly Highlights and Special Announcements
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The 2011 Membership Drive Continues!
Please submit your membership form and your dues or donation as soon as possible! Join or donate at $125 or above and receive a complimentary copy of our keepsake book, OAC at 60! Click Here for membership letter and form. |
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Upcoming Meetings
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Wed, Apr 13
7:30-9:00pm
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Board Meeting
Susan Garell's Home
All members and supporters welcome!
Contact: Susan Garell, OAC President.
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April 1-30
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OUSD Art Ambassadors Exhibit at the Orinda Library Art Gallery
Come enjoy and celebrate the wonderful work of Orinda's young artists! Selected art work from grades 1-8 will be on display.
Sponsored by The Orinda Arts Council.
Artist Reception: Wed., Apr. 20, 4-6pm. All are welcome!
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2011 Orinda Idol Audition Information Now Available!
Visit OAC website for more information. Registration begins April 11! |
| Upcoming School Performances & Events
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Apr 15
7-9pm
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5th Annual Lamorinda Acalanes Union Film Festival At Campolindo Performing Arts Center ~Sponsored by The Orinda Arts Council. Roughly 20 short student films will be screened, each written, directed, and produced by students from Campolindo, Miramonte, Acalanes or JM Intermediate schools. Awards will given in 10 categories, with additional sponsorship from The Orinda Arts Council to be awarded to the Winning Director of the Best in Show film to attend a High School Summer Program in Video Production. According to Campo film arts teacher Justin Seligman: "The festival showcases the talent of our community's students: as actors, as screenwriters, as cinematographers, and as digital artists. It gives them a forum to tell their own stories, in their own voices."
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OIS Presents "The Wiz"Wed, April 20 at 4:30pm Thurs, April 21 at 4:30pm Fri, April 22 at 5pm & 8pm Sat, April 23 at 3pm & 7pm For more info, please visit: http://orindaschools.org/ois/ Del Rey Presents "Dear Edwina Jr."April 27 & 28 For more info, please visit: http://orindaschools.org/delrey Glorietta Presents " Honk! Jr."
Fri, April 29th, 4pm & 7pm
Sat, April 30th, 3pm & 7pm
For more info, please visit: http://orindaschools.org/glorietta
Wagner Ranch Presents "Fiddler on the Roof Jr."
Fri June 3rd, 4pm & 7pm
Sat June 4th, 3pm & 7pm
For more info, please visit: http://orindaschools.org/wagnerranch
The Orinda Arts Council is a proud sponsor of the OIS Bulldog Theater, the Miramonte High School Spring Musical, and provides grants to all the OUSD elementary school spring musical programs.
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Apr 21 & 22
7:30pm
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Performers for Progress
Benefit Variety Show
Miramonte High School Theater
Tickets: $6 Students / $12 Adults
Come to Performers for Progress, a student-run variety show featuring talented Lamorinda high school students raising money for charity.
This April, Performers for Progess is supporting Oakland-based By Any Dreams Necessary, with proceeds going to creating a semester-long arts program in an underprivileged middle school in Oakland.
To learn more about Performers for Progress, please visit http://www.performersforprogress.com or email: perforpro@gmail.com
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Apr 27
7:30pm
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Miramonte Choral Chapel Concert
At St. Mary's College Chapel
Tickets available at the door and at the MHS Webstore for $5. Students are FREE! The acoustics are amazing and the music selection will span through many different genres from classical to pop.
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Apr 29
7:30pm
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Miramonte Drama 2 Showcase
Miramonte High School Theater
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| Community Events
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Apr 9
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California Independent Film Festival Classic Film Series
Special Screening of Roman Polanski's "Macbeth"
New Rheem Theatre
Reception: 6:30pm
Movie: 7:00pm
Interview with California Shakespeare Theater's creative director Jonathan Moscone immediately following screening.
More Info: http://www.caiff.org/classicfilm.html
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Apr 14
3pm
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Book Presentation & Conversation
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Apr 17
6:30pm
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Pacific Chamber Symphony Concert & Dinner BenefitHome of "Chef Lupo"
91 West Shore Road, Belvedere
Suggested Donation:
$250 per couple, $150 per person
Concert featuring gifted composer, guitarist, and publisher, Christopher Caliendo playing guitar, joined by his wife, Kristin on the flute, PCS cellist Miriam Perkoff, and Maestro Kohl on the clarinet.
Dinner prepared in Italo-Indian style by "Chef Lupo" (Bruce Wolfe) after the concert, and sparkling and still wines served throughout the evening.
RSVP LawrenceKohl@hotmail.com
Or PCS, P.O. Box 3134, Livermore, CA 94551.
More info: http://www.pacificchambersymphony.org or http://www.christophercaliendo.com
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Apr 22-28
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Lamorinda Film & Entertainment FoundationInternational Film Showcase
U.S. Premiere of "FLUGTEN"
Danish journalist Rikke Lyngvig is taken hostage in Afghanistan by a terror group, but with help from the young Afghan Nazir, Rikke successfully flees and saves her life. She is rapidly declared the Danish Jessica Lynch and her career is launched into the spotlight. In the meantime Nazir flees from Afghanistan to Denmark. When Rikke meets Nazir she is torn. Is she willing to help the man that saved her life, even though he held her captive and threatened to kill her? Is she willing to jeopardize her new-found career by accommodating an applicant for asylum who is wanted by the police?
For more info on premiers and future films, visit www.LFEF.org or their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pages/International-Film-Showcase.
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Not yet a member? Join or donate to OAC by emailing join@orindaartscouncil.org or visiting www.OrindaArtsCouncil.org. The Orinda Arts Council is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and advocating the visual and performing arts in our schools and community. We rely on the generous donations and volunteerism of our community to fulfill our mission and are deeply indebted to our many dedicated volunteers, contributors and donors. | Thank you for your support!
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