Concord visual arts events

First Friday Films: The Lathe of Heaven (1980)

Friday, Jun 7 6:30p

Based on the book by sci fi writer Ursula K. LeGuin, who oversaw this production. George Orr (played by Bruce Davidson) is a young man who has dreams that sometimes come true...

Bernie Granados: Original Paintings & Masks

Saturday, Jul 27 10:00a

Gathering Tribes, Albany

Bernie Granados, Jr...

Lecture: The Alberta Tar Sands by Adelard Blackman, First Nations Activist

Friday, May 31 7:00p

Gathering Tribes, Albany

Mr. Blackman will have just returned from the United Nations Forum on Indigenous Peoples in New York...

Portraits and Dreams - Original Works by Cherokee Artist, Brianna Lea Pruett

Saturday, Jun 8 6:00p

Gathering Tribes, Albany

Exhibiting paintings June 1-30, 2013 Opening Festivities: Saturday, June 8th - 6:00pm to 8:00pm...

Cirque du Soleil presents Criss Angel Believe

Tuesday, May 21 7:00p

Luxor Theater, Las Vegas

Criss Angel, the most famous magician on the planet - in partnership with Cirque du Soleil - presents CRISS ANGEL Believe, an illusion spectacular at the Luxor Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas...

David Copperfield at MGM Grand Las Vegas

Tuesday, May 21 7:00p

MGM Hollywood Theatre, Las Vegas

David Copperfield has been hailed by audiences and critics alike as the greatest illusionist of our time...

Exclusive Bay Area Screening of ANITA: Speaking Truth to Power

Tuesday, Jun 11 7:30p

Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, San Francisco

Join us for an Exclusive Bay Area Screening of ANITA: Speaking Truth to Power. The film will be followed by a Q&A session with Professor Anita Hill and the filmmaker, Freida Mock...

Why Nature is a Summer Must-Have for Kids

Wednesday, Jun 5 6:00p

Bay Area Discovery Museum, Sausalito

An interactive lecture with Susan Sachs Lipman (Suz), addressing how today’s children are increasingly disconnected from nature, even as a growing body of evidence shows that time in nature positiv...

Robert Bissell - One Man Show (June 1st, 2013) New Originals, Fine Art Editions, Sculptures & New Book Signing

Saturday, Jun 1 4:00p

Borsini-Burr Gallery, Montara

ROBERT BISSELL - One Man Show New Originals, Fine Art Editions & Sculptures June 1st, 2013 Saturday - (4pm to 7pm) Immerse yourself in the beauty of Robert Bissell's Dream World...

Eye on the Wild

Wednesday, May 29 7:00p

REI Concord, Concord

One of the only women in her field, award-winning wildlife photographer Suzi Eszterhas specializes in documenting wild animal family life; she travels around the world to photograph all kinds of sp...

Fast and Furious Double Feature

Thursday, May 23 7:15p

Century 16 Downtown Pleasant Hill, Pleasant Hill

Art Makes at the Bedford Gallery

Saturday, Jun 29 2:00p

Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek

Join us on Saturday, April 27th from 2-4pm for the Bedford Gallery’s Art Makes program! For each show the Bedford hosts, Docents offer a free Art Make project for children of all ages...

First: The Story of the London 2012 Olympic Games

Thursday, May 30 7:30p

Century 16 Downtown Pleasant Hill, Pleasant Hill

Swimmer Missy Franklin, gymnast John Orozco and other athletes talk about their life-changing experiences at the London Olympics.

Walnut Creek International Short Film Festival

Friday, Jun 7 7:00p

Century 14 Downtown Walnut Creek, Walnut Creek

The Festival features an incredible lineup of short films from across the globe, including selected entries from Tribecca, Cannes, Sundance and other top festivals...