Sunset Center: Backstage
Hi! I'm Natalie - Community Relations Associate for the Sunset Center in Carmel, CA. We'll just be chatting about who we are, what we do, and what we love: the arts. Look for info on our upcoming shows and events, behind-the-scenes musings, and great videos, articles, quotes and more. What do you want to talk about?
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People showed up looking sharp for the Big Bad Voodoo Daddy show last night…we have the coolest audience members in the world!
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If you’re wondering who Sarah Vowell is, wonder no longer. This video shows just how astute, hilarious, and delightful she is. Then come see her this Friday Nov. 19th!
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Big Bad Voodoo Daddy are sure to banish those recession blues…we’re SO excited to have them here Wednesday Nov. 17th - we’ve even organized a swing dance class happening in Studio 105. Check it out at www.sunsetcenter.org
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Our first Classroom Connections program of the year kicked off last week with teaching 550 Salinas students about jazz music. We brought out the organization Jazzreach to come into the classrooms and demonstrate (live!) what they do. I think the kids liked it, what do you think?
Today the children will be coming to see Jazzreach perform their show “Hangin’ with Giants” at Sunset Center. We’re pretty excited!
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It’s school day for the Carmel Authors and Ideas Festival! About 1400 middle schoolers have come to Sunset Center today to listen and have fun with a bunch of different authors. One of the highlights? Getting up on stage to be dressed in traditional Afghan clothes by author/activist Julia Bolz. Very cool!
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Cirque Mechanics is a company that defies categorization: circus, dance, machinery, story telling, comedy…the list goes on and on! They will be bringing their brand new show “Boom Town” to Sunset Center on October 15th. “Boom Town” weaves all of these elements together with a wild west, gold mining theme, so get ready for explosions to fly! To see a bit of what they do, here is a video of their last show, “Birdhouse Factory”. So cool!
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The Carmel Authors & Ideas Festival is coming up - this September 24th! We’re a bunch of bookworms here, and we’re getting pretty excited about it. Have you read any good ones lately? Share them! We’d love to hear! Found this article about the good reads coming out this Fall. (You can click on the title to link to the article). Which ones look good to you? (I’m defintely getting Johnathan Franzen’s “Freedom”!)
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NY Times Theater Critic Ben Brantley writes about how once in a while, we see a performance that changes our idea of a character we thought we knew. Thoughts? Seen any performances like these? Which characters in theater or literature mean the most to you?
