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EXHIBITIONS

BEGINNING FRI, MAY 8 (The Project Space)
KALPA: TIME

For the exhibition KALPA: TIME, Hirokazu Kosaka manipulates a set of prints from an ongoing community-based project called Ruin Map in Los Angeles, Seattle, Pennsylvania and San Jose. As part of Ruin Map participants are invited to draw from memory the site of their childhood. The artist then transforms the drawings into traditional woodblock prints on handmade paper.In this Project Space exhibition, the original ...
Tagged : AGENCY
BEGINNING FRI, MAY 22 (Various Off-site Venues)
Ruin Map

In collaboration with representatives of Silicon Valley's Japanese- and Vietnamese-American communities along with residents of the immediate neighborhoods of Montalvo, Kosaka invited elders to draw from memory the site of their childhoods as part of his shared project, Ruin Map. The artist transformed these sketches into 36" x 36" traditional engraved, woodblock prints on special handmade rice papers which are assembled in large flip ...
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BEGINNING FRI, JULY 10 (The Project Space)
Enjoy Your Time: Excerpts from After the American Century (2009), Vast Active Living Intelligence System (2005), Angelic States-Event Sequence (1998-2003)

Enjoy Your Time consists of excerpts from three projects by Los Angeles-based artist Connie Samaras. Each project explores built environments, art as historical artifact, and the political and psychological geographies found in the everyday. Angelic States – Event Sequence (1998-2003) is a photographic series looking at fin de siècle architecture and the intersection of police, surveillance, military, and entertainment technologies in U.S. urban landscapes. Shot ...
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EVENTS

WED JULY 8, 2009 NOON (Historic Villa)
Summer Luncheon
FRI JULY 10, 2009 7:30 P.M. (Garden Theatre)
Dave Koz and Brian Culbertson

In a career spanning nearly two decades, Dave Koz has established himself as a platinum-selling artist, humanitarian, entrepreneur, radio host, and instrumental music advocate. A six-time Grammy® nominee, he’ll be honored in 2009 by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce with a star in the sidewalk on Hollywood Boulevard’s Walk of Fame. The list ...
Tagged : concerts, summerconcerts
SUN JULY 12, 2009 2 P.M. (Carriage House Theatre)
Connie Samaras: Re-Drawing Maps of Interdependence: Science Fiction and Rethinking Agency

Two film screenings and conversations among Connie Samaras, Kavita Philip, (Associate Professor, UC Irvine, Women's Studies and Director of the Critical Studies Institute) and Ward Smith (Librarian Southern California Library and web master/author, www.leveller.org), engage audience members in an interactive dialogue. They examine speculative fiction cinema and literature in relation to ...
Tagged : AGENCY
WED JULY 15, 2009 NOON (Historic Villa)
Summer Luncheon
WED JULY 15, 2009 7:30 P.M. (Carriage House Theatre)
SHARE San Jose : Jam at Montalvo

SHARE is a global organization dedicated to supporting collaboration and knowledge exchange in new media communities. Local SHARE groups hold free, open jams and workshops in their communities. Participants bring their portable equipment, plug into a common system, improvise on each others' signal and perform live audio and video.
Tagged : media art
THU JULY 16, 2009 7 P.M. (Garden Theatre)
Kenny G

Grammy winner Kenny G, the world’s most renowned saxophonist, recently released his first Latin Jazz album, Rhythm & Romance, backed by some of the world’s finest Latin musicians. The result is a rich, one-of-a-kind tapestry of samba and salsa, ballads and bossa nova, all of which are held together by beautiful melodies of Kenny ...
Tagged : concerts, summerconcerts
FRI JULY 17, 2009 7:30 P.M. (Garden Theatre)
Cowboy Junkies and Son Volt

Armed with their own songs and a handful of well-selected covers, Margo Timmins, her songwriting brother and their fellow band mates gathered around a single microphone in a small Toronto church and pushed "record." Twenty years later, the Cowboy Junkies' The Trinity Session is looked upon as a seminal record that helped define the alt-country ...
Tagged : concerts, summerconcerts
SAT JULY 18, 2009 7:30 P.M. (Garden Theatre)
Ozomatli

In their 14 years together as a band, celebrated Los Angeles culture-mashers Ozomatli have gone from being hometown heroes to being named U.S. State Department Cultural Ambassadors. Ozomatli has always juggled two key identities: they are the voice of their city and they are citizens of the world. Their music -- a notorious urban-Latino-and-beyond collision ...
Tagged : concerts, summerconcerts
TUE JULY 21, 2009 7 P.M. (Garden Theatre)
Jewel

It comes as no surprise that Jewel, an acclaimed American singer, songwriter, actress, poet, painter, philanthropist and daughter to an Alaskan cowboy singer-songwriter, finds herself in the embrace of country music for the release of her seventh career album, Perfectly Clear. “Who Will Save Your Soul” put Jewel on the map over 10 years ago ...
Tagged : concerts, summerconcerts
WED JULY 22, 2009 NOON (Historic Villa)
Summer Luncheon
FRI JULY 24, 2009 7:30 P.M. (Garden Theatre)
Boney James and Fourplay

Note: The date for this performance was incorrectly listed on Montalvo's email announcement. The correct date is July 24. One of the most respected and best-selling instrumental artists of our time, Boney James furthers his longstanding reputation as a major force in both the worlds of Contemporary Jazz and R&B with his first ...
Tagged : concerts, summerconcerts
WED JULY 29, 2009 NOON (Historic Villa)
Summer Luncheon
FRI JULY 31, 2009 7 P.M. (Spanish Courtyard)
Final Fridays: !Jazzitup!

As part of Montalvo's brand new Final Fridays series, artist in-residence Juan Felipe Herrera presents !Jazzitup! . At this free event you will get an inside look at the artist process as Herrera presents his "Jazzpoems" along side woodwinds by Francis "Pancho" Wong. Don't miss it!