by The Editors on August 4, 2009
After City of Carlsbad budget cuts it looked like the annual Leo Carillo Film Festival would be no more someone stepped in and made a donation, according to a story in the North County Times.
One of the festival’s regular attendees has agreed to contribute $5,000 to get things going, Calarco said, adding that he plans to ask the City Council to formally accept the donation at its Aug. 18 meeting. . . The money will be enough to cover the entire film series this year, he added.
The Festival will kick off on Friday, September 4, 2009 with Hotel Haywire.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on August 3, 2009
Okay, so The Screamin’ Primas may not be the musical apex of the 2009 TGIF Jazz In The Park season, but they are kicking off the Calavera Hills Park leg of this Carlsbadistan concert series with a “tribute” to the late, great “Rat Pack” era Las Vegas lounge singer Louis Prima. He was the guy responsible for “Jump, Jive and Wail, Just a Gigolo, and That Old Black Magic. But don’t let that scare you because:
This eight-piece tribute band is no pale imitation, capturing the energy, emotion and excitement of Prima’s late 1950s Las Vegas Night Club show via live re-creations performed in the original Louis Prima style.
By the way, if you need an exciting original live act for your next party or corporate event? The Screamin’ Primas are your answer. At least that’s what it says on their website.
[Link: Jazz In The Parks]
by The Editors on July 31, 2009
The highlight of our evening on the streets of Carlsbadistan for the somewhat subdued launch of Thursdays On The Coast was a performance by Tonette The Magician in front of the Carlsbad Theater. Her best trick was making everyone walk away with a smile.
There is more music and art planned for tonight, so look for it if you’re in Carlsbadistan for the evening.
by The Editors on July 30, 2009
Remember tonight is the the first Thursdayds On The Coast; a night to wander the streets of The Village of Carlsbadistan and enjoy arty music, see arty art, and have gobs of arty fun. . . come out and support artiness tonight at Thursdays On The Coast from 5 – 9 PM.
[Link: Thursdays On The Coast]
by The Editors on July 28, 2009
We said it last year and we’ll say it again: Mmmm, dees shore am shweet jazz een doe pox. Roddie Romero & The Hub City All-Stars add a little Cajun to Carlsbadistan’s Poinsettia Park this Friday Night July 31, 2009 as they bring a little Southern Louisiana rhythm and soul to Carlsbad’s TGIF Jazz In The Parks.
In their 2008 TGIF debut, the audience picked up on it right away – a rich gumbo of heartfelt Louisiana rhythm and soul, plus supreme musicianship – right out of Cajun country. This year brings them back for a repeat of bon temps at Poinsettia. Acclaimed as the tightest band to rise from the Louisiana swamps, Roddie Romero & the Hub City All- Stars were Grammy-nominated in 2008 for their double album, “The La Louisianne Sessions.”
[Link: Jazz In The Parks]
by The Editors on July 21, 2009
The event may have been at Dog Beach in Del Mar, but the Vigilucci’s Beach Bocce Ball World Championship XXIX held Saturday July 18, 2009 raised about $50,000 for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Carlsbad, according to a story in the Coast News.
“The event has exceeded my expectations,” Pat Maldi, marketing and special events coordinator for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Carlsbad, said. “It’s an easy crowd. They come out to have fun.” . . . During the life of the event, more than $500,000 has been raised according to longtime emcee Brian Cook. “Bottom line is that this is about the kids,” he said. Maldi said the tournament was expected to bring in at least $50,000 this year.
We’re just sorry we missed it. It’s kind of hard to leave the beach on a sunny Saturday morning.
[Link: Coast News]
by The Editors on July 21, 2009
All our friends know the lowrider and it would be silly to think that we would miss out on the band formerly known as War when The Lowrider Band playing at Poinsettia Park this Friday night at 6 PM as part of the TGIF Jazz In The Park.
After losing the rights to the name War years ago in a court battle, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lee Oskar and Howard Scott from the landmark ’70s soul-rock band now play their music together as the Lowrider Band, a reference to one of their biggest hits and a song that earned them lifelong respect in Latino car culture. The group’s signature funk-rock sound – a steamy Afro-Latin R&B groove, always with a social message grounded by their distinctively breezy Southern California vibe – propelled a series of ’70s hits, including “Slippin’ Into the Darkness,” “All Day Music,” “The World Is a Ghetto,” “The Cisco Kid,” “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” and “Low Rider.” Today the funky jam band is on a mission to stake their rightful claim as the indisputable authorities of their top hits.
Great after linking this post all up we can’t get that song out of our heads. . . low ride er, goes a little slower. . .
[Link: Jazz In The Parks]
by The Editors on July 17, 2009
What started out as a one-time event is now going monthly. The Carlsbad Village Association presents Thursdays On The Coast. On the last Thursday of each month the Village is going to come alive with music and art.
The event’s mission is to bring people to the Village who may not normally visit on a Thursday evening, “Combining fine art, live music and other types of performance, Thursdays on the Coast brings a new vitality to the Village and creates a fun and engaging destination for visitors and residents alike.”, said Robin Young, executive director of the CVA, “Village businesses stay open late and are able to engage new customers who may not have realized they were there. It’s a wonderful opportunity for exposure.”
The first event will be Thursday, July 30, 2009 from 5 – 9 PM. Click the link for more info. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on July 14, 2009
TGIF Jazz In The Parks moves a little closer to town this week as Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca bring their rockin’ blend of Afro-Cuban rhythms to Poinsettia Park this Friday July 17, 2009 from 6-8 PM.
Ricardo Lemvo has established himself as a pioneer with his innovative music. Lemvo’s blend of Afro-Cuban rhythms with pan-African styles (soukous, Angolan semba and kizomba) has been described by the Los Angeles Times as “seamless and infectious. . . .This Congo-born artist of Angolan ancestry is the embodiment of the Afro-Latin Diaspora which connects back to Mother Africa via the Cuban clave rhythm. Lemvo is truly multi-cultural and equally at home singing in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Lingala, and Kikongo.
This will be the band’s third season playing TGIF Jazz In The Parks so most everyone knows what to expect.
[Link: Jazz In The Parks]
by The Editors on July 12, 2009
Bill Simons, 39, (front) on his way to a 64th place finish in the Men’s 35-39 division. (Click all the photos to see them full size.)
Fountain Hills, Arizona’s Cam Hill, 42, and Encinitas’ (by way of Queensland Australia) Kate Major, 31, (pictured below right) won the 2009 Carlsbad Triathlon today July 12, 2009. Athletes swam 1k, biked 25k, and then ran a 5k before hitting the finish line near the Hemlock stairs just north of Tamarack on Carlsbad Blvd.
On a course that saw 1,200 athletes start under bright blue skies and finish in dense coastal fog Hill moved quietly into the lead and stayed there. But then, he’s apparently been doing that on monthly basis since May when he won The Sahuarita Lake Triathlon. In June he did the same at the Tribal Sprint Triathlon. So when he crossed the finishline in Carlsbad with a time of 1:09:17 it wasn’t all that much of a surprise, at least to Hill.
“It it felt pretty good,” Hill said in the finish area. “The bike was tough a little head-wind nice rolling hills, but it was good.”
For Major, who was the first of the women out of the water,it wasn’t the the bike that was tough. “The swim wasn’t the toughest today,” she said. “It was more the run, actually.”
Elite top five results and more photos after the jump.
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