FULLERTON : City Will Offer Free Cultural Arts Festival

Artworks, artists, music, drama and dancing will be showcased downtown April 29 at the city’s 30th annual “A Night in Fullerton” celebration.

The event is a free cultural arts festival that honors the arts and attracts thousands. This year’s program is in memory of Florence Arnold, an internationally known abstract artist who started the tradition in 1964 and died last month. She was a longtime Fullerton educator and arts advocate.

The shows and exhibits will be presented from 7 to 11 p.m. at the following sites:

* Village Art Center, 529 N. Harbor Blvd., where artists Jiang Qi, Cindi Holt and Anthony J. Trasport will display their works.

* Fullerton Museum Center, 301 N. Pomona Ave., where artwork by 30 developmentally disabled artists from the First Street Gallery in Claremont will be displayed.

* Muckenthaler Cultural Center, 1201 W. Malvern Ave., where contemporary artists Sayre Adams, Lyric Watson and Phyllis Beals will present “Haute Hats,” an exhibition of millinery.

* Gallery 57, 204 N. Harbor Blvd., where various artworks will be displayed by the shop’s artists.

* Pacific Christian College, 2500 E. Nutwood Ave., where a variety of musical performances by a jazz band, a country-Western band and a choir will be highlighted.

* Fullerton College, 321 E. Chapman Ave., where student art shows, dance concerts and musical performances will be featured.

* Patrick’s Musician, 172 N. Raymond Ave., where classical, popular, country, jazz and contemporary music groups will perform.

* Eileen Kremen Gallery, 619 N. Harbor Blvd., where 54 kaleidoscope artists will display their works and the Orange Empire Barbershop Quartet will sing.

* Cal State Fullerton, 800 N. State College Blvd., where students will exhibit their artwork, a Vietnamese American art show will be displayed and art demonstrations and arts and crafts activities will be provided for children.

* First Christian Church, 109 E. Wilshire Ave., where the Fullerton College Community Band and Orange Empire Barbershop Quartet will perform.

* Church of Today, 117 N. Pomona Ave., where Vocal Magic will sing jazz tunes.

* Nouveau Chamber Ballet, 1090 W. Valencia Drive, where classical and contemporary ballet performances will be offered.

* Vanguard Theatre Ensemble, 699A S. State College Blvd., where scenes from the play “The Love of the Nightingale” will be performed.

Anyone in need of special accommodations, including wheelchair access and free bus service, is asked to call (714) 738-6575.