CauseConnect® represents a variety of art and community events, all supporting charities or causes, and incorporating the arts, education, and/or the environment. Levels of sponsorship typically range with benefits customized to meet unique community relations and marketing goals. In some cases, product donations are sought to offset event expenses. To request additional information and sponsorship packages on these or other events, call (213) 446-3467.
ART EVENTS
Marin Piano Concerts
West Coast Premiere at UCLA Schoenberg Hall • SAT 6/16 @ 8:00 PM
East Coast Premiere at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall • THU 11/8 @ 8:00 PM
Attendance: 500 classical music lovers
Pianists Natasha Marin and Gerald Robbins announce an exciting collaboration, which launches this summer with a concert in Los Angeles followed by a performance this fall at Carnegie Weill Recital Hall in New York. For tickets to the West Coast premiere, click HERE.
Marin Salon Series
Quarterly • By invitation only
Attendance: 20-100 influentials who love art, music, literature and fine dining
Hosted by art advocate and entertainer Cheech Marin with his classical pianist wife, Natasha, this exclusive series of events has been produced by CauseConnect since 2009. Often held at the couple’s private residence (and occasionally, other historic and cultural venues), the events are designed to showcase and share their interests in Chicano art, classical music, good food, literary works, and great conversation with friends, new and old. Each event features an artist or an author, a musician, and a chef in an intimate, informal setting. Typically, the format is cocktails and appetizers at 5 p.m., artist talk or author reading at 6 p.m., buffet dining at 6:15 p.m., concert at 7:15 p.m., and coffee and dessert at 7:30 p.m.
FESTIVALS
6th Annual BloomfestLA
Saturday, July 20, 2013 • 2 PM to 10 PM
Arts District • Downtown Los Angeles 90013
Attendance: 25,000 trendy adults and couples
FREE community festival in the neighborhood where “art in the streets happens every day!”
Indie Music • Street Art • Arts & Crafts
8th Annual Target Feria de la Familia
Sunday, September 22, 2013 • 12 noon to 6 PM
Plaza de la Raza • Los Angeles, CA 90031
Attendance: 15,000 Latino youth and families
FREE celebration of the finest traditions in Latino art & culture!
Music and Dance Performances • Youth Workshops • Art Activities • Student Exhibit • Stories and Songs • Mural Making
29th Annual Abbot Kinney Festival
Sunday, September 29, 2013 • 10 AM to 6 PM
Abbot Kinney Blvd • Venice, CA 90291
Attendance: 150,000 eco-friendly Southern California residents
One of the country’s largest FREE community festivals featuring upscale, yet bohemian selection of unique arts & crafts and a long-standing commitment to eco-sustainability!
The festival’s 400 exhibitors, four stages, three beer gardens, multiple food booths and trucks are designed to complement the eclectic mix of over 100 trendy boutiques, restaurants, clubs, salons, and galleries along the famed shopping district of Abbot Kinney Blvd. spanning one mile from Venice Blvd. to Main St.
KidsQuad: This festival within a festival (at Westminister Elementary School) attracts 20,000 kids and families with inexpensive or free eco-friendly and healthy-related art activities.