Torrance Cultural Services

OPENING NEXT WEEK!! at the Madrona Marsh Preserve and Nature Center
¿WILD?- Public Art Residency Program is back with the FALL Artist-In-Residence!!

Dodd Holsapple will be on site from December 16 to May 11.

Dodd will be showing his sculptures inspired by Water, Plants, Birds, and Insects represented by and inspired by the Marsh.

Come and celebrate his unique vision and talent.

This holiday season experience the charm, humor, and romance of MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon. The show runs December 2-23 at 1316 Cabrillo Ave. in the heart of historic downtown Torrance.

Info and tickets available at www.torrancetheatrecompany.com

Have you experienced a HOT TIP performance? Now is your chance! Join us this Sunday for some live improv that's so good, it's scary! Our Halloween Extended show is Nov. 5th at 7 pm.

HOT TIP is a program of the Torrance Theatre Company, it's a talented group of actors who perform every first Sunday of the month at the TTC theater in downtown Torrance. It's improv at it's best, everything you see is created on the spot with a little help from YOU, the audience! No script, no problem. You bring the ideas, they bring the laughs.

Tickets on sale at the Torrance Theatre Company website. Don't miss out!

www.TorranceTheatreCompany.com

A big THANK YOU to all our partners for supporting the World's LARGEST International Art Fair (TRYST) and Contemporary Art Pop-Up (Nomad II).
Scan the QR Code for more information! THIS WEEKEND ONLY!

YOU ARE INVITED:
Celebrate this year's 2023 Excellence in Arts recipients at the 45th Annual Excellence in Arts awards reception. Meet, and enjoy a performance from each of the recipients.

To RSVP, please go to https://arts.torranceca.gov/the-arts/excellence-in-arts-awards/44th-annual-excellence-in-arts-awardees

WE ARE HIRING!! The City of Torrance is now accepting applications for PROGRAM SPECIALIST - CERAMICS & JEWELRY LAB TECH and INSTRUCTOR I (JEWELRY INSTRUCTOR).
Visit www.TorranceCA.Gov/Jobs for more details and to apply

FUN ALERT!! Check out the below and join us for the last two events for Torrance Summer Nights. Both, located at Wilson Park Amphitheater.

On August 26 at 7:45 p.m. Come and enjoy a night of terror and comic riffing when Plan 9 lands in Torrance. With comic riffing from South Bay's finest Perry and Cindy Shields. Get ready to be terrorized and laugh at the same time.

On Sept 3 at 5:00 p.m. Come spend Labor Day weekend with the best of the best. Petty Theft - Los Angeles tribute to Tom Petty hits the stage to bring you a night of Tom Petty. Don't miss out!! Come and dance the night away.

TORRANCE TODAY - AUGUST 21, 2023 - City of Torrance TORRANCE TODAY is a 15-minute live news broadcast airing Monday through Thursday at 4 p.m. Tune in for daily news and information related to the City of Torr...

EXCELLENCE IN ARTS NEWS BROADCAST. Check it out here... https://youtu.be/SeRYqSBtiZc?t=371
Deadline for nominations is nearing; August 1 at 11:59 p.m.!! Nominate a Torrance resident that has shown excellence in the following categories:
1) Arts Education 2) Dance
3) Drama & Theatre Arts 4) Katy Geissert Award
5) Literary Arts 6) Music
7) Visual Arts & Design

TORRANCE TODAY - JULY 6, 2023 - City of Torrance TORRANCE TODAY is a 15-minute live news broadcast airing Monday through Thursday at 4 p.m. Tune in for daily news and information related to the City of Torr...

TAM HOUSEPARTY has started!! Come out and join the fun at 3320 Civic Center Dr.!! Here until 10PM. Free Admission!!

The annual Excellence in Arts Awards are here!

These awards honor individuals and groups who make outstanding contributions to the arts in our community. Awards are given in 7 categories including: Arts Education, Visual Arts & Design, Drama & Theatre Arts, Dance, Music, Literary Arts, and the Katy Geissart Award recognizing outstanding support for all the arts in Torrance.

Everyone can nominate an award recipient so please tell us who your favorite artist or arts group is by filling out a NOMINATION FORM at https://arts.torranceca.gov/about-us/art-awards

A nomination is a great way to say thank you to those who enrich and uplift our community through art. The deadline is August 1st and the Awards Ceremony, which is open to the community will be held October 15th. Nominate someone today!

Torrance Theatre Company is launching a new IMPROV camp this summer. If you know some aspiring actors, comedians, or entertainers under the age of 14, this is the camp for them! Our 6-9 yrs camp is currently FULL, and accepting waitlist, but our 10-13 yrs camp has plenty of room.

Visit here to register today!
https://torrancetheatrecompany.com/youth-classes

There's still time! Submissions for 2023 Excellence in Arts are still being accepted. For more information regarding nominations and the date and time of the awards reception, please visit https://arts.torranceca.gov/about-us/art-awards

"I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being." ~Oscar Wilde

Nominations are open for submission for the 2023 Excellence in Arts Awards. Let’s take a look at one of the 7 categories, Drama &Theatre Arts

Do you know a Torrance resident that has shown excellence in acting and/or other creative professionals such as directors: "behind the scenes" practitioners such as costumers are also eligible.

Then this is the category for them. Go to https://arts.torranceca.gov/about-us/art-awards to submit your nomination today! Submission deadline is August 1, 2023.

We heard you Torrance! We are excited to share an ADA accessible Torrance Summer Nights flyer. Please see below.
Looking forward to seeing everyone this 4th of July weekend, when Manuel the Band. hits the stage on Sunday, July 2 @ 5PM at the Wilson Park Amphitheatre.

Missed out this past Sunday? No worries. Below are some highlights from Palos Verdes Symphonic Band's amazing performance at Wilson Park Amphitheatre for Concerts in the Park. Go to http://www.pvsband.org/ to see when they perform next.

"Creativity takes courage." ~Henri Matisse

Nominations are open for submission for the 2023 Excellence in Arts Awards. Let’s take a look at one of the 7 categories, Katy Geissert Award.

This award recognizes outstanding support for all the arts in Torrance. It is open to anyone who contributes to the arts in Torrance regardless of their residence. Eligible awardees might include philanthropic individuals, outstanding organizations, corporations or other institutions – or innovators who have had an impact.

Go to https://arts.torranceca.gov/about-us/art-awards to submit your nomination today! Submission deadline is August 1, 2023.

It's that time! Nina Lares has taken the stage at Wilson Park Amphitheatre to bring in the second week of Torrance Summer Nights. Come see and dance to some amazing jazz, and enjoy a warm summer evening in Torrance.

"Our one goal is to give the world a taste of peace, friendship and understanding. Through the visual arts, the art of celebration of life." ~Steven Spielberg

Nominations are open for submission for the 2023 Excellence in Arts Awards. Let’s take a look at one of the 7 categories, Visual Arts & Design.

Do you know a Torrance resident that has shown excellence in utilizing any medium, including but not limited to painting, photography, sculpture, or computer generated visual art or design?

Then this is the category for them. Go to https://arts.torranceca.gov/about-us/art-awards to submit your nomination today! Submission deadline is August 1, 2023.

With the second week of the best concert series in the South Bay area approaching, we would like to thank one of our first sponsors Optum. Please follow, like, and check out everything amazing about a company that has brought innovation to health care services.

“There is no depth to education without art.” – Amiri Baraka

Nominations are open for submission for the 2023 Excellence in Arts Awards. Let’s take a look at one of the 7 categories, Dr. Tom Rische Arts Education.

Do you know a Torrance resident that has shown excellence as an instructor in any arts discipline, at any level?

Then this is the category for them. Go to https://arts.torranceca.gov/about-us/art-awards to submit your nomination today! Submission deadline is August 1, 2023.

As the most exciting concert series in the South Bay area continues. Check out the calendar to get ready for 13 more nights of fun, dancing, and entertaining performances. To learn more, head to https://arts.torranceca.gov/the-arts/summerconcerts

“Where words fail, music speaks.” – Hans Christian Andersen

Nominations are open for submission for the 2023 Excellence in Arts Awards. Let’s take a look at one of the 7 categories, Music.

Do you know a Torrance resident that has shown excellence as a musician, composer, vocalist, or as a music instructor?

Then this is the category for them. Go to https://arts.torranceca.gov/about-us/art-awards to submit your nomination today! Submission deadline is August 1, 2023.

We want to welcome and say a very BIG thank you to Del Amo Fashion Center, our new Torrance Summer Nights sponsor.

“Dance is the hidden language of the soul” ~ Martha Graham

Nominations are open for submission for the 2023 Excellence in Arts Awards. Let’s take a look at one of the 7 categories, Dance.
Do you know a Torrance resident that has shown excellence dancing, chorography, or as a dance instructor?

Then this is the category for them. Go to https://arts.torranceca.gov/about-us/art-awards to submit your nomination today! Submission deadline is August 1, 2023.

TORRANCE SUMMER NIGHTS kicked off to a great start this weekend with over 300 attendees enjoying SoCal favorites Andy & Renee & Hard Rain. They rocked the amphitheatre with their Woodstock Retrospective playlist. Catch all the action below.
If you missed this performance, don't fret, Andy & Renee - The Duo will be returning to the amphitheatre on August 12 @ 5:00PM with their Bob Dylan Tribute.

“We lose ourselves in stores; that’s the beauty of literary art” ~ Siri Hustvedt

Nominations are open for submission for the 2023 Excellence in Arts Awards. Let’s take a look at one of the 7 categories, Literary Arts.

Do you know a Torrance resident that has shown excellence in poetry, fiction or non-fiction writing, essay or history writing, or a playwright?

Then this is the category for them. Go to https://arts.torranceca.gov/about-us/art-awards to submit your nomination today! Submission deadline is August 1, 2023.

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We want to welcome and say a very BIG thank you to Supervisor Janice Hahn and FASTSIGNS, our new Torrance Summer Nights sponsors.

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR:
The Cultural Arts Commission is excited to announce Excellence In Arts 2023. Please visit https://arts.torranceca.gov/about-us/art-awards to submit your nomination for the following categories:
1) Arts Ed 2) Dance
3) Drama & Theatre Arts 4) Literary Arts
5) Music 6) Visual Arts & Design
7) Katy Geissert Awards

With Torrance Summer Nights quickly approaching, we want to take this time to thank our local sponsors. Please follow, like, and check out everything amazing about Discover Torrance Visitors Bureau, Optum, Malaga Bank, and Absolution Brewing Company.

We’re excited to share our lineup for our TORRANCE SUMMER NIGHTS at the Wilson Park Amphitheatre!

Thank you to all the city partners and volunteers that helped make the Cherry Blossom Cultural Festival possible!
WWII, Safety Best Safe, Asian Pacific Islanders with Disabilities

Thank you to all the performers at the Cherry Blossom Cultural Festival!

Thank you to and all the food vendors! The food was delicious!