The 2007 Mendocino Arts Summer Showcase Will Bring Alive Music, Gardens and Wine on the Mendocino Coast

The 2007 Mendocino Arts Summer Showcase Will Bring Alive Music, Gardens and Wine on the Mendocino Coast

MENDOCINO, Calif., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2007 Mendocino Arts Summer Showcase will feature nine major events June through September. Details at MendocinoArts.Org.

"We're offering cool music, cool gardens, cool art and above all -- when it's sweltering inland -- cool breezes," said event coordinator Penny Greenwood.

-- The Mendocino Music Festival holds its "Taste of Chocolate, Wine, and Ale" fundraiser June 16.

-- Five "glorious gardens" from Fort Bragg to Albion will be featured in the Mendocino Art Center's 15th Annual Mendocino Coast Garden Tour, Saturday, June 23.

The 21st Mendocino Music Festival (July 10-21) presents extraordinarily eclectic music in Mendocino Headlands State Park. Concerts feature the Festival Orchestra, Big Band, chamber music, opera, dance, blues, jazz, folk music, a piano series, and much more.

-- The 36th Annual Mendocino Rotary Art Auction will offer 60 art pieces, including fine art, sculpture and photography by nationally recognized Mendocino Coast artists in support of local youth and community organizations. The Art Auction & Preview is July 14.

-- The Mendocino Art Center's 48th Annual Summer Arts & Crafts Fair, featuring 65 local and regional artists displaying an exciting mixture of unique hand made artwork, July 14 and 15. Also food and live music.

-- The Mendocino Art Center's All-Media Instructor Silent Art Auction will showcase an eclectic blend of one-of-a-kind artwork created by over 50 of the Mendocino Art Center's illustrious artist-instructors, beginning July 3, and culminating with a festive party, August 4.

-- On Saturday, August 11, Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens will host its 16th Annual Art in the Gardens fundraiser, said by many to be "the best garden party on the coast. Sixty local artists, more than a dozen of the finest Mendocino County wineries, the finest local food and musicians all come together in this annual event.

The Gloriana Opera Company presents Cole Porter's Anything Goes August 24 through October 7, 2007.

In September, the Summers Arts Showcase is all about wine:

-- Winesong! Mendocino's premier wine and art auction takes place September 8th. Each year over 40 acclaimed artists donate works of art to be auctioned to benefit the Mendocino Coast District Hospital. These donated pieces along with over 100 more will be showcased August 18th through September 9th.

Source: 2007 Mendocino Arts Summer Showcase

CONTACT: Bruce Lewis, +1-707-964-3844

Web site:

http://mendocinoarts.org/

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