’60s theme for annual auction gala It’s that time of year — when art lovers and collectors from all over converge on Arts Benicia for the nonprofit’s annual Art Auction and Gala. This year’s event is slated for Sept. 19. The theme, “The 60s Experience: Mad Men to Magical Mystery Tour,” came about through a […]
Supe: BUSD is ‘good steward’
■ Top schools official, bond director discuss progress of several Measure S projects Last year Benicia voters approved Measure S, a bond for $49.6 million to make improvements to schools in the Benicia Unified School District. Now, point out BUSD Superintendent Charles Young and Bond Director Mitchell Stark, only a few weeks into the school […]
2 to return, 1 to leave BUSD Bond Oversight Committee
BUSD board mulls request to drop one member, extend terms of two others Mitchell Stark, director of Benicia Unified School District bond projects, will ask the school board Thursday to extend the terms of two Citizens’ Oversight Committee members and end the service of another. The board will convene early for an abbreviated meeting so trustees […]
Benicia Unified School District: Bond project discussions start off year for trustees
Interim BHS principal introduced to parents by email The governing body of the Benicia Unified School District will have its first regularly scheduled meeting of the 2015-16 school year Thursday, and trustees will get an update on the status of bond projects that began or were completed during the summer, as well as a report […]
Truckin’ … in style: Benicia man wins big Hot August Nights prize with 1953 Ford pickup
Hot August Nights began in Reno in 1986 as a 1950s and ’60s nostalgia event, a way to “fill the void in tourism in Reno during the month of August,” according to its website. From the start the car parade that was the highlight of the event. Now it has grown into a six-day event […]
Long-time Arts Benicia member to be honored
Friends remember the late Bea Guttman Artist Bea Guttman, an active member of Arts Benicia whose show, “Soul Vision,” was featured at Gallery 621 in June, passed away July 27 at age 81. The Walnut Creek resident had a studio in the Arsenal for 25 years. A celebration of Guttman’s life will take place Saturday […]
Film chronicling creation of public artwork released
Benician’s documentary depicts work on city-commissioned ‘Wind, Water, Land’ When a work of art is put on display, it is the finished piece that the viewer sees. What happens behind the scenes — the hours of planning, design and trial and error — usually remains an untold tale. Fortunately for Benicia art lovers, when it […]
Barrage of collage in new Arts Benicia show
Ninety-five artists are represented in Arts Benicia’s latest show, “Fragments: The Art of Collage and Assemblage,” which opened Thursday. An opening reception is Saturday. Many familiar names are on the list of participating artists — so many that curator Robert-Jean Ray said in an email that while he did not have an actual count, “I […]
Words, images collide, collaborate in new show
The collaboration of art and poetry is not a new concept to the art world, but it is one that, in Benicia at least, is usually met with enthusiasm. Streets and Straits in Poetry and Paint is the latest show to embrace the concept, combining 13 works by Benicia Plein Air Gallery painters with the […]
Solano County Fair returns Wednesday
Like a five-day whirlwind of entertainment, the Solano County Fair returns Wednesday to the fairgrounds in Vallejo, offering nonstop, family-friendly music, rides, food and more. But if you want to take advantage of early ticket discounts, there’s little time to spare — the deadline is Tuesday.