SATURDAY, April 10, & SUNDAY, April 11
“Stitches”
Opening reception Saturday, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Suggested donation, $5. Runs through June 6. Hours: Tuesday-Sunday, noon-5 p.m. Caldwell Gallery at the Armory Center for the Arts, 145 N. Raymond Ave. 626-792-5101, armoryarts.org
- Cherry Blossom Festival
A massive Japanese cultural celebration that each year attracts thousands of visitors, the Cherry Blossom Festival includes dance and music performances, cultural exhibits, martial-arts demonstrations, film screenings, delicious food courts and a beer and sake garden.
“Line of Style”
An international roster of contemporary fashion illustrators exhibit their work in a variety of mediums, including paint, watercolor, ink, textiles and digital media. This is Gallery Nucleus’ first fashion illustration exhibition – check out the impressive photos from the opening reception April 3 — but they join a formidable vein of art that has existed since the dawn of civilization. Documentation by artists of fashion and its trends has graced the statues of Mesopotamia, the walls of Egyptian pyramids, the master paintings of the Renaissance up to and beyond the first Vogue cover in 1892.
Runs through April 26. Hours: Sunday-Monday, noon-8 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Gallery Nucleus, 210 E. Main St., Alhambra. gallerynucleus.com
SUNDAY, April 11
- Open Market
This is your chance to become an art collector, while supporting the emerging and established artists at Art Center College of Design and Pasadena City College.
Students, faculty and alums from the two institutions will be showcasing their exceptional work-for-sale in an open-air market at the One Colorado complex.
All proceeds from Open Market directly benefit the artists from whom you purchase.
Free admission. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. One Colorado, 24 E. Union St. onecolorado.com
- L.A. Heritage Day
- Sinfully Sweet Sunday
When the Sweets Truck and Auntie Em’s pastry chef Michelle Risucci are scheduled to roll through, you know it will be a Sinfully Sweet Sunday at Verdugo Bar in Glassell Park.
On the sweets menu: Citrus cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, lemon meringue tartlets, brownie bites with chocolate and strawberry, red velvet tea cake with dark chocolate ganache and a beer float with vanilla bean ice cream. On the beer menu: Coney Island Albino Python white lager, Liefman’s Kriek Flemish brown ale and cherry lambic, Kasteel Cuvee Du Chateau Belgian strong dark ale, Spaten Optimator doppelbock and Old Rasputin Russian imperial stout. With live beats to further sweeten the mood.
Tasting at 2 p.m. Sunday. Patio will be open to public; Pairing $20. Reserve a spot with an online pre-sale ticket. Verdugo Bar, 3408 Verdugo Rd., Los Angeles. verdugobar.com
When I got the postcard about this event, I brushed my finger over the image of the kodachrome slide because I actually thought it was tactile!