by Noella Noelophile®
(Photograph by Mike Margol, and used with permission.)
How would you like to do some “time traveling” this weekend?
This evening, in downtown Anaheim, you’ll get that opportunity.
At 6:00 tonight, the 18th Annual Swingin’ on the Promenade and Anaheim Art Crawl Experience join forces to transform the downtown area into a 1940s swing club–with more than 70 exhibiting artists. There will also be a tribute to filmmaker John Hughes (of “Home Alone” and “Pretty in Pink” fame), courtesy of POPzilla Gallery. And admission’s free!
(Photograph by Mike Margol, and used with permission.)
Anaheim’s Art Crawl Experience, also known as ACE, is now in its sixth year. This is an art walk/arts festival happening four times annually: on the second Saturday of February, May, August and November. ACE locations are from Anaheim Boulevard to Harbor, and along Center Street Promenade–and you can walk OR get a complimentary ride aboard “Polly the Trolley”.
(Photograph by Mike Margol, and used with permission.)
So, what might you see during this edition of ACE? Just a few of the indie crafts vendors exhibiting, according to a news release, include Two Tribes Pottery (Native American artist Rowan Harrison’s striking hand-built creations), Sylvia Loves Pink (her adorable original stuffed cats and owls are my favorites!) and our total favorite “original art from a generous heart artist, Jessie J Inspirations! (Ask her about her pinup calendar and the great cause it’s supporting!)
Taking my best guess, I’d also say you might find some new favorite authors there. Barbara Lieberman, Ellie Lieberman and Evangeline Duran Fuentes will all be exhibiting. In addition to being three talented craftswomen, these are storytellers, with a capital “S”–and three distinctive styles. 
Barb creates highly-addictive historical fiction–and reworks fairy tales to appeal to “tall kids”, our age. Ellie writes starkly beautiful prose, with an underlying compassion that shines through the bleakest scenarios. Evangeline’s warm, imaginative stories evoke her cultural heritage and her memories of growing up in East Los Angeles.
Now–the dancing.
(Photograph by Mike Margol, and used with permission.)
If you arrive early tonight, you can take a free dance lesson, courtesy of Atomic Ballroom Irvine. They’ll be teaching from 6:00 till 6:30. Then, it’s “show us what you learned” as an evening of music follows–courtesy of Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five, featuring Hilary Alexander, and DJ Vintage Pete.
(Photograph by Mike Margol, and used with permission.)
In addition, the Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center will offer free admission to their most recent exhibits. Attendees of tonight’s Art Crawl Experience will get to see works by Nicolay Paskevich, created exclusive for this event!
Indie crafts, a night of music and dancing under the stars, and, oh yes, great food, from the gourmet foods booths throughout Anaheim Art Crawl Experience. And, admission’s free.
(Photograph by Mike Margol, and used with permission.)
A summertime evening in Anaheim doesn’t get a lot better than this.