The Carmel Valley Life | Archive | Creative Arts

Carmel Valley’s “The Santana Brothers B.A.N.D.” to Perform at Battle of the Bands

May 29, 2014 No Comment

Local Carmel Valley Youth to Compete Live During Free Family Event Saturday, May 31st, 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Westfield North County is pleased to announce its second annual Battle of the Bands, a free musical showcase featuring ten local musical group performances with musicians ranging in age from 10 to 19. The competition will […]

Perry’s Preview Movie Review – Rio 2

May 14, 2014 No Comment

Rio 2 is a vibrant musical comedy animation from Blue Sky, and a sequel of the first Rio. The story revolves around Blu and Jewel, the last two surviving Blue Sphinx Macaws left in the world, and their 3 rowdy children. The two are polar opposites: Blu is a quiet, apprehensive pet who knows how […]

Carmel Valley Teens to Make Suspenseful Short Film

May 9, 2014 No Comment

Carmel Valley teens Nate Goodman, Santiago Benito, and Tyler Chase have begun principle photography for their short film Pacific Brotherhood (not set name). Santiago takes you behind the scenes to get a first look at the making of their short film. Based on an original screenplay by Carmel Valley student Santiago Benito (A horrific night) […]

Canyon Crest Academy Envision Theatre Presents: Conservatory Senior Thesis One Act Plays

May 7, 2014 No Comment

Canyon Crest Academy Envision Theatre Presents: Conservatory Senior Thesis One Act Plays CCA Black Box Theater May 23 & May 24, 2014 SAN DIEGO (April 25, 2014) – Canyon Crest Academy (CCA) Envision Theatre is thrilled to present “Conservatory Senior Thesis One Act Plays”, May 23 & 24, 2014 at 4 p.m. & 7 p.m. […]

Carmel Valley Student Shows Promising Future as Film Maker

April 9, 2014 No Comment

Santiago Benito was born in 1998 in San Diego, California and has had a great life so far growing up in Carmel Valley. Ever since a young age he has showed great interest in the world of visual art, for example, he and his best friend Tyler Chase used to put on skits and make […]

Perry’s Previews Movie Review – The Wind Rises

April 8, 2014 No Comment

Ever since he was a young boy in Japan, Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian airplane designer Caproni. Growing up with an obsession for engineering, Jiro joins a Japanese aviation company and becomes one of the world’s most radical and accomplished airplane designers. He spends decades attempting to design the fastest and […]

High School Senior Portraits – Then and Now

March 17, 2014 No Comment

If you graduated from high school in the U.S. or Canada, you’ve had a senior portrait made for the yearbook. If that year of graduation was between 1950 and about 1975, it was probably black and white, was a smiling, head and shoulders portrait, probably in a suit or fake tux for the boys, and maybe […]

CCA Envision Theatre Presents: “Les Miserables: School Edition

January 30, 2014 No Comment

Canyon Crest Academy Envision Theatre Presents: “Les Miserables: School Edition At the CCA Proscenium Theater March 21- 29, 2014 Canyon Crest Academy (CCA) Envision Theatre is thrilled to present “Les Miserables School Edition”, Directed by CCA Envision Theatre Coordinator Amy Blatt. Performed entirely by CCA students from March 21-29th at the CCA Proscenium Theatre. Production team also includes CCA Vocal […]

CCA Envision Theatre Presents: “Twelfth Night”

January 20, 2014 No Comment

Canyon Crest Academy Envision Theatre Presents: “Twelfth Night” At the CCA Black Box Theater Canyon Crest Academy (CCA) Envision Theatre is thrilled to present William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”, Guest Directed by Jason Maddy from February 28 – March 8, 2014 at the CCA Black Box Theatre. The production team also includes Jeremy Sewell (CCA Technical […]

Movie Review & Press Junket Interviews – “Free Birds”

January 2, 2014 No Comment

What if your species was on the holiday menu every year? Wouldn’t you want to do something about that? In the new animated movie “Free Birds,” Reggie the turkey (voiced by Owen Wilson) has always dreaded Thanksgiving, seeing members of his flock taken away to be cooked for dinner. But, his radical ideas make him […]

Local Kid Movie Critic Reviews “Frozen”

December 16, 2013 No Comment

In the new Disney animation “Frozen,” Elsa and Anna are two inseparable sisters and are both the young daughters of the wise and noble rulers of the Scandinavian kingdom called Arendelle. The older daughter Elsa was born with the power to create snow and ice with magic energy that appears instantly from her fingers. One […]

“Mysteries of the Unseen World” Review & Director Interview

December 9, 2013 No Comment

Have you ever wondered how much or how little we can see with our own eyes? Well, there are countless phenomena in everyday life that we can’t perceive simply because they are too small, too fast, too slow, or simply invisible! “Mysteries of the Unseen World” delves into the world of the unseen: invisible light, […]