Tagged: KVC-Arts

This edition of KVC-Arts is STEEPED in guitar. David Fleming speaks with Peter Curtis about the 2026 RCC Guitar Festival and Competition, which kicks off Friday April 3rd with a concert by The LA Guitar Quartet. Saturday the 4th from 9 to 5-ish pm, there will be guitarists playing in a variety of genres competing for scholarships, as well as master classes and concerts by jazz guitarist Larry Koonse, and classical guitarist and composer Benjamin Verdery - the latter of which will perform on his own, and then will be joined by Peter and the RCC Guitar Ensemble to play a piece Verdery wrote for the ensemble and the 2026 festival.

David Fleming speaks with Marina Jurica-Preston about The Secret Garden, as well as her role as Lily. Many in this region know Marina as the meteorologist with CBS-LA. Now you have a chance to experience her as an actress, as she grew up with, and received her formal education in both music and science, currently pursuing her PhD in paleoclimatology. The Secret Garden opens March 28th at Inland Valley Repertory Theatre, taking on the most successful musical version- the 1991 musical which ran on Broadway.

For forty-plus years, beyond being the soloist and/or pianist with many of the most renowned symphonies in the U.S. and beyond, Jeffrey Siegel has been performing/presenting "Keyboard Conversations." This is a concert setting, though before each piece he explains not only a bit of the history behind it and things to look forward to within the piece, but also some interesting facts one might not know, unless you happen to have REALLY studied the piece or composer. And then there's a Q&A after the concert to cover anything else.


David Fleming speaks with Siegel about this series - including the next one, "Music of Joy and Peace coming up soon at McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert. And a bit of a sidetrack to Gershwin.

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard was a painter in 18th century France, when women were barely recognized, and for the most part, not welcomed as such. Despite this, she ended up being amongst the first, and very FEW women to be admitted to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. David Fleming speaks with Janell Strube, author of Adelaide: Painter of the Revolution. This work of historical fiction takes place leading up to the French Revolution... though the prologue begins at the absolute HEIGHT... and in the heart... of one of the major revolts in 1793, much like an action movie drawing you right in!

"Black & Brown in the I.E. and Beyond" is at the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum through March 15th. A few weeks ago, Adam Rainey-Ruiz spoke with Duan Kellum, one of the curators of the exhibit. Adam sits in for David Fleming once again in conversation with Xochitl Flores, another curator, about her past work, the inspiration behind Black & Brown in the IE and Beyond, and the story behind her pieces.