Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens has commissioned renowned British artist Rebecca Louise Law to create a floral art installation. The artist will weave and hang 8,000 blooms for our gallery in June 2017. We need your help to grow the blooms needed to comprise this major floral + horticulture initiative.
San Clemente, CA – Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, a nonprofit southern California cultural center, is pleased to announce that the upcoming speakers for their Casa Up Close educational program are Dr. James L. Doti, President Emeritus of Chapman University, and Prof. Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of the School of Law at the University of California at Irvine. The events will be held on Thursday, November 10, and Thursday, November 17, respectively. Casa Romantica’s Casa Up Close series invites guest speakers from all over the United States to engage with the community. Topics span a variety of interests, including arts, […]
Dani and Adam’s love story began ten years ago as sophomores at the University of Arizona. The pair exchanged phone numbers at a pool party, and Dani recounts that the pair were inseparable ever since.
Prior to Aya Kiyonaga’s Casa Classic performance on Thursday, October 6, we asked the musician a few questions about playing the violin and about being part of a classical music performance. Read below to learn about why she believes music is so essential to the human experience.
Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, San Clemente, CA – Toast to the Casa 2016: Gran Ballo delle Maschere was the cultural center’s most successful special event to date. The gala, which raises critical funding for Casa Romantica’s year-round cultural programs, netted in excess of $135,000 from ticket sales, a live auction and a silent auction, a Fund-In-Need campaign, a Wall of Wine, and from sales of the Venetian masks and art photographs on display in the Main Gallery. “We are proud to be part of a community that values culture, embraces preservation, and supports creativity,” said Casa Romantica Executive […]
Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, San Clemente, CA – Toast to the Casa 2016: Gran Ballo delle Maschere was the cultural center’s most successful special event to date.
Chris and Katie regularly visit Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens as a weekend activity. Katie’s family owns a condo just a short distance from the cultural center and historic landmark. They enjoy viewing the latest art exhibits in the gallery, discovering the newest blooms in the garden, and watching the antics of surfers at the pier from the Ocean Terrace.
San Clemente, CA – “Music itself might not have the potential to civilize those who compose, perform, or listen to it, but the discussion can have a humanizing effect if we are open to it…. [it] also has the advantage of being available to a large number of people at the same time.” This quote, by Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens Executive Director Berenika D. Schmitz, opens the chapter “Administrators of Music Organizations” in a new book entitled The Secret Magic of Music: Conversations with Musical Masters. The book, which was published by SelectBooks in 2016, consists of interviews […]
Our CASA COOL concert series went on throughout the whole summer. On August 18th, San Diego-based band Trouble in the Wind closed out our summer concert series with a bang. Our courtyard was filled with attendees from all over Orange County and San Diego who came to see this amazing band play. The multi-instrumental band started playing at 7:00 PM. Their set was comprised of original songs from their three albums. Their 2016 album, “Lefty,” has been named one of San Diego’s “Best Rock Albums of 2016” by NBC San Diego. While listening to the band, attendees could enjoy food truck The Cut. The Cut serves handcrafted […]
