The Muckenthaler’s Dr. James Young Arts Legacy Award is presented annually to someone who has made a long-term impact on Arts Education in the local Fullerton community. The recipient is chosen by a committee that includes local arts leaders, previous recipients, and Muckenthaler board members.
Learn to accurately capture the beauty of the landscape as you develop foundational plein air painting skills and create a painting on an 8” x 10” canvas.
Join ECT for a holiday concert like no other! Acoustic covers of traditional holiday tunes, drinking songs, and some hilarious story telling from your favorite ECT performers. Come pass a pint with us!
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Share your holidays with the Dardens enjoying an evening of fun and folly as they perform classic Christmas yuletide carols and contemporary holiday songs.
Celebrate the holiday season with free family-friendly activities, live music, food and drinks, art workshops for kids, and an arts and crafts sale.
Learn to design, create, and personalize up to three pairs of gorgeous sugar skull & ex voto heart earrings.
Join us to learn the art of felting and create a charming winter garland.
Decorate your own actual sugar skull. Learn how to make royal frosting and decorate with traditional motifs and embellishments. All materials provided.
Festive activities, stage performances and special ofrendas (altars) to honor deceased loved ones and to celebrate life—a special event for the whole family.
Parent and Me Clay workshop
Do you want to make something with your child and learn about using clay together? This is your chance. Each child must have an adult to make and supervise.
Bring your family and join us for a fun, hands-on workshop where you'll create a personalized scarecrow for your garden!
Evoking spring, Lee Young Nam uses traditional Korean Dance to tell a story of a King and Queen. Don’t miss this beautiful cultural evening of story and dance!
Meet the artists behind the amazing glass exhibition Shattered Hearts, Illuminated Minds: Visions of Clarity
Decorate your own actual sugar skull. Learn how to make royal frosting and decorate with traditional motifs and embellishments. All materials provided.
Shakespeare’s classic comedy will be performed in the Muck’s Center Circle Courtyard, turning the space with its beautiful cafe lights into an Italian restaurant. Love’s in the air when Don Pedro’s army, drunk with victory from the war, descends upon Leonato’s country estate in Messina. Traveling with him is Claudio, who wants to marry Leonato’s daughter Hero. Meanwhile, Claudio’s friend Benedick and Leonato’s lively niece Beatrice hide their mutual attraction behind a volley of witty insults.
Fullerton native and country singer/songwriter Peter Brandon returns for his 15th year at The Muck!
Brandon’s shows have a perfect balance of upbeat energetic songs and tender ballads that hit the heart. Join us in the tradition!
Create a personalized mixed media shrine using wood, metal, polymer clay and more.
While often identified as the progeny of a famous father, Joachim Cooder has more than earned front row standing in the folk an related music world as an important performer, composer and producer on his own terms.
Enjoy painting a Laurel Burch style painting perfect for gift giving. All materials provided.
An event hosted by “Pathways of Hope”
SAVE THE DATE: October 5, 2024!
Get ready for an exciting night of dance and philanthropy! Watch as passionate amateur performers hit the stage to showcase their moves and vie to be the Champion Dancer—all while raising vital funds to combat hunger and homelessness.
Celebrating 30 years, the Artistic License Fair is a fine crafts show featuring the highly collected work of over fifty L.A., Orange, and Riverside County artisans.
Renowned for his fingerpicking technique, incredible versatility and distinctive ‘twang’ sound, his music is an unusual fusion of classical Spanish guitar, flamenco, Latin rhythms, country, rockabilly, jazz… and surf music.
Join Shattered Hearts curators Tina Arroyos and Scott Christensen and a panel of glass artists for a discussion on all glass applications, Q&A about their work and processes.
Mariachi Garibaldi de Jaime Cuéllar has truly become America’s Mariachi!
Raised on the California Coast in a family of musicians, the band grew up surrounded by musical influences from almost every genre. In the early 2000s, their parents piled them into an RV, and together they embarked on several singing tours around the U.S. Leaning towards an Alternative, Modern Americana feel, DARDEN presents an experience of crystal clear harmonies, angelic melodies, and modern versions of classic songs and styles.
Under the guidance of our skilled instructors, you'll master the techniques needed to shape and throw clay on the wheel. While we'll be working as a group, you’ll have the opportunity to put your own spin on your creations, adding your personal touch to each piece.
A music and comedy show featuring the greatest hits of the 50s and 60s,
The Alley Cats' unparalleled Doo Wop show blends America's most known and loved music with comedy and showmanship that had Muck audiences begging for their return!
This group show features glass artists and is inspired by the fragility and functionality of glass and the artists ability to push design boundaries in the studio
Have you been interested in trying the potters wheel? This is your chance. Our instructor, Cat Daze will give you a good overview of the process and lead you through making a basic form.
Sean Oliu returns to the Muck! Sean tenderly breathes fresh life into the timeless essence of traditional country music. Grounded in authenticity, his songs and his voice resonate with both nostalgia and the pulse of the present. In 2023, Sean had the honor of opening shows for Grammy Award-winner LeAnn Rimes culminating with his debut performance at the legendary Ryman Auditorium, a performance that won a three-minute standing ovation.
The Orange Empire Chorus returns to the Muck! Organized in 1957,OEC is the Fullerton Chapter of The Barbershop Harmony Society. The society's mission is to perpetuate the barbershop art form and to support music education. Join them for an evening of comedy and song.
The fourth annual Light Up The Night will be August 27! Be the first to hear the Electric Company Theatre 2025 season announcement. Join us for an evening of exciting announcements, live performances, giving opportunities, and a champagne toast!
Broadway & Screen Star Eric Anthony Lopez (The Phantom of the Opera, Evita, Syd in Disney’s Chang Can Dunk Film) comes to The Muck to sing Broadway and Operetta Classics, as well as some surprises.
Set sail again on the SS MUCKENTHALER for our annual gala! 2024 will be a Voyage to Port Royale. Join us for an evening of dancing, food by Colette’s Catering, and pirates!
Parent and Me Clay workshop!
Do you want to make something with your child and learn about using clay together? This is your chance. Each child must have an adult to make and supervise.
