During this time of uncertainty, the arts can remind us about the best in ourselves -- or just be an excellent distraction. Arts and Culture El Dorado believes that just because you're staying indoors doesn't mean you can't surround yourself with culture! Every week we will be sending out an e-mail with several ideas of things to see, do, hear, or watch, all without leaving your home.
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4/3/2020
Metropolitan Opera is streaming nightly
National Theater at Home
Live animal cams
4/10/2020
Tour the Winchester Mystery House
TedTalks YouTube page
Listen to radio theater: Playing On Air
4/17/2020
Take a virtual walk through an ice hotel
Go bird watching
Nature journal workshop lesson
4/24/2020
Tour Frank Lloyd Wright homes
Go to Mars
Shakespeare Film Festival
5/1/2020
Hike Glacier National Park
Picasso and Paper
Tour Monet's house and gardens
5/8/2020
Food Photography Tips
Gourmet Makes
Learn to bake bread
5/15/2020
Tomb of Queen Meresankh III in Egypt
Podcast: Stuff You Should Know
Make a Melted Bead Suncatcher
5/22/2020
100 Year Old Time Capsule
Past Smithsonian Museum Exhibitions
Learn Finger Knitting
5/29/2020
Walk the Great Wall of China
Roam the Musée d’Orsay
Explore the stars
6/5/2020
DIY Flamingo Snow Globe
Learn to Draw Raptors
Explore Death Valley
6/12/2020
DIY Lava Lamp
The scandalous art of James Ensor
Explore the Pyramids of Egypt
6/19/2020
DIY water bottle wind spirals
Explore Mitchell Caverns
Make faux stained glass art
6/26/2020
Create DIY balloon bowls
Tour the Bidwell Mansion
See Africa's Table Mountain
7/3/2020
Create DIY cactus pompoms
Tour Bran Castle
Explore Buckingham Palace
7/10/2020
Explore an island filled with cats
Make a ribbon bookmark
View Frida Kahlo's wardrobe
7/17/2020
DIY pinecone bonsai
Wander an island filled with rabbits
Explore the Red Monastery
7/24/2020
DIY nature art ideas
The WindowSwap project
Roadside Americana
7/31/2020
Digital dog sled ride
DIY Glowing fairy bottle
Ride the Nordland Railway, Norway
8/7/2020
DIY egg shell geodes
Explore Brooklyn's history
View the midnight sun in Alaska
8/14/2020
Attend a digital film festival
Listen to concerts
DIY oyster shell trinket dish
8/21/2020
Take art lessons
Explore Mont Saint-Michel, France
Watch Cirque Du Soleil
8/28/2020
Wander among redwoods
DIY faux stained glass
Watch Bye Bye Birdie
9/4/2020
Experience Machu Picchu,
Learn to dot art paint
Go to Disney World virtually
9/11/2020
Pandacam
DIY concrete pumpkin
Watch Hello Again
9/18/2020
Tour Fonthill Castle
Watch Aerial America
Explore giant murals on silos
9/25/2020
How to paint from a photograph
Fiddler on the Roof
DIY branch weaving
10/2/2020
Watch Guys and Dolls
Explore the Taj Mahal
Free crochet pattern
10/9/2020
Watch Till the Clouds Roll By
Explore local dinosaurs
Free Halloween ideas
10/16/2020
Chilling and Thrilling Stories
Costume Contest
Haunted Lake Tahoe
10/23/2020
Knifepoint Horror podcast
History of Halloween
Spooky tours
10/30/2020
Explore ancient Buddhist temples
Color famous artworks
Listen to jazz
11/6/2020
Listen to an exclusive at-home concert
Tour the Denver Botanic Gardens
DIY: wine cork gnomes
11/13/2020
Watch One Man, Two Guvnors
Listen to at-home concert by Paul Potts
Make leaf rubbings
11/20/2020
Watch Rubens’ cupid escape his painting
Listen to Big Bill Broonzy from 1952
Thanksgiving DIYs
11/27/2020
Thanksgiving leftover ideas
The Raven (2011)
Online Course: Elements of Drawing
12/4/2020
Free Nikon photography classes
Watch Annie (2014)
Gift wrapping ideas
12/11/2020
Giant crochet sea urchin art installation
Gift basket inspiration
Holiday themed stage performances
12/18/2020
Listen to Aesop's Fables
Learn to draw a deer
Watch Kinky Boots
12/25/2020
Virtual writing prompts
Learn character creation
Watch "Hamlet"
1/1/2021
Start your New Year's Resolutions
Watch Cinderella
Discover the Alhambra
1/8/2021
Watch Envision Kingston
DIY photo coasters
Explore Martin Luther King Jr's home
1/15/2021
Listen to Neil Young
Watch Yentl
Make miniature crepe paper hens
1/21/2021
Explore Mount Rushmore
DIY Valentine's Day card ideas
Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway
1/29/2021
Pair fine art with a cocktail
Explore Easter Island
Learn the language of music
2/5/2021
Tour public art
Explore royal tombs in Uganda
Immerse yourself in cinema history
2/12/2021
Explore the Osun Osogbo Sacred Groves
Art tips from Denver artist Detour
Walk London's West End
2/19/2021
Explore Kilwa Kisiwani
Learn about the earliest work of abstract art
Tour Brazil’s National Museum
2/26/2021
See Mars in 4k detail
Go on a walking tour of Venice
Learn about the rock art sites of Somaliland
3/5/2021
Explore the Taos Pueblo
Learn seven rules for pricing your artwork
On Women Festival 2021
3/12/2021
8-mile-long cave art
Walking tour of The Colosseum
Explore Fort Lytton, Australia
3/19/2021
Explore Ayutthaya, Thailand
Watch Macbeth
Listen to Wikipedia
3/26/2021
Four cellists play one cello
Mexico's Palace of Fine Arts
Photograph that took 12 years to create
4/2/2021
See every place in Beatles lyrics
Browse the Louvre's entire collection
Watch Megan Hilty perform in concert
4/9/2021
101 drawing ideas
Virtual Yosemite National Park
900-page color guide from 1692
4/16/2021
Women On The Road at the EDC Museum
20+ easy printmaking ideas
Tour St. Peter's Basilica, Italy
4/30/2021
Quilting color theory guide
Romeo and Juliet
Lowry Pueblo National Historic Landmark
5/7/2021
Hopi Petroglyph Sites
Kermit the Frog's TED talk
Mark Morris Dance Group: L'Allegro
5/14/2021
Bears Ears National Monument
AR Synth
Watercolor pencils for beginners
5/22/2021
Japan's National Museum of Nature and Science
Watch Green Gold
Explore Madaba, Jordan
5/28/2021
Listen to Bill Murray read a poem
Lukang Longshan Temple, Taiwan
Watch Great Expectations
Local Covid-19 information and activities:
El Dorado County - Curbside Restaurants Facebook Group - Local Facebook group dedicated to letting people know what businesses are offering to-go orders.
El Dorado County Library - You can still borrow books from the library via e-books.
Industry Resources for El Dorado County - News and special announcements organized by El Dorado County Visitors Authority.
Other Covid-19 resources and activities:
Homebound Happenings Facebook Group - Information about virtual events - concerts, museum tours, theater performances, etc.
Freelance Artists: COVID-19 Freelance Artist Resources
Americans for the Arts COVID-19 Response and Resource Center - Current news and resources for the arts and culture field
CREATE AT HOME - Activities for home-bound students. Site is updated weekly.
California State and Government resources for Covid-19:
California Arts Council - Information and resources for arts grantees statewide.
Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development - Information for all Californians related to the COVID-19 outbreak.
World Health Organization - Current updates on COVID-19 including travel advice, situation reports, media resources, and other research.
California State Council on Developmental Disabilities - Resources for Californians with developmental disabilities and their families regarding COVID-19