Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Otis College of Art and Design will host its fourth Annual Kite Festival adjacent to the Santa Monica Pier on Sunday, April 11, 2015, from 10am to 4pm. The event is free and open to the public. Parking is $12 for all day access. Headlining a day of flying kites and other inflatables will be world-renowned kite artists Tyrus Wong, George Peters, Melanie Walker, Jose Sainz, Ali Fujino, and Ron Gibian. A special workshop for kids focused on STEM (Science, Technology,...
Popular West Coast band Marley’s Ghost will play Boulevard Music in Culver City on Saturday, April 11 in celebration of the release of its forthcoming album, The Woodstock Sessions. The recording project was helmed by Grammy-winning producer Larry Campbell. Known for his artful work with Bob Dylan and Levon Helm, among many others, Campbell guides the Ghost’s dig into its garden of deep roots to uncover a host of hidden gems. Featuring its trademark multi-part harmonies and multi-instrumental skills, the band’s 11th album...
Cali Rose and the CC Strummers will be among those performing at the Santa Monica Ukulele Festival, to be held on Saturday, April 18 from noon to 9 p.m. at Santa Monica High. For tickets, information and directions go to www.SantaMonicaUkuleleFestival.com....
Beginning Friday, April 17 Buddy Powell's COMMERCIAL ACTING for ADULTS will be offered every Friday at Temple Akiba Conference Room. Temple Akiba is at 5243 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City. The class meets 1:30pm to 3:30pm. Classes are ongoing. Enrollment is open. Class Fee is $10 per weekly class. Nearly every day in Los Angeles television commercials are produced. Nearly every commercial produced is seeking new faces to promote products. Baby boomers currently comprise the...
The Santa Monica College Theatre Arts Department is pleased to present "Circle Mirror Transformation" Apr. 3-12 at the Theatre Arts Studio Stage on the SMC main campus, 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. In "Circle Mirror Transformation" – a three-time Obie Award winner written by Annie Baker – an unlikely group of strangers in an artsy small town plays imaginative (and sometimes awkward) theater games while attending an 'Adult Creative Drama' class. As their relationships develop...
Albert Vera, Jr. will tell the story of his father, Albert Vera, the founder of the Sorrento Market, at the general meeting of the Culver City Historical Society, Wednesday, April 15 at 7 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room in the Veterans Memorial Building at 4117 Overland Avenue, Culver City. Albert Vera, an immigrant who came to America to pursue the American Dream, created the famous market on Sepulveda Boulevard and the Vera Family holdings. He served time in the military,...
On Saturday, April 25 join Ballona Creek Renaissance (BCR) and the Office of LA City Councilman Mike Bonin-CD11 at a Earth Week Ballona Creek Cleanup from 9 am to noon. Meet at Centinela Ave at Milton St., Los Angeles in Del Rey between Culver Blvd. and the I-90/Marina Freeway. In case of rain, the date changes to Saturday, May 9. BCR welcomes the partnership and hands-on participation of LA City Councilman Mike Bonin's office and Culver City High School's BCR Club. BCR...
Kentwood Players will hold open auditions for Neil Simon’s “Brighton Beach Memoirs” on Saturday, May 16 from 10 am to 3 pm and on Sunday, May 17 from 7 pm to 10 pm. Callbacks will be held on Monday, May 18 at 7 pm. Auditions and performances take place at the Westchester Playhouse, located at 8301 Hindry Avenue in Westchester. Performance dates are July 10 through August 18 with performances on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm, Sundays at 2 pm. This is a non-equity, non-paid production directed by Tony Torrisi by special arran...
The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center announces its highly anticipated 2015/16 season featuring leading productions and artists from around the globe and free concerts and performances in neighborhoods across Los Angeles. Now in its 8th season, The Broad Stage will be presenting some of the most exciting theater to come out of London with the US premiere of George Orwell’s 1984 by Headlong Theatre Company, along with a triple bill of Beckett’s Not I, Footfalls, and Rockaby by Iri...
Center Theatre Group welcomes playwright Sheila Callaghan, a recipient of CTG’s Fadiman Award for Playwriting, and local feminist scholars Sue-Ellen Case (UCLA) and Dr. Tiffany Ana López (UC Riverside) to the rehearsal room at the Kirk Douglas Theatre for a special one-night-only DouglasPlus event, Sandbox@CTG: “Feral Drives, Fierce Women” on Tuesday, April 14, at 8 p.m. The evening will begin with a reading of a scene from Callaghan’s play “Elevada” with actors Satya Bhabha (“Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” “New Girl”) and Pac...
Next to Normal March 7 - April 4 Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm Sundays at 2pm Next to Normal tells the story of a mother, Diane Goodman, who struggles with bipolar disorder and the effect that her illness has on her family. This contemporary musical is an emotional powerhouse that addresses such issues as grieving a loss, ethics in modern psychiatry, and suburban life. With provocative lyrics and a thrilling score, this musical shows how far two parents will go to keep themselves sane and their family’s world intact. M...
The Culver City Chamber Orchestra presents “CELLO MANIA” on Sunday, April 12 at 5 p.m. at St. Anne Melkite Catholic Church 11211 Moorpark Ave, North Hollywood. Tickets are now available through www.ccchamberorchestra.org or for information by calling (310) 397-2490. MasterCard and Visa are accepted....
By interweaving a Passover Seder with personal stories of addiction, Freedom Song poses one stark question-”WHAT ARE YOU A SLAVE TO?” Using song and dance, tears and laughter, and an intense post show discussion with its cast, Freedom Song opens eyes to the real life struggle against the ‘bondage of self’ that we all fight every day. Do you obsess over being the picture of perfection? Are you constantly trying to please your parents? Is your own self worth based on material things? Freedom Song uses the story of Passove...
What do you do with a dress that has a tear? With a toaster that no longer works? Or, a knife that has lost its sharp edge? Toss it? No way! The Cities of Culver City and Santa Monica, in collaboration with Transition Culver City and Our Time Bank have organized the first Westside Regional Repair Café on Saturday, April 18, 2015 from noon – 4 pm at the Veteran's Memorial Auditorium, 4117 Overland Ave, Culver City, CA. A Repair Café is a free event. Volunteer "fixers" are avail...
Visitors are invited to enjoy original work by local artists at the Allied Artists of the Santa Monica Mountains & Seashore Art Exhibit from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 29 at the Santa Monica Mountains Interagency Visitor Center on the grounds of King Gillette Ranch, 26876 Mulholland Hwy. The free event, co-sponsored by Allied Artists, the National Park Service and Western National Parks Association, features paintings of the Santa Monica Mountains and seashore venues....
Roga at the Pier February 21 - March 28 Saturday, 8am Run, 9am Yoga Need a little help getting back in shape this Spring? ROGA is back! FREE Run + Yoga class on Saturday mornings with the best views in town. You can join either class or both, in an inclusive no-judgment environment with some of Santa Monica’s best instructors. West end of the Santa Monica Pier Admission: Free (310) 458-8901 Next to Normal March 7 - April 4 Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm Sundays at 2pm Next to Normal tells the story of a mother, Diane G...
Now in its 9th year, the acclaimed children’s concert series returns to the Pier on Saturday mornings. Starting March 28 through May 16, children 1-8 and their parents can enjoy free interactive concerts and activities including singing, dancing and movement, puppets, talent shows, dress-up, face-painting, prizes and bubbles! Veteran producer KC Mancebo of Clamorhouse Kids is teaming up the energetic Greg and Sienna Markles of Small Fry Entertainment to bring an amazing line-up of children’s entertainers. “It’s Saturda...
The Santa Monica College Music Department is pleased to present four spring concerts in April in The Broad Stage or The Edye at the SMC Performing Arts Center (Santa Monica Boulevard at 11th Street, Santa Monica). The concerts include a fundraiser to support the SMC Applied Music Program. The April music events are: • Friday, Apr. 10 at 7 & 9 p.m. in The Edye: Spring Jazz Concerts: Louis Van Taylor Sextet. Talented ensemble featuring George Bohanon and Munyungo Jackson pays tribute to the music of Cedar Walton, Horace S...
The Santa Monica College John Drescher Planetarium invites you to enjoy an evening telescope-observing session with a focus on the crescent Moon and peeks at Venus and Jupiter. The planetarium’s April schedule also offers two opportunities to find out about Charles Messier and his remarkable catalog of “annoying” objects in the night sky, as well as a firsthand report of our planetarium director’s “Messier Marathon” attempt. The telescope viewing session and the two feature shows – as well as our popular Night Sky Show – wi...
The Santa Monica College Emeritus Art Gallery is once again open and pleased to present a retrospective exhibition of representational work by contemporary California artist Freddie Manseau. The exhibition will run Jan. 15-Feb. 25 at the gallery, located on the first floor of Emeritus College, 1227 Second St., in downtown Santa Monica. The opening reception is from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 15. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The...
The Edgemar Center for the Arts in excited to present a unique and special evening consisting of a critically acclaimed play and a staged reading exploring the bigotry of racism and anti-Semitism, the features will be presented in a unique one-night event scheduled fittingly on Saturday, January 17, during the week of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday. First up at 6:00 p.m.is a staged reading of "Dutchman," the one-act by Amiri Baraka in which a Black man on a subway...
Orchestra Santa Monica celebrates its move to the Moss Theatre in Santa Monica's New Roads School by presenting an All-Mozart concert on January 18 - a few days before the composer's birthday. The program features the most dramatic of his symphonies, No. 40 in G Minor, as well as the graceful A Major Symphony No. 29. OSM's Principal Oboist Catherine Del Russo will be featured in his Oboe Concerto in C. An active player with orchestras in Southern California, Del Russo has...
Will Smith calls him "Picasso." Arnold Schwarzenegger called him "the best photographer I have ever worked with." Robert G. Zuckerman has created photography to publicize television series (American Horror Story, Rescue Me, Justified, The Shield, Nip/Tuck, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, many more), feature films (Flight, Pain and Gain, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Unstoppable, Training Day, G-Force, many more), and special events (Malcolm X Commemoration), as well...
The New West Symphony's principal viola Lauren Chipman will make her solo debut with the orchestra on the third Masterpiece Series concert of the Symphony's 20th Anniversary Season. Her debut will feature the world premiere of Garson Concerto for Viola, Jazz Trio & Orchestra Based on a Theme by Paganini. The Concerto was commissioned for her by the New West Symphony from noted composer and pianist Mike Garson, who will also sit in as pianist in the jazz trio. Founding music...
The Santa Monica Democratic Club will host a panel discussion on the election results. Special focus will be on “where to from here?” A panel of community activists and elected officials will analyze the results with thoughtful predictions and brainstorm action for next year. The panel includes: Diana Gordon – Santa Monica Coalition for a Livable City (SMCLC) Patricia Hoffman – Santa Monica for Renters’ Rights Dan Jansenson – Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow (SM a.r.t.) Kevin McKeown – Santa Monica Mayor...
