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  • Culver Chamber Orchestra presents "CELLO MANIA ENCORE"

    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....

  • SMC Presents "Circle Mirror Transformation"

    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, hearts are quietl...

  • Adult Acting Instruction Is Available

    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 largest demographic of...

  • Douglas Theatre To Have One-Night Event

    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 Paco Tolson. “Elevada...

  • Kentwood Announces Auditions For Neil Simon Play

    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 arrangement with Samue...

  • The Broad Stage Announces 8th season

    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 Irish actress Lisa Dwa...

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    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. Morgan-Wixson Theatre 2...

  • Santa Monica and Culver City Collaborate for the Upcoming Westside Regional Repair Café!

    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 available to help repair...

  • SMC Presents Four Spring Concerts In April

    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 Silver, and Gerald W...

  • Telescope Viewing in April

    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 – will be held on Frid...

  • Art Exhibit at Santa Monica Mountains Visitor Center

    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. Portions of sales at...

  • WAKE UP WITH THE WAVES returns to the PIER

    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 Saturday morning, you look at...

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    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 Goodman, who struggles w...

  • SANTA MONICA DEMOCRATS TO PRESENT- ELECTION AFTERMATH: WHERE TO FROM HERE?

    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 Date: Wednesday Jan...

  • ORCHESTRA SANTA MONICA JANUARY 18, 2015 CONCERT "HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMADEUS" (a few days early)

    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 performed around the...

  • New West Symphony Masterpiece Series Concert to Feature Tasty Italian Musical Feast With a Saucy Touch of Jazz

    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 director and...

  • SPECIAL EVENT ON JANUARY 17: A UNIQUE THEATRICAL DOUBLE FEATURE: "DUTCHMAN" AND "TRAIN TO ZAKOPANE" AT EDGEMAR CENTER FOR THE ARTS

    Christine Peake

    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 train does not fare...

  • Portraits, an Exhibition of Celebrity Photographs by Robert G. Zuckerman, Opens January 18 at Edgemar Center The Arts

    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 as for magazine...

  • Freddie Manseau: Exhibition Opening Reception At Emeritus College Jan. 15

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    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 exhibit and reception...

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    Happy Birthday Marion! January 11, 11am-2pm On Sunday, January 11, Santa Monica Conservancy docents turn the spotlight on Marion Davies: actress, philanthropist, famed party hostess and mistress of media tycoon William Randolph Hearst. The event takes place at Davies’ 1928 Julia Morgan designed Guest House at the Annenberg Community Beach House. Join docents as they highlight the woman often celebrated as the “bubbles in a glass of champagne.” Guests are welcome to come in their favorite Gold Coast era attire or in costume as if atten...

  • SM International Film Festival

    The 8th annual Santa Monica International Film Festival (SMFF) is scheduled for Saturday, January 10th in downtown Santa Monica. Twenty-two (22) hand-picked independent films will screen in two locations: Aero Theatre 1328 Montana Ave. Santa Monica, CA 90403, and Martin Luther King Theatre 601 Santa Monica Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90401. The audience will have the unique opportunity to meet the filmmakers and Tweet a vote for their favourite film using a special #SMFFVote hashtag...

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    The Annual All-New One-Time-Only New Year’s Eve Musical Revue! December 31,6:00 PM and 9:30 PM A scrumptious and sumptuous complimentary buffet supper starts off the evening, then it’s “on with the show!” as internationally acclaimed Actors’ Repertory Theatre brings you a highly entertaining, family-friendly Rudie-DeCarlo musical revue, with prizes, sing-a-long songs, dancing in the aisles, humor and other delights culled from 5 decades of audience favorite Santa Monica Playhouse productions. From finger-snapping 40s jazz to foot-stom...

  • Ribbon Cutting at new Concierge Lounge

    Ribbon Cutting at new Concierge Lounge, see page 3 pictured left to right: John J. Johnston, Andrew Halarewicz (Chamber of Commerce Board Member), Kathleen Rawson (CEO, Downtown Santa Monica), Laurel Rosen (President & CEO Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce), Julia Ladd (Assistant Vice President, Santa Monica Place), Richard Peterson (Executive Vice President, Santa Monica Convention & Visitors Bureau), Courtney Saavedra, Cristina Harries, Shoshana Puccia (Sr. Marketing Manager, Santa Monica...

  • HelpfulHoliday at OPCC SM

    On Friday Dec. 19th from 11am-1pm, the SoCal Honda Dealers and the Guys in Blue brought holiday cheer and lit smiles to (400) locals without homes at Ocean Park Community Center (OPCC) by hosting their annual holiday event complete with a warm holiday meal, backpacks filled with winter essentials including parkas, socks and toiletries; and also hosted a raffle to giveaway dozens of thick winter jackets. Bringing a message of hope and generosity in true Helpful spirit, this is one of the many...

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    Stogie Kenyatta’s The World is My Home – The Life of Paul Robeson December 28, 7pm Powerful and poignant, heartfelt and humorous, and to celebrate the third night of Kwaanza, Santa Monica Playhouse is proud to present a one night engagment of film, television and stage personality Stogie Kenyatta’s acclaimed 2013 NAACP Solo Show Award-Winning show about African-American artist-activist Paul Robeson. Robeson – internationally renowned actor, recording artist, concert singer, football player, All-American athlete and Phi Beta Kappa Society...

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