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The Palette
Making arts and
culture come alive in Santa Monica!
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February 8, 2007
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Apologies to everyone
who was left with nothing to do last weekend - I
was home slurping cough syrup, sucking on zinc tablets and
trying to scare the cold germs out of my system with vampire
novels. But I'm back now and I've got a full plate of Santa Monica
Culture to serve up this first week in February. There's lots of new
visual art around town, three premiere performances and the
Santa Monica Main Library is showing furniture that's not only great to sit
on but it's really nice to look at, too. And while you can't read
the actual table, you're at the library -
they've definitely got a book on it.
So, let's get
out and take in a few of these opportunities. And if that person trying
to cough quietly in the back of the
theatre annoys you, don't throw anything too hard at him. It just might
be me.
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Storytelling Festival at
Powerhouse
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WHAT'S
THE STORY?
A festival of new solo plays
Thursday and Friday, February 8 & 9 at 8pm
Saturday, February 10 at 6pm
Sunday, February 11 at 3pm
The Powerhouse
Theatre Company
3116 2nd Street
800/838.3006
or via e-mail
A new
festival spotlighting up and coming solo performers debuts this weekend at
the Powerhouse Theatre.
An assortment of storytellers working under the guidance of Stacie Chaiken
will turn their life events into often hysterical, sometimes tragic and
always fascinating stories. The Festival continues through February
16 so check out the Powerhouse website for dates, ticket prices, artist
lineup and more information.
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Seeline Gallery Exhibition
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Marcy
Freedman
The Rock of the World was
Founded Securely on a Fairy's Wing
Seeline
Gallery
Through March 17
1812 Berkeley Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404
310/829 1727 tel
310/829 3164 fax
or via e-mail
At the Seeline gallery, Marcy
Freedman uses the air, an empty while wall, blank sheets of
paper, wire, spray paint and yarn as the raw materials of The Rock of the World was Founded
Securely on a Fairy's Wing. Inspired by the writer Italo Calvino, the lightness in her work connects Freedman to the wild and
complex motion of the invisible world between people and the objects that
surround them.
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365 Days/365 Plays at the Pier
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365 Days/365 Plays Festival
Empire of Teeth
Saturday & Sunday, February 10-11 at 5pm - (4:45pm pre-show performance)
Santa Monica Pier - West End
FREE!
Pulitzer
Prize winning playwright Suzan-Lori
Parks wrote a play a day for a year- 365 Days/365 Plays- now
being performed, one per day, in 16 cities across the nation. For
two of those 365 days, local performance company Empire of Teeth
will present Nine by
Parks on the western end of the Santa Monica Pier. Admission is free,
in fact, though they might not know it, anyone wandering out to the end of
the Pier on Saturday or Sunday afternoon will be going to the
theatre! The performances promise to be thought provoking and fun,
and who wouldn't enjoy a stroll along Santa
Monica's most famous landmark?
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Family Theatre Opening at Morgan Wixson
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Miss Nelson Is Missing
11:00 am
Saturday and Sundays through February 18
Morgan-Wixson Theatre
2627 Pico Blvd (at 27th St)
310-828-7519
This very funny play is based on the popular books telling the tales of Miss Nelson, a teacher
with a classroom of unruly students which can be found on the reading lists
for many Santa Monica elementary school students. With a cast full of
local residents, Miss
Nelson is Missing is a part of the Youth Education/Entertainment Series
of the Santa Monica
Theatre Guild. It's a perfect family outing!
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A
Very Modern Juliet on the Promenade
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Jules
The
Promenade Playhouse
1404 3rd Street Promenade
Saturdays at 8 pm & Sundays at 7 pm through March 4
323/960-7782
Often entertainment on the Promenade means painful piano and
screeching saxes. But there's so much more! An excellent
example is The Promenade
Playhouse production of Hawley Anderson's Jules. Inspired by Romeo & Juliet, the
story is told through the eyes of a contemporary Juliet. The
action unfolds in modern day Kansas
City where national politics force a youthful
generation to examine issues of patriotism, freedom of speech, the left,
the right, duty, honor, love and hate.
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Check
Out the Furniture at the Santa Monica Library
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Nordic
LAttitudes
Santa
Monica Main Library
Nordic
Attitudes: Modern Furniture in Denmark (lecture)
Michael Sheridan,
Architect and Designer/Curator
6:30 pm
Thursday, February 8
Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium
Santa Monica Main Library
601
Santa Monica Boulevard
310/458.8600
The Santa Monica Main
Public Library continues its exhibition Nordic LAttitudes,
showcasing the Nordic inspiration for the award winning new Library
facility. Designers featured include Poul Henningsen, Arne Jacobsen, Poul Kjaerholm,
Hans Wegner,
Alvar Aalto, Eero
Saarinen
and Poul Christianson (Le Klint Lighting
collection). This weekend, architect/designer Michael Sheridan will
present a lecture examining the development of modern furniture in Denmark.
Check it out, it'll be great fun!
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Stay warm, stay
dry but have a great time this weekend. And be sure to bookmark
the Palette on
line and share it with your friends!
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