The Palette
Making
arts and culture come alive in Santa Monica! |
January
18, 2007 |
On this third weekend in January, Santa Monica's cultural scene
continues its build to a spectacular crescendo. We've got a few old
friends back in town,
Photo LA at
the Santa Monica
Civic Auditorium, local artist
Daniel Alonzo
goes back to high school and Pericles
returns to the
Miles Playhouse
as do the Los
Angeles Chamber Players. There are also a few new
faces in town with two new plays opening in local theatres and some
splendid water colors at the
Emeritus College Gallery.
So, let's all get out there this weekend and have a
great time!
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Photo LA
Comes to Town! |
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Santa Monica Artist Helen
Garber's A Night View of Los Angeles will be on view
at Photo LA
Photo LA
Friday, January 18 , Noon - 7pm
Saturday, January 20, Noon - 7pm
Sunday, January 21, Noon - 6pm
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
1855 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Whether you are a photographer yourself, a collector of fine
art photos, or just one of the many people who find beauty
in photographic works,
PhotoLA
is the place to be this weekend. More than 80
galleries and private dealers will be exhibiting the work of
renowned contemporary artists such as
Diane Arbus,
Walker Evans,
Ansel Adams,
Henri
Cartier-Bresson and vintage pieces by
Man Ray,
Josef Sudek,
Edward
Weston and
Dorothea Lange.
The fair opens Thursday night with a benefit hosted by
Graham Nash
for the
Elton John AIDS Foundation. |
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Watercolors at Emeritus College |
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Bold & Spontaneous
Emeritus College Gallery
1227 Second Street
5:00 - 6:30 pm
Thursday, January 18
Exhibition runs through February 28
310/434.4306
Santa Monica
College's Emeritus College hosts the opening
reception of
Bold and Spontaneous on Thursday night featuring
the watercolors of renowned water colorist
Tom Fong.
Be sure to check out these beautiful works at their 2nd
Street gallery, conveniently located right off the Third
Street Promenade. |
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Pericles
is Back! |
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Pericles
Thursday, January 18 - Sunday, January 21
Miles Playhouse
Christine Reed Park
1130 Lincoln Boulevard
310/270.3454
Shakespeare
Santa Monica returns to the
Miles Playhouse
for a special encore performance of
Pericles
which premiered this summer to rave reviews. It's a
limited run of only four performances so call for tickets as
soon as you can or make your reservations electronically by
e-mailing
shakespearesantamonica@gmail.com with the night you'd
like to attend and how many tickets you need. See you
there! |
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You
Can Go Home Again |
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Daniel Alonzo Exhibition
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Thursday, January 18
Open to the public on Tuesdays, 4:30 - 6:30 pm
Roberts Art Gallery
Santa Monica High School
601 Pico Boulevard
310/395.3204 x446
Roberts Art
Gallery, Santa Monica's oldest extant
gallery, will host an exhibition by SaMo High alumnus and
second generation Santa Monica native
Daniel Alonzo.
Best known for his 1982
Whale of a Mural
located on Fourth Street and Ocean Park Boulevard, his works
depict the landscapes of the place he calls home, Santa
Monica. |
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World
Premiere at Powerhouse |
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Ran Wild
8:00 pm
Friday and Saturday, January 19 & 20
Thursday and Friday January 25 & 26
The Powerhouse Theatre Company
3116 2nd Street
310/396.3680
The Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble
& The
Powerhouse Theatre Company
Present Two One-Acts in repertory,
Ran Wild
and Never Swim
Alone. This weekend's premiere performance of
Ran Wild,
tells the story of two boys lost in the night when their
distant father drags them along on "guys' night out" only to
abandon them in the bathroom of his favorite night club.
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Opening
at Morgan Wixson |
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Friday, January 19 through Saturday, February 17
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm.
Santa Monica Theatre Guild
Morgan-Wixson Theatre
2627 Pico Boulevard
310/828.7519
Flyin' West
is the true story of the women who settled Nicodemus,
Kansas, the first all-black town in America. Commissioned by
The Alliance
Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, this incredible
story centers on the small group of women who overcome
tremendous odds to build a town that stands today as a
national landmark. |
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Mozart at
Miles |
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Mozart's Clarinet Quintet & Dvorak's Quintet in G Major
12:00 noon
Sunday, January 21
The Los Angeles Chamber Players
Miles Playhouse
Christine Reed Park
1130 Lincoln Boulevard
Finally, on Sunday, the
Los Angeles Chamber
Players return to the
Miles Playhouse
with performances of Mozart and Dvorak. |
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And that wraps it up for this week. Next weekend, we've got the
L.A. Art Show and ArtLA in town and we can all take a look at some
truly spectacular works from around the globe. Though, why they
don't call themselves the Santa Monica Art Show and Art Santa
Monica, I'll never know. I should probably insert a smiley face or
an LOL here since undoubtedly someone is not going to realize that
was a joke. But even so, they should change their names, don't you
think?
Be sure to check out the Palette on line at
http://www.smgov.net/ccs/palette/ and send your friends - we
want everyone to know how sweet it is in Santa Monica!
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