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The Palette
Bringing Arts and Culture to Life in Santa Monica
April 19, 2007
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It's
Earth Day this
weekend, a day to celebrate the abundant natural and cultural resources in
our community. You can dance to the rhythmic beats on the
Santa Monica Pier's
celebration, bond with neighbors at the
Virginia Avenue Park Unity Resource
Fair, welcome Dolly Levi back where she belongs at
SAMO High School or
salute the culture of 1980's punk at
Track 16 Gallery.
But no matter how you choose to spend this Earth Day weekend, it's a
great one for art and culture in Santa Monica! |
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Before The Parade Passes By!
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Santa Monica High School Theatre Presents
Hello, Dolly!
Friday, April 20 &
27, 8:00 PM
Saturday, April 21 & 28,
2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Barnum
Hall
Santa Monica High School
601 Pico Boulevard
310/458.5939
Hello Dolly
is a quintessential American musical. It’s been performed in a multitude of
languages on stages all over the world. This week-end and next, you ‘ll
find it in the highly capable hands of
Santa Monica High School’s
theatre students who bring the dazzling characters originally created by
Thornton Wilder
to life once more. Whether you pick a Friday or a Saturday, you should
definitely Put On Your Sunday Clothes and see this delightful production.
Accomplished writer/performers each with a unique style and distinctive
voice celebrate the spoken word at Highways this weekend. Make the scene
and see the electrifying work of poets, DJs, singers, musicians, artists,
dancers, and more! This project is supported by the
City of Santa Monica Community Arts Grant Program,
a project of the
Santa Monica Arts Commission.
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Building Unity
in Our Community
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Unity
Resource Fair
1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Sunday, April 22
Virginia Avenue Park
2200 Virginia Avenue
310/458.8688
Learn more about
the many social and academic resources available in our community against a
musical background of soul, hip-hop, Latin, jazz, African and Native
American. City Manager P.
Lamont Ewell’s keynote comments will address how to create a
culture of success for all our youth followed by a musical lineup that
includes La.Dee.Dred,
Horny Toad,
and other hot young local performers such as
Chili Con Carne. Don't
forget to bring your appetite so you can chow down on
Cha Cha Chicken and
Baby Blues Barbeque!
Don’t miss this day of fascinating community dialogue and festive family
activities! |
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Unruly Artists & Rebellious
Art!
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The Powder Room
&
Johanna Went
Abulutions of a Nefarious Nature
APRIL 21–MAY 19, 2007
Track 16 Gallery
Bldg C-1
Bergamot Station
2525 Michigan Avenue
310/264.4678
Track
16 Gallery
hits us with a double whammy this weekend hosting opening receptions for two
of the most imaginative and daring exhibitions you could ever find. In a
partnership with
The
Godfrey Daniels School of Charm the gallery presents an
act of rebellion - The Powder
Room, referring both to a lady’s toilette and the place where
folks used to store gunpowder. There's not theme or thesis to the selected
works, curators Georganne
Deen and
Christine Wertheim
have simply assembled an exhibition focusing on unruly women (and a few men)
of the art world.
And as if that
wasn't enough, rip-roaring punk artist
Johanna
Went, who was notorious back in the day that the word
really meant NOTORIOUS,
presents a retrospective of her work at the gallery as well..
Went, along with a
host of renown performance artists, will be performing at on
MAY 5, 12 and 19, so a future edition of the Palette will give
you the scoop on that. But in the meantime, hit the opening reception on
Saturday night for both exhibitions – it’ll be a blast!
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Earth Day
12:30 – 6:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday
Santa Monica Pier
Westside Crew
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Sunday April 22
Santa Monica Pier
310/458.8786
In
just a few more rotations of the Earth’s axis it’ll be time to celebrate
this planet we call home. April 22nd, recognized worldwide as
Earth Day, will be upon us this weekend, and people
worldwide will join in celebration. You can take part of the festivities by
visiting the Santa Monica where both
Pacific Park and the
Santa Monica Pier Aquarium
will combine celebration and awareness in a full weekend of
Earth Day activities
on both Saturday and Sunday. And don’t miss
Sunday’s Afternoon Concert Series
with Westside Crew
delivering the best in R&B, funk, rock and Latin!
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Sustainable is Attainable! |
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Third Annual
Santa Monica Green Gardens Tour
Benefiting the
Virginia Avenue Project
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Saturday, April 28
310/264.4224
Buy
your tickets today for the Third Annual Santa Monica Green Gardens Tour
highlighting nine gardens demonstrating beautiful sustainable designs,
practices, and technologies. This year's theme,
The Value of Trees,
dramatically emphasizes the tour's motto,
Sustainable is Attainable!
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Supporting Arts at
Roosevelt Elementary |
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Art With Heart
6:30 - 9:30 pm
Saturday, April 28
James Gray Gallery
Bldg. D4
Bergamot Station
2525 Michigan Ave
Tickets & information
310/395.6915 or via
e-mail
If you’re a parent of a current student or an alumnus of
Roosevelt Elementary School,
the
James Gray
Gallery is the place to be on Saturday night. There
will be a live auction with fabulous prizes and a gallery full of excellent
art all to benefit the school. Tickets are $125 each, so bring your
checkbook, but it all goes to a great cause. |
Have a terrific weekend
everyone!
And don’t forget the
Santa Monica Festival on Sunday, May 20!
Happy Weekend-
The Palette |
