That's Gotta Hurt!

Music on the Edge of Santa Monica

Enough Clarinets to Beat the Band

Dancing Men of Arabia

Happy Silver to Verdi Chorus

Last Weekend for Quixotic

Pounding Nails In The Floor With My Forehead
8:00 pm
Friday and Saturday November 21 and 22
Track 16 Gallery
Bergamot Station C1
2525 Michigan Avenue
310.264.4678
Buy your tickets online here

In conjunction with Robbie Conal's career retrospective, No Spitting, No Kidding, Track 16 Gallery presents a two-performance-only staging of Eric Bogosian's Pounding Nails in the Floor with my Forehead. It's still rough and riotous, but this time it's not a one-man show. A cast of ten talented actors under the direction of Martin Papazian will bring life to a crazy concoction of characters that have leaped out of Bogosian's imagination and onto the gallery floor.

Intervals of Passion
The Denali Quartet
Jacaranda
8:00 pm
Saturday, November 22
First Presbyterian Church
1220 2^nd Street
Ticket information is available here

The Denali Quartet is joined by pianist Gloria Cheng, Tereza Lucia Stanislav on violin, and John Walz on cello for Intervals of Passion, a journey of profound gestures and enthralling details. Interspersed between the most passionate and unforgettable solos by J.S. Bach, this program charts the course of Austrian composer Anton Webern’s career from its ripe art nouveau beginnings to the rigorous discipline of his later works.

The Los Angeles Clarinet Choir is composed of 14 accomplished clarinetists performing on soprano, sopranino, alto, bass, basset horn, and contrabass clarinets. Saturday's program includes the premiere of Santa Monica composer David Avshalomov's Magic Fountain and hear selections from Claude Debussy's Petite Suite and Paquito, a lively salsa for clarinets by Alan Scott. I never knew there were so many types of clarinet and to educate folks like me, the Choir will present a show and tell of all the instruments.

This program is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and on a first arrival basis. Tickets available one hour prior to event.
 

Sultans of Middle Eastern Dance
8:30 pm
Saturday, November 22
7:30 pm
Sunday, November 23
Presented by Highways and Saleem
1651 18th Street
310/315.1469

You think the weather is hot today?  Well, it's going to be a scorcher this weekend at Highways Performance Space. The visually intoxicating Sultans of Middle Eastern Dance will be weaving medieval homoerotic poetry and texts from various Arab, Persian, and Andalusian poets with exotic movement and dance harkening back to ancient Arabia.  It's a vibrant and captivating representation of male sensuality. This is not a show recommended for the faint of heart, but for those readers with a sense of adventure - be there or be square. And save a seat for me.
 

Gala Concert
Verdi Chorus
7:30pm
Saturday, November 22,
4:00pm
Sunday, November 23
First United Methodist Church
1008 11th Street
310/826-8309
Buy your tickets on line at the Verdi Chorus Website 

Concluding their Silver Celebration Year the Verdi Chorus will feature dramatic scenes from Verdi's Aïda and Otello. Four guest soloists will join the chorus including soprano Shana Blake Hill singing the heart-rending Willow Song from Otello and Dean Elzinga, as the devil, performing Ave Signor from Boito's Mefistofele. It's soaring music of classic opera without the downtown traffic or the downtown ticket prices. But call for reservations now - these performances sell out early!

This concert is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Santa Monica's CO-ARTS Grants program.  The Cultural Affairs Division and the Arts Commission is very proud that we are able to help bring this terrific music to our community.

Faithful
8:00 pm
Friday and Saturday
2:00 pm
Sunday
Ruskin Group Theatre
3000 Airport Avenue
Santa Monica Airport
310/397.3244

The horror of an unabashed assault takes an astonishing turn when a rejected wife and the hit man, hired by her husband, discover a darker side of love. This strange and spirited exchange between the characters reveals a compelling tale of attraction, infidelity, betrayal, and deceit that might just have a chance for redemption.

It is closing weekend for Quixotic, the 21st century update of classic novel Don Quixote. Set in a grim American insurance company during a period of economic despair, Quixotic follows Arthur Quick, an low-rung employee with a quest to rid the world of evil  Quick blurs the lines between fantasy and reality, sanity and madness, causing his fellow employees to question whether change for the better is truly possible in these uncertain times.