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The Palette
Exploring Creative Santa Monica
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Fabian Lewkowicz |
November 26, 2008 |
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The Santa Monica Arts Commission and the Cultural
Affairs Division wishes everyone a Happy Thanksgiving
this weekend! We also want to make sure you know that
on Saturday, when that turkey is looking kind of bleak,
there are some great things to do that will be much more
fun, not to mention fulfilling, than fighting the crowds
at Target! So, enjoy your turkey and then go have some
art for dessert!
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Select works by Damien Hirst, Takashi Murakami,
and Andy Warhol at the Ikon Gallery at Bergamot
Station. |
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Opening This Weekend at the Miles Playhouse |
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It's A Pretty Good Life
Opening Saturday Night
Produced by
Overtone Industries
& O-Lan Jones
Miles Playhouse
For Tickets Call 323/655.2410
A new play comes to the City's own Miles
Playhouse this weekend. A tiny ramshackle group
of performers, the Three Wise Babes, gives in to
the pressure all theater companies feel at the
holiday season and agree to stage Charles
Dickens' classic, A Christmas Carol.
The problem is they only have a vague
recollection of what is all about. There was the
kid, Tiny Tom, right? And something about his
dad's boss? But with the eternal optimism common
to all in the theater they hold auditions on
opening night, ending with a cast composed of a
tap dancer, a singer-physicist, "Screamin'
Stephen J. Hawkings" along with as his saucy
nurse, and, with a nod to the season, an Angel.
Miz Jones will play one of the
three "wise babes" along with LA faves,
Molly Bryant and Martha Gehman,
plus the iconic John Fleck and
Lee Kissman, and Ali
Tobia, Eric B. Anthony
and Andrew Wheeler, all ably
directed by Tony Abatamarco.
Visit the website for ticket information and
performance schedules. |
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Family Entertainment for the Weekend |
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Bye Bye Birdie
The Youth Education/Entertainment Series
Morgan Wixson Theatre
310/828.7519
There's no better way to introduce your kids to
theatre than letting them see their peers on
stage. The Santa Monica Theatre Guild does this
like few other companies by producing
full-length musicals with a cast made up of kids
from first grade through high school. You'll see
plenty of our local young performers in this
production of the classic musical Bye Bye
Birdie! The show will be up and running on
Saturday and Sunday at 2:00 pm.
Buy your tickets on line here.
Alice and the Wonderful Tea Party
Santa Monica Playhouse
310/394.9779
The Internationally acclaimed Playhouse
production has toured the world over, and is
currently playing on Saturdays and Sundays at
12:30 and 3:00pm. Join Alice as she takes a pun-derful
return trip to the fantasy land of her childhood
to visit her old friends the Queen of Hearts,
the Tweedles, the Mad Hatter and a host of zany
characters intent on musical madness and
merriment. |
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Enjoy your Turkey Day! |
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