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The Palette
Exploring Creative Santa Monica
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December 4, 2008 |
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The holiday season is off and running and while we don't
have a local production of Nutcracker playing anywhere,
we do have some great modern dance this weekend along
with traditional Christmas music and even more art
openings. Be sure to go ice skating beneath the palm
trees on the Promenade but
drop by some of these terrific art happenings as well.
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The Rose Gallery hosts a special sale of work by
Mexican artists on Sunday afternoon to benefit
children's programs in our community. Click the
image for more information.
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Dance at
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Rage to Know part II
Donna Sternberg and Dancers
Santa Monica Public Library
Saturday at 2:00 pm
The elevators, gardens, stairs and even the
garbage cans are the stage when Donna
Sternberg and Dancers interpret science
and physics through dance at the Santa
Monica Main Library. Starting with a
short film in the Martin Luther King,
Jr. Auditorium, the audience will
follow the performers throughout the library on
a journey where dance, film and science meet to
create an intriguing glimpse into a world that
is both familiar and unfamiliar. It's free and
produced with funding from a City of Santa
Monica CO-ARTS Grant, just one of Santa Monica's
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SAMOHI Loves
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She Loves Me
Santa Monica High School Theatre
310/395.3204 ext 239
Truthfully, I don't know if SAMOHI loves me or
not (I hope they do) but they're putting on a
production of the musical, She Loves Me,
which opens this weekend. Ernst Lubitsch's
The Shop Around the Corner, is one of
America's greatest films and has inspired
numerous other films and shows including
You've Got Mail, the British television
series Have You Been Served and this
frothy Broadway musical. While openly hostile to
one another, two co-workers in a Budapest
department store are unknowingly carrying on a
tempestuous love affair through the mail. Will
they ever figure out that the person they loath
is the person they love? It's definitely worth
the price of admission to find out!
Click here to buy your seats online.
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Sing With
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A CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
Santa Monica Concert Chorale
Chancel Choir of the First United
Methodist Church
Los Angeles Concert Orchestra
Mark Twain Ringers
Once again, Peter Graves serves as narrator at
this annual holiday concert. There will be two
performances at 7:30 on Saturday and Sunday at
the First United Methodist Church at 1008 11th
Street. Call 310/393.8258 for additional
information.
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And Even More Dance at Highways
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!SURRENDER, DOROTHY!
Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble
Highways
Friday and Saturday at 8:00 pm
This tribute to postmodern
dance pioneer Rudy Perez mounts a tribute to
postmodern dance with previews of collaborative
work by members of the Ensemble including
Tamsin Carlson, Anne & Jeff Grimaldo
and Stefan Fabry. Live music by The
Liquid Skin Ensemble and the poems of Dorothy
Parker top it off to make for an incredible
evening.
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Sneak Peek - Steve Lopez
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An Evening
with Steve Lopez
A Lost Dream, an
Unlikely Friendship
Wednesday, December 10 at 7:00 pm
Here's a special advance notice about a great
event taking place next Wednesday night! The
evening includes a discussion of Lopez's book
The Soloist: A
Lost Dream an Unlikely Friendship and the
Redemptive Power of Music along
with
musical performances, movie clips, and a book
signing. Proceeds will benefit the Ocean
Park Community Center and Samohi Orchestras.
Purchase your tickets
online in advance here or pay at the
door. For event information
visit their website.
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The
outrageous musical,
It's a
Pretty Good Life, with the
Three Wise Babes, Screaming Stephen Jay Hawkings and
other crazy characters is still up and running at the
Miles Playhouse
in Reed Park. Catch it before it closes on December 21!
Have a great weekend and I hope I'll
see you out there!
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