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The Palette
Exploring Creative Santa Monica
Header image by
Fabian
Lewkowicz
February 14, 2008 |
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Happy
Valentine's Day! I know you're looking for something
wonderful to help you celebrate this weekend with the
one you love. Or maybe you're looking for some place to
go where you might meet the one you're gonna love. Or
maybe you'd like to buy yourself a box of See's
chocolates, curl up in bed and sulk because that white
knight or beautiful princess you've been waiting for all
these years has obviously been hit by a bus. I know the
last choice would be my preference. But let's not
succumb to the easy way out. Let's grab those
chocolates and take them with us and have an amazing
Santa Monica art weekend. We can offer a chocolate to
whoever strikes our fancy - maybe it'll be the start of
a beautiful relationship or maybe we'll all end up in
the dentist's office together. We'll never know if we
don't give it a try!
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Julie Davidow's work is
currently on exhibition at Bergamot's Tarryn
Teresa Gallery. Click the image for more
information.
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Premiere Work at Powerhouse |
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Robots Vs. Fake Robots
Presented by Powerhouse &
Push to Talk Theatre Company
8:00 pm Thursdays –Saturdays
7:00 pm Sundays
February 14 - March 15, 2008
The Powerhouse Theatre
3116 2nd Street
310/396.3680 x3
In this dark comedy set in
the year 6000, robots rule the world while
humans are despised second-class citizens. When
a young man named Joe abandons his human world
in a quest to transform himself into a robot,
the play asks what it means to be human and what
are you willing to sacrifice to fulfill your
deepest desire?
The show officially opens on
Sunday but they're having pay-what-you-can
previews on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. And
just for you Palette readers, use the code
“ROBOTS” for special discount tickets throughout
the run! |
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Hello Mrs. Hinkle, This is Harvey Johnson..... |
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Bye Bye Birdie
8:00 pm
Thursdays – Saturdays
Saturday matinees at 2:00 pm
February 14 through 23
Santa Monica Civic Light Opera
Barnum Hall Theatre
Santa Monica High School
601 Pico Boulevard
310/458.5939
I have a special affinity for this musical
having played Harvey Johnson in a 19#%
production at LaGrange High School in Lake
Charles, Louisiana. This time around it’s
Santa Monica High School
students whose performances can match any pros.
Once you’ve seen these terrific young performers
in this classic musical, you’ll never again
wonder “What’s the matter with kids today?” |
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Naughty Songs From A Ukulele Lady |
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Janet Klein & the
Parlor Boys
7:30 pm
Friday, February 15
Second Space
SMC’s Performing Arts Center
Santa Monica Boulevard at 11th Street
310/434.3414
Santa Monica College’s
Under the Radar series returns this weekend
with the one and only Janet Klein and
the Parlor Boys. You’ve heard me say
this before, but you just can’t miss this show!
Klein sings and plays the
ukulele to long-forgotten obscure, naughty and
lovely songs abetted by Ian Whitcomb
and other music-minded gents known as the
Parlor Boys. These guys are
really wonderful, funny, and make great music –
I have all their cd’s! And it’s free! So, go!
And bring an extra chocolate for me, I'll be
sitting up front. |
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Exciting New Music at Highways |
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NEW MUSIC FROM MAYBECK STUDIO
8:30 pm
Friday & Saturday
February 15 & 16
Highways Performance Space and Gallery
18th Street Arts Center
1651 18th Street
310/315.1459
Contemporary music lovers will find their
heart’s desire this weekend at Highways
when California Institute of the Arts
and the Center for Contemporary Music at
Mills College intersect for two
evenings of loud, quiet, simple, complex, sweet,
strange, and wonderful new sounds. Performances
will include selections from the John
Cage Songbook, the premiere of new
music by Italian Composer Luciano Chessa,
set to Greg Louganis’ Gold Medal dives, ancient
pirate songs and a few very special surprises! |
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Dragons and Cyclops and Skeletons, Oh
My!
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Ray Harryhausen Exhibition
3:00 pm
Sunday, February 17
Every Picture Tells A Story
1311 Montana Ave
310/450.2700
followed by
7th Voyage of Sinbad
50th Anniversary Screening
Aero Theatre
1328 Montana Avenue
323/466.FILM
Special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen
created some of filmdom’s most awesome monsters
in the 1958 production of the 7th
Voyage of Sinbad. Meet him face-to-face at
an exhibition of his artwork at Every Picture
Tells A Story and then walk across the street to
the Aero for a viewing of this classic film
along with a live commentary by him and other
visual effects masters. Harryhausen’s
sword-wielding skeletons, dragons and Cyclops
have inspired the imaginations of little boys
(and quite a few girls) for fifty years and will
undoubtedly continue to do so for fifty more!
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The Palette wants to send out a special Valentine to one
of Santa Monica High Schools most talented and beloved
teachers, La Monte Westmoreland. SAMOHI's
Roberts Art Gallery is
exhibiting a collection of his work in honor of
Black History Month and celebrating
Westmoreland's outstanding career.
The exhibit runs from through February 22, 2008.
Have a terrific weekend!
The
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