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The Palette
Exploring Creative Santa Monica
Header image by
Fabian
Lewkowicz
February 7, 2008 |
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It's
the first weekend of Black History Month and there's an
event tonight at the Montana Library as well as a
concert of traditional music from the Carolinas at
McCabes. Then, as a follow-up to Super Tuesday,
the Aero is presenting a series of political thrillers
that will definitely keep you up nights!
If
you're reading this Thursday morning and would like to
take a brief break from the office, join us down on the
beach! We'll be dedicating a monument
marking a section of beach
near Bay Street that was once referred to as The Ink
Well - a narrow slice of sand available for African
Americans and salutes Nicolas Gabaldon, the first
documented African American surfer. We'll be on the
pedestrian path where Bay Street hits the sand. We'd
love to have you join us at 11:00 am for a cup of coffee
or hot chocolate while we honor the many African
Americans who found a sanctuary on this beach and a
young surfer who broke barriers while riding the waves.
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Curtis Hoekzema Paintings
at the FIG Gallery, click image for details
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Romance
and History |
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Jo Todd
7:00 pm
Thursday, February 7
Montana Branch
Santa Monica Public Library
1704 Montana Avenue
310/829.7081
Local spoken word artist and vocalist (and
former Arts Commissioner) Jo Todd will
be joined by flamenco guitarist Bill
Freeman for a performance celebrating
both Black History Month and
Valentine’s Day. |
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Musical Weekend at McCabe's |
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The Carolina Chocolate Drops at McCabe's
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Carolina Chocolate Drops
8:00 pm
Friday, February 8
McCabe’s
Click here for tickets
Stan
Ridgway
8:00 pm
Saturday, February 9
McCabe's
Click here for tickets
3101 Pico Blvd
310/828-4497
McCabe’s is the place to be
this weekend for music. On Friday night,
they’ve got the Carolina Chocolate Drops
playing the rich tradition of fiddle and banjo
music found in green hill country of North
Carolina’s Piedmont region.
Stan Ridgway is a true
original. One of the most unique
singer/songwriters in American music, from his
early days with L.A.'s Wall Of Voodoo,
to his even more intriguing solo career, Ridgway
has created an impressive body of work.
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Post
Election Paranoia |
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Political Thrillers
American Cinematheque
Aero Theatre
1328 Montana Avenue (at 14th
Street)
323/466.3456
Now that Super Tuesday is but a memory, the
Aero Theatre has prepared a
weekend just for the conspiracy buffs among us
with some of the best political thrillers ever
made.
The Manchurian Candidate
7:30 pm
Thursday, February 7
Ex-prisoner-of-war Frank
Sinatra tries to connect the dots only
to have a nightmarish labyrinth unravel in his
lap. Korean War brainwashing, Harvey’s rich
control freak mother (Angela Lansbury),
her right-wing candidate hubby (James
Gregory in a savage parody of Sen.
Joseph McCarthy) and an assassination plot mesh
in John Frankenheimer’s
suspenseful adaptation of Richard Condon’s
satirical thriller.
Saturday Double Feature starting at
7:30 pm
Winter Kills
Saturday, February 9
Another novel by Richard Condon’s
features Jeff Bridges as the
idealistic brother of a slain president,
John Huston as the amoral robber-baron
patriarch and a totally tweaked Anthony
Perkins as the certifiably loony Head
of National Security.
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Executive Action
In this Dalton Trumbo script,
Burt Lancaster and
Robert Ryan are two wealthy Texans
revealed to be the real force behind the JFK
assassination.
Sunday Alan Pakula Double Feature
starting at 7:30 pm
All The President’s
Men
Sunday, February 10
Robert Redford and Dustin
Hoffman shine as Washington Post
investigative reporters Woodward and Bernstein,
the pair responsible for uncovering the shocking
truth behind the Watergate break-in.
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The Parallax View
Impetuous reporter Warren Beatty’s
hunt for a political assassin turns more and
more terrifying as each successive layer of
corruption and right-wing insanity is unpeeled.
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Van Gogh's Last Weekend @ Miles
Playhouse
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Vincent
Theatre
for a Small Space
8:00 pm Thursday – Saturday
3:00 pm Sunday, February 3
January 18 through February 10
Miles Playhouse
1130 Lincoln Boulevard
(in Christine Reed Park)
310/393.3018
Actor and producer Sam Lovett
continues his run in this critically acclaimed
biographical one-man-show at the Miles
Playhouse. Written by Star Trek’s
Leonard Nimoy and directed by
Cynthia Park, Vincent explores
the relationship between Vincent van Gogh and
his brother Theo. They'll be beaming him up
this weekend, so check this out before it closes
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Propositions to Fly, Valerie Tymoczko,
temporary work at Airport Park |
While you're out and about this weekend, stop by Airport
Park and check out the new temporary installation,
Propositions to Fly, by Valerie Tymoczko, the
first of a series of temporary installations. The two
sculptures will bring to mind remote control airplanes,
kites and sailboats. Placed on two concrete pads near
the park's picnic area, Propositions to Fly is
about imagining and believing in an object's ability to
do something unexpected - even if it looks impossible,"
says artist Tymozcko. Though she assures us that
neither sculpture will ever lift off on its own power,
"they share properties with things that exist in the
real world that really can fly." Tymozcko points
out, "essentially, they're
about improvisation, absurd logic, humor and the
willingness to believe."
Have a terrific weekend!
The
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