What Is This Thing Called Testosterone?

Under the Radar Goes to Hawaii

Head Phone Trip

Celebrating Thirty-Five Years of a Special Library Service

Testosterone: How Prostate Cancer Made a Man of Me
Powerhouse Theatre
Fridays & Saturdays at 8 pm
Sundays at 4 pm
Through May 10, 2008
3116 2nd Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405
310.396.3680

Hal Ackerman takes a frank look at his own mortality in his poignant and often humorous play, Testosterone: How Prostate Cancer Made a Man of Me joined by supporting cast members Dennis Lee Kelly and Lisa Robins. Co-chair of the screenwriting program at the U.C.L.A. School of Theater, Film and Television where he has been on the faculty for the past 22 years, Ackerman completed his treatment for prostrate cancer in 2001.

Apparition of the Eternal Church
Jacaranda/Denali Quartet
11:00 am
Saturday, April 26
Laemmle Monica 4-Plex and
First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica
1322 & 1220 Second Street (Between Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards)
213/483.0216

Jacaranda bills itself as "Music at the edge of Santa Monica" and they are definitely on the razor's edge this weekend when they present the LA premiere of Paul Festa's Apparition of the Eternal Church , a documentary film capturing the explosive responses of 31 mostly nonreligious artists to the apocalyptic music of the Christian visionary Olivier Messiaen. The New Yorker calls the film "mesmerizing," while the Village Voice refers to it as "head-spinning...a bravura performance not to be missed." LA's first ever live performance of Fantaisei will follow the film along with a discussion with the film maker and other musicians. After watching the trailer and reading the reviews, all I can say is this is going to be an unforgettable experience.

This weekend the Santa Monica Malibu Education Foundation takes over the Santa Monica Pier with a terrific festival aimed at supporting the arts in the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District. There will be music, magic, exhibitions, an auction, craft booths, food and very cool hands-on workshops with DJ's, graffiti artists, a chance to make your own silk screened fashions! It'll definitely be a blast the perfect opportunity to enjoy the sunshine and beach air.

On Saturday you can support one of Santa Monica's most rewarding youth programs, get a close up look at some of Santa Monica's most spectacular gardens, learn how to make your own yard more sustainable and have a great time all at once!  The annual Green Gardens Tour benefits the Virginia Avenue Project which uses the arts to help local kids discover their potential!  It's definitely the best garden tour in town!

Avenel Chamber Players
2:00 pm
Saturday
Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium
Santa Monica Main Library 
601 Santa Monica Boulevard 

For thirty-five years a very special group of Santa Monicans have been delivering items from our libraries to homebound Santa Monica residents.  On Saturday, those folks will be honored with a concert featuring chamber music ensemble Avenel Chamber Players.  Admission to this intimate is free on a first-come, first-served basis.

Westside Gala
Beethoven Symphony No 9
4:00 pm
Sunday, April 27
New West Symphony 
Barnum Hall
Santa Monica High School
601 Pico Boulevard
310/395-5392 

Santa Monica’s latest entry into the classical music realm, the New West Symphony, will be performing Beethoven’s signature masterpiece followed a gala dinner and auction.  Tickets for the performance only are available and affordable for those of us who aren’t really on a Gala type of budget.  Click here for tickets.