Mowgli Comes to Life at the Miles Playhouse

Trust Your Instincts

Politically Charged Drama at City Garage

Are You a Girlyman?

Be A Clown

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo at Virginia Avenue Park

The Jungle Book
The Boom Kat Dance Company
8:00 pm
Friday and Saturday, May 2 & 3
Saturday, 2:30 pm
Sunday, 2:00 pm
Miles Playhouse
1130 Lincoln Boulevard
310/202.9229

Miles Playhouse manager Justin Yoffe has been watching this company rehearse all week and tells me that they are putting on a great show!  This entertaining and poignant adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book tells Mowgli's story through Boom Kat's innovative and inspiring style of dance theatre.  This dazzling performance is great for date night or a perfect opportunity to share a wondrous experience with your family.  There's only four performances so call for a reservation now!

With 500 works by 400 contemporary artists on sale for only $300 each you really should not miss this incredible opportunity to buy a potentially major work of art at its most affordable moment!  All of the 8” x 10” works at this innovative benefit are signed on the back – and you can’t peek!  The works have been created by acclaimed local, national, and international contemporary artists, including four new Guggenheim Fellows: Joe Fyfe, Martin Kersels, Rebecca Morris, and Ruben Ochoa.  So buy your tickets now, get there early and pick quickly because they go fast!

City Garage is located in the alley, between the Third Street Promenade and 4th Street and between of Santa Monica and Arizona. There is convenient parking in the neighboring Parking Structure #3, located on 4th Street. Exit via the back stairs of structure; the theatre is to the left.

Imagine a modern-day Peter, Paul & Mary, only edgier, and with a quirky sense of humor and you've got Girlyman. Their harmony-driven style veers from contemporary folk to country rock to pop and back again. Nate Borofsky, Doris Muramatsu, and Ty Greenstein share songwriting duties, lead vocals, and a range of instruments, including acoustic guitar, djembe, banjo, baritone guitar and mandolin. They're all three so cute you'll want to bring them home and put them on a shelf but they're also really good!  Buy your tickets on line here.

Clown Class
5 Saturdays
1:00 – 4:00 pm
May 10 – June 8
Reed Park Auditorium
7^th Street and Wilshire
310/453.5069

Do your colleagues require massive doses of coffee in order to sit through your (perhaps not so) stimulating presentations?  When playing fetch with you do, does Bingo curl up into a ball and fall asleep while the balls bounces off into the distance?  At parties, have you ever been mistaken for a piece of furniture?  If you answered yes to any of these questions, perhaps it is time for you to don the sacred red nose.  Clown class could be your answer!  Taught by noted Shakespearean (and clown) Lisa Wolpe of LA Women’s Shakespeare, this series of classes will release your inner Bozo and allow you to be the hit of every party, delight your friends and co-workers, and keep your pets thoroughly entertained.  Sign up on line here.

Elena Allen's new work at Schomburg Gallery

Here’s just a few of the hot exhibitions in Santa Monica’s gallery scene! 

Gustavo Perez
Frank Lloyd Gallery
Through May 31
Bergamot Station
2525 Michigan Avenue, B5b
310/264.3866

It’s the Money, Stupid
Group Show: JSG Boggs, Ryan Broughman, Robin Clark, Stephen Keene, Justine Smith, Oriane Stender, Marshall Weber, Anthony White, CK Wilde
Sherry Frumkin Gallery
Though June 14
Santa Monica Art Studios
3026 Airport Avenue
310/397.7493

Dance and sing along with some fabulous entertainers including Mariachi Estrella de Jalisco, Westside Crew, Ballet Folklorico Herencia Mexicana and Danza de la Pluma. Award winning performance artist Maria Elena Gaitan, will host this event which celebrates the historic May 5 date.  Back by popular demand is the Classic Car Show featuring classic, vintage, muscle cars, low riders, trucks and specialty vehicles. Also featured will be children’s Mexican arts and crafts, carnival games and authentic Mexican food and much more!