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The Palette
Exploring Creative Santa Monica
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June 12, 2008
Barrie Mottishaw
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It's gonna be a scorcher this weekend
in the Southland - aren't you glad that here in Santa
Monica we'll still have our cool Pacific breezes to
rescue us from the the heat? We won't let those high
temperatures keep us inside on this glorious weekend!
I'm breaking my own rule this week
and offering up an event that happens on Wednesday of
next week - normally we only list things happening on
the weekend. The love story of Christopher Isherwood
and Don Bachardy is too important not
to get mentioned here and as a special salute
to California's historic legalization of same sex
marriage, I'm letting you all know about the special
screening on Wednesday of Chris & Don: A
Love Story.
I need to make a small correction to
last week's issue. Somehow, I got the impression that
Unbeatable Harold, the new show at the
Ruskin,
was a puppet show. It isn't. It has real live actors.
So, when you show up to see Unbeatable
Harold at the Ruskin this
weekend, you won't watching sock puppets. You'll be
watching real human beings with really interesting
relationships that are well worth an evening out!
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Michael G. Miller's beautiful depictions of
Santa Monica are currently on view at the
Schoemburg Gallery. Click the image for
details. |
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Graceful Men Lift Lovely Girls in White |
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Ballerina
Presented by Dance Camera West
7:30 pm
Thursday, July 19
Aero Theatre
1328 Montana (at 14th)
323/466.FILM
Fans of Ballets Russes will enjoy this
intimate yet resplendent documentary about the
training and unique skills of five dancers from
the Mariinsky Theater, formerly known as the
Kirov Ballet of St. Petersburg. Rich with
ravishing performances, it focuses on some of
Russia's preeminent ballerinas. Their lives
weave together to tell the story of the Russian
ballerina of today; from her beginnings as a
child in dance school to the peak of her glory
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Freedom! |
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Anna Maira Pizzochieri's officially
commissioned Juneteenth Painting |
Chains to Changes
16th Annual Juneteenth Celebration
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday, June 21
Virginia Avenue Park
Pico and Cloverfield
310/458.8688
The Juneteenth entertainment
and art fair commemorates the day in 1865 when
slaves in Texas finally received news of their
freedom through the Emancipation
Proclamation. Juneteenth has become an integral
part of African-American history and an occasion
for nationwide celebrations in honor of freedom,
dignity and community pride. This year's event
will showcase a great line-up of entertainment
including gospel and blues singer
Chiquita Tolten, LA's top ambient band
Driving Words, comedian
Annie McKnight and 14-year-old tap
prodigy Thomas Scott. And if
doesn't entice you, there will be vendors
offering up Memphis style BBQ, hush puppies,
watermelon and other delectable treats as well
as booths offering ethnic clothing, jewelry and
arts. Juneteenth is definitely this weekend's
most fun and relaxing family experience.
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Santa
Monica Teen Film Festival |
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3rd Annual Teen Film festival
7:00 pm
Saturday Night, June 21
Miles
Memorial Playhouse
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1:00 pm
Sunday Afternoon, June 22
Martin Luther King, Jr Auditorium
Santa Monica Main
Library
601 Santa Monica Boulevard
For the past three years, the City has been
seeking budding Spielbergs,
Altmans, Scorceses,
and David Leans. Is this the
year that we'll be able to see 2025's Oscar
winner's directorial debut? You never know.
So, it's best just to go, write down the names,
save your program, and when that brilliant young
director steps onto the stage at the
Kodak Theatre, you can say to your
friends, "Well, it's about time! I've been in
love with her work since 2008!" And they'll all
think you're so cool.
Admission is FREE but they do
expect a full house so if you'd like to attend
please call (310) 458-8634 (x8634) and leave
your name, number of tickets and a phone number.
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More Freedom!
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I Miss Communism!
One People, One State, One Army, One Woman Show
8:00 pm
Saturday, June 21 - One Night Only
Main Stage
Santa Monica Playhouse
1211 4th Street
310-394-9779 ext. 1
Ines Wurth’s solo performance
weaves its way through the important themes of
freedom, war, religion and God. This show played
to critical acclaim at the 2005
Edinburgh Festival Fringe and has
traveled the world from the United States
through Australia, the United Kingdom, Ireland,
Italy, Armenia, Morocco, Czech Republic, and
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Celebrate One of Santa Monica's Most
Incredible Love Stories
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Chris & Don: A Love Story
7:30 pm
Wednesday, June 25
Aero Theatre
1348 Montana (at 14th)
310 496-3146
Christopher Isherwood and
Don Bachardy's relationship
stands as one of the great love stories of our
time - a story that began on the beaches of
Santa Monica and continued for 35 years in their
Santa Monica Canyon home. Without benefit of
marriage, this couple shared their love and
their art with one another and the world. In
this week when same sex couples have finally won
the right to marry, it is only fitting to honor
this historic union.
On Wednesday night, a special screening on
Chris & Don: A Love Story
will benefit the
Santa Monica Conservancy. Then next
weekend, Don Bachardy
opens his home for an extremely rare intimate
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Don't
forget to mark your calendars for
Glow
on Saturday, July 19. It all
starts at 7:00 pm and doesn't end until 7:00 am so get
caught up on your sleep while you still can - you'll
want to stay up all night and
Glow!
And that
wraps it up for this edition of the Palette - your guide
to the best in Santa Monica!
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The George Hurrell Exhibition at the
California Heritage Museum closes next
weekend so get there soon to see these
glorious portraits on screen legends
such as Harlow, Gable and (above)
Crawford. |
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