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The Palette
Exploring Creative Santa Monica
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July 10, 2008
above: Barrie
Mottishaw
View from the Palisades, 1984 |
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So how was your 4th? Mine was spent squeezed into a
subcompact with 2 seven-year-olds and a four-year-old on
sugar highs from birthday cake and ice cream. Just in
case you're planning a similar experience for some
upcoming special occasion, I'd advise against it. In
fact, this week we've to two terrific activities for
kids - neither of which involve tiny cars, cake, ice
cream or the need for tranquilizers. And for the
grown-ups, there's theatre and visual art that will fill
your imagination better than cake and ice cream ever
could - and this comment is coming from one of the
world's biggest fans of cake and ice cream!
Pericles Redux is the tastiest
theatrical treat you could hope for and what on earth
could I say about the buzz you're gonna get at the
Hi Fructose exhibition? I think
the title gives you all the information you need. Have
a great weekend everyone!
And before I forget - The
Spanish Harlem Orchestra will be performing at the
Twilight Dance Series tonight. They're one of the
best salsa bands and the nation, so put on your dancing
shoes and head to the pier tonight and join me in a
Mambo!
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Ron Zheng’s
exhibition, "leaving my found eden," tells the
story of him having to leave Los Angeles. At
the James Grey Gallery through July 27th.
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What Really Matters? |
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Andean Hats, by Hector De La
Puente
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SUBJECTS THAT MATTER REVISITED
Santa Monica College's Emeritus College Art
Gallery
5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 10
Opening Reception
Exhibit runs through Aug. 15
1227 Second Street
310/434.4306
Emeritus College
is Santa Monica College's
widely praised lifelong learning program founded
32 years ago and currently serving about 3,500
older adults with 150 classes and special
programs. Known throughout the region for its
outstanding art programs, the College has
assembled a collection of student work
addressing the issues these seniors feel are
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Pericles Returns to the Miles Playhouse |
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PERICLES REDUX
Santa Monica Shakespeare
8:00 pm
Friday - Sunday, July 11 - 13
2:00 pm
Sunday July 13
Miles Memorial Playhouse
1130 Lincoln Boulevard
310/270-3454
This weekend, John
Farmanesh-Bocca's acclaimed production
of Pericles Redux will
be playing at the Miles Playhouse
before its international debut at the
2oo8 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
It's an electrifying reconstruction of
Shakespeare's romantic odyssey that will keep
you on the very edge of your seat! This dynamic
production pushes the boundaries between theatre
and dance, literally flying from the sublime to
the ridiculous this innovative company of
athletic performers. It's a moving,
breathtaking must see!
Check out the trailer on YouTube!
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Look! I Made A Book! |
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Emerging Artists Family Workshop:
Look a Book!
A Bookmaking Workshop
10 a.m. to noon
Saturday, July 12
Santa Monica Museum of Art
Bergamot Station
2525 Michigan Avenue
310 586-6488 x 118 or
email
I know from experience how
difficult it can be to get a child to actually
read a book. Well, here's a terrific way to
introduce kids to literature - let them create
their own books and then maybe they'll be
intrigued by the ones in the library. Artist
Karen Chu of
zushibooks.com will employ extraordinary
papers and clever binding techniques to make a
one-of-a-kind books using ingenious folding and
binding techniques, collage, and even a little
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Live Tap Dancing Penguins! |
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Mr. Poppers' Penguins
Saturdays and Sundays at 11 am
July 12 - 27, 2008
Santa Monica
Theatre Guild
Youth
Entertainment/Education Series
Morgan-Wixson Theatre
2627 Pico Boulevard
310/ 828-7519
Mr. Popper isn't unhappy
exactly. He just wishes he had seen something of
the world before meeting Mrs. Popper and
settling down. Fascinated with polar
exploration, he sends a fan letter to Admiral
Drake, who responds by sending a gift -- a
penguin! I remember reading this book as a kid
and sending out letters to Jane Goodall and
various other naturalists hoping for a
chimpanzee, a baby elephant, a small tiger or a
koala bear. I strongly suspect my mother never
mailed them.
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Citizen Artists |
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Citizen Artists Making Emphatic
Arguments
Part 3 in the 4-part Future of Nations
And Open Studios
6:00pm - 9:00 pm
Saturday, July 12
18th
Street Arts Center
1649 18th Street
310/453.3711
Our local hotbed of creativity, the
18th Street Arts Center,
invited former head of the Los Angeles Cultural
Affairs Department Adolfo V. Nodal
to curate the latest installment of their
Future of Nations series. The
work runs the gamut of disciplines: sculpture,
photographic, installation, printmaking, video
and sound. Each work promises to transcend the
superficial and resonate with environmental
issues and hopefully stimulate audiences into
taking action on their own. Along with this
fascinating exhibition, visiting artists from
Australia, Taiwan and other exotic locales will
open their studios so you can get an intimate
look at their work process.
Artists include: Ala
Plastica, Lauren Bon, BULBO, CoLabART (Lynn
Small + Dennis Paul), Echo Park Film Center,
Fallen Fruit, Newton & Helen Mayer Harrison,
Invisible 5, Natalie Jeremijenko, Tom Reddock,
Shannon Spanhake, Kim Stringfellow, Robert
Tannen, and LOS ANIMISTAS, (Tammy Singer, Dr.
Carlos Arredondo Antuñez, and Alberto del Rey). |
18th Street Arts Center
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Hi Fructose Lowbrow
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HI-FRUCTOSE
Group Art Exhibition
8:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Saturday, July 12
Reception & Party
Exhibition runs through August 2
CopraNason Gallery
Bergamot Station
2525 Michigan Avenue - T5
310/829.2156
Bergamot's hippest, most
happening gallery will be hosting one of their
famous (notorious?) opening night parties on
Saturday night for Hi-Fructose.
The latest issue of this hot selling magazine
was released last weekend and sold out in a
flash but Copra Nason will have
a limited number of copies available along with
some very cool Hi-Fructose
t-shirts. Rounding out the evening will be an
outstanding variety of Hi-Fructose
refreshments - cakes, candy, hot pretzels, some
very special surprises and live music from the
Cabinet of Curiousitoes.
It's going to be an art party to remember - or
you might wake up in a fog on Sunday morning not
remembering a moment of it while wondering what
on earth you did last night - but if you're
lucky you'll have a new work of art by one of
the hot
low-brow artists in this group exhibition
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Don't forget that next
weekend we're all going to
Glow! It all starts at 7:00 pm on Saturday,
July 19 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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