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Sierra Club Productions presents:
Griffith Park 1st Annual Environmental Film Festival
Earth Day Weekend
Autry National Center, 4700 Western Heritage Way, LA, CA
Saturday/Sunday, April 21/22, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
outdoorsygal@sbcglobal.net
Green is in & this film festival will teach you how to be green. Its mission is to use film to educate people about the global need for environmentally friendly ways to conduct daily life. The earth is getting warmer and resources are getting scarcer. This festival will present opportunities for moving toward a cleaner, safer, and sustainable energy future. There'll be door prizes, speakers and panelists; and opportunities to take action on energy issues. Learn about the electric car and alternative fuel, fluorescent bulbs, green life and how to capture that Valley heat to energize your coffee maker.
Saturday, April 21:
11a POWER SHIFT: Narrated by Cameron Diaz. Power Shift explores the remarkable ways energy touches our daily lives. Meet activists from around the world and learn personal action steps you can take to reduce global warming. (26 minutes)
11:26a GLOBAL WARMING: Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio. (5 minutes)
12noon OFFICIAL FILM FESTIVAL OPENING
12:10p AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH: Narrated by Al Gore. Academy Award Winner for Best Documentary 2007. Inconvenient Truth details the data supporting global warming. (96 minutes)
2p BEING CARIBOU: From Sept-April 2003, filmmaker Leanne Allison and wildlife biologist Karsten Heuer and a 15-inch George Bush replica doll traveled on foot with the Porcupine Caribou Herd from Old Crow, Yukon, Canada, to the caribou calving grounds in Alaska, and then a week later, on to the steps of the U.S. Capitol to convey their (and George's) incredible story to the Senate. (72 minutes)
3:15p SUV CITY: A short satirical animated film about the absurdity of big SUVs. Some people might find it funnier than others as the underlying message about four common types of big-SUV buyers may ring true. (8 Minutes)
3:30p BREATHLESS IN LA: Clean air, environmental justice, the power of grassroots
organizing, governmental responsibility (28 minutes)
4p PANEL DISCUSSION
Sunday, April 22:
11a THE POWER OF COMMUNITY: The Cuban people lost access to Soviet oil in the early 1990's. This uplifting film tells the story of how they survived through cooperation, conservation and community. (50 minutes)
12noon TOO HOT NOT TO HANDLE: A primer on global warming, this HBO documentary features contributions from leading scientists in the field and shows how businesses, local governments, and citizens are taking positive actions to reduce global warming emissions. (90 minutes)
1:40p HOMELAND: Filmed against some of Alaska's most spectacular backdrops, Homeland profiles the against-all-odds struggles of Native American leaders who are taking on powerful energy companies and government agencies to protect the environment for all Americans. (22 minutes)
2:15p FRENCH FRIES TO GO: French Fries to Go is a funny and hopeful short film that documents the origins of Telluride, Colorado's Biodiesel project featuring cameos by Daryl Hannah, Dennis Weaver and Dr. Andrew Weil. (15 minutes)
2:30p WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR: Documentary about the events surrounding the creation and recall of the electric vehicle EV1 (80 minutes)
4p PANEL DISCUSSION
Note: Changed Date
Elyria Canyon - Preservation/Enhancement/Celebration of Nature
Third Saturdays
Sunday, April 22, 9a - 12noon
lynnette@pacbell.net
Let's all go to the community celebration at the new River Park on Saturday - she'll be at the Theodore Payne Foundation table in the morning. Sunday may see rain - if not she'll see you at Rainbow Canyon for a Hands-on Pruning demonstration and a little streambed clearance in honor of Earth Day.
Come listen to the birds and see the progress that has been made in restoring habitat in lower Rainbow Cyn. through joint efforts of the Beautification Committees of the Mt. Washington Association and Homeowners Alliance. You are welcome to come to Rainbow Cyn. and just enjoy a visit or lend a hand with cleaning out the dry stream bed, pulling up castor bean or sowing locally collected seeds. Parking is easiest facing uphill on Ave. 44, above Glenalbyn and walk down from a trail at Glenmuir.
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Second & Fourth Saturdays, 1 - 4p
130 W Ave 42, LA, CA
310.902.5439 Ubrayj02@yahoo.com http://tinyurl.com/ycsx8j
A bicycle workshop for women. You already know about ELBO on Wednesday Nights. Well now meet it's fledgeling sister, ELBO XX. Bike Wrenching, Tea, Snacks & Conversation for women.
East LA Bike Oven
Wednesdays, 6 - 10p
130 W Ave 42, LA, CA
310.902.5439 Ubrayj02@yahoo.com http://www.cicle.org/cicle_content/pivot/entry.php?id=549
East LA Bike Oven is a community bicycle workspace where anyone can walk in and work on their bike. Available are 2 bike workstands, a wheel-building stand, and various hand tools for common repairs. Tools and some parts have been donated by the ELBO founder and some of the regulars. Feel free to come in with your own donations.
Tai Chi Class
Sundays, 8 - 9a
Audubon Center at Debs Park, 4700 N Griffin Ave, LA, CA
323.221.2255 ext. 13 o ext. 14 www.audubon-org/debs_park.htm
Enjoy the peaceful early morning in our courtyard. Volunteer instructor, Wayne Qian, will teach you a variety of techniques that will ease your tension and stress, and improve your balance and breathing. |
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1st Sunday Puppy Parties
Sunday, May 6, 3 - 5p
Hermon Dog Park,
323) 225-6700 www.handlewoofcare.com www.downtowndogrescue.com www.HermonDogPark.com
Get your new dog socialized and taught proper dog park etiquette. Lezle Stein, Dog Training & Behavior Specialist; Director of Animal Welfare/Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council leads this event.
The Bike Oven & Locos Armadillos 42 Bike Club present:
Spoke(n) Art Bike Ride Saturday, May 12, 6 - 11p
Meet at: Flagpole, Figueroa/York, 6p
Leave at: Flagpole, Figueroa/York, 6:30p
Sponsored by: The Outreach & Recreation, Culture & the Arts Committees of the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council
626.831.7970 sarte1mex@aol.com 310.902.5439 ubrayj02@yahoo.com www.bike-oven.5u.com
Come to the Spoke(n) Art Bike Ride. It meets at the corner of Figueroa & York (at the flag pole). North East Los Angeles has two dozen galleries & art houses in a two-mile radius & we'll travel to a selected group of them so that we can spend quality time at each stop. This ride is an entire evening worth of bikes, art & fun.
The ride will wind its way around the Eagle Rock, Highland Park & Sycamore Grove areas, stopping at selected galleries open that night as part of NELAart's ongoing 2nd Saturday Gallery Night. The galleries will generally be open from 7 - 10p & run a wide spectrum of different genres & styles. If you get lost, or want to meet up with the ride, call 310.902.5439 or 626.831.7970 for directions.
After the ride you can head over to the Bike Oven, 130 W Avenue 42, for the after-party. Both are close to Gold Line train stations (SouthWest Museum & Heritage Square) & several all-night bus lines that run on Figueroa.
Gallery itinerary available the week of the ride on-line & at the flagpole. Maps will be provided at the flagpole & can also be picked up along the route.
NELA Bikes! presents:
3rd Fridays NELA Critical Mass
Friday, May 18, Gather 6:30p, Ride leaves 7p
Avenue 57 Gold Line Station (151 N Ave 57), Highland Park, CA
Critical Mass is a monthly bicycle ride to celebrate cycling. It started in San Francisco in 1992 and quickly spread to cities all over the world. And now it's in NELA! They meet at Avenue 57 Gold Line Station. |
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11th Annual Butterfly Festival
Saturday, April 21, 10a - 2p
Grand Butterfly Release Ceremony: 2p
Kidspace Children's Museum, 480 N Arroyo Blvd, Pasadena, CA
626.449.9144 x 5210 mhosseinzadeh@kidspacemuseum.org www.kidspacemuseum.org
Tickets: $8, children & adults (infants under 1 & Members are free)
Celebrate Earth Day and welcome spring's arrival. Butterflies are an important contributor to the natural cycle of pollinating spring flowers. On, the Kidspace Butterfly Festival will invite children to explore this natural cycle, and learn about the role butterflies play. Kidspace's own Flutter-By, a character with the wings and body of a Blue Morpho butterfly, will flutter in to enjoy the Outdoor Learning Environments in spring's full bloom. Throughout the day, Flutter-By will help children create their own butterfly wings, teach them the Pupa Freeze Dance, and How to Eat Like a Caterpillar.
Native Painted Lady butterflies, cared for by children who adopted a caterpillar and observed the amazing process of metamorphosis first hand during Caterpillar Adoption Days, will be released into Kidspace's Outdoor Learning Environments, where a ready supply of food and host plants can be found in the Bee and Butterfly Garden. Please note that the Kidspace Butterfly Festival will be cancelled in the event of rain.
A Tribute to the Old West - a celebration of all things Western
The Guns of Billy the Kid Documentary Premiere
Saturday, April 21, 1 - 5p
SW Hill Country Western Store, 1412 Colorado Blvd, Eagle Rock CA
323.256.2500, www.swhillcountry.comwww.my space.com\swhillcountry
The Guns of Billy the Kid gets its LA premiere. It is a new documentary that examines the legendary firearms used by the Southwest's most famous outlaw. Hosted by Western actor and historian Peter Sherayko ("Texas Jack" in the classic movie Tombstone), it investigates the history of the guns favored by the outlaw, then takes them to the firing range to compare them with today's replicas.
Backed by exhaustive research and on-camera tests, the hour-long DVD reveals which guns the Kid preferred and why - from the .41 caliber Colt Thunderer to the comparatively rare Whitney-Kennedy Repeating Rifle. The film investigates the legend of Billy shooting a man with a shotgun loaded with silver dimes by test-firing an actual double-load of silver dimes through a 10-gauge shotgun! Finally, the filmmakers have uncovered a handgun that may have been carried by Billy the Kid himself - lost to history for over 100 years.
In addition to the screening, there will be country music, western memorabilia and stars of Hollywood Westerns. The filmmakers and stars of THE GUNS OF BILLY THE KID will be available to answer questions and discuss their upcoming projects. Cowboy costumes are highly recommended.
Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado
April 21/22 and 27/28, 7:30p
April 29, 2p
Final Performance: May 19, 8p
Keck Theater, Occidental College 1600 Campus Rd, Eagle Rock, CA
Tickets: $20; Students: $9; Faculty/Staff: $15
323.259.2922
This comic opera was first staged in 1885, is arguably the most popular of the comic operas created by librettist William Gilbert (1836-911) and composer Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900). "The Mikado," together with "H.M.S. Pinafore" (1878) and "The Pirates of Penzance" (1879) triggered a craze for comic opera in the United States that was a primary influence on the development of American musical theater.
The productions are being directed by theater Professor Alan Freeman '67, with music direction by Paul Vorwerk '62. Scenic and lighting design is being done by theater Professor Susan Gratch, and costume design is by Tom Slotten, adjunct instructor of theater.
Culture Clash
Saturday, April 21, 8p
Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S El Molino Ave, Pasadena, CA
Performance Benefit for El Centro de Accion Social www.elcentropasadena.org
Ticket Prices: See below
An Intimate Evening with Culture Clash: Readings, Performance and Comedy
$125: Includes VIP seating and reception catered by El Portal Restaurant in exclusive Donor Lounge at 6:30p
$75: Section A Seating in Orchestra or Balcony
$50: Section B Seating in Orchestra or Balcony
Founded on May 5, 1984 (Cinco de Mayo) in San Francisco's Mission District, Culture Clash is Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas and Herbert Siguenza. They have become the most prominent Chicano/Latino performance troupe in the country with work ranging from sketch comedy to an adaptation of Aristophanes, the full-length play Chavez Ravine, to co-writing Frank Loesser's long lost musical Señor Discretion Himself based on a story by the legendary Bud Schulberg.
El Centro de Accion Social is a well-known community based organization, founded in 1968, that helps the low income Latino community in Pasadena/San Gabriel Valley area. El Centro de Accion Social offers youth education programs and services that help senior citizens.
The Bilingual Foundation of the Arts presents:
Guantanamera
Thursdays/Fridays, 8p; Saturdays, 4p & 8p; Sundays, 3p
Teatro Carmen Zapata, 421 N Avenue 19, LA, CA
Thru May 20
323.225.4044 bfa99@earthlink.net www.bfatheatre.org
Tickets: $35 Opening Night: May 4 English; $35 Closing Night: 20 de Mayo Celebration; $28 Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays; $27 Thursdays; $20 Preview: May 3 English; Discounts for seniors, teachers, students and groups of 15 or more.
Join them for the hilarious Cuban comedy. The production is directed by BFA Artistic Director Margarita Galbán and the cast features Manolo Travieso, Ernesto Miyares, Marie Curie, Michelle Gil, Ray Michaels Quiroga, and Luisa Chavez, with Nancy Victoria, Manuel Ravadeneira, Yaquelin Di Crystal, Raúl Avila, Froylan Cabuto, Ana Alfonso, Alejandro Jimenez, Nallely Cardona, Hecmar Lugo, Heliodoro V. García, Henry Madrid and Norma Soto.
The play is based on the film by Eliseo Alberto Diego and Tomas Gutierrez Alea, who said about their work: "The story is based on fact. We did not invent the absurd situations; they are part of our everyday reality."
Furious Theatre Company presents:
An Impending Rupture of the Belly
Pasadena Playhouse's Carrie Hamilton Theatre, 39 S El Molino Ave, Pasadena, CA
Thursdays - Saturdays: 8p
Sundays: 7:30p
Thru May 12
800.595.4849 www.furioustheatre.org
This is a dark comedy that takes place in the pre-apocalyptic present.Matt Pelfrey's galvanizing black comedy resembles those nightmares that nag at one's psyche the following day, too off-kilter to accept as reality, yet infused with imagery too haunting to dismiss. Spinning a tragicomic fable of paranoia and violence in suburban America, this powerful new play might be thought of as an update to Jules Feiffer's Little Murders for the post-Sept. 11 terrorist age. Director Dámaso Rodriguez leads a superlative cast through a lightning- paced production that steadily progresses from hilarity to horror, as the tension escalates like an ever-tightening vise.
Clay (Eric Pargac) is an average-Joe family man in Pasadena; he and his wife, Terri (Aubrey Saverino), joyously anticipate the birth of their first child. Yet Clay is increasingly wary of the dangers of the modern age and is determined to protect his family, fearing that if terrorists don't strike, natural disasters or flipped-out citizens will. Clay suffered through a road-rage attack on September 11, 2006, and his pessimistic work supervisor (Doug Newell) drills thoughts of doomsday into his head. When a boorish neighbor (Troy Metcalf) disrespects Clay's property, the situation spins wildly out of control.
Rodriguez helms a seamless ensemble effort. Pargac finds the perfect balance between empathetic Everyman and foolhardy neurotic; his climactic character shift is bone-chilling. The superb Saverino provides the requisite voice of reason, though her character makes a fatal error of judgment. Shawn Lee elicits huge laughs as Clay's dope-dependent slacker brother, rationalizing his self- destructive lifestyle at every turn. Metcalf excels as the exasperating neighbor, and Newell is equally effective as a self-appointed moral compass for Clay who takes apparent delight in Clay's turmoil.
The milieu is spellbinding: the unnerving noises of honking horns and barking dogs emanating from Cricket S. Myers' fine soundtrack, the congested landscape of skeletal homes in Dan Jenkins' inspired scenic design, and the unnerving mood shifts in Christie Wright's fabulous lighting design. Powered by up-to-the-minute relevance, Furious Theatre Company's premiere staging of Pelfrey's thought- provoking work is mesmeric from the first moment to the last.
Threat Condition: Yellow
Thursdays/ Fridays: 8pm
Saturdays: 2pm & 8pm
Latino Theater Company, 514 S Spring St, LA, CA
Thru April 28
(213) 489-0994 info@latinotheater.comwww.latinotheater.com
213-489-3281 Tickets@latinotheater.com
Tickets: $20 General, $15 Students & Seniors, $12 Groups of 10+
Downtown LA is undergoing a renaissance with many trendy hot spots popping up. Join 18mmw and be trendy! But beware: The conditions for dangerous humor are elevated and there is a SIGNIFICANT risk of LAUGHTER! This show is a selection of favorite sketches including those never before seen in LA. NOTE: LATC is being renovated! Entrance through back-follow the signs!
* Those Darn Filipino Farmworkers!
* Make America Better (M.A.B.) vs. Make America Brown (M.A.B.)!
* Yo Yo Ma's cousin Yo MAMA! * and more! |
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Having A Wonderful Time!
How Postcards Played a Role in the Development of SoCal
Saturdays and Sundays, 12noon - 4:30p
Heritage Square Museum, 3800 Homer St, LA, CA
Thru April 29
323.225.2700 www.heritagesquare.org
An exhibit of rare and unique vintage postcards which illustrate the development of the Los Angeles area and the history of postcards.
Worldly Roots and Local Healers: Botánicas and Herbal Medicine in LA
Big Sur Educational Gallery, CA Endowment Center for Healthy Communities, 1000 N Alameda
Thru July 6
RSVP www.calendow.org
The exhibit uses art to explore the healing traditions and vibrant artistry found in local botánicas. Part alternative health care facility and gathering place and part spiritual center, the botánica offers a hybrid of Afro-Cuban, Mexican and Central American approaches to health and healing. Refreshments will be served.
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Lummis Day Fundraiser
Saturday, May 5, 6:30 - 9p
Heritage Square Museum
www.lummisday.org
If you've never visited Heritage Square, it's pretty great. Come and support Lummis Day, see the houses, have some wine, listen to music, and meet some new friends.
Lummis Day: The Festival of Northeast LA
Sunday, June 3, 10a - 4p
Lummis Home, 200 E Avenue 43, 11a - 12noon
Sycamore Grove Park, 4900 N Figueroa St, 12noon - 4p
Occidental College will serve as Presenting Sponsor for the second annual Lummis Day: The Festival of Northeast Los Angeles event, a free, public celebration of the of the multi-cultural heritage of LA's Arroyo neighborhoods, on Sunday, June 4, featuring musical, visual, culinary and literary artists representing an array of the region's cultural traditions.
Principal activities for the event will be staged at Sycamore Grove Park where music, art, multi-cultural performances and food service and at Lummis Home where the poetry reading is followed by a "trek" led along the route of Arroyo Seco riverbed. Musicians, a variety of local restaurants, dancers and other performing artists and the work of visual artists representing many cultural traditions of the SoCal region will be featured.
Lummis Day takes its name from Charles Fletcher Lummis, the first city editor of the Los Angeles Times, one of the city's first librarians and founder of the Southwest Museum. Among his many other achievements, Lummis helped introduce the concept of multiculturalism to Southern California.
The festival is esented by Occidental College and sponsored by the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council, the Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council, the Autry Center for the American West, and public radio station KPFK 90.7 with the support of the North Figueroa Association, Los Angeles City Council Districts 1 and 14, the Department of Recreation and Parks, the Historical Society of Southern California, the Heritage Square Museum, the MTA, NELA Bikes, the Highland Park Heritage Trust, the Arroyo Arts Collective, the L.A. Poetry Festival and other community organizations. |
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Where are the NorthEastLA artists this weekend/next week?
This Chicana artist is still celebrating her 60th birthday this time where she's not saying, but she's heading up the coast. Shalom, RuthAnne Tarletz de Molina
Where will you be???
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Special Earth Day issue will be out tomorrow.
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Patrice Elmi Visual Urban Abstracts: Views From a Cell
Artist's Reception: Saturday, April 21, 7 - 10p
drkrm Gallery & Lab, 2121 San Fernando Rd Ste 3, LA, CA
April 21 - May 19
323.223.6867 626.825.2442 drkrm@mac.com www.drkrm.com
Thousands of people walk the streets, sidewalks and alleys of LA on a daily basis. Hurriedly, they race to work, to the bus stop, to gather, to shop...what they miss along the way is a world of astounding beauty, complexity and dimension, caught by the eye and lens of Patrice Elmi. Patrice transforms the ordinary world around us into an extraordinary journey of color, shape, composition and texture...a visual journey through urban streets seeing things for the first time.
Using only pure, glowing color from either early morning or late afternoon sunlight, she creates images that marry art and photography into a unique and vibrant form. The 100 photographs in Views From a Cell shrinks the visual world down dramatically, capturing images within images that are alive with color. One could not imagine images taken with a cell phone could be so breathtaking but in the hands of Patrice Elmi, the camera phone becomes an extension of her unique vision. Her images are alive with color, flowing with shapes and stalked by shadows. Patrice's eye allows the viewer to "stop and smell the roses" in a world which is in too much of a hurry to notice the astonishing potential to be found in the everyday universe in which they exist.
Found: an art show of recycled objects
Artists' Reception: April 21, 7 - 10p
Cactus Gallery & Gifts, 4534 Eagle Rock Blvd, Eagle Rock, CA
Thru May 10
323.256.6117 cactusgallery@sbcglobal.net semastroianni70@yahoo.com www.eclecticcactus.com
Come see how these artists have transformed objects discarded as waste and saved them from becoming landfill. In keeping with many Earth Day celebrations around LA they invite you to see recycling in action. The found materials in the works on display include: wood, paper, cardboard, newspaper, plastic, glass, tile, bubble wrap, metal, aluminum, steel, concrete, wooden pallets, mattresses, plants, wire and more. The artwork exemplifies a state of mind -- a way of looking at an "obsolete" object from a new angle and recognizing that the reinterpreted form can transcend the no longer valid function. It is hammered, soldered, mounted, painted, molded, stitched, woven, carved, cut, torn, glued, pressed and banged-together. It is delightful and entertains us by its simplicity. The artists transmit their energy and enthusiasm and transform the ordinary into the beautiful. They deconstruct, reconstruct and rearrange parts into new units; they collect discarded resources - used, abandoned or recovered materials, and give them another chance. The exhibit includes the art of 50 artists.
Artist Kristen DeWitt will be demonstrating her unique style of action painting (doing the "disco") throughout the evening...witness the creativity! Bring coasters (old CDS) to paint on.
Artist Walt Hall will be raffling off one of his paintings to raise funds for little Ava Jaymes-a teeny girl with cancer. For more info: awishforava.com.
Designing Weavers 30th Annual Exhibit & Sale
Artists' Reception: Saturday, April 21, 2 - 4p
Saturday/Sunday,, April 21/22, 10a - 4p
Judson Stained Glass Studios & Gallery, 200 S Ave 66, Highland Park, CA
800.445.8376 info@judsonstudios.comwww.judsonstudio.com
Works by Southern California fiber artists specializing in wearables, tapestries, rugs, basketry, felting, spinning and other fine fiber art. Designing Weavers, a nationally recognized juried fiber guild known for the diverse range of work produced by its members, holds its annual exhibit & sale. Demonstrations of fiber arts will take place during the exhibit. A tour of the Judson Studio Workshops of stained glass will also be available on Saturday from 10:30a - 12noon. eservations for this tour (805) 520-7352 and a $5 fee per person are required.
Industrial Strength: Metal Artwork
Artists' Reception: Saturday, April 21, 2 - 6p.
The Folk Tree, 217 S Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA
April 21 - May 19
626.795.8733 mishkinftc@aol.com www.folktree.com
Jan Bush, Bruce Gray, Anthony Hansen, Jeffrey Manpearl, Robert Moore, and Kari Von Wening transform scrap metal and steel into works of art. Pieces are welded, cut, painted, and polished, and some incorporate found objects and stained glass. The ragged edges, pitted surfaces and other interesting signs of disintegration and age in scrap metal provide many aesthetic choices for the artists. The material suggests rather than dictates the final form.
Kari Von Wening is represented in the show by a series of metal "canvases" and a few of her three dimensional works, including a "puffy" heart, license plate moth, and bustier.
Jan Bush has several pieces from his instrument series are on view - ukuleles, guitars, and violins - as well as small metal "paintings." As with Von Wening, these works incorporate imagery created with layers of inks and acrylic enamels.
Robert Moore includes a few of his kinetic pieces, in which he transforms heavy, aged, metal discards into delicately balanced sculptural dances. Also on view are his primitive "cubist" figures, assembled from pieces of scrap metal.
Bruce Gray's found object sculpture is usually greatly exaggerated in scale. In this show, he displays several giant insects created from random industrial parts.
Jeffrey Manpearl creates architectural "ferroglyphs." These are plasma-cut metal picture towers with inspirational sayings. The series on view focuses on the rhythms of city life.
Anthony Hansen's hearts are a recurring theme for the artist, because they "represent a level of connection that transcends differences and brings us all together."
The Friends of Atwater Village present:
First Annual ARTwater Music and Art Festival
Saturday, April 21, 2 - 10p
562.980.2908 favboard@friendsofatwatervillage.org www.friendsofatwatervillage.org
Sponsors: Atwater Village Neighborhood Council and City Council District 13 in conjunction with the Atwater Village Neighborhood Watch and Importante Gifts.
This is a day of art, music, food and fun benefiting the kids of Atwater Village. Proceeds from the festival will go to "Inside Out" and "Sonic Muze" that help youth to learn more about the arts through participation. The theme for this year's festival is the LA River.
Live Music and Performances: jFERRARI Gallery resident band Chapa, 5p, courtyard. Bands performing in the Kaldi Coffe Shop bump-out (during the daytime) are: Lee Ferris - eclectic pop/rock; Fast Otto - rockabilly/blues/rock; Sean Wiggins - singer/songwriter; Telematique - ambient/classical/experimental; Triple Chicken Foot - traditional fiddle music; Karl Marsh - jazz saxophonist. The following bands will perform as the sun begins to set to kick of the evening activities: Joan Jones - singer/songwriter performing with full band; Brian Joseph - singer/songwriter performing solo; Circe Link - cowboy jazz; Omar Torrez - latin/funk/rock.
Street Painting Chalk Festival: Professional chalk artists will introduce the contemporary art form of chalk painting to Atwater Village by transforming the pavements along Glendale Blvd. into colorful murals depicting the LA River. In addition, Red Car Park will become a vibrant canvas where amateur artists, including teenagers and children, can create their own creamy pastel colored rivers flowing through their neighborhood street.
Art Gallery Crawl: The following art galleries will host receptions and display artwork from well-known and unknown artists:
jFERRARI Gallery (3015 Glendale Blvd) jFERRARI is holding a Retrospective Print and Paint Exhibit featuring 65 years of artwork by Bea Gold. The 80-year old artist and grandmother of four has painted and done woodcuts since she was a child. jFERRARI is the first gallery to display Gold's art all in one place.Refreshments will be served, part of the proceeds will go to the Inside Out Program. There will also be vendors selling art, crafts, jewelry and clothing in the courtyard.
Little Bird Gallery (3195 Glendale Blvd) Little Bird will exhibit "Night and Day" a series of paintings by Brooklyn artist Tracy Silva-Barbosa that address the asymmetrical balance that exists between the fabricated and natural, growth and decay both subjective and objective.. In addition, the gallery will host children's painting activities during the day and set up a lemonade stand outside where kids can sell refreshments and donate the proceeds to the Inside Out Program.
Black Maria Gallery (3137 Glendale Blvd) will exhibit Bound and Gagged, curator: Sam Saga, a display artwork done by people during incarceration. The painstakingly detailed works of art often made of "non-art" materials such as towels, paper, salt, chewing gum wrappers, billiards balls and bread. They are amazing to look at and contextualize. These works are made out of a need to be free, in any and every sense of the word. Featured artists are: Vahé Berberian, Gin Stevens, Jason Houchen, Jack Howe, Chris Goodman, Eduardo Benedetto, James Brooks, Joe Girandola, Eliana Dominguez, Lorenzo Moran, Drew, Man One, Vyal, Werc.
Featuring paintings, drawings, graffiti, and various objects, some of which date back to the 1950s, this exhibit is an exploration of the artistic attempt to break out of the dark side. The Exhibition will comprise graffiti created especially for the exhibition by a number of LA artists, as well as ongoing screenings of a recent documentary on prison art. The graffiti component of the exhibition is being organized in collaboration with Gallery Crewest.
Pounder-Kone Art Space (3407 Glendale Blvd) will also be open for an exhibit featuring local mixed-media artist Glynn Kelly, photograher Robert Hale and painter Pamela Mower Connor, among others.
Brewery Artwalk
Saturday/Sunday, April 21/22, 11a - 6p
Brewery, 2100 N Main St, LA, CA
breweryartwalk@yahoo.com www.breweryartwalk.com
This is a self guided tour to the galleries and studios at The Brewery, which houses hundreds of artists working dozens of media - from painting, sculpture and photography to industrial design, architecture and experimental new media. The Artwalk offers fans of fine art the chance to walk door to door amidst the 21 concrete and steel buildings that house artists on the 20 acres of industrial Downtown LA. There is a restaurant and bar, commercial art galleries and over a hundred artist studios. Artists whose work is in the collections of local and national museums share the stage with new talents fresh out of art school and avant garde experimentalists pushing the boundaries of the very definition of art.
Double or Nothing - work by Margaret Adachi
Artist's Reception: Saturday, April 21, 6 - 9p
Kristi Engle Gallery, Spring Arts Tower, 453 South Spring Street, Suite 741, LA CA
April 21 - May 26
213.629.2358 www.kristienglegallery.com
Working Alone - work by George Dinhaupt
Artists' Reception: Saturday, April 21, 7 - 10p
L2Kontemporary, 990 North Hill Street, #205, LA CA
April 21 - May 19, 2007
323.225.1288 www.l2kontemporary.com
TRANSformation: Nature Decoded
Artists Reception: Saturday, April 21, 6 - 10p
S B London, 3740 W Sunset Blvd, LA, CA
323.668.0734 info@sblondon.comwww.sblondon.com
These latest works continue their dialogue with "nature as data." 18 light boxes illuminate a microscopic leaf pattern piece by piece. Organized as a mosaic, the light boxes each contain a bit of the microscopic leaf pattern, working together to convey a larger tapestry, and thereby invoking further study & reflection. "We have taken pictures of the brain thinking, and this is what they look like," remarked a Cal-Tech Neuroscientist after seeing this microscopic leaf pattern. S B LONDON's projects make links between seemingly disparate elements. This project is the product of investigating microscopic and macroscopic natural patterns while experimenting with poetry, materials, and graphics.
Also still on view is "ESCALATion: The Birth of an Object" and "RESISTance: Prints of Microscopic Patterns." The second installment in a series, "ESCALATion" develops forms found in "RESISTance" into cement sculptures. These works are a fusion of contrary forces: the microscopic is magnified, the hidden is revealed, the interior is reversed to the exterior, and the background becomes foreground.
The light boxes are accompanied by shirts and note cards that contain the same soothing patterns. |
| NORTHEAST LA GALLERIES ON-GOING: |
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The Arroyo Arts Collective presents:
The Horse Show: Curator: Patty Sue Jones
The Acorn Gallery, 135 N Avenue 50, Highland Park, CA
Thru May 20
323.850.8566 info@ArroyoArtsCollective.org www.arroyoartscollective.org www.myspace.com/arroyoarts
these are your walls
Acorn Annex, 135 N Avenue 50, Highland Park, CA
Thru June 2
323.850.8566 info@ArroyoArtsCollective.org www.arroyoartscollective.org www.myspace.com/arroyoarts frannegg@yahoo.com
Sponsored by the Arroyo Arts Collective
Organic Vessels ~ Inspiration from the Earth Organized by Howard Swerdloff
Avenue 50 Studio, 131 N Avenue 50, LA, CA
Thru May 7
323.258.1435 ave50studio@sbcglobal.net www.avenue50studio.com
Found: an art show of Recycled Objects
Cactus Gallery & Gifts, 4534 Eagle Rock Blvd, Eagle Rock, CA
Thru May 10
323.256.6117 cactusgallery@sbcglobal.net semastroianni70@yahoo.com www.eclecticcactus.com
Three Chicanarte Greats: Carlos Almaráz, Gilbert "Magú" Luján & Jose Lozano
Meet the Artists: Saturday, April 28, 1 - 6p
Carlotta's Passion Fine Art, 2012 Colorado Blvd, LA, CA
Thru May 20
323.259.1563 rs@carlottaspassion.com www.carlottaspassion.com
Interior Landscapes: Ink Drawings by Rob Hasick
Future Studio Gallery, 5558 N Figueroa St, LA, CA
Thru May 7
323.254.4565 futurestudio@sbcglobal.net www.chickenboy.com homepage.mac.com/futurestudio myspace.com/chickenboyla
Christian Tedeschi Solo Exhibit
MorYork Gallery, 4959 York Blvd, Highland Park, CA
Thru May 9
323.376.4428 bmallman@nelaart.org www.claregraham.com/MorYork.html
Picnic Apparitions
Park Projects, 4755 York Blvd, LA CA
Thru April 28
323-445-4015 323.719.8158 www.parkprojects.org http://myparkprojects.org/
Rock Rose Art Collection
Rock Rose Gallery, 4108 N Figueroa St, Sycamore Grove, CA
On-Going
323.222.4740 rockroseart@yahoo.com www.rockroseartgallery.com
Grand Opening - New Location
That Yarn Store, 5028 Eagle Rock Blvd, LA, CA
323.256.9276 that.yarnstore@gmail.com www.thatyarnstore.com www.myspace.com/thatyarnstore www.thatyarnstore.blogspot.com
Pottery Plus Gallery
Toros Gallery, 4962 Eagle Rock Blvd, LA, CA
323.344.8330 info@torospottery.com www.torospottery.com
Grant Falardeau Exhibit
Young Art, 747 N Avenue 50, LA, CA
323.344.1322 info@youngartgallery.com www.youngartgallery.com |
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Community Drum Circles
Sundays, 12:30p families, 1:30p adults only
Rock Rose Gallery/Productions & Arroyo Books, 4108 N Figueroa St, Sycamore Grove
323.222.4740 rockroseart@yahoo.com www.rockrosegallery.com
Drum Circle - Bring your own drum or percussion instrument or use one of those provided by the gallery. Taught by Mr Blue, a versatile artist from New York.
Jazz Composers Workshop
Sundays, 3 - 5:30p
Rock Rose Gallery/Productions & Arroyo Books, 4108 N Figueroa St, Sycamore Grove
323.222.4740 rockroseart@yahoo.com www.rockrosegallery.com
Jarana Music Lessons
Tuesdays, 6 - 8p
IMIX Bookstore, 5052 Eagle Rock Blvd, LA, CA
323.257.2512 imixbooks@sbcglobal.net www.imixbooks.com
For beginners to experts music lessons focusing on the arana and Son Jarocho, presented by César Castro - El Jarochelo.
Son Jarocho Classes
Tuesdays, 4:30 - 6p
East Side Café, 5469 Huntington Dr N, LA, CA
323.583.5113
Donations are accepted
Son Jarocho Classes! Learn to: Play Jarana: String Instrument from Veracruz; Dance Zapateado; Sing & compose Sones-songs; & Gain Knowledge of Son Jarocho music, Children, teens & Adults
Men's Night
Second Wednesdays, 5:30p
That Yarn Store, 5028 Eagle Rock Blvd, LA, CA
323.256.9276 that.yarnstore@gmail.com www.thatyarnstore.com www.myspace.com/thatyarnstore www.thatyarnstore.blogspot.com
Come and hang out and work on your projects, or buy our beginner's package & David will teach you how to knit or crochet.
Spin a Good Yarn Night
Third Wednesdays, 7p
That Yarn Store, 5028 Eagle Rock Blvd, LA, CA
323.256.9276 that.yarnstore@gmail.com www.thatyarnstore.com www.myspace.com/thatyarnstore www.thatyarnstore.blogspot.com
Enjoy an evening of spoken word stories, poetry, editorials, original fiction, passages from novels, jokes, improvisational storytelling, tales and the soothing click, click of knitting needles. Everyone is invited to share or to simply listen and relax. All are welcome. Feel free to bring a snack. Knitting not required.
Open Microphone Nights
Thursdays, 7 - 11p
Highland Perk Coffeehouse, The Main Stage, 5930 York Blvd, LA, CA
323-257-0089 bartender@HighlandPerkCoffee.com www.HighlandPerkCoffee.com
Come to and participate in the inauguration of Open Microphone Nights. This event repeats every Thursday night. Singers, spoken word, Guitar Players, drum soloists, Almost Anything that makes the crowd applauded is possible. |
| CALLS FOR ARTISTS/VOLUNTEERS: |
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Call for Artists/Workshop Presenters for Lummis Day Interactive Installation: They're looking for artists/workshop presenters to be part of the interactive installation. The art produced at the various workshops will be integrated into an on-going, continually evolving installation at Sycamore Grove Park. All media and types of workshops welcome. If you have an idea for a workshop or just want to help with a workshop or putting together the installation, contact RuthAnne Tarletz at sarte1mex@aol.com or 626.831.7970. The next Recreation, Culture and the Arts meeting for the ASNC is scheduled for Thursday, April 26, 7p, Hermon Community Church Fellowship Hall where they'll be planning the interactive installation. If you can't make that meeting you still can participate in the event. | |
