Perform with famous musicians (last call); News; Friday’s Music & Film Scene – Dec 6, 2013

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♪   Perform with famous musicians this Sunday – Guitarists, string players, singers needed
♪   GRAMMY Museum celebrates 5 year anniversary with FREE admission (today only)
♪   CD Release today: 8 Ball Aitken
♪   Friday's live music & film scene
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♪   Perform with famous musicians this Sunday – Guitarists, string players, singers needed
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ACOUSTIC GUITARISTS NEEDED to accompany carolers, room-to-room, in senior care facilities; be able to play the catalog of carols and adapt to chords of singers -- see the full details below.
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♪   INVITATION TO MUSICIANS and all who LOVE TO SING: Join celebrities in the meaningful and purposeful "32nd ANNUAL LOS ANGELES HOLIDAY CAROLING FESTIVITIES"

Bring joy to shut-ins and their care-givers, and meet and perform with music legends!

It happens Sunday, DECEMBER 8, 2013 at 6 senior care centers (perform 4-7:30 pm or during an part of that time -- it's a "modular schedule" that allows you to arrive/depart at your discretion). Everything is prearranged in several locations in the West San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles.

Some confirmed participants are:
★ Alex Delzappo and Fred Herrera, band members of Sweetwater, that performed at first Woodstock concert & subject of VH1 movie “Sweetwater: A True Rock Story.”
★ Carl Verheyen, World acclaimed guitarist of “Supertramp.”
★ Chris Ross, acclaimed drummer performed and/or recorded with many top artists including Kenny Loggins, Joe Cocker, Lisa Haley, and Three Dog Night.
★ Donna Cherry, singer / comedian, former Miss California and opening act for Barry Manilow.
★ Don Peak, musicians Hall of Fame member, guitarist with Marvin Gaye, Everly Bros, Ray Charles, Jackson 5.
★ Eric McKain, percussionist for L.A. stage performances of The Lion King, he toured or recorded with Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Barry White, Aretha Franklin, Oxygen, and Patrice Rushen.
★ Florence LaRue, six-time Grammy winner & original member of The 5th Dimension with mega hits “Aquarius,” “Wedding Bell Blues,” “One Less Bell to Answer,” “Up, Up and Away.”
★ Gina Eckstine, sang with Count Basie, Sammy Davis Jr., Bill Cosby, and she’s the daughter of big band leader Billy Eckstine.
★ Erin Gray, actress, portrayed Colonel Deering in feature film / TV series “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” & Kate Summers in TV Series “Silver Spoons.”
★ Janis Liebhart, singer-songwriter, sang with Michael Bolton, Moody Blues, Righteous Bros., Charlie Rich, Engelbert Humperdink; 6 time Emmy winner writing for Muppet Babies & Sesame Street.
★ Lisa Haley, fiddle player, 2008 Grammy nominee in “Best Zydeco or Cajun Album” category; played for Brian Setzer, Randy Newman, Lyle Lovett.
★ Patricia Zappa, singer, author of “My Brother was a Mother: A Zappa Family Album,” and “My Brother Was A Mother, Take 2.”
★ Patrick Waskielis, drummer for Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds, which performed Billboard #1 single “Fallin’ In Love” and  #5-hit “Don’t Pull Your Love.”
★ Prescott Niles, bassist of The Knack, performed #1 hit “My Sharona.”
★ Rafer Johnson, won Olympic Gold Medal in 1960 and Olympic Silver Medal in 1956, both in Decathlon; lit the Olympic torch in the Opening Ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in L.A.
★ Rebekka Armstrong, Playboy Magazine Playmate Centerfold - Miss September; Internationally acclaimed advocate for HIV/AIDS awareness, prevention, research, treatment.
★ And more, including YOU, If you sign-up to take part. ACOUSTIC GUITARISTS are NEEDED.

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING the scheduled caroling, all musicians / singers / participants are invited to socialize and dine at the nearby HomeTown Buffet Restaurant (at VanOwen & Fallbrook) in Canoga Park, from 7:30-9:30 pm. (And you will WANT to be there to mix 'n mingle with fellow musicians, some QUITE accomplished and famous!)

This community service project is open to entertainers, singers, and musicians of all talent levels and ages.

A full media blitz promoting this mission and event is being launched to major Los Angeles metro radio, television, and newspaper outlets, music media, local church bulletins, and more.

Is this some hardcore "Christian thing?" No. Jewish Hanukkah songs are featured, and this functions effectively to bring joy to audience members who respond to the holidays in a secular way, as well.

To view the special documentary (11:34) on the "2012 Los Angeles Holiday Caroling Festivities," produced by Smile TV and featuring honoree Alan O’Day, go to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=MU2vKrh7i6M

This year's event is being celebrated in memory of the late Alan O’Day (#1 hit song, "Undercover Angel"), a longtime and prominent performer of the Los Angeles Holiday Caroling Festivities troop (from 1997 thru 2012), with his wife Yuka and friends.

The event's audience will see this one, live, show this year. Think about that.

All effort given to support, promote, and participate in this heart-warming activity is appreciated -- especially since your celebrity name, contribution, music, and presence helps promote the theme and enhance the festivities for all involved.

Please RSVP, ASAP, to the event's producer (info below) and if pertinent, provide authorization to use your name on the invitation, website, press release etc.

If you are unable to attend, please take this encouragement to gather your own group, or to go individually, and visit your local senior centers or residential facilities for shut-ins. This simple act of kindness can make a difference and add true meaning for all, through and beyond the holiday season

The Acoustic Americana Music Guide proudly supports this event every year. In addition, we always find our participation to be profoundly and personally meaningful. And we add our invitation to that from the producer, and encourage you to take part!

To see the long list of famous musicians, actors, and other celebrities who take part, use the link below.

CONTACT INFO / LINKS FOR FULL DETAILS:

www.HolidayMusicMakingADifference.com

www.facebook.com/HolidayCaroling4Seniors

Or call Vincent J. Leinen, the event producer, to RSVP, at 818-342-9336
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Fri, Dec 6, in L.A.:
"GRAMMY MUSEUM 5th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION" brings free admission to the museum, all day. The museum is located in the LA Live complex, near Staples Center; address is 800 W Olympic Bl, but entrance is around the corner on Figueroa, L.A. 90015; 213-765-6803;  HYPERLINK "http://www.grammymuseum.org" www.grammymuseum.org.
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Go enjoy the new JOHN FOGERTY exhibit and the RINGO exhibit; both are TEMPORARY exhibitions.
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♪   CD Release today: 8 Ball Aitken


AUSSIE 8 BALL AITKEN'S NASHVILLE CD RELEASES TODAY

He’s the high-energy folkie from the Outback who took the 2013 “L.A. Irish Fair” festival and numerous U.S. and L.A. venues by storm this past spring. Yes, he does Celtic songs, with an Australian flair -- think of the traditional, “Bound for South Australia,” but imagine it was written in our time. That’ll give you some idea – of part of what he does. He also does very wild ‘n crazy funny songs.

These days, his experience of the States and musical idioms found here are likewise an influence.

8 Ball Aitken’s brand-new Nashville-recorded album “SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE” sees its official released in Australia today, Friday, December 6, through Phoenix Movement Records and MGM Distribution Australia.

If you’re a US fan, you can get a signed copy from 8 Ball’s pre-release stash. It’ll arrive personally signed (remember to request that when placing your order).

Email him through his web site and he’ll send you the PayPal or direct deposit details:

www.8ballaitken.com

8 Ball just played Sydney, before heading south to Victorian and South Australian gigs, and his success with the home folks gets new shows added all the time, so we’re not sure when he’ll get back to our hemisphere.

8 Ball sends a special thank you to all who were involved in making “SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE” come to life. The project was fan-funded. And he thanks all the radio and media here and abroad who are playing the new album’s first single, “I’M GOING TO JAIL,” and the musicians who played on the album and who play live with him at the shows. That’s a nice thing to do, when the temptation is to talk about nothing but the album itself.
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Fri, Dec 6, in WeHo:
Noon-7 pm  “HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE & TOY DRIVE” with live music performances throughout, at participating businesses of Sunset Collection, 8539 W Sunset Bl, West Hollywood.
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Complimentary food, drinks, music and discounts at Angela's Coffee, Burger Lounge, Sunset Tan, InStyle Nails, Divine H20, Vered Hair Salon, Printop Printing, Sushi Park and Joe's Pizza. The event features Santa, a raffle basket valued at $2,000, and toy donation benefiting the City of West Hollywood and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Toy Drive.
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Arrive early to get your photo taken with one of the “sexy Santas” on the red carpet. Free parking available on site.
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Fri, Dec 6, in Burbank:
1-3 pm  THE WOODY JAMES BIG BAND plays the Riverside Rancho Room at Viva Cantina, 900 Riverside Dr (next to the L.A. Equestrian Center), Burbank.
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No cover. More music here tonight at 5 and 8:30 pm (see listings). Venue is known for its Mexican food and full bar. Park free across the street at Pickwick Bowl (same owners).
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Fri, Dec 6, in VC (Port Hueneme):
1 pm  SONGMAKERS monthly “PENNY LANE SING CIRCLE” in Port Hueneme 93041. Info and location at www.songmakers.org
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Fri, Dec 6, in Burbank:
5-8 pm  THE CODY BRYANT TRIO plays Viva Cantina, 900 Riverside Dr (next to the L.A. Equestrian Center), Burbank.
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Fri, Dec 6, in Claremont:
6-10 pm RON ELY performs nu-folk and sea chanteys at the "Claremont Art Walk" at Bonita Av & Yale Av, in front of Bert & Rocky’s, in downtown Claremont.
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Fri & Sat, Dec 6 & 7, in OC (Chapman University):
6-7:30 pm  50th Annual “CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY WASSAIL” features “BETTER THAN ONE” duo with Patti Amelotte & Barbara Gershman on hammered dulcimer and more Holiday Music during the Wassail hour and through dinner in Fish Interfaith Center and on two big screen HDs.
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Many college musicians perform, too, during this and the annual HOLIDAY CONCERT following in Memorial Hall.
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Info & tix, call the Chapman University ticket office, 714-997-6812.
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Fri, Dec 6, in Monrovia:
6-10 pm  Weekly “MONROVIA FAMILY FESTIVAL” is a street fair with live music, carnival rides, and plenty of Christmas decorations and themes, in lovely old downtown Monrovia.
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It includes the “KATTYWOMPUS CONCERT & JAM” at Dollmakers Kattywompus, 412 S Myrtle Av, Monrovia 91016; 626-357-1091. More at www.kattywompus.com
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Fri, Dec 6, in Echo Park:
Time tba  TRIPLE CHICKEN FOOT plays its annual “Matrushka's Holiday Party” at 3822 W Sunset Bl, Echo Park (Los Angeles) 90026.
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Fri, Dec 6, in Arcadia:
7 pm-1 am  MARK SELLS & SOUTHLAND JUKES, plus BOBBY BLUEHOUSE, at the Arcadia Blues Club, 16 E Huntington Dr, Arcadia.
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Park free in the city lot across the street behind Denny's.
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Online advance tix $3 + $1.15 fee.
At the door, $5.
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Fri, Dec 6, in North Hollywood:
7 pm  THE SWEET POTATOES with special guests THE TATER TOTS bring Americana music at Republic of Pie,11118 Magnolia, North Hollywood 91601; 818-308-7990.
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The band says, "It's an all-spud night of down home music served up with sweet harmonies."
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"The Sweet Potatoes diversity in grooves and lyric content is such a refreshing sound, yet very rootsy in the style of The Trio (Linda Rondstadt, Dolly Parton & Emmylou Harris)" -Chris Cooke, host of "Acoustic Lounge."
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More on Laura Hall & Kelly Macleod and The Sweet Potatoes at:
www.thesweetpotatoes.com
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Fri, Dec 6, in SFV (Northridge):
7-10 pm  “FRIDAY NIGHT MUSIC SHOWCASE” brings performances by PAM LOE & CHAD WATSON, thye PIPER-GREY duo, and performing host BRYAN CHAN, at Pho-King Delicious, 9350 Corbin Av, Northridge 91324.
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7-7:45 pm -- PAM LOE & CHAD WATSON bring their marriage of country, blues, gospel and jazz. These two Hall-of-Famers have plenty of chemistry for their original Americana, with guitars, bass, mandolin, and harmonies. Their originals have been heard in films, onstage and TV for 25 years. Their studio work (vocal & instrumental) has been featured with Janis Ian, Charlie Rich and David Arkenstone. Pam was inducted into the California Country Music Hall of Fame and Chad is in the Idaho Cowboy Entertainers Hall of Fame. More at www.pamloe.com and www.chadwatson.us
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8-8:45pm -- PIPER-GREY is the pop-folk duo of DAVID PIPER and EARL GREY, long known individually throughout Southern California's "Acoustic Underground" for their solo work, and a Trough Records recording duo for the past few years. David Piper has released three albums on the Trough label, most recently “Lemonade Shoes” in 2005, which debuted on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks.” Earl Grey’s “Lover's Ridge” album is widely regarded as one of the finest acoustic-rock CDs to emerge from L.A.'s acoustic music scene. Each has earned highly-regarded reputations in his own right. In 2006, David and Earl began sitting-in on the other's live performances, and Piper-Grey was born. Piper's classic blues / folk guitar licks and playful sense of humor, and Grey's guitar wizardry, sixties-style lyricism and musicality, combines with the beauty of their tenor voices singing in duet. They’ve literally made audiences stop what they were doing to listen. Their debut album, “Apples” (Trough Records, 2008), won high praise from such respected publications as American Songwriters Magazine, which ranked "Apples" the 4th best album that year. Piper-Grey collaborates on carefully-crafted Americana / folk-pop music. More at www.piper-grey.com
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9-9:45pm – BRYAN CHAN seeks to give blues music “the heart, soul and respect it deserves.” He competed at the 2009 International Blues Challenge in Memphis. There’s a YouTube video of him performing at http://youtu.be/uVewjXwCJr4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcrIBv1ug4c
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No cover. Venue offers a variety of noodle dishes, salads, spring rolls, soups and sandwiches, and Vietnamese pho.
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Fri, Dec 6,
FILM EVENT,
in Topanga:
7:15 pm  Monthly “FILM NIGHT” brings “HOT WATER” to the Topanga Peace Alliance’s screening and discussion with the filmmaker series at the Topanga Library, 122 N Topanga Canyon Bl, Topanga 90290.
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Filmmakers Liz Rogers and Kevin Flint went to South Dakota, following a story about Uranium contamination, only to discover that the problem flows much farther and runs deeper than they could have imagined. Three years and thousands of miles later, “Hot Water” tells of those impacted by Uranium mining, atomic testing, nuclear energy and the contamination that runs through our air, soil and our water.
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Toxic heavy metals are running through our ground water damaging the environment and our health. Follow the filmmakers as they travel the American west and expose the uranium and atomic contamination that will take thousands of years to heal.
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Discussion and Q&A with filmmaker Lizabeth Rogers follows the film.
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The evening includes “a small vegetarian snack potluck (no alcohol) at 7:15 pm, with the film screening at 7:30 pm.
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$10 donation requested, but no one turned away for lack of funds. The event is ADA compliant with elevator access headphones for those that need a little extra volume. Further info, contact Debbie at Debbieinla@outlook.com .
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Fri, Dec 6, in WeHo:
Time tba  “TOYS FOR TOTS BENEFIT AT THE VIPER ROOM” with Cherie Curie, Future Villains, Maudlin Strangers, Jonah Nimoy and a special midnight performance by The Lonely Drunks Club Band, at the Viper Room, 8852 Sunset Bl, West Hollywood;  HYPERLINK "http://www.viperroom.com" www.viperroom.com; 310-358-1881.
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Bring a toy valued at $10 or more and get a drink on the house.
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Tix, $20; event is 21+.
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Fri, Dec 6, in Santa Monica:
7:30 pm  INTERPRETI VENEZIANI plays the Broad Stage at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center, 1310 11th St, Santa Monica 90401.
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Some may say the Baroque music of the 17th and 18th century are museum pieces. But if you really want to break the frame you have to see it performed with the youthful Italian brio of Interpreti Veneziani. Based in Venice,these nine rambunctious musicians joyously choose panache over precision with raw passion and displays of emotion that will make Vivaldi, Pachelbel, Corelli and Paganini yell “Bravo” from the beyond.
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Presented as part of the Classical and Opera Series at The Broad Stage.
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Fri, Dec 6, in SFV (NoHo):
7:30 pm  "FIRST FRIDAYS" with performing host SEVERIN BROWNE and the all-star ensemble FIRST FRIDAY BAND, plus special guest recording artist CLAUDIA NYGAARD, at Kulak's Woodshed, 5230 Laurel Canyon Bl (just N of Magnolia, E side of street), North Hollywood.
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As Severin says, “Claudia Nygaard [is] a great songwriter and performer from Nashville that so many people rave about.”
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Yelp Page for Kulak's: http://www.yelp.com/biz/kulaks-woodshed-north-hollywood
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Live streaming webcast at:
www.kulakswoodshed.com
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Admission by donation; about $10 per person is expected. Artists contribute performances to the venue.
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Fri, Dec 6, & Fri’s & Sat’s in Dec, in Santa Monica.
7:30 & 9 pm  “KURT WEILL AT THE CUTTLEFISH HOTEL” has its official opening night tonight at the newly contrived “The West End Theater” hanging over the ocean at the far end of the Santa Monica Monica Pier.
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Performances run Thursdays & Fridays in December, beginning with a Dec 5 preview.
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This is one of those improbably “only-in-L.A.” (okay, or only-in-Santa Monica) tales. Seems the Santa Monica Pier Corporation has joined forces with Tony Award winning actor / director Paul Sand to present live theater on the pier, appropriately named The West End Theater. That’s about as far west as you can get in L.A. This is how it happened.
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“I was taking a walk on the pier with a couple of friends one night recently and I suddenly thought... Wouldn’t this pier be a perfect place to have a theater and present a vivid production of KURT WEILL’S dark, theatrical waterfront songs all about revenge, murder and broken hearts. The next day I contacted Jim Harris, the Deputy Director of the pier and pitched him the idea. He smiled and said ‘O.K., we’ve been wanting to add live theater for the pier and I happen to have an available space at the far west end. It hangs out over the ocean and gets pretty wild up there some time, would that suit you?’”
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“You bet it would!” said Sand. Jim wound up the conversation with, ”What do you think of calling it The West End Theater? “I can think of nothing better,” said Sand.
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Paul then contacted a few beautiful, powerful and intense actors, who can also sing, which he had placed in his “remember that talent” part of his brain. Happily they all agreed to play. He called his friend Carol Sills, wife and widow of the legendary director Paul Sills who created Second City and Story Theater and with whom Sand had worked with his entire adult life. Carol Sills found Michael Roth, the musical director, who happens to be a Kurt Weill expert living right here in Santa Monica (a block away from Bertolt Brecht’s old house on 26th St.) “Turns out the guy is brilliant” says Sand. Roth accepted. So did Marie Lalanne, the truly extraordinary surrealist painter, who came aboard to design the costumes and create the murals on huge canvas panels in keeping with the carnival atmosphere of the pier. And, the entire company was formed in less than two weeks.
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The list of Mr. Weill’s songs (so far) to be performed by the “dreamy” ensemble includes: “Mack the Knife,” and “Surabaya Johnny,” performed by the beautiful, tall and angry, (in a good way) SHAY ASTAR. Then there’s “Pirate Jenny” and “Barbara Song,” performed by the beautiful, incandescent MEGAN RIPPEY. Plus, “Luck Song” aka “On the Insufficiency of Human Behavior,” performed by SOL MASON, a tall lanky attractive kid on the wisely cynical side, who plays the host in this shady waterfront cabaret.
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“A Final and Horrific Verse of Mack the Knife” will be performed by PAUL SAND (as Mack) who is obsessed with his own version of justice and insatiable desire for revenge.
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“The Alabama Song” finale is the whole company singing goodnight to the audience from under a red spotlight.
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The preview night is Dec 5, and the Opening Gala is Dec 6. There are two 45-minute shows each Friday and Saturday night, at 7:30 and 9 pm, throughout December.
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General Admission $20 + $1.49 fee.
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Fri, Dec 6, in Tehachapi:
7:30 pm  SUSIE GLAZE & THE HILONESOME BAND, "a Newgrass Americana Folk Fusion Quintet," play Fiddler’s Crossing, 206 East F St, downtown Tehachapi; http://fiddlerscrossing.org; 661-823-9994.
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Tix, $20 advance, by phone. Doors at 6:30 pm.   Tickets may also be purchased next door to the venue at Mountain Music, or at The Apple Shed. Coffee and goodies are included. Peter and Debby Cutler host the show.
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More at www.susieglaze.com
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Fri, Dec 6, in Silverlake:
8 pm  PHOEBE BRIDGERS plays the Silverlake Lounge, 2906 Sunset Bl (at Parkman), Silverlake 90026; 323-663-9636.
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Fri, Dec 6, in L.A.:
8-11 pm Monthly "NETTE RADIO & FRIENDS" at Muse on 8th, 759 S La Brea Av (at 8th, just S of Wilshire), midtown Los Angeles 90036.
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This is a live performance gathering of women musicians and female-fronted bands whose music is heard on the "NetteRadio" internet radio show.
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Performing tonight are Clara Bellino, Patsy Moore, The Conlons, Hunter Scott MacLeod, and special guest Katie Ferrara.
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Host and producer ANNETTE CONLON says, "This is Clara's first show with NetteRadio and she's coming down from San Francisco to join us.
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"Hunter will be playing new tracks from his 2nd CD (pre-release); Hunter and Doug (of The Conlons) have co-written over 25 songs.
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"Hunter will perform 5 songs from his 2nd CD. The Conlons will perform a couple of songs co-written with MacLeod, and Katie Ferrara will stop by to perform a few of her Ferrara / MacLeod co-writes."
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Venue offers organic vegetarian / vegan fare, fair trade coffee, desserts and baked goods from local bakeries and more (check them out at www.museon8th.com).
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More, including online listening, at:
www.netteradio.com
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All ages, no cover.
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Fri, Dec 6, in Culver City:
8 pm  SIDELINE brings bluegrass to Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City 90230; www.boulevardmusic.com ; 310-398-2583.
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More at www.facebook.com/sidelinebluegrass
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Fri & Sat, Dec 6 & 7, in OC (Chapman University):
8 pm  50th Annual “CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY HOLIDAY CONCERT” features “BETTER THAN ONE” duo with Patti Amelotte & Barbara Gershman on hammered dulcimer and many college musicians, performing in Memorial Hall.
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Fri, Dec 6, in Huntington Beach:
8 pm  Guitar legend DEKE DICKERSON, plus PETUNIA & THE VIPERS play Don the Beachcomber, 6278 Pacific Coast Hwy, Huntington Beach 92649; 562-592-1321; www.donthebeachcomber.com
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www.dekedickerson.com
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www.petuniaandthevipers.com
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Fri, Dec 6, in Burbank:
8-10 pm  LUCKY BOB plays Viva Cantina, 900 Riverside Dr (next to the L.A. Equestrian Center), Burbank.
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Fri, Dec 6, in WeHo:
8 pm  “WHISKEY SOUR MISTLETOE JAM” hosted by Ed Helms at the Largo at the Coronet, 366 N La Cienega Bl, West Hollywood 90048; www.largo-la.com; 310-855-0350.
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Fri, Dec 6,
FILM SCREENING,
in San Pedro:
8 pm  “GIMME SHELTER” (1970) is a concert film screening in the “Reel Rockumentaries” series at the historic Warner Grand Theater, 434 W 6th St, San Pedro 90731; 310-833-4813; HYPERLINK "http://www.grandvision.org/"www.grandvision.org.
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Capturing the Stones fateful Altamont concert, this documentary shows the Stones in their prime, yet struck by the violence at the tragic free concert at Altamont near San Francisco on December 6, 1969.
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Fri, Dec 6, in San Pedro:
Time tba  “ROB on the piano” residency at the Whale and Ale, 327 W 7th St, San Pedro; 310-832-0363; www.whaleandale.com
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Fri, Dec 6, in Altadena:
8 pm  THE UKELELE ORCHESTRA OF THE WESTERN WORLD play the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; reservations 626-798-6236 (10 am-10 pm); venue phone 626-398-7917; info  HYPERLINK "http://www.coffeegallery.com" www.coffeegallery.com. (“the venue named by the Guide’s editor, writing in FolkWorks, as L.A.’s best intimate acoustic listening room venue”).
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As per the UOWH tradition, there are no Hawaiian songs from L.A.'s one-of-a-kind, increasingly popular "alt uke" group; they perform vintage favorites and ignored hidden holiday gems on 15+ ukes, one bass ukulele and vocals.
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Bob Stane says, “You will not believe the high quality of the playing or the numbers they choose to play. The steal of the Christmas Season.”
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Tix, $15. It’s officially sold-out, but the venue has a waiting list; call them.
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Fri, Dec 6, in Santa Monica:
SOLD OUT: 8 & 10 pm  JACKSH*T brings their annual "Have Yourselves A Very Sh*tty Christmas" for two shows tonight at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl (Pico at 31st), Santa Monica 90405;  HYPERLINK http://www.mccabes.com www.mccabes.com; 310-828-4403; tix, 310-828-4497.
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Fri, Dec 6, in SFV (Chatsworth):
8 pm  MARY WHITE performs at the Cowboy Palace, 21635 Devonshire St, Chatsworth; 818-341-0166.
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This is L.A.’s last real honky tonk. No cover, full bar, lots of fun. Go early for the nightly free dance lesson.
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Fri, Dec 6, in San Pedro:
8 pm  TAIKO CENTER OF L.A. plus EAST L.A. TAIKO with Team Taiko from Wilmington Skills Center to bring "East-West drum fusion" to The Grand Annex, 434 W 6th St, San Pedro 90731; www.grandvision.org; 310-833-4813.
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It’s “A thrilling revue of Japanese instruments with L.A. rhythms, anchored by the powerful choreographed taiko performance. This concert also welcomes the drummers from LAUSD's Wilmington Skills ESL class.”
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Fri, Dec 6, in Burbank:
8:30-11 pm  WUMBLOOZO plays Viva Cantina, 900 Riverside Dr (next to the L.A. Equestrian Center), Burbank.
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Reservations recommended for this show. Wumbloozo is a great blues band with a big following.
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No cover. More music earlier (see listings for 1 pm and 5 pm). Venue is known for its Mexican food and full bar. Park free across the street at Pickwick Bowl (same owners).
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Fri, Dec 6, & Fri’s & Sat’s in Dec, in Santa Monica.
9 pm  “KURT WEILL AT THE CUTTLEFISH HOTEL” plays the newly contrived “The West End Theater” hanging over the ocean at the far end of the Santa Monica Monica Pier.
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Fri, Dec 6, in Murrieta:
9 pm  LEXINGTON FIELD plays the Shamrock Irish Pub & Eatery, 39252 Winchester Rd #145, Murrieta 92563; 951-696-5252; www.theshamrockirishpubandeatery.com
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Fri, Dec 6, in Santa Monica:
SOLD OUT: 10 pm JACKSH*T "Have Yourself A Very Sh*tty Xmas IV" at McCabe's, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497.
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Tix, $24.50.
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