Monday, Monday – News, Ticket Alerts, and Live Music Tonight, Feb 3, 2014

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Today’s edition has ticket alerts for a number of Oscar Week events; plus, the first News Feature is an action-item to get your reservation for a promising show on Tuesday by a top Canadian group doing their first Southern California show. Plus, there’s music out-and-about tonight, and, of course that’s here for you, too.
 
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In this edition…

♪  PICKS for Monday
♪  TICKET ALERTS: Oscar Week Events
♪  NEWS FEATURES
.   √  THE FINEST KIND, CANADA’S VOCAL-HARMONY TRIO, PERFORMS FEBRUARY 4
.   √  NEW VENUE, “MONICKERS,” IN SIMI VALLEY
.   √  LIVE PERFORMANCE REVIEW: THE JANGLE BROTHERS (formerly THE BYRDS & BEYOND) by Michele Marotta
♪  WORKSHOPS & MUSIC CAMPS
♪  Monday’s MUSIC & ARTS EVENTS
 
 
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♪  PICKS for Monday

√  “SHAKESPEARE: A LECTURE AND DEMONSTRATION” with Rob Clare, at the McClintock Theatre at USC, 6 pm.

√  “GARTH BROOKS TRIBUTE” with “THE GARTH GUY” DEAN SIMMONS, for AXS TV and FREE, at the Whisky A Go Go in WeHo, 8 pm.

√  THE BROMBIES play their long-running bluegrass residency at Viva Cantina in Burbank, 7:30-10:30 pm.
 
 
 
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♪  TICKET ALERTS

OSCAR WEEK OFFERS SPECIAL EVENTS

Tickets become available TODAY at 10 am to attend screenings with panel discussions with the nominated subjects’ filmmakers – and you'll need to get your tickets NOW, before they're gone.

The first event presents the Best Animated and Live Action Short Films (two Oscar categories).

The second welcomes nominees for Best Documentaries (two Oscar categories).

The third brings nominees for Best Animated Features.

The fourth celebrates the Best Foreign Language Films.

And, additional events follow these (see below).

The first four events happen at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater, 8949 Wilshire Bl, Beverly Hills 90211.

Tix for these four events go on sale online TODAY, Monday, February 3 at 10 am (Pacific).

These events will surely sell-out promptly. For each of the first three screening / discussion events, tickets are only $5 / $3 for Academy members or students with a valid ID. For the Foreign Language films event, tickets are FREE.

BUT, tickets will not be available at the box office for any of the four events, because all tickets will be long gone. Doors each night (the first three events) open at 6:30 pm. Seating is unreserved, so arrive early. The fourth event happens in the daytime; see the info, below.

Here are the events.

1) BEST ANIMATED AND LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS

Tuesday, February 25, at 7:30 pm.

Hosted by KEVIN POLLAK, the night includes screenings of ALL the 2013 Oscar-nominated films in the Animated and Live Action Short Film categories, plus onstage discussions with the filmmakers (schedules permitting).

The nominees for "Best Animated Short Film" are:

√ "Feral"
√ "Get a Horse"
√ "Mr. Hublot"
√ "Possessions"
√ "Room on the Broom"

The nominees for "Best Live Action Short Film" are:

√ "Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me)"
√ "Avant Que de Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)"
√ "Helium"
√ "Pitaako Mun Kaikki Hoitta (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)"
√ "The Voorman Problem"

Event page:
http://www.oscars.org/events-exhibitions/events/2014/01/shorts.html

Look for the ticket purchase link at 10 am Monday there, or at www.oscars.org
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2) BEST DOCUMENTARIES

Wednesday, February 26, at 7:30 pm.

The hosted program includes clips from ALL of the films nominated for "Documentary Feature" and "Documentary Short Subject," and panel discussions with filmmakers from each group, schedules permitting.

The nominees for "Best Documentary Short Subject" are:

√ "The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life"
√ "Cave Digger"
√ "Facing Fear"
√ "Karama Has No Walls"
√ "Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall"

The nominees for "Best Documentary Feature" are:

√ "20 Feet from Stardom"
√ "The Act of Killing"
√ "Cutie and the Boxer"
√ "Dirty Wars"
√ "The Square"

Event page:
http://www.oscars.org/events-exhibitions/events/2014/01/docs.html

Look for the ticket purchase link at 10 am Monday there, or at www.oscars.org
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3)  BEST ANIMATED FEATURES

Friday, February 28, at 7:30 pm.

The nominees in the "Best Animated Feature Film" category (schedules permitting) will discuss how their films were developed, reveal their creative processes, and present clips illustrating their techniques.

The nominees for "Best Animated Feature Film" are:

√ "The Croods"
√ "Despicable Me 2"
√ "Ernest & Celestine"
√ "Frozen"
√ "The Wind Rises"

Event page:
http://www.oscars.org/events-exhibitions/events/2014/01/animated.html

Look for the ticket purchase link at 10 am Monday there, or at www.oscars.org
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4)  FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS

Saturday, March 1, at 10 am (two-hour program).

Doors open at 9 am. Tickets are FREE (limit of 2 per reservation), but must be reserved (see above). Seating in the theatre is unreserved.

In a hosted program, the directors (schedules permitting) of the movies nominated in the "Best Foreign Language Film" category will discuss their experiences developing their projects, as well as addressing topics such as the challenges of their profession. This event includes brief clips from each of the nominated films.

The nominees for Best Foreign Language Film are:

√ "The Broken Circle Breakdown" (Belgium)
√ "The Great Beauty" (Italy)
√ "The Hunt" (Denmark)
√ "The Missing Picture" (Cambodia)
√ "Omar" (Palestine)

Event page:
http://www.oscars.org/events-exhibitions/events/2014/01/foreign.html

Look for the FREE ticket reservation link at 10 am Monday there, or at www.oscars.org

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5) This year's "OSCAR CONCERT."

It will happen Thursday, February 27, in UCLA's Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr, Los Angeles 90095.

Details and tickets have yet to be announced. Check frequently at www.oscars.org
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There is also a "Makeup and Hair Styling" event on March 1 at 3 pm, showcasing nominees in those Oscar categories.

There are additional Oscar Week events in New York and Washington, D.C. (See www.oscars.org )
 
 
 
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♪  NEWS FEATURES


√  THE FINEST KIND, CANADA’S VOCAL-HARMONY TRIO, PERFORMS FEBRUARY 4

The celebrated Canadian vocal harmony trio, THE FINEST KIND, arrives at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena for one show, at 8 pm on Tuesday, February 4th.

The Ottawa, Canada-based group is the collaboration of Ian Robb, Ann Downey, and Sheldon (Shelley) Posen. The three formed The Finest Kind in 1991. Since then, they’ve been busy raising the bar for vocal harmony performance in the Folk genre, touring frequently in Canada, the United States and England.

With personal and musical roots all three countries, a Finest Kind performance is inevitably a rich mixture of songs of traditional, old, and more recently penned origins, and from both sides of the Atlantic. The trio will tell you that they get material from many sources – word of mouth, commercial recordings, and from “the great folk song collections of the last couple of centuries.”

So an English, Irish or Newfoundland traditional ballad might be followed by the works of Utah Phillips, Hank Williams, Stan Rogers, Rudyard Kipling, or perhaps a self-penned piece by Robb or Posen. They accompany some songs on guitar, banjo, bass or concertina. It’s been said that many of their songs “are glorious, rich unaccompanied vocal harmony arrangements.”

We’re also told that they deliver their material “with the entertaining and informative good humor that comes from two decades of performing together.” Finest Kind has recorded 5 albums, received 2 Canadian Folk Music Award nominations, appeared on the Grammy-nominated tribute to the late UTAH PHILLIPS, “Singing through the Hard Times,” and recently collaborated on JOHN McCUTCHEON's 2013 release, “22 Days.”

Tonight marks their long-overdue first appearance in Southern California.

You can learn more at their website:

www.finestkind.ca

To make your reservations for their performance, call 626-798-6236, 10 am-10 pm, seven days. There’s more on the venue’s website, at: www.coffeegallery.com


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√  NEW VENUE, “MONICKERS,” IN SIMI VALLEY

Monickers is already promising to bring “World-Class Live Music” in “a new Americana type venue.” The guy behind it has the connections to do that. Monickers is the creation of GARY BRIGHT of RPS Entertainment.

Since the beloved Zoey’s suddenly closed late last year, Ventura County has needed a Folk-Americana music venue. Granted, Zoey’s was almost at the beach, while Simi Valley is a long ways inland – and close enough to attract SFV peeps. Of course, the Guide will celebrate a good venue anywhere.

Gary told the Guide, “It’s a small intimate setting, comfortably seating 150 or standing 300. Monickers has the luxury of sharing the same facility with one of Ventura Country’s state-of-the-art recording studios, allowing us to be able to offer each performing act live studio-quality tracking of their audio, along with multiple-camera filming of the entire performance, which will allow Monickers to make available radio content of the shows, and / or live streaming. [The] web site [will] launch in the next 30 days [but since the new Monickers] site is not up yet… visit the facility’s site at http://118weststudios.com.”

You can also monitor their Facebook page, which at press time had only sparse content. It’s at:

www.facebook.com/MonickersConcerts

Beyond its life as a recording studio, the venue already has a little history hosting a live performance that music lovers could attend. RICHARD SMITH played there on November 7, well before the official opening, which was originally announced for January.

The first show advertised at the venue in 2014 is on February 18th, at the rather early hour of 6:30 pm. That’s an evening with the quite formidable trio of SYLVIA TYSON, CINDY CASHDOLLAR, and SCARLETT RIVERA. Jump on ticket reservations as soon as they become available, as this will surely sell-out.

Monickers is co-located at the 118 West Studios home base, at 2251 B Ward Av, Simi Valley 93065; their phone is 805-285-2177.

We look forward to catching a show there soon, and we wish the new venue a long and tuneful life!


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√  LIVE PERFORMANCE REVIEW: THE JANGLE BROTHERS (formerly THE BYRDS & BEYOND)

by Michele Marotta

John York, Chad Watson and Billy Darnell recently named their trio THE JANGLE BROTHERS, after performing for some time as "The Byrds and Beyond." They tour, mostly in California, and perform about once a month at The Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena, where I caught them.

JOHN YORK leads the group. His background is extensive, as a former member of the Byrds, the Sir Douglas Quintet, The Mamas and the Papas, and Dr. John. He is backed by BILLY DARNELL and CHAD WATSON in an absolutely incredible, high energy show, showcasing Chad on bass and trombone and Billy on lead guitar.

BILLY DARNELL played guitar for the Gene Clark Byrds, and for The Everly Brothers, Dr. John and Doug Kershaw, and Roger McGuinn.

CHAD WATSON is a legendary bass player for Janis Ian, Delaney Bramlett, Charlie Rich, Freddy Fender and countless other artists. He’s also an acclaimed record producer.

The trio played a number of Byrds songs, including “Mr. Tamborine Man,” The Bells of Rimney,” and “Turn, Turn, Turn,” the last one being the cover of a PETE SEEGER song that made the Byrds famous and Pete wealthy, for the first time in his life. The trio demonstrates musical diversity, including a DAVID ALAN COE cover of “I Love Robbing Banks.”

Each of the three knows a who’s-who of musicians. Surprise guests are almost expected when they perform. After the intermission, JOHNNY ECHOLS, formerly of LOVE, was onstage playing bass while Chad played trombone. The show ended with a ten-minute version of “Eight Miles High,” featuring several minutes of John, Chad and Billy on their respective instruments.

With their once-a-month residency at the Coffee Gallery, a dwlightful listening room, I highly recommend seeing them. They’re entertaining and fun!

Check-out a YouTube video of their performance, at:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqOwR4Hnf1k
 
 
 
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Feb 3-7,
GUITAR WORKSHOP,
in San Diego:
“FUR PEACE RANCH ‘ON THE ROAD’ GUITAR WORKSHOP” in San Diego.

PETE HUTLINGER, who was JOHN DENVER’s guitarist, says, “I'll be teaching alongside the ever fabulous JORMA KAUKONEN. For those of you who don't know who Jorma -- prounced "Yorma;" I know, I know. Why didn't they just use a "Y" to begin with? Well, as Gary Muledeer's grandpa used to say, "If we all liked the same things everybody'd be after your grandmother!"

“He was a founding member of JEFFERSON AIRPLANE and HOT TUNA. He also owns the Fur Peace Ranch, the most unique teaching camp there is, which sits just outside of Pomeroy, Ohio. He is quite an amazing player who specializes in acoustic blues and folk mixed with a good dose of rock 'n roll. There are only three (3) more spots available. It could be you.”

More info at:
www.furpeaceranch.com/OnTheRoad14.html
 
 
 
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Mon, Feb 3,
not music, but cool,
at USC:
6 pm  “SHAKESPEARE: A LECTURE AND DEMONSTRATION” with Rob Clare, at the McClintock Theatre on the USC Campus in University Park (L.A.)
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Internationally acclaimed master-teacher and Shakespearian performance expert Rob Clare (Royal Shakespeare Company, Oxford University) demonstrates, with the aid of professional actors, the extraordinary richness, dynamism and modernity of Shakespeare’s texts. Expect revelations, laughter and an acute combination of intellectual and emotional stimulation as Clare guides his audience through the glittering poetry and desperate actions of some of Shakespeare’s most famous characters. Clare was educated at Oxford University, trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama (CSSD), London, and worked as an actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), before becoming a staff director at the UK National Theatre.
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Admission is free and open to everyone, but reservations are required, at www.visionsandvoices.usc.edu

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Mon, Feb 3, in Culver City:
6:30 pm  “NEW WESTSIDE BLUEGRASS JAM” at the Industry Cafe & Jazz, 6039 Washington Bl, Culver City 90232; 310-202-663.

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Mon, Feb 3, in SFV (NoHo):
7 pm Weekly “IRISH CéILí DANCE” and “IRISH MUSIC SESSION” (the latter a structured jam), presented by the Celtic Arts Center at the Mayflower Club, 11110 Victory Bl, North Hollywood 91606; 818-760-8322.
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Dance at 7, music session at 8 pm.
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Info on Gaelic language classes and more at www.celticartscenter.com

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Mon, Feb 3, in Burbank:
7:30-10:30 pm  THE BROMBIES play their long-running bluegrass residency on one of the two stages at Viva Cantina, 900 Riverside Dr (next to L.A. Equestrian Center), Burbank; 818-845-2425 or 818-515-4444;  HYPERLINK "http://www.vivacantina.com/" www.vivacantina.com.
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Featuring LA studio star-singer-mandolinist George Doering (who's on the soundtrack of a dozen or more movies) as well as songwriter JoEllen Doering on guitar, the great Bill Bryson (Bluegrass Cardinals, Desert Rose Band, Chris Hillman Band, mucho mas) on bass and bluegrass phenom Patrick Sauber on banjo.
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All shows on both stages are no cover. Venue is known for its Mexican food and full bar. Okay to park free across the street at Pickwick Bowl (free, nearly unlimited parking for Viva patrons).

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Mon, Feb 3, FREE, in WeHo:
8 pm  “GARTH BROOKS TRIBUTE” with “THE GARTH GUY” DEAN SIMMONS, at the Whisky A Go Go, 8901 Sunset Bl, West Hollywood 90069.
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This is the latest in the AXS TV “World's Greatest Tribute Bands” series
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Doors at 7 pm, show at 8 pm sharp. AXS TV is “on a mission... AXS TV host Katie Daryl will be LIVE every Monday at The World Famous Whisky A Go Go on The Sunset Strip bringing you ‘The World's Greatest Tribute Bands.’ … First come, first enter. Entry not guaranteed. All ages.
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More at:
www.axs.tv

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Mon, Feb 3, in SFV (Chatsworth):
8 pm  CHAD WATSON BAND plays, followed by the weekly “TALENT CONTEST” with cash prizes, 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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Mon, Feb 3, in SFV (NoHo):
8-10:30 pm  Weekly “OPEN MIC” with worldwide webcast at Kulak's Woodshed, 5230-1/2 Laurel Canyon Bl, North Hollywood 91607; 818-766-9913; www.kulakswoodshed.com
 
 
 
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