Sunday’s Last Chance at Music & Art on this four-day weekend ~ Nov 30 2014

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We begin with One Timely Quickie NEWS ITEM...

Deadline to register to play in the annual “UKULELE CHRISTMAS ORCHESTRA” at the L.A. Music Center is TODAY, online. Event is December 12, 6:30-8 pm. It’s aloha and Mele Kalikimaka, as everyone comes to celebrate the holidays with ukulele cheer. Beat the winter cold and strum in the warmth of aloha. Come prepared to play and sing as one big happy ohana! But SIGN UP is required before the end of the day TODAY, November 30; limited capacity. $10 registration fee; exclusively for adult, amateur musicians 18 years and older, beginner to intermediate level.
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Register at: www.musiccenter.org/events/activearts/uxo/


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What’s in this edition…

♪ Quickie Timely NEWS ITEM (above)

♪ WORKSHOPS for ARTISTS

♪ TICKET ALERTS

♪ ONGOING EVENTS, including theatre this weekend

♪ SUNDAY’s NOTABLE CONCERTS, JAMS, ETC.


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♪ WORKSHOPS for ARTISTS
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Sun, Nov 30,
WORKSHOP,
in Altadena:
10 am-4 pm Three sessions of UKULELE WORKSHOPS with UKULELE BART at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; reservations, 626-798-6236.
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Bring a uke or Bartt will supply.
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Venue impresario Bob Stane says, “Ukulele Bart Warburton is a big deal. A big world class deal. Many times at The Coffee Gallery Backstage as a performer and with this workshop. Hugely successful and voted ‘Teacher Of The Year.’ About once per year Ukulele Bartt Warburton Sponsors and hosts a ukulele workshop (3 sessions) for beginners and for teachers. Teachers get paid Extra for taking this class. Spread the word to teachers and avail yourself of this Great opportunity to learn the uke. Bartt is a great player, entertainer and all around good guy. You will love the class and the opportunity.”
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Bob continues, “Learn Ukulele with Bartt Warburton, known worldwide as "Ukulele Bartt." His three-session class is an intensive workout for those who are new to the ukulele. Complete beginners are welcome, and so are LAUSD teachers. This is a Salary Point class for LAUSD teachers, and it's also open to the general public. If you've been wanting to learn ukulele, this is your class. It's pretty intensive: three meetings, and each meeting is five hours. Bartt provides everything, including ukuleles, booklets, and lots of love.”
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Bartt was honored as LAUSD Teacher of the Year, and he performs and teaches around the world. He just returned from a tour of Australia, and will be leaving for the Ukulele Festival of Great Britain soon, so this will be his only Los Angeles class.
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Sign up at:
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www.Bartt.net
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You can also watch videos of his previous classes and workshops on his website. There’s more at http://bartt.net/Page-LAUSD.html



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♪ TICKET ALERTS
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“AN EVENING WITH DR. JOHN” happens Tue, Dec 2; 8 pm at the Grammy Museum. Tix go on sale today at noon for those without American Express Cards, who got early privileges.

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“THE DAN BAND HOLIDAY SHOW” is Dec 19 at Club Nokia in downtown L.A. / Doors at 8 pm / tix, $25 GA, $35 VIP / on sale Nov 7 at 10 am.

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ALAN JACKSON with BRANDY CLARK & JON PARDI is February 27 at Nokia Theatre, L.A. LIVE in downtown L.A. / Doors at 7 pm / tix, $25, $55.95, $79.95, $149.95 / on sale Nov 7 at 10 am.



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♪ ONGOING EVENTS,
including theatre this weekend
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Sat, Nov 22-Sat, Dec 20; THEATRE, in Burbank:
8 pm Opening Night: "A CHRISTMAS CAROL – AN ADAPTATION THAT USES ONLY DICKENS' ORIGINAL WORDS" at the Grove Theater Center, 1111-b, W Olive Av, Burbank; 800-838-3006; www.gtc.org
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Adapted by GTC's artistic director and co-founder Kevin Cochran who directs this production. The cast includes Jenna Augen, winner of the 2014 UK Theatre Award for Supporting Performance; Broadway veteran David Allen Jones; and Frank Simons; all appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association. They guide the audience through the story – as storytellers; or as Dickens' beloved characters, including Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, Marley's Ghost, Scrooge and the Spirits of Christmas Past, Present & Future-but always using the actual words of Charles Dickens' 1843 classic.
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Runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm, Sundays at 3 pm. (No show on November 28; one additional performance December 18.)
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** “Pay-what-you-can” performances on November 29 & 30.
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Tix, $34.50 general; $29.50 Burbank residents; $24.50 seniors/students.

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Sun, Nov 29, in Sierra Madre:
Time tba OPENING WEEKEND performance of a play with songs: “A LITTLE HOUSE CHRISTMAS,” based on the “LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE” stories by LAURA INGALLS WILDER, at the Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W Sierra Madre Bl, Sierra Madre 91024.
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Adapted for the stage by JAMES DeVITA. Directed by EMILY CHASE. Presented by SIERRA MADRE PLAYHOUSE. The cast (in alphabetical order): JOLIE ADAMSON, PAMELA DALY, JEFF DOBA, JIM HARNAGEL, ERIC CHARLES JORGENSEN, FLETCHER KAMAL, VALERIE ROSE LOHMAN, ANDREW STOCK, HANNAH VICTORIA STOCK and AMY TOLSKY
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Ample free parking behind theatre.



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♪ SUNDAY’S CONCERTS,
JAMS, ETC.:
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Sun, Nov 30, in OC (Costa Mesa):
10 am LOONEY'S FORTUNE, the trad string Band of PATTI AMELOTTE, GEORGIANA HENNESSY and MATT TONGE, along with piper RICHARD COOK, ring-in the Christmas Season at the “Hanging of the Greens” Church Service in the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, 2850 Fairview Rd, Costa Mesa 92626.
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Free will offering taken during the church service.

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Sun, Nov 30, in San Diego:
10 am–2 pm GONE TOMORROW brings their bluegrass to the weekly “BLUEGRASS BRUNCH” at Urban Solace, 3823 30th St, San Diego; 619-295-6464, or online, with menus and more, at www.urbansolace.net

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Sun, Nov 30, in San Pedro:
4 pm BENNY OKE & SOUND OF WORSHIP play Alvas Showroom, 1417 W 8th St, San Pedro 90732; 310-519-1314.
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You are invited to bring your own food and beverages into the venue. They have complimentary bottle water.
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Tix, $20, at 800-403-3447

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Sun, Nov 30, in Altadena:
7 pm MIKE PERLOWION plays the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 91001; reservations, 626-798-6236.
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Laurel Records recording artist and pedal steel guitarist MIKE PERLOWION last appeared here about 8 years ago. Since then he has been writing, arranging, producing and recording, but rarely performing. (He says it’s time to change that.) A true pioneer, Mike has taken his country and western instrument “where no pedal steel player has gone before,” mainly into the world of classical music. Ignoring the many cynics who insisted that the pedal steel cannot be used to play anything besides country, Mike recorded 3 CDs of music by Stravinsky, Debussy, Bartok, Satie, George Gershwin, Manuel deFalla, and several other composers. These CDs have been picked up by Laurel Records, a classical music specialty label.
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More at www.laurelrecord.com/reviewsindex.html
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Mike is the first pedal steel guitarist whose music is marketed to that audience. For this appearance, Mike will alternate between playing selections from his CDs and playing some well-known popular tunes.
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Tix, $15.

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Sun, Nov 30, in Claremont:
7 pm Monthly “FOLK MUSIC CENTER OPEN MIC” at the Folk Music Center & Museum, 220 Yale Av, Claremont 91711; 909-624- 2928.

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Sun, Nov 30, in Santa Monica:
7:30-11 Weekly “IRISH MUSIC SESSION” is a structured jam at O'Brien's Irish Pub & Restaurant, 2226 Wilshire Bl, Santa Monica 90403; 310-829-5303.

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Sun, Nov 30, in Hermosa Beach:
7:40 pm AMBROSIA, with HARD RAIN opening, at St. Rocke, 142 Pacific Coast Hwy, Hermosa Beach 90254; 310-372-0035.
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Reg tix, $25. Get $5 off by entering Promo Code "cupcake" at www.saintrocke.com/event/698475-ambrosia-hermosa-beach/
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Go early for free wine tasting at 6 pm.

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Sun, Nov 30, in Santa Monica:
8 pm “The beguiling, charming, and always entertaining” JILL SOBULE plays McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497.

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Sun, Nov 30, in Hollywood:
8 pm Annual “AMOEBAPALOOZA HOLLYWOOD” at the Dragonfly, 6150 Santa Monica Bl, Hollywood; info, www.amoeba.com.
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Join the Amoeba staff for an amazing night of performances — original bands, one-off tributes, and more. Attendees will witness Amoebite versions of Cream, Nirvana, Edith Piaf, Thin Lizzy and “more musical surprises.” Bands for the night include BAD REPUTATION, 3 SPARROWS, HYACINTH GIRL, ANTOINE & THE TATER TOTS, ABRACADAVR, HIGH HOW ARE YOU, LA GENTE DEL OL, RACE CARD, PARENTS, WA WA, NON-FAT GRANDE CREAMS featuring JACK PUCE, KEILA CONE-UEMURA, THE WORLD RECORD, and CRYSTAL VISIONS. It's hosted by “intrepid MC” Daniel Tures, with some help from his friends.
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They tell us, “This will be a night to remember.”
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Doors and show at 8 pm, $5 admission, venue is 21+.

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Sun, Nov 30, in Santa Monica:
8:30 pm STEVEN CASPER & COWBOY ANGST play Club TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Bl, Santa Monica
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Free show.

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Sun, Nov 30, in SFV (Studio City):
9-9:30 pm SHELBY & TIEG play the Fox & Hounds, 11100 Ventura Bl, Studio City 91604.
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No cover, free parking.



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