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LATE ADDITION...
11:45 am SATURDAY film screening at the Egyptian in Hollywood, followed by a pool party, 3-7 pm in Silver Lake with the film's director! See event listings.
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NEWLY-ADDED events appear in the listings with "LATE ADDITION" tags up-top. Plus, we have this timely news link:
Thursday was "World Vegan Day." Why should you care?
An informative article effectively answers that. It's about health and taking responsibility for the environment, titled, "4 Vegan Knowledge Bombs to Drop on ‘World Vegan Day.’" It's in today's L.A. Progressive, at:
https://www.laprogressive.com/world-vegan-day/kk
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Previous late-added, up-front material:
October 31 quick addition...
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
We're sharing "Werewolves of London," the Warren Zevon classic, in the "Lone Wolf Video Version":
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iaaqdD0EXr8
Yeah, all music vids are a little goofy, but the music is timelessly fun, and the Hollywood scenes are cute, with the "W.Wolf" and "Z.Vonne" neon signs.
Rhino Records sent us that link, and the following, too:
"SPOOKTACULAR STREAMING: HALLOWEEN MONSTER HITS"
Tracks include Eagles' "Witchy Woman," Alice Cooper's "Feed My Frankenstein," Duran Duran's "Hungry Like The Wolf," and lots more. Get your monster mashed for a free 4 hours and 59 minutes, altogether. If you have the Spotify app, or your device is infested with Facebook, it's at:
https://open.spotify.com/user/topsify/playlist/3sPPu2lk1yoHpP98H9haFO?si=31P1bSp7QT-WLEjovkwwMA
Since we block tracking cookies in all our devices, we can't join you in that listening experience. Being haunted by cyber stalkers isn't our idea of a happy haunting. If you don't share our values about that part, then go enjoy.
Either way, we'll see ya for the actual, not virtual, Trick or Treating!
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And remember to keep the kids in masks that have safe visibility for crossing streets.
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The following is
the Oct 30 edition
as originally published.
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This edition brings you one feature story and the EVENTS happening this week.
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Our latest big NEWS EDITION, published Oct 27, includes our expose that includes a look at (and what to look for when you watch) tonight's part-two of the "Frontline" examination of Facebook. That's the previous edition. Scroll down, or use the bar at left, or the URL below to go back to that one. It's at:
https://www.acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2018/10/news-edition-for-late-october-2018.html
OR, for our expose feature on Facebook, by itself in the "L.A. Progressive," go to:
https://www.laprogressive.com/pbs-examines-facebook/
If you missed part one of the PBS revelations about Facebook, both parts re-run in a two-hour block on Wednesday, 5-7 pm on the PBS WORLD channel.
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NOW, here's Today's fresh content -- our fresh feature story, and the events happening Tuesday, Wednesday, and on through Sunday.
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# 1 news feature...
WHEN DRAMA TURNED TO PANIC: " WAR OF THE WORLDS," OCTOBER 30, 1938, AND NOW
It was just after 8 pm on the east coast, and millions of Americans nationwide were twisting their tuner dials to CBS Radio. It was time for the usual evening of entertainment that dominated the culture of the time.
Those who had their radio on the broadcast right at the hour heard the brief, one-sentence intro that they were about to be treated to a special broadcast for Hallloween -- an unusual dramatization of H.G. Wells' classic "The War of the Worlds."
But those who were lingering elsewhere as one of the regular and popular shows was ending on a different station didn't hear that little intro. Same for those who just hadn't turned-on the radio in time for the tubes to warm-up and bring it to life when the show started.
Missing that quick announcement was consequential. When they got to CBS a minute later, they thought they were hearing the usual fare -- what the announcer said it was -- a broadcast of live Big Band music, a performance from a ballroom.
Then, precisely as scripted to be performed by 23-year-old Orson Welles and his cast of "Mercury Theater on the Air," the debut of their theatrical-production-for-radio briefly interrupted the band's performance.
It was the first of several live "news" announcements that quickly went from "reporting" that a meteor or unknown object had crashed in New Jersey, to a growing number of unknown objects landing, to the objects having hatches that were unscrewing, to...
Today we would call it "fake news," or "getting pranked," depending on your perceptions. At the time, most listeners understood that they were listening to a radio drama. Though, being the first thing of its kind, it was effective and at least somewhat unnerving to nearly everyone.
Thousands of others were plunged into abject panic, convinced that America was under a deadly attack by invaders from Mars.
Don't be too harsh on them -- just look at how Fox News and exploiting politicians foment fear portraying "the migrant caravan" as an alien invasion.
Back to 1938. As the "live remote news" cutaways continued, voices were cut-off as "reporters on the scene" began to get fried by death rays. Listener panic ensued. Telephone switchboards were jammed. Calls could not get through, which heightened the disorientation and fed the fear, as we would say today, "virally."
Keep in mind, in 1938, the best efforts of the New Deal still had not ended the Great Depression and found new opportunities for refugees from the Dust Bowl. Plus, America's schoolchildren were collecting "Pennies for China" to feed starving refugees in Asia because a brutally murderous Japanese invasion was underway there. And Nazi expansionism, book-burnings, repressions, persecutions, and deportations of minorities to concentration camps were already bringing terrifying news from Europe. Even as the German-American Bunde was advocating fascism and spreading antisemitism and scapegoatist hatred in America.
So it isn't hard to understand that a radio broadcast -- like nothing anyone had ever heard, and in a very scary era -- could become a phenomenon of mass hysteria.
That's not all. Without intending to, it provided the prototype for how the most important mass media can be used to produce the mass reaction of an entire population.
Yes, "The War of the Worlds" showed the way to the most effective tool of political manipulation ever devised. It would lead us to Nixon's ominous-looking five-o'clock shadow in his TV debate with Kennedy, to LBJ's infamous "daisy" ad with the little girl and the nuclear mushroom cloud. To all the internet memes that feed polarized tribalism and continue to manufacture fear based on wild extrapolations and Halloween fantasies. To social media fomenting and exploiting those fears to produce group opinions in algorithm-built echo chambers.
As we watch the new two-part "Frontline" examination this week of media misuse by Facebook, it's wise and worthwhile to get a little context. (See our # 6 feature story in the last edition.)
The PBS series, "American Experience," took a fascinating look back at what started the debate over use and misuse of the media -- Orson Welles and his "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast. It features interviews with film director and cinema historian Peter Bogdanovich, plus Welles' daughter Chris Welles Feder, and others with interesting information and takes on what happened.
It even includes a trove of letters sent to Orson Welles by an alternately admiring and furious public. "War of the Worlds" on "American Experience," true to its publicity, "explores how the wunderkind's ingenious use of radio struck fear into an already anxious nation."
The show was made in 2013, 75 years after the radio broadcast. Now five years after that, nothing could be more relevant to us. Welles' radio theatre brought demands for the first legislation to regulate broadcasting, and the calls ranged from content oversight to pre-air vetting to draconian control of every word that could be uttered.
Now, we debate regulation to stop theft of privacy and reign-in hate speech and its role in causing violence. How society responded in 1938, and how monied interests manipulated the response to cement their control and protect their profits is fully relevant to us. The exploitation of the internet, from tracking cookies and insidiously invasive spyware by social media, to the profitability of spreading dangerous hate, are just the new iterations.
And the question of protecting artistic freedom and freedom of speech and of the press are fundamentally the same today as what Welles faced.
You can see the VERY worthwhile three-minute "Making War of the Worlds" at:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/worlds-making/
"War of the Worlds" has a page with other fun options on the "American Experience" site, at:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/worlds/
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EVENTS, CONCERTS, CLUB GIGS, HALLOWEEN STUFF, HAPPENING THIS WEEK
Chronologically, by day and start time.
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Tuesday...
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Tue, Oct 30:
7 pm-9 pm - "SONGWRITERS SERENADE" with a four artist lineup plus performing host JC HYKE has a usical Halloween theme tonight at Matt Denny's Ale House Restaurant & Bar, 145 E Huntington Dr, Arcadia, CA 91006
* No cover. Venue has full menu and full bar.
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Tue, Oct 30:
7:30 pm - JOAN BAEZ plays Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay, 2241 Shelter Island Drive, San Diego, CA 92106; 619-523-1010
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Tue, Oct 30:
8 pm - ERIC HUTCHINSON, the critically acclaimed and platinum-selling artist, makes a stop in Los Angeles at The Troubadour in WeHo.
* He's out there on his cross-country "Modern Happiness" tour with his band, The Believers.
* Tix, $25, at: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/mobile/index/1704679
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Tue, Oct 30:
9:30 pm - ABBY & THE MYTH play Seventy7Lounge, 3842 Main St, Culver City, CA 90232
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Wednesday...
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LATE ADDITION...
Wed, Oct 31, EXHIBIT OPENING:
"LOST AT SEA: THE EXPLORATIONS OF DR. ROBERT BALLARD" opens aboard the BATTLESHIP IOWA, docked as a museum in San Pedro, at 250 S Harbor Bl, Los Angeles, CA 90731
* “Everyone is an explorer. How could you possibly live your life looking at a door and not open it?” – Dr. Robert Ballard, discoverer of the wreck of RMS TITANIC.
* New exhibit opens Oct 31, 2018; some previews were made during "Fleet Week."
* It includes the "Lost at Sea" gallery, "Alpha Romeo Tango (ART)" art gallery, and ship tour expansion to include the USS Iowa's on-board laundry, barbershop, and brig.
* Battleship IOWA Museum launches “Lost at Sea: The Explorations of Dr. Robert Ballard”. Ballard is known the world over for his discovery of the final resting place of the Titanic; yet, he has quested for and found many more vessels whose origins date over the past 2,000 years. Their common fate was that they have been claimed by our oceans and seas. Many lie undisturbed as what Ballard calls “undersea museums,” and they are now revealed to visitors aboard the historic USS IOWA.
* This retrospective is a showcase for the museum to highlight many of the world’s most historically noted underwater wrecks, found by the explorer.
* “Lost at Sea: The Explorations of Dr. Robert Ballard” was made possible by a generous grant from the Confidence Foundation and is sponsored by Dr. Robert Ballard, Port of Los Angeles, Ocean Exploration Trust, and AltaSea.
* The "Lost at Sea" exhibit is included with General Admission to the Battleship IOWA. Museum ticket office opens daily at 10 am and the last tour ticket is sold at 4 pm. Ticket prices at the box office are $19.95 for ages 12–61. Youth tickets, age 5 – 11, are $11.95. Senior admission (62 and over) are $9.95. Children under age 5 are free. General admission for the military (active, retired and U.S. armed forces) on all days other than Nov. 11 are $14.95.
* Tix and more info: https://pacificbattleship.com
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Wed, Oct 31:
7 pm - ALICE WALLACE, plus ANDREW DELANEY, play the Americana "Wine & Song" concert series hosted by Brad Colerick at the Blue Guitar room at Arroyo Seco Golf Course, 1055 Lohman Lane, South Pasadena, CA.
* ALICE WALLACE has been a top Guide artist-to-watch since we first saw her perform at a festival on a mountainside stage at 7,000 ft.
* Adjacent to the Blue Guitar is the Arroyo Seco Grill which has food, wine, and full bar.
* Tix, www.deepmix.com
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Thursday...
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Thu, Nov 1:
7 pm - "THE MUSIC OF ELTON JOHN: The First Decade" featuring Rick Bagby & The Honky Cats, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena, CA; reservations by phone only, 10 am-10 pm, 7 days: 626-798-6236; more at: www.coffeegallery.com/showsat.htm
* Just LOOK at this band's LINE-UP: THE HONKY CATS are making their premier at this show, and they are a phenomenal ensemble: bassist Chad Watson (Charlie Rich, Janis Ian, Delaney Bramlett); Lead guitarist Al Bonhomme, a Musicians Institute Alumni, voted "Guitarist of the Year" by the California Country Music Association in 1988, he specializes in Country, Fingerpicking and Acoustic Styles, Roots Music and Americana; Drummer Owen Goldman is a nationally-known drummer as dynamic as he is creative. He currently works with Robbie Krieger of The Doors.
* RICK BAGBY & THE HONKY CATS… will re-create the best of that historic decade of hits and songs that have been a soundtrack for our lives over the years: "Your Song," "Love Song," "Tiny Dancer," "Levon," "Rocket Man," "Crocodile Rock," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," "Candle in the Wind," and Bennie and the Jets," and more.
* Tix, $20.
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Thu, Nov 1, FILM SCREENING:
7 pm - "SNEAKERS" (1992) screens for "POPCORN & POLITICS: A MIDTERMS MOVIE NIGHT" presented by the Los Angeles Times at the Ahrya Fine Arts Movie Theatre, 8556 Wilshire Bl, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.
* Post-screening conversation with "Sneakers" superfans
Roxane Gay and Ben Loory, hosted by Mariel Garza
of the L.A. Times.
* The Times tells us, "We know — politics these days are enough to make anyone an escapist. We have a solution: Join the Los Angeles Times for a unique screening of the timeless 1992 hit “Sneakers,” followed by a conversation with two of its biggest fans, acclaimed writers
Roxane Gay and Ben Loory.
* The Times’ Mariel Garza will facilitate the chat and also show you how to make a plan for those empty boxes on your midterm ballot.
* Tix, $20, at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/popcorn-politics-a-midterms-movie-night-featuring-sneakers-tickets-51490460353
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Thu, Nov 1:
8 pm - JOAN BAEZ plays the Arlington Theater at US Santa Barbara, 1317 State St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; 805-963-4408
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Friday...
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Fri, Nov 2, FESTIVAL:
"MUSIC IN THE MOUNTAINS" opens Friday, through the weekend, at Camp de Benneville Pines, 41750 Jenks Lake Rd West, Angelus Oaks, California 92305
* Acoustic Folk Music weekend with Severine Browne
* Info: uucamp@aol.com
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Fri-Sun, Nov 2-4, CONFERENCE:
10 am-6:30 pm - "HACKADAY SUPERCONFERENCE" at Los Angeles College of Music, 370 S Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA 91105;
* Billed as "the greatest gathering of hardware hackers, builders, engineers and enthusiasts in the world."
* Hundreds of engineers and engineering enthusiasts gather for organized talks and workshops along with the extemporaneous challenges, conversations, and discovery.
* Tix & info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hackaday-superconference-2018-tickets-47386813234
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Fri, Nov 2-Thu, Nov 8, FILM SCREENING:
7 pm - "THE WAR AT HOME" returns to Los Angeles at the Nuart Theater, 11272 Santa Monica Bl, West L.A., CA
* It's the new 4K Restoration of the Oscar-nominated feature documentary about the 1960s/'70s antiwar movement.
* Michael Moore tweeted about the film earlier this month:
https://twitter.com/mmflint/status/1050788655072235520
* Ed Pearl, founder of L.A.'s legendary music venue, The Ash Grove, says, "I strongly endorse this film and the film maker."
* The film's trailer, "War at Home 2018 Film Trailer," is at:
https://vimeo.com/293481200
* OPENING NIGHT EVENT, Nov 2, 7 pm: Brett Morgen (Director of “Jane”) moderates Q&As with co-Directors Glenn Silber & Barry Alexander Brown.
* Other screenings Fri & Sat, 11/2-11/3: Noon, 2:20 pm, 4:40 pm, 7 pm, 9:45 pm. Screenings Sun-Thu, 11/4-11-8: 12:30, 2:50 pm, 5:10 pm, 7:30 pm, 9:45 pm.
* Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary, the powerful and moving 1979 feature "The War at Home" uses the ten-year history of antiwar resistance in one American town, Madison, Wisconsin, as a microcosm of the national Antiwar Movement in the 1960s and early 1970s.
* The film traces the movement as it grew from a small core of activists to a mass resistance that ultimately helped bring down two powerful U.S. Presidents and end the U.S. war in Vietnam.
* Stereotype-busting interviews with student activists, police, Vietnam vets and others illuminate a trove of rare archival film, from the earliest antiwar protest in 1963 to the violent confrontation against the Dow Chemical Co., producers of napalm, in 1967; to the bombing of the Army Math Research Center in 1970; to the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam in 1973.
* This vital work of politically-charged non-fiction is newly restored in 4K (by IndieCollect) and re-released now, as timely today as it was nearly 40 years ago, ready to inspire and energize a new generation.
* Produced and directed by Glenn Silber and Barry Alexander Brown (editor of Spike Lee’s
"BlacKkKlansman" and "Do the Right Thing").
* Venue is Handicap Accessible, Hard of Hearing equipped.
* TIX: https://www.landmarktheatres.com/los-angeles/nuart-theatre/film-info/the-war-at-home
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Fri, Nov 2:
7:30 pm - CLIVE CARROLL plays the first of 3 shows at different venues for the "Lord Of The Strings Concert Series," this one at the Dana Point Community House, 24642 San Juan St, Dana Point, CA 92629
* Tix for any of the shows, all their venues: 949-244-6656
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Fri, Nov 2:
8 pm - "CASUAL FRIDAYS WITH THE L.A. PHIL" brings The Los Angeles Philharmonic and organist Cameron Carpenter performing together, at Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Av, Los Angeles, CA 90012
* THIS EPITOMIZES THE GUIDE'S DEFINITION OF "ACCESSIBLE CLASSICAL MUSIC."
* Come early beginning at 6:30 pm to enjoy complimentary drinks, spectacular views and more, then head over to the "Upbeat Live" pre-concert talk in BP Hall (select nights only).
* "Upbeat Live" is FREE to ticket holders, one hour before the concert. It's an informative and engaging way to learn about the music before the concert. Renowed musicologists take you through music theory, guided listening and the program's historical and cultural context. Plus, interviews with guests and members of the LA Phil, and you can participate in Q & A.
* Can't attend, or running late? Dial 605-475-4333 and enter access code 184648 to listen on your way to the Hall. (No charge except what your phone plan charges you; area code 605 is South Dakota)
* Post-concert after-party included with your ticket: hang out with orchestra members.
* Enjoy complimentary tastings of the "LA Phil 100 Brut IPA," a special beer brewed by Los Angeles Ale Works to celebrate the LA Phil’s Centennial.
* Listen FREE to past "Upbeat Live" programs; scroll down: https://www.laphil.com/concerts-and-events/tickets-and-packages/upbeat-live/
* Tix start at $20, at https://www.laphil.com/casualfridays/
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Fri, Nov 2:
8 pm - JAMES INTVELD brings his legendary country-blues-Americana guitar, tonight only, to the Arcadia Blues Club, 16 E Huntington Dr, Arcadia, CA 91006; 626-447-9349; www.arcadiabluesclub.com
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Fri, Nov 2:
8 pm - "WOMEN WHO FOLKING ROCK…with ED TREE" at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena, CA; reservations by phone only, 10 am-10 pm, 7 days: 626-798-6236; more at: www.coffeegallery.com/showsat.htm
* Singer-songwriters Janet Croteau, Aireene Espiritu, and Britta Lee Shain, with producer, engineer, guitarist Ed Tree, are a formidable grouping.
* Ed's songs have been recorded by a number of chart-topping artists, including Spencer Davis and Lacy J. Dalton. Steve Kolander and others and have taken his songs to the Country Top 40 charts.
* Ed has produced more than 150 CDs in the Americana, AAA, Blues, Folk, and Country categories, including two top-five Billboard Blues Chart CDs, and two #1 singles on the European Country Charts, and he's won a "DIY Producer of the Year" award. Ed has recorded and/or toured with Spencer Davis, Rita Coolidge, Juice Newton, Al Stewart, Dusty Springfield and Booker T. Jones, and shared the stage with Jimmy Buffet, Aaron Neville and Bonnie Bramlett. He also played on the "Grand Ole Opry" with his band The Bum Steers. Ed sometimes surfaces locally as a member of the songwriter collective Tall Men Group.
* Tix, $20.
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Fri, Nov 2:
8 pm - JEFFREY FOUCAULT plus DUSTY HEART play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica, CA 90405; 310-828-4497
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Saturday...
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Sat, Nov 3, FESTIVAL:
"MUSIC IN THE MOUNTAINS" opens Friday, runs through the weekend, at Camp de Benneville Pines, 41750 Jenks Lake Rd West, Angelus Oaks, California 92305
* Acoustic Folk Music weekend with Severine Browne
* Info: uucamp@aol.com
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Saturdays, Nov 3 through Dec 8, HALLOWEEN:
DIA WE LOS MUERTOS EXHIBITION: "Remembrance, the Faces and Places" at the Southwest Museum, 234 Museum Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90065
* The Autry, who runs things here, calls this "A Mt. Washington Pop-up Exhibit."
* The Arroyo Arts Collective asks local artists to explore a deepened understanding of Halloween, Día de los Muertos, and international rituals associated with how we grieve, how we continue to love, and how we go on in the face of loss.
* Opening day features a yarn flower workshop and an opening reception.
* Info: www.theautry.org
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Sat, Nov 3; first big weekend for new exhibit...
Repeated listing from Oct 31, EXHIBIT OPENING:
"LOST AT SEA: THE EXPLORATIONS OF DR. ROBERT BALLARD" opens aboard the BATTLESHIP IOWA, docked as a museum in San Pedro, at 250 S Harbor Bl, Los Angeles, CA 90731
* “Everyone is an explorer. How could you possibly live your life looking at a door and not open it?” – Dr. Robert Ballard, discoverer of the wreck of RMS TITANIC.
* New exhibit opens Oct 31, 2018; some previews were made during "Fleet Week."
* It includes the "Lost at Sea" gallery, "Alpha Romeo Tango (ART)" art gallery, and ship tour expansion to include the USS Iowa's on-board laundry, barbershop, and brig.
* Battleship IOWA Museum launches “Lost at Sea: The Explorations of Dr. Robert Ballard”. Ballard is known the world over for his discovery of the final resting place of the Titanic; yet, he has quested for and found many more vessels whose origins date over the past 2,000 years. Their common fate was that they have been claimed by our oceans and seas. Many lie undisturbed as what Ballard calls “undersea museums,” and they are now revealed to visitors aboard the historic USS IOWA.
* This retrospective is a showcase for the museum to highlight many of the world’s most historically noted underwater wrecks, found by the explorer.
* “Lost at Sea: The Explorations of Dr. Robert Ballard” was made possible by a generous grant from the Confidence Foundation and is sponsored by Dr. Robert Ballard, Port of Los Angeles, Ocean Exploration Trust, and AltaSea.
* The "Lost at Sea" exhibit is included with General Admission to the Battleship IOWA. Museum ticket office opens daily at 10 am and the last tour ticket is sold at 4 pm. Ticket prices at the box office are $19.95 for ages 12–61. Youth tickets, age 5 – 11, are $11.95. Senior admission (62 and over) are $9.95. Children under age 5 are free. General admission for the military (active, retired and U.S. armed forces) on all days other than Nov. 11 are $14.95.
* Tix and more info: https://pacificbattleship.com
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Sat, Nov 3, FILM SCREENING & PARTY:
11:45 am - "THE SONG OF SWAY LAKE" in a "bonus big screen presentation" with the director at the Egyptian Theatre, on Hollywoood Bl, Hollywood, CA.
* Attendees at film screening are invited to a 3-7 pm pool party in Silver Lake with "Sway Lake" director ARI GOLD.
* He also created a project "to get a message, from the heart, to the Koch brothers, to please stop destroying our planet."
* Watch Ari Gold's environment video at: www.DearKoch.com
* Tix for the film/party at theatre door, or at www.swaylake.com/see
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Sat, Nov 3:
2 pm - "JIM & ANNE CURRY perform the songs of JOHN DENVER" at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena, CA; reservations by phone only, 10 am-10 pm, 7 days: 626-798-6236; more at: www.coffeegallery.com/showsat.htm
* Tix, $18.
* SOLD OUT. EVEN THEIR MATINEES SELL OUT.
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Sat, Nov 3:
4 pm - LAS CAFETERAS play the California Center For The Arts, Lyric Court, 340 N Escondido Bl, Escondido, CA 92025; 800-988-4253
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Sat, Nov 3:
7 pm - THE HONEY WHISKEY TRIO at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena, CA; reservations by phone only, 10 am-10 pm, 7 days: 626-798-6236; more at: www.coffeegallery.com/showsat.htm
* This national-award-winning women's trio returns with explorations of harmony in folk, bluegrass and any melody that catches the ear. Through their powerful, yet sweet harmonies, body percussion, haunting melodies and vitality on stage, Honey Whiskey Trio captivates audiences.
* These storytellers in song found their roots in vocal jazz, and this foundation gives Honey Whiskey Trio flexibility.
* Venue impresario Bob Stage cautions, "Don’t let them get into a realm where we cannot afford them before you experience them at The Coffee Gallery Backstage…very up close. These are vocal phenoms and they put on a very fine stage show."
* The Honeys have headlined the "Los Angeles A Cappella Festival," the "SheSings Festival," the "South Eastern Minnesota A Cappella Festival," and they've been showcase artists at FAR-West. They have also performed at the Broad Stage, the "Rogue Valley Roots Festival," the "Long Beach Folk Revival Festival," the Grand Annex, "TedX Temecula," and the Shedd Institute for the Arts, and even opened for the Manhattan Transfer.
* Called “One of the most talented vocal harmony groups performing today” by John Neal, Harmony Sweepstakes executive producer, The Honey Whiskey Trio is a group you don’t want to miss experiencing live.
* Tix, $20.
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Sat, Nov 3:
7 pm - THE HEALERS bring their jazzy blues, tonight only, to the Arcadia Blues Club, 16 E Huntington Dr, Arcadia, CA 91006; 626-447-9349; www.arcadiabluesclub.com
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Sat, Nov 3:
7 pm - CLIVE CARROLL plays the 2nd of 3 shows at different venues for the "Lord Of The Strings Concert Series," this one at the Mission Viejo Civic Center, 100 Civic Center Dr, Mission Viejo, CA 92691
* Tix for any of the shows, all their venues: 949-244-6656
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Sat, Nov 3:
8 pm - SULTANS OF STRING play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica, CA 90405; 310-828-4497
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Sat, Nov 3:
8 pm - RICK SHEA & THE LOSIN’ END play Four Friends Gallery, 1414 E Thousand Oaks Bl, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
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Sat, Nov 3:
8-11 pm - KEN O'MALLEY & FRIENDS bring authentic and original Irish music and acoustic multi-instrumental prowess, with Ken's fine vocals, to the Tam O'Shanter, 2980 Los Feliz Bl. LA 90039; www.lawrysonline.com/tam-oshanter/
* Full menu and full bar in the pub area of this charming Scottish themed restaurant, part of the Lawry's family that has been an L.A. landmark since 1922.
* No cover, all ages.
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Sat, Nov 3:
10 pm - CLINTON DAVIS plays the Black Cat Bar, 4246 University Av, San Diego, CA 92105; 619-280-5834
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Sunday...
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Sun, Nov 4, FESTIVAL:
"MUSIC IN THE MOUNTAINS" opens Friday, runs through the weekend, at Camp de Benneville Pines, 41750 Jenks Lake Rd West, Angelus Oaks, California 92305
* Acoustic Folk Music weekend with Severine Browne
* Info: uucamp@aol.com
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Sun, Nov 4:
2 pm - "Symphonic Suite for Healing" at the Warner Grand, 434 W 6th St, San Pedro, CA 90731; www.grandvision.org
* Acclaimed pianist Mike Garson has worked with David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, Billy Corgan, Free Flight and The Smashing Pumpkins, and is one of the most sought after session musicians working today.
* Garson's "Symphonic Suite for Healing" is written in collaboration with medical patients in partnership with brain surgeon Dr. Christopher Duma of the Foundation for Neuroscience, Stroke and Recovery.
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Sun, Nov 4, HALLOWEEN SHOW:
3 pm - "SAMHAIN" THE ANNUAL IRISH-CELTIC HALLOWEEN SHOW returns, produced by CELTIC RHYTHMS.
* LOCATION HAS CHANGED. Venue is now The Hudson Theatre Mainstage, 6539 Santa Monica Bl, Los Angeles, CA 90038
* (Was to have been at MacLeod's Ale Brewery in Van Nuys. ALSO NOTE there is only a 3 pm show on today's closing day; no 7 pm show.)
* With a cast of top-rated Southern Cal based touring Irish and Celtic musicians and dancers, this is always one of the very best autumn events.
* Finally! The proper kind of venue that this wonderful production deserves!
* Parking: There is ample street parking. Valet for $7 is also available beginning one hour before the show.
* Cafe: The Hudson Lobby has a full-scale espresso bar that sells food and beverages, including beer and wine.
* It's a Celtic Halloween extravaganza with a full Irish band and Irish dancers, "interspersed with ghastly tales from the Celtic netherworlds."
* Ticket sales at the door are cash only, but tend to sell-out early.
* General seating only; Preferred Seats are sold-out.
* More info at: www.Celtic-Rhythms.com/Samhain
* Tickets at: www.Celtic-Rhythms.com/Samhain-Tickets
* Runs:
• Sun, Oct 28, 3 pm & 7 pm
• Sun, Nov 4, 3 pm only (NO 7 pm show).
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* Pronounced "Sau-in," like sauerkraut, it's the musically-powered tale and celebration of what became "All-Hallows-Eve," and then Halloween in our time.
* Note change to a total of three shows over the two days.
* Information and tickets at: https://celtic-rhythms.com/samhain-tickets
or 818-939-4313.
* Buy early for the best seats.
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Sun, Nov 4:
3 pm - CLIVE CARROLL plays the final of 3 shows at different venues for the "Lord Of The Strings Concert Series," this one at the
LCA Wine at SOCO Center, 3303 Hyland Av, Costa Mesa, CA 92626.
* Tix for any of the shows, all their venues: 949-244-6656
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Sun, Nov 4:
7 pm - "GROUP SINGING WITH FOLK LUMINARIES" in a special concert featuring Annie Patterson and Peter Blood, the editors of the landmark folk song collections, "Rise up Singing," and more recently, "Rise Again." Venue is the Santa Monica Friends Meeting, 1440 Harvard St, Santa Monica.
* Their beloved songbook are a pair of spiral-bound large-format books filled with hundreds of familiar songs and are designed to get us all together, singing songs in our living rooms, or wherever we gather.
* The books contain lyrics and chords, but no musical notation. They feature everything from old traditional songs to modern singer-songwriter originals.
* Annie and Peter will lead the singing and you can either borrow or purchase the songbooks.
* More at: https://www.riseupandsing.org/events/singalong-concert-santa-monica
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Sun, Nov 4:
8 pm - LAWRENCE LEBO plus KEN EMERSON, & JIM "KIMO" WEST, play a wonderful triple-bill in the famous concert hall in back of McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica, CA 90405; 310-828-4497
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FURTHER ON DOWN THE ROAD...
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A few new items are especially notable:
LATE ADDITION...
Thu, Nov 8:
7 pm - "COMICS & CULTURE: Art Spiegelman, Françoise Mouly, and Michael Silverblatt" -- New Yorker magazine covers, Pulitzer Prize winner, & NPR radio host, in a FREE program in the "Visions and Voices" series in Bovard Auditorium at USC, 3551 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA 90089.
* Visions and Voices presents an evening with the woman responsible for selecting the iconic covers of The New Yorker, Françoise Mouly, and her husband, the Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novelist Art Spiegelman (Maus).
* The two are in conversation with NPR radio host Michael Silverblatt, for a discussion of art, politics, and the subversive responsibilities of artists and media makers to respond to timely issues through culture and creativity.
* “Françoise Mouly is one of the most influential editors in comics and illustration of the last thirty years.”—Guernica Magazine.
* “Mouly considers how a simple drawing can cut through the torrent of images that we see every day and elegantly capture the feeling (and the sensibility) of a moment in time.”—TED Talks.
* “Perhaps more than any other single artist, Spiegelman has energized the range of emotional possibility in comics.”—San Francisco Weekly.
* “Maus won a Pulitzer in 1992, a landmark event in the history of the medium — its sheer power forced the mainstream world to take comics seriously.”—TIME Magazine.
* FREE with reserved free tickets, at:
http://crue.usc.edu/visionevents/rsvp/makeReservation_2.php?event_id=1297430&RSVPEvtCode=38
* Get on their email list at: visionsandvoices@usc.edu
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POSTPONED; new date TBA (See text in listing):
Thu, Nov 8:
7:30 pm - AMERICA, the iconic platinum-selling group, plays the Fred Kavli Theatre at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 Thousand Oaks Bl, T.O., CA 91362.
*** POSTPONED on the morning of Nov 8, "to respect the victims and the entire Thousand Oaks community in light of last night's tragic shooting." A statement issued by the band's Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell says they "are shocked by the news and want to send their deepest sympathies to the families, relatives and friends of those who lost their lives and were injured."
(The Guide's original write-up follows.)
* Among the first at the intersection of what would become Americana music, these guys got way out in front.
* They have six certified gold and/or platinum albums, most recently with "History" hitting four million in sales.
* The Guide caught them a few years back at a concert in Pershing Square with an audience inclusive of plenty of younger fans. It was clear, these guys can still bring it, and their music is vibrant, transcending eras.
* Having been inducted into the Vocal Hall of Fame in 2006, their album that year, "Here & Now," saw the band collaborate with a new generation of artists including Ryan Adams, Ben Kweller, Jim James, and others.
* Their career achievements encompass a Grammy Award as "Best New Artist" of 1972; seven albums produced by Sir George Martin; and a 2012 Star on the "Hollywood Walk of Fame."
* The band's lead singers, songwriters and guitarists Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell, continue to make new music and tour non-stop with 100 shows a year.
* Next year begins the start of their 50th anniversary.
* The "Wall Street Journal" did the star-treatment interview with Dewey and Gerry on July 17th, discussing the evolution of the classic song, in Marc Meyers' recurring "Anatomy of a Song" feature. (Read it at: https://www.wsj.com/articles/on-the-journey-to-a-horse-with-no-name-1531748082 )
* AMERICA has influenced generations of musicians with their distinctive brand of acoustic-driven, harmony-rich rock, mixed with pop smarts, in soul-searching classic songs that reflected the times they were living in. Those songs still resonate today.
* Their huge radio success in the '70s and early '80s often overshadowed their lyrical depth. Think of the questing "Horse With No Name" (with its environmental message at the end); the frank romantic politics of "Sister Golden Hair"; the war paranoia of "Sandman" (written in part from conversations with returning airmen from Vietnam); and the cautionary life advice of "Don't Cross The River."
* Tix now on-sale, at:
www.los-angeles-theatre.com/theaters/thousand-oaks-civic-arts-plaza/america.php
Or, https://www1.ticketmaster.com/civic-arts-plaza-presents-america-thousand-oaks-california-11-08-2018/event/0B00548CDBFB451A
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Nov 11; FESTIVAL:
"END OF WW I CENTENNIAL, & ANNUAL VETERANS APPRECIATION DAY" aboard the BATTLESHIP IOWA, docked as a museum in San Pedro, at 250 S Harbor Bl, Los Angeles, CA 90731.
* Veterans Appreciations 2018 events are an annual FESTIVAL aboard the Battleship IOWA Museum on Veterans Day Sun, Nov 11th at 10 am.
* Co-hosted by Black Knight Patrol and Bob Hope USO.
* This family-friendly event includes a variety of fun experiences for everyone to enjoy, including:
• SPECIAL EVENT: "Centennial Anniversary of the End of World War I" (on the original Nov 11 "Armistice Day") honoring San Pedro’s Veteran Heroes with a plaque and unveiling of a new memorial.
• Admission on board to the museum is Free for active, retired and reserve military.
• Live bands and DJ.
• Free food sponsored by Black Knight Patrol.
• Vintage vehicles.
• 5" gun salute at 11 am on 11-11 to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I (Active battle ended at 11 am on November 11, 1918); that portion sponsored by the American Legion.
* Tix and more info: https://pacificbattleship.com
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Nov 11, STAGE PLAY / BENEFIT:
2 pm - "KINDERTRANSPORT" stars Jane Kaszmerek at the Wallis Annenberg Theatre in Beverly Hills, CA.
* It's the story of Jewish children being given-up by their parents to get them out of Nazi Germany after the infamous Kristallnacht, on the eve of the Holocaust.
* Benefit for the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust.
* She first performed her role in this play in N.Y. in 1994. Subsequently, she did it for radio's "L.A. Theatreworks."
* This is a one-time opportunity to see her in this powerful play.
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EVERYTHING ELSE...
We published a "look ahead," with events into December and next year, at the bottom of a previous edition. It's at:
https://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2018/10/music-news-action-in-venues-this-week.html
Go catch it there! It'll have to do until we add a bunch more in our next update.
But we are repeating our recent TICKET ALERTS For some just-announced 2019 shows, because you might've missed 'em where they ran:
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TICKET ALERTS...
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Thu, Jan 24:
8 pm - The Branford Marsalis Quartet brings its signature jazz to the Soraya, formerly the San Fernando Valley Performing Arts Center / CSUN, 18111 Nordhoff St, Northridge, CA 91330; 818-677-8800; www.valleyperformingartscenter.org
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Feb 1-Mar 5, will run every Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun:
8 pm - "FOR PIANO AND HARPO," at the Garry Marshall Theatre, formerly the Falcon Theatre, 4252 Riverside Dr, Burbank, CA 91505; 818-955-8101; www.falcontheatre.com
* Tix on Sale Jan 4.
* Tix, $32-$45, will be available Jan 4, at: https://www.garrymarshalltheatre.org/
* A Laugh Then Think Production, written by & starring Dan Castellaneta. Directed by Stefan Novinski. The plot (from LA Weekly): "Oscar Levant, the brilliant, witty, pill-popping concert pianist, wakes up to find himself in the Psych Ward of Mt. Sinai Hospital. His past collides with his present, as he grapples with his demons to save his marriage and his sanity. It’s a nightmarish, and sometimes hilarious journey, from addiction to redemption, as he verbally jousts with Jack Paar, is haunted by the genius of George Gershwin, and moves in with his only friend, Harpo Marx."
* Tix for current shows: https://ci.ovationtix.com/19
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Thu, Mar 28, world music:
8 pm - Red Baraat "Festival of Colors" Celebrating the Hindu at the Soraya, formerly the San Fernando Valley Performing Arts Center / CSUN, 18111 Nordhoff St, Northridge, CA 91330; 818-677-8800; www.valleyperformingartscenter.org
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♪ The ACOUSTIC AMERICANA MUSIC GUIDE endeavors to bring you NEWS – and views of interest to artists everywhere – more specifically to musicians and the creative community and music makers and fans of acoustic and Folk-Americana music. That includes both traditional and innovative forms. From the deepest roots to today’s acoustic renaissance, that’s our beat. We provide a wealth of resources, including a HUGE catalog of acoustic-friendly venues (now undergoing a major update), and inside info on FESTIVALS and select performances in Southern California in venues from the monumentally large to the intimately small and cozy. We cover workshops, conferences, and other events for artists and folks in the music industry, and all kinds o’ things in the world of acoustic and Americana and accessible classical music. From washtub bass to musical spoons to oboe to viola to banjo to squeezebox, from Djangostyle to new-fangled-old-time string band music, from sweet Cajun fiddle to bluegrass and pre-bluegrass Appalachian mountain music to all the swamp water roots of the blues and the bright lights of where the music is headed now.
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