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Lots here. No time for a table of contents. Just jump in.
Let's get started!
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Are you baffled by the title? It's not a typo.
An "apostate" is one who commits apostasy. "Apostasy" is the formal disaffiliation from, abandonment of, or renunciation of a religion by a person. And since American democracy was traditionally regarded as a "civil religion"...
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New York Post cover proclaims, "Duh Moines"
It isn't just that the Iowa Democratic Party organization had an epic fail. Yes, they were inscrutably oblivious to the need to train their flocks of volunteers before making them responsible for running the rather Byzantine Iowa Caucuses. It seems they trotted-out a brand-new, esoteric app that was supposed to run the show. There was no beta testing, either. Just jump in with both feet and make it so. Why does it seem predictable that it wouldn't work? Because it was utterly dumb. IF that's even the real story. The company thst sold the Iowa Democratic Party the secret new app has been selling its services to the Buttigieg and Biden campaigns for some time.
We're here to declare that all that is not the biggest failure. Because we can't believe the disgraceful performance of American corporate cable "news," spending the entire evening, then all night, doing nothing but "analyzing" results they didn't have... crunching numbers that didn't exist... locked into a one-dimensional singularity with no resources, no knowledge... yet they couldn't even think of discussing anything else.
Meanwhile, over on the BBC, their staff OF JOURNALISTS continued to present the news OF THE WORLD, with maybe three minutes an hour going to report that Iowa was a clusterf**k, devoid of data.
What a contrast. We characterize it like this: "Since there's nothing to report here, we're moving on" (BBC), vs. an endless rehash of "Let's look at what the Iowa outcome would tell us if we had an Iowa outcome" (CNN, MSNBC, et. al.)
Can your day possibly be devoid of suspicion, given that the pink-eyed orange ogre is set to ruin it for all of us with his "apoSTATE OF THE UNION" tonight?
Politics: poly, meaning more than one; ticks, being blood-sucking parasites.
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THOUGHTS FOR TODAY from two born on this date...
"... art blows life into the lifeless, death into the deathless."
-- Robert Coover, American novelist and short-story writer.
And, especially resonant today...
"There comes a point when a man must refuse to answer to his leader if he is also to answer to his own conscience."
-- Hartley Shawcross, barrister, politician, and prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes tribunal (born Feb 4, 1902, died 2003)
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On this day in 1789, in its first-ever outing, the Electoral College unanimously elected George Washington as first President of the United States under the new Constitution. We've been stuck with that damn Electoral College -- a vestige of tipping the scales for the slave states to have more representation -- ever since.
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Tonight on TV...
"RUBY RIDGE" on the PBS series, "The American Experience"
Tune in (except in L.A., where we all must STREAM it), beginning tonight at 6 pm Pacific.
"Ruby Ridge" is a riveting account of the event that helped give rise to the modern American militia movement, and concentrate the majority of guns in America into the hands of a few who are armed to the teeth, with massive hordes of ammunition.
When the Weaver family moved to the remote hills of northern Idaho, they sought a retreat from a rapidly changing world — and the U.S. government.
Charged with selling two illegal sawed-off shotguns to an undercover agent, Randy Weaver had failed to appear in court and law enforcement was tasked with bringing him in. For months, the Weavers had been holed up on their property with a cache of firearms, including automatic weapons. When the federal agents surveilling the property crossed paths with members of the family, a firefight broke out.
Some PBS stations, including those in Los Angeles, have alternative programming tonight. So, stream this film online beginning tonight at 6 pm Pacific, at:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/ruby-ridge/
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Special Discount Offer...
"DAY AFTER DAY (THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF DORIS DAY)"
in its West Coast Premiere
THIS WEEKEND ONLY, for all performances Feb 7th-9th, tickets for "Day After Day (the Life and Music of Doris Day)" are available for just $15
* Fri, Feb 7 & Sat, Feb 8, at 8 pm
* Sat, Feb 8 & Sun, Feb 9, at 2 pm
Use code "QueSera15" to get these discounted tix at:
https://p3theatre.biz/day-after-day/
HERE'S THE INFO ON THE SHOW, from the Guide's "Continuing Event" section...
ONGOING through Feb 22; MUSICAL THEATRE:
"DAY AFTER DAY (THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF DORIS DAY)" in its West Coast Premiere, produced by the P3 Theatre Company at the Ernest Borgnine Theatre (inside the Long Beach Scottish Rite Cultural Center), 855 Elm Av, Long Beach CA 90813
* This is a brand new musical telling the dramatic personal life story of Doris Day through her music. Songs including "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered," "Sentimental Journey," "Secret Love," "It’s Magic," "A Guy is a Guy," and "Que Sera, Sera," turned Doris Day into America’s Sweetheart.
* Take a deep and personal look into this star’s dramatic personal life while appearing as the quintessential “girl-next-door” in Warner Bros. musicals. Blending factual life events and her songs, this show is a love letter to this extraordinary icon.
* Written by Tony Santamauro, starring Deborah Robin as Doris Day.
* "(Deborah) Robin absolutely shines in her role, fully inhabiting Day’s perky demeanor and delicious voice from her early years as a big-band singer and top recording star– beginning with “Sentimental Journey” after World War II– through to her movie roles opposite leading men such as Rock Hudson, Cary Grant, and James Garner." -- Anita W. Harris, Signal Tribune.
* TIX: 800-595-4849 or www.P3Theatre.biz
TICKET ALERTS
Just-announced Concerts...
⊙ KINKY FRIEDMAN plus Cleve & Mary Hattersley, Mar 13, at McCabes
...tix: www.mccabes.com
⊙ JIM KWESKIN, May 1, at McCabes
...tix: www.mccabes.com
⊙ BETH NIELSEN CHAPMAN, May 2, at McCabes
...tix: www.mccabes.com
Just announced, PASSWORD PRE-SALE...
⊙ MARSHALL TUCKER BAND, playing “Heard it in a Love Song,” “Fire on the Mountain,” “Can’t You See,” and more. Two shows, different venues.
* Advance presale password tix, NOW, with passcode “southern”
□ July 24 at The Canyon Santa Clarita, 24201 Valencia Bl #1351 Santa Clarita CA 91355
...tix: https://www1.ticketmaster.com/the-marshall-tucker-band/event/0900583EDEA552DC
□ July 25 at The Canyon Montclair, 5600 N Montclair Plaza Ln, Montclair CA 91763
...tix: https://www1.ticketmaster.com/the-marshall-tucker-band/event/0900583EDF54531A
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⊙ LITTLE RIVER BAND, playing “Reminiscing,” “Lady,” “Lonesome Loser,” & more.
* Advance presale password tix, NOW, with passcode “lonesome”
□ Aug 7 at The Canyon at The Libbey Bowl, 210 S Signal St, Ojai CA 93023
...tix:
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□ Aug 8 at The Canyon Montclair, 5600 N Montclair Plaza Ln, Montclair CA 91763
...tix:
https://www1.ticketmaster.com/little-river-band/event/0900583CCCDE49F2
□ Aug 9 at The Canyon at The Starlight Bowl, 1249 Lockheed View Dr, Burbank CA
...tix:
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⊙ KEIKO MATSUI, Internationally acclaimed & celebrated Pianist & Composer
* Advance presale password tix, NOW, with passcode “piano”
□ August 22 at The Canyon Montclair, 5600 N Montclair Plaza Ln, Montclair CA 91763
...tix:
https://www1.ticketmaster.com/keiko-matsui/event/0900583DE0954BF9
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New music, out today...
Singer Songwriter David Myles Premieres “Leave Tonight” in Advance of New Album and Tour
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| Does anybody invoke Buddy Holly more than David Myles? |
He has a lot of character to his voice, and applied to this song, he has a winner we're sure you will like.
GLIDE describes “Leave Tonight” as “…reminiscent of Roy Orbison’s majestic sense of melancholy replete with dreamy harmony vocals… there is power in the musical simplicity that complements the heartfelt, romantic lyrics. The song showcases Myles’ ability to fuse folk and classic pop sounds.”
The project was produced by James Bunton and features longtime touring and recording bandmates Kyle Cunjak (upright bass, electric bass) and Alan Jeffries (acoustic and electric guitars). The trio have been friends since high school and have worked together for over a decade. Rounding out the sessions was percussionist Joshua Van Tassel who has played on many of David’s previous records.
Leave Tonight’s collection of ten songs has at its core a romantic essence coupled with a side of chill and sophistication. Equal parts americana, breezy ballads, folk, and pop ear-worms - the album's lush vibe gently transports listeners on a dreamy ride.
David Myles' tour dates will be announced shortly covering all of North America, beginning next month and continuing through 2020.
Stream and enjoy the single via GLIDE:
https://glidemagazine.com/239172/song-premiere-david-myles-explores-the-power-of-intimacy-with-classic-pop-sound-on-leave-tonight/
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Theatre Openings This Week...
Feb 7-Feb 16; LIVE MUSICAL THEATRE:
"FRIDA -- STROKE OF PASSION" is Odalys Nanin's play with songs about the last days of artist Frida Kahlo.
* At Casa 0101, 2102 E First St, Los Angeles CA 90011
* Runs Fridays & Saturdays at 8 pm, Sundays at 2 pm.
* Ends Feb 16.
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Feb 8-Feb 23; LIVE THEATRE:
2:30 pm - "ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING" presented in the West Coast Premiere of Joanna Lipari's show about a senior who refuses to let society make her invisible.
* At the Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W Sierra Madre Bl, Sierra Madre CA 91024
* Runs Saturdays & Sundays at 2:30 pm.
* Ends Feb 23.
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Feb 6-Mar 1; LIVE THEATRE:
6 pm - "THE MANOR" is Theatre 40's production of Kathrine Bates' drama about a murder and suicide that took place at Greystone Mansion a century ago.
* It's AT the Greystone Mansion, 905 Loma Vista Dr, Beverly Hills CA 90210
* Runs Thu & Fri at 6 pm (Saturdays and Sundays are sold out.)
* Ends March 1.
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(Updated with a correction, Wed, Feb 5, 9:32 am)
Why ACTIVISM matters...
"TELL THE BEACH BOYS TO STOP SUPPORTING TROPHY HUNTING!"
That's how Eduardo Goncalves titled his online petition to Beach Boys Manager Elliott Lott. Things have taken-off from there, including in newspapers around the world.
Eduardo wrote:
“Wouldn't it be nice if all the Beach Boys, Stayed away from those who kill for fun?”
On Wednesday, February 5th, the Beach Boys are headlining at the "Safari Club International Convention" in Reno, Nevada, at which Donald Trump Jr is the keynote speaker.
The Safari Club International convention is the world’s biggest wildlife killing market – a staggering 870 companies will be selling trophy hunting holidays and wildlife body parts including animal heads this year.The Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting predicts that US hunters will shoot an estimated 20,000 animals from protected species this year. Most trophy hunts are sold at these conventions.Trophies traded by American hunters in the past decade include endangered right whales, Hawksbill turtles, Bald eagles, chimpanzees, sloth bears and grey parrots.Previous SCI Conventions have seen companies selling ‘canned lion’ hunts – where tame lions are bred and shot in enclosures for low-cost trophies – as well as illegal wildlife body parts for trinkets and furniture, including benches made from elephant skin, paintings on elephant ears, a hippo skull table, and shark skin belts.Safari Club International has spent an astonishing $140 million since 2000 lobbying against laws to stop trophy hunting – or what it calls “protecting the freedom to hunt”...
Dear Beach Boys Manager Elliott Lott,
We the undersigned pledge to stop buying or downloading all Beach Boys music, going to Beach Boys concerts, and purchasing any Beach Boys merchandise until the Beach Boys withdraw from the SCI Convention and publicly state their opposition to this sick ‘sport’ of killing animals for ‘fun’.
We will call on the Beach Boys' record label, agent and publicists to disown the Beach Boys, and on members of the public to protest at forthcoming Beach Boys concerts, unless they do so.
Well. Beach Boys co-founders Brian Wilson & Al Jardine saw it, and SIGNED the petition, stating they were in agreement with Eduardo.
Nonetheless, as Eduardo writes, "Despite huge media coverage, global UPROAR - and being publicly DISOWNED by co-founders Brian Wilson & Al Jardine - Mike Love’s Beach Boys are going ahead with their concert tonight at the world’s largest Trophy Hunting convention."
He continues, "So why not TWEET @MikeLoveOFCL @TheBeachBoys @SafariClubIntl and let them know you think murdering animals for ‘fun’ is WRONG..."
Here are TWO things you can do right now to help end this sick "sport":
1. From anywhere in the world: Email the U.K. government Trophy Hunting consultation desk at huntingtrophyconsultation@defra.gov.uk to say “I support Option 3 - a Total Ban”. The British government is consulting on whether to ban hunting trophies. Anyone can participate – have your say!
2. If you’re in the UK, you can also copy/paste “Please support EDM 50 - Ban on Trophy Hunting imports” & send to your local MP via https://writetothem.com/?a=westminstermp . EDM50 is a cross-party parliamentary motion in support of a trophy hunting ban
Eduardo tells us, "Thank you again for signing and helping raise awareness of this horrible ‘hobby’ practised by heartless thrill-killers. Together we can – and WILL – ban trophy hunting. For GOOD."
AND, of course...
You can sign the petition at:
https://www.change.org/p/beach-boys-stop-supporting-trophy-hunting
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This edition's Feature story...
⊙ Her new duets album features duo performances with Stephen McCarthy (The Long Ryders), Timothy B. Schmit (Eagles), Terry Reid, Peter Noone (Herman’s Hermits), Percy Sledge, and Gene Clark.
⊙ On February 21, in the famous concert hall in back of McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica CA, Carla Olson will celebrate a new album release, together with the Sunset Blvd. label's expanded re-release of "True Voices" — a compilation that features her and several of her collaborators. The McCabe's show features her with Stephen McCarthy, John York, Rob Waller of I See Hawks in L.A. and Johnny Indovina of Human Drama.
⊙ The new album is due everywhere else March 20th on Sunset Blvd. Records.
LISTEN to a track premiered by "Americana Highways" here.
http://bit.ly/39aP6zE
LOS ANGELES, CA, Feb 4 — Two great voices weaving together beautifully is one of the most basic and durable concepts in music, and Carla Olson returns to it on her new album "Have Harmony, Will Travel 2," arriving March 20th on Sunset Blvd. Records.
The album features the veteran Texas-bred, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter-producer doing duets with 11 guests. It's the successor to 2013’s "Have Harmony, Will Travel," which found Olson collaborating vocally with artists Peter Case, Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield), John York (the Byrds), Scott Kempner (the Del-Lords), and Juice Newton.
Like the previous collection, "Have Harmony, Will Travel 2" was inspired by Olson’s youthful days as an aspiring musician, when she marveled at the diverse sounds she heard on Austin’s top-40 station KNOW.
She recalls, “You’d hear everything from ‘Love Is Blue’ by Paul Mauriat to The Zombies. Even before I got into high school, I had a wonderful variety of music hitting me. I had this catalog of songs in my head that I wanted to play with a band, or I’d hear a vocalist who maybe wouldn’t have done a particular song, actually recording that song.
“Very often,” she adds, “a singer will think that they’re not capable of doing a song that I’ve asked them to do, or that it wouldn’t fit them stylistically, but I’ll hear something in that voice that beckoned me to get them to sing it.”
Produced by Olson, the second "Have Harmony" set sports an eclectic lineup of talents that includes Timothy B. Schmitt, bassist-vocalist of the Eagles; Peter Noone of the British Invasion band Herman’s Hermits; singer’s singer Terry Reid; Stephen McCarthy, vocalist and guitarist of L.A.’s “Paisley Underground” group the Long Ryders; and the album’s lone featured instrumentalist, original Bee Gees guitarist Vince Melouney.
In addition to duo performances with multilingual vocalist Ana Gazzola and singer-songwriter Jim Muske, the album surveys Olson’s collaborations with two-time Emmy-winning actress-singer Mare Winningham, the brawny roots-rock band I See Hawks in L.A., legendary soul man Percy Sledge, and The Byrds’ masterful co-founder Gene Clark.
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“We did ‘Burned,’ and I loved singing with him,” Olson says. “It was really a treat to find how our voices blended together.” For their first recorded duet, they essayed Patty Loveless’ 1988 hit “Timber, I’m Falling in Love.”
Olson’s friendship with Noone dates back to the singer’s work in his ’80s band the Tremblers with the late Phil Seymour, another close associate. He selected The Searchers’ U.K. hit “Goodbye My Love” as his track.
Noone’s participation in the project was a thrill for Schmit, a cornerstone of the Eagles lineup since 1977. Olson remembers, “When he saw Peter in the studio, he sort of snuck down the hallway and said, ‘Uh, uh, Peter … I saw you in Sacramento when I was 15!’ It was his childhood hero. Man, did he freak out!”
She continues, “Approaching Timothy B. Schmit seemed awkward at first, because he’s such a big star. But he is so sweet, so kind, and so generous with his time. I had cut his Eagles song ‘I Can’t Tell You Why’ with Chubby Tavares, and that was kind of a door-opener.” The pair perform Richie Furay’s Buffalo Springfield standard, “A Child’s Claim to Fame.”
Olson says of Terry Reid, “I saw him open for Cream in 1968 in Dallas, and he damn near blew ’em off the stage. I’ve known Terry for a long time — I met him through Mick Taylor back in the late ’80s or early ’90s, when Mick and I did our album together."
She continues, “He is definitely one of the most interesting voices in rock ’n’ roll. I had the idea to do a very tender, sweet song with that gravelly voice of his. I wanted him to sing ‘Scarlet Ribbons’ with that odd cadence that he has — it’s not in time. That’s his style! We added a cello to it — it was cut to ‘Terry time!’ It makes me cry when I hear it.”
Olson’s track with Vince Melouney, who appeared on all the Bee Gees’ career-making early albums, revisits “Shackles and Chains,” a John Stewart number they performed together at a tribute to the late songwriter at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena CA. “I had never played the song,” she says. “I thought of it as a Johnny Cash kind of arrangement of what John Stewart did with his band. Vince plays all the lead guitar on it.”
The newest tracks on "Have Harmony, Will Travel 2" are rounded-out by a rambunctious version of Stephen Stills’ “Uno Mundo” by Ana Gazzola, whose 2012 album of Portuguese-language Bee Gees covers was produced by Olson, and the vocal debut of Minnesota singer-songwriter Jim Muske, who performs his own composition “Haunting Me.” Olson says of the latter track, “Jim goes back with us for decades, as a musician and as a friend. He hadn’t sung in years, and he has a tremendous voice. He came in and just nailed the vocal.”
Wrapping with her tracks with Winningham (from a Spanish hits compilation by Olson), Sledge (backed by Mick Taylor, from Olson’s 1994 collection "Reap the Whirlwind"), and I See Hawks in L.A. (from their 2009 album "Shoulda Been Gold"), "Have Harmony, Will Travel" concludes with a duo rendition of “Del Gato,” a powerful Western ballad from Olson and Gene Clark’s 1987 album "So Rebellious a Lover," which proved to be Clark’s final release before his death in 1991.
“That song was something Gene was just playing for us in his living room,” Olson recalls. “We thought it was a standard! It sounds like something by the Sons of the Pioneers. We sang that song for fun — we didn’t know we were going to make a record. To sing that song was such a joy to me. It’s hard to not be able to sing that song today.”
Songs she does sing today -- with & Stephen McCarthy and guests Johnny Indovina, Rob Waller and John York -- will be center stage in the auditory showroom of McCabes, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405, on February 21st.
Get tix while you still can, $20, at 310-828-4497 or online at:
https://www.store.mccabes.com/cart.php?target=product&product_id=2451
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Because knowing now protects being able to know, period.
"The Prosecution of Julian Assange" Forum
Set aside all the breathless hype propagated by corporate mainstream media, dispensed to keep you passionately distracted. The REAL threat to A Free Press is being pursued with vicious efficiency, bringing irreparable consequences to everyone's pursuit of all the inconvenient truths.
A forum to confront the dangerous consequences of the US government's impending prosecution of Julian Assange, under the Espionage Act of 1917, reveals the scope of danger to everyone who pursues knowledge and information that embarrasses the powerful.
The program features newly-filmed interviews with Julian Assange, Noam Chomsky, and Daniel Ellsberg.
The charges Julian Assange faces are an existential threat to press freedom. After being forcibly removed from the Ecuadorian Embassy, Assange is now in a high security prison in London where he faces extradition to the United States and imprisonment for the rest of his life. (Despite the fact that he was arrested in Britain on charges stemming from a DISMISSED case in Sweden, that had NO RELATION to the US.)
At this forum, distinguished lawyers and activists will will explore the vitally important journalistic role Julian Assange has played in exposing the lawlessness of the US government and the threat posed by his prosecution to everyone who believes in freedom of the press.
Featured speakers:
Alveena Shah, UCLA Law School, Moderator
Barry Pollack, Julian Assange’s US attorney
Marjorie Cohn, National Lawyers Guild
Carey Shenkman, First Amendment lawyer
Jim Lafferty, National Lawyers Guild-LA
Stephen Rohde, Constitutional scholar, ACLU Southern Cal
Sharon Kyle JD, LA Progressive
With Margaret Kunstler, co-editor of “In Defense of Julian Assange”
Sponsors:
ACLU Southern California and its First Amendment Committee
ACLU SoCal Pasadena/Foothills Chapter
Courage Foundation
FAIR
Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace
LA Progressive
National Lawyers Guild-LA
Proceeds will be used to defray costs of the event. Any funds left over will be donated to the nonprofit organizations putting on the event.
WHEN / WHERE:
February 9, 2 pm-5 pm, UCLA School of Law, 385 Charles E Young Drive East, Los Angeles CA 90095
TICKETS:
* Suggested donation: $20 (Students $5)
*** Scholarship tickets are available: No one turned away for lack of funds.
* Advance tix highly recommended, at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-prosecution-of-julian-assange-the-threat-to-the-freedom-of-the-press-tickets-89484441373
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Set aside all the breathless hype propagated by corporate mainstream media, dispensed to keep you passionately distracted. The REAL threat to A Free Press is being pursued with vicious efficiency, bringing irreparable consequences to everyone's pursuit of all the inconvenient truths.
A forum to confront the dangerous consequences of the US government's impending prosecution of Julian Assange, under the Espionage Act of 1917, reveals the scope of danger to everyone who pursues knowledge and information that embarrasses the powerful.
The program features newly-filmed interviews with Julian Assange, Noam Chomsky, and Daniel Ellsberg.
The charges Julian Assange faces are an existential threat to press freedom. After being forcibly removed from the Ecuadorian Embassy, Assange is now in a high security prison in London where he faces extradition to the United States and imprisonment for the rest of his life. (Despite the fact that he was arrested in Britain on charges stemming from a DISMISSED case in Sweden, that had NO RELATION to the US.)
At this forum, distinguished lawyers and activists will will explore the vitally important journalistic role Julian Assange has played in exposing the lawlessness of the US government and the threat posed by his prosecution to everyone who believes in freedom of the press.
Featured speakers:
Alveena Shah, UCLA Law School, Moderator
Barry Pollack, Julian Assange’s US attorney
Marjorie Cohn, National Lawyers Guild
Carey Shenkman, First Amendment lawyer
Jim Lafferty, National Lawyers Guild-LA
Stephen Rohde, Constitutional scholar, ACLU Southern Cal
Sharon Kyle JD, LA Progressive
With Margaret Kunstler, co-editor of “In Defense of Julian Assange”
Sponsors:
ACLU Southern California and its First Amendment Committee
ACLU SoCal Pasadena/Foothills Chapter
Courage Foundation
FAIR
Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace
LA Progressive
National Lawyers Guild-LA
Proceeds will be used to defray costs of the event. Any funds left over will be donated to the nonprofit organizations putting on the event.
WHEN / WHERE:
February 9, 2 pm-5 pm, UCLA School of Law, 385 Charles E Young Drive East, Los Angeles CA 90095
TICKETS:
* Suggested donation: $20 (Students $5)
*** Scholarship tickets are available: No one turned away for lack of funds.
* Advance tix highly recommended, at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-prosecution-of-julian-assange-the-threat-to-the-freedom-of-the-press-tickets-89484441373
SELECTED EVENTS THIS WEEK...
Tue, Feb 4:
8 pm - JIM & ANNE CURRY: "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.
* Tribute artist Jim Curry, whose singing voice was heard in the CBS-TV movie "Take Me Home: The John Denver Story," has performed Denver's music in sold-out shows throughout the country and has emerged as today's top performer of Denver's vast legacy of multi-platinum hits.
* He has performed with most of the members of Denver's band and he has performed Denver's music with symphony orchestras, as Denver did so often in concert, enabled because Curry was given the original orchestral sheet music that had been presumed lost.
* Jim's uncanny ability to mirror John's voice and clean-cut look takes you back to the time when "Rocky Mountain High," "Sunshine," "Calypso," and "Annie's Song" topped the charts, and his popular music had the heartfelt message of caring for the earth and caring for each other.
* Denver’s message is worth repeating in our contentious times: “Be kind to the Earth and to each other.”
* TIX, $20. Make reservations. This ALWAYS sells-out.
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Tue, Feb 4:
8 pm - ALAN PARSONS LIVE PROJECT plays the City National Grove of Anaheim, Anaheim CA
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Tue, Feb 4:
WYNONNA & CACTUS: "Party Of Two" plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405; www.mccabes.com
* Respected by the millions of fans who are drawn to her music and undeniable talent, Wynonna's rich and commanding voice has sold over THIRTY MILLION albums worldwide, spanning her remarkable 34-year career.
* As one-half of the legendary mother/daughter duo THE JUDDS, Wynonna was once dubbed by Rolling Stone as "the greatest female country singer since Patsy Cline."
* This iconic performer has received over 60 industry awards, with countless charting singles, including TWENTYZ No.1 hits thst include "Mama He's Crazy," "Why Not me," and "Grandpa, (Tell Me 'Bout The Good Ole Days)."
* TIX are $75.
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Thu & Fri, Feb 6 & 7; INDUSTRY CONFERENCE:
7th Annual "DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT WORLD" ("DEW 2020") produced by Digital Media Wire at the Marina del Rey Marriott, in Marina del Rey CA
* Brings together 2,000 decision-makers from video, music, games and advertising as well as startups, innovators, technologists and press
* Features Speakers from Pluto TV, Roc Nation, Facebook, CBS, NBC, Epic Games, Skydance, Warner Bros, Sony Music.
* DEW includes more than 50 unique sessions and 200 speakers on topics essential to the future of video, music, brands, marketing, gaming, AR/VR, and AI, with keynotes and fireside chats from Pluto TV, Facebook, Sony Music, CBS, Roc Nation, Roblox, and more.
* View the full speaker list at: www.dewexpo.com/speakers-2020
* Registration, etc, at: https://www.dewexpo.com/register/
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7:30 pm - SCOTT AINSLEE and REGGIE HARRIS, legendary guitarmen, explore the uniquely American folk and blues roots of the deep south, at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center, 1201 W Malvern Av, Fullerton CA 92833; 714-738-6595; www.TheMuck.org
* An evening of jaw-dropping musicianship.
* Two noted troubadours together in concert with a variety of acoustic instruments, stories, and songs.
* TIX: $30 gen'l, $20 student/senior, $15 member.
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Fri, Feb 7; CLIMATE RALLY:
11 am-noon - "FIRE DRILL FRIDAY RALLY TO STOP THE CLIMATE CRISIS" at L.A. City Hall, 200 N Spring St, Los Angeles CA 90012 (Main Street side of City Hall)
* JANE FONDA and LAST CHANCE ALLIANCE kick-off a new monthly series that she will lead on the first Friday of each month in different locations across California, starting with this one in L.A.
* The agenda includes a demand that Governor Gavin Newsom stop new fossil fuel projects, drop existing ones, and roll out a 2500-foot health and safety buffer zone between fossil-fuel infrastructure and homes, schools, and other sensitive sites.
* "Fire Drill Fridays" started in Washington, DC. Starting with this event, they arrive in Los Angeles.
* Rumor has it that today she’ll have some interesting guests join her -- because this is Oscar weekend in the Film Capital of the World.
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Fri, Feb 7; FILM OPENING:
"EARTH" (Not Rated) 115 mins, is a new documentary film that opens Fri, Feb 7 at the Laemmle, Glendale CA, then moves to other Laemmles as part of the "Culture Vulture" film series.
* This German-English-Spanish-Hungarian-Italian production was filmed at seven locations that are being completely transformed by humans:
(1) mountains being moved in California;
(2) a tunnel being sliced through rock at the Brenner Pass;
(3) an open-cast mine in Hungary;
(4) a marble quarry in Italy;
(5) a copper mine in Spain;
(6) the salt mine used to store radioactive waste in Wolfenbüttel;
(7) a tar sands landscape in Canada.
* Initially shown from above as abstract paintings, the terrain is then explored on the ground.
* The film weaves together footage of machines in operation and conversations with workers.
* Opens today in Glendale. Coming to these other Laemmle Theatres on dates indicated:
• Claremont 5 on 02-10-20
• Town Center 5 on 02-10-20
• Playhouse 7 on 02-10-20
• Royal on 02-10-20
* TIX, and/or watch the trailer for this documentary about protecting Earth:
https://www.laemmle.com/trailers/342462
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Fri, Feb 7; CLIMATE RALLY:
11 am-noon - "FIRE DRILL FRIDAY RALLY TO STOP THE CLIMATE CRISIS" at L.A. City Hall, 200 N Spring St, Los Angeles CA 90012 (Main Street side of City Hall)
* JANE FONDA and LAST CHANCE ALLIANCE kick-off a new monthly series that she will lead on the first Friday of each month in different locations across California, starting with this one in L.A.
* The agenda includes a demand that Governor Gavin Newsom stop new fossil fuel projects, drop existing ones, and roll out a 2500-foot health and safety buffer zone between fossil-fuel infrastructure and homes, schools, and other sensitive sites.
* "Fire Drill Fridays" started in Washington, DC. Starting with this event, they arrive in Los Angeles.
* Rumor has it that today she’ll have some interesting guests join her -- because this is Oscar weekend in the Film Capital of the World.
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"EARTH" (Not Rated) 115 mins, is a new documentary film that opens Fri, Feb 7 at the Laemmle, Glendale CA, then moves to other Laemmles as part of the "Culture Vulture" film series.
* This German-English-Spanish-Hungarian-Italian production was filmed at seven locations that are being completely transformed by humans:
(1) mountains being moved in California;
(2) a tunnel being sliced through rock at the Brenner Pass;
(3) an open-cast mine in Hungary;
(4) a marble quarry in Italy;
(5) a copper mine in Spain;
(6) the salt mine used to store radioactive waste in Wolfenbüttel;
(7) a tar sands landscape in Canada.
* Initially shown from above as abstract paintings, the terrain is then explored on the ground.
* The film weaves together footage of machines in operation and conversations with workers.
* Opens today in Glendale. Coming to these other Laemmle Theatres on dates indicated:
• Claremont 5 on 02-10-20
• Town Center 5 on 02-10-20
• Playhouse 7 on 02-10-20
• Royal on 02-10-20
* TIX, and/or watch the trailer for this documentary about protecting Earth:
https://www.laemmle.com/trailers/342462
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53rd annual "CALIFORNIA ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIR" at the Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena CA.
* The LA Weekly writes, "See, learn about and purchase the finest in rare books, maps, graphics, photographs and more, at the mother of all book fairs... With over 150 booksellers from around the world, the event presents volumes from five centuries of printing, as well as original manuscripts predating Gutenberg."
* Books for sale span every imaginable area of interest.
* Items range from a just few dollars to more than six figures.
* This year’s event theme celebrates the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage with the "Votes for Women" exhibit and related talks.
* "Votes for Women," through the writings of leaders including Susan B. Anthony, plus rare photos and ephemera, brings into focus the voices and faces of the women behind this revolutionary crusade.
* Want to go home with a piece of women’s history? Many participating booksellers showcase items significant to suffrage AND THE ONGOING STRUGGLE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS.
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7 pm - QUARTET NOUVEAU plays the Encinitas Library Concert series, 540 Cornish Dr, Encinitas CA
* The Quartet presents the California premiere of ELENA RUEHR's "String Quartet No. 7," alongside HAYDN's "Emperor Quartet" and SCHUBERT's "Quartet in a minor Rosamunde."
* Exploring the experiences and resiliency of children of war, Ruehr's "String Quartet No. 7" was co-commissioned by the ARNEIS, DELGANI and QUARTET NOUVEAU String Quartets.
* The program includes the opportunity to hear Elena Ruehr speak about her commissioned piece.
* More: https://www.quartetnouveau.org/
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8 pm - THE FRED EAGLESMITH SHOW starring TIF GINN plays the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405; www.mccabes.com
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Fri, Feb 7:
8 pm - THE SUSIE GLAZE NEW FOLK ENSEMBLE plus ANDY & RENEE (of HARD RAIN) play a double-bill for Susie's recently reinstituted series, "THE WOODSHED SESSIONS," at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena CA 91001; www.coffeegallery.com
* THE SUSIE GLAZE NEW FOLK ENSEMBLE has been likened to the British bands Pentangle and Fairport Convention, blending classic folk music with rough-edged stories of tragedy and fate, all with orchestral arrangements sounding like chamber music gone folk.
* Susie & co get good reviews: “...a ride through a wide range of Americana meadows and valleys... from skilled instrumentation bluegrass jams, Appalachian vocals, sweet high lonesome harmonies and old-time folk influences, the richness of a tapestry of American music that weaves together each genre through... song-craft, clear production and authentic performance... it feels like we’re hearing just one genre ~ great American music... one of the finest and most original Americana groups in California (or in the country for that matter).” -- No Depression.
* ANDY & RENEE are the award-winning leaders of award-winning band HARD RAIN, and producers and musical hosts of the excellent annual "DYLANFEST."
* TIX, $20, and note: THIS SERIES always sells-out, AND, all of Andy & Renee's acoustic shows ALWAYS sell-out. So don't dawdle. Call promptly for reservations, 10 am-10 pm, 7-days: 626-398-7917.
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Sat, Feb 8; FREE CONCERT:
11 am - "THE HUTCHINS CONSORT: ANIMALS" presented by the City of Encinitas concert series at the Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Dr, Encinitas CA
* The Hutchins Consort takes you on a musical journey through wildlife. Cats, bees and other species will be present.
* Bring the entire family this FREE event.
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Sat, Feb 8:
1 pm - "LISTEN TO MUSIC OUTSIDE IN THE DAYLIGHT UNDER A TREE" concert series presents ALEX ZHANG HUNGTAI and DERADOORIAN, plus LUCCA OTTO, SCOTT GILLMORE, AV MOVES, & JULIA BLOOP, at La Tierra de la Culebra Art Park, 240 S Ave 57, Highland Park CA 90042
* We don't know a thing about this. We're supporting it because it looks innovative.
* La Tierra de la Culebra is an art park in Highland Park, Los Angeles. Its programming and stewardship are a project of La Culebra Action League, who tell us, "We host workshops, teach classes, play games, watch movies, and make art. Enjoy the arroyo landscape, come to an event, and get involved!"
* More on the park and its programs: http://a.laculebrapark.com/
* More on this event: https://www.instagram.com/p/B8M5BSllHym/
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Sat, Feb 8; FREE OPERA:
7:30 pm-8 pm - OPERA: "LA SERVA PADRONA" by Pergolesi, at the Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Dr, Encinitas CA
* The comedic story of a maidservant who hoodwinks her boss in order to get the job title that she really wants - wife!
* SAN DIEGO BAROQUE SOLOISTS are joined by soprano ANDREA ZOMORODIAN and baritone JOHN BUFFETT. Both are regular recitalists, soloists and members of the L.A. MASTER CHORALE. Actor JAMES NEWCOMB is well known to audiences all over North America for his Shakespeare performances.
* FREE.
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Sat, Feb 8; FREE CONCERT:
11 am - "THE HUTCHINS CONSORT: ANIMALS" presented by the City of Encinitas concert series at the Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Dr, Encinitas CA
* The Hutchins Consort takes you on a musical journey through wildlife. Cats, bees and other species will be present.
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Sat, Feb 8:
1 pm - "LISTEN TO MUSIC OUTSIDE IN THE DAYLIGHT UNDER A TREE" concert series presents ALEX ZHANG HUNGTAI and DERADOORIAN, plus LUCCA OTTO, SCOTT GILLMORE, AV MOVES, & JULIA BLOOP, at La Tierra de la Culebra Art Park, 240 S Ave 57, Highland Park CA 90042
* We don't know a thing about this. We're supporting it because it looks innovative.
* La Tierra de la Culebra is an art park in Highland Park, Los Angeles. Its programming and stewardship are a project of La Culebra Action League, who tell us, "We host workshops, teach classes, play games, watch movies, and make art. Enjoy the arroyo landscape, come to an event, and get involved!"
* More on the park and its programs: http://a.laculebrapark.com/
* More on this event: https://www.instagram.com/p/B8M5BSllHym/
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Sat, Feb 8; FREE OPERA:
7:30 pm-8 pm - OPERA: "LA SERVA PADRONA" by Pergolesi, at the Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Dr, Encinitas CA
* The comedic story of a maidservant who hoodwinks her boss in order to get the job title that she really wants - wife!
* SAN DIEGO BAROQUE SOLOISTS are joined by soprano ANDREA ZOMORODIAN and baritone JOHN BUFFETT. Both are regular recitalists, soloists and members of the L.A. MASTER CHORALE. Actor JAMES NEWCOMB is well known to audiences all over North America for his Shakespeare performances.
* FREE.
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Sat, Feb 9:
8 pm - ALASDAIR FRASER & NATALIE HAAS play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405; www.mccabes.com
___8 pm - ALASDAIR FRASER & NATALIE HAAS play the famous concert hall in back of McCabe's Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica CA 90405; www.mccabes.com
Sun, Feb 9; FESTIVAL:
11 am-3 pm - Tu B’Shvat "FOOD FOREST FESTIVAL" at Coastal Roots Farm, 441 Saxony Rd, Encinitas CA
* Join Coastal Roots Farm for their annual Tu B’shvat Festival, the Jewish new year of Trees.
* Event includes live music featuring popular folky/bluegrass band CORAL BELLS.
* With local food, educational sessions, nature play, a Kids Zone, and tree care opportunities including mulching and seeding.
* These activities "will aid in the promotion of healthy soil which in turn will help trees remain healthy and thrive to their fullest, allowing for each tree to filter the air, provide shade and a home for wildlife, and grow nutrient-dense fruit for all to enjoy."
* More: https://coastalrootsfarm.org/event/tu-bshvat-food-forest-festival-2020-trees-of-change/
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Sun, Feb 9; FREE EVENT:
Noon-4 pm - "FLIRTING WITH HISTORY" at the Homestead Museum, 15415 E Don Julian Rd, City of Industry CA 91745
* Celebrate all forms of love (early start on Valentine's Day) at the Homestead Museum this Sunday.
* From stories about vengeful goddesses in the museum gardens to heartfelt proposals of marriage from the archives, they say, "we don't have to look hard to find love at the Homestead!"
♡ Readings of passionate, funny, and heartbreaking love letters while on a guided tour through our historic houses.
♡ Garden tours featuring captivating stories about the plants.
♡ "A Love's Quest" with activities about different expressions of love.
♡ Making a small bouquet using the Victorian language of flowers.
* Bring a picnic to enjoy in the museum's gardens.
* Admission free, free parking.
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Feb 29 Lovin Spoonful benefit poster
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"THE LAST SHIP," the acclaimed musical stage production written by STING, plays in the Ahmanson Theatre at the Los Angeles Music Center in downtown L.A., 135 N Grand Av, Los Angeles, CA 90012
* "This unbelievable show has some of the best talent in the industry... The Last Ship consistently delivers the strongest stage performers around and has a track record of performing in front of sold out audiences..."
* Enjoy a thorough review of the show in the South Bay "Easy Reader News" at: https://easyreadernews.com/the-last-ship-in-port-at-the-ahmanson/
* Photo of Sting as Jackie White. By Matthew Murphy, Easy Reader News.
* WATCH A VID CLIP of the show on Broadway: https://youtu.be/XEfztIeQcfg
* TIX at: http://www.ahmansontheatre.net/events/
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"MARGARITAVILLE," the new touring musical by JIMMY BUFFET, arrives in Southern California for a short run.
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ONGOING, indefinite; FILM:
"EARTH" (Not Rated) 115 mins, is a new documentary film that opens Fri, Feb 7 at the Laemmle, Glendale CA, then moves to other Laemmles as part of the "Culture Vulture" film series.
(1) mountains being moved in California;
(2) a tunnel being sliced through rock at the Brenner Pass;
(3) an open-cast mine in Hungary;
(4) a marble quarry in Italy;
(5) a copper mine in Spain;
(6) the salt mine used to store radioactive waste in Wolfenbüttel;
(7) a tar sands landscape in Canada.
* Initially shown from above as abstract paintings, the terrain is then explored on the ground.
* The film weaves together footage of machines in operation and conversations with workers.
* Opens today in Glendale. Coming to these other Laemmle Theatres on dates indicated:
• Claremont 5 on 02-10-20
• Town Center 5 on 02-10-20
• Playhouse 7 on 02-10-20
• Royal on 02-10-20
* TIX, and/or watch the trailer for this documentary about protecting Earth:
https://www.laemmle.com/trailers/342462
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ONGOING, Feb 8-Feb 23; LIVE THEATRE:
2:30 pm - "ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING" presented in the West Coast Premiere of Joanna Lipari's show about a senior who refuses to let society make her invisible.
* At the Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W Sierra Madre Bl, Sierra Madre CA 91024
* Runs Saturdays & Sundays at 2:30 pm.
* Ends Feb 23.
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"MATTHEW PERDONI EXHIBITION" at Encinitas 101 (aka E101) Gallery, 818 S Coast Hwy 101, Encinitas CA
* This, Perdoni's most recent series, was inspired by a past CROSS-COUNTRY TRAIN-HOPPING TRIP that spawned an entire collection of scenes and characters gathered while riding the rails.
* Otherwise, he creates fine art paintings and public artworks in San Diego.
* His work is heavily illustrative, often exploring stories and themes that resonate in his own life experiences.
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ONGOING, Feb 6-Mar 1; LIVE THEATRE:
6 pm - "THE MANOR" is Theatre 40's production of Kathrine Bates' drama about a murder and suicide that took place at Greystone Mansion a century ago.
* It's AT the Greystone Mansion, 905 Loma Vista Dr, Beverly Hills CA 90210
* Runs Thu & Fri at 6 pm (Saturdays and Sundays are sold out.)
* Ends March 1.
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ONGOING, Feb 7-Feb 16; LIVE MUSICAL THEATRE:
"FRIDA -- STROKE OF PASSION" is Odalys Nanin's play with songs about the last days of artist Frida Kahlo.
* At Casa 0101, 2102 E First St, Los Angeles CA 90011
* Runs Fridays & Saturdays at 8 pm, Sundays at 2 pm.
* Ends Feb 16.
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ONGOING, through Feb 16; LIVE THEATRE:
"SUNDAY DINNER" in its World Premiere run, written and directed by Tony Blake. A Chicago priest returns to his family's home in the Bronx for a Sunday dinner. Members of his family are harboring secrets. So is he.
* At Theatre Forty, 241 S Moreno Av, Beverly Hills CA 90212
* Runs Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8 pm, Sundays at 2 pm.
* Ends Feb 16.
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ONGOING, through Mar 21; KIDS MUSICAL THEATRE,
(but it's an Equity show):
"THE ADVENTURES OF PETER RABBIT" with book and lyrics by Anthony Gruppuso, who directs. Music by Matt Dahan.
* At Theatre West, 3333 Cahuenga Bl West, Los Angeles CA 90068
* Runs Saturdays at 1 pm.
* Ends March 21.
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ONGOING through Feb 22; MUSICAL THEATRE:
"DAY AFTER DAY (THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF DORIS DAY)" in its West Coast Premiere, produced by the P3 Theatre Company at the Ernest Borgnine Theatre (inside the Long Beach Scottish Rite Cultural Center), 855 Elm Av, Long Beach CA 90813
* This is a brand new musical telling the dramatic personal life story of Doris Day through her music. Songs including "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered," "Sentimental Journey," "Secret Love," "It’s Magic," "A Guy is a Guy," and "Que Sera, Sera," turned Doris Day into America’s Sweetheart.
* Take a deep and personal look into this star’s dramatic personal life while appearing as the quintessential “girl-next-door” in Warner Bros. musicals. Blending factual life events and her songs, this show is a love letter to this extraordinary icon.
* Written by Tony Santamauro, starring Deborah Robin as Doris Day.
* "(Deborah) Robin absolutely shines in her role, fully inhabiting Day’s perky demeanor and delicious voice from her early years as a big-band singer and top recording star– beginning with “Sentimental Journey” after World War II– through to her movie roles opposite leading men such as Rock Hudson, Cary Grant, and James Garner." -- Anita W. Harris, Signal Tribune.
* TIX: 800-595-4849 or www.P3Theatre.biz
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ONGOING, Jan 29-May 27; FILM SCREENING of LIVE THEATRE:
"NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE," a series of productions filmed live on London's West End, screening at Boston Court Pasadena, 70 N Mentor Av, Pasadena CA 91106; www.bostoncourtpasadena.org
* Boston Court, itself renowned for live theatre, brings these brilliantly filmed plays from across the pond; some have two dates, and the near-term one is sold-out; get tix early:
■ "ALL ABOUT EVE," starring GIllian Anderson:
Wed, Jan 29, 8 pm, get tix now.
■ "HAMLET" (encore), starring Benedict Cumberbatch:
Sun, Feb 2, 1:30 pm, get tix now.
■ "FLEABAG," written & performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge; two dates:
Thu, Jan 30 - Sold out; Wed, May 20, 8 pm, get tix now.
■ "PRESENT LAUGHTER," starring Andrew Scott; two dates:
Fri, Jan 31, Sold out; Wed, May 27, 7:30 pm, get tix now.
■ "ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS" (encore), starring James Corden; two dates:
Sat, Feb 1, 1:30 pm; Sat, May 16, 7:30 pm; get tix now, either date.
■ "THE AUDIENCE" (encore), starring Helen Mirren:
Sun, May 10, 1:30 pm, get tix now.
■ "HANSARD," starring Alex Jennings and Lyndsey Duncan:
Tues, May 12, 8 pm, get tix now.
■ "CYRANO DE BERGERAC" – New, starring James McAvoy; two dates:
Mon, May 18, 7:30 pm; Fri, May 22, 7:30 pm; get tix now, either date.
* TIX, $20; Box Office, 626-683-6801, 11 am - 5 pm, Tue-Fri.
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ONGOING, PODCAST, on-demand:
"RECORDING ARTISTS: RADICAL WOMEN" is a new podcast series from the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. In it, art historian HELEN MOLESWORTH explores the lives and work of six artists — ALICE NEEL, LEE KRASNER, BETYE SAAR, HELEN FRANKENTHALER, YOKO ONO, and EVA HESSE.
* What was it like to be a woman making art during the feminist and civil rights movements? In this season of "Recording Artists," Molesworth delves into their lives and careers, spanning several generations. Hear them describe, in their own words, their work, relationships, and feelings about the ongoing march of feminism. Contemporary artists and art historians join the conversation, offering their own perspectives on the recordings and exploring what it meant—and still means—to be a woman and an artist. Share this with one who'll appreciate it.
* HERE'S THE LINK. The whole series is here in individial episodes so you can pace yourself or binge it. You'll hear rare audiotaped interviews and fresh perspectives on what it meant — and still means — to be a woman making art:
http://www.getty.edu/recordingartists/
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ONGOING, through Feb 23; FREE:
11am-5 pm - "FALLEN FRUIT: SUPERSHOW!" at PDC Gallery, 8687 Melrose Av, West Hollywood CA
* Runs Sun, Nov 24 through Feb 23; free.
* Opening day Sunday features outdoor jamming, preceded by an artist talk with FALLEN FRUIT (aka DAVID BURNS and AUSTIN YOUNG), and Young will be taking his trademark portraits of whoever wants one inside the installation, plus music and apparently, cheerleaders.
* This is "A gorgeous mile of fruit and flower garland wallpaper in a gradient of saturated hues containing within its two story installation multiple scenarios and vignettes of photography and ceramic, faux Grecian luxury statues, gilded mirrors, chaises and sundry objects. All of this exists in the mode of a secular temple to beauty, as well as a sort of public living room where communities are formed through the universal language of shareable fruit."
* Might be the right thing for a memorable date.
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ONGOING, through Mar 1:
“MUSEUM ACQUISITIONS 2019: DIRECTOR’S CHOICE” at the Getty Museum, 1200 Getty Center Dr, Los Angeles CA 90049
* This intends to be the first of many annual exhibitions that highlight the Getty Museum’s acquisitions made throughout the year.
* Highlights key works of newly added art selected by the Museum's director. It includes ancient gems and sculpture; Renaissance and 19th-century paintings; Renaissance sculpture; medieval manuscripts; old-master drawings; and 20th-century and contemporary photography.
* "It’s a small but succinct show, just one gallery, but with a variety of work, including [an] early Crucifixion in which our Lord appears to have four arms, a sort of biplane Jesus." -- Easy Reader News.
* Open 10 am-5:30 pm Sun-Fri, Sat 10 am-9 pm, closed Mon.
Holiday closures: Dec 25, Jan 1; early closings Dec 24 & 31 at 4 pm; short hours Dec 23 & 30, 10 am-5:30 pm.
* Free admission, parking costs. Info, 310-440-7300 or www.getty.edu
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ONGOING, through May 29:
“INCREDIBLE JOURNEY: BUGS” opened mid-Dec at the South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Bl, Palos Verdes Peninsula CA
* Gawd, we love experiential learning. Whichever journey Garden visitors decide to take, they are transformed into that bug – literally (via props).
* This program interactively educates visitors about the butterflies, spiders, ants and bees that can be found in the Garden.
* Full info, 310-544-1948 or www.southcoastbotanicgarden.org
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ONGOING, through April 12, daily:
10 am-5 pm - "EGYPT'S LOST CITIES" exhibition at the Reagan Library, 40 Presidential Dr, Simi Valley CA 93065
* Akin to your best fantasies of Atlantis, these are artifacts recovered from beneath the sea.
* One day as the Mediterranean sun beat down on the bay of Aboukir, two bustling cities of ancient Egypt slipped into the sea without a whisper of wind, buried for centuries.
* These cities, before they sank beneath the waves, were known throughout the world as cultural centers of power, of wealth, of trade, and novel artistry.
* Time may have eroded the memory of a civilization, but not the mystery -- or the breathtaking artifacts -- of what it was.
* This exhibition runs Oct 5, 2019–Apr 12, 2020.
* View the holiday tree exhibit (through Jan 5; see our listing) and the Air Force One Pavilion, along with this current special exhibition, all during one visit for the price of museum admission. But allow yourself PLENTY of time.
* Open seven days a week, except Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.
* Facility features a nice cafeteria-style cafe.
* TIX include the exhibition and the 125,000 square feet of all the permanent exhibits and displays, including Air Force One; you need to allow three to four hours to enjoy all of the galleries and grounds. Gen'l adm $29.95, discounts for youth, kids, seniors; active US military get in free. Free parking. Tix available in advance or at the door. It's worth adding the $7 "audio tour." Online adv. tix:
https://www.reaganfoundation.org/library-museum/online-ticket-sales/
"NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE," a series of productions filmed live on London's West End, screening at Boston Court Pasadena, 70 N Mentor Av, Pasadena CA 91106; www.bostoncourtpasadena.org
* Boston Court, itself renowned for live theatre, brings these brilliantly filmed plays from across the pond; some have two dates, and the near-term one is sold-out; get tix early:
■ "ALL ABOUT EVE," starring GIllian Anderson:
Wed, Jan 29, 8 pm, get tix now.
■ "HAMLET" (encore), starring Benedict Cumberbatch:
Sun, Feb 2, 1:30 pm, get tix now.
Thu, Jan 30 - Sold out; Wed, May 20, 8 pm, get tix now.
■ "PRESENT LAUGHTER," starring Andrew Scott; two dates:
Fri, Jan 31, Sold out; Wed, May 27, 7:30 pm, get tix now.
■ "ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS" (encore), starring James Corden; two dates:
Sat, Feb 1, 1:30 pm; Sat, May 16, 7:30 pm; get tix now, either date.
■ "THE AUDIENCE" (encore), starring Helen Mirren:
Sun, May 10, 1:30 pm, get tix now.
■ "HANSARD," starring Alex Jennings and Lyndsey Duncan:
Tues, May 12, 8 pm, get tix now.
■ "CYRANO DE BERGERAC" – New, starring James McAvoy; two dates:
Mon, May 18, 7:30 pm; Fri, May 22, 7:30 pm; get tix now, either date.
* TIX, $20; Box Office, 626-683-6801, 11 am - 5 pm, Tue-Fri.
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ONGOING, PODCAST, on-demand:
"RECORDING ARTISTS: RADICAL WOMEN" is a new podcast series from the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. In it, art historian HELEN MOLESWORTH explores the lives and work of six artists — ALICE NEEL, LEE KRASNER, BETYE SAAR, HELEN FRANKENTHALER, YOKO ONO, and EVA HESSE.
* What was it like to be a woman making art during the feminist and civil rights movements? In this season of "Recording Artists," Molesworth delves into their lives and careers, spanning several generations. Hear them describe, in their own words, their work, relationships, and feelings about the ongoing march of feminism. Contemporary artists and art historians join the conversation, offering their own perspectives on the recordings and exploring what it meant—and still means—to be a woman and an artist. Share this with one who'll appreciate it.
* HERE'S THE LINK. The whole series is here in individial episodes so you can pace yourself or binge it. You'll hear rare audiotaped interviews and fresh perspectives on what it meant — and still means — to be a woman making art:
http://www.getty.edu/recordingartists/
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ONGOING, through Feb 23; FREE:
11am-5 pm - "FALLEN FRUIT: SUPERSHOW!" at PDC Gallery, 8687 Melrose Av, West Hollywood CA
* Runs Sun, Nov 24 through Feb 23; free.
* Opening day Sunday features outdoor jamming, preceded by an artist talk with FALLEN FRUIT (aka DAVID BURNS and AUSTIN YOUNG), and Young will be taking his trademark portraits of whoever wants one inside the installation, plus music and apparently, cheerleaders.
* This is "A gorgeous mile of fruit and flower garland wallpaper in a gradient of saturated hues containing within its two story installation multiple scenarios and vignettes of photography and ceramic, faux Grecian luxury statues, gilded mirrors, chaises and sundry objects. All of this exists in the mode of a secular temple to beauty, as well as a sort of public living room where communities are formed through the universal language of shareable fruit."
* Might be the right thing for a memorable date.
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ONGOING, through Mar 1:
“MUSEUM ACQUISITIONS 2019: DIRECTOR’S CHOICE” at the Getty Museum, 1200 Getty Center Dr, Los Angeles CA 90049
* This intends to be the first of many annual exhibitions that highlight the Getty Museum’s acquisitions made throughout the year.
* Highlights key works of newly added art selected by the Museum's director. It includes ancient gems and sculpture; Renaissance and 19th-century paintings; Renaissance sculpture; medieval manuscripts; old-master drawings; and 20th-century and contemporary photography.
* "It’s a small but succinct show, just one gallery, but with a variety of work, including [an] early Crucifixion in which our Lord appears to have four arms, a sort of biplane Jesus." -- Easy Reader News.
* Open 10 am-5:30 pm Sun-Fri, Sat 10 am-9 pm, closed Mon.
Holiday closures: Dec 25, Jan 1; early closings Dec 24 & 31 at 4 pm; short hours Dec 23 & 30, 10 am-5:30 pm.
* Free admission, parking costs. Info, 310-440-7300 or www.getty.edu
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| "When the sea shall give up her dead." The many displayed artifacts recovered from the ocean floor include the Stele of Thonis-Heracleion (SCA 277), loaned by the National Museum of Alexandria – IEASM excavations. Photo by Christoph Gerigk ©Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation |
ONGOING, through May 29:
“INCREDIBLE JOURNEY: BUGS” opened mid-Dec at the South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Bl, Palos Verdes Peninsula CA
* Gawd, we love experiential learning. Whichever journey Garden visitors decide to take, they are transformed into that bug – literally (via props).
* This program interactively educates visitors about the butterflies, spiders, ants and bees that can be found in the Garden.
* Full info, 310-544-1948 or www.southcoastbotanicgarden.org
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ONGOING, through April 12, daily:
10 am-5 pm - "EGYPT'S LOST CITIES" exhibition at the Reagan Library, 40 Presidential Dr, Simi Valley CA 93065
* Akin to your best fantasies of Atlantis, these are artifacts recovered from beneath the sea.
* One day as the Mediterranean sun beat down on the bay of Aboukir, two bustling cities of ancient Egypt slipped into the sea without a whisper of wind, buried for centuries.
* These cities, before they sank beneath the waves, were known throughout the world as cultural centers of power, of wealth, of trade, and novel artistry.
* Time may have eroded the memory of a civilization, but not the mystery -- or the breathtaking artifacts -- of what it was.
* This exhibition runs Oct 5, 2019–Apr 12, 2020.
* View the holiday tree exhibit (through Jan 5; see our listing) and the Air Force One Pavilion, along with this current special exhibition, all during one visit for the price of museum admission. But allow yourself PLENTY of time.
* Open seven days a week, except Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.
* Facility features a nice cafeteria-style cafe.
* TIX include the exhibition and the 125,000 square feet of all the permanent exhibits and displays, including Air Force One; you need to allow three to four hours to enjoy all of the galleries and grounds. Gen'l adm $29.95, discounts for youth, kids, seniors; active US military get in free. Free parking. Tix available in advance or at the door. It's worth adding the $7 "audio tour." Online adv. tix:
https://www.reaganfoundation.org/library-museum/online-ticket-sales/
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ONGOING, Feb 5-Mar 1; LIVE THEATRE:
"THE FATHER" starring acclaimed actor ALFRED MOLINA in "a tour-de-force performance that will leave you breathless," at the Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S El Molino Av, Pasadena CA 91101; 626-356-7529; www.pasadenaplayhouse.org
* 90 minutes, no intermission.
* “Savagely honest … Hugely rewarding” -- The Guardian.
* Directed by Boston Court Pasadena Artistic Director Jessica Kubzansky. Written by Florian Zeller, translated into English by Christopher Hampton.
* About the play: André was once a tap dancer. He lives with his daughter, Anne, and her husband, Antoine. Or was André an engineer, whose daughter Anne lives in London with her new lover, Pierre? The thing is, he is still wearing his pajamas, and he can’t find his watch. He is starting to wonder if he’s losing control.
* An Open Captioned performance is Sun, Feb 23 at 2 pm.
* TIX: $25, less 20% off tickets with code MEMORY. Restrictions may apply.
* TIX at https://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/event/the-father/
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ONGOING, Feb 5-Mar 1; LIVE THEATRE:
"THE FATHER" starring acclaimed actor ALFRED MOLINA in "a tour-de-force performance that will leave you breathless," at the Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S El Molino Av, Pasadena CA 91101; 626-356-7529; www.pasadenaplayhouse.org
* 90 minutes, no intermission.
* “Savagely honest … Hugely rewarding” -- The Guardian.
* Directed by Boston Court Pasadena Artistic Director Jessica Kubzansky. Written by Florian Zeller, translated into English by Christopher Hampton.
* About the play: André was once a tap dancer. He lives with his daughter, Anne, and her husband, Antoine. Or was André an engineer, whose daughter Anne lives in London with her new lover, Pierre? The thing is, he is still wearing his pajamas, and he can’t find his watch. He is starting to wonder if he’s losing control.
* An Open Captioned performance is Sun, Feb 23 at 2 pm.
* TIX: $25, less 20% off tickets with code MEMORY. Restrictions may apply.
* TIX at https://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/event/the-father/
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