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The Palette
Exploring Creative Santa Monica |
September 20, 2007 |
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So, what do you have going on this weekend? Me, I'm gonna hit the Library tonight and listen to some really cool stories then I'll dash on over to the Pier and watch Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. On Friday night, I'm gonna check out fiddle virtuoso and step dancing champion April Verch at McCabe's and then on Saturday I'll be sipping white wine at 4 pm and checking out the treats at Track 16. Then Sunday I go back to McCabe's - this time with the kids - for JAMBO. Afterwards, I'll drop them at home, whip on over to Bergamot to see Joel Grey's photographic works and then it's off to the Hollywood Bowl for the Rufus Wainwright concert. Rufus isn't in Santa Monica this weekend so I'm not going to tell you about that. But here's all the details on the rest of my schedule. |
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An Evening of True Stories |
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SPARK Celebrates Six Years
7:00 pm
Thursday, September 20th
Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium
Santa Monica Public Library
601 Santa Monica Boulevard
One of the West Side's most enduring and imaginative storytelling evenings brings its collection of raconteurs to the Santa Monica Library tonight for one-night-only. Every first Monday of the month, storytellers gather at the Powerhouse Theatre to regale audiences with accounts from their lives. These narratives are often hilarious frequently tender and always powerful. Some of the best tales from their six year history will be featured tonight. This special evening is presented with the support of a Santa Monica CO-ARTS Grant. | |
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Comedy and Romance Beneath the Stars |
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Roman Holiday
Santa Monica Drive-In at the Pier
Tonight!
Doors open at 7:00 pm for 8:00 pm showing
Santa Monica Pier
This is the movie that made Audrey Hepburn a star and earned her first Academy Award, cemented Gregory Peck’s reputation as the best romantic lead of the postwar era, reinforced William Wyler’s status as the smartest director in Hollywood and won Dalton Trumbo an Oscar – though he didn’t get credit for the film until 1992. If you’ve never seen this film, you need to grab a sweater and get yourself to the Pier tonight and prepare to be thoroughly enchanted. Admission is free but tickets are required and are available at any of the following locations:
Santa Monica Visitor's Center
1920 Main Street
9:00am-6:00pm
Santa MonicaConvention and Visitor's Kiosk
1400 Ocean Ave.
9:00-5:00pm Santa Monica Convention and Visitor's Promenade Cart
Located next to topiary dinosaurs between Santa Monica and Arizona
11:00am-5:00pm
Vidiots
302 Pico Blvd.
310...
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Smart Art Press Turns 13! |
MIDDLE SCHOOL:
SMART ART PRESS, THE FIRST THIRTEEN YEARS
11:00 am - 6:00 pm
Tuesday - Saturdays
Through October 24th
Track 16 Gallery
Bergamot Station Art Center
2525 Michigan Avenue
Building C1
310/264.4678
Since 1992, the publishing arm of Track 16 Gallery, Smart Art Press, has published over 150 exhibition catalogues, artists’ books, ephemera, multiples, videos, films, and novels ranging in items from a limited edition Frozen Walt Doll by Burt Payne 3 and (Sponge Bob Squarepants creator) Steve Hillenburg, to a limited edition tea towel commemorating the 2007 exhibition by Argentinean collective, Mondongo. This is going to be a wild and wacky exhibition of incredibly amazing objects including a projection of “Fresh Acconci” by artists Paul McCarthy and Mike Kelley that re-stages classic 1970s performance pieces by Vito Acconci, with a decidedly ironic Southern California sensibility.
In lieu of an opening reception, the gallery will be serving white wine daily at 4 PM to celebrate the launch of Smart Art Press’s newest branch, White Wine Press. | |
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Fiddling Up A Storm at McCabe's |
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April Verch
8:00 pm
Saturday, September 22
McCabe's
3101 Pico Blvd
310/...
Award-winning fiddler, step dancing expert and sultry vocalist Verch brings new meaning to the word multi-tasking. Though only 27, she is a consummate musician (check out Take Me Back on Rounder) and her live performances are an astounding display of energy-infused virtuosity. She will blow your mind. | |
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Rocking and Rolling in a Family Way |
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JAMBO
11:00 am
Sunday, September 23
McCabe's
3101 Pico Blvd
310...
Band leader Steve Pierson just wanted to write a few cool songs for his daughter but ended up with one of LA’s most outstanding family musical acts. They’ve been building quite a following around town and on Sunday you can see the McCabe's debut of this extraordinary ensemble. Pierson says, “<Our> songs speak to children’s imaginations. They are about growing up, sharing, and inclusion ….. and, of course, some are just about dancing and having fun.” Check out a video of them singing Wish I Was– it really looks fun! | |
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From Broadway to Bergamot |
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| Pier 54 (detail), 2005 |
Looking Hard
Joel Grey
Frank Pictures Gallery
Artist Reception
6:30 - 9:30pm
Sunday September 23
Exhibition runs through October 12
Bergamot Station, A-5
2525 Michigan Ave
310/828-0211
Joel Grey is not content with the artistic acclaim he gathered for his performance in Cabaret, or his more recent stint in Wicked as the (perhaps not so) Wonderful Wizard of Oz, his amazing soft shoe rendition of Mr. Cellophane from Chicago or the hundreds of notable appearances on TV – my favorite was his deliciously devilish character on Buffy. He added photographer to his resume and now you find him not only in the halls of Tony and Academy award winners but also among the collections of the famed Whitney Museum in New York. Frank Pictures presents his compelling collection of photograps of what he refers to as “ the beauty of bruised and broken things.” | |
| Workshop Theatre Production @ Miles |
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The Idea Man
Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA
8:00 pm Thurs - Sat
3:00 pm Sunday
Through September 30
Miles Playhouse
1130 Lincoln Boulevard
Reservations: 213/368.9552
Ensemble Studio Theatre presents a workshop production of a hilariously biting commentary on class conflict in the modern workforce. Take a chance on this new production with Pay-What-You-Can prices for all performances!
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Happy Weekend-
The Palette |
