Sun, October 12, 2008

The Velveteen Rabbit

Kids, San Fernando Valley
Organizations/Sponsors: The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
Venue: The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum

Creative PlayGround presents The Velveteen Rabbit Adapted from Margery Williams’ classic tale of true friendship and what it means to be “really real,” Creative PlayGround’s version of this most wonderful story modernizes language and locale but retains the original heart.  Audience ...

Sun, October 12, 2008 - 12:00 am

Absolutely Halloween!

Arts & Entertainment, Santa Monica
Organizations/Sponsors: Santa Monica Group Theatre
Venue: Santa Monica Playhouse - Main Stage

“Absolutely Halloween is Absolutely Great!” (showmag.com) Audience members help save Halloween in this heartwarming Rudie-DeCarlo Family Theatre Musical tale of the aptly named “Candy”, a sweet young girl who learns some surprising lessons about life, love, laughter and sugar, from an ...

Sun, October 12, 2008, 8:30 am

Mar Vista Farmers’ Market

Family, West Los Angeles
Organizations/Sponsors: Mar Vista Farmers Market
Venue: Grand View @ Venice Blvd.  Between Centinela and Inglewood

Mar Vista Farmers’ Market on Grand View - Organic fruits and vegetables and delectable prepared food.  Crepes, Omelettes, Empanadas, Latkes, BBQ, Cakes, artisan bread, and so much ...

Sun, October 12, 2008, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

It’s Never too Soon to Plan for the Future.

Adult Education, San Fernando Valley
Organizations/Sponsors: Foundation for Advocacy, Conservatorship and Trust, Inc.
Venue: JCC at Milken

“It’s Never Too Soon to Plan for the Future” is the title of a daylong workshop/seminar to be held on Sunday, October 12, 2008 from 9 am until 4 pm.  This seminar is designed for family members of children and adults with developmental disabilities (DD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), severe ...

Sun, October 12, 2008, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Health Care Reform, Presidential Candidate Forum

Panel Discussions, Pasadena
Organizations/Sponsors: Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center
Venue: Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center

Panel Discussion moderated by Dr. Elizabeth Short Former member of White House Task Force on Health Care Reform Representing Obama Campaign Dr. E. Richard Brown UCLA Director of Health Policy Research Representing McCain Campaign Dr. Donald Kurth Mayor of Rancho Cucamonga and physician on ...

Sun, October 12, 2008, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Breakfast at VFW

Singles, San Fernando Valley
Organizations/Sponsors: Jewish Singles Meeting Place (35-55)
Venue: Veterans for Foreign Wars Facility

A fantastic receipe to start your day—new friends, a hearty breakfast and a great way to support our veterans. Join Jewish Singles Meeting Place (40s and 50s) for a great breakfast at the VFW facility in Sylmar. Cost is only $4.50 (such a deal). Reservations needed, but none will be accepted the ...

Sun, October 12, 2008, 10:00 am

Writing with Light

Arts & Entertainment, San Diego
Organizations/Sponsors: Museum of Photographic Arts
Venue: Museum of Photographic Art

MoPA is proud to present the youth exhibition entitled Writing with Light, on view from September 13 to February 1, 2009. The exhibition will illustrate the connection between photography and literacy. Using the photographic arts as inspiration, students will interpret literary works of fact and ...

Sun, October 12, 2008, 10:00 am

A Literacy of Images: Nancy Newhall and the Art of Photography

Arts & Entertainment, San Diego
Organizations/Sponsors: Museum of Photographic Art
Venue: Museum of Photographic Art

Best known for writing text to accompany the photographs of Ansel Adams and Edward Weston, Nancy Newhall was also a widely published writer on photography, conservation, and American culture. During her marriage to Beaumont Newhall, former director of photography at the Museum of Modern Art, NY, ...

Sun, October 12, 2008, 10:00 am

Picturing the Process: Landscape Through Time and Space

Arts & Entertainment, San Diego
Organizations/Sponsors: Museum of Photographic Art
Venue: Museum of Photographic Art

Since its invention in 1839, the unique power of photography has been utilized to record, report, and inform. Representing selections from the museum’s comprehensive Permanent Collection, Picturing the Process is an endeavor of the Education Department to present an evolution of the landscape ...

Sun, October 12, 2008, 11:30 am - 3:15 pm

Post-Holiday Hike and Picnic in Malibu Creek State Park

Singles, Calabasas
Organizations/Sponsors: MOSAIC Outdoors Club of Los Angeles
Venue: Malibu Creek State Park

Join Mosaic Outdoors Club of Greater Los Angeles and Nexus for a 6 mile post-holiday hike along Malibu Creek to exclusive Malibu Lake with a picnic at the set from M*A*S*H.  The area we will traverse has earned its place in history as the set for such famous movies as Tarzan, Planet of the Apes, ...

Sun, October 12, 2008, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Beginning Hebrew: Jewish Wisdom and the Aleph Bet

Classes, San Diego
Organizations/Sponsors: Congregation Beth Israel
Venue: Congregation Beth Israel

An introduction to Hebrew and much more. You’ll learn the Hebrew letters, gradually evolving into words used in blessings and prayers. You’ll also get a taste of Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism), Gematria (Hebrew numerology), Jewish history, rituals, liturgy, and more – all in an informal and engaging ...

Sun, October 12, 2008, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Yiddish Folk Songs in Word and Songs

Programs, Los Angeles
Organizations/Sponsors: Los Angeles Yiddish Culture Club
Venue: Los Angeles Yiddish Culture Club

“Yiddish Folk Songs in Words and Songs”, with the participation of Cantor Fan Magid Shalin and Mrs. Lilke ...

Sun, October 12, 2008, 8:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Razorback

Events, Los Angeles
Organizations/Sponsors: Rogue Machine
Venue: ROGUE MACHINE in Theatre Theater

Los Angeles, CA – 20 years ago, Deano Goretti left a life of crime to start over in a quiet Maine town with a new wife and a new son.  When his buried past comes knocking on his door, the two worlds suddenly collide with a vengeance.  The plot twists and turns like a snake moving towards a ...

Sun, October 12, 2008, 8:00 pm - 2:00 pm

“GEM OF THE OCEAN”

Arts & Entertainment, Los Angeles
Organizations/Sponsors: The Fountain Theatre
Venue: The Fountain Theatre

“Gem of the Ocean” is the play that begins it all - the first chronological installment in August Wilson’s unprecedented decade-by-decade cycle that dramatizes the African American experience in the 20th century.  Ovation and NAACP Award-winner Ben Bradley (Joe Turner’s Come and Gone) directs ...

Sun, October 12, 2008, 8:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Conversations With My Father

Arts & Entertainment, Santa Monica
Organizations/Sponsors: Santa Monica Theatre Guild
Venue: Morgan-Wixson Theatre

The Santa Monica Theatre Guild at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre presents “Conversations With My Father” by Herb Gardner. The show runs September 26 through October 25, 2008 (Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm). A powerful and humorous story about the conflict between tradition and ...

Sun, October 12, 2008, 8:00 pm - 2:00 pm

FAITHFUL

Arts & Entertainment, Santa Monica
Organizations/Sponsors: Ruskin Group Theatre
Venue: Ruskin Group Theatre

The suspense of an unabashed assault takes an astonishing turn somewhere between comedy and drama.  A rejected wife and a hit man, hired by her husband, expose their quirky bonding on the darker side of love.  This strange and spirited, yet oddly familiar, exchange between the characters reveals a ...

Sun, October 12, 2008, 8:00 pm - 7:00 pm

“EARTH SUCKS”

Arts & Entertainment, Hollywood
Organizations/Sponsors: Citizens of Earth Productions
Venue: art/works Theatre

When a renegade Earth girl falls for a fugitive alien lead singer, their love - and their music - are all that stand between an evil pop diva and the destruction of the universe.  Get ready for the Intergalactic Premiere of the hilarious, touching rock musical “Earth Sucks.” Featuring an alien ...

Sun, October 12, 2008, 8:00 pm - 2:00 pm

LITTLE BLACK LIES

Arts & Entertainment, North Hollywood
Organizations/Sponsors: Avery Schreiber Theater
Venue: Avery Schreiber Theater

Sphere presents a comically tragic look at the morality modifications we make in today’s society.  In this world premiere production of LITTLE BLACK LIES, Steve Stajich offers two components one-acts to an entertaining pairing of contemporary conflicts.  The Ointment, a new-fashioned morality ...

Sun, October 12, 2008, 9:30 pm - 12:00 pm

A Behind the Scenes Look at the Opera

Events, San Diego
Organizations/Sponsors: Congregation Beth Israel
Venue: Congregation Beth Israel

Join WBI for brunch featuring San Diego Opera General Director, Ian Campbell and his wife, Ann, the Opera’s Director of Strategic Planning. The Campbells just celebrated their 25th Anniversary with the Opera and together they will give us an in-depth behind the scenes view of the stories which ...