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Scene from 'Noodle'August 28, 2008

Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks Aug. 30-Sept. 5: Painting, a benefit, jazz, flies

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Los Angeles Jewish Symphony
(See Sunday's listing)Friday, August 22, 2008

Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks August 23 - 29: Benny Goodman, opera, magic and more

This may be your only chance to help a budding filmmaker out and see "The Impossible Itself."

(Front row, from left) JVS Scholarship Fund Circle of Honor donors Shirley Phillips, Polly Marks Weinberg and Bernie Harris.
(Back row, from left) Circle of Honor donors Jack Paul, Edgar Phillips Jr., Herb Weinberg, Salli Harris and former JVS president Rick Powell.Friday, August 15, 2008

Saluting Milo, AARP and Waxman, Delshad for Sderot

What would young Israelis from Sderot do during an all-expense-paid trip to Los Angeles? See Adam Sandler in "Don't Mess With the Zohan," of course.

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Arsen Serobian as SpartacusFriday, August 15, 2008

Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks August 16-22: Politics, dance, education and music

Jamie M. Fox -- see WednesdayThursday, August 7, 2008

Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks August 9-15: Tisha B'Av, music, opera, comedy and Brad A. Greenberg

There's nothing like a heated, intelligent political debate to get Jews' social synapses firing. Jewish Journal staff writer, Brad Greenberg, a.k.a. The God Blogger, will be holding the reins of "The Young Jewish Vote," where Republican Jewish Coalition Director Larry Greenfield will face Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Pasadena) in a battle to win the hearts and educated minds of young Jewish professionals between the ages of 21 and 39

Rosanna Gamson in 'Tov'
See Sunday's listingFriday, August 1, 2008

Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks for August 1-7, 2008: Dance, comedy, sports, theater, politics

Stephanie PressmanThursday, July 24, 2008

Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks July 26-August 1—Rothman, Pressman live

Painting by Eli Lesky
See SundayFriday, July 18, 2008

Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks July 19-25: Psychedelic justice, art on the sand, women on drums

Cool events around SoCal, personally picked by the Calendar Girls

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for July 12 - 18—Hadassah, the cosmos and more

Shipwrecked.  See Friday listing.Thursday, July 3, 2008

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for July 5 - 11

'Live and Become'.  See Saturday listing.Friday, June 27, 2008

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for June 28 - July 4

Valerie HarperFriday, June 20, 2008

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for June 21-27

Lewis BlackThursday, June 12, 2008

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for June 14-20

Shat signs SundayThursday, June 5, 2008

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for June 7-13

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for May 24-30

Cool things to do next week

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Calendar Girls clicks and picks May 17-23

When filmmaker Ben Byer sets out on a global quest to find a cure for ALS, the neurodegenerative disease crippling him, he discovers the will to survive.

Thursday, May 15, 2008

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Scene & Heard

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Calendar Girl clicks and picks for May 10-16

Events May 10-16, 2008

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for May 3-9

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for May 3-9

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for April 26-May 2

Winner of the Camera d'Or prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, "Jellyfish" is another example of the remarkable cinematic explosion of Israeli films garnering

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for April 19-25

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