Thu, September 4, 2008, 9:00 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 ...

Thu, September 4, 2008, 9:00 am

Humanitas: Images of India by Fredric Roberts

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

Roberts pictures various people from India, Myanmar, Cambodia, Bhutan, Thailand, and China as they go about their lives selling water or herding camels. Simultaneously, this exhibition illuminates the quiet corners that often don’t have witnesses, such as people in prayer or a mother and child. The ...

Thu, September 4, 2008, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

An Afternoon with author Suzanne Reyto, discussing her book, Pursuit of Freedom: Amazing Life

Programs, Encino
Organizations/Sponsors: Valley Beth Shalom Sisterhood
Venue: Valley Beth Shalom

Valley Beth Shalom Sisterhood’s first Program luncheon, featuring award-winning author and speaker, Susanne M. Reyto.  Ms. Reyto is the author of Pursuit of Freedom:  A True Story of the Enduring Power of Hope and Dreams, a compelling autobiography and moving true story of human endurance and ...

Thu, September 4, 2008, 6:30 pm

TORAH STUDIES

Classes, Orange County
Organizations/Sponsors: CHABAD JEWISH CENTER
Venue: A Private Home in Corona Del Mar, CA

Torah Studies is a project of the Jewish Learning Institute. The JLI is a revolutionary concept in adult education. An unprecedented presentation of traditional Judaism in a highly professional, innovative, academically rigorous yet accessible format. Torah Studies: Weekly Torah Class - Timely ...

Thu, September 4, 2008, 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Bury The Dead

Arts & Entertainment, Santa Monica
Organizations/Sponsors: dfds
Venue: The Actor’s Gang at the Ivy Substation

Six soldiers killed in battle rise up to tell the world about the dishonesty and brutality of war in Bury the Dead by novelist Irwin Shaw.  Shaw’s timely and timeless anti-war classic runs at The Actors’ Gang August 16 through September 13.  Two low -priced previews take place on August 14 and 15. ...