Sat, September 6, 2008, 8:00 am

Adult Shabbat Torah Study

Shabbat, Hollywood
Organizations/Sponsors: Temple Israel of Hollywood
Venue: Temple Israel of Hollywood

An adult lead Torah study.  The only requirement is to have an open mind. We study the weekly parasha and are lead by rotating lay leaders.  The group has been in existence for eight ...

Sat, September 6, 2008, 8:00 am - 8:00 am

Glorious Glazes

Arts & Entertainment, San Gabriel Valley
Organizations/Sponsors: Armstrong’s
Venue: Armstrong’s

Come discover and be amazed by the glorious glazing techniques of six renowned ceramic artists.  “Glorious Glazes” will feature works by Ricky Maldonado, Elaine Coleman, Tom Coleman, Steven Hill, Emily Rossheim, Tom Marrinson and others.  The exhibit will run from Friday, August 1 through ...

Sat, September 6, 2008, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Christopher Murphy “The Dawn of Luxury” New Paintings

Arts & Entertainment, Santa Monica
Organizations/Sponsors: Lora Schlesinger Gallery (Formerly Hunsaker/Schlesinger FIne Art)
Venue: Lora Schlesinger Gallery (Formerly Hunsaker/Schlesinger FIne Art)

Lora Schlesinger Gallery: Opening Saturday Sept 6 from 5-7 pm: In his new series of paintings,Christopher Murphy explores the shifting nature of the urban landscape and the mythology of the new ...

Sat, September 6, 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 ...

Sat, September 6, 2008, 9:00 am

TORAH STUDY

Lectures, Orange County
Organizations/Sponsors: Temple Isaiah of Newport Beach
Venue: Temple Isaiah of Newport Beach

Saturday Mornings 10-11:30 A.M. Judaism by Choice Shabbat Morning Study Join Rabbi Marc at your neighborhood synagogue as he leads a traditional Shabbat discussion for those considering Judaism and those who have embraced Judaism. Share in an open discussion about challenges you’ve experienced ...

Sat, September 6, 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 ...

Sat, September 6, 2008, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Marco Casentini: Have a Nice Day

Arts & Entertainment, South Bay
Organizations/Sponsors: Torrance Art Museum
Venue: Torrance Art Museum

Reception for the artist will be held on Saturday, September 6, 2008 from 7-10pm. For his solo exhibition in the Gallery Two project room, painter Marco Casentini reveals himself as the latest artist to succumb to the seductive charms of our state’s “Sunshine Muse”. Since the 1960’s, the ...

Sat, September 6, 2008, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Eric Johnson: The Maize Project

Arts & Entertainment, South Bay
Organizations/Sponsors: Torrance Art Museum
Venue: Torrance Art Museum

For his one-person exhibition at the Torrance Art Museum, Eric Johnson has created a large-scale sculpture, assembled from more than 300 individual cast polyester resin units. Standing on end, this work will rise 14 feet at the east end of the gallery. Johnson envisions this piece as a symbolic, ...

Sat, September 6, 2008, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Mary Pichette: Building into Shadows

Arts & Entertainment, South Bay
Organizations/Sponsors: Torrance Art Museum
Venue: Torrance Art Museum

Reception for artist will be held on Saturday, September 6, 2008 from 7-10pm Building into Shadows features work from South Bay artist Mary Pichette. In large-scale pastel drawings on paper, Pichette derives abstraction from observing nature and analyzing its shadows. Once recorded on paper, ...

Sat, September 6, 2008, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Harmony Works invites the public to ‘Walk on Water’

Family, Beach Cities
Organizations/Sponsors: Redondo Beach Chamber of Commerce
Venue: Harmony Works

Visitors are invited to a fundraiser and debut of a stunning, newly completed ocean and marine life scene painted on the floor of Harmony Works Gallery and Gift Shop in Riviera Village. Visitors will get a sense of “walking on water” as they traverse the scene by local fine-artist Gina Steiglitz, ...

Sat, September 6, 2008, 6:00 pm - 6:00 pm

InStyle Celebrity Photographer, Olivier Pojzman Art Exhibit at the James Coleman Gallery

Arts & Entertainment, Santa Monica
Organizations/Sponsors: James Coleman Gallery
Venue: James Coleman Gallery

Olivier Pojzman: Exhibition: September 6- 25 Artist Reception: September 6, 7 – 10 pm Olivier is a French panoramic photographer known for his unique technique of printing his photographs onto canvas. Portions of the sale of his work will benefit non-profit organization Heal to Bay. ...

Sat, September 6, 2008, 7:00 pm - 5:00 pm

LA Premiere of “Moliere Plays Paris”

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

Starring the Jewish Journal’s very own Shaina Vorspan, one of the world’s greatest playwrights will come to life at the Knightsbridge Theatre this fall with the Los Angeles premiere of “Molière Plays Paris.” Nagle Jackson’s rarely staged play picks up the narrative of the playwright’s ...

Sat, September 6, 2008, 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Made Me Nuclear, the Operetta

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

They radiated him, but they couldn’t silence him - Charlie Lustman, surviving cancer one song at a time. Made Me Nuclear, Lustman’s pop music operetta is based on his album of the same name about surviving cancer. Blending humor and intimacy this is a show for anyone who has faced a challenge ...

Sat, September 6, 2008, 7:00 pm - 2:00 pm

It’s the Housewives!

Arts & Entertainment, San Fernando Valley
Organizations/Sponsors: The Whitefire Theatre
Venue: THE WHITEFIRE THEATRE

Move over ‘Spinal Tap.’ Three young moms get their humble start at the PTA talent show, then go on to “clean up” as the most celebrated, yet unlikely girl group in history with their ‘domestic’ brand of rock ‘n roll.  It’s the world premiere of “It’s the Housewives!” a comic rock musical with side ...

Sat, September 6, 2008, 7:00 pm - 5:00 pm

The Tragical Comedy of Mr. Punch

Arts & Entertainment, Los Angeles
Organizations/Sponsors: Rogue Artists Ensemble
Venue: Bootleg Theater

Extended due to popular demand! Rogue Artists Ensemble re-opens its world premiere production of “The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch” ("a triumphant fusion of text and technology” - LA Times) adapted for the stage from the graphic novel by Neil Gaiman (Stardust) and Dave McKean.  ...

Sat, September 6, 2008, 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm

LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT

Arts & Entertainment, San Fernando Valley
Organizations/Sponsors: The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
Venue: The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum

One of America’s greatest plays by one of its greatest playwrights, Eugene O’Neill’s masterpiece, “Long Day’s Journey into Night”, runs at The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum from July 26 though September 27. Eugene O’Neill’s masterpiece is a searing drama about his home life that is one of the ...

Sat, September 6, 2008, 7:16 pm

Vintage Israeli Dancing

Arts & Entertainment, East Valley
Organizations/Sponsors: Vintage Israeli Dancing
Venue: Anisa’s School of Dance

We meet about once a month to do old Israeli dances, mostly from the ‘60’s, ‘70’s, and ‘80’s. This is NOT a teaching session, but just open participatory dancing. Everyone with Israeli Dance experience is welcome. Admission is $6 per ...

Sat, September 6, 2008, 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Fall for Art

Events, Hancock Park
Organizations/Sponsors: American Friends of the Israel Museum
Venue: Private Residence

Celebrate the beginning of Fall with a night of drinks, dessert, music and art, while raising money to purchase work by young Israeli artists for the Israel Museum’s permanent collection! Mix and mingle with Los Angeles professionals at the art-filled home of Danny First. $40 if purchased in ...

Sat, September 6, 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. ...