Thu, October 2, 2008, 9:00 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 ...

Thu, October 2, 2008, 9:00 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, ...

Thu, October 2, 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, October 2, 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, ...

Thu, October 2, 2008, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Funny Jewish Sheroes, by The Quotable Jewish Woman, Elaine Bernstein Partnow

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

What if all the funny, notable Jewish women we have known over the years, came to life in one person! Be prepared to welcome Phyllis Diller, Joan Rivers, Rita Rudner, Rosanne Barr, Gertrude Berg, Totie Fields, Lotus Weinstock, Dorothy Parker and more to our stage on Thursday, October 2, 2008: all ...

Thu, October 2, 2008, 11:15 am - 12:30 pm

Why Faith Matters

Lectures, Los Angeles
Organizations/Sponsors: LMU Jewish Studies Program
Venue: University Hall, Loyola Marymount University

Lecture and book signing by Rabbi David Wolpe, author of the book Why Faith ...

Thu, October 2, 2008, 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Business Mixer/Speed Networking

Events, West Los Angeles
Organizations/Sponsors: Jewish American Chamber of Commerce
Venue: Radisson Hotel - Westside

Back by popular demand, we will be hosting our third Speed Networking session and then we will go into a business building mixer. Be prepared with your 60 second elevator pitch and your smoozing skills, because our upcoming mixer is sure to make your mother ...

Thu, October 2, 2008, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Jewish Literature Series

Arts & Entertainment, Westwood
Organizations/Sponsors: Westwood Branch Library
Venue: Westwood Branch Library

We invite everyone to join us for another fabulous Jewish Literature Series at Westwood Branch Library. This event is free of charge. In this 3-part series, Michal Lemberger, PhD., will moderate discussions of the following books: October 2:  The Chosen by Chaim Potok November 6:  ...

Thu, October 2, 2008, 6:30 pm - 11:00 pm

McCabe’s 50th Anniversary: A Living History of Music

Arts & Entertainment, Los Angeles
Organizations/Sponsors: UCLA Live
Venue: UCLA Live at Royce Hall

Santa Monica’s McCabe’s Guitar Shop has served three generations of musicians and music lovers through its retail store, music school and world famous concerts, becoming a civic treasure and international icon of the acoustic music community. The legendary weekend concert series that has taken ...

Thu, October 2, 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, October 2, 2008, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

“Empowered Woman”

Singles, West Valley
Organizations/Sponsors: Conversations at Leon’s
Venue: A Private Home in Sherman Oaks

A salon in an intimate home setting and a unique open platform for sharing ideas.  Meets every Thursday night with a different topic led by an expert in their field.  Includes complimentary light buffet dinner, wine and soft drinks, coffee & dessert.  $17 with a reservation before noon Thursday: ...

Thu, October 2, 2008, 7:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Barrie Kosky

Arts & Entertainment, Westwood
Organizations/Sponsors: UCLA Live
Venue: UCLA/Freud Playhouse & MacGowan Little Theatre

U.S. Debut: With an illustrious career that spans the fields of opera, theater and contemporary music theater, Australian-born Barrie Kosky is recognized as one of the most exciting, creative and controversial directors and writers of his generation. Kosky brings his uniquely dark and penetrating ...

Thu, October 2, 2008, 7:00 pm - 6:00 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 ...