Sat, November 1, 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, November 1, 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 ...

Sat, November 1, 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, ...

Sat, November 1, 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, November 1, 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 in ...

Sat, November 1, 2008, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Gallery walkthrough and book signing with David Scheinbaum

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

As part of the exhibition, Nancy Newhall: A Literacy of Images, David Scheinbaum, photographer and co-executer of Beaumont and Nancy Newhall’s estates, will be sharing intimate stories and memories as he tours the gallery. Scheinbaum will also be available for a book signing, after the ...

Sat, November 1, 2008, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Vince Flynn Book Signing (# 1 NY Times Bestselling Author)

Arts & Entertainment, Westwood
Organizations/Sponsors: The Mystery Bookstore
Venue: The Mystery Bookstore

Meet NY Times #1 bestselling author Vince Flynn discuss his new book “Extreme Measures”. Flynn’s characters are a CIA operative and the CIA Director who work together to combat global terrorism. Have coffee, hear Vince speak and sign his latest ...

Sat, November 1, 2008, 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Ray McSavaney, “Viewpoint”-Thirty Five Years of Photography

Arts & Entertainment, Santa Monica
Organizations/Sponsors: Terra Galleria Artworks
Venue: Terra Galleria Artworks

Terra Galleria Artworks is honored to announce Viewpoint, a retrospective exhibition of works by photographer Ray McSavaney. The exhibition opens on November 1 and will run through December 24.  This retrospective offers a rare opportunity to view images from several of McSavaney’s photographic ...

Sat, November 1, 2008, 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Ray McSavaney, “Viewpoint”-Thirty Five Years of Photography

Arts & Entertainment, Santa Monica
Organizations/Sponsors: Terra Galleria Artworks
Venue: Terra Galleria Artworks

Terra Galleria Artworks is honored to announce Viewpoint, a retrospective exhibition of works by photographer Ray McSavaney. The exhibition opens on November 1 and will run through December 24.  This retrospective offers a rare opportunity to view images from several of McSavaney’s photographic ...

Sat, November 1, 2008, 4:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Bellarmine Forum—religion.identity.life. CONVIVENCIA

Campus, West Los Angeles
Organizations/Sponsors: Loyola Marymount University
Venue: Loyola Marymount University

This year’s Bellarmine Forum examines religious diversity and religious communities in the city of Los Angeles.  Representatives of Jewish, Protestant, Muslim, Catholic and other religions will explore how various religious traditions affect the lives of Angelenos.  Among the participants are Rabbi ...

Sat, November 1, 2008, 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Lang Lang

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

Dubbed by The New York Times as “the hottest artist on the classical music planet,” Lang Lang regularly performs to sold-out concert halls in every major city around the world. Since his unexpected break into stardom with a triumphant Chicago Symphony performance at the age of 17, this ...

Sat, November 1, 2008, 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Lang Lang

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

Dubbed by The New York Times as “the hottest artist on the classical music planet,” Lang Lang regularly performs to sold-out concert halls in every major city around the world. Since his unexpected break into stardom with a triumphant Chicago Symphony performance at the age of 17, this ...

Sat, November 1, 2008, 7:00 pm - 1:00 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 ...

Sat, November 1, 2008, 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm

QUIXOTIC

Arts & Entertainment, Santa Monica
Organizations/Sponsors: The Powerhouse Theatrre
Venue: The Powerhouse Theatre

The critically acclaimed Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble concludes its 2008 Season with the World Premiere of a new comedy that is both poignant and timely. “Quixotic” by Kit Steinkellner is a modern re-telling of Cervantes’ classic novel, Don Quixote. In a grim American city during an economic ...

Sat, November 1, 2008, 7:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks

Arts & Entertainment, Burbank
Organizations/Sponsors: Falcon Theatre
Venue: Falcon Theatre

The Falcon Theatre presents Richard Alfieri’s Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, the second production in its 2008-2009 “Bringin’ the FUNNY’ All-Comedy subscription season.  Constance Towers, star of Broadway and the popular soap opera General Hospital, and Jason Graae, award-winning musical ...

Sat, November 1, 2008, 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm

“I am not a racist, but…“

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

The Actors’ Gang invites audiences to witness the development of a new work-in-progress.  With its signature take-no-prisoners style, The Gang takes a bold, funny, sad and incendiary look at what it takes to bring America’s history of racism out of the shadows and shine a light on how it still ...

Sat, November 1, 2008, 7:00 pm - 1:00 pm

“THE ALL NIGHT STRUT!“

Arts & Entertainment, Long Beach
Organizations/Sponsors: International City Theatre
Venue: International City Theatre

“The All Night Strut!“ is the swinging musical revue in which four performers cakewalk, lindy, shimmy and tap their way through the Depression, World War II and the postwar boom, from the funky jive of Harlem to the sophisticated elegance of El Morocco and the romance of the Stage Door Canteen.  ...

Sat, November 1, 2008, 7:00 pm - 1:00 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 ...

Sat, November 1, 2008, 7:00 pm - 6:00 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 ...

Sat, November 1, 2008, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Meet NY Times #1 Bestselling Author VInce Flynn

Arts & Entertainment, Pico/Robertson
Organizations/Sponsors: YULA Girls School
Venue: YULA Girls School

Meet NY Times #1 bestselling author Vince Flynn speak about himself and the war on terror. Flynn’s characters are a CIA operative and the CIA Director who work together to combat global terrorism. Meet Vince, hear him speak, as he discusses his newest book “Extreme Measures”. A book signing and ...

Sat, November 1, 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, November 1, 2008, 7:00 pm - 6:00 pm

A MAJORITY OF ONE

Events, Los Angeles
Organizations/Sponsors: Pico Playhouse
Venue: Pico Playhouse

Opening October 23, 2008 with reception to follow Thursdays-Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm Multiple award winning company, director, and actors announce their upcoming production of A Majority Of One.  The recipient of numerous nominations and awards as both a long running Broadway hit and ...

Sat, November 1, 2008, 7:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Razorback

Arts & Entertainment, 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 ...

Sat, November 1, 2008, 11:00 pm - 11:00 pm

The 35th Annual One Time Only Musical Revue

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

A joyous musical comedy celebration of Mothers, Grandmothers, Jewish Holidays, Romance, Men at Arms, and other wonderful things we love, complete with complimentary buffet supper and fabulous door prizes. Santa Monica Playhouse reprises its SRO Spring Musical, a family-friendly celebration of the ...

Sat, November 1, 2008, 11:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Alice and the Wonderful Tea Party

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

“Strongly recommended!” hails LA PARENT as Alice accepts a party invitation to visit the wonderful Wonderland characters of her youth. Will Alice prevail or are the Cards stacked against her? Will the Queen suffer a heart attack? Will the surprise tea party come off with civili-TEA or ...