# Thursday, December 06, 2012

9:30 am - 11:00 am

Qigong

Programs , Santa Monica

Qigong for Cancer Patients and Their Families in Clover Park, Santa Monica This FREE class is intended to help improve the lives of those with cancer and their families. Come strengthen your body, mind and spirit with the practice of qigong with instructor and brain cancer survivor since 2000,...

8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Gospel Fusion- Gershwin and Beyond

Arts & Entertainment , San Gabriel Valley
Organizations/Sponsors: Los Angeles Jewish Symphony

Gospel Fusion- Gershwin and Beyond A Celebration of the Historic and Contemporary Connections Between African-American and Jewish Music of the Spirit Monday, April 29, 2013, 8:00 pm, Ann & Steve Morgan Auditorium, University of La Verne The program will feature a wide variety of participants,...

8:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Theatre in the Dark

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

Darkness! Audience in the dark! Actors in the dark! No light! What happens in a totally dark theater, with the audience intimately involved with actors playing in front of and around them and by constantly changing spatial and aural perspectives utilizing voice, music and sound—and always...

All Day

UCLA Hillel Dortort Center Presents the Annual Triple Art Opening

Arts & Entertainment , Westwood

The Dortort Center for Creativity in the Arts at UCLA Hillel will open three art exhibits in three separate gallery spaces followed by a reception on Thursday, October 25th from 7-9pm. In addition a musical tribute in memory of Daniel Pearl will be performed by Jacqueline Rafii. The event is free...

8:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Avenue Q

Arts & Entertainment , Los Angeles
Organizations/Sponsors: DOMA Theatre Company
Venue: The MET Theatre

Winding up an ambitious, critically-acclaimed 2012 season of Broadway musicals, DOMA Theatre Company presents the only Tony Award-winning musical ever to proclaim, “It sucks to be us.” Singing puppets and their human neighbors tackle life’s most vexing issues—love, sex, money, race and how...

11:00 pm - 8:00 pm

2012 Los Angeles Auto Show Rolls into the L.A. Convention Center Nov. 30 – Dec. 9

Events , Downtown
Organizations/Sponsors: Los Angeles Auto Show
Venue: Los Angeles Convention Center

The 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show will debut a broad range of ground-breaking vehicles that cover the spectrum from high-end sports cars and wild futuristic concepts to electric vehicles and modern-day sedans. This year’s auto show continues to expand its role as a leading showcase for...

All Day

Voices and Visions

Arts & Entertainment , Los Angeles
Organizations/Sponsors: Skirball Cultural Center
Venue: Skirball Cultural Center

Drawing on the power of the visual arts to communicate humanistic ideals, this exhibition presents a series of poster images inspired by Jewish texts, both ancient and modern. The words of Jewish luminaries from Hillel to Maimonides to Susan Sontag are newly interpreted and graphically transformed...

10:00 pm - 3:00 am

Wednesday Night Party at Veranda

Events , New York
Organizations/Sponsors: Eric Virgil Inc.
Venue: Veranda

Wednesday, December 5th Veranda Wednesday Nights at Veranda 130 7th Avenue Corner of 10th Street New York, NY 10014 Everyone free on Eric Virgil’s guest list.  Text Eric Virgil at 917-664-2686, email info@ericvirgil.com or go to www.ericvirgil.com Music   House in the main room. Top 40 in the...

10:00 am

Hanukkah Happening!

Family , West Los Angeles
Organizations/Sponsors: Sinai Temple Preschool
Venue: Sinai Temple

For children ages 6 months to 3 years! Come meet teachers, administrators and young families as we have fun celebrating Hanukkah with music and crafts!...

12:00 pm

DOWNTOWN ON ICE

Holidays , Downtown
Venue: Pershing Square

Get your glide on for the holidays at DOWNTOWN ON ICE—cool fun at LA’s biggest outdoor rink with the smallest admission price, open everyday November 15, 2012 through January 21, 2013. Framed by towering trees and skyscrapers, the rink is all-aglow in celebration of its 15th season as a...

1:30 pm

Free age-subtracting/ anti-aging beauty classes

Classes , Brentwood
Organizations/Sponsors: Westside Aesthetics
Venue: westside aesthetics

Learn how to reverse and correct the signs of aging (wrinkles, sagging skin, etc,) using yoga, acupressure points, methods from foreign & ancient cultures, face exercise, etc. with question & answer period. Call (310) 652-7290 to reserve a day and time for you & a friend. When you call, ask for...

4:00 pm

The Jewish Origins of Cultural Pluralism

Lectures , Westwood
Organizations/Sponsors: UCLA Center for Jewish Studies
Venue: 314 Royce Hall, UCLA

Daniel Green (Newberry Library, Chicago) will discuss his new book which traces the emergence of the idea of cultural pluralism to a group of Jewish college students and public intellectuals including the philosopher Horace M. Kallen. They founded the Menorah Association at Harvard in 1906 and...

4:42 pm

Learn Krav Maga

Sports , Los Angeles
Venue: {REL[9085][cal_event_venue]qL1vsVvMREL}

Friends, please come and try a krav maga class as my guest.  This is self defense system of the Israeli military, special forces and anti-terror units. Easy to learn, hard to forget and a fun workout.  Suitable for men and women aged 14 and up.  Class is Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 7-8pm....

5:00 pm - 3:00 am

Friday Afterwork Happy Hour

Events , New York
Organizations/Sponsors: Eric Virgil Inc.
Venue: Inc Lounge

This Friday and Every Friday Friday Afterwork Happy Hour at The Inc Lounge located on the 2nd Floor of the Time Hotel 224 West 49th Street, New York, NY 10019 between Broadway and 8th Avenues Doors Open at 5pm til 3am Music: Live Dj playing Top40, House, Classics, Hip-hop & Mash ups Admission:...

6:00 pm - 4:00 am

Thursday Rooftop Happy Hour at The Empire Hotel Rooftop

Events , New York
Organizations/Sponsors: Ericvirgil
Venue: Empire Hotel Rooftop

Thursday Rooftop Happy Hour at The Empire Hotel Rooftop located 44 West 63rd Street between Broadway and Columbus Avenue Every Thursday Doors Open at 6pm til 3am Music: Live Dj playing Top40, House, Classics, Hip-hop & Mash ups Admission: Everyone free on Eric Virgil’s guestlist.  To rsvp go...

6:00 pm

Holiday Grief Workshop for the Community

Classes , West Los Angeles
Organizations/Sponsors: Our House Grief Support Center
Venue: Our House Grief Support Center

OUR HOUSE GRIEF SUPPORT CENTER PRESENTS A HOLIDAY GRIEF WORKSHOP Workshop provides healing tips and discussion for those grieving the death of a loved one OUR HOUSE Grief Support Center presents an experiential half-day workshop designed for members of the community to join together to honor the...

6:00 pm

Culver City Holiday Tree Lighting

Holidays , Culver City
Organizations/Sponsors: City of Culver City
Venue: Culver City

Celebrate the season of goodwill at the annual Downtown Culver City Lighting of the Holiday Tree Ceremony, presented by the Downtown Business Association and the City of Culver City. See Santa Claus as he makes a very special visit all the way from the North Pole. There will be hot cider, hot cocoa...

7:00 pm

Intermediate Siddur Hebrew

Adult Education , Pico/Robertson

Intermediate Siddur Hebrew With Orit Greenfield Thursdays 7:00-8:30 p.m. October 18-January 31 (no class November 22 or December 27) Temple Beth Am members: $210. Non-members: $252 By focusing on basic grammar structure, you’ll learn how to translate and understand Hebrew prayers. Must know...

7:00 pm

Jewish Business Networking in the West Valley

Events , West Valley
Organizations/Sponsors: JNET
Venue: Shomrei Torah Synagogue

Get together with other Jewish professionals and tradespeople for a phenomenal networking event, Thursday, December 6, Shomrei Torah, 7353 Valley Circle Blvd., West Hills from 7-9 PM. IMPORTANT—Note that this month the meeting will be held on THURSDAY and not on WEDNESDAY as it usually is. There...

7:30 pm

HUNGRY FOR YIDDISH/CHANUKAH FREILACH! KLEZMER MUSIC AND DANCING - BENEFIT FOR L.A. FOOD BANK

Family , Pico/Robertson
Organizations/Sponsors: Sholem Community Organization
Venue: Arbeiter Ring Workman’s Circle

The Workmen’s Circle Chanukah Freylakh Benefit for The L.A. Food Bank 7:30 PM, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6 ARBETER RING (WORKMEN’S CIRCLE) 1525 S. Robertson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90035 Tickets: $10-$20 sliding scale donation. No one turned away for lack of funds For three years, singer Heather...

7:30 pm

Mordecai Rosenstein: My Journey as an Artist.

Arts & Entertainment , Pico/Robertson
Organizations/Sponsors: Temple Beth Am
Venue: Temple Beth Am

A community-wide reception and presentation where Mordecai will share example of his art through the decades, along with interesting stories of who owns some of his pieces and how it came to be....

8:00 pm

You Can’t Take it With You

Arts & Entertainment , North Hollywood
Organizations/Sponsors: The Antaeus Company
Venue: Deaf West Theater

Find out who’s really crazy when a couple of lovebirds bring their mismatched families together. The Antaeus Company, L.A.’s multiple award-winning classical theater ensemble, presents You Can’t Take It With You, the timeless comedy about love, life and living. Set during the Great...

8:00 pm

Rudolph the Red-Nosed ReinDOORS

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

Falcon Theatre is proud to present Troubadour Theater Company’s Rudolph the Red-Nose ReinDOORS, directed by Matt Walker, the third production of its 2012-2013 Subscription Season. Celebrate the Season with the Ovation Award-winning Troubies as they give a wild, stripped-down, bare bones, rock...

8:00 pm

Finding Barb-The Original Musical

Arts & Entertainment , Hollywood

How far would you go to find love? Finding Barb is a 2-person Original Musical which tells one woman’s hilarious adventures of dating and finding her true spiritual path.  See Barb grow from being raised as a secular Jew, travelling across the world to become more religious, and then struggling to...

8:00 pm

In the Red and Brown Water

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

The Fountain Theatre presents the Los Angeles premiere of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s lusciously theatrical and boldly original new play. Lyrically weaving together elements of urban contemporary realism with West African mysticism, In the Red and Brown Water tells the tale of Oya, who can run faster...

8:00 pm

Lips Together, Teeth Apart

Arts & Entertainment , Westwood
Organizations/Sponsors: LA Theatre Works
Venue: James Bridges Theatre, Melnitz Hall, on UCLA Campus

Bart DeLorenzo directs two-time Emmy Award winner Kristen Johnston (3rd Rock from the Sun) and Steven Weber (Wings) when L.A. Theatre works records Terrence McNally’s sizzling comedy at UCLA’s James Bridges Theater. In a Fire Island beach house, a brother and sister and their respective spouses...

8:30 pm

Advanced Conversational Hebrew

Adult Education , Pico/Robertson

Advanced Conversational Hebrew with Orit Greenfield Thursdays 8:30-9:30 p.m. October 18-January 31 (no class November 22 or December 27) Temple Beth Am members: $168. Non-members: $210 Class will be conducted only in Hebrew. Conversations will be grounded in texts like: newspaper,...