# Thursday, January 24, 2013

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,...

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...

6:00 pm - 8:15 pm

THE ANNUAL ALL-NEW ONE-TIME-ONLY NEW YEAR’S EVE MUSICAL REVUE!

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

“One of the Ten Best New Year’s Eve Events in LA” raves LA Weekly. A scrumptious and sumptuous complimentary buffet supper starts off the evening, then it’s “on with the show!” as internationally acclaimed Actors’ Repertory Theatre brings you a highly entertaining, family-friendly...

7:42 pm - 7:42 pm

Parenting Lectura : Spring of Stress Relief with Dr . Denise Pope

Adult Education , San Fernando Valley

FREE PARENTING LECTURE AT Valley Beth Shalom Thursday, February 7 at 7:30 pm with Dr. Denise Pope of Race to Nowhere “Spring of Stress Relief”  Open to everyone .  Join us for dinner with Dr. Pope at 6:30 .  18.00 includes wine. Contact lmetz@vbs.org to sign up...

All Day

Leaving the Land of Roses

Arts & Entertainment , Venice/Marina DR
Organizations/Sponsors: Shulamit Gallery
Venue: Shulamit Gallery

Shulamit Gallery is pleased to launch our second inaugural exhibition Leaving the Land of Roses, which explores the contemporary Iranian Jewish story. This exhibit is an official satellite show of the Fowler Museum’s Light and Shadows: The Story of Iranian Jews. This partnership aligns...

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Charlie Kaplan - Sculpture, Pleasing Curves

Arts & Entertainment , Downtown
Organizations/Sponsors: PYO Gallery LA
Venue: PYO Gallery LA

PYO Gallery LA is pleased to announce “Sculpture, Pleasing Curves” a solo exhibition of works by Charlie Kaplan. The exhibition opens on January 19 and continues thru March 9, 2013. A reception for the artist will be held on Saturday, January 19, from 6 to 8pm. PYO Gallery is pleased to present...

3:32 pm - 3:32 pm

Winter Retreat at the Westin Monache in Mammoth Village

Programs , San Bernardino
Organizations/Sponsors: LMI RETREATS
Venue: Westin Monache

A kosher family retreat with something for everyone. Spend four nights and five days at the fabulous Westin Monache Resort in Mammoth Lakes California. Skiing, snow boarding, sledding, village shops, coffee houses, bars, and Mammoth night life all within a stones throw from the Westin. Come and...

8:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Back to Back theatre: Ganesh Versus the Third Reich

Arts & Entertainment , Westwood
Organizations/Sponsors: Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA
Venue: Freud Playhouse

Australia’s Back to Back Theatre Company brings Ganesh Versus the Third Reich in the acclaimed troupe’s Los Angeles debut. The award-winning original work is a self-reflective rumination on the creation of theater and who has the right to tell a story, as told through a central hero’s...

11:00 am

2013 Burbank Career Expo

Events , Burbank
Organizations/Sponsors: Nationwide Career Events
Venue: Holiday Inn Burbank

Nationwide Career Events will be presenting its winter career fair on January 24, 2013 from 11:00AM to 2:00PM at the Holiday Inn. The hotel is located at 150 East Angeleno Ave in the city Burbank, California. Whereas some career fairs offer only entry level positions, Nationwide Career Events...

4:42 pm

Learn Krav Maga

Sports , Los Angeles
Venue: {REL[9085][cal_event_venue]7F8Vw8hQREL}

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....

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...

7:00 pm

Yiddish Book Club with Samuel Spinner

Adult Education , Westwood
Organizations/Sponsors: UCLA Center for Jewish Studies
Venue: {REL[236][cal_event_venue]7F8Vw8hQREL}

Explore the breadth of modern Yiddish literature from European classics to American masterpieces with Samuel Spinner, the Ross Visiting Professor of Yiddish at UCLA. Discussion will be based on English translations of works by Chaim Grade, I.B. Singer, Sholem Asch, Lamed Shapiro, I.L. Peretz and...

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...

8:00 pm

Around the World in 80 Days

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

Stampeding elephants! Raging typhoons! Runaway trains! Hold onto your seats for the original amazing race. It’s 1872 and Phileas Fogg has agreed to an outrageous wager that puts his fortune and his life at risk. With his resourceful servant Passepartout, Fogg sets out to circle the globe in an...

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,...