# Sunday, January 27, 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...

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...

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...

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...

8:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Shabbat Shira

Shabbat , Los Angeles

There are three Shabbat Shira events featuring newly composed music for Shabbat (Friday night) and Shabbat (Saturday morning) as well as a concert. All three feature multiple cantors and choirs....

9:00 am

One Day University

Lectures , Santa Monica
Organizations/Sponsors: American Friends of Tel Aviv University
Venue: Annenberg Community Beach House

Join us on the gorgeous Santa Monica beachfront for fact-filled mini-sessions with TAU’s academic all-stars. Continental breakfast and lunch (dietary laws observed). Parking is included. Why is Stem Cell Research Taking So Long to Change Everything? Embryonic stem cells hold enormous promise for...

9:00 am

One Day University

Adult Education , New York
Organizations/Sponsors: American Friends of Tel Aviv University
Venue: Annenberg Community Beach House

Join Tel Aviv University’s academic all-stars on the gorgeous Santa Monica beachfront for fact-filled mini-sessions – on the threat of Superquakes, Egypt’s mysterious new president, and much more. Continental breakfast and lunch will be served....

12:30 pm

CINDERELLA: THE MUSICAL RETURNS

Arts & Entertainment , Santa Monica
Organizations/Sponsors: Santa Monica Group Theatre
Venue: Santa Monica Playhouse - The Other Space

“An enchanting Cinderella!” raves LA TIMES, “And she’s no slouch with a slightly risqué put-down, either!”  “Magical!” exclaims DRAMA-LOGUE. The hilarious, family-friendly Rudie-DeCarlo reworking of the classic fairytale is back for the holidays only. The single most requested...

4:42 pm

Learn Krav Maga

Sports , Los Angeles
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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

International Holocaust Remembrance Day Multimedia Event

Lectures , Conejo Valley
Venue: Temple Ner Ami

Temple Ner Ami, together with the Camarillo Church of Christ, is honored to co-host a special presentation on March of the Living in observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Indy Rebhun, Family Service Counselor of Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks-Griffin Memorial Park and Mortuary,...

8:00 pm

The Grand Irrationality

Arts & Entertainment , Los Angeles
Organizations/Sponsors: The Lost Studio
Venue: The Lost Studio

Developed at the National Theatre in London, Jemma Kennedy’s new comedy kicks off the New Year by making its world premiere at the Los Studio in Los Angeles. In astrology, the Grand Irrationality is when the planets are all out of alignment and nothing adds up – a pretty fair description of...

8:00 pm

Focus Group Play

Arts & Entertainment , Los Angeles
Organizations/Sponsors: Katselas Theatre Company
Venue: The Skylight Theatre

Six strangers in a room for 90 minutes, encouraged to share their opinions. What could be more unpredictable? Chaos quickly turns this control group into an out-of control dark comedy, bringing out the worst…even in the best of us. “This play is a perfect example of the work that has come out...

8:00 pm

The Snake Can

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

Welcome to middle age… proceed with caution! Jane Kaczmarek and Gregory Harrison star in the world premiere of a comic drama that proves growing older doesn’t always mean growing wiser. Three successful women and the men in their lives challenge themselves to find love and personal fulfillment...

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...

8:00 pm

Dirty Filthy Love Story

Arts & Entertainment , Los Angeles
Organizations/Sponsors: Rogue Artists Ensemble
Venue: The Skylight Theatre

The Katselas Theatre Company and Rogue Machine will present an extended run of the current hit, DIRTY FILTHY LOVE STORY (CRITIC’S CHOICE-LA Times).  The popular Skylight Theatre is the new venue for the show as Rogue Machine and The Katselas Theatre Company prepare for their 2013 season.  Due to...

8:00 pm

Shabbat Shira x 3

Shabbat , San Fernando Valley
Organizations/Sponsors: Jewish Music Commission of Los Angeles
Venue: VALLEY BETH SHALOM SYNAGOGUE

The Max Helfman Institute for New Jewish Music presents a totally new Shabbat experience. In a demonstration of long-standing of cooperation, cantors from three prominent Los Angeles synagogues, Cantor Phil Baron of Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, Cantor Mike Stein of Temple Aliya in Woodland Hills,...

8:00 pm

Shabbat Shira x 3

Shabbat , San Fernando Valley
Organizations/Sponsors: Jewish Music Commission of Los Angeles
Venue: VALLEY BETH SHALOM SYNAGOGUE

The Max Helfman Institute for New Jewish Music presents a totally new Shabbat experience. In a demonstration of long-standing of cooperation, cantors from three prominent Los Angeles synagogues, Cantor Phil Baron of Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, Cantor Mike Stein of Temple Aliya in Woodland Hills,...