# Friday, March 08, 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...

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...

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Elementary Hebrew Conversation Classes and Intermediate Hebrew Conversation Classes

Classes , Pico/Robertson
Venue: AISH LOS ANGELES

Beginning: For those with zero background-we will start from the alphabet and work our way up to basic conversation for a variety of life settings such as travel to Israel, in the workplace, shopping, restaurants and Jewish themes. Speaking, reading, writing and listening are stressed with equal...

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Elementary Hebrew Conversation Classes and Intermediate Hebrew Conversation Classes

Classes , Pico/Robertson
Venue: AISH LOS ANGELES

Beginning Hebrew: Wednesday evenings from 7-8:30PM For those with zero background-we will start from the alphabet and work our way up to basic conversation for a variety of life settings such as travel to Israel, in the workplace, shopping, restaurants and Jewish themes. Speaking, reading,...

All Day

Old Pasadena Happy Hour Week

Events , Pasadena
Organizations/Sponsors: Old Pasadena Management District

Old Pasadena’s finest restaurants, bars and lounges offer food and drink specials during San Gabriel Valley’s most popular dinning event, Old Pasadena Happy Hour Week, March 1 to March 15, 2013. From $1 martinis and $2 beers to $1 sliders and $3 appetizers, Old Pasadena Happy Hour Week offers...

5:57 pm - 2:57 am

Denny Tsettos at The All Night Happy Hour at The Chandelier Room inside The W Hotel Hoboken

Events
Organizations/Sponsors: Ericvirgil
Venue: The Chandelier Room

Thursday, March 7th, 2013 Thursday Happy Hour At The Chandelier Room inside The W Hotel 225 River Street Hoboken, NJ All Night Happy Hour $4 Beers, $5 Wines, $150 Bottle Specials, $100 Moet Specials Music by Denny Tsettos spinning House Music Admission: Everyone free on Eric Virgil’s guestlist...

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....

5:40 pm

Harmony Shabbat with the Maccabeats

Shabbat , Beverly Hills

Beth Jacob congregation celebrates its first ever “Harmony Shabbat” on Shabbat, March 8-9. We have invited the acclaimed Maccabeats to daven with us that weekend, to join their a cappella harmonies with the marvelous world class baritone of our own new cantor, Arik, to engage us in song and...

7:00 pm

Friday Night Shabbat Dinner - $28, $38 and $49pp - Only at Talia’s Steakhouse!

Shabbat , New York
Organizations/Sponsors: Talia’s Kosher Restaurant - New York
Venue: Talia’s Steakhouse

New Concept!  Friday Night Shabbat Dinner for $28, $38 or $49pp. Talia’s, the premier Glatt kosher steakhouse on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, offers the most affordable, pre-paid, prix-fixe Friday night Shabbat dinner options that fit perfectly into almost anyone’s budget. Challah, wine for...

7:30 pm

The Ted and Hedy Orden & Family FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE & Feit Family SHABBAT LIVE

Shabbat , Los Angeles
Organizations/Sponsors: ATID @ Sinai Temple
Venue: Sinai Temple

Sinai Temple invites the entire community to celebrate ALL THE JEWISH LADIES in honor of National Women’s Day. Come be a part of our spirited coommunity at this monthly musical service led by Rabbi Nicole Guzik, Craig Taubman, and the FNL Band.  Make it a night and stay after services for the...

8:00 pm

Four Clowns Jr. presents That Beautiful Laugh

Arts & Entertainment , Long Beach
Organizations/Sponsors: Four Clowns
Venue: Long Beach Play House

Departing from his home, the moon, a wise old man travels with his weathered precious trunk to a world that has forgotten how to laugh. Hoping to extinguish cynicism and judgement and replace it with joy and curiosity, he brings an arsenal of clowns, ignorant to the rules of the world. Together,...

8:00 pm

Paradise - A Divine Bluegrass Musical Comedy

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

From the company that brought you eight glorious sold out months of Sideways The Play, comes the never before staged musical comedy extravaganza PARADISE - A Divine Bluegrass Musical. Catapulted from coalmine to prime time, a small town sees hope for salvation. On the verge of living the American...

8:00 pm

A Heap of Livin’

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

Playwright and Emmy Award winner, Elliot Shoenman will return to the Odyssey Theatre with his newest play A Heap Of Livin’, which includes original music by David Shire (Oscar/Grammy Award, multiple Tony/Emmy noms). Elliot’s work, the Ovation Award nominated AfterMath, starring Annie Potts,...

8:00 pm

A Family Thing

Arts & Entertainment , Los Angeles
Organizations/Sponsors: Echo Theater Company
Venue: STAGE 52

A felon. An addict. A writer. Three estranged brothers reunite to settle unfinished business in the world premiere of a darkly funny new drama about the meaning of family by Gary Lennon (The Interlopers). Saverio Guerra (CBS’s Becker), Johnny Messner (Tears of the Sun, Hostage, The Whole Ten...

8:00 pm

Dirty Filthy Love Story

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

The Katselas Theatre Company and Rogue Machine are extending the run of the current hit, DIRTY FILTHY LOVE STORY (CRITIC’S CHOICE - LA Times).  The popular Skylight Theatre, at 1816 1/2 N. Vermont in Los Angeles, is the new venue for the show.  Due to overwhelming demand, this production will now...

8:00 pm

Sexsting

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

Winning a Guthrie Theatre commission, and chosen for development by The Katselas Theatre Company’s INKubator program, the West Coast Premiere of SEXSTING is the inaugural production for KTC’s 2013 season. Opening at the popular Skylight Theatre Complex on February 23rd, the stellar cast...

8:00 pm

Complete

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

Jennifer Chambers directs the West Coast premiere of Andrea Kuchlewska’s fast-paced comedy, a time-splitting wrangle over the power and perversion of language. Two obsessive linguists and a nine-year-old zealot meet head-on with the magnetic leader of an “est”-like group training seminar....

8:00 pm

RAISE ME UP - A World Premiere Romantic Comedy

Events , Santa Monica
Organizations/Sponsors: Santa Monica Group Theatre
Venue: Santa Monica Playhouse - Main Stage

Mega-celebrity Martin Short calls it “An unforgettable love story with humor and heart.” Renowned playwright Jerry Mayer echoes, “A comedy with heart you’ll never EVER forget. Fabulous!” It’s Lisa Phillips Visca’s RAISE ME UP - a true story about a “moonstruck” couple’s forbidden...

8:00 pm

Walk Like A Man! The Music of Frankie Valli & The 4 Seasons

Arts & Entertainment , North Hollywood
Organizations/Sponsors: West Coast Performing Arts Presenters
Venue: Historic El Portal Theatre

‘Walk Like A Man’ is the exciting vocal quartet that has been barnstorming America and stunning audiences around the world with their Broadway-Style Musical Revue! If you enjoyed “Jersey Boys,” you’ll love “Walk Like A Man! - a musical revue presented in the heart of the NoHo Arts District at the...

8:00 pm

Mrs. Warren’s Profession

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

Antaeus, L.A.’s classical theater ensemble, presents a fully double-cast production of George Bernard Shaw’s penetrating and entertaining look at mothers, daughters and the idea of a “woman’s place.” Mrs. Warren has worked hard to provide a good life for her daughter. But when Vivie finds...