# Friday, April 05, 2013

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,...

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...

7:00 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,...

3:00 pm - 5:00 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...

All Day

Mazeltov.com Announces the 2013 Bar/Bat Mitzvah Video Contest “What It Means To Me!”

Events , Agoura
Venue: Internet

2013 Bar/Bat Mitzvah Video Contest - First Prize is a Round-trip ticket on El Al Airlines to Israel (from Los Angeles or New York City) or $1,000! We are asking upcoming Bar/Bat Mitzvah boys and girls to shoot a 2-3 minute short video that expresses what the occasion means to them. We are...

2:00 pm - 8:00 pm

“Landscapes”

Arts & Entertainment , North Hollywood
Organizations/Sponsors: Art Directors Guild
Venue: Gallery 800

The Art Directors Guild Gallery 800 announces the “Landscapes” gallery opening The Art Directors Guild’s (IATSE Local 800) Gallery 800 announces its second art exhibition of 2013, “Landscapes,” opening Saturday, March 24, 2013 with a hosted reception from 3-6:00pm and will run through May 4,...

10:00 am - 5:00 pm

“Glamour for Good: Celebrating 60 Years of SHARE’s Boomtown Party”

Arts & Entertainment , Hollywood
Organizations/Sponsors: SHARE, Inc.
Venue: The Hollywood Museum

The Hollywood Museum’s unique exhibit “Glamour for Good: Celebrating 60 Years of SHARE’s Boomtown Party” debuts on Wednesday, April 3, at 6:00 p.m. with a wine and Hors d’Oeuvres reception.  The retrospective explores a series of glamorous Boomtown Events with prestigious celebrities...

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Identity, Protest, and Hope in Israeli Visual Culture

Adult Education , Los Angeles
Organizations/Sponsors: Skirball Cultural Center
Venue: Skirball Cultural Center

Examine the expression of different artistic and cultural traditions in Israel today, including their religious, secular, ethnic, historical, and political roots. Because of prohibitions on creating pictorial imagery, traditional Jewish culture was mainly expressed through the literary arts. The...

All Day

Let Me Show You Around:A Project by Antje Schiffers and Thomas Sprenger

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

Everyone is welcome at the Skirball Cultural Center, yet every encounter is unique, inflected by culture, age, and origin. This is the theme of a new site-specific mural created by Antje Schiffers and Thomas Sprenger as part of their Let Me Show You Around project. To create the large-scale wall...

4:42 pm

Learn Krav Maga

Sports , Los Angeles
Venue: {REL[9085][cal_event_venue]yNdQMF90REL}

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....

5:30 pm

NoHo Dine Out Fridays

Events , North Hollywood
Organizations/Sponsors: KCT Organization
Venue: The Parking Lot

Music, Foodtrucks & More @ The NoHo Dine Out Join us each Friday night at The NoHo Dine Out free community event. Each dine out will feature a variety of food trucks, local craft vendors, live entertainment and dog adoptions. Parking is free, just drive right into the lot 11458 Burbank Blvd,...

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...

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

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

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...

8:00 pm

On the Spectrum

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

The West Coast premiere of a funny, touching and unconventional love story between two young people with autism Mac has Asperger’s. Iris is autistic. In Ken LaZebnik’s award-winning play, an online e-chat blossoms into a heartfelt courtship. Winner of the 2012 Steinberg/American Theatre...

8:00 pm

Tomorrow

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

Now at the forefront of play development and producing new works, three award-winning theaters are joining forces for the first time. The beneficiary will be the Los Angeles theatre audience who will see the World Premiere staging of Donald Freed’s new play, Tomorrow. Damian Cruden (Artistic...

8:00 pm

Master Class

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

Internationally renowned soprano Maria Callas had a legendary voice and an equally legendary life as one of the world’s most celebrated—and gossiped-about—opera stars. In 1971, Callas taught a series of master classes at Juilliard. Outspoken in her artistic beliefs and uncompromising in the...

8:00 pm

Billy & Ray

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

The world premiere of Billy & Ray tells the incredible true story of how Billy Wilder (Kevin Blake) and Raymond Chandler (Shaun O’Hagan) wrote the screenplay for Double Indemnity, invented film noir and nearly killed each other in the process. Set in Hollywood in the 1940’s, Paramount producer...

8:00 pm

2nd Annual Chris4Life LA Celebrity Auction Event

Arts & Entertainment , Beverly Hills
Organizations/Sponsors: Chris4Life Colon Cancer Foundation
Venue: SLS Hotel Beverly Hills

March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and national non-profit the Chris4Life Colon Cancer Foundation will host its 2nd annual celebrity auction event in Beverly Hills on Friday, April 5.  The highly anticipated event will feature a variety of “star power” from TV personalities,...