# Sunday, April 14, 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...

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 - 6:00 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...

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Stogie Kenyatta’s The World is My Home – THE LIFE OF PAUL ROBESON

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

Powerful and poignant, heartfelt and humorous, and in honor of Paul Robeson’s birthday, Santa Monica Playhouse is proud to present a special limited run of film, television and stage personality Stogie Kenyatta’s acclaimed show about African-American artist-activist Paul Robeson. Robeson –...

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Savvy Caregiver

Adult Education , Santa Monica
Organizations/Sponsors: OPICA Adult Day Care and Counseling Center
Venue: OPICA Adult Day Care and Counseling Center

Do you have family members living with Alzheimer’s disease? During 6 weeks, 2 hours each week- the following topics will be covered: -Learn about Alzheimer’s Disease/ Dementia -Learn about the stages of this disease -How to help your loved one and how to understand difficult behavior...

11:00 pm - 4:00 am

The Grand Opening of Good Life Saturdays with Jeffrey Tonnesen & Joe Ferdico

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

The Grand Opening of Good Life Saturdays with Jeffrey Tonnesen & Joe Ferdico Saturday, April 13th, 2013 Grand Opening of The Good Life Saturdays Each and Every Saturdays @ Highline Ballroom 431 West 16th Street (Between 9th and 10th Aves) New York, NY 10011 Guestlist Pricing: Ladies free til...

8:30 pm - 8:30 pm

HAVA HAPPY HOUR show

Arts & Entertainment , Hollywood
Organizations/Sponsors: April Hava Shenkman
Venue: Spirit Studio Silverlake

HAVA HAPPY HOUR Created & Performed by April Hava Shenkman “Forget your troubles, come on get Hava!”- LA WEEKLY Spirit Studio Silverlake 2601 Hyperion Ave. L.A., CA 90027 Running EVERY Saturday in April April 13th, 20th, & 27th, 2013 @ 8:30pm Tickets: $15 (cash only at door) includes 1 free...

8:00 am

THE WEST COAST PREMIERE OF “OUR CLASS” BY TADEUSZ SŁOBODZIANEK, IN A VERSION BY RYAN CRAIG

Arts & Entertainment , Los Angeles
Organizations/Sponsors: Son of Semele Ensemble
Venue: Atwater Village Theatre

SON OF SEMELE ENSEMBLE ANNOUNCES THE WEST COAST PREMIERE OF “OUR CLASS” BY TADEUSZ SŁOBODZIANEK, IN A VERSION BY RYAN CRAIG OPENING APRIL 6 at THE ATWATER VILLAGE THEATRE Inspired by the Jedwabne pogrom a hotly contested, tragic, historic event in Poland in 1941, Our Class chronicles the...

10:00 am

Celebrate Israel on Yom Ha’atzma-ut with Art, Food, and Sport

Events , Bel Air
Organizations/Sponsors: Stephen S. Wise Temple
Venue: Stephen S. Wise Temple

We are very excited for the return of our Yom Ha’atzma-ut Festival, “From Israel to L.A.” Join us for a day of celebrating all things Israel, including Israeli food, music, dancing, and the return of the camel! There will be an interactive kibbutz for young kids, petting zoo, gaga pits,...

10:30 am

March of the Living Presentation

Lectures , Westwood
Organizations/Sponsors: Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park
Venue: Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park

PIERCE BROTHERS WESTWOOD VILLAGE is honored to host a special presentation on March of the Living in observance of Yom Ha Shoah. The March of the Living is an international, program that brings members of the Jewish faith as well as non-Jewish participants from all over the world to Poland and...

12:30 pm

CINDERELLA: THE MUSICAL – BACK FOR TWO WEEKS ONLY!

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 by audience demand for two weeks only! The single most...

2:00 pm

Annual Authors Forum

Events , Brentwood
Organizations/Sponsors: Friends of the Kaufman Brentwood Branch Library
Venue: Kaufman Brentwood Branch Library

The Annual Authors Forum, in celebration of National Library Week at the Kaufman Brentwood Branch Library, features the following authors: Alison Singh Gee, Richard Kramer, Gloria Loring, Stephen Maitland-Lewis and Grace Robbins. Connie Martinson of the popular cable television show, “Connie...

3:00 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...

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....

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

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

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

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

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

Years to the Day

Arts & Entertainment , Beverly Hills
Organizations/Sponsors: Katselas Theatre Company
Venue: Beverly Hills Playhouse

These days, we hang on to people and friendships through the impressions we get from their online profiles. Yet, over the years, people seldom share any deep and personal changes through social media. Allen Barton explores the collision of these relationships in his WORLD PREMIERE dark comedy YEARS...

8:00 pm

Josefowicz Plays Stravinsky

Arts & Entertainment , Downtown
Organizations/Sponsors: LA Phil
Venue: Walt Disney Concert Hall

Apr 12-13 8 pm, Apr 14 2 pm Walt Disney Concert Hall The hugely gifted Leila Josefowicz plays Stravinsky’s neo-Classic masterwork. Composed in 1931, it consists of highly kinetic movements surrounding two instrumental arias. George Balanchine choreographed two ballets to it. Artists Los...

8:00 pm

Paradise - A Divine Bluegrass Musical Comedy

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

EXTENDING the run through May 4th (hiatus from March 31st - April 12th, no performance on April 28th) - Award winning director Dan Bonnell has assembled an outstanding cast for this memorable new musical, with live music on stage. From the company that brought you eight glorious sold out months of...