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Culver’s Sequoia Sherriff Is Finalist at YoungArts YoungArts has announced its 2018 winner. They include Sequoia Sherriff (17) from Culver City High School who won for Cinematic Arts. YoungArts winners are 757 of the nation’s most promising young artists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts. Selected through a blind adjudication process conducted by an independent panel of highly accomplished artists, the 2018 winners represent the top 10 percent of applications. Of this year’s 757 winners some have been awarded for excellence in...
Sculptor Michael Todd will be featured in the Winter show in the Fine Arts Gallery at West Los Angeles College from December 7 to January 7. Todd creates sculptural works in wood, metal, and clay. His career has spanned 50 years and he has work in many major museums. A reception, free to the public, will be held in the Fine Arts Gallery on Thursday, December 7 from 5 pm to 7. Parking is available in the adjacent parking structure for $2.00 (exact change needed). The show is currated by art...
There was "love," "passion," "potions," a trumpet and even a real wedding proposal as The Verdi Chorus took the stage for their fall performances this past weekend at the acoustically-sound First United Methodist Church in Santa Monica. This is the chorus' 35th year of showcasing glorious operatic repertoire and continues to be one of the jewels of the Los Angeles opera scene and showed the audience why as they presented two flawless performances. The concerts were in memoriam to Jurate...
The Westside Youth Orchestra (WYO) is presenting a free concert of great symphonic masterworks at 3:15 p.m., Saturday, December 9 at Park Century School in Culver City. WYO Music Director and Conductor Lowell Crystal describes the music in the concert as a celebration of life and the holiday season. The concert opens with Mozart's Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 297/300a, better known as the Paris Symphony, which Mozart composed in 1778 at the age of 22. This is followed by Holst's, The Planets,...
Five concerts that you don't want to miss are landing at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills and The Rose in Pasadena. On November 17, "Secret Agent Man" Johnny Rivers takes the stage at The Rose. A two-time Grammy Award winner with 17 Gold records, 29 chart hits, and more than 30 million records sold will bring his expansive catalogue of music to share with his adoring fans. In 1964, when the British Invasion was in progress and American rockers were tough to find on the U.S. pop charts, Rivers...
Dancers of every level are invited to enjoy master classes taught by college and studio instructors and other dance professionals at the Semi-Annual Dance Day at West Los Angeles College on Saturday, November 18 from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm. Classes will include Ballet, Modern, Contemporary, Jazz, Tap, Belly Dance, Flamenco, Yoga, African Dance, and more. "I had a blast at Dance Day last semester", said WLAC student Ronisha Hayden. "The energy in each class I took was amazing! I danced so hard I...
Center Theatre Group has announced an extension of "Spamilton" at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City through January 7, 2018. Created, directed and written by Gerard Alessandrini, the West Coast premiere of "Spamilton" began previews on November 5 and opens on November 12. Produced by special arrangement with John Freedson, David Zippel, Christine Pedi and Gerard Alessandrini, "Spamilton" celebrates and satirizes the Broadway blockbuster with a versatile cast. The cast includes, in...
The Verdi Chorus start off their 35th anniversary season with their Fall 2017 concerts entitled “Love’s Passions and Potions” at the acoustically-sound First United Methodist Church in Santa Monica on November 18 and 19. A jewel of the opera scene, they are the only choral group in Southern California that focuses primarily on the dramatic and diverse music for opera chorus. Their Founding Artistic Director/Conductor Anne Marie Ketchum and Julliard-trained piano accompanist Laraine Ann Madde...
Actor Robert Creighton was born to play the part in a staged musical about the life of James Cagney, and that's just what he's doing at the El Portal Theatre in NoHo. Not only is Creighton acting, singing and tap dancing his way through this entertaining production but he also co-wrote the music and lyrics along with Christopher McGovern. Direct from its hit run in New York off-Broadway, "Cagney" is the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award-nominated musical that follows the life of Cagney...
Actor Robert Creighton was born to play the part in a staged musical about the life of James Cagney, and that's just what he's doing at the El Portal Theatre in NoHo. Not only is Creighton acting, singing and tap dancing his way through this entertaining production but he also co-wrote the music and lyrics along with Christopher McGovern. Direct from its hit run in New York off-Broadway, "Cagney" is the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award-nominated musical that follows the life of Cagney...
The Culver City Symphony Orchestra opens its 2017-18 Season with a concert, Orchestra on the Move, Sunday, November 5 at 2 pm. The orchestra travels outside of Culver City to First Presbyterian Church, Santa Monica, 1220 2nd Street, between Arizona and Wilshire. There is parking in City Parking Lot No. 2 directly across from the church. The 2017-18 Season opening concert will feature two young pianists from the Orchestra sponsored Parness Concerto Competition: Talon Smith and Allison To, in...
This season pass provides patrons with access to all five shows at a discount rate of up to 51%, fully flexible date options, 30% discount for five single tickets., the ability to purchase the best seats before they go on sale to the general public, and a voucher good for free admission to one of our Axis Mundi evenings. Ticket Price Standard / $125 for five shows Senior / $100 for five shows Under 30* / $85 for five shows Full Season Family Pass This option allows patrons who purchase two or mo...
The world premiere of Paul Rudnick’s new play “Big Night” opens Saturday, September 16 at 8 p.m. at Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. Directed by Tony winner Walter Bobbie (“Chicago” and “Bright Star”), “Big Night” is currently in previews. Performances will continue through October 8, 2017.The cast for “Big Night” includes, in alphabetical order, Brian Hutchison (“Smokefall” Off-Broadway), Max Jenkins (NBC’s “The Mysteries of Laura”), Kecia Lewis (“The Drowsy Chaperone,” Ahmanson and Broadway), Luke Macfarlane (ABC’s...
26 features four site-specific dance performances by the award-winning Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre, centering on six featured artworks from Culver Citys public art collection, with the final performance taking place on Saturday, September 9 at 5 or 7 pm at Culver City CityHall Courtyard.The 1988 series is named for the year Culver City adopted the Art in Public Places Program Ordinance, which is responsible for more than 100 permanent works of art dotted amongst our Citys landmarks and buildings, and plays an integral part in creating importa...
The final performance in the 1988 series will be on Saturday, September 9 at Culver City City Hall Courtyard, with evening showings at 5 and 7 pm. This dance performance by Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre will highlight Hanging Garden, Quotation Courtyard &Panoramic and La Ballona public artworks located at Culver City City Hall. The performance is free for Culver City residents and $25 for non-residents. This culminating performance is deeply rooted in the history of Culver City, and coincides with the actual month of the City’s Centennial. T...
Rehearsals have begun for the world premiere of Paul Rudnick's new play " Big Night." Directed by Tony winner Walter Bobbie (" Chicago" and " Bright Star" )," Big Night" begins previews September 10, opens September 16 and continues through October 8, 2017, at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City.The full cast includes, in alphabetical order, Brian Hutchison (" Smokefall" Off-Broadway), Max Jenkins (NBC's " The Mysteries of Laura" ),Kecia Lewis (" The Drowsy Chaperone,"...
On Saturday, September 23 from 2 pm to 3a live musical performance by Quattrosound, an innovative ensemble will be presenting an inspiring and eclectic program of classical, Latin and jazz works at the Culver City Julian Dixon Library. You can enjoy Quattosound's originality and clever compositions in a concert that's great for the whole family. The program is free. This concert is sponsored by Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and is appropriate for all ages. The library is...
Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre (HDDT) will bring its innovative and unique site-specific dance to Culver City with Technicolor Drip. The third event in the 1988 series features Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre dancers in and around the parking garage windows and glass art vitrines (boxes) hanging on the exterior of the parking garage at Culver City’s PLATFORM. Technicolor Drip, by contemporary artist Jen Stark is a mural located on the exterior wall of the PLATFORM parking garage, facing Landmark Blvd. The title references an old coloring process used...
Life is never easy even during the best of times, but when the lens zooms in on the African continent during the South Sudanese or Rwandan genocides, Ethopian famine, the West African Ebola crisis or, as is the case with THE LAST FACE, the Liberian civil war, we see what pain, suffering and the horrific brutality of life really is. Then put activist Sean Penn in the director’s chair with a fictional narrative that stars Charlize Theron, Javier Bardem, Jared Harris and Jean Reno, and a social a...
LA-based Pop/RnB singer Malavika's debut single, "Jackpot" isan upbeat and audacious girl power anthem produced by German pop-producer Moritz Braun, with elements of jazz, funk n soul, modern pop, including indian instruments like the “Bhapang” - a tribute to Malavika's Indian heritage. The song will be included on her upcoming EP, released later this year and she also plans on doing a national tour. Citing Michael Jackson, TLC, and En Vogue as her inspirations, Malavika's soaring vocals and perfectly stacked harmonies are going to make her...
Center Theatre Group Will Remount Three Local Productions for Block Party Celebration Center Theatre Group received submissions from 53 local theatre companies for the second annual Block Party: Celebrating Los Angeles Theatre at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. Block Party will continue to highlight some of the remarkable work being done on stages throughout Los Angeles by fully producing three previously staged productions. For a full list of the theatre companies who submitted an...
Charity Donations Include: My Stuff Bags Foundation (mystuffbags.org); The Harvest Home (theharvesthome.org); and Santa Monica Bay Woman's Club (smbwc.org) Tickets are now on sale for The Lennon Family Legacy Concert, Friday and Saturday, July 21 and 22 at the historic Santa Monica Bay Woman's Club, http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2949315. This year's popular, almost-annual reunion concert of the singing Lennon Family will feature the iconic Lennon Sisters, VENICE the band, (who's very na...
The world premiere production of "King of the Yees" will open at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City on Sunday, July 16 at 6:30 p.m. Written by Lauren Yee, directed by Joshua Kahan Brody and produced in association with Goodman Theatre, "King of the Yees" will continue through August 6. The cast includes, in alphabetical order, Rammel Chan, Francis Jue, Angela Lin, Stephenie Soohyun Park and Daniel Smith. The creative team includes set design by William Boles, costume...
Despite the title, and a few suspicious deaths and machinations of intrigue and deceit, you will find no mention of Shakespeare in this visceral, yet austere, telling of LADY MACBETH as screenwriter Alice Birch delves into the moral ambiguity of 1865, all to exquisite result. Based on Nikolai Leskov's Lady Makbeth of Mtensk, issues of race, class and gender make this story as timely today as it was in 1865 Russia or in 19th century rural England where screenwriter Alice Birch has relocated the...
Three concerts that you don't want to miss are landing at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills and The Rose in Pasadena this coming weekend. On July 14 singer/songwriter/musician/actor Chris Isaak makes his debut appearance on the Saban Theatre stage, and this hepcat should fit right in with the retro architecture at this remarkable venue. Isaak’s music magically recaptures the brilliance of the classic Sun sound, while also getting down to the heart and soul of his own deeply rooted musical i...
