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Lou D'Elia is an assemblage artist working with found/obsolete objects to create 3 dimensional artworks. D'Elia frequently incorporates vernacular photography, artificial light and visual puns in his work. They are often social commentaries on politics, sexuality, and gender role expectations. He frequently uses vintage wood industrial foundry molds as a tribute to his father, who was a pattern maker in the 1950s. D'Elia grew up in Ocean Park in the 1950s. At that time the community was...
Right Angle Entertainment has announced tickets for FRIENDS! The Musical Parody are now on sale. The Off-Broadway hit will have its Los Angeles Premiere at the Kirk Douglas Theatre (9820 Washington Blvd.) in Culver City from July 16 – August 4, 2019, FRIENDS! The Musical Parody is the comedic musical that lovingly pokes fun at TV's Friends, celebrating the adventures of your favorite group of 20-something friends as they navigate the pitfalls of work, life and love in 1990s Manhattan. It's a t...
Kentwood Players will hold open auditions for DIAL M FOR MURDER, a suspenseful thriller by Frederick Knott, on Saturday, July 20 from 11:00am to 3:00pm and Sunday, July 21 from 6:00 to 9:00pm. Callbacks will be held on Monday, July 22 at 7:00 by appointment only. This is a non-equity, non-paid production directed by George Kondreck and produced by Kathy Dershimer for Kentwood Players with rights secured from Dramatists Play Service, Inc. Performance dates are September 13 through October 19, on...
Los Angeles jazz legend Bobby Bradford brings his all-star band to Santa Monica for a set of original music, on Wednesday August 21, at 7:30 pm, in the Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium of the Main Library located at at 601 Santa Monica Blvd. Since the 1960s Bradford has worked steadily as a leader and collaborated with artists including Ornette Coleman, John Carter, Vinny Golia, David Murray, Nels Cline, Mark Dresser, and many more. At 85, his skill and imagination on the cornet continue to be...
The Marina del Rey Symphony has announced its summer lineup of concerts held a t Burton Chase Park in the marina. Thursdays-Free The free concerts start at 7:00PM First up on Thursday, July 11 will be Opera at the Shore with stage performances and selections from Puccini's "La Bohème" followed by a live screening and performance of a new score by Craig Safan to the 1925 silent movie, "The Phantom of the Opera." Followed on Thursday, July 25 with Sights, Sounds & Dance in America. The Symphony teams again with the Nancy Dobbs Owen Dance Troupe...
The Santa Monica Chorus, newly crowned Regional Champions, is turning 70 this year! To celebrate 70 years of women's a cappella singing with Sweet Adelines International, Santa Monica Chorus is hosting a night filled with music through the years. ‘City of Stars’ will be held at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. The show will feature women’s 4-part barbershop a cappella music from the year the chorus began their chapter in 1949 to music that we all know and love now. The show will also spotlight chorus quartets Gotta Sing!, Vixen, Troub...
Three concerts that you don't want to miss are landing at The Canyon Club. On July 20, The Fab Four, will take the stage at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank. If you close your eyes and listen to The Fab Four sing a Beatles song, you will think that the boys from Liverpool had transported themselves back from the '60's. That's how accurate and authentic their sound is – arguably the world's best Beatles tribute band. They will even bring along their own "Ed Sullivan" to introduce and interact w...
CRE Outreach is presenting the World Premiere of POINT OF EXTINCTION, a Science Fiction Political Thriller written by Cosette Ruesga and David Shecter featuring original songs by Laurie Grant. The production is directed by Greg Shane, Artistic Director of CRE Outreach and performed by Theatre by the Blind, the only blind theater company in the country featuring actors doing the improbable with great skill, and by the gifted musicians with autism from Rex & Friends. Performances take place from F...
Summer breezes… an intimate courtyard… free parking… and great music. Escape to Culver City for the 2019 Culver City’s Boulevard Music Summer Festival. Boulevard Music presents 6 free concerts on Thursday evenings at 7 pm from July 11 through August 15 in the palm-lined Dale Jones Courtyard of Culver City City Hall. Curated by producer Gary Mandell of Culver City’s Boulevard Music, Culver City’s Boulevard Music Summer Festival offers something for everyone: The sounds of Americana/Bluegrass from Ryan Shupe and the RubberBand (July 11); Argent...
Rita Wilson, actress turned singer, and Italian living legend of the classical-song world, Andrea Bocelli, both made separate appearances recently in the intimate, 200-seat Clive Theatre at The Grammy Museum for a Q & A and performance hosted by Executive Director Scott Goldman. Wilson, native of Los Angeles and also wife of actor Tom Hanks who was in the audience supporting his beloved, was there to discuss her new album Halfway To Home (March 2019), her fourth studio album. Even though she...
By Sterling Roberts Having been in the art and framing business for 25 years, Cathy Seidman has witnessed the downfall of art. Cathy, and her sister, Connie, own the Seidman Gallery in Culver City. When asked how she feels about the way art is going, Cathy replied that she was pessimistic. She claims that there are two sides of the downfall of art: when regular people began putting art in their homes and when the television took the place of art above the fireplace. As experts in decorating home...
Story and photos by Mary Leipziger In 1996 Steven Rubin had the idea for retelling this tale in another media. His friend David Miller was a knowledgable of children's literature, had a poetic nature and they worked well together.l Originally they thought of making an animated movie, but 3 years ago they went back to the idea of writing it as a book. David was in charge of production of the Criterion Collection which invented an the interactive sound track for classical feature films. Steven is...
Kentwood Players presents the musical PIPPIN, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by Roger O. Hirson. There will be a complimentary pre-show champagne and dessert reception between 7:00-7:30pm for season subscribers and their guests attending the Saturday, May 18th performance. Performance dates are May 17th through June 22nd on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at 2:00pm. Performances take place at the Westchester Playhouse, located at 8301 Hindry Avenue in Westchester. The...
On the third Thursday of each month flutist Ellen Burr and bassist Jeff Schwartz organize an evening of creative music at the Industry Cafe and Jazz, in Culver City's Arts District, which they call "Thirdsday." The June 20 installment features The Red Cars, an acoustic rock band led by singer-songwriter Adam Snyder, with Jeff Schwartz on upright bass and Richard Hynd on drums. Before setting down in Culver City, Adam Snyder was a member of indie rock band Mercury Rev, playing keyboards on their...
Living legend classical guitarist, Christopher Parkening, again spearheaded his fifth international classical guitar competition at Pepperdine University in Malibu where he is also a professor and Distinguished Chair of the Classical Guitar Department. 2006 was the inaugural year and it continues to go strong, occurring every four years. The competition is the most prestigious in the world of classical guitar, honoring Parkening's lifetime commitment to fostering musical excellence in young...
Culver City students including the Culver City Middle School for the first time who are interested in joining the AVPA are invited to attend an Open House Workshop on Saturday, June 8. It will feature opportunities for all students to work with high school students in each of the five departments in AVPA: Visual Art, Dance, Film, Music, and Theatre. This workshop is in conjunction with AVPA's JAVA GALA XI, their annual benefit fundraiser and showcase. Workshop participants are invited to...
Wizard Entertainment Inc. announced the addition of four events to the 2019 calendar of Wizard World pop culture conventions, including the return to Los Angeles in June at Sony Pictures Studio Lot. The fifteen show are across the country and the Sony venue is new this year. The schedule for Culver City is as follows: • June 7-8, Ghostbusters Fan Fest Presented By Wizard World, Sony Pictures Studio Lot in Culver City, Calif. • June 8, Los Angeles, Sony Pictures Studio Lot, Culver City, Cal...
Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival (LAWTF) presents its annual programming in Culver City for a unique performance on Sunday, June 23, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at the Ivy Substation, 9070 Venice Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232. The evening takes an intimate look in the personal lives of women in stories written and performed by them. Hosting the evening of entertainment will be Anna Maria Horsford, whose long, busy career has spanned motion pictures (Minority Report, How High, One Fine Day), television...
"Where words fail, music speaks." ~ Hans Christian Andersen Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra ("KCO"), a 501(c)3 non-profit, was founded five years ago by Benjamin Mitchell, its president, a clarinetist who was influenced by the conductorless Orpheus Chamber Orchestra founded in 1972 in New York, in which the musicians, not a conductor, interpret the score. He believes that "sometimes a conductor can even create an invisible barrier between the players and their audience. When each musician has an...
The Culver City Symphony Orchestra concludes its 2018-19 Season with a chamber music concert Sunday, May 26 at 3:00PM. This chamber music concert will be presenting two masterworks in music, the Clarinet Quintets of Mozart and Brahms. The New Hollywood String Quartet will be joined by Clarinetist Joshua Ranz. Towards the end of their respective lives Mozart and Brahms met clarinetists whose playing so caught their attention that each composed Quintets for Clarinet and String Quartet. For Mozart...
Silent Torment was written by an Air Force veteran and stars military veterans who are wrestling with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD). It is being presented at the Blue Door Theater in Culver City. Steven, an injured U.S. Marine returns home to find that his life and reality have changed drastically, his physical injuries are only superficial compared to the pain he carries in his heart and mind. As he struggles to cope with his emotions and bitterness the relationships, he cherishes...
With divisiveness and acts of hate speech at an all-time high there has never been a greater need for works of creative inspiration that can bring people of different faiths and backgrounds together in harmony — and that’s exactly what INTERFAITH: The Musical is all about. Please join Ruth Broyde Sharone from Culver City, the creator of the musical, and her talented collaborators — musicians, vocalists and fellow songwriters who invite you to join in a joyful celebration of our cultural and religious diversity. This positive spirit is refle...
There are five great concerts coming to the Canyon Clubs. In Agoura Hills, Raul Malo, charismatic frontman for The Mavericks, is taking a break from their tour to take the stage solo on May 9 for a special performance. The Grammy winner is the sole writer of many of their songs and has a hauntingly beautiful and lush baritone voice. Drawing on a mix of classic country and cow-punk standards, Malo, a son of Cuban immigrants, and his genre-defying band have been entertaining their adoring fans...
Two concerts that you don't want to miss are landing at The Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills. On April 26, living legend Jon Anderson, former lead singer, songwriter, and co-founder of Yes will be treating his adoring fans to his distinctive vocal excellence, one of the most recognizable voices in the history of music. Anderson was the author and a major creative influence behind the ground-breaking album 'Fragile' as well as the series of epic, complex pieces such as "Awaken," "Gates of...
There are five great concerts coming to the Canyon Clubs. In Agoura Hills, Raul Malo, charismatic frontman for The Mavericks, is taking a break from their tour to take the stage solo on May 9 for a special performance. The Grammy winner is the sole writer of many of their songs and has a hauntingly beautiful and lush baritone voice. Drawing on a mix of classic country and cow-punk standards, Malo, a son of Cuban immigrants, and his genre-defying band have been entertaining their adoring fans...
