SPARC Oaxaca in Our Hearts
grafitti wall
Emily Winters Online
beyond baroque
PXL THIS 16
7 Dudley
826LA Sports Writing Camp
Pacific Resident Theatre
Electric Lodge
Powerhouse Theatre
Media Art from the Czech Republic - 18th Street
Squeeze Box
CSPG No Human Being is Illegal - Self Help Graphics
is that the torso?
down the rabbit hole with social networking
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OAXACA IN OUR HEARTS at SPARC Saturday 1-5 and M-F 10-4, 685 Venice Bl. until Feb 28th.
We will be playing some samba music there this Saturday, tomorrow---------------------------------------------------
The uptight citizens brigade has been making a fuss over grafitti on the beach. I didn't realize that
much of the
Beautiful Grafitti Wall was being curated by ICU Art, and they want to rename the wall to the
Venice Public Art Wall. -----------------------------------------------------
I put many photographs of
Emily Winters work up on Flickr------------------------------------------------------
beyond baroque4 February, Sunday - 5 PM
Open reading with THERESA ANTONIA and LISA MARIE SANDOVAL
THERERSA ANTONIA has hosted and serves on the Valley Contemporary Poets board. LISA MARIE SANDOVAL has been published in Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, Blue Collar, San Gabriel Valley Poetry Quarterly, Brújula/Compass and is a member of the Arroyo Arts Collective. Hosted by Marie Lecrivain. Sign-up 4:45 PM. FREE
15 February, Thursday - 7:30 PM
YAN LI and DENIS MAIR
YAN LI was in the literary underground during China's Cultural Revolution and a member of the Star-Star Group during the Democracy Wall period (1979-1981). His collections include This Poem Is Probably Not Bad (Shulin), Spinning Mirror (Qinghai People's), and Sharing a Pillow with New York (Shanghai Literature). An excerpt from Spinning Mirror was published in Beyond Baroque Vol 28 #2, TRUTH Etc. DENIS MAIR is a poet and translator of Chinese poetry, including Frontier Taiwan (Columbia). His book of poems Man Cut in Wood was published by Valley Contemporary Press. His translations of Yan Li and Yo Sha appeared in the recent Beyond Baroque Vol 28 #2, TRUTH Etc.
17 February, Saturday - 7:30 PM
DANIEL TIFFANY and ELLEN WILLIS
DANIEL TIFFANY is author of Toy Medium ("one of the Best Books of 2000" by the LA Times Book Review) and, more recently a book of poems, Puppet Wardrobe. ELIZABETH WILLIS's new book, Meteoric Flowers (Wesleyan 2006), takes on everything from pastoral romance to the FBI. Her previous books include Turneresque (Burning Deck) and The Human Abstract (Penguin).
18 February, Sunday - 7 PM
POETS BEYOND THE HALF SHELL
Poets Beyond the Half Shell Hosting the Hosts series presents the new VALLEY CONTEMPORARY POETS directors: JERRY GARCIA, THERESA ANTONIA, CLAUDIA HANDLER, and PAUL KOENIG. Established in 1980 with a mission to provide the San Fernando Valley community access to high caliber poetry and publications, VCP produces readings and events with acclaimed poets and seeks to nurture, encourage and develop fresh voices. Hosted by Carlye Archibeque and Richard Modiano. Open sign up at 6:30 PM, 2 poem limit. FREE.
23 February, Friday - 7:30 PM
VOICES FROM LEIMERT PARK: An Anthology
Voices From Leimert Park includes the work of fifty poets who have called Leimert Park home, reflecting the vibrancy and influence this community has had on the Black and Latino/a poetic experience. From The World Stage to Fifth Street Dick's, people of color have gathered to hone their craft and “find the words to say it precisely the way our heart was beating the sounds out.”----------------------------------------------
PXL THIS 16, the 16th annual Fisher Price toy camera film festival, screens at Vidiots, 302 Pico Blvd vidiotsvideo.com in Santa Monica CA on Thursday Feb 15, 2007 at 8pm, 310-392-8508. Free admision. Visit www.indiespace.com/pxlthis
Contact: Gerry Fialka 310-306-7330 pfsuzy@aol.com -----------------------------------------------
7 Dudley CinemaWED, Feb 7. MILES OF MILES - Music Producer Ken Kubernik will screen rare videos of electric Miles Davis concerts: Copenhagen ('69, 52m), New York City ('70, 32m), and Paris ('71, 17m) with Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Dave Holland, Wayne Shorter, Jack DeJohnette & more. 6pm preshow: avant garde jazz clips of Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra and more
SUN, Feb 11. THE GUMBO BROTHERS live music, 4-8pm Venice Beach Mardi Gras Parade fundraiser and art & photography show from past parades
SAT, Feb 17. TRIBUTE TO JOHN THOMAS: ART, MUSIC & POETRY SHOW Featuring some of L.A.'s coolest Poets. Mike the Poet, Bess Kepp, Truth I, Firefly, Philharmonic, Sara Crouse, Ordel Cordova, But Stop Prophet, Black Shoe Polish, Philomene Long, Frank Rios, Wanda Coleman. OMG what a bill. 7-11pm DJ, ART
WED, Feb 21. TAUROBOLIUM ('94, 108m) Rebel filmmaker Larry Wessel will be present to screen his gripping bull fighting documentary. "Gruesome! Riveting! You can practically smell the dust, the blood and the beer...a true spectacle, and as a modern document of a centuries-old practice it deserves to be seen! Ole!" - Paniscus Revue. Not for the weak of heart. 7pm preshow: Wessel screens rare celebrity outtakes.
WED, March 7. POWER & CONTROL: LSD in the 60's ('06, 40m) Gonzo documentarian Aron Ranen's peripatetic journey uncovers the secret history of psychedelics from the legitimate experiments conducted at the Harvard Divinity school to the bizarre plans to dose unknowing Johns in a CIA run Brothel. With Ram Dass & Paul Krassner. Plus: Ranen's DEATH ROW ART STAR ('05, 15m) & THE SQUAT ('06, 7m). Plus: Dragnet's THE PROPHET ('68, 21m) Friday & Gannon discover that faux Leary-Brother William's Temple of the Expanded Mind is mainly concerned with legalizing marijuana & LSD. LSD A GO GO ('04, 10m) Scott Calonico probes the controversy of CIA scientist Frank Olson's 1953 "suicide." CONFIDENTAL FILE ('55, 26m) USC neuro-psychiatrist tests LSD on an artist who has a transcedent experience in this rare TV show episode "LSD: Experiment in Insanity." 7pm live music preshow: THE BACKBONERS originals & Mamas & Papas songs.
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Sports Writing Camp
Led by Steven Kotler
various dates, March 2007
workshops at 826LA and STAPLES Center
826LA is pleased to announce the return of our Sports Writing Camp! This program will include five sessions with professional sports writers, where students will learn the basics of reporting, interviewing, and writing articles. To gather material, students will also attend two Los Angeles Lakers games and receive behind-the-scenes access to the team. The project will culminate in each student writing a polished feature-length article.
For more information and application materials, download the files below. Applications are due February 15!
Sports Writing Camp Overview (doc) (pdf)
Sports Writing Camp Application (doc) (pdf)
Sports Writing Camp Signature Page (doc) (pdf)
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Pacific Resident Theatre
HOGAN'S GOAT BY WILLIAM ALFRED
OPENING JAN 27 2007 THU. FRI. SAT. 8PM - SUN. 3PM
RESERVATIONS: (310)822-8392
$16- $23 705 1/2 VENICE BLVD., VENICE 90291
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The Co-op at Pacific Resident Theatre
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Ensemble: Nancy Linehan Charles, Choppy Guillotte,
Jaxon Duff Gwillim, Amy Huntington
707 Venice Blvd. 3 blocks west of Lincoln
Feb. 8 - Feb. 25, 2007 Thurs- Sat. 8pm Sundays at 3pm
(323) 460-2508 SUGGESTED DONATION $12
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electric lodgeMAX 10 PERFORMANCE LAB
February 5 - (First Monday of every month – on hiatus in August & September) - 7:30 pm - $8
Max 10 Performance Laboratory is an uncurated event, a place to do brave work, experiment, and risk failure. Ten months a year, ten performers, ten minutes each and you never know what you are going to get!
max10@electriclodge.org
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Blue13 Dance Company presents:
BOLLYWOOD-TECH
February 23-25 – Friday-Saturday, 8 pm; Sunday, 1 pm - $18 general; $15 DRC, Swerve members, students w/ ID
Three Performances of Contemporary Dance set to the sounds of Bollywood. Don't miss this premiere of new works, featuring the choreography of Achinta S. McDaniel and collaboration from the 15+ dancers of the Blue13 company.
For further information, visit blue13dance.com. For reservations, call 310-823-0710, press 2#.----------------------------------------------------------------
Powerhouse Theatre Never Swim Alone
Written by Daniel MacIvor
Directed by Brian Norris
Sat, Feb 3
NEVER SWIM ALONE won the award for overall excellence at the New York Fringe in 1998 and in 2002. Never Swim Alone is a swift, funny satire about two Alpha-males and their ruthless competition for the title of Top Dog. The play is structured as a surreal egotistic boxing match: Frank and Bill, two guys in dark suits and bad ties, square off in a 13 round Battle Royale of vicious undermining and one-upmanship.
Featuring: Mike Magrath, Erica Rood, and Matthew Schueller.
All performances at 8pm
Tickets: $20 / $10 for students (one ticket will get you into performances for both shows!)
To buy tix- call 800-595-4849 or click here
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What's the Story? What's the Story? and the Powerhouse Theatre present our first-ever festival of (mostly) full-length solo work-in-progress plays from the What's the Story? solo performance workshop:
WEEK ONE
Thursday and Friday, February 8 & 9 at 8pm
Alan Rachins: Ready! Aim! Slit Your Wrists - My Army Story
Saturday, February 10 at 6pm & Sunday, February 11 at 3pm
Lisa Marie Sandoval: The Yowling, and Other Sounds from Highland Park
Gringa turns a corner in East LA, crashes into God and the guttural cry of her soul.
Saturday, February 10 at 9pm & Sunday, February 11 at 6pm
Jennifer Pagan: The Shoebox Lounge
This Louisiana girl doesn't drink. She just sips. A lot. Strutting the French Quarter in moldy Ferragamos.
WEEK TWO
Thursday and Friday, February 15 & 16 at 8pm
Mariel Howsepian: Poison Apple
Miss November Takes on the LAUSD.
Saturday, February 17 at 6pm & Sunday, February 18 at 3pm
An evening of shorter pieces:
Anita Byrd: Dreams of the Gardel (Suelos del Jardin)
Memories of a place that is no longer.
Gabby Friedenthal: Motherhood Unplugged
Wom (wife/mom) belts out from the vortex of motherhood.
Christina Johnson: Hunger Strike Shrinking makes me bigger.
Saturday, February 17 at 9pm & Sunday, February 18 at 6pm
Joseph Valdez: Little Big Joe, the Bug Squasher
From South Sac to manhood with Tugboat Tito, Cookie Monster, and an Angel.
For more information, call 310-450-1312 or email whatsthestory2@mac.com.
Ticket prices: Single performance - $15/$10 students & seniors
$20/$15 - Saturday or Sunday double header, $40/$35 - festival pass
Buy tickets - by phone at 800.838.3006 or online---------------------------------------------
Media Art from the Czech RepublicMedia art screening and artist talk
Presented by Media Artist Jesper Alvaer (Czech Republic/Norway)
Guest Moderator, Michael Massucci, Director, EZTV
FREE EVENT!
Wednesday, February 7, 2007, 7:30-9:00pm
EZTV (at 18th Street Arts Center)
1629 18th Street, Studio 6, Santa Monica
(just N of Olympic Boulevard)
Media artist Jesper Alvaer will screen a program of contemporary video art shorts from the Czech Republic and discuss the media art scene in that country. EZTV Director Michael Massucci will guest moderate a discussion about media art internationally.
Jesper Alvaer was born 1973 in Copenhagen, grew up in Oslo, and is now living in Prague. Throughout his career he has exhibited his works in numerous one-man and group exhibitions, including Prague, Bratislava, Oslo, Budapest, Paris, Berlin, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Belfast, Seattle, Los Angeles, Dundee, London, Lisbon, Wroclaw, Hong Kong, Kokura, Beijing, China, Chicago, New York, Delft, Graz and Vienna. He has studied in Oslo, Kitakyushu, New York City, and Montpellier and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. His residency is sponsored by the Trust for Mututal Understanding.
Michael Masucci is a pioneer in the desktop and digital video movement and an award-winning multidisciplinary artist whose work has been seen on the BBC, BRAVO, PBS as well as in such institutions as New York’s Museum of Modern Art and London’s Institute of Contemporary Art. As Director of EZTV, a 25 year-old media arts organization, he has overseen the production and exhibition of thousands of projects. EZTV has worked with or presented people as diverse as Keith Haring, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Arthur C. Clark, Allen Ginsberg, Rebecca Allen, and Dr. Timothy Leary.
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Squeeze Box written and performed by Ann Randolph
directed by Alan Bailey
Zephyr Theatre 7456 Melrose Ave
Hollywood, CA 323-852-9111
Every Thursday Feb 8th, Feb.15th (note the correct dates) 8pm
20 bucks (say code word "Harold" when making the reservation and get $10 tickets)
And Check out the new video of Mel Brooks talking about Squeeze Box on http://www.annrandolph.com
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CSPG
No Human Being is Illegal
is on display until February 18, 2007
Self-Help Graphics & Art
3802 Cesar Chavez Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90063
Hours Open:
Tuesday - Friday 10-5pm
Saturday 10-3pm-----------------------------------------------
Will Somebody please tell us if
this is really the Windward Circle Robert Graham Torso Sculpture.---------------------------------------------------
Have You checked out the new
Venice Contemporary? Wow.
Nice WorkPolitical Posts are the most popularLiberal Blogs are huge!The rumor you've heard is true, I've fallen down the rabbit hole of social networking, into a virtual world.
I have helped stage the
Avatars Against War Demonstration VIDEO PICTURES,
and working out
what to do about hate groups in a virtual world. You can't hate them, they like that.
