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West Hollywood Halloween Parade 2010

Halloween is drawing near and the West Hollywood Halloween Parade is a must see for those of you who have never been.

This will be the 23rd annual West Hollywood Halloween Parade and it is expected to draw half a million people to the venue which stretches from La Cienega on the east to Doheny on the West.

The Parade is said to be the largest of its kind in the world and this year is complemented by the Rocky Horror Picture Show's 35th anniversary celebration.  There will be an actual parade starting at La Cienega at 7:00 p.m. and featuring the cast of the show which will perform excerpts throughout the evening. Although termed a Parade, the West Hollywood Halloween Parade is an informal walking back and forth of people in costume and gawkers, "parading" back and forth throughout the evening. The last couple of years I have attended there have been more civilians than people in costume.

The festivities will start at 6:00 p.m. and continue through 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 31st. 

Parking is extremely difficult.  To ensure a space consider going early and grabbing a bite at one of the many restaurants in the area.

Below are a few pictures from last year's event.

 

 

For more details visit the West Hollywood Halloweeen Parade official site.

 

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Santa Monica Glow All Night Arts Festival, September 25th, 2010

Santa Monica Wheel

Santa Monica Glow All Night Arts Festival will take place on September 25th from 7:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m.

This is the second annual festival and will be a spectacular evening of light installations, art shows and exhibits. 

Concentrated along the beach the pier and Palisades Park local and international artists will be displaying their works.

There will plenty to eat also, and local eateries and hotels are offering discounts for the evening.

Come visit us in Santa Monica for a night to remember!

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Culver City Music Festival

Yesterday I went down to the Culver City Music Festival in front of City Hall.  This was, in fact, the 16th year of the festival and it is definitely a worthwhile venue.

There are so many of these summer festivals and most of them are on Thursday at the same time. 

The reason I like Culver City's Festival is that it is extremely easy to park and it is not over packed. 

Last night's bands were The Gonzalo Bergara Quartet, a jazz group, followed by Los Pinguos whom I love.  They often play on Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica.  Think Gypsy Kings, think Los Pinguos.

Before or after the entertainment there are plenty of great restaurants and bars in the area.  You won't go hungry.

As you will see, it was difficult to sit down during the entertainment.   

 

Thursday, July 29th, the entertainment will be Yari More.

See you there!

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"30 Seconds of Awesome" in Westwood

UCLA  architecture graduate student, Krisztina Jozsef had the idea of organizing 30 seconds of "pedestrian only" time at the  busy diagonal intersection of Westwood and Le Conte in Westwood Village with a couple of dozen playing in the street between light changes, a total of  30 seconds.  

The activities in the street included, tug-of-war, water balloons, hula hoop, limbo, and even volley ball, and this wall all accomplished before the lights changed.  The guy in the orange suit giving them time updates is their professor.

What was the point?  Urban activism, or "reclaiming public space."  Ms. Jozsef looked at the correlation between childhool obesity and the build up of cities and she wanted to demonstrate a way to use what already exists in a more physical way.

 

 

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16th Annual Culver City Music Festival

Culver City

This is the 16th year of the Culver City Music Festival.  Every Thursday from July 8th to August 26th, there will be free concerts in front of City Hall in Culver City.  Concerts are from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. with access to the courtyard starting at 4:30 p.m. 

Music will include swing, salsa, Zydeco, blues, rock, and more, and with all the trendy restaurants in the area make an evening of it.

Free parking is available under City Hall and in the first two hours are free in nearby structures.

 

 

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July 4th 2010 Fireworks Displays in Los Angeles

Fireworks

It is always a chore to find out where the Los Angeles July 4th fireworks displays are going to take place.  May of them are organized the day before, or the week before, or some other day and very few actually on the day.

Below you will find three venues to satisfy your July 4th Fireworks habit:

Culver City High School
4401 Elenda St.

Gates open at 5:00 p.m., entertainment starts at 6:30 p.m. and the fireworks show starts at 9:00 p.m.

Food and sodas are available.  No alcohol or fireworks are allowed to be brought onto the grounds.

 

Culver City High School


CBS Grand Ole 4th of July Fireworks Festival 
CBS Studio Center, Studio City 91604

4:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Tickets $15 in advance, $20 at the door.  Children $8/$10
Call:  818-655-5916

 

 

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The Rose Bowl - Pasadena

Advertised as "the Biggest and Best Firework Show in Southern California", this is a full day of entertainment, including:

2:00 p.m. Family fun festival and food

7:00 p.m. Drum Corp International Performance and Military Tribute.

9:00 p.m. Fireworks

More information on July 4th Fireworks at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena



 

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The Exciting New Santa Monica Place Opening August 6th

SM Place

The all new, hip, Santa Monica Place is scheduled to open on August 6th, 2010.

The shopping center has been totally gutted and redesigned to give it a fresh, new, modern design.  Open to the skies the center has attracted the only Bloomingdale's SoHo concept store outside Manhattanm a brand new Nordstrom, and many exciting specialty stores. 

There will be a rooftop dining deck taking advantage of the tremendous Santa Monica ocean views.

Santa Monica Place, combined with Third Street Promenade and Santa Monica Pier will continue to make Santa Monica one of the most desirable entertainment destinations in the City.

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Passport to Santa Monica Via Yelp - Discounts at Local Businesses

Yelp has a great promotion coming up offering discounts at local businesses and restaurants in Santa Monica.

The promotion runs from April 24 to April 30 and is sponsored by the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce and Buy Local Santa Monica.

Visit Yelp to see the participating businesses, and get your coupons to take advantage of this great offer.

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Brentwood Art Show Los Angeles - April 25th

The 23rd Annual Brentwood Spring Art Show will take place in downtown Brentwood on April 25th from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Art Show

The fair runs along the eastbound lanes of San Vicente Boulevard from Saltair, east to Darlington.

The event features fine artists and craftspeople and there will be plenty of things to buy and entertain you.

There will be live jazz from the Ed Wing Trio, the Jammin Foundation Jazz Ensemble, and the Jazzzone Ensemble. 

San Vicente BlvdA food court and play area for children will also be set up.

If you are a serious art collector or just like to browse, the Brentwood Art Show is a fun day out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Los Angeles Museum Exhibits - 2010

Los Angeles Museum Exhibits - 2010 - 2011

GETTY CENTER

Building the Medieval World:  Architecture in Illuminated Manuscripts: these manuscripts depict long lost Middle Ages and Renaissance architecture.

A Record of Emotion: The Photographs of Frederick H. Evans:  a British photographer best known for his photographs of medieval cathedrals.

Migrations of the Mind: Manuscripts from the Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection - ends April 18th:  an extraordinary collection of illuminated manuscripts from around the world.

Foundry to Finish:  The Making of a Bronze Sculpture - ends July 11th:  an exhibition with accompanying photographs highlightin sculptor Adriaen De Vries' bronze casting.

Urban Panoramas:  Opie, Liao, Kim:  three contemporary photographers exploring a particular city.

La Roldana's Saint Gines:  The Making of a Polychrome Sculpture:  one of  Museumthe most prolific sculptors of the 17th Century.

Leonardo da Vinci and the Art of Sculpture:  Inspiration and Invention - March 23rd - June 20th:  the first display of works by da Vinci in decades.

In Focus:  Tasteful Pictures - April 6th -  August 22nd:  food is showcased in the works of 20 photographers.

Printing the Grand Manner: Charles le Brun and Monumental Prints in the Age of Louis IV - May 18th - October 17th:  exploring the form, content, and function of late 17th Century reproductive engravings.

Old Testament Imagery in Medieval Christian Manuscripts - June 1st - August 8th:  featuring the old testament in a wide variety of books, bibles, manuscripts, and world histories.

The Spectacular Art of Jean-Léon Gérôme- June 15th - September 12th:  one of France's most honored 18th Century painters.

Engaged Observers: Documentary Photography Since the Sixties - June 29th - November 14th:  published photo essays in the second half of the 20th Century.

From Line to Light:  Renaissance Drawing in Florence and Venice - July 20th - October 10th:  some of the Getty's most spectacular drawings, including Fra Bartolommeo, Andrea del Sarto, Raphael and Titian.

Illuminated Manuscripts from Belgium and the Netherlands - August 24th - February 26th, 2011:  Getty holdings of medieval manuscripts from this region.

In Focus:  Still Life - September 14th - January 23rd, 2011:  Getty's photograph collection showing some of the innovative ways artists have explored and refreshed this traditional genre.

Obsidian-Mirror Travels:  Refracting Ancient Mexican Art and Archaelogy - November 16th - March 27th, 2011:  exploring representation of Mexican archaelogical objects and sites from the Colonial era to the present.

Imagining the Past in France, 1250 - 1500 - November 16th - February 6th, 2011:  rare manuscripts from collections of more than 25 of the world's greatest museums and libraries.

The Secret Life of Drawings - November 23rd - February 13th, 2011:  no information available.

Felice Beato:  A Photographer on the Eastern Road - December 7th - April 3rd, 2011:  around 130 of this 19th Century British photographer who covered a wide geographical area.

Photography from the New China - December 7th - April 3rd, 2011:  a cross-section of Chinese photograph since Deng Xiaoping's introdcution of the period of Opening and Reform

GETTY VILLA

Molten Color:  Glassmaking in Antiquity:  over 180 glass objects from the Erwin Oppenländer collection.

Roman Ephebe from Naples: a Roman bronze figure from 20-10 B.C. excavated in 1925.

The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire - opening March 24th:  explores the parallels between the Aztec and Roman Empires.

The Art of Ancient Greek Theater - August 26th - January 3rd, 2011:  a major international loan exhibition exploring nearly 60 years of the many ways Greek plays and stagecraft inspired classical artists.

THE HAMMER

Luisa Lambri:  Being There - closes June 13th:  photography of architectural interiors from around the world.

Jonas Wood - closes May 9th:  Wood paints scenes from the world around him in a unique fashion.

Rachel Whiteread Drawings - closes April 25th:  a British artist well known for her sculptures, the drawings are a diary of her work.

Rembrandt Prints - closes April 4th: a variety of Rembrandt van Rijn's etchings.

Daria Martin:  Minotaur - April 10th - July 3rd:  a film paying tribute to dance pioneer Anna Halprin based on the Rodin sculpture Minotaur.

The Red Book of C.G. Jung: Creation of a New Cosmology - April 11th - June 6th:  an exhibition of psychologist Jung's famous red book thought to be the most influential unpublished work in the history of psychology.

Friedrich Kunath - April 17th - September 30th:   an impressive range of media distilling the fundamentals of human emotion.

Diana Al-Hadid - May 15th - August 15th:  baroque architectural sculptures that appear to be in a state of ruin.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART (L.A.C.M.A.)

Contemporary Projects 12 -  ends June 6th:  Robin Rhode:  South African artist Robin Rhode's work includes performances, wall drawings, photograph compositions, objects, video animations, and film.

American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life (1765-1915) ends May 23rd:  75 paintings from the Revolution to the start of World War I.

Renoir in the 20th Century - ends May 9th:  this exhibit focuses on the last three decades of Renoir's career.

In the Service of the Buddha: Tibetan Furniture from the Hayward Family Collection - March 27th - April 3rd:  masterpieces of virtually every important type of Tibetan furniture.

Myths, Legends, and Cultural Renewal: Wagner's Sources - April 15th - August 15th:  exploring German myths and legends in various embodiments.

John Baldessari:  Pure Beauty - June 27th - September 12th - one of the most influential American artists working today.

Fallen Fruit Presents EATLACMA - ends November:  investigation into food, art, culture and politics.

Manly Pursuits:  The Sporting Images of Thomas Eakins - July 25th - October 17th:  examining the history of sporting images through Eakins art.

Olmec:  Masterworks of Ancient Mexico - September 25th - January 9th, 2011:  art from the Olmec civilization of 1400 B.C.

The Resnick Collection - September 26th - January 2nd, 2011:  about 85 European paintings from the Stuart and Lynda Resnick Collection.

Fashioning Fashion:  European Dress in Detail, 1700 - 1950 - September 26th - April 3rd, 2011:  a major collection of European mens, women's and children's garments and accesories.

THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART (M.O.C.A.)

Las Vegas Studio:  Images from the Archives of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown - ends June 20th:  images of Las Vegas from 1968 by architectural students from Yale University.

Mi Casa Es Tu Casa, a Land Project - ends May 1st:  a site-specific installation by Mexico City artist Israel Meza Moreno. The exhibit explores ideas of illegal immigration and concealed ethnic identity.

Collection:  MOCA's First Thirty Years: More than 500 art works by more than 200 artists, 1940-NOW.

Archile Gorky Betrohal I 1947 - June 6th - Septemebr 20th:  in loving memory of Taft Schreiber by his wife Rita.

Suprasensorial:  Experiments in Light, Color, and Space - September 12th - January 10th, 2011:  site specific environment 3 chromo-cubicles.

Iannis Xenakis:  Composer, Architect, Visionary - November 7th - February 13th, 2011:  no information.

William Leavitt - December 21st - March 14th, 2011:  no information

THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY

Drawn to Satire:  John Sloan's Illustrations for the Novels of Charles Paul de Kock  - ends March 29th:  etchings to illustrate the French author's comic novels.

The Golden Age in the Golden State:  Dutch and Flemish Prints and Drawings from the Huntington and Crocker Collections - ends March 29th:  15 important paintings from the 17th Century including Rembrandt, Goltzius and Rubens.

A Clash of Empires:  The Seven Years' War and British America - April 24th - July 26th:   examines the cause, course and consequences of the French and Indian War which started in 1754.

The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohiffs - May 22nd - September 6th:  the first major exhibition of furniture and decorative art from this American craftsman and designer.

Beauty and Power:  Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Peter Marino Collection - October 9th - January 24th, 2011:  a rare look at approximately 20 bronze statuettes made from about 1500 to the mid-18th Century Italy, France, Germany, and the Netherlands.

Child's Play? Children's Book Illustration of 19th-Century Britain - April 3rd - July 26th:  a selection of rare drawings by some of the most talented artists and illustrators of the period the books themselves.

Charles Bukowski (working title) - October 9th - February 14th, 2011:  includes corrected typescripts of Bukowski's poems, novels and his screenplay, Barfly.

Taxing Visions:  Financial Episodes in Late 19th-Century American Art - January 9th - May 30th, 2011:  taxes, rent, economic depression, and financial inequity are the subjects in the visually provocative paintings.

NORTON SIMON MUSEUM OF ART

Gaze:  Portrature after Ingres - ends April 5th:  150 works tracing artistic engagements after Ingres' memorial 1867 French exhibition.

Divine DemonsWrathful Deities of Buddhist Art - ends June 28th:  a fascinating theme of wrathful Buddhist deities and ritual implements.

Plants, Flowers, and Fruits:  Ellsworth Kelly Lithographs - April 23rd - August 23rd:  reductive geometry in paint and wood.

Hiroshige:  Visions of Japan - June 4th - January 17th, 2011:  approximately 150 woodblock prints from one of the most prolific artists of his time (1797-18580.

THE MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE

Stop the Bomb - March 24th at 7:00 p.m.  hear from two young Germans who want their government to impose political and economic sanctions against Iran.

Among the Righteous:  Lost Stories from the Holocaust in Arab Lands - March 25th at 7:00 p.m.  film screening with a Q&A with Robert Satloff.

Family Sunday - Cesar Chavez Day - March 28th from 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. celebrating the life of Cesar Cavez and Chicano Civil Rights.

From Hate to Hope - April 11th from 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. true story of the reconciliation of a perpetrator and a victim of a hate crime.

Music, Memory, and Morality:  How and Why Wagner Matters - April 15th at 7:30 p.m. can one separate an artist's work from his or her message?

Courage:  The Vision to End Segration, The Guts to Fight for it - ends August 23rd:  bringing to life the struggles agains racial segregation in public schools.

OTHER MUSEUMS

The Natural History Museum

Page Museum - La Brea Tar Pits

Autry Museum of Western Heritage

 

 

 

 

 

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