The OPEN Daily : Arts & Entertainment
Live: Lambchop at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
May 7, 2012 at 5:18 am
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On a night in which the moon was 14% bigger than usual, in a room the size of a church basement at McCabe's guitar shop in Santa Monica, Kurt Wagner, singer, songwriter, guitarist, visual artist and longtime leader of Nashville country band Lambchop, sang a song called “Nice Without Mercy.” “We have crawled among the [...]
Review: ‘The Convert’ at Culver City’s Kirk Douglas Theatre
May 6, 2012 at 5:30 am
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Last month, Patch sat down with playwright Danai Gurira to talk about her new play The Convert, currently being staged by the Center Theatre Group at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. A review in Variety calls the play, "the most Ibsenesque American play in years, a three-act melodrama unafraid to proclaim its themes in block letters [...]
Silver Lake Jubilee
May 3, 2012 at 9:00 pm
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This 3-year-old weekend music and art festival features bands, comedians, theatrical performances, readings and screenings, as well as food and crafts from neighborhood vendors. Scheduled bands include Kinky, the Soft Pack, Abe Vigoda, Lake, Las Cafeteras, Dunes, the Dharma Bums and Bright Beast. Featured comedians include Iliza Shlesinger, T.J. Miller and Natasha Leggero. With readings [...]
Venice Underground Comedy Rocks the Townhouse
May 2, 2012 at 7:18 pm
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"It's Wednesday night, and I've got nothing to do but snort antidepressants!" If this is you, stop trying to buy your happiness from the man and cheer up at a free comedy show...
Scarlett Johansson Receives Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame
May 2, 2012 at 4:46 pm
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HOLLYWOOD (CBS) — Scarlett Johansson received the 2,470th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Wednesday, two days before the release of her latest film, the expected box office blockbuster “The Avengers,” in which she will reprise the role of Black Widow she played in “Iron Man 2″ in 2010. Her co-star in “The Avengers,” Jeremy [...]
Award-Winning Mexican Art Documentary To Film At Santa Monica College On May 12
May 2, 2012 at 3:39 pm
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“The Renaissance of Mata Ortiz,” the award-winning cross-cultural story of how an American adventurer and a brilliant, self-taught Mexican artist transformed a dying desert village into a home for world-class art, will screen at Santa Monica College on Saturday, May 12 at 3:00 p.m. Director Scott Petersen will be in attendance for a Q-and-A after [...]
Bank of America’s Museums on Us
May 2, 2012 at 12:37 pm
This weekend, Bank of America is offering its customers a way to kick off National Travel and Tourism Week with Museums on Us. WHAT: Bank of America and Merrill Lynch’s Museums on Us offers free access to Los Angeles cardholders WHEN: Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6 (and the first full weekend of each [...]
Vintage Venice Beach Video: MTV’s The Real World
April 30, 2012 at 10:30 pm![543580350[1]](http://theopendaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/5435803501-96x72.jpg "543580350[1]")
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Peep things “getting real” at 30 30th Ave in 1993 during season 2 of MTV’s “The Real World“.
Gateway Jazz Orchestra with Alan Chan
April 30, 2012 at 3:53 pm
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The 17-piece Gateway Jazz Orchestra is returning this season! Coming from the contemporary style of big band music of Thad Jones, Jim McNeely and Maria Schneider, this band consists of some of the best jazz musicians in Los Angeles. The program features an eclectic mix of compositions by Dr. Alan Chan, the sole winner of the ArtEZ Jazz Composition Contest at the International Jazz Festival. May 20, 2012 at 7pm. Gateway Christian Church at 11760 Gateway Blvd.
ArtLA Celebrates Grand Opening At Bergamot
April 28, 2012 at 7:32 pm
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ArtLA celebrated its grand opening on April 21 at Santa Monica’s Bergamot Station to a large reception of gregarious art lovers who formed a nexus inside the complex while mingling around the number of professional pieces that adorned the walls of the art center. “I want you to get close and realize that a hand [...]
M Herrington “Pop Up” Gallery on Abbot Kinney
April 28, 2012 at 1:03 pm
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The M. Herrington “pop up” Gallery has opened at 1221 Abbot Kinney. The gallery, which emphasizes women in the arts, will host a variety of events between now and June 30th. The gallery schedule is after “the jump”. Artists featured in the gallery and those to be exhibited include Melissa Herrington, Mari Andrews, Britt Bass, Elizabeth [...]
Brentwood Spring Art Show Celebrates 25 Years
April 27, 2012 at 9:53 pm
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The 25th annual Brentwood Spring Art Show comes to town once again on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The eastbound lane of San Vicente Boulevard will be closed from Bundy Drive to Darlington Avenue and will play host to art, crafts, food and live music. The event is family friendly, open to the [...]
