Venice Arts Council News

Venice Art Walls Paintout 2007:  Mike Bonin's Photos http://www.flickr.com/gp/15894780@N00/ExLq9s

Kristina Olsen Friday Nite at McCabes
beyond baroque - Venice High History Show and Tell, Suzy Sings Literary
VeniceWalk.com Premier Party - 14th
electric lodge - Venice Film and Music Expo
7 dudley cinema - Bloomsday
Stephen Fiske Performs Saturday
Powerhouse Theatre Boomerang Kid
Jim Hubbard's Photos at Wounded Knee 1973
Star Studded Tribute to Mort Sahl
Operation First Casualty - Santa Monica
Warszawa - Latin Klezmer
Exene in Culver City
Struggle and Liberation: Photographs of Seminal Events and Icons of the 1960s - 1970s
Prison Industrial Complex Teach In
Graham Torso Installation work seen at Windward Circle, will it be installed in time for the lighting of the Venice sign, June 15th??  Danger: logrolling, attaboys, and accolades.

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KRISTINA OLSEN
FRI JUN 8 / 8:00 PM / $16 / on sale NOW
McCabes Guitar Shop - 310-828-4497
3101 Pico Blvd  Santa Monica, CA 90405

      The multi-talented Venetian Ms. Olsen spends most of her time traveling the world, but every once in a while, she stops in to give us another taste of her acoustic folk-blues. She can sing, she can play bottleneck, she can pick, and she can sure write songs. Hell, she can even play saxophone, and she is one of a kind. Get your tickets while you can.

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beyond baroque
681 Venice Bl.

SUMMER CALENDAR 07:

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10 June, Sunday  - 1 PM
VENICE HISTORICAL SOCIETY & VENICE HIGH ALUMNI 'SHOW & TELL'
The Venice Historical Society and the Venice High School Alumni Association present MEMORY AND MEMORABILIA ARCHIVAL 'SHOW & TELL'. Everyone who attended Venice High is invited to come and reminisce. Bring your favorite items (yearbooks, pom poms, prom items, photographs) and tell your favorite stories of football games, special classes you had, band experiences, teachers you were fond of, favorite music, cars you drove, special romances, etc. Panel discussions with everyone involved plus archives shown on the front lawn for all to peruse and enjoy. Refreshments will be available. FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

16 June, Saturday  - 7:30 PM
SUZY WILLIAMS: SONGS BY LITERARY ICONS
Diva Deluxe SUZY WILLIAMS performs songs with lyrics written by James Joyce, Lewis Carroll, Dorothy Parker, Truman Capote, Vladimir Nabokov, William Shakespeare and more. Celebrate Bloomsday with Suzy and special guest musicians including NICK ARIONDO, KAHLIL SABBAGH, and BRAD KAY. Admission $10.

21 June, Thursday  - 7:30 PM
AltScreenPlay's 5TH BIRTHDAY READING & SCREENING
AltScreenPlay celebrates its 5th Birthday with readings and screening excerpts from six movies from the workshop: three documentaries, two shorts, and a feature. LISA SALEM's "Walk L.A. With Me" (2005), PETER D. COOGAN's "In Rwanda's Blood" (2006), TERESA HAGEN's "To Touch the Soul" (2007), CHRISTINA FAULKNER's "Girls Night Out" (2005), "Oedipuss" (2007) by MIV EVANS and "The Urn" (2006) by SKIP USEN. Plus readings and a sneak trailer for "Ventful" (2008) by SATORI SNOW. Admission $7, $5 students and seniors, and free to members.

22 June, Friday  - 7 PM
LUIS CAMPOS, RAINDOG AND JACK BOWMAN
LUIS CAMPOS' award-winning poetry has been published in the Los Angeles Times, Electrum Magazine, Venice Beachhead, Lummox Journal, and more. He is the former editor of VOL. NO. Magazine. RAINDOG is publisher and editor of Lummox Press and the Lummox Journal. He is author of "The Manx Tales." JACK BOWMAN is a performance poet and retired art educator. His work includes the poems "Church and State," "Blood and a Lifeless Body" and the essay "The Artist's Plight in a Civilized World." Admission $7, $5 students and seniors, and free to members.

12 July, Thursday  - 7:30 PM
BEYOND ACADEMIA: LECTURES ON LIVING LANGUAGE
BEYOND BAROQUE kicks off its BEYOND ACADEMIA POETRY SERIES based on the idea that learning about poetry is not just for college students. The series starts with a lecture by Los Angeles-based poet and teacher BRENDAN CONSTANTINE. His lecture will cover the history and use of a certain word - one you still can't use on the radio - and its connection to and ownership by poetry. Beyond Academia is curated by Carlye Archibeque and Richard Modiano. Admission $7, $5 students and seniors, and free to members.

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TheVeniceWalk.com Premiere Party
Start: 06/14/2007 - 8:00pm  - 10:00pm   Danny's Deli  - 23 Windward

Hope you can join us for free food, drinks and fun to show your support for the Venice creative community and the Venice High School Dropout Prevention Program at The Venice Walk Premiere Party on June 14 in, where else - Venice!

Don't miss the premiere screening of this hot new series shot entirely in Venice, CA starring Bob Hegyes of Welcome Back Kotter fame and a young ensemble cast of juvenile delinquents (Epstein is back with his own band of Sweathogs!). The Venice Walk is inspired by Bob's experience as a teacher at Venice High where he became friends with the on-site probation officer assigned to students. His "anti-OC," "Laguna Beach on steroids" vision for The Venice Walk comes from real-life stories of real kids with real problems - and his own household of four teenagers that he's raising in Venice where he's
been a long-time local.
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electric lodge

Ensemble Studio Theatre-The LA Project  presents:

HEADLESS

May 19-June 24 – Thursday-Saturday, 8 pm, Sunday, 3 pm – Fri-Sat $25, Thur & Sun $20.

EST-LA returns to the Lodge with the California premiere of a work by Lea Floden.

For reservations, call 213-368-9552 or purchase online at ensemblestudiotheatrela.org.

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VFMX: VENICE FILM & MUSIC EXPO

June 17 - Sunday, 6:00-10:00 pm. - $15.00

Elix-R Entertainment presents Venice Film & Music Expo. Legendary band Spindrift premieres the indie film trailer "The Legends of Gods Gun" by director Mike Bruce and KirkPatrick Thomas. The marvelous Papillon performs. DJ iPizzle digitally blends grooves.

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7 Dudley Cinema

WED, June 13.  JAMES JOYCE'S BLOOMSDAY - Celebrate the ultimate culture jammer James Joyce with rare films at 8pm and live performances at 6pm by members of the (venicewake.org) Marshall McLuhan/FINNEGANS WAKE Reading Club: A Portrait of the Micro-Noosphere as an Emergent Macrocosm. Plus rare clip of Robert Anton Wilson reading FINNEGANS WAKE.

 

WED, June 20. JAZZ ICONS - David Peck & Phil Galloway of Reelin' in the Years will screen LOUIS ARMSTRONG at 7pm ('59, 55m), ART BLAKEY & The JAZZ MESSENGERS at 8pm ('58, 55m) with Lee Morgan, ELLA FITZGERALD at 9pm ('59 & '63, 55m) and THELONIUS MONK at 10pm ('66, 62m). Celebrate the exuberance of these rare Jazz music concert films from Europe.

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Community Concert with

      Stephen Longfellow Fiske and Stefani Valadez

 Join Stephen and Stefani for an evening of eclectic, acoustic, contemporary, heart opening folk music.
They have both enjoyed long and colorful careers bringing music to audiences in the US and over seas.

Stephen has recorded 9 albums of his original music and  his songs have been recorded by other numerous artists including: Luther Vandross and Jose Feliciano. Stephen is well known for his performances at spiritual, interfaith, environmental and humanitarian events and is also an author, lecturer, and workshop leader.

 An enchanting singer, songwriter, guitarist and percussionist, Stefani Valadez touches the heart and soul of her audience as she brings ancient love songs and prayers into a haunting and soulful, rhythmic present.  Her diverse repertoire includes songs from many lands- Mediterranean, Brazilian, Middle Eastern, Celtic, Mississippi Delta, the land of rock and roll.  Her haunting voice and sizzling rhythms will linger long after this unique experience

They will be performing their own sets of music and joining for duets.
The Saturday June 9th evening concert with Stephen & Stefani is part of the

Building Community Weekend Convergence  ( visit www.udcworld.org)
Sponsored by Unity–and-Diversity World Council
Dinner   :  6:15 P    Concert :  7:30 P

At Temescal Canyon Conference/Retreat Center In the Dining Hall
15601 Sunset Blvd, Pacific Palisades
 Concert admission $15. (includes parking)   Dinner is $5
 Info : 310-391-5735 
 Email: udcworld1@yahoo.com
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The Powerhouse Theatre Company
3116 2nd Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Phone: 310.396.3680

The Boomerang Kid

June 8 to July 14, 2007

YOU HOLD HIS FATE IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND...

You have the power to decide the course of this adventure. Using a wireless handheld device you control the choices made by the main character as he desperately tries to make it on his own. Make one decision and watch him claw his way up the corporate ladder; make another and see him locked up in a mental institution or lost in the jungle. With over 50 possible combinations scripted by creator Chris Econn, it's a different play every night - and two different plays at every performance.

Created & Written by CHRIS ECONN
Directed by RYAN DIXON
Technology by CHRIS ECONN

Featuring IDA DARVISH, MARK ENGELHARDT, DAVITT FELDER, ETHAN HOVA, ANDREW KOENIG, KYLEE ROUSSELOT, TYLER MOORE and TYLER POELLE

Set Design MAUREEN WEISS
Lighting Design KATHLEEN DOBBINS
Costume Design LEAH PIEHL
Sound Design SARA HUDDLESTON

Produced by ERIC SIMS

Thurs, Fri & Sat at 8pm; Sun at 7pm
Tickets: $25
Reservations: 310-396-3680 x9
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http://www.jimhubbardphoto.com/work.html - Jim's Photos from Wounded Knee ~ 1973
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An All Star Sahl-ute: A tribute to legendary comedian Mort Sahl

 

Benefit for Heartland Comedy Foundation to be held Thursday, June 28th at Wadsworth Theater in Brentwood, with Woody Allen,

Albert Brooks, Jay Leno, Bill Maher, Drew Carey, Larry King (MC), Jonathan Winters and other stars paying tribute to the influential Mort Sahl!

 

(June 4, 2007 Hollywood, CA) Legendary comedian, pundit and author Mort Sahl's 80th birthday will be celebrated with an All Star tribute and salute on Thursday, June 28th, 2007 at 8:00pm at the Wadsworth Theater in Brentwood.

 

Among the many stars appearing are Woody Allen (who will appear on tape), Shelley Berman, David Brenner, Albert Brooks, Jay Leno, Richard Lewis, Bill Maher, Kevin Nealon, Paula Poundstone, Jack Riley, Drew Carey, David Steinberg and Jonathan Winters, plus many surprise guests. Larry King is the MC for the evening.

 

Mort Sahl was arguably the most influential comedian of the postwar era; a provocative political satirist, he singlehandedly revolutionized the comedy medium to create an art form with a scope and impact far beyond mere slapstick and gags. Sahl's conversational, free-associative style -- an amalgam of anecdotes, one-liners and pithy asides -- forever elevated the stand-up stage from its humble, toothless beginnings into a respected forum for eye-opening social commentary.

 

Budd Friedman, owner of The Improv Comedy Clubs and one of the organizers of the evening said today in a statment "So many of the great comic minds of the past several decades owe a huge debt to Mort. Assembling all these comics, and the many people behind the scenes who are donating their time, was easy once they knew who it was for. You hear the word "legend" bantered about so often, but in the case of Mort Sahl, there's really no other word that describes him."

 

The evening is a benefit for the Heartland Comedy Foundation, with tickets ranging from $100-$200. For tickets and general information: (213) 365-3500 or http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/1126875  or purchase tickets at any TicketMaster outlet (including in front of the Wadsworth Theatre on the VA Grounds).Further information is available by visiting http://www.heartlandcomedyfoundation.net/ or by calling 310-666-9066 or by emailing Jeannine@FrankEntertainment.com or dbernsteinpr@aol.com

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Operation First Casualty - Santa Monica, CA

 For video coverage, go to: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hr0jSB-11zk

On Sunday, June 3rd 2007, the Los Angeles chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War conducted Operation First Casualty. Former Marine Sargent Jason Lemiuex, who served three deployments in Iraq stated, "...under the premise that the first casualty of war is the truth. And the American people are getting fed this notion that we're in Iraq spreading freedom and making Iraq safe for democracy when really we're imposing a state of martial law on the people over there."

Taking the streets of Santa Monica by storm, Operation First Casualty was a huge success in raising awareness amongst the general population about the need to bring the troops home now. As veterans of the Iraq war shouted at, searched and hooded civilian volunteers, passers-by got a taste of what an occupation is like. During the street theatre, reenactments of a combat patrol, a riot with mass detention, and a soldier wounded by a roadside bomb occurred.
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This is an invitation to our June 14 show @ WARSAWA POLISH CUISINE...  located @ 1414 LINCOLN BLVD. in Santa Monica..... 8Pm to midnight...  full EUROPEAN KITCHEN, Bar and lounge room.   This time KLEZMER JUICE is going to merge 2 different worlds, the OLD  one with the spirit of the Klezmer, and the NEW WORLD with the  passion of LATIN MUSIC. So do not miss the opportunity to hear this  great band performing songs from all over the world... Marco Tulio is  going to sing a few BOSSA NOVAS and BOLEROS for all of us.

Thanks Klezmer Juice Band  www.klezmerjuice.com
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EXENE CERVENKA A Fifth Of Tomorrow
Collages and Journals
June 9 – July 14, 2007            
Opening reception for the artist: Saturday, June 9, 5-8pm
3830 Main St., Culver City, CA 90232
Contact, Erin Kermanikian
(310) 838-0609, fax (310) 838-0610
Web site, http://western-project.com
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Carlotta’s Passion Fine Art is pleased to present
"Struggle and Liberation: Photographs of Seminal Events and Icons of the 1960s - 1970s"
Saturday, June 9 - Sunday, July 1, 2007
Opening reception: Saturday, June 9, 7:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M.

Carlotta's Passion Fine Art
2012 Colorado Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90041
Contact: Robert Squires
(323) 259-1563, fax (323) 255-5639
E-mail, rs@carlottaspassion.com
Web site, http://carlottaspassion.com
Gallery hours, Wednesday - Sunday, 12-9pm; and by appointment
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 Teach-In June 16****Another chance to view CSPG's Prison Nation-Posters on the Prison Industrial Complex NO MORE CAGES THWART* AB900

TEACH - IN
June 16, 2007, 1-6pm
PEACE BUILDING
8124 West Third Street L.A. CA 90048

Hosted by members of the Peace Building:
Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Change Links, CISPES, Humanitarian Law Project, National Lawyers Guild, Office of the Americas
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The Realist Archive Project http://www.ep.tc/realist/