Celebrating
Black
History Month
This
February, the Huntington will feature six-foot paintings
while the REDCAT is bringing back its Creative Music Festival.
And don't
forget
that February is also the official Black History Month. Several
LA venues are celebrating through music performances, workshops,
and theatrical productions. Speaking of theater, enter this
week's giveaway for a chance to see Alan Rachins (Dharma
& Greg)
perform
the
festival opening piece! And this week, ExperienceLA is introducing
a new feature: our calendar is now available as
a
Google
Gadget!
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Constable's
Great Landscapes: The Six-Foot Paintings
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 The Huntington presents the
first exhibition to present all six of John
Constable’s monumental six-foot landscape
paintings in one location, this
winter starting February 3rd. Shown
alongside the six grand paintings will be the
full-size
oil sketches
Constable made for them - remarkable works
of art in their own right.
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Creative
Music Festival:
Creative Orchestras |
 The
Creative Music Festival returns to REDCAT for
two superlative programs of music for orchestras
and large ensembles on February 2nd
- 3rd.
Guest artists are Bill Dixon, Lawrence
D. “Butch” Morris,
and Adam Rudolph and The Organic Orchestra—luminaries
of creative music as we know it today.
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Spotlight/Ticket
Giveaway:
What's the Story? Festival of New Works
 The
Powerhouse Theatre presents the first-ever festival
of full-length solo plays from Stacie Chaiken's "What's
the Story?" workshop. Eight writer-performers
each tell distinct stories in eight vivid voices,
promising an eclectic array of work that is deeply
moving, brave, bawdy, brazen and bold.
Enter
to win tickets to the festival opening solo piece "Ready!
Aim! Slit Your Wrists - My Army Story" performed
by Alan Rachins (LA Law, Dharma & Greg).
Tickets are valid for February
8th at 8:00pm.
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Announcement:
ExperienceLA Calendar Google Gadget
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Did You Know?
A
giraffe's heart, which can weigh up to 24 lbs
and is about 2 feet long, has to generate around double
the normal blood pressure for an average large mammal
in order to maintain blood flow to the brain against
gravity.- en.wikipedia.org
Go
see Thomas
Müller's sculptures featuring
pink clay giraffes and ripe produce juxtaposed
with photography at HAUS. Closes February 10th. |
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Themed
Picks:
Celebrating Black History Month |
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Black
History Month Celebration
February 3rd - 4th
10:00am - 4:00pm
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LA
Zoo presents a weekend of
performances by the Bobby Haynes Jazz Quartet,
Ray Sidney
and
the Firm Soundation
Gospel Group, the Upstream Reggae Band and
African Drumming and Dancing. There will also b educational displays to honor prominent African American
Zoo and Aquariums professionals,
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Free
Quilting Workshop for Children
February 24th
2:00pm - 4:00pm
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Children
ages 3-10 are welcome to participate in
a quilt-inspired workshop at the Pasadena
Museum of History in
celebration of Black History Month and
learn about
the traditions of African-American quilting. |
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The
Frederick Douglass Story
February 24th
8:00pm
- 10:00pm
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At the Armstrong Theatre:
Torrance Cultural Arts Center see this one-man theatrical journey of a famed African-American activist.
Film and Broadway star Mel Johnson Jr. (Mufasa
in The Lion King) portrays Douglass’
struggle for freedom - for himself and millions
of others.
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