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The Republic of South Africa’s Department of Arts and Culture will bring its South African Arts Festival 2013 (SAAF), a weekend of South African film and music, to Downtown Los Angeles for the first time, with events on Friday, October 4 through Sunday October 6, 2013. The inaugural SAAF 2013 will showcase seven South African films and seven musical artists representing the diversity of the South African experience at free events over two days. Highlights include Saturday’s outdoor “South African Music Festival” at Grand Performances and a day of South African films screening on Sunday at Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE Stadium 14 and Grand Performances. Friday’s private preview and the Sunday closing night event both combine the screening of a South African feature film with an invitation-only reception. Screenings will include animation, narrative, and documentary works. Read the rest of this entry »More info...
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The performance space at Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles, Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz, is pleased to open the 13th season of its public performing arts series on Friday, September 27, 2013 with Laila Biali, the award-winning Canadian jazz pianist, vocalist and songwriter. Biali is known for taking the best of pop, rock, classical and soul, and informing it with her knowledge of jazz as she weaves together her exquisite musical arrangements. The event is the Los Angeles stop of Biali’s North American Tour. This will also be Biali’s Los Angeles debut as a solo performer. Joining Biali on stage will be Hamilton Price (bass) and Aaron McLendon (drums).More info...
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Following the success of his recent Kompakt single “Somewhere,” John Tejada returns to his own Palette Recordings imprint with “Anaphora.” After a series of collaborative projects with fellow artists, Tejada distinguishes “Anaphora” as his first solo release on Palette since 2009 and presents a double headliner of his trademark musicality and driving rhythms, delivering a set of two eruptive grooves with a focus that has earned Tejada the respect of both listeners and peers alike. “Anaphora” continues where John’s 2006 smash “The End Of It All” left off, showcasing Tejada’s trademark use of hopeful melodies and emotive sequences. It highlights his undeniable quality of crafting arrangements that rise above monotony. Read the rest of this entry »More info...
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The Brazilian Hour will host an outdoor carnivalesque celebration, A Tale of Two Nations: Nação Estrela Brilhante & Nation Beat, bringing the northeast coast of Brazil to Grand Performances at California Plaza in Downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, August 17, 2013. Commemorating the 35th anniversary of the Brazilian Hour’s locally produced, internationally-heard radio program, this free event will pair award-winning Brazilian performance group Nação Estrela Brilhante, with New York City-based Nation Beat. Read the rest of this entry »More info...
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To commemorate the Los Angeles-based arts and culture promoter’s 20th anniversary, Green Galactic harks back to its roots by mounting an inspired event featuring electronic music innovators pole, John Tejada and Plaid in collaboration with Grand Performances (GP) on Sunday, June 30, 2013. Thanks to GP’s beautiful California Plaza location, Green Galactic’s 20th Anniversary Celebration will be staged at one of the most unique venues in Los Angeles, surrounded by water and nestled under the spectacular Downtown skyline. All three world-renowned music composers in the line-up will perform live sets. Read the rest of this entry »More info...
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The Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound (SASSAS) is pleased to present sound. at 356 S. Mission Rd.: Aaron Dilloway / Jason Lescalleet / John Wiese. The first-ever Los Angeles performance of electro-acoustic duo Aaron Dilloway and Jason Lescalleet will take place on Saturday, August 17, 2013 at 8:00pm. Part of the SASSAS sound. series, the concert features two of the most respected American underground experimental/noise artists performing at 356 S. Mission Rd., a new venue created by renowned artist Laura Owens. Opening for Dilloway and Lescalleet is Los Angeles-based John Wiese, founding member of the concrète grindcore band Sissy Spacek and an alum of SASSAS’s recent Tape Music concert. Read the rest of this entry »More info...
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Tilted Field, in association with Son of Semele Theater, presents the world premiere of The Last Days of Mary Stuart, an electro-opera, through the curated guest-production program SOSEhost. This immersive music-theater experience is conceived, written and directed by Becca Wolff, with music by Byron Kahr and John Nixon of TONY. Opening night is Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 8:00pm, with one pay-what-you-can preview on Friday, June 21st at 8:00pm. Performances run Thursdays through Saturdays from June 21 through July 20, 2013 at Son of Semele Theater. Read the rest of this entry »More info...
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Cornerstone Theater Company and The California Endowment, in partnership with The Black Parallel School Board, will bring the community, policy makers, and the media together to dramatize personal stories of school discipline and to discuss alternatives to harsh practices on Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at the State Capitol in Sacramento. This bridge building event, Talk it Out: A Community Conversation to Fix School Discipline, will feature a dramatic reading of a new play, Willful, performed by students, community members and professional actors, with a focus on the current debate over the excessive use of “willful defiance” in school suspensions and expulsions. The event is sponsored by the office of Roger Dickinson, D-Sacramento and author of AB 420, a new bill that would restrict the ill-defined and overused “willful defiance” rationale for harsh disciplinary measures. Read the rest of this entry »More info...
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The Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound (SASSAS) is pleased to announce Blast! [10], the annual SASSAS garden party and fundraiser, on Sunday, May 19, 2013 from 4:00pm to 8:00pm. With food, beverages, and a silent art auction, Blast! [10] will take place at the private home of the Hillenburg family in San Marino, CA. To celebrate its 10-year milestone, Blast! [10] will feature many of the artists and musicians who have made the event so successful over the years. Works by notable artists such as Louise Lawler, James Welling, and Lari Pittman will be featured in the silent auction. Live music will be provided by Dani Tull, Dos, and Killsonic. Read the rest of this entry »More info...
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Save the Date: Green Galactic is thrilled to present pole, John Tejada, and Plaid at our 20 Year Anniversary Celebration as part of Grand Performances summer concert series at California Plaza in Downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, June 30, 2013 from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. Dive into a pool of richly hued sights and sounds as innovative arts and culture promoter Green Galactic celebrates 20 years in business with live-sets by three of the world’s most respected electronic music artists. The evening features the dubby complex rhythms of Berlin-based pole, visceral experimental soundscapes by Plaid from the UK, and the melodic handcrafted techno of LA’s own John Tejada. Read the rest of this entry »More info...
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